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The '''Mery''' (mehrileh: '''''mehri''''' [mɛri]) are a semi-nomadic religious peoples present within the Civ meta community. Originally developing as a culture within [[The Workers' Party]] in late 2021, the Mery have since formed various independent settlements across Civ servers and have continued their lineage on [[CivMC]]. The Mery are anarchistic in their political nature, not dissimilar to the quasi-cossack militaristic [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makhnovshchina Makhnovia] anarchist society. They are united by their common religious beliefs they call ''rhayatshola'', which defines their mutually beneficial relationship between them and their sun god ''Tshola''.
On CivMC, they exist not only as [[Djani'hweh|their own sovereign entity]] but also as semi-autonomous sub-entities within other sovereign states in what they've described as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurdistan Kurdistan]-esque.
== History ==
=== Prehistory ===
==== Civcraft 3.0 ====
[[File:Bambinos flag.PNG|thumb|194x194px|Flag of the Baltic Bambinos, Pythius's anarchist faction in Endeavour, considered the first ideological precursor to the Mery]]
Some Mery consider the origins of their culture to date all the way back to [[Civcraft 3.0]] in the [[Volans]]. There, the Dhingdom of [[Endeavour]] was in a state of utter political turmoil as, after ruling omnipotently during the first month of the city's development, the King [[Dhingus]] was pearled on August 19, 2016.<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/CivEndeavor/comments/4ygi2w/the_khingus_has_been_pearled_by_the_baltic/</ref> His government was usurped and replaced with the democratic White Cross Council which was tasked with deciding on a new permanent government. Newly converted from a minarchist to a left-libertarian, council member and Dhingus pearler [[Pythius_]] (at the time known as Darkflame) proposed the codification of Endeavour's ''de facto'' factionalism of the time, a government known as the Endeavor Sasparana.<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/CivEndeavor/comments/4yjpes/attention_all_klikasfactionsgangs_the_white_cross/</ref> Under the Sapsparana, each faction would remain fully autonomous within their controlled area, but then they would also vote for delegates to the White Cross Council who would then legislate and execute Endeavour-wide policy. The proposal was the culmination of Pythius's dream of a fluid, RP-heavy, anarchistic way of life, and he hoped to make it a reality through the Sasparana. While a vote was held and the Sasparana eventually won out,<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/CivEndeavor/comments/51rt3l/results_from_the_latest_gov_and_banner_poll/</ref> discontent with the government remained among the factions and a civil war ensued, with the Baltic Bambinos (Pythius's faction) on the left, dhingus's royalists on the right, and many others in between with little cooperation between any of them. This division was taken advantage of by [[Aegis]], a war-like neighbouring state, who took control of a secessionist faction in Endeavour's south. Any real focus was taken away from internal developments after this until the end of 3.0, which came to a sudden end on October 1, 2016.
==== CivClassic 2.0 ====
After some months of casual discussions and playing games outside of civ, the Threepers<ref>Demonym for those originally hailing from the [[United Provinces of the Plus Plus|U3P]], typically also non-[[New Danzilona|Danzilonan]]</ref> regrouped and founded [[Provincia]] on [[CivClassic 2.0]] on July 6, 2017.<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/UnitedProvinces/comments/6lpmql/a_new_world_a_new_land_the_same_fuckin_people/</ref> In the beginning, the same basic power struggle occurred between the leftist factions and the royalist factions (the latter this time headed by [[Ninjajackh12]]) over control of the city. Sadly, disputes over roads and factories caused deep divisions among the group and led to the departure of many, letting Pythius declare somewhat of a Pyrrhic victory and establish Provincia as a socialist community. While Pythius was able to establish a mostly anarchistic form of governance, the reality of Provincia's precarious place in the world post-exodus forced the Threepers to adopt a more traditional approach to international politics, with borders, ''de facto'' leaders, and the formation of the [[SESU]] alliance with neighbouring [[Pripyat]], among others.
Meanwhile, the roots of leftism and anarchism were also being planted elsewhere across the server. The Workers' Party set up shop in south [[Mount Augusta (CivClassic 2.0)|Mount Augusta]] in early 2018 and began establishing a number of communes in the city. When [[SandFalls]] (a former [[Federal Socialist Republics|FSR]] citizen from [[CivCraft 2.0|Civcraft 2.0]]) and [[Renrits1]] caught wind of this development, they set up their own communes in the same area and united them under one banner - the Union of Socialist Augusta, or USA. They carried on for a while, with SandFalls re-establishing the [[LSIF]] in the meantime, before eventually writing a charter which codified a united communal government ruled by TWP.<ref>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ES0lg0qIbxyH3GcmME_ScQwYn3P_9Y_WlzsLFhXmQD4/edit</ref> After the MtA community voted to move to [[CivRealms 2.0|CivRealms]] in early 2020, the USA stayed on CivClassic and declared its independence from MtA on April 13, 2020.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/MtAugusta/comments/g0qted/usa_declaration_of_independence/</ref> The USA went through periods of decline and activity before being permanently revived in March 2021 and reformed into the Confederation of Socialist Augusta. This new development excited and attracted many leftists across the server as well as those who had previously been involved with the USA or LSIF but since went inactive in the commune for one reason or another, including [[ChocChips]], [[smal]], and [[Raven]].
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