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'''Lumière''' (/lymjɛʁ/), officially the '''Consulate of Lumière''', is a constituent Republic of the [[Confederation of Cities Communes and Protectorates|Confederation of Cities, Communes and Protectorates (CCCP)]] situated in the northwestern quadrant. It was formed in June 2021 as a sovereign nation<ref name=":1">https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/nrye6u/claims_of_the_consulate_of_lumi%C3%A8re/</ref>, before joining the CCCP<ref name=":2">{{Cite Discord message|sender-link=AmandaCC|sender=Detective Amanda CC|url=https://discordapp.com/channels/846116287452545025/846117237873573918/902635984921980949|text=Attention citizens and friends of the nation! We have incorporated ourselves into the CCCP (Confederation of Cities, Communes and Protectorates)! The main reason for this is our activity level, which for a bit now has been fairly low. Each time I wanted to play civ, I felt obligated to work on Lumière in some way, and civ became to me like a chore instead of like a game. I'm hoping that by incorporating ourselves into the CCCP, people who wish to play in Lumière can still do so (me included, just a bit less) while also diminishing the burden of governance and protection. (...)|date=October 26, 2021|access-date=October 26, 2021|channel=announcements|server=Lumière}}</ref> in late October of 2021. It borders [[Gabon]] to the south, [[Lusitania]] to the north and is close to [[New Thoria]] to the east.

The name "Lutèce" comes from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutetia old roman name for the capital of France], being renamed to Paris around 310 CE.

 

The territory of Lumière is located around the city of [[New Amsterdam]], an area filled with multiple different biomes, including badlands, beaches, forests, savannas and plains. Lumière's land encompasses a similar area to the province of [[Grand Imperium#Isi|Isi of the Grand Imperium.]]

[[File:MapLumiereJuly2021.png|none|thumb|Terrain Map of Lumière, showcasing its biome diversity and territorial extent.]]

 

 

===Pre-Foundation===

Thus, it was decided that the claim needed to change locations to a flatter area, and the area New Amsterdam was quickly spotted due to it's flatness both in it's very tall badlands biomes and central beach.<ref>{{Cite Discord message|sender-link=AmandaCC|sender=Detective Amanda CC|url=https://discord.com/channels/422250595911729153/422250595911729155/830128334288977921|text=honestly I can [build] to the east of this area, including the part [attached] to the mainland that's also really flat|date=April 9, 2021|access-date=June 6, 2021|channel=general|server=Lusitania}}</ref> A proposition made was that [[New Amsterdam]] would be renovated before expanding the city outwards, since it seemed easier than building a city from scratch<ref>{{Cite Discord message|sender-link=AmandaCC|sender=Detective Amanda CC|url=https://discord.com/channels/422250595911729153/422250595911729155/830165028396990464|text=I feel like renovating and expanding a small town is more realistic than building a huge build in a OMN that just started|date=April 9, 2021|access-date=June 6, 2021|channel=general|server=Lusitania}}</ref>. However, once it was discovered that the reinforcements in New Amsterdam had not completely decayed and that renovating it would take much more work that initially thought<ref>{{Cite Discord message|sender-link=NebulaSSR|sender=NEBULA|url=https://discord.com/channels/846116287452545025/846117399194370068/846124655378300978|text=we would have to either re-reinforce or destroy alot of shit|date=May 23, 2021|access-date=June 19, 2021|channel=citizens|server=Lumière}}</ref>, the small team of Lumerians that had been recruited thus far decided it was better to build a new city in the badlands to the east of New Amsterdam<ref>{{Cite Discord message|sender-link=AmandaCC|sender=Detective Amanda CC|url=https://discord.com/channels/846116287452545025/846117399194370068/846125746871337021|text=and [Lutèce would be] on the sahvana areas [NOTE: AmandaCC incorrectly thought the modified wooded badland biomes to the east of New Amsterdam were savhanna biomes]|date=May 23, 2021|access-date=June 19, 2021|channel=citizens|server=Lumière}}</ref>, settling on the name Lutèce.<ref>{{Cite Discord message|sender-link=AmandaCC|sender=Detective Amanda CC|url=https://discord.com/channels/846116287452545025/846117399194370068/846126608691757087|text=yeah Lutèce is fine|date=May 23, 2021|access-date=June 19, 2021|channel=citizens|server=Lumière}}</ref>

 

Prior to any official announcement, some farms were renovated on the would-be claims of Lumière to start working towards XP production, a storage bunker was partially built, and ideas on how to organize the city of Lutèce were discussed thoroughly, including the style it would be built it and the arrangement of the roads.

 

Lumière's first food bank was built on the 17th of July 2021. Located close-by to the factory building, it provides bread to "friends of Lumière" as well as potatoes and fish to citizens.<ref>{{Cite Discord message|sender-link=AmandaCC|sender=Detective Amanda CC|url=https://discord.com/channels/846116287452545025/846117237873573918/866142339863805962|text=(...) The Lutèce Food Bank has now opened, only a few dozen blocks away from the public factory building! Citizens (those having access to LUM-II) may take potatoes or fish (we might add meat in the future as well) and friends of the nation (those having access to LUM-I) as well as obviously citizens have access to droppers which dispense loafs of bread! (...) |date=July 17, 2021|access-date=July 17, 2021|channel=announcements|server=Lumière}}</ref>

 

Starting in late July, inactivity in Lumière dropped heavily, until the only player that was regularly active was AmandaCC. According to her, because of this inactivity, the server started to feel like a chore and not a game, and she hoped that this merger with the CCCP would allow people to still play in Lumière while "diminishing the burden of governance and protection"<ref name=":2" />.

[[File:CCCP Republics.png|600x600px|thumb|Constituent Republics of the CCCP, Lumière is labelled as the number 2.|alt=|none]]