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Melonwood (formerly known as '''Monaco''' for the first two months of its existence) was a small island city and territory in the heart of the +,+ quadrant on [[Civcraft 2.0]]. It was founded on January 8, 2014 by exiles from the city of [[Stoneburrow]] following a failed coup d'etat.<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/Civcraft/comments/1uqg4r/breaking_news_workers_revolution_in_stoneburrow/</ref> It was initially founded as an independent constitutional monarchy next to the land claims of [[New Danzilona]], and then, following a conflict, was annexed as a territory of NDZ on February 24, 2014, which it remained as until the end of [[Civcraft 2.0]].<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Danzilona/comments/1yu9ni/monaco_is_officially_reclaimed_and_the_land_is/</ref>
Melonwood was most notable for being the point of conflict between the founders of Monaco and the Danzilonans. Though each nation initially tolerated each other and attempted peaceful land negotiations, their relations fell apart when the Monacans claimed land within NDZ territory and built a Berlin Wall-style barrier around it, burning down any Danzilonan structure
After being annexed by NDZ, the city was given the name Melonwood by the Danzilonans.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Danzilona/comments/20x3um/proposal_new_name_for_monaco_as_melonwood_is/</ref> The area lay mostly dormant, having no permanent residents and being used mostly by the Danzilonan citizens for watermelon farming and the planned site of a new vault. On August 9, 2015, NDZ citizens spruced up and repaired much of the city, remaining in such a state until the end of 2.0.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Danzilona/comments/3ge7z5/phase_4_actually_finished_thanks_to_everyone_to/</ref>
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===Discovery ===
The island that housed the city of Melonwood was initially discovered by Danzilonan explorers as it was only a few hundred blocks away from the heart of New Danzilona and directly bordered the island that they claimed. Though it lay between NDZ and their northern territory of Chocomoor, the city-state did not claim it, but did consider it
===Stoneburrow Exiles and the Founding of Monaco===
Stoneburrow was a U3P city founded at the beginning of 2.0,
===Danzilonan Conflict and the Fall of Monaco===
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Wanting to have more area to build farms, Monaco negotiated buying land that was owned by NDZ on the main island that the latter city sat on. On January 19, 2014, Cheshirelulcat and NDZ founder Gant2000 drafted the Treaty of Monte Carlo.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Danzilona/comments/1vmzh2/rough_draft_treaty_of_monte_carlo/</ref>In exchange for the land owned by NDZ, Monaco promised to pay 150 diamonds to the city, lease out the use of its vanilla chunk for a U3P-owned vault, and promised that, should NDZ development reach a certain point, Monaco would forfeit its sovereignty and join NDZ as a territory. The treaty was unpopular among the Danzilonans, who had concerns about the viability of actually building a vault within the terms of the agreement, as well as the obligation to annex a city in the future not knowing what the situation in it would be by then. A vote was held on January 24th on the ratification of the treaty, and when most Danzilonans voted no, the decision was postponed for further negotiations.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Danzilona/comments/1w1y89/vote_treaty_of_monte_carlo/</ref>
The negotiations ended when, on February
The government of New Danzilona turned against Monaco, however, when Cheshirelulcat and Thymos, no longer tolerating the protests, raided NDZ and pearled one of its founders, [[peakman2]], on February 22nd.<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/Civcraft/comments/1ynulw/xpost_from_rdanzilona_cheshirelulcat_makanla/</ref>They also attacked NDZ ally and U3P member Pella when they broke into its King's home. The Monacans demanded reparations for supposed damages done during the protests, but their legitimacy fell apart when they pearled first and asked questions later. After their raids ended, NDZ and U3P citizens mobilized against Monaco and pearled Chesh and another raider the following day. Though Chesh attempted to distance Thymos away from Monaco, the Danzilonans hunted him down over the next month, finally pearling him on March 28th. The island Monaco sat on was officially annexed by New Danzilona on February 24th.
==== Aftermath ====
Cheshire, Thymos, and the rest of the Monacans were unpearled on an undisclosed date. Cheshire went on to continue his career as a semi-nation building raider, [[A brief account of significant events that have helped form CivClassic|getting involved with America, Titan, and the Nox-affiliated Meme Brigade]], as well as founding the Russian Federation near the end of 2.0. Thymos would initially live out a more peaceful Civcraft career, legitimizing himself and becoming a diarch of [[Fellowship]] for a time before joining the collaborationist group Libertas with a fellow Fellow, [[sintralin]].<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Civcraft/comments/347cuq/libertas_is_now_banned_from_the_following_cities/</ref>Thymos and Cheshire would once again team up to fight Danzilonans as allies of [[Nox]] during the [[Nox War]] in late 2015.
The end of the conflict gave unprecedented international attention and prestige to New Danzilona and the [[New Danzilona#The Danzilonan Federation|Danzilonan Federation]]. What was once another small city in the U3P soon became its largest member, growing from
In contrast, the departure of the Monacans would lead to the decline and end of Stoneburrow, which officially pulled out of the U3P on March 5, 2014, and was never populated again.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Civcraft/comments/1zoyla/stoneburrow_withdraws_from_the_u3p_ceases_to/</ref>
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From that point on, Melonwood was mainly used by the Danzilonans for growing melons and oak trees, as well as for the site of the future NDZ vault known as Hotel Trackifornia, though the latter was never completed.
On August 9, 2015, the city was the target of Phase 4 of Project Phoenix, a federation-wide revitalization project led by Danzilonans [[Des23]] and [[Lowtuff]].
== References ==
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