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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 found on the wrong side of it.<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/Danzilona/comments/1xq3v5/more_protesting_of_the_border_and_a_poor/</ref><ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/Danzilona/comments/1xqyct/monaco_has_burned_down_a_danzilonans_home_and/</ref>After negotiations ended and weeks of protesting by the Danzilonans, the Monacans raided NDZ and Pella, pearling an NDZ founder and breaking into the house of the King of Pella.<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/Civcraft/comments/1ynulw/xpost_from_rdanzilona_cheshirelulcat_makanla/</ref>After reinforcements arrived from the rest of the [[U3P]], the founder and Doge of Monaco, Cheshirelulcat, was pearled, and the alt of the other founder, Thymos, was hunted down a month later.<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/Danzilona/comments/21kr3b/vilzugga_an_alt_of_thymos_pearled_post_claims/</ref>

Stoneburrow was a U3P city founded at the beginning of 2.0, southwestwest of NDZ. Initially a group of friends, a conflict arose over disagreements over how much certain citizens were owed in exchange for labor put into the city's projects. Unable to reach a compromise, Stoneburrow citizens and laborers Cheshirelulcat and Thymos attempted to overthrow the city's government, but were pearled by its founders. Soon after, an agreement was reached and the rebels were unpearled, but the failed coup d'etat caused too deep of a wound for the city to heal, and they and a few other residents left.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Civcraft/comments/1urfux/stoneburrow_situation_solvedhopefully/</ref>On January 8, 2014, they made their way to the Melonwood island and founded a constitutional monarchy they named Monaco. Seeking to become their own version of [[CivcraftImport:Conflicts2/ladswar|Duck City]], the Monacan founders focused heavily on resource allocationaccumulation and diamond mining. They wished to build large skyscrapers and a vault, which would be highly effective when paired with the vanilla chunk that the island sat on, so they would expand as a regional power.

The negotiations ended when, on February 11th9th, Cheshire and a number of Danzilonan officials claimed to have made a backdoor deal for the city without the ratification of the voters.<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/Danzilona/comments/1xq3v51xh2yb/more_protesting_of_the_border_and_a_poorborder_agreement_between_monaco_and_ndz/</ref> With a deal secured, the Monacans built a wall around their claims on the Danzilonan mainland andalong with a new checkpoint that guarded the way into the claims. Upset that they had no choice in the matter and that the Treaty of Monte Carlo was never ratified, Danzilonan citizens peacefully protested the seizure of their lands.<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/Danzilona/comments/1xq3v5/more_protesting_of_the_border_and_a_poor/</ref> Protests intensified when Monacans burned down the home of a Danzilonan that was foundbuilt on the side of the wall they claimed.<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/Danzilona/comments/1xqyct/monaco_has_burned_down_a_danzilonans_home_and/</ref>Both Monacan and NDZ officials largely ignored these protests for their first week.

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.

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 underaround 10<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Danzilona/comments/1xdsit/census_new_danzilona_february_2014_census/</ref> to more than 30 residents over the course of the spring and summer of 2014.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Danzilona/comments/2cbcx0/the_august_census/</ref> The cooperation of the Danzilonans in security matters during the conflict continued and formed the basis of what became the Danzilonan Security Force, a militia formed and ran by TheTrackball that provided private security to NDZ's holdings. The relationship between the DSF and the rest of NDZ would be hugely prominent during the [[Riverford war|Riverford War]], defining the course of Danzilonan history for the rest of 2.0.

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]].