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'''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.

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.

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.

One of the attackers pearled was 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.

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 sentencing in Icenia, being punished to penal labor building the new Icenian-[[Imperial Truidence]] rail line, under threat of being pearled by Bloom.

[[ChrisChrispie]] was later pearled during a valiant midday effort to break bastions at Bang City, the main hideout of the bombing crew [[Ransakistan]]. Chris was flanked from the side while the more competent PvPers fought daringly and pushed with massive force into the trench of the vault "Cumdragon". Finding himself in the dung infested waters, [[ChrisChrispie]] was pearled by one ofthe Ransaki goons. Upon Chris being pearled, Icenia entered into a state of mourning. Church bells rang, the parrots dsclouse had placed in the town center stopped chirping, and the sky opened up as a cascade of rain fell upon the city. [[Enforcer15]] it is even said wept a little, a man who prided himself on stoic behavior on the field of battle. One thing was clear however after Chris' death-Icenia was in the midst of 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.

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.

With the fall of CivUniverse and the inactivity of CivRealms due to wars, Icenia received a massive influx of players from both servers. Notable players included [[1drop]], [[prawny331]], [[Juniortide|JuniorTide]], [[binchymonkey]], IKEA_FRIDGE, [[MrJeremyFisher]], and [[SpacemanSpleef]]. Spacemanspleef would go on to form the ill-fated "colony" of [[Nexton]] near 0,0, while IKEAFRIDGE would be released from their pearl, gained previously for vault EZ violations, and become a judge.

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 CivClassic. The city does not conform to the standard "city block" meta that is common to Civcraft and instead utilizes a more organic planning methodology similar to those used in cities on the American East Coast. Icenia City is divided in to several smaller districts or neighborhoods that each contain a unique building style or theme. The most well known areas include The Jewish Quarter (JQ) which has since been demolished and replaced, Oak Row, Ram Ranch, Mansion Row, and Pink Sheep Circle. Icenia City also houses the primary rail station in Icenia that has international rail lines to the [[Zero Zero]] (Nexus), Bloom, [[Varkonia]] ([[Gabon]]), [[Imperial Trudence|Imperial Truidence]], [[Vinland]], and [[Gensokyo]]. The rail station also contains on its upper floor the GOR, which runs to Yoahtl. Furthermore, Icenia's rail station has a vast network of domestic lines that allow citizens and visitors to quickly traverse the nation.