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{{Template: Infobox civilization|image=PRWB-flag.png|language=Japanese, English, Romanian|subheader=People's Republic of the Western Boundary<br>

Republica Populară de Limita de Vest|religion=[[22nd Century Reformed Shintoism]]|demonym=西洋人 (Westerner)|capital_city=結城町 (Yuukicho) ''(planned)''|alliance=N/A|ideology=Monarcho-Socialism|discord=https://discord.gg/c2dEmDn63B|location=TBD|national_anthem=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1eIkCZygk4&#124;"Schrödinger's Bakeneko"]|position_title1=Queen of Makai|position_title2=Great Sage|position_title3=Senator(s)|position_name1=[[tactical_maid]]|position_name2=[[MrJoCrafter]]|position_name3=[[Aetherix]], [[Spoonce]]|foundation_date=March 31st, 2022 ''(constitutional convention)''<br>

February 17th, 2022 ''(planned establishment on CivReign)''|foundation_document=People's Republic of Western Boundary Constitution|government_type=Socialist Constitutional Monarchy with Theocratic characteristics|activity_level=Moderate as of 1/28/2022|position_name4=''vacant''|position_title4=Judge(s)|name=境界の西部共和国}}

'''The People's Republic of the Western Boundary''' ''(Japanese: '''境界の西部共和国''', Rōmanji: '''Kyōkai no seibu kyōwakoku''', Romanian: '''Republica Populară de Limita de Vest''')'' or simply '''Western Boundary''' is a monarcho-socialist Shinto theocratic and technocratic-esotericist nation originally founded on [[CivMC]], but planned to be re-established on [[CivReign]].

The People's Republic of Western Boundary got started when CivMC started up for the first time. [[MrJoCrafter]] sailed to the south-western world border, and began looking for a place to settle. Eventually he came upon land (later known as the Hearn Islands). He initially claimed 500 blocks from the entire southwestern hemicircle of the World Border<ref name=":1" />, but the claims were eventually scaled down when significantly more hospitable land was found<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/CivMC/comments/v4judi/updated_peoples_republic_of_western_boundary/</ref>, later re-christened the Forest of Magic.

When overseeing the nation's new claims, MrJoCrafter came upon a mysterious base in what later came to be known as Fire Island. He entered it, and was accosted by TrustThePlan, a raider who had attacked Icarus, Western Boundary, and several other places recently. Immediately afterwards, he was contacted by [[Figasaur]] and asked to cede his claim on Fire Island to the then-not well known nation of [[Blockchainistan]]. MrJoCrafter reluctantly agreed, but became suspicious at this point both due to Trust's behavior and Figasaur's history of lying and grifting. He organized a secret coalition of nations including [[Sovia]], [[KOEL]], [[Icarus]], and others, and set about making a plan to attack the base, later known as Operation Jungle Scourge. The Operation went off without a hitch and was successful, destroying the base, however no Blockchainistani pearls were gathered. This also angered [[Rhode Island]], to the suprise of JoCrafter due to his assumption they would not back Figasaur due to the evidence gathered against him. Due to Rhodesian threats, the Coalition and Blockchainistan met to mediate the war, both sides agreeing to a ceasefire. Eventually Blockchainistan knew they were had and vacated their -,+ claims entirely, moving to the +,-. Western Boundary reclaimed Fire Island, declaring it Fire Island National Park.

Western Boundary came into the Bergburg-Fempire War at the request of KOEL, due to the [[NWO|historic ties]] between Zelmisburg and MrJoCrafter. This would soon prove to be a mistake, as Zelmisburg had vastly overplayed the aggressive actions of the [[Fempire Union]] and not done as much diplomacy with them as he claimed. The final straw came when Zelmisburg sneakily asked KOEL to continue the attack even after the Fempire Union capitulated and signed a treaty. Zelmisburg told MrJoCrafter to withdraw, despite not telling ErrorL and his soldiers the same thing. MrJoCrafter showed these messages to ErrorL, and he flipped the fuck out, switching sides and agreeing to help Fempire capture Zelmisburg, along with Western Boundary. This rapid turn of events caused the nation of Bergburg to collapse immediately, its citizens (minus Zelm) and claimed land joining Cordoba. Zelmisburg quit the server after that, likely due to being POS in most of the world.

After the [[Annexation of Kū]] by [[Estalia]], Western Boundary, along with its allies in the [[ILA]], signed on to the embargo treaty established by, of all people, [[Topaz4293]] of [[Gensokyo]]. However, not feeling this was strong enough of a statement, MrJoCrafter made a now-deleted post railing against Estalia with the general message that no one should have given them a second chance after [[Infinity War|what they did on CivClassic]]. He was immediately banned from CivMC for this, speculated but not confirmed to be due to a statement made about [[Gregy165]]. He remained banned for 42 days, while grinding continued in the meantime.

Domestic attitudes in the People's Republic of Western Boundary strongly opposed [[Estalia]], but also opposed [[Rhode Island]] due to their support of [[Blockchainistan]] during the Western Jungle War. As such, the government took several steps to ensure neutrality in the Generic War. They broke off an aliance with the [[Kingdom of ErrorL]], then lead by ZachAttack after the departure of most of its players after the KOEL-Titan Conflict.<ref>{{Cite Discord message|sender=MrJoCrafter|sender-link=MrJoCrafter|date=August 10th, 2022|text=@everyone With the assent of the Queen of Makai, the People's Republic of Western Boundary has officially withdrawn its alliance with the Kingdom of ErrorL (KOEL) for the following reasons:

Due to a personal falling-out between the two leaders of Western Boundary, ChewLeKitten was officially deposed as Queen of Makai on 3 October 2022. On the next day, the next eligible female player, [[tactical_maid]] (hereafter referred to as both tactical_maid and Queen Yuuki I), took the throne.

The Crownlands are several disconnected regions around the Forest of Magic directly administered by the Queen of Makai and the Senate. These areas are where most of the Western Boundary's civilian and industrial infrastructure exists.

Formerly Blockchainistan, the Fire Island National Park was part of Western Boundary's initial claims before being unclaimed and then quickly reclaimed after Western Boundary's and allies' victory in the [[Western Jungle War]] against Blockchainistan. The island is a historical attraction, and the shells of the former Blockchainistani building(s) are untouched.

[[File:PRWBgovttimeline.png|thumb|811x811px|Infographic of the Western Boundary government positions over time.]]

Western Boundary operates under a dual executive model: the head of state and supreme ruler responsible for high-level administration and approval is the Queen of Makai, [[tactical_maid]]. The head of government and religious, diplomatic, and legislative leader is the Great Sage of the 22nd Century Reform, [[SinjoroJoCrafter]].

The official religion of the state is [[22nd Century Reformed Shintoism]], which is a combination of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Shinto State Shinto] and the lore of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touhou_Project Touhou Project] game series. The governing body of this religion is the Organization of the 22nd Century Reform, which is lead by the Great Sage of the 22nd Century Reform, MrJoCrafter. 22nd Century Reform is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Roman_mysteries mystery religion], and so its practices are not well known outside Western Boundary, or even inside it. However, two aspects of the religion are well known due to their influence on government:

[https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Makai Makai] is an alternate dimension within the Touhou Franchise. It is the primary setting of ''[https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Mystic_Square Touhou 5: Mystic Square]'' as well as the origin of one of its major characters, [https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Alice_Margatroid Alice Margatroid]. The head of state of the People's Republic of Western Boundary is titled the "Queen of Makai". and the constitution states that the title of Queen of Makai can only be held by a female player. This title relates the Queen of Makai to [https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Shinki Shinki], the ruler and creator of Makai in (questionably-canon) Touhou lore. It is also speculated that Shinki is Alice's mother, due to her having been stated to have created everything in Makai, which would necessarily include Alice. This gives Alice and her related iconography a special place within the 22nd Century Reformed (religious) canon. The ''de-jure'' capital of the nation is named Bucuresti or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucharest Bucharest]<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucharest</ref> due to one of Alice Margatroid's epithets: "The Doll Maker of Bucuresti".

Western Boundary culture centers around spamming touhou gifs and propagandizing the Secret Sealing Club especially, as well as spamming anime gifs and emotes in general.

Western Boundary is often compared to [[Gensokyo]], and sometimes for good reasons. [[MrJoCrafter]] sarcastically referred to Western Boundary as "gensokyo but based" in an early recruiting push, possibly taking a jab at Gensokyo's [[World Police]] alignment during [[CivClassic]]. But despite jokes being made about it from both sides, the two nations are incredibly dissimilar. Both nations have a Japanese aesthetic and are based on the Touhou Project series, but that's about where the similarities end. Western Boundary is Shintoist (or follows a Shinto-based religion, at least), while Gensokyo is Taoist, and both nations use completely different parts of the vast chasm of Touhou lore. This is (incidentally) reflected by the two nations' positioning on the CivMC map, with Western Boundary at the Southwestern edge and Gensokyo formerly at the Southeastern edge.