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[[File:FirstNewWorldMap.png|left|thumb|The first ever claims map of the new world, created two days before its release by TheJmqn. ]]
=== Division Before Release: The Berlin Conference ===
Two days before the release of the new world, Administrator Crimeo of CivRealms posted sneak peak images of the new world<ref>https://discord.com/channels/459594386439798787/502901433792856065/733602317307478077</ref>. Using these images, [[Imperial Federation (Civ Realms 2.0)|Imperial Federation]] senators [[gordona22]] and [[Onederful]] figured out that the world was based on the PMC project "Epic Minecraft World 8x8k".<ref>https://www.planetminecraft.com/project/epic-minecraft-world-8x8k/</ref> In order to secure the best land possible, the Imperial Federation senators scouted the land on a private world and decided they would claim the northwest grass island up to the eastern mountains as well as the ice island located north of it. They intended to keep the discovery a secret, but due to a glitch in Discord the voice chat stream was visible to everyone<ref>https://discord.com/channels/459594386439798787/459594386439798789/733671643062468718</ref>. A leader of the much larger nation of [[Blackwater (CivRealms 2.0)|Blackwater]] found the stream and decided to claim the central volcano island as well as the large ice island located in the center north. [[Dama]] (Supa_Hot_Fire) of the mercenary nation of [[Cantina]], who was working with the Imperial Federation, also learned of the map and decided to claim the southeastern grass islands as well as the land east of the mountains on the northwestern grass island. A friend of the Imperial Federation and a person interested in making a colony for [[Varathia]] also claimed a small section of land on the southwestern jungle island known as [[New Providence|New Providence.]]
[[File:BerlinConferenceMap.png|thumb|A map of the final Berlin Conference by Onederful. Notice that some nations that never showed up such as Yamato and Dracon are present while others that did show up such as Norlund and Zeal are not. ]]
The next day, (Friday, July 16th, 2020), word of the new world quickly spread and Imperial Federation Chancellor [[gordona22]] created a discord around 10am EST known as the "Berlin Conference" to discuss claims between all nations. They gave this new world the name ''Ainahou'' ("new world" in Hawaiian); however, this name proved controversial due to its hard spelling and a vote would be held later. A voice chat was held that lasted for about 8 hours throughout the day where representatives of various nations showed up to point out their claims. Claims were drawn onto a map by Senator [[Onederful]] of the Imperial Federation and were given by nations on a first-come first-serve basis. This meant that any nations who had a representative awake at this time, such as those from [[Sesoria|Sesoria,]] ended up with a much better claim. The nations of [[Yamato]], [[SPQR (CivRealms 2.0)|SPQR]], [[Otonabee]], [[Dbugingrad]], [[Vibeville]], and Dracon all gained large claims during this time. Within 2 hours, all of the land had been claimed. Some nations, such as [[Norlund]] and [[Zeal]], did not learn of the Conference until all of the land had been given away. This led them to refuse to recognize any of the claims and paved the way for future conflict.
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The shard went live on Saturday 2020-07-18 at 10am PST and was first set foot on by joadgr from [[Norlund]]. Because they had no official claim, Norlund decided to set up in a claim by SPQR in the western forest area. Settlers from [[Cantina]] arrived second and began to settle in their designated land, which they called [[Paradise]]. Settlers from most of the other nations arrived shortly thereafter once the coordinates had been leaked. Some nations, most notably as the Imperial Federation and Sesoria, sought to live exclusively in the new world and abandon all land in the old world. (Sesoria sold their land on the main continent in an auction and the Imperial Federation was forced to give up their old world land due to a treaty). Most nations, most notably Otonobee and Varathia, only wished to establish colonies while mainly living on the mainland. The nations of Yamamo, Dracon, and Dbugingrad failed to show up in a reasonable time and were forced to give up their claims. Dracon's claim was taken by the two nations of the [[Thomas Archipelago]], [[Odresh]] and [[Tchad]]. Yamato's claim was settled by the new nation of Zeal. Dbugingrad became a disputed territory which was claimed by many parties. [[Blackwater (CivRealms 2.0)|Blackwater]] also did not show up, but due to their military strength no nation overclaimed their land. Surprisingly to many outside observers, there was very little conflict with the exception of a war fought in the SPQR southern forest claim.
SPQR, at the time an ally of the Imperial Federation, asked the IF to secure their claim for them and gave them 50 bastions since they were too preoccupied to show up. The IF failed to secure the claims because Norlund was already there and SPQR was forced to give up the claim, which led to heightened tensions between the IF and SPQR. One day after the discovery of the new world, Norlund's mainland claimed was invaded by the nation of [[Yggdrasil]] at the start of the [[Northern War]]. At this time, [[ComradeNick]], a well-established civ player, wished to create a "vacation home" in the new world and decided to claim over Norlund's land to create his own new nation of [[Fortuna]]. He hired the Blackwater mercenary group to fight the Norlish settlers of the area and the mercenaries quickly beat the poorly-equipped Norls. Due to the trouble on the home continent, Norlund was forced to withdraw all their efforts from the new world until the conflict was resolved. [[Fortuna]] then asked to be annexed as a state by the [[Imperial Federation (Civ Realms 2.0)|Imperial Federation]] and the IF accepted. As an apology to SPQR for losing their land, the IF helped them claim the land formerly given to Dbugingrad that had since become a disputed zone.
[[File:FirstLifeNewWorld.jpg|thumb|A map of the first builds of the new world. Created by jecowa on July 23rd, 2020.]]
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After the Fortuna conflict and the initial settlement, an uneasy peace began in the new world. Claims has been enforced and new nations were growing. The small nation of [[Brissur]], located at the far northeast of the main continent, wished to expand land and created on the southern ice colony. The land labeled on the official map as "Claimed by Like 4 People" actually had no serious claimants, so they were able to easily take it. The relatively unknown nation of [[Acadia (CivRealms|Acadia]] in the far north of the main continent (not to be confused with Acadia on CivUniverse or CivClassics), tired of being stuck in the ice, led an expedition to found a new nation known as [[Zeal]]. They arrived in the land designated for Yamato, but finding no signs of actual settlement by Yamato, decided to settle there. After deliberation, Yamato ceded their claim to Zeal. The nation of Sesoria, formerly known as the [[Saviors Republic]], grew quickly under the leadership of [[MSPaintDailyYT]]. Their quick growth was due in part to the sail of their old world land at auction, for which they received a massive fund of 765 stamina. [[Prawny331]] of [[Otonabee]] created a colony known as the [[Gallagher Territory]] in order to farm carrots and mine tin. The Varathian colony of [[New Providence]] began to grow at a rapid rate as well and had the new world's first ever XP exchange, where farmers could sell their crops in exchange for stamina. Other notable non-IF settlements included the small port of Roseshore on the Blackwater volcano island, a fort made by SPQR in the former Dbugingrad land, and the nation of [[Vibeville]] founded as a "retirement home" for oldfriends of previous servers such as [[Incentives]] and SwordMaster777.
[[File:IFMAP1.png|left|thumb|A map of the Imperial Federation by TheJmqn made August 7th, 2020. Some states have changed borders by this time and new states have been introduced.]]
The most active and most developed part of the new world was the [[Imperial Federation (Civ Realms 2.0)|Imperial Federation]] (IF). The IF was seen by many as the strongest power in the new world from the outside; however, internally, there was much division. As the name suggests, the IF was not a unitary state but rather a loose confederation of states similar to the real-life USA under the Articles of Confederation. The individual states of the IF enjoyed considerable power and there was a constant struggle between state's rights supporters and federal government supporters. The federal government only had one branch of government, the legislature, led by Senators chosen by the states. The two most powerful states of the IF were [[Godhaven]] and [[Callisto]], which functioned as the ''de facto'' capital of the IF. The two states were different in almost every manner and disagreed on many issues, leading to the formation of two "political parties." Godhaven was an absolute monarchy ruled by [[TheJmqn]] and was one of the most populous areas on the server. Despite the high population, almost every citizen of Godhaven was an inexperienced new player who relied on farming so the population was incredibly poor and unarmed. Callisto was a democracy led by [[gordona22]] and [[MemeNeme]]. It was filled with older, richer, and more experienced players who wielded influence outside of the state. Other notable states at this time included the previously-mentioned [[Fortuna]] led by [[ComradeNick]], [[Boria]] led by [[coocooman56]], and [[Threlkeld]] led by [[SocialistRuler]]. Godhaven led the state's rights and isolationist movement along with the states of Boria and Threlkeld. Callisto led the pro-federal government and pro-interventionist movement along with the states of Burgamere and Jeanaux (these states joined later). IF senators were distributed based on a census new world population and were updated every month. In order to gain an early advantage, senators from Callisto forced the first census before many poorer Godhavic and Borian settlers had arrived. This meant Callisto ended up with 3 senators after the first election, while Godhaven only had 2 and Boria and Threlkeld had a combined 1 senator despite the latter states having twice the population (Fortuna also was represented with 1 senator). This meant federal government supporters wielded a disproportionate amount of power at the start of the IF.
=== War in the New World ===
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