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The '''Unitary People's Republic of Arlington'''<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivEx/comments/am5fe9/arlington_looks_to_recruit/</ref> (''Esperanto: Respubliko de Arlintono'') also known as the '''Republic of Arlington''', '''Respubliko of Arlington'''<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivEx/comments/ak75gm/the_flag_of_the_respubliko_of_arlington/</ref> or simply '''Arlington''', was a nation on [[CivEx: First Light]]. It was founded by [[SinjoroJoCrafter]], and run by a rotating chiefdom council.
== Culture ==
====Religion====
The Arlingtonians followed the Holy Tree religion, a religion that worshipped a massive tree situated halfway between [[Astoria]] and [[Arlington]]. They additionally supported the Church of the Holy Tree when the tree was griefed by [[SwiftFizz]], [[Saren_Solaris]], [[NeoTide]], and [[Reyme_Vol]], members of [[Bastion (CivEx: First Light)|Bastion]].<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivEx/comments/am8ys6/bloody_sacrilege_the_great_tree_has_been_attacked/</ref>
== History ==
''See also: [[Astonian History]]''
'''Beginnings'''
[[SinjoroJoCrafter]] logged into CivEx in December 2018 ~ January 2019. He stayed in the nation of [[Astoria]] for a few days before moving on to the jungle/taiga region known as the Gelie.
He made his way to a river mouth and set about constructing a small town on the riverbank, with mossy cobblestone walls and relatively rudimentary buildings. He originally wanted to name this nation [[Astonia]] like his later creations but decided against the name due to its similarity to Astoria. Therefore he decided to name it [[Arlington]] after [[W:Arlington, Texas|his hometown]], and made claims<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivEx/comments/ak4ho4/arlington_claim_with_better_map/</ref>. Unbenownst to him, another person had the same idea, [[V-NAF_Aardist]], who founded and claimed the town of "New Fiume"<ref>https://np.reddit.com/r/CivEx/comments/ajxc6x/city_of_new_fiume/</ref>. Eventually after negotiations the proto-town of New Fiume joined the [[Republic of Arlington|Respubliko of Arlington]]<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivEx/comments/ak4ho4/comment/ef22ozt/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
</ref>.
====20 Minute War====
{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = 20 Minute War
| place = [[Columbia]] & [[Republic of Arlington|Arlington]]
| combatant1 = {{flagicon|Astonia}} [[Republic of Arlington]]
| combatant2 = {{flag|Columbia|secondempire}}
| result = Resolved diplomatically, status quo ante bellum<ref name=":1" />
| commander1 = * {{flagicon|Astonia}} [[SinjoroJoCrafter]]
* {{flagicon|Astonia}} [[V-NAF_Aardist]]
| commander2 = * {{flagicon|Columbia|secondempire}} [[Kdeeks]]
* {{flagicon|Columbia|secondempire}} [[Hamboy_jr]]
| casualties1 = 1 cobblestone structure (actual assailant unknown)<ref name=":0" />
| casualties2 = a stack of wheat, more or less<ref name=":0" />
| date = January 27th, 2019, 8:34-8:51 AM CST<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
}}
Someone near the northern borders of Arlington griefed a cobblestone building, one that was originally part of the pre-town of New Fiume. Given its proximity to Arlington's border with [[Columbia]], [[SinjoroJoCrafter]] and [[V-NAF_Aardist]] assumed that the Columbians must have been responsible. After reaching out to Columbian PM [[Hamboy_jr]] and Emperor [[Kdeeks]] and getting no response from either, Arlington declared war.<ref name=":0">https://www.reddit.com/r/CivEx/comments/akchf0/columbian_agression_against_arlington_provokes_war/</ref> After Arlington took no more actions than stealing some wheat<ref name=":0" /> and [[Hamboy_jr]] contacted Arlington frantically, Arlington rescinded its declaration around 20 minutes later.<ref name=":1">https://www.reddit.com/r/CivEx/comments/akclzz/columbia_and_arlington_make_peace/</ref> It was still unknown who had griefed the actual structure.
====Frankonian Sack of Arlington====
The emperor of [[Frankonia]], later Brittania, [[Jshatney]], contacted SinjoroJoCrafter to notify him one of his citizens, [[Gabrielgabriel1]], had allegedly stolen a horse from Frankonia. After questioning it was determined internally no one had stolen any horses from Frankonia, and Jo sent a message back to that effect.
Unfortunately, Jshatney was unwilling to hear this answer, and threatened invasion if the Arlingtonians did not return his horse. However, having stolen no horse and therefore having no horse to return, they were unable to comply with his demand. Jshatney therefore invaded Arlington, sacking the city.
====The Long March====
Jshatney imposed a humiliating peace treaty on the Arlingtonians, essentially stripiing their autonomy to that of a Frankonian vassal state. [[SinjoroJoCrafter]] and the other leadership refused to accept this loss of autonomy and intimidation by Frankonia, but could not fight the Frankonians. Thus the Arlingtonians collectively made the difficult decision to navigate north from the Gelie to the uninhabited, unclaimed, and treacherous Glass Wastes, making a stop off in [[Astoria]] along the way.
====Government Reorganization====
As they arrived in the new capital city of New Arlington, the citizens of Arlington, the citizens demanded reorganization of the government, which was complied with the replacement of [[SinjoroJoCrafter]] as chief and de-facto monarch with a rotating chiefdom council of 3 citizens but that always also included [[SinjoroJoCrafter]]. The government was renamed to the '''Unitary People's Republic of Arlington''' to reflect its new pseudo-socialist design.
====Dispute with CCC====
The land of New Arlington turned out to have not been as unclaimed as the Arlingtonians believed, as a small portion of their claim intersected the claims of the Comrades of the Claw Company, a corporation made up of representatives from various other CivEx nations for Glass Wastes development. [[SinjoroJoCrafter]] ordered all constructions inside Arlington's claims that did not belong to Arlington destroyed, which caught the attention of [[Owain_X]], a representative of the CCC.<ref>[[:File:CCC 1.png|File:CCC 1.png]]</ref> After careful negotations, the border was fixed so both parties would not run into each other in the Glass Wastes.<ref>[[:File:CCC 2.png|File:CCC 2.png]]</ref>
====Glass Wastes War====
{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = Arlingtonian Civil War
| place = New Arlington City and "Jo Island", [[Republic of Arlington]]
| alt = or "Glass Wastes War"
| combatant2 = [[File:NewFiumeFlag.png|25px]] Fiumein Rebels
| combatant1 = {{flagicon|Astonia}} [[Republic of Arlington]] Loyalists
| commander1 = *{{flagicon|Astonia}} [[SinjoroJoCrafter]]
*{{flagicon|Astonia}} JTheGoldenHeart (mutinied)
| commander2 = *[[File:NewFiumeFlag.png|25px]] V-NAF_Aardist
*[[File:NewFiumeFlag.png|25px]] LLE2 (defected)
*[[File:NewFiumeFlag.png|25px]] GabrielGabriel1 (defected)
| strength1 = Early Coup: 2 loyalists, 1 mercenary<br/>
Late Coup: 5-7 citizens
| strength2 = Early Coup: 4-5 rebels <br/>
Late Coup: 1 rebel
| date = February 4 - 9, 2019
| casualties1 = - Item stocks destroyed by mutiny
- 2-3 deaths (not by rebels)
| casualties2 = - 4-5 deaths (mostly by mercenaries)
| territory = New Arlington City temporarily occupied by rebels, later reclaimed
| result = Government pyrrhic victory
}}
V-NAF_Aardist, now a co-chief of Arlington, decided that the leadership and soft power of SinjoroJoCrafter as de-facto cultural leader was too powerful, and began a coup to end his legal and cultural power. Initially he gained support however the coup hit a snag when SinjoroJoCrafter simply left the city to his private offshore artificial island base, unofficially dubbed Jo Island. As Aardist did not know where Jo Island was and no one had groups for it except Jo, the coup essentially faltered. SinjoroJoCrafter formally conceded his 'founder' role, which gave him power over the proceedings of the government even if he was no longer a chief, but maintained Discord ownership despite Aardist and others' protests that this made the rotating councillor positions pointless.
The dynamic of the conflict changed when JTheGoldenHeart, a mercenary who SinjoroJoCrafter had brought into Arlington and CivEx to help him maintain control over New Arlington went rouge, attacking both the rebellious Arlingtonians and Jo Island simultaneously. This caused everyone except Aardist to forget about the coup attempts and issues in leadership to unite against the raider. Having seen his support collapsed, V-NAF_Aardist quit CivEx but not before making a quitting post scathing SinjoroJoCrafter's leadership<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivEx/comments/aozjl9/im_very_angry/</ref>, describing the conflict in biased terms.
====Decline of Arlington and End of CivEx====
Despite having won the civil war and regaining control over Arlington, the activity and development of New Arlington began to wane. Unidentified raiders raided New Arlington's already meager food supplies, causing the city to need to ration food and beginning to hemorrhage players. Arlington officially dissolved as a state when [[CivEx: First Light]] fell to essentially zero activity sometime in March of 2019.
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