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Sovia is a group/nation in CivClassics which is one of the biggest groups and has one of the most influential cultures on the server. Almost one person from nearly every active nation has been in Sovia at some point. While Sovia spent the majority of the server without a city or land, they briefly owned the lands of [[Verda]] for a few months, building a city prior to the [[Nyasaland]] invasion. Although the Sovia-Verda nowcoalition ceaseslasted toa exist,short withtime, the remaining Sovians living in [[Icenia]] or New Sovia.{{Infobox

While Sovia did not have an actual nation on here by the name of Sovia, they had a small Illuminati which was fairly active - however it was not yet as big as the Illuminati we all know and love. Pirater was in Aegis near the start of the server, however decided later on to move to Mt. Augusta, where Pirater and Tomw9981 (another active Sovian) decided to construct a really huge house. This annoyed a lot of people, which drove Pirater into exile in the house due to fear of getting murdered. Here, Pirater began some of the most influential books and devised some of the most influential ideas in Civcraft history. The idea of the Piraterocracy was groundbreaking, and eventually found its way into Sovia. The nation of Fremdberg was a Sovian Front in the Shrek Shard, and this is where Pirater lived after Mt.[[Mount Augusta]]. People such as The_Hobbyist and many others tried to get Pirater kicked out of Mt. Augusta due to the fact Pirater was part of Aegis earlier on and they don't like the huge house built by the two remaining Sovians. Eventually, the server closed and Sovia moved to Devoted 3.0.

Early on in Devoted 3.0, the two Sovians, Pirater and Tomw9981 decided to settle in the small town of [[Yoahtl]]. They had a really cool brewery that was built into the face of a cliff using CastleGates. Later on, Pirater joined the COAC, which Sovia was a part of for all of Devoted 3.0. Eventually, StateApparatus found them some land, and the Sovian Commune was established. The commune was an anarcho-communist nation, however, it still supported the idea of Piraterocracy (a key aspect of Sovian culture). The Sovians (now including OliScrat and TommySalads), decided to build houses on the Archipelago where the commune was located. While Sovia didn't really do much on this server due to Pirater's almost year-long inactivity, this was their third city. Sovia remained fairly undeveloped and a humble archipelago until the end of the server. The only real achievement of Sovia on there was overthrowing the oppressive Liechtenstein regime.

<blockquote>Never was so much owed by so many to so few</blockquote><blockquote>-[[Pirater]] on Sovia's reach and Impact.</blockquote>Here is where Sovia became the Sovia we all know and love today. The original Sovian Settlement was underground, and ran by Pirater and Swaggy_, it was known as "The Rift". However, after Swaggy_ was prison pearled by known hackers and her pearl was sent to a vault (which shouldn't have been allowed), she quit, leaving just Pirater. Around this time, the SovianIlluminati group from CivClassic 1.0 was revived, and many other people were added. The first few members were Pirater, Swaggy_, Neptun3 and Magmus. Sovia ironically made terrorist threats to try to end the illegal/rule breaking pearling of Swaggy_, but it was no use and she eventually quit, leaving Pirater as leader of the rift. Somehow, Pirater lost an entire nation, and eventually moved near [[Etherium]] and [[Rhodesia]] and lived in a bunker next to Neptun3's after building a mushroom farm. In this period, SovianIlluminati became the active group chat that it is today.

After Neptun3's pearling and banning, Pirater moved to [[Verda]] and continued leading Sovia from there. Eventually, Pirater met squareblob in Verda, and they began launching an offensive against Lexington in the new war. Several sovia-posts were made about the war with Lexington, and Sovia even declared victory - becoming the first nation to beat Lexington in a war. Pirater and squareblob approached the Lexington vault one day, where Pirater was very close to killing bewsiej and sintralin but got blown up by a creeper (Pirater was only wearing prot shoes, because full prot is kinda overpowered). This era showed the strength of Sovian Meme Power, and the Sovians donated supplies to Peter in the end. Sovia went on lots of awesome adventures, such as claiming the center of the world, and also denouncing people and making memes.

Around 2018-2019, Sovia gradually picked up pace and reached ~155 members. Sovian Culture gained worldwide recognition, and Sovia now has land and a lucrative String Industry. Many Sovians are amongst the wealthiest players on the server. Sovia now has embassies in several cities, and is held in the minds of many as one of the greatest and most influential nations in all of Civ History. Never before has a nation brought so many people from each side of every conflict together while also staying true to its ideals and history. Sovia is one of the few nations preserved for years through (mainly) the work of one person and their supporters. The Sovian Quarter was established in Mt. Augusta, where you can buy things from Pirater and wjkroeker. There was a small coup, but Sovian Agent perriwinkleblast managed to pearl the perpetrator and restore order. The culture of Sovia is so influential, one of the server's brews (Sovian Chorus Ale) was named after it. Through complex 4D chess strategies, Sovian Leader Pirater became First Lady of Mt.[[Mount Augusta]] temporarily (through marriage to Godomasta), Oligarch of Sovia-Verda, and leader of The Rift. The great nation of Sovia now dedicates its time to spreading wholesome values across the server and is dedicated to the principles of truth and justice. <br />

After the golden age had settled down, darkness fell once more upon the Sovian lands. The entire world began to combust like a tinderbox, tensions were high between all the alliances. The conflict between Mir and NATO raged, with Pirater and the Sovians being caught in the crossfire multiple times. The battles raged on, with no respite. In one incident, Pirater was pearled by Mirianforce from [[Mir]] forces in Mt. Augusta after documenting the raiding of machinemaker's bunker. In another incident, Pirater was attacked by a suspected NATO member and UNC forces in [[Tel Aviv]] after trying to secure some quality LOOT. Now disliked by both sides on the conflict and also the UNC, Pirater suspected pearling was approaching. These events culminated in the now infamous YouTube series known as "Escape from Tel Aviv/Nyasaland", where Pirater would constantly escape from Tel Aviv, with the final episode being an attack on [[Nyasaland]]. Sovia was used to TNT attacks, having used several with their ally [[Nipplerock]] against the evil [[Tierra de Conciencia]] (TdC) in the Nipplerock and Sovian war against TdC aggression. However, Sovia was about to take TNT bombing to unprecedented levels.

Sadly (or gladly for the [[United Northern Congress]] (UNC)), Pirater was pearled by marcox18 while trying to find somewhere relatively secure to attempt to ransom the pearl for GamePhobic (a Soviakorps Fighter pearled after lagging out in the Palgrave attack). After this point, several individual Sovians carried out an obsidian bombing of [[Crowsroost]], capital of Sovia-Verda, as a way to prevent it being used by invading forces. Nyasaland had mistook the involvement of 1 resident/leader (out of 3) of Sovia-Verda meant the whole nation was involved, invading a mainly innocent nation for the actions of one of its members. Sovia-Verda had fallen with no resistence, due to the remaining 6 Sovia-Verdans lacking prot and adequate gear to launch an uprising. The lands were granted to the inactive former Queen Magmus, who had previously resigned from the throne and had been replaced by the Oligarchy. However, after the attack on Rhodesia, SwiftFizz was kicked out of UNC - and decided to make the nation of New Sovia in the +- with Pirater.