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{{Infobox civilization|image=Flag of Icenia.png|religion=Jahism|position_name3=*[[BinchyMonkey]]
*[[Anvil]]
*[[Physicsgamer]]|position_name2=*City Manager
** [[FreestyleJr]]
*District Attorney
**[[Charliesse]]|position_title4=Grand Council|position_title3=Judges|position_title2=State Council|position_name1=[[ChrisChrispie]]|position_title1=President|territories=*Western Claims
** [[0,0]]
**Carbonia Isle
**Antitoch Isle
**West Isle
**Hyperion
**Tritan Island
**Western Island
*Eastern Claims
**[[Astonia]]
**Stormire Highlands|area=7.715 km²|preceded_by=[[Ring of Essence]]|name=The Republic of Icenia|foundation_date=March 11th, 2019|discord=[https://discord.gg/Cp547fQCwx Cp547fQCwx]|governing_document=[https://civicenia.github.io/pages/constitution.html| Constitution of Icenia]|government_type=Semi-Democratic Republic|alliance=[[UDF]]/[[UNC]]|demonym=Icenian|location={{Coord|-1600|-1300|100}}|capital_city=Icenia City|activity_level=High (As of Jun 13, 2021)|caption=The Flag of Icenia|position_name4=*Secretary of Defense
**[[Quanton_Biscuit]]
*Secretary of the Interior
**[[Juniortide]]
*Secretary of State
**[[Lagiacrus11]]
*Secretary of Foreign Affairs
**[[MrJeremyFarmer]]
*Director of National Intelligence
**[[Soundtech]]
*Secretary of Commerce
**[[Naglafer]]
}}
{{For-text|the [[CivMC]] nation|[[Icenia (CivMC)]]|the [[Civcraft 2.0]] nation|[[Icenia (Civcraft 2.0)]]}}
'''Icenia''', officially the '''Republic of Icenia''', was a Semi-Democratic nation in the [[Geographical Regions|-,-]] of [[CivClassic]]. It was led by President [[ChrisChrispie]]. Icenia is well known for its storied past in the closing months of Civcraft 2.0. In CivClassic, it is a very active nation, with a considerable number of active players. Icenia is bordered by [[Imperial Truidence]] to the east, [[Bloom]] to the north, [[Gabon]] to the west, and [[Varkonia]] in the south. Icenia also holds rightful claim over the [[Nexus|0,0 Nexus]] as per the [[Icenian-Finglish]] summit. Icenia is a cultural hub with a large economy and a large player-base.
== History ==
'''<big>Pre-
Icenia traces its roots back to [[Civcraft 2.0]] as an outpost of [[Kaiserinreich]]. At the time of Icenia's founding as a colony, [[Kaiserinreich]] was involved in a conflict with [[SPQR (CivClassic)|SPQR]] and [[Volterra]] over valuable land needed for the production of [[Enchanting|EXP]]. After a successful invasion by joint SPQR-Volterran forces over the establishment of a city in SPQR land, the colony of Icenia was established on the Kaiserinreich-Volterra border in an effort to legitimize Kaiserin's claim. However, Icenia grew quickly and became culturally independent of Kaiserinreich. Eventually the majority of the players within Kaiserinreich lived in Icenia rather than the capitol, Kaiserin City. Due to the distance between Kaiserin City and Icenia and the lack of a strong ruler in Kaiserinreich, Icenians began to reject Kaiserin rule. As a result, on July 8th, 2015 Icenia declared independence from Kaiserinreich and joined the Grand Northern Alliance. After this, Icenia experienced a population boom which it could not handle, and eventually suffered from its overall lack of infrastructure leading to its annexation by Volterra after several obby and firebombing attacks committed by alt accounts from Icenia's own alliance, the GNA.
'''<big>Founding on
In March of 2019, [[ChrisChrispie]] returned to the CivCraft community after 2 years of inactivity and traveled to the (-,-) intent on joining [[Bloom]] and running for Parliament. However, these plans did not pan out and after consulting with [[Varkonia|Varkonian]] leader Mickale, a tract of land over what once was Antietam Isles and the [[Ring of Essence]] was granted to [[ChrisChrispie]] to re-establish Icenia. The re-establishment of Icenia occurred on March 11, 2019.
[[File:Icenia Render December 2021.png|thumb|700x700px|A render of Icenia City from December 2021, before the closure of CivClassic.]]
==Pre-Constitution Era ==
Early development commenced shortly after Icenia's publicly announced return. [[ChrisChrispie]] was alone when he built the first building in Icenia: a dirt shack on the beach. Slowly, new players joined the nation. The first came from Musicbook, where [[ChrisChrispie]] was well known, but did not remain long. DarkMalivas was the first non-Musicbook member to join the nation and built Icenia's first residential complex, the Sandstone Tower, which would later draw Icenians' ire as being an eyesore on the expanding skyline. Eventually, it was torn down to make way for Icenia's own [[Corvus]] shop, which itself was torn down after a period of dereliction.
It was around this time that Icenia began to develop its Chan influence when [[DreadedNova]], a former citizen of [[Polynesia]] in Civcraft 2.0, joined the nation and became assistant leader of Icenia. DreadedNova would go on to invite other players from various [[4Chan]] associated Minecraft servers and soon Icenia began to grow rapidly. During this time, Icenia saw growth along Gapplar Drive, then the central hub of downtown. DreadedNova built his windmill during this time, and LordChieftain would construct the "Cobble Castle", the first stage of a planned city development that would have made Icenia a walled and compact city. This plan never came to fruition. The Cobble Castle was torn down, and its basement used for the Icenian Space Needle, a [[skybunker]] which now serves as a station of command for the Icenian Militia.
'''<big>Involvement in Nyasan-Channer War (March- Early April 2019)</big>'''
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On April 9th, 2019 [[Sovia]] attacked the [[UNC]] member nation [[Nyasaland]] for the pearling of Lakupippu. After heavy fighting and bombing of Palgrave City (Nyasaland's capital), the majority of the attackers were pearled and sent either to either [[Mir]] vault or Nyasaland vault.
One of the attackers pearled was [[LordChieftain|LordChieftain,]] then an established member of Icenia. Additionally, the majority of the Sovian attackers had been granted, or were or were being processed for, Icenian citizenship.
As a result, UNC-Icenian relations immediately worsened. The UNC strongly opposed Icenia's strict anti-bounty hunting laws, and many Sovians had taken refuge in Icenia after the attacks as a direct result of the laws and the security they provided. As a result, the UNC accused Icenia of harboring criminals.
On April 13th, 2019, [[AngryPepsi]], a new player under Sovian influence, attacked Palgrave City again with a number of end crystals and stacks of TNT. AngryPepsi was pearled, but quickly released and took refuge in Icenia to be with the rest of the Sovians, most of who were now full citizens of the nation due to the annexation of Sovia-[[Verda|Verdan]] land by Nyasaland and the reinstatement of the throne in Crowsroost.
After being released, AngryPepsi would travel to [[Bloom]] with more end crystals and attempt to bomb the Bloomian rail station. This attack was immediately stopped, but resulted in Bloom taking drastic measures against Icenia. Bloomians in Icenia were asked to close their shops and remove dual citizenship. The Bloomian parliament voted to restrict trade and travel to Icenia via embargo. Although these acts would not pass due to diplomatic pressure, a citizen of Bloom, [[HuM4nB3inG]], griefed the Icenian-Bloom railway with an obsidian deathtrap. This resulted in his
'''<big>First Icenian Population Boom and Mount Augusta Dispute (April 2019)</big>'''
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As the population of Icenia exploded in West Isle, tensions arose between the mayoral government of West Isle and the federal government of Icenia, who mostly resided in Icenia City. Many of the issues revolved around the status of Icenia's democratic systems, with West Isle in favor of broader democratization and the government of central Icenia in favor of keeping the system of Federalism put in place in the first Constitution. These tensions climaxed during the September elections, with all incumbents finding their positions highly contested by members of West Isle, most notably Lagiacrus11, the long time Minister of Foreign Affairs.
West Isle candidates ran on platforms of democratization and leaving the UDF, supporting the newly formed [[LSD]], and "repairing international relations with New Sovia, [[Adina (CivClassics)|Adina]], and [[Laconia]]". The incumbent Government supported maintaining the UDF, improving relations with Entente and SATO, and continuing to build defensive infrastructure in the city to combat the threats of Laconia and New Sovia, nations which it had been interested in potentially starting a civil war within Icenia by placing PvPers on West Isle.
While the election was tight, only one incumbent was unseated and the majority of West Isle subsequently quit the server in anger at losing the election and perhaps their best chance at establishing political control within Icenia.
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On December 1st, 2019 Icenia was obby-bombed by VPN alts. After a massive outpouring of help from many nations, one of the admins, iebagi, removed the grief after it was found out that some of the perpetrators had been using VPNs to mask their identities. Shortly after the attack, Genoskyo, [[Coventhia]], [[The Commonwealth|Commonwealth]], and SPQR were also obby-bombed, forcing Icenia to begin quick militarization. Eventually, the base of operations for the obby-bombings was found by Lodish, when he followed a sky bridge constructed by MineCraftisFTW (aka Vespasian) into the territory of the vault.
[[ChrisChrispie]] was later pearled during a valiant midday effort to break bastions at Bang City, the main hideout of the bombing crew
Over the course of the week, Icenia was used as a coalition staging ground and massive infrastructure was created with haste to ensure safe travel to the front lines outside of [[Lusitania (CivClassic 2.0)|Lusitania]]. By 12-16-19, Ransakistan was in a downward spiral with many of its leadership pearled in consistent bastion breaking efforts by combined Coalition and Entente/Mirian forces and by 12/17/19, the Ransakistanis were on life support before a final and impromptu push began to disable 'Cumdragon' the name chosen by Parker for the vault. After a 14 hour siege, the vault was disabled and the pearls of Hockey and Chris were freed. Ransakistan had fallen, and the coalition had won.
=== Entrance Into the Infinity War ===
By the beginning of 2020, it became more and more clear that the UDF and NATO were inching closer and closer to war with each passing day. The discovery of an ice road between Ransakistan and Corvus in December and the existence of escaped Ransakistani fighters and later-known cheaters [[MineCraftIsFTW]] ("Vespasian") and [[Poortea]] ("thomasih") in NATO-aligned nations was writing on the wall for many members of the Icenian government and UDF leadership. That writing became reality after NATO affiliates attacked members of Icenian ally Columbia in the streets of Rotterdam with no forewarning. This action pushed Icenia, and the UDF as a whole, into the Siege of Pinkerton over the skies of the Mount Augustan-HJE border in a secret mission. After the vault fell, evidence was released via leak which showed that the supposedly neutral nations of the UDF actively participated in the attack on Pinkerton, and a vote was passed within the UDF to declare war on NATO as an alliance.
Attention was immediately placed on Columbia, which was the closest UDF nation to NATO occupied lands. For a short time, the war was silent between NATO and the UDF and construction of Valyria's vault was prioritized. The calm would soon end at the [[The Battle of The Crucible|Battle of The Crucible]], which took place after Hollybell, a Valyrian and NATO spy, gave vault access to NATO. This caught the UDF and Columbia completely off guard, and several Icenians rushed to Columbia to defend the crippled vault and eventually, with the aid of other nations in the Coalition and Mir, take it back.
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Icenia would also find themselves the owners of Bloom, their former allies in the UDF. Bloom would go inactive and move to Realms during the period of server inactivity mentioned above. As a result, negotiations were opened with the remaining Bloomians and all groups were handed to the Icenian government, including groups for the smaller Bloom vault. Bloomians would eventually work their way back to the server however, and Icenia would give back the city proper to [[Ashelor]], with the remaining land being unclaimed as a "frontier" under administrative control of Icenia with the icea that new nations, defined by the Icenian government, could be granted it to establish themselves. Tritan Island would remain with Icenia along with Hyperion, a large flat and square tract of land near the former nation of TVtopia.
Icenia also experienced an influx of old players seeking a new life in the active streets of Icenia. The majority of Pacem would end up moving to Icenia, with Naglafer becoming Icenia's first new Minister of Interior in over a year. With this influx, the largest economy ever seen in Icenia developed, with Naglafer claiming Hyperion Island for [[Titan Industries]], and large farms being constructed by [[Enforcer15]] and other Icenians in former Carbon claims, Icenia's nether biome claim, East Side Icenia, and the island of Blumfeild off the far West coast of Icenia.
Icenia would also find themselves the owners of parts of Wayrest claims and Astonia claims as a direct result of agreements made after the Infinity War, with Wayrest eventually being split jointly between several UDF nations. Astonia would remain a relatively inactive part of Icenia, but plans were made to turn the region into a critical region for EXP production of primarily melon.
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Notably, Minister of Defense [[SoundTech]] was allowed to run for all three elected positions, throwing a wrench into the election. The hottest drama during the election however was the Naglafer v. [[Minemaster933|Minemaster]] election for Minister of Interior with Minemaster running under the SNP (Stop Naglafer Party) and claiming that his opponent "did nothing for the Republic of Icenia". While [[Naglafer]] would go on to win this position, early in the election it seemed it would come down to a runoff because of SoundTech's existence in the race.
[[Charlieseeese]], a former citizen on Yoahtl and an Infinity War veteran would end up picking up the vacant seat for judge left by incumbent [[LordCheiftain]], who decided not to run for re-election. This position was highly contested though, with FreestyleJr, xDarkDiamond, and others nearly taking the position. Driving political discourse was [[
=== Ez2Crew Raids ===
In late March of 2021, Icenia was hit by it's first major attack since the [[War of The Coalition]] when former [[Mir]]<nowiki/>rian fighter Ez2Clutch suddenly went rouge and killed Binchymonkey in the streets of Icenia, stealing his prot. A swarm of Coalition fighters would enter Icenia that first night, including [[ChosenTwice]], who would be given groups to the city skybunker and iceroads. The next day, Chosen would kill Naglafer on the streets of Icenia during a prot deal and join Ez2's raiding crew. Again, more Coalition members poured into Icenia to aid with the defense of the city and overnight traps were constructed, the cities infrastructure was stocked with pots, and repair mats were made open to all fighters.
Fighting in Icenia would be ongoing for nearly two days, with no losses on the Coalition side, but with a loss of one of Ez2's members near the Icenian-IT border at the hands of Slushhi, the former Prime Minister of Bloom and an Icenian citizen. After the loss of this pearl, fighting would shift to outside of West Isle, before moving to the half-disabled Best Western vault. Fighting would continue there for another day before all of the players on Ez2's side would be banned as a result of fighting with individuals such as Vespasian,Parker, and
Chosen would turn himself into Varkonia in late May of 2021, and the status of the other non-VPN accouts remains a mystery.
=== Political Conflict (January 2021-
With the fall of [[CivUniverse]] and the inactivity of [[CivRealms 2.0|CivRealms]] due to wars, Icenia
The influx in players would result in the first true political divide in Icenia since the West Isle conflict, with this coming to a head in the May Elections in which over 9 candidates would run for judge. Primary concerns of new players including the government favoring the "Old Guard" Icenians in court cases, the government not following the Icenian Constitution properly, and laws being flouted in favor of
Further division was seen in the case of the existence of Nexton as a whole, with some players within the government becoming scornful of the group of newfriends who had settled there due to their inability to "learn the game", and Nexton claiming that the Icenian Central Government was not upholding their end of the deal and giving them enough resources to be successful. Ultimately, Nexton would officially disband and it's remaining citizens would move underground. Eventually, long term Icenian Minister of Defense and recently appointed Minister of
Further drama included [[Amelorate]]'s sentencing in a crafting table theft case, in which the court wavered in its opinion on the amount of diamond reps Amel would have to pay to LordCheiftain following a breach in his old factory room located just outside the Cringe Pit exclusion zone. This was in large part due to ChrisChrispie's prodding of judge 1drop to reduce diamond reps from over 100 to around 15. This was seen as an egregious violation of the separation between the judges and the office of the President which had been established in July of 2019 via [[Vend3tta]]'s constitutional rewrite. Also included in the controversy was supposed mishandling of evidence on if the armor factories LordCheiftan claimed existed ever did in the first place. Based on the mishandling of evidence, the case was dropped with no punishment for [[Amelorate]].
== Third Constitutional Era (August 2021-Server End) ==
=== Passage of the Third Constitution of Icenia (July-August 2021) ===
By July 2021 it became obvious that synergy levels in Icenia were at an all time low. This was exceptionally clear after ChosenTwice turned himself into Varkonia rather than Icenia and was given a relatively light sentence. As a result of a litany of reasons, longtime government member Soundtech would resign from his position as Minister of Defense. Following a pearling of a player by Icenian citizen Asumaru (Neptun3), and the pearls subsequent constitutional but controversial extradition to Hjaltland, it became abundantly clear to a previously stalwart ChrisChrispie, along with others, that the Icenian Constitution and Code of Laws needed an extensive rewrite. Soundtech subsequently rejoined the Icenian Government and went to work with others on what would become the Third Icenian Constitution. During the period in-between, Icenian government member 1drop was removed from the Icenian government after it was found out that he was leaking the Government chat to Hjaltland on his own accord in order to make Icenia look bad and probably get some laughs. His citizenship was subsequently revoked, along with his access to the Cringe Pit Home for Troubled Youth and Icenia city and suburb bastions.
The Third Icenian Constitution would be approved by all members of the July government in late July. Changes included the creation of a Grand Council formed by a Secretary of State, the renaming of most Presidential Cabinet level positions, and the creation of two new rolls; City Manager and District Attorney-both elected positions. The Code of Law aspects of the Second Constitution were carried over with the intention being to rewrite them at a later date. [[File:Icenia City Render.jpg|left|thumb|677x677px|A render of Icenia City from late 2021]]
=== August 2021 Government and Growth ===
The August 2021 elections in Icenia were much quieter than expected and most of the original "established" positions carried over to the August government. Massive change was seen within the judicial branch though, with many ex-realms Otonabee members being elected into judge positions. BinchyMonkey, MrJeremyFarmer, and FreestyleJr would take the seats with Sadie becoming Icenia's first DA and August, a former NATO fighter who had been previously paroled to Icenia by Columbia, becoming the first City Manager.
The biggest trial of this period occurred when Incentives, a Caledonian-Adinan who had been pearled for suspected collaboration during the Ez2Crew raids, was unbanned and unexpectedly came back-retaining notable e-lawyer and outspoken critic of the Icenian government prawny331 as his attorney. The state accused Incentives of treason and presented evidence claiming that Incentives planned on joining up with Ez2 and other banned VPN players, while the defence argued that the prosecution had failed to show Incentives had 'serious and provable' due intent necessary for a guilty charge for treason. FreestyleJr ordered him released without much prejudice, arguably costing him the following judge election.
From mid to late August, Icenia experienced another massive cycle of growth brought on by a spawn point finally being re-established in the city and Wingzero consistently advertising on other subreddits. Notable citizens arrive during this period were Alador, PhysicsGamer, and Twillie. Many of these new residents were set up by Fort Gua outside of bastions in order to prevent any VPN alts from slipping into the city.
=== September 2021 Elections ===
The September elections would become the first very close elections in Icenia for some time, due to the controversial Incentives case and an influx of new players. Former Icenian Government member Naglafer, upset at the release of Incentives, would unexpectedly run for judge under the Titan Party under a platform of tough justice toward criminals. Asumaru (Neptun3) would throw her hat in the ring for District Attorney, also running on a hardline position. When the election concluded on September 1st however, newcomers Alador and PhysicsGamer would be thrust into the positions of City Manager and District Attorney. Both ran on relatively moderate platforms more in line with the positions of Soundtech.
FreestyleJr would once again find himself out of government, and Binchymonkey would lose his seat to an up and coming August. Naglafer would be victorious in his run and MrJeremyFarmer would be re-elected as the favorite to his judge seat.
=== September to End of Server ===
After the September Elections, Icenia continued forward in a precarious position diplomatically within it's alliance, the UDF. Tension had broken out particularly between Yoahtl and Columbia over differences in opinion and strategy. Icenia generally speaking tried to tow the line and sat in the middle between these two nations, attempting to mediate disputes through Enforcer15. Icenia would support Yoahtl over the Mount September Ice Road Conflict, but support Columbia in the decision to not get involved on an alliance scale with the ongoing issues in Wayrest with OKX. Near the end of the server, these conflicts would cause Icenia to seek other alliances and there was talk between Icenia and Columbia about creating a new alliance in a similar vein to Entente. This never came to fruition, although Icenia did join the revamped UNC in the waning days of the server. While in the UNC, Icenia would gear itself up for a war looming on the horizon with Kallos over the betrayal of KnotNSA and theories that Yoahtl Vault would be attacked. While Icenian troops were stationed in Varkonia awaiting a potential skybridge there, word came that Civclassics would be ending. In the final days of the server Icenia rushed to complete builds and keep the city safe from grief. Public tours were also given at the Cringe Pit Home for Troubled Youth, Poortea was unbanned and fought in the streets of Icenia, and skirmishes broke out by Cringe Pit with some very "half assed" attempts to break it made. Icenia would leave Civclassic as the predominant economic power on the server outside of Hjaltland and the most populated city on Civclassic.
== Internal Districts of Icenia ==
'''Icenia City'''
Icenia City is a sprawling urban center that is the capital of the Republic of Icenia. With a population of approximately 20 active players, Icenia City is one of the most populated and active cities on
'''The Jewish Quarter'''
The Jewish Quarter (JQ) was one of the most prominent and well designed portions of Icenia City during its early days. It contained the city's primary factory room and housed a vast portion of Icenia's shops and businesses. The district was constructed primarily by [[Figasaur]] and RabbiCroc after receiving a
'''Bay Loop'''
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'''Mansion Row'''
Mansion Row was originally a low-population, high build quality region within Icenia, however, it slowly developed into a newfriend district with the passage of Icenia's "New Citizenship Bill" which settled new players to Icenia outside of bastions. Today the region contains pre-built homes made by Torrio as well as Prioma's house, now owned by [[Charlieseeese]]. [[File:JahPark.png|thumb|Jah Park, January 2021|alt=|591x591px|left]]'''Jah Park'''
Jah Park is one of the many holy sites of Jahaism. Dedicated to the rapper XXXTentacion, the park contains an open space sporting many stores and a large water fountain. Near the park, there are there are several Icenian heritage sites including the Grand Icenian Septic Tank and the Shitter Shack. Jah Park was griefed in the JQ removal process in October 2019, but was rebuilt by [[Enforcer15]] shortly after. Today the GOR-Icenia Branch extends over Jah Park. In July of 2020, Jah Park was nearly destroyed by [[Figasaur]] associate Spicyboy, but the grief was removed within a day.
The Jah Park area is also home to the [[Icenia Map Art Shop]].
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'''East Side'''
East Side is a large suburban district of Icenia located East of Pink Sheep Circle. Originally settled during the "Squarefriend" boom of 2019, the region has perpetually undergone development and re-development due to its nature of being an essential newfriend slum. The region is considered to be an eyesore by many, with quality builds hard to find and most active people from the region moving into city center closer to factories and existing rail infrastructure. One defining feature of East Side is its lack of trees and the abutting buildings that define downtown Icenia. This is primarily due to the nature in which it was set up. In November 2020 the GOR moved through a large portion of East Side destroying many of the buildings without following proper
== External Districts of Icenia ==
===West Isle===
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In October 6, 2019, VolutionFs announced that he have decided to leave the server. One week later, West Isle was dissolved as a Federal State of Icenia and the majority of West Isle playerbase left the server. Today, the town of West Isle sits abandoned, a monument to the dangers of newfriend hubris.
The southern portion of West Isle remained relatively unpopulated even through the town's boom, and the southernmost tip of South West Isle contains one of Icenia's two nether biomes, accessible via the Drippy Domestic System. The nether biome, "Helios", contains large nether wart farms used in XP production. [[File:Iceniamap3.png|link=link=link=Special:FilePath/Map_of_Icenia_Feb2020.png|alt=|thumb|A map of Icenia, created by asianhaydenxd, in February 2020.|969x969px]]
===Nexus (0,0)===
Nexus is an external district in Icenia that serves as a major international rail hub for much of the server. Nexus was formally transferred to Icenia by John Smith aka. [[Stonato]] after the Icenian-Finglish Summit in late April 2019, after a period of abandonment. Icenia maintains a direct connection to Nexus via its 0,0 'rail switch compatible' rail line, which also serves as a major transport artery to +,+ nations such as Caledonia. After the Infinity War, Icenian [[Amelorate]] fully rebuilt the 0,0 railhub, making it rail switch
===Tritan Island===
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Icenia's Astonia claims stem from the Astonia Land Rush of 2019, in which former player SinjoroJoCrafter's nation Astonia (which claimed much of the region now occupied by balkanized Astonias) imploded, prompting nations in the region to claim land over the former Astonia to antagonize Jo. Initially, Icenia operated a region in-between Upper Astonia (Columbia) and Downer Astonia (Imperial Truidence) known simply as Astonia. Later, Columbia ceded their Upper Astonian claim to Icenia, and large farms were built in the claim to facilitate XP production.
The Stormire Highlands sit east of Astonia, and are the result of a trade deal between Icenia and Imperial Truidence. In this deal, Icenia ceded a small mesa biome nestled within IT's claims in exchange for diamonds and the claim to the Stormire Highlands, which ObtainableSpatula purchased from Aurum. Today, with the deletion of cactus from XP
===Western Islands===
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== Culture and Religion ==
[[File:Jah Day Celebration.png|thumb|700x700px]]'''<big>Jah</big>'''
Jah, aka Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy professionally known as XXXTentacion was a lyrical miracle and a god among men before his death on June 18, 2018. Since his death, he has become the sole deity in the Icenian faith Jahaism, a sect of Judaism/Christianity . The religion is primarily practiced within Icenia, however there are a small number of other worships outside of the country.
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* Red torches.
*Burning a Hantzu effigy in solidarity of those lost in the Infinity War and the death of Chanada at the hands of Hantzu.
Septic tanks are a key feature in Icenian culture. Brought to popularity by [[Figasaur]]'s daring escape from MtA and Spicyboy's trial (in which he claimed he couldn't have committed a murder in MtA due to bathing in the cities septic tanks), many homes in Icenia now posses this key feature. Icenia City also has a large public septic tank that has been home to several celebrations including Jah Day.
'''<big>g vs Barkey</big>'''[[File:G Park.png|thumb|g park, Icenia City, January 2021|alt=|
Icenia has an ongoing debate between whether "g" or "Barkey" is the superior statement. There is a dedicated g-barkey channel in the discord along with a highway and road named after the two legendary phrases. Currently, barkey has fallen out of favor for "g" after Icenia and Columbia became closer allies.
== Foreign Relations ==
==== <big>New Sovia</big> ====
Historically, Icenia maintained positive relations with [[Sovia]]/[[New Sovia]], and much of the Pre-Constitution era was defined by a peaceful co-existence between Icenian's and Sovians in the nation. Many 'first wave' citizens in Icenia were avid players of /pol/andcraft, and were brought into Icenia by Sovians creating a strong early culture in the nation and several 'districts' with Ram Ranch being the most notable. The land Icenia was built upon was also at one point owned in part by Gamephobic, who's first house on the server was flattened recently in the Southeastern region of Antietam Island, where Icenia City is located.
Relations began to sour after breaches of trust between the government of Icenia and Sovians. After the attack on [[Nyasaland]], the government of Icenia cracked down on TNT stashes carried into the nation after it was discovered that AngryPepsi had compacted incredible amounts on the explosive and had stored it within Icenian territory. The UNC was also given the authority to pearl anyone involved in the Nyasaland bombing not yet captured even if they were residing in Icenia. Later, [[ChrisChrispie]] was accused of stealing diamond blocks from [[Pirater]] which were being used to help build New Sovia. When presented with evidence, [[ChrisChrispie]] gave the blocks back. However, this would permanently damage relations between the two groups.
Relations collapsed in mid June of 2019, when Swiftfizz and many other New Sovians entered Icenian territory and entered restricted land, later spamming the coordinates of this area in the in-game global group chat,
=== Alliances ===
==== UDF ====
Icenia is a founding member of the United Defensive Front ([[UDF]]) and maintains a seat on the Synergy Council.
The UDF currently consists of fellow shallow -,- nation Imperial Truidence, as well as [[Columbia]], [[Yoahtl]], [[Southshire]], and [[Acadia]]. This alliance was created in late July after the UNC collapsed after the Evocator/Corvus scandal and Varkonia's decision to form the Entente. Icenia wrote much of the original draft of the UDF charter and the first spokesperson of the UDF was [[Vend3tta]], the Icenian Minister of Foreign Affairs (June-July 2019). Currently, Icenia holds the Strategic Commander position within the UDF with [[SoundTech]] serving in the position as well as the Spokesperson position, held by Enforcer15.
==== UNC ====
Icenia was part of the GNA during Civcraft 2.0, and with the UNC being a spiritual successor during CivClassic, as well as neighbors [[Bloom]] and [[Varkonia]] maintaining member status, it was only natural for Icenia to join. The UNC gave early support to the establishment of Icenia in CivClassic, with Varkonia contributing city bastions and materials for basic factories. Bloom also paid early attention to Icenia, and even requested that Icenia join Bloom as a separate city within their nation.
However, early on relations with UNC nations began to fray. First, LordChieftain was pearled by then-[[UNC]] member Swiftfizz and brought to the Varkonia vault over 'terroristic threats' made on Icenian soil. This violated Icenia's anti-bounty hunting laws, and LordChieftain was released. Then due to the events of Sovia's attack upon Nyasaland, and Icenia's perceived harboring of individuals wanted by the UNC, UNC members began to doubt their ability to work constructively with Icenia. Around this time, Icenia decided to cancel its request to join the alliance.
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In late July of 2019, tensions with the UNC began to flare again after the Sovia-Icenia War, nicknamed the Clown Wars. This was directly related to Swiftfizz's release of screenshots which showed Icenian leader [[ChrisChrispie]] partook in the obbybombing of Crowsroost before the UNC invasion along with [[Pirater]], and that Chris had invited the Sovians to build bunkers in Icenia after their attack on Nyasaland. The June 20th attack upon Icenia also served as pretext for the pearling of BritishWanderer by Thoths_Librarian in an attempt to free PapaPound through negotiations from the Hjaltland Vault. This led to controversy involving Ev0cator and Thoths over their alleged alt-raiding of UNC territories. As a result of leaked screenshots, the UNC briefly considered declaring war on Icenia, however this never came into fruition as the screenshots were over four months old. Icenia was no longer associated with Sovia, and there were bigger issues in the region.
By the time the UNC disbanded, Icenia had established relations with Imperial Truidence and Bloom, and the UDF was created in the wake of the implosion of the UNC, leading to an era of Icenian history known as Pax-Icenia-a time comparable to the 1990's in the United States.
Upon the refounding of the UNC alliance in late 2021, Icenia joined as one of the three security council members along with Gabon and Varkonia.
==== SATO ====
After rescinding its application to join the UNC, Icenia opted to attempt to join [[SATO]] due to mutual connections to many of the alliance's previous leadership being associated with nations that [[ChrisChrispie]] had connections with in Civcraft 2.0, notably [[Bgbba]] through Chanada, who was now leading [[Yoahtl]]. SATO was also the only alliance outside of the UNC that was relatively stable in the world at the time, as [[NATO]] was engaged in an ongoing and stalled war with Mir, and joining the [[NCA]] was out of question. SATO was hesitant to admit Icenia given its reputation for being rowdy in server politics and the fact that Figasaur and Cr0codile, members of the JQ, resided in Icenia and were accepted there as members of Icenian society. However, despite these reservations, SATO voted to bring Icenia on as an associate member believing that if the JQ was to be contained, it was best contained in Icenia.
Relations with SATO while in the alliance were lukewarm, while SATO hesitantly supported Icenia during the [[Mount Augusta (CivClassic 2.0)|Mount Augusta]] extradition crisis, relations began to become frayed as Icenia and [[Bloom]] continued petty spats over Fig and Croc's willingness to rabblerouse in the region and accuse players of antisemitism. This came to a head after the first Icenian debates in late May, 2019 when then-candidate Figasaur accused specificlanguage (managing Mount Augustan voter registration) of various allegations in regards to Fig's time in the Mount Augustan JQ. It was at this time that a mutual agreement was made between Icenia and members of SATO that the alliance was simply not going to work. The loss of Icenian pearls in [[Hjaltland]]'s vault resulting in a resuming of alt-raiding in the city. Despite all of this, Icenia remains close with several SATO nations including [[Vinland]] and [[The Commonwealth]].
Today Icenia is on very good terms with SATO as the majority of SATO nations are now in the UDF.
Originally, Icenia stood against Entente due to the fallout created by the disbanding of the UNC in Bloom. This was due to an overarching fear that Entente was simply created by more militaristic nations in the UNC as a way to stand unopposed to Mirian combat in the -,-. These fears quickly subsided though when the War of the Coalition broke out and the UDF and Entente began fighting a common enemy. After the War of the Coalition, relations between Entente and Icenia continued to flourish and shortly after the conclusion of the War of the Coalition, Icenia would join Entente in the Infinity War. Today Entente and Icenia hunt raiders together in the -,- and are generally considered to be allies.
==== Augustan Federation ====
Icenia generally speaking has mixed relations with the Augustan Federation stemming primarily from their acceptance of individuals like Minemaster. Many of these concerns came to head during the ongoing Mount September Ice Road conflict, with Icenia backing its allies in Imperial Truidence and Columbia. Despite this, Icenia has maintained historically positive relations with Lambat and Lusitania especially, with Icenia holding pearls on behalf of both nations and hunting raiders in both nations.
'''NATO'''
When it was founded, Icenia leaned in a pro-NATO direction due to lingering mistrust of UNC members who had played a part of the destruction of Icenia in Civcraft 2.0. While Icenia never offered NATO outright help in the Infinity War during this era, they did offer NATO the ability to trade and travel within Icenia. Relations with NATO soured due to general concern over NATO's actions in Corvus and Laconia. Eventually Icenia would be openly hostile to NATO after it was revealed that Ransakistan had been allowed to set up within snitch range of HJE, and after Icenian ally Bgbba was pearled while traveling along the GOR in Mount Augusta. Subsequently, Icenia joined the Infinity War to aid in the dismantling of the NATO alliance. In July of 2020 this goal was accomplished. Icenia lost only 1 pearl in the process with the UDF as a whole losing 3 (ComradeRick, Flashmigma, and ObtainableSpat)
== Military Involvement ==
[[File:Skybridge.jpg|thumb|767x767px|Icenian Airforce troopers manning the Skybridge during the invasion of the Holy Jaded Empire]]
'''<big>Clown Wars</big>'''{{Main|Clown Wars}}'''<big>War of the Coalition</big>'''{{Main|2=War of The Coalition}}'''<big>Laconia and Corvus</big>'''{{See also|Entente-Laconia_War}}
After the War of the Coalition, Icenia and the UDF would for a short time join the ongoing war between Entente against Corvus and Laconia. This was done due to Laconia taking in some of the obby bombers from Ransakistan and Corvus doing the same thing. Ultimately Laconia and Corvus would fall under Coalition assault.
'''<big>Infinity War</big>'''{{Main|4=NATO-Mir War}}
After months of tensions between NATO and the UDF, it slowly became clear that UDF entry into the Infinity War was inevitable, especially after the pearling of Icenian ally Bgbba on the GOR near Mount Augusta. In the closing weeks of January 2020, it became increasingly clear that NATO was allowing Ransakistani's into their ranks and as a result, an executive order was issued in Icenia to allow military action in Pinkerton. Shortly after Pinkerton fell, NATO released leaks showing that UDF members were at the break, resulting in a full alliance for to declare war on NATO. The vote passed.
== Armed Forces ==
=== Infrastructure ===
Throughout the tenures of Defense Secretaries SoundTech and Quanton_Biscuit, Icenian military engineers developed an extensive grid of iceroads, a heavily fortified mega vault, several peripheral bunkers, escape routes to iceroads, and pvp traps on the mainland. Additionally, Icenia acquired Bloom's smaller five ring vault, Lagiacrus11 completed a private three ring microvault, and Titan Industries began work on an eight-ring vault at the center of their EXP complex known as Hyperion.
'''Cringe Pit, Home for Troubled Youths'''
The Cringe Pit Vault is a "large and in charge" mega vault sporting 11 rings plus a trench and is located approximately 800 blocks east of Icenia City. By the end of the server, it was one of the largest and most complete standing vaults, comparable in strength to the Hjaltvault. It boasted a dense, two-layer thick array of sky defenses and a battery of four peripheral skybunkers located on each of the cardinal axis. Additionally, it utilized top secret Coventhian "tall boy technology" to further fortify its rings; the rings resembled castle walls which allowed defenders to fire arrows at any attacking force within the rings. The central skybunker, colloquially named "Big Chungus" was an enormous one chunk wide skybunker with a 24-hour breaktime. The central ground bunker was one of the largest on the server and resembled a keep at the center of a castle. The vault had extensive anti grief technology deployed throughout its rings and was supplied by a dual system of "Sukikawaii 5000 Auto Brewers". Manning the walls was an undisclosed number of Icenian Special Forces, militia members, UDF troopers, and Hjaltland Pinkertons. To allow for easy resupply and reinforcement, the Cringe Pit was connected to Icenia City and the wider UDF via a series of redundant iceroads. Additionally, two direct iceroads were connected to both the Columbian and Varkonian vaults.
'''Other Vaults'''
In addition to the Cringe Pit, Icenia lay claim to a number of other vaults including the old Bloom Vault, Promethius Vault located in occupied Eddie Murphy, Hyperion Vault (incomplete), Lagivault located in Icenia's Southern Ice Biome, and Tortuga (incomplete) located near Mount September and Laconia. Most of these vaults were five or less rings and weren't designed to hold pearls but rather to act as military bases to safeguard Icenia's various provinces and areas of strategic interest.
'''Iceroads and Bunkers'''
In addition to the various vaults, Icenia had several bunkers and bunker complexes located throughout its mainland. The most notable locations are Hyperion, the Space Needle, Quantonimo Bay, Lingyin bunker, and Mr. JermeyFisher's bunker. Asside from the obvious storage abilities, these bunkers provided locations for militia members to fight out of should the mainland ever be attacked.
Paired with these bunkers, Icenia developed an extensive series of iceroads that connected the bulk of the vaults, bunkers, and EXP complexes. Furthermore these iceroads provided safe and fast travel between UDF and UNC nations.
'''Traps and Escape Routes'''
During the Ez2 Raids, Quanton_Biscuit, Lagiacrus11, and Shapha constructed a network of traps and surface to bedrock escape routes that afforded citizens and allied fighters’ safe means of traversing Icenia during wartime. Additionally, the traps increased the risk level of any daytime raid on the mainland.
'''Militia'''
Icenia amassed a sizeable fighting force due to training efforts made by Lagiacrus11. While many of the fighters were relatively inexperienced, the sheer number of fighters proved to be a deterrent to most raiders. Additionally, Icenia possessed a few Infinity War veterans that gained significant experience during the various battles and campaigns.
'''Doctrine'''
Icenia's military doctrine can best be described as "winning" without "losing". To accomplish this broad goal, Secretary of Defense Quanton_Biscuit and former Secretary of Defense SoundTech deployed a five-sigma dogma outlined in the following tenants:
* Diversity of ideas
* Immersion in stratagems
* Cooperation and coordination
* Knock-out assaults
* Sophistication in infrastructure and design<br />
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