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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 littlesome 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.

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]].

Jumping back to Provincia a bit, the city was never the same after the Nazi Bombing of Threepton in July 2018.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/8wo6p6/requesting_international_support_threepton/</ref> While SESU was formed in an attempt to keep safe, the small member nations progressively went inactive, and Provincia followed suit, though Pythius and Ninjajack would stick around to keep the lights on and play hockey from time to time. Following this relative inactivity, Pripyat annexed many of the former SESU nations, including Provincia, and formed the [[Communist Cities Caretaker-Protectorate]], also known as the old CCCP, in late 2019.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/dfl3mg/establishment_of_communist_city/</ref> The CCCP would do well in protecting its members from the occasional griefer, but it otherwise did little to bring much activity back to its member states.

These two aforementioned groups would converge when, following long negotiations and [[Oblast Dvoynya#The CCCP Civil War|yet another Provincian civil war]] culminating in the October Revolution, the CSA annexed the CCCP on October 16, 2021, forming the [[Confederation of Cities Communes and Protectorates|Confederation of Cities, Communes, and Protectorates]], otherwise known as the new CCCP. As time went on, many other leftists would join them to take part in this grand server-wide socialist project, leading to the people of [[Lumière|Lumiere]] as well as some from [[Carson (CivClassic 2.0)|Carson]] (thanks to [[Lowtuff]]'s personal connection to the Provincians and inspiring anarchist nature) to join their ranks. These groups, now united under the same banner, intermingled and formed lasting friendships, along the way reinforcing and evolving their political ideologies, typically toward a more libertarian-left direction. Still, even though its member states remained mostly autonomous, the CSA dominated the CCCP and ensured that the party line was the ultimate sovereign authority, a system they called Anarcho-Stalinism. Although not discontent with its leaders, many within the party yearned for something fresh, and the convergence of Pythius and the LSIF communists brought just that. When CivClassic 2.0 ended in December 2021 and the group migrated to CivRev, they threw off the yoke of TWP and founded a more organic, consensus-driven commune known as [[Merthyr]]. This would be the staging ground for the official foundation of the Mery people.

Established by a convening council that consisted of [[Pythius_]], [[Ninjajackh12]], and [[ChocChips]], the Mery culture came into existence on December 18, 2021 after the adoption of the First Law of the Mery Horde by the post-[[Confederation of Cities Communes and Protectorates|CCCP]] commune of [[Merthyr]] on [[CivRev]]. The law enshrined their religious rites into TWP political culture and law, specifically requiring a ceremony to take place upon one's ascension to citizenship. The ad hoc position of ''Ataman'' was established for conflict resolution, but mostly the law ensured that the Mery people would always work together through consensus and mutual aid.<ref>https://hackmd.io/7EVWi43QTjW__582rsnpDA</ref> During their brief time on CivRev, the Mery claimed the plains around Merthyr to use for horse riding and taming and set up a number of outposts used to secure their place in the world. The Mery would not be long for this world, however, as on January 1, 2022, the majority of CivRev players abandoned the server, leaving the Mery to follow suit.

While at first wanting to settle in the +,+ to be near to such nations as [[Danzilona]] and [[Mount Augusta (CivMC)|Mount Augusta]], most of the land in the quadrant was quickly claimed over by other nations, and the Mery moved northwards to the +,- where they settled near [[Pavia]] and [[Lambat (CivMC)|Lambat]], eventually taking the name "[[djani'hweh]]", meaning "northern territory", in reference to the fact that they were north of other areas on the map where they had a small presence, such as [[Cortesia Del Mar (CivMC)|Cortesia Del Mar]], [[Mount Augusta (CivMC)|Mount Augusta]] or most notably Danzilona.