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'''Icenia''', or the '''Republic of Icenia''', is a Semi-Democratic nation located in the [[Geographical Regions|-,-]] quadrant of the map 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.
[[File:Icenia RenderCity, January 2021.jpgpng|alt=Icenia City|right|frameless|353x353px]]
== History ==
==Pre-Constitution Era ==
Icenia's earlyEarly development was initiated by [[ChrisChrispie]]commenced shortly after Icenia's publicly announced return. Despite the notoriety of Icenia as a nation, most players on the server were well-established and not interested in starting from scratch once again. Thus, [[ChrisChrispie]] was alone when he built the first building in Icenia: a dirt shack on the beach. Slowly, new players started to joinjoined the nation. The first few came from Musicbook, where [[ChrisChrispie]] was well known, but did not stick around forremain long. DarkMalivas was the first non-Musicbook member to join the nation and built Icenia's first residential complex:, the Sandstone Tower., The Sandstone Towerwhich would later draw theIcenians' ire of most Icenians as being an eyesore uponon the expanding harbor skyline. Eventually, it was torn down after standing for three months 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 previousformer citizen of Polynesia in Civcraft 2.0, joined the nation and quickly moved up the ranks to becomebecame assistant leader of Icenia during its Pre-Constitution era. DreadedNova would go on to invite other players from various [[4Chan]] associated Minecraft servers and soon Icenia began to grow at a quick pacerapidly. During this time, Icenia saw growth along Gapplar Drive, then the central hub of Icenian developmentdowntown. DreadedNova would buildbuilt 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 would later bewas 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.
=== Involvement in Nyasan-Channer War (March- Early April 2019) ===
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]]'s vault or Nyasaland's vault.
One of the attackers pearled in Sovia's attack on Nyasaland was LordChieftain, then an established member of Icenia,. andAdditionally, the majority of the Sovian attackers had been granted, or were underor thewere processbeing toprocessed be grantedfor, Icenian citizenship in the Republic of Icenia.
As a result, UNC-Icenian relations immediately took a turn for the worseworsened. The UNC was strongly opposed to Icenia's notoriously 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 wanted criminals.
On April 13th, 2019, AngryPepsi, a new player under Sovian influence, attacked Palgrave City again carrying on his personwith a number of end crystals and stacks of TNT. AngryPepsi was pearled, but shortlyquickly released and took refuge for a brief amount of time 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 reinforced Bloomian rail station. This attack was almost immediately stopped, but resulted in Bloom taking drastic measures against Icenia. Bloomians in Icenia were asked to close their shops, and remove dual citizenship. from the nation if they had it, and theThe Bloomian parliament took up a votevoted to restrict trade and travel to Icenia in totality via embargo. Although these acts would not pass due to diplomatic pressure, a citizen of Bloom, HuM4nB3inG, would intentionally griefgriefed the Icenian-Bloom railway with an obsidian deathtrap. This resulted in his pearling by Bloom at the request of Icenia, and subsequent sentencing in Icenia subsequently, being punished to penal labor building the new Icenian-[[Imperial Truidence]] rail line through the Underlands of Icenia.
As a further result, Icenia removed its application to join the UNC, an organization which it had historically been apart of in 2.0 when it had operated under the GNA (Grand Northern Alliance) name. Relations with the UNC continued to be negative at best until its eventual disbandment in July of 2019.
=== First Icenian Population Boom and Mount Augusta Dispute (April 2019) ===
Icenia beganagain experiencingexperienced a population boom at the end ofin March 2019. It was during this time that manyMany [[Sovia|Sovians]] established dual Icenian citizenship within Icenia including [[Pirater]], Gamephobic, iakwai, and othersiakwai. Icenia had also at this time completed aA rail line to Bloom, which had just closed its borders to new players after continuing alt-raids, causedwas issues for the nationcompleted. This caused many new players not associated with Sovia to join Icenia as well, given the fact that it was the closest active nation to Bloom in the region. Also helpful to was Icenia's population boom was its association with former Chan players. Many players came tojoined Icenia from /int/craft, /pol/craft, and the remnants of the Chanseatic State after its destruction and subsequent handoff to Mir by Nes2, a former associate of [[ChrisChrispie]] during Civcraft 2.0 in the towns of Intis and Chanos. Most of the new population during this time settled in Versilles Loop, located next to the Greenbelt that had existed to block off what became the Redlight district from the JQ. Ram Ranch was founded during this time., Theas well as the famous Icenian CBT shack was also built during this time, and many of the original buildings constructed in the Pre-Constitution era Icenia began to bewere torn down.
The prominent event of this era was the "Mount Augusta Crisis". During the week of April 20th, 2019, a new account named Tylerj05 entered Icenia and became a resident of the nation, joining the Icenian discord and renting a room in Figasaur's apartments. Tylerj05, for the rest of his time in Icenia, simply walked around and built a smoothstone shack on the beach by Sunnyshore Village, at that time fairy far from Icenia proper. On April 24th, 2019, Figasaur logged in for the first time since since Tylerj05's arrival and was subsequently pearled and boatedbrought to Mount Augusta over Augustan claims dating from the very start of 2019 of treason. The pearl was then handed to DRECO and Figasaur was placed in Mount Augusta's vault, eventually being upgraded to an end pearl.
The responseIcenian from Iceniaresponse was immediate and harsh. Tylerj05, and thus Mount Augusta, had violated Icenian sovereignty by illegally bounty huntingpearling and extraditing Figasaur. While Icenian leaders searched for a solution to the issue, Icenian nationals organized a protest on the streets of Mount Augusta. On the night of April 24th, 2019, many Icenians and some members of SATO such as Neotide descended uponon Mount Augusta to protest the pearling under strict orders to not engage in any combat with the Augustans. The protest began peacefully, but eventually devolved into chaos as Callum lit TNT against the protesters, killing many. of them and the protesters, fedFed up with being bombed, they went home to Icenia.
The next day, on April 25th, Augustan mayor Citylion released Figasaur's pearl to avoid any further escalation with Icenia.
==== Signing of the First Icenian Constitution ====
At the end of theApril month of April2019, the First Icenian Constitution was finalized and approved by [[ChrisChrispie]], effectively forming the modern Icenian governmental system.The following players were chosen to lead the first iteration of the Grand Ministry.
* President: '''ChrisChrispie'''
* Judge: '''Gollygeekid'''
* Judge: '''Soundtech'''
The placing of these ministers into their positions effectively ended the "Pre-Constitution-Era" of Icenia and began the First Constitution Era.
== First Constitution Era: May 2019-June 2019 ==
May in Icenia was defined by a short stagnation of growth and a slow political straightening out. Many of the original players from Sovia had gone to go form New Sovia, though New Sovia as a nation and city would not become a physical entity until early June of 2019. Icenia was also officially at this point an associate member of SATO in an effort to protect against perceived UNC advances, and Imperial Truidence was developing to the South-East of Icenia. During this early time the JQ quickly developed into a political force in the town and the first Icenian rail station was finished.
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