Icenia (CivClassic 2.0): Difference between revisions

Icenian populationIcenia continued to flourish after May of 2019, and the May elections in Icenia saw the highest turnout yet, electing [[Figasaur]] and [[Quanton_Biscuit]] to the positions ofas JudgeJudges for the first time. However, Icenia was still underdeveloped militarily however, and itsfacing economyeconomic at its lowest statestagnation. Quickly, the state decided to taketook on a policy of both defensive and economic development, especially in the face of what they saw as a growingperceived threat from the UNC, specifically the nation of Varkonia. Also aiding this desire to expand defensively was that Icenia andended SATO had come to a mutual agreement to end theits associate member status ofwithin the nationSATO due to Figasaur gaining more prominence within thein Icenian government. It was around this time that the decision to construct both a skybunker downtown and a medium sized vault in the further reaches of the nation took place,. and constructionConstruction began led by Figasaur and Rurik., However,however construction on the vault was mothballedstalled after Rurik left Icenia and Figasaur's determined that hisconstruction plan for construction was leaked to NATO. The resultInstead of thisa wasvault, all work went into thea rickety one-bastion skybunker, dubbed the 'The SpaceneedleSpace Needle'. Also during this time the majoritymuch of the New SoviaSovian minority left theIcenia nationdue out of ato growing tensiontensions between Gamephobic, Pirater, and the Icenian government. Around this time "modern Icenia" as we know it beganwas toin beits formedinfancy, with the UNC disbanding allowing the creation of the UDF with Icenia, Bloom, and Imperial Truidence inas thefounding alliance,members. theThe arrival of both veteran players adeadhead and Enforcer15, two individuals who would become industry giants in the nation, and the creation of West Isle as a state withinall Iceniasignaled full steam ahead for growth.

As the population of Icenia grewexploded in West Isle, tensions began to arisearose between the regionalmayoral government of West Isle and the federal government of Icenia, who mostly resided in Icenia City. Many of the issues revolved around the statestatus of Icenia's democratic systems, with West Isle in favor of broader democratization and the government of central Icenia in favor of keeping the system of Federalism put in place in the first Constitution. ThisThese alltensions came to a headclimaxed during the September elections, with all Icenian main governmental candidatesincumbents finding their positions highly contestablecontested by members of West Isle, most notably Lagiacrus11, the long time Minister of Foreign Affairs.

The West Isle candidates, outsideran ofon supportingplatforms fullof Democracy,democratization also by in large supportedand leaving the UDF, supporting the newly formed LSD, and "repairing international relations with New Sovia, Adina, and Laconia". The Centralincumbent Government supported staying inmaintaining the UDF, improving relations with Entente and SATO, and continuing to build up defensive infrastructure in the city due to combat the perceived threatthreats of Laconia and New Sovia, nations which it had been found out by this time were interested in potentially starting a civil war within Icenia by placing PvPers on West Isle.

While the election was closetight, only one seatincumbent was turned over to West Isleunseated and the majority of West Isle subsequently quit the server in anger at losing the election and perhaps their best betchance at establishing political control within Icenia.

Around lateIn September, 2019, tensions finally boiled over with the JQ, who despite constant court caseslawsuits against them due to the Chic-Fil-A crisis and losing influence in the federal government, had continued to stay in Icenia and attempt to influence newfriends into wanting to leave the UDF. Tired of the JQ, it was decided by the government in secret that Fig would be allowed to be pearled and sent to MtA to finally rid Icenia of his presence. The operation commenced when Figasaur was near 0,0 to "build redditopia". Several Icenian PvPers pearled him, were chased for a short time by Cr0c on his alt JimCramer, and ultimately madearrived it toin MtA where his pearl was handedtransferred into Fort offBriggs.

Fig, not knowing it was Icenia that pearled him, pleaded with the Icenian government to free him from MtA, and when the government refused, proceeded to destroy the majority of his builds downtown in rage creating an urban center that looked bombed out. It was at this point he was removed from bastions and upgraded to an end pearl, thus ending the JQ in Icenia forever. Figasaur would later be released when Mount Augusta would go inactive, and Cr0c remained free to roam the earth outside of Icenia, rumoured to have escaped to his "Jewish Starship" deep in the Chanseatic State.

=== Entrance and Victory in the War of the Coalition with Ransakistan. ===

On December 1st, 2019 Icenia was obby -bombed by VPN alts. After a massive outpouring of help from many of the nations on the server, one of the admins, Bagiiebagi, removed the grief after it was found out that onesome of the perpetrators had been using VPNs to mask their identities. Shortly after the attack, Genoskyo, Coventhia, Commonwealth, and SPQR were also obby -bombed, forcing Icenia to begin quick militarization. Eventually, the base of operations for the obby -bombings was found by Lodish, when he walkedfollowed a sky bridge constructed by MineCraftisFTW (aka Vespasian) into the territory of the vault.

[[ChrisChrispie]] was later pearled during a valiant midday effort to break bastions at Bang City, athe placemain hideout of degeneracy and sin the likesbombing of Sodom andcrew Gomorrah"Ransakistan". Chris was flanked from the side while the more competent PvPers fought daringly and pushed with massive force into the trench of Parkervaultthe vault "Cumdragon". Finding himself in the dung infested waters, [[ChrisChrispie]] allowed himself to bewas pearled by one ofofthe Parker'sRansaki goons, a man who no doubt bought child slaves earlier that day in order to work faster on the vault. Upon Chris being pearled, Icenia entered into a perpetual state of mourning. Church bells rang, the parrots DSclousedsclouse had placed in the town center stopped chirping, and the sky opened up as a cascade of rain fell upon the city. [[Enforcer15]] it is even said wept a little, a man who prided himself on stoic behavior on the field of battle. One thing was clear however after Chris' death-Icenia was in the midst of war.

Over the course of the week, Icenia was used as a coalition staging ground and massive infrastructure was created with haste to ensure safe travel to the front lines outside of [[Lusitania]]. By 12-16-19, Ransakistan was in a downward spiral with many of its leadership pearled in consistent bastion breaking efforts by combined Coalition and Entente/MirrianMirian forces and by 12/17/19, the Ransakistanis were on life support before a final and impromptu push began to disable 'Cumdragon' the name chosen by Parker for the vault. After a 14 hour siege, the vault was disabled and the pearls of Hockey and Chris were freed. Ransakistan had fallen, and the coalition had won.

By the beginning of 2020, it became more and more clear that the UDF and NATO were inching closer and closer to war with each passing day. The discovery of an ice road between Ransakistan and Corvus in December and the existence of escaped Ransakistani fighters inand NATOlater-known alliedcheaters independentMineCraftIsFTW nations("Vespasian") actedand Poortea ("thomasih") in NATO-aligned nations aswas writing on the wall for many members of the Icenian government and UDF leadership. That writing became reality however after NATO affiliates attacked members of Icenian ally Columbia in the streets of Rotterdam with no forewarning. This action pushed Icenia, and the UDF as a whole, into the Siege of Pinkerton over the skies of the Mount Augustan-HJE border in a secret mission. After the vault fell, evidence was released via leak which showed that the supposedly neutral nations of the UDF actively participated in the attack on Pinkerton, and a vote was passed within the UDF to declare war on NATO as an alliance.

Attention was immediately placed on Columbia, which was the closest UDF nation in the UDF to NATO occupied lands, namely Polska. For a short time, the war was silent between NATO and the UDF and construction of Valyria's vault was putprioritized. into full swing, but theThe calm would soon end andat the First Battle of The Crucible, wouldwhich taketook place after Hollybell, a Valyrian, wouldand giveNATO groupsspy, togave Columbia'svault vaultaccess to NATO. This caught the UDF and Columbia completely off guard, and several Icenians would rushrushed to Columbia to defend the half brokencrippled vault and eventually, with the aid of other nations in the Coalition and Mir, take it back.

A prolonged and ongoing siege then took place in Columbia after NATO managed to move forward through Rotterdam with relative ease due to having group access and into Valyria, obby bombing it as they went. This siege would lastlasted two months and countless assaults upon The Crucible would bewere repelled with the aid of Entente and Mir. During this time, desire to play dropped to an all time low as Valyria was utterly decimated by NATO and the Icenian Milita was on constant red-alert status. Eventually, Robokaiser was able to be pearled in Polska and plans were made to skybridge into the city of Polska to disable traps, bunkers, and push NATO back to their vaults once more. ThisThe operation was successful and, the Siege of Valyria was ended and cleanup began.

Icenia also experienced internal issues during the conflict, though these have all been handed well. One such incident was two defections to NATO by Prioma, then a judge, and RogueRogueX7, who had been given a second chance to live in Icenia after leaving Corvus due to tension with Ev0cator. Rouge would be pearled by S4NTA on a western rail line after a half -hearted attempt to transportpearl Icenian PvPer and judge Gavbea on an alt to the HJE, and Prioma's property would bewas seized and given to Pacem citizen Torrio.

Icenia would ultimately partakeparticipate in the final two assaults of the war- upon the Best Western Vault in the HJE and the GeographicalGeographica vault outside of SPQR. The War would concludeconcluded with these military victories and Icenia wouldwas once again, be at peace.