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Settled in June 2018, the city lies in fertile temperate forests on the western side of the Elizabeth bay, approximately 1.9km (1900m) from the city of [[Varkonia]] and 0.9km (900m) from the city of [[Bloom|Bloom.]] Salisbury, since its inception as the capital in July 2018 has been the location of much of the national government with the city itself being governed by the Lord's Council.

= Recorded History of Salisbury and its Peoples =

Queen Jamietech's [https://balmoral.ga/announcement/lp_1_10_6_18 letters patent]of 2018 announced the foundation of the land claims of Gabon and thus the settlement of Salisbury. Within its first period, Salisburythe hadpeople of Salisbury excavated a large area in the centre of the forest, this set off the beginning of the quarry industry with reasonablereasonably sized mineral deposits located under the topsoil. TheThis sizablehuge quarryundertaking was the first large scale project of its kind in the mainland of Gabon, with the idea that the plentiful amount of stone and minerals would be utilised to jump start the construction industry.

Originally the citizenry was small-scale, with most notable citizens being Jamietech as the Queen, BritishWanderer as Chancellorthe asQueen's appointed in June 2018Chancellor and Tvman999 as the initial explorer of the lands that would become Gabon. Soon after the founding of the state however, the prospect of grand new lands, the potential for wealth and influence in an upcoming nation state attracted citizens from across the server, most notably of these was [[House of Gobbonia|Gobblin]], who travelled from MTA to assist in the digging of the quarry and was crucial in planning the initial constructions of Salisbury. ComradeNick from the HJE was also a noteworthy figure who visited Salisbury in its early days and gifted the government diamond tools which greatly aided in the excavation of the quarrygreat hole and in bringing Salisbury off the ground.

One of the earliest structures to be built was the factory building, with the first factory, beinga compactor beingwhich was donated by [[Mount Augusta (CivClassic 2.0)|Mount Augusta]], createdinstalled by Mayor Ahrimanne in particular. Following this, Salisbury's train station was slowly dug underground around 20 metres from the quarry itself with the first completed rails to Bloom and Varkonia within this time period. This underground rail construction was overseen by Chancellor BritishWanderer who is also credited with the construction of the original Bakery, Storehouse and Mckinley gardens which were the projects built around the quarry and were the start of what we now know as the Capital of Salisbury. The Bakery built during this time is the oldest building within the Chancellery of Gabon.

As Queen Jamietech enriched the lives of her and the royal family, the privy council ''{Made up of BritishWanderer, Gobblin & Tvman999 at this time}'' was appointed by Jamietech to better the life of much of the citizenry. The council followed through excellently with the construction and renovation of the Grand Station and Royal Factory. Positioned on the wide Balmoral avenue and Worchester road respectively, these buildings provided ambitious entrepreneurs the foundations needed to improve the quality and quantity of their goods while providing a transport network from which to import and export to the international stage. Rail connections to Salisbury were expanded to include Alpoko in the south, Westmore in the north and the excavation of a rail line to MTA.

The construction of the Grand Station & Royal Factory set the tone and direction from which Salisbury would take while under the Monarchy, with a focus on improving architecture and infrastructure for the sole purpose of productivity for the local economy while the concerns of the local citizens were to be brushed aside. The roads during this time were constructed as medium sized 5 block wide, straight plain passages out of stone slabs built solely for passing wagons and large amount of citizenry, leaving no room for greenery or public spaces. These roads would make up the three main avenues of Salisbury named as, Worchester Road, Balmoral Avenue and Warwick Drive.

In late June, with vast construction underway to the southeast and within the capital of Salisbury, council concern was placed on the damage that many citizens were committing on the native flora and fauna when collecting resources. This opened a fierce debate within the Salisbury privy council, some councillors stating that protecting the native habitat from any further construction would hamper any economic growth and throw Salisbury and it's surrounding area into turmoil while others believing it necessary to protect the wildlife on a land that was not always theirs to begin with and couldwhich notwas be recreated in the futureirreplaceable. This led Her Majesty to make a tough decision, ultimately siding with the native wildlife signing by letters patent creating defensive measures to protect the natural wildlife from any further destruction. The Queen later conceded a compromise to quell a minority of the councillors by allowing members of the privy council of Salisbury to authorise the destruction of any particular instance of flora so long as saplings of the respective fauna were planted elsewhere. This patent is regarded as saving the once rapid decline of the irreplaceable natural trees around the capital and set a track for development that is still followed to the present day. [[File:BalmoralFoundations.png|left|thumb|This picture was taken of an overhead view of the original foundation of Balmoral Castle laid down by Chancellor BritishWanderer and Councillor Gobblin at the behest of her Majesty The Queen. '''Circa July 2018''']]Remarking on the quantities of resources and minerals being extracted from the central quarry, Her Majesty The Queen Jamietech informed her then Privy Council { ''BritishWanderer, Gobblin & Tvman999'' } of her desire to construct a palace fit to house the royal family and council meetings, later to be known as Balmoral Castle. There were numerous debates on the placement of Balmoral, with its initial construction site being moved and adjusted at her Majesty's request, settling on a stretch of land located 100 metres west of the quarry. In July, construction officially began with the approval and the laying of the first stones by Gabon's government. The original designs of Balmoral were drawn up by Councillor Gobblin who envisioned a stunning castle on a grand scale, containing nearly fifty rooms, wide corridors and boasting a sizeable courtyard. It was planned to have the capacity to hold not only the Queen's residential quarters but the internal and external government gatherings, with three large meeting halls. In order to meet the demands of such an ambition project, a glass factory and concretery were constructed on Worchester road, these two buildings would mark the foundation of what would later become the suburb of Winchester within the Capital.

However due to budget constraints and a skilled labour shortage, only a brief foundation of the castle and a small meeting room was ever laid down and as such construction was ceased in late July 2018 at the dismay of the Queen.

[[File:SalisburyAugust2018.png|thumb|430x430px|This picture was taken of central Salisbury, pictured is {left to right} Storehouse, Bakery, Train-station & Factory building. This was taken post-renovation and is the current style upon which all buildings in Salisbury are based on. '''Circa August 2018''']]In late July, the Principality of Gabon formally joined governments with the Grand Duchy of Varkonia and while not explicitly having an immediate effect upon the city of Salisbury due to its size, the economical and social benefits that have comecame since the signing of the treaty cannot be understated. The treaty bought with it the investments of great sums of wealth internally and abroad, funding large scale public projects such as the construction of Salisbury's second international station, upgrading the total number of rail lines from three to eight.

As ofIn September 2018, the government was insuffering a crisis due to the fact that, the capital government was currently in debt to Varkonia and other neighbouring countries and was struggling to find themake paymentrepayments even after implementing measures to cut all unnecessary expenditure, all construction projects had been halted the previous month due to the lack of resources and lack of active councillors. In order to assist in the payments, the council implemented the royal tax which was a strict diamond tax levied on all Gabonese citizens and their wealth every month. Out of all the laws passed to remedy the situation, the royal tax would end up being the most controversial. These unfavourable factors in Salisbury led to many citizens leaving to spend this tumultuous period in Varkonia or other provinces.

Of those who stayed, their taxes were used to fund projects such as Balmoral Castle and the surrounding area, foreign trips and material imports on behalf of the royal family. Very little was left to the council to pay off the outstanding debts that were owed by Salisbury. UnderstandablyAs a result of the mismanagement of tax money, the citizenry were beginning to become discontent with the royal family's practices and their apparent apathy towards Salisbury's situation. Although republicanism was not uncommon within Salisbury, it was especially heightened during this time.

The end of the Civil War in Gabon brought about a much-needed period of growth to the nation. The Government was reformed into a direct democracy as the '''''Grand Mercantile Republic of the Autonomous Free Sovereign State of Gabon, the Abode of Peace'''''. The Head of State from this point onwards was the Lord High Chancellor, BritishWanderer accompanied by his Vice Chancellor of Gobblin. The elected Council during this time was made up of the Chancellors, and Councillors Tvman999 & ChrisFa99. [[File:DecemberMa.png|thumb|This picture was taken of an overhead view of the Capital city, Salisbury. The Suburb of Winchester is located just east of Balmoral with Melbourne to the north. Also pictured is a faint outline of the wall which would eventually encompass the Capital. '''Circa December 2018'''|alt=|left|335x335px]]The construction industry was once again given the go ahead with Vice Chancellor Gobblin leading the efforts to construct new suburbs and set up new trade routes with foreign countries and individuals. The impoverished housing suburb of Melbourne was built to house those left homeless by the Civil war, the messy-style apartment buildings were built in a close knit fashion to allow as many citizens to inhabit as humanly possible. The apartments were snug and purely funded by the Gabonese treasury allowing residents to forego any worry about housing payments. Foreign labourers were brought in from the neighbouring [[Bloom|Republic of Bloom]] to construct the buildings at a low cost as much of Salisbury's citizenry were busy cleaning up damages dealt by the civil war.

In late December, the Council came together to formalise and negotiate the funding and construction of a sturdy wall, 12 metres in height and 6 metres in width, surrounding Salisbury. The negotiations took 13 hours and ended with a fully funded wall, with slight changes being made to the design whichto mademake it overall more defensiblesturdy. The wall had the main goal of outlining the city boundary of Salisbury while providing a defensive benefit to all of Salisbury's citizenry. Around the same time, plans were drawn up by the Chancellor and his Vice counterpart to further increase the security of Salisbury alongside the wall and as such, 3040% of the Sovereign Fund was used to fund snitch and bastion coverage across the entire capital borough of Salisbury.

On the 10th of January, the Government of Gabon reformed away from the "'''G''rand Mercantile Republic of the Autonomous Free Sovereign State of Gabon, the Abode of Peace'''''<nowiki/>''"'' into "'''''The Chancellery of Gabon'''"'' and while not having any major consequences for the day to day of Salisbury, it did make the position of Lord High Chancellor and Vice Chancellor permanent fixtures only vacant for election upon death or retirement. This change would cement BritishWanderer and Gobblin as permanent figures to represent Gabon for the foreseeable future. This change also came with a shift in the Council which would be made up of {''{ BritishWanderer, Gobblin, Tvman999, ChrisFa99 and Cincius'' }.''

With the expansion of Salisbury, surrounding towns and the ceded borough territory to Venice, local governance slowly ceased to exist as the Capital was no longer the only settlement on the mainland and as such the Councillors of Salisbury merged into the same position of Councillors of Gabon. The borough of Salisbury would remain the largest and most populated borough, with the neighbouring boroughs of Bakerswood [2] {Southeast}, Venice [4] {North} and Highgrove [3] {South} following suit.

Fortunately the period of hibernation was not lengthy and with the return of The Vice Chancellor in early April, it was decided to reboot the government and continue to build onupon previous progress. OstenVonStolz, a model citizen who had been hard at work constructing the Capital walls was promptly appointed to the position of Councillor in place of the late ChrisFa99. The government wasted no time and immediately set itself three enormous tasks, namely the Capital Depository, the shoreline district of Portsmouth, with a heavy focus on shopping in the harbour and a renovation of Salisbury International Station. These projects were chosen due to a chancellery decree to expand the diplomatic outreach of Salisbury via rail connections and economical growth.

Once the aptly named stone crisis was declared over by the Council, labour immediately began on the renovations of Salisbury International Station, the scale comparatively to the station at the time was colossal, stationed underground at nearly 100 metres tall, it was a tremendous upgrade and became a grand entrance for any tourists or travellers passing through. The construction was the most efficient project of its size in the history of Salisbury, being designed, collected resources for and built all in the same working day. The days following, old rail lines were re-linked up to the new international station and holes were dug out in anticipation for future rail line extensions to [[Nyasaland]], [[Gensokyo]] & [[Tvtopia]]. On the 14th of April, a direct rail line was dug between [[Icenia]] and Salisbury, linking the two major cities in the minus- , minus- quadrant.

The April renovations brought with it vast commercialisation to Portsmouth thanks to immense government investment which broughtattracted international corporations and countries to open up stores selling foreign goods. This economic growth in turn created a steady supply of visitors, shoppers and tourism for Salisbury which in turn boosted the number of citizenship applications and property purchases. [[File:Victoryarchsalisburyrow.png|left|thumb|329x329px|This picture was taken at the beginning of construction of the Victory Arch and Patriotic Row '''Circa Late May 2019''' ]]

Around the same time, Councillor OstenVonStolz, undaunted by the Capitalscale wallof the project took it upon himself to finish the remainder of the capital wall, this was no small feat as the wall only covered the north side of the city at the time. For his efforts in completing the entirety of the wall of his own volition, a small ceremony was held in a meeting of Lord's Council where Councillor OstenVonStolz was awarded a sizable portion of forested land south of the Capital within the borough of Salisbury. It was this parcel of land that Councillor OstenVonStolz would transform into the quaint town of South Shields, boasting a pub, church, and blacksmith. This settlement was the first to be constructed outside of the capital inwithin the same borough, making it the second oldest settlement in the borough of Salisbury. With the success of South Shields, the Lord's Council would grant OstenVonStolz further land to the far west, upon which Osten would found the port settlement of [[Tynemouth]].

Although the beginning of the year was a slow period of growth for Salisbury, it did experience a small influx of immigrants most notably of these was EvilxFish and Brettlessr who arrived in early January and settled north-west of Reddingsfield in the borough of Venice. They would later be joined by JonJonBenBen, Vemredat and Skullicus the latter of which would begin construction on multiple underwater projects including that of a church and rail system. These individuals would go onto found the Shadowwyn Trading Company focused on the buying & selling of XP materials. Shadowwyn would supply vast amounts of glass bottles to Varkonia which furthered Varkonia's XP industry and in-turn helped to encourage economic growth in Salisbury. The XP industry would be a steady supply of income for the city at thithis time, with Salisbury selling XP in shops around the city as well as contributing to the XP co-operative in Varkonia. However demand began to fall and XP businesses would slowly grind to a halt in early March as the Varkonia's XP co-operative would cease to function properly, driving the Shadowwyn Trading Company and others into inactivity.

In early August, Chancellor BritishWanderer and Vice Chancellor Gobblin would stumbleuponstumble upon horrific damage to the old storehouse in the suburb of Salisbury Proper. The walls of the storehouse were torn down, and with it signs depicting history were removed, factories also fell victim to this attack with valuables still strewn across the floor. The individual who committed these acts would be named as Gooddknight97 and the Chancellery would rebuild the old storehouse replacing the signs of history with signs about the Gooddknight97 assault on Salisbury. This story would quickly become a national treasure within Salisbury and many citizens flocked to read it in the opening days.

Construction within Salisbury would see an explosive amount of growth in the weeks of August, beginning with the excavation and construction of the Salisbury crypts under the Cathedral, the crypts would serveserving as a spot to remember those who had contributed greatly to Salisbury and it's people. The Chancellery would also go on to design new interiors for buildings such that of the town hall & councillors building which received a full interior redesign, giving it a court, holding cells, meeting spaces and council offices. The Corvus shop was torn down during this period, opening up the square and the view of the Cathedral from the great tree.

BritishWanderer would return on the 2nd of September and all powers would be transferred back to their usual roles. Upon his return the Lord High Chancellor would appoint Tiddy1809 as councillor to replace outgoing councillor Tvman999 due to the efforts and activity that Tiddy had displayed over the past few weeks. After discussions amongst the Chancellery and the Lord's Council ''{ Jamietech, Zyra_Bot & Tiddy1806 }.'' it was decided that Council elections would officially be held on the 11th of September for the first time in 10 months.

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