Prussia: Difference between revisions

'''The Kingdom of Prussia''' (known commonly as '''Prussia''' and informally as '''Little Prussia''' during CivClassics 2.0) is one of the longest continuous national entities within the Civcraft series having started during the Summer of 2012 during Civcraft 1.0. While Prussia experienced the height of its activity during Civcraft 2.0, a small handful of Prussians continue to play on later Civ iterations such as CivClassics and CivMC. Since the end of Civcraft 2.0, Prussia has sought to be more relaxed than on former servers by remaining focused on its own matters, building smaller towns, and not taking itself too seriously while remaining a trusted and dependable nation on the world stage when the need arises.

=== Civcraft 1.0 and 2.0 ===

Prussia's governmental structure was established after the fall of the Fourth Reich in Summer 2012. While formally an absolute theocratic monarchy, Prussia functions as a meritocratic collective. The nations laws and systems for Civcraft 1.0 and 2.0 were codified by the [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wCL6mGlyOBHUvkCXGlDrVdrXCqtqq8ElFy8zSOQEK3g/edit?usp=sharing Prussian Constitution].

==== The Monarchy ====

However, the God-King is a chicken and cannot speak nor can he be understood. The first God-King was known as Uncle Dolan I and ruled as Duke of the Prussian End city of Endheim/Marienburg. The line of Uncle Dolan would include 8 descendents and would end with Uncle Dolan IX. Further royal lines during Civcraft 1.0 include Gustav and Wilhelm.

Two God-Kings held court during Civcraft 2.0. The first was Friedrich I who was coronated in November 2013 and would be killed in December 2013 by Jarl_Heisenburg as revenge for damage sustained to his prot armor. The death of the God-King was stated to the public as a result of a skiing accident, however. The second was Ludwig I who was enthroned in April 2014 and would rule until the end of Civcraft 2.0 in January 2016.

There have been no God-Kings of Prussia since the end of Civcraft 2.0. Plans for the elevation of the first God-Queen were developed during late Civclassics but these were never realized due to the end of the server.

==== The Prussian Parliament ====

Due to the inability of the God-King to communicate with humankind, a meritocratic government was established to help interpret the will of the God-King and to make decisions in his stead to help forward the ideals of the Prussian nation. This governing body was known as the Prussian Parliament. At the founding of Prussia and its government, the Prussian Parliament was elected by a majority vote by all Prussian Citizens. After this initial election, the Prussian Parliament operated as a meritocratic oligarchy in which current parliament members would elect their successors should they be removed from their position. Parliament members were the only individuals within Prussia which had any say with any/all decisions. All laws, major building projects, international decisions, among other things were decided on by a vote in which only parliament members could participate. Despite its authoritarian nature, this system worked with great efficacy due to the small population of Prussia and the willingness of parliament to heed the advice/concerns of all Prussians. The parliament consisted of ministerial and non-ministerial positions. Ministerial positions had specific tasks and expertise within Prussia's day-to-day activities. The formally established ministries were:

* Minister of Resources - gives access to the community chests, coordinates the storage systems, manages prisoner compensation work, coordinates citizen work to acquire needed resources, maintains the factories as needed, and buying, selling, and trading national resources.

* Minister of Ordnung - in charge of keeping data about players, factions, locations and other data neat and orderly documented. He is also in charge of the Prussian Player Registry.

* Minister of Diplomacy - has the duty to establish positive relations with other Civcraft nations. He is in charge of in-game and subreddit propaganda.

* Minister of Construction - responsible for the Coordination of Buildings and the homogeneity of the houses in Prussian territories. He coordinates the building of streets and railways in and between territories, as well as the distribution of Plots to citizens.

* Minister of Justice - in charge of creating a punishment catalog, which enables homogeneous and fair punishment executed by judges he convenes. A judge has to a member of the parliament. The minister is the highest of all judges. Every entry in the catalog has to be approved by the parliament. The Minister has the duty to maintain the Prussian collection of statutes.

* Minister of Defense - the general of the Prussian troops and has the duty to coordinate equipment and training of Citizens in a way that there are always fully geared troops available. The Ministry is vacant during times of peace. In times of need a Minister will be chosen by the parliament.

Other non-ministerial positions were known as Senators. These individuals had the right to vote on decisions as part of Prussian Parliament but had no specific area of expertise nor specific duty.

The Prussian Parliament was dissolved with the end of Civcraft 2.0. A [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PxlFNjZOEWJElTkbRzvoyzsj9pikwiypNSimgYokd5k/edit?usp=sharing timeline of Prussian leadership can be found here.]

=== CivClassics ===

==== The Constitutional Body ====

The Consitutitional Body of the Kingdom of Prussia derives its authority over the state from the [https://docs.google.com/document/d/16-tdDvGmJNoP-FM0pndH9tvtY2npjCjlZSsq3o-CPE4/edit?usp=sharing Code of Prussia]. The governing documents of Prussia have gone through many variations, with the Code being newly-written for CivClassic. The Code was ratified by common agreement among the old Prussians and the five most active Prussians on the server on 1 May 2019. These five most active players also form the governing constitutional body of the Kingdom of Prussia.

The goal of the Code was to create a simple framework with as little gibberish as possible through which the constitutional body can govern matters within the Kingdom. Trust among the Prussians is high and their goals are generally the same. It has mostly served as a tie-breaker in stalemates regarding construction and architectural matters.