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{{Infobox civilization
| name = The Commonwealth (CC)
| subheader = The Commonwealth
| image = CWFlag.png
| alt = Flag of the Commonwealth
| image2 =
| caption2 =
| location = {{Coord|-7100|5050|183}}
| demonym = CWer
| activity_level = Medium (as of 17 Jan 2020)
| alliance = [[SATO]]
| capital_city = [[Westminster]]
| settlements = Albion, Arran, Hexcorp, Meditat, Nymph, Strassburg, Taliesin, Victoria
| territories =
| currency =
| government_type = Parliamentary Monarchy
| governing_document =
| position_title1 = King
| position_name1 = [[Peter5930]]
| position_title2 = Prime Minister
| position_name2 = [[PergySkeel]]
| position_title3 =
| position_name3 =
| position_title4 =
| position_name4 =
| position_title5 =
| position_name5 =
| position_title6 =
| position_name6 =
| foundation_date =
| foundation_document =
| preceded_by = [[Commonwealth (2.0)]], [[Lio]], [[Neverwhere]], [[Thule]], [[Concordia|Concordia (3.0)]]
| succeeded_by =
| language = English, French
| religion = Medic Religion(Meditat), Theomonarchism
| ideology =
| motto = "To Live Without Fear"
| national_anthem =
| website =
| subreddit = [https://reddit.com/r/CivCommonwealth/ /r/CivCommonwealth]
| discord = [https://discord.gg/PSvZe7J Discord]
}}
'''The Commonwealth''' '''(CC)''' was a family of city states in the central southwest, spanning a large network of islands, with several former [[Civcraft]] nations established among them, and many smaller settlements scattering the countryside. The Commonwealth was first established in 2.0 by Sashimii, and in Civclassic founded by Cowguypig. [[Peter5930]] was king, and [[PergySkeel]] reigned as Prime Minister up until the End of the World. The Commonwealth provided free transportation throughout the region via Union Station in Westminster, promoting trade through Shopside, the subterranean marketplace surrounding the station. Leadership, architectural style, political ideology and economic specialization were unique to each settlement.
== Government ==
====== Kings ======
The Commonwealth had been a monarchy since its original founding. Sashimii, founder and king of the first age, experimented with various methods of power distribution in 2.0 - including the declaration of lords, the assembly of MPs into parties and the appointment of judges - upon which were modeled the more simplified modern Parliamentary council of Westminster. Succession of the crown was decided by way of selection by the host,
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!King
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!Ended Reign
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|[[Cowguypig]]
|13 May 2017
|26
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|[[Brinton]]
|26
|25 December 2017
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|[[Peter5930]]
|25 December 2017
|N/A
|}
The
==== The Doctrine of the Eternal King ====
On the 9th of August, 2021, reffelruz, council representative of Fort Victoria, nailed a book titled "the DOTEK" to the door of Westminster Parliament. The document was a political diagnosis of Peter's kingship; that it had been acknowledged - by the people's continued worship in his absence - that Peter was more than an earthly ruler. Peter's continued role at the top of the Commonwealth hierarchy following his death, according to reffelruz, is akin to godhood, which would be reinforced by the extraordinary nature of his story, which boasts numerous parallels to various gods in myth, especially the Christian god, Jesus Christ. The DOTEK argues that such continued deference would not be afforded to a lesser king, and so, going forward, the kingship of Peter ought to be depicted in the fashion of the cosmic, much like the absent king of the Vatican, and made the sacred cultural cornerstone of the nation and spiritual ruler for all time, seceding the title of King to the world of permanent cultural myth, which rests above the world of parlimentary affairs, and as such ought to dictate its nature.
The Council never responded to reffelruz's letter.
====== Prime Ministers ======
Following the departure of Peter5930 in late summer 2018, responsibility for rule became divided among the Parliamentary council. Initially it was established to help facilitate the governmental process, and the legislature would elect a Prime Minister, in the case of the absence of a king. Eventually, as the king is less focused on affairs nowadays, the Prime Minister is now the head of state.
In its current iteration, there have been
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!Notes
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|[[LordOfMarzipan]]
|16 June 2018
|30 January 2019
|Left due to becoming Admin of CivClassics
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|[[Mike0war]]
|31 January 2019
|10 June 2019
|Was interim until March 2019, set precedent for 3 month terms
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|[[specificlanguage]]
|11 June 2019
|29 August 2019
|Retired to a peaceful life of working on the rail station and editing Civwiki
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|[[Lodish]]
|30 August 2019
|5 December 2019
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|[[Falvyu]]
|6 December 2019
|6 March 2020
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|[[PergySkeel]]
|8 March 2020
|''Incumbent''
|Led unopposed for two years as the world quieted down; remains PM
|}
The Commonwealth
The Commonwealth
*
* Internal security infrastructure in the capital city (walls, gated roads, moats, canals, maze-like city layouts, tunnels, etc.)
* Free trade between boroughs, facilitated by a public interborough rail system and Shopside, the nation's most secure marketplace
* Pro-immigration, providing a welcoming path for newcomers to become citizens through involvement in public projects and the acquisition of property
The Commonwealth
== Geography ==
[[File:Westminster2.jpg|thumb|'''Westminster,''' the capital of the Commonwealth]]
The Commonwealth was founded on a diverse cluster of biomes. The first town was built around the earliest established farms: cocao, melon and wheat farms planted next to a jungle by Peter5930 and [[Tabbynya]] - this would become the capital city of the nation. Other settlements began to pop up on surrounding islands, each establishing its own hierarchy and style of architecture to match the landscape on which it was founded. Suspended bridges and an extensive rail network were employed to connect the islands.
=== Westminster ===
Westminster
[[File:MeditatNew.png|thumb|'''Meditat''', a desert city in the Commonwealth]]
The Jungle
South Westminster was the site of the [[Second Olympics]] in January 2019. Prism Arena held pvp battles, boat games and the infamous "Thunderdome" event, while Capture the Flag was held in the city streets.
After the war was completed in April 2018, King Peter
=== Meditat ===
[[File:Ashguard.png|thumb|'''The Ashguard Basin,''' a settlement in Meditat]]
Meditat
In addition to being a
[[File:Arran.jpg|thumb|'''Arran,''' a view of the Olympic Stadium. Photographed by NeoTide]]
[[File:Taliesin2.png|thumb|'''Taliesin,''' a view of the townhouses.]]
=== Arran ===
Arran
An extension of Arran, the Plantation, was made on an island east of Arran and west of Westminster. Founded by [[DarkyDu]], it
=== Taliesin ===
Taliesin
[[File:AlbionNew.png|thumb|'''Albion,''' a historic city in the Commonwealth with ties to [[Mount Augusta (CivClassic 2.0)|Mount Augusta]]]]
[[File:Nymph.jpg|thumb|'''Nymph,''' a city with balloons and beaches. Photographed by NeoTide]]
[[File:Strassburg.png|thumb|'''Strassburg,''' a Germanic/Nordic style borough with snow and farms
=== Albion ===
''Main article: [[Albion]]''
Albion was a large town spanning the northern peninsula of the central plain, forming a bridge between the cities of Westminster and [[Mount Augusta (CivClassic 2.0)|Mount Augusta]]. Having made ties to the Commonwealth during the [[Somber War]], they joined the nation following the war's end. Albion was host to many large builds, including an airstrip, a large docking bay with a cruise ship off the coast, and a big blue sheep.
=== Hexcorp ===
Hexcorp
=== Nymph ===
After [[Kraken]] dissolved early within the iteration, its founders relocated to a beach in the far west of the map and began to colonize. Soon after,
Nymph left the Commonwealth as an independent nation
=== Strassburg ===
Strassburg (stylized Straßburg) was one of the first boroughs to join the Commonwealth. It
It was initially made by [[fadedsoul]],
In the plains, various cities
== Transportation ==
[[File:Westminster Station.jpg|thumb|Westminster station in Shopside
[[File:CWRailsJan18.jpg|thumb|right|Rail map January 2018, missing some new connections]]
The Commonwealth
One of the Commonwealth's main goals was to provide free trade and transportation across the map; to fulfill this goal, a large rail station would be built beneath the capital city. The earliest rail lines connected the boroughs to the capital as they were founded. Westminster became a major hub when the [[HITS]] rail was beginning its construction in June 2017, connecting Westminster to other major cities in the Western Hemisphere, notably [[TdC]], [[Mount Augusta (CivClassic 2.0)|Mount Augusta]], [[Impasse]] and [[Falstadt]]. Other connections at the time included [[SPQR (CivClassic)|SPQR]] and [[Southshire]].
Surrounding the station
== History ==
=== The Early Days ===
The Commonwealth
On 14 May 2017, Cowguypig made a
Cowguypig reigned as King in the first days, leaving development of the capital in the hands of then prime minister and former king, Sashimii. Plans for the road network and canals were drawn, and the rest would be left to the citizens to decide for themselves. Development was swift, but chaotic - players did what they wanted, took on the projects they wanted, reinforced on the groups they wanted, and top-down administration was nearly non-existent.
Westminster quickly became infamous for its extra security measures, including narrow winding streets gated regularly by iron doors, its [https://imgur.com/a/vzDRa canals], referred to before completion as trenches, and the first council's decision to
After a rocky start, Shopside opened to the public, and the city became a central rail hub for much of the Southwest. As more expansions for shops occurred in the area surrounding the station, more people made a stop in Westminster to trade.
Soon after the move, many different settlements appeared near the capital and became boroughs of the Commonwealth. One such settlement was [[Southshire]], founded by [[Orinnari]] and [[StrPlatinum]] on 25 June 2017, roughly 800 blocks away on a peninsula in the south.
Meditat was settled by [[ZeeTip]] and mike0war on a
On 6 July 2017, a rail line was connected to Hexcorp and became a borough soon thereafter.
=== Prelude to the Somber War ===
As the capital grew in size, so did raids in frequency; the city dwellers, largely untrained in combat,
Though the presence of Lexington troops had quelled raider activity in Westminster, their occupation, coupled with the lack of administration over land development, brought with it new problems: when restless Lexington soldiers with few targets to engage began harassing citizens in the streets, tensions between the nations began to arise. On 21 July 2017,
On 13 August, sintralin pearled [[Bewsiej]] <ref> https://imgur.com/aTOQgKn
In late August, tensions rose in Westminster when [[ZeroRussia]], [[CarrieUnderwear]], and [[GeneralWindu]] raided [[ThePayman]]'s and Ez2Crew's factory building.
At the September elections in [[Southshire]], [[Saren_Solaris]] became an elected official in [[Southshire]], and it eventually became one of the most active cities on the server. It had more orderly canals than Westminster, and a stronger focus on building and aesthetics, eschewing the cumbersome security infrastructure found in the capital. However, during mid-September, Sintralin contacted the Chancellor of [[Southshire]], [[StrPlatinum]], to offer [[Southshire]] secession to Lexington. It was nearly accepted, but prevented last-minute through negotiations made by former Commonwealth Minister Sashiimi.
On 21 September 2017, Westminster was attacked by Bewsiej, [[XyngSnow]] and [[Posedion]]. Peter5930 was pearled but eventually got out at the cost of a beacon.
On 24 September 2017, the Battle of the Boeing 911 took place above the cityscape of Westminster. It was the only time the Boeing 911 was used for fighting purposes, along with Lexington alts fighting to take it.
On 26 September 2017,
On 27 September 2017, it was discovered that
On 4 October 2017, Peter5930
On 8 October 2017, as tensions continued to grow, [[Sintralin]]
The following day,
=== During The Somber War ===
Less than a day after the declaration of war, Lexington used the obsidian given to them by the admins to enact a grand assault on Westminster
Mere days after the attacks, [[Jdcorral]] was pearled in Lexington <ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/768fdf/i_am_pearled_from_cw_wanted_to_chestshop_for/
On 14 October, MrLlamma submits a post to /r/
[[File:Peter's End Castle.png|thumb|This is Peter's End Castle, built during when he was pearled by Lexington.]]
The following day, Peter5930 was pearled by [[Badash]], who was subsequently pearled ten days later. Peter, when he was not getting /ppkilled every 10 seconds, began building the foundations of what would become his impenetrable
On 9 November 2017, a new borough was
That same day, Lexington presented terms of surrender to the Commonwealth, which included unconditional surrender and permapearling of Peter. After deliberation with the Council, King Brinton declined; [[Lexington]] approached the council once more later that month with lighter terms, but Brinton once more declined.
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After the terms of surrender were denied a third time, [[Lexington]] launched an attack on the end castle; during the the next two months, Peter's gate was charged three times to no avail. Soon, the Commonwealth ceased to be the main target of these attacks, as the tide had turned to Hjaltland (now [[Falstadt]]) whom by this time had pearled many prominent [[Lexington]] soldiers.
On Christmas Day, brinton resigned as King of the Commonwealth, handing the crown to Peter5930. It was at this time that Peter became the subject of religious veneration in the city of Meditat, where Medic scholar [[Reffelruz]] identified Peter as a messianic figure.
In late January, jdcorral and Lodish were released after building houses for Lexington officials.
Around the same time, [[Southshire]] decided to secede, electing
By March 2018, the war slowly declined, bringing about a new sense of spirit, and a desire to bring the Commonwealth back to its former glory. A new station was made after extensive planning that brought a massive overhaul to its current rail hub.
After failed peace talks, the war became a stalemate. [[Falstadt]] elected to make the first move and began a two-day offensive on the [[Lexington Vault]]. After pearling five [[Lexington]] soldiers, the [[Western Alliance]] broke through the vault gate; Lexington evacuated the vault and left the pearls inside, and a day later, all pearled individuals were freed and
=== Post-War ===
Peter returned
Following the war, activities
In the first week, Peter declared derelict many inactive houses in Westminster, and promptly tore them to their foundations. The new city then began its planning stages. It was to replace the old city farms, and would represent a new start for Westminster, with stronger security measures, making it a proper, secure citadel, as well as a more extensive building code, balancing security and aesthetics like never before in the nation's history
Although Commonwealth was not a founder of [[SATO]], it was invited because of its reputation in the Somber War, and happily accepted the invitation to the defensive alliance.
[[File:Olympics.png|thumb|A picture from the opening ceremonies of the Second Olympic Games in Commonwealth, at the Prism Arena in Westminster.]]
With more people arriving in the Commonwealth, its position as a central rail hub for much of the server
On 3 July 2018, [[Nymph]] decided to reenter the Commonwealth, and was passed by the legislature that same day. Around the same time, [[Albion]] joined the Commonwealth after a long period of independence. It was to join the Commonwealth much earlier, but joined on 4 July 2018.
In fall 2018, the Commonwealth made its first link to the deep +,+ through the [[Entranan Transcontinental Express]] to the [[Entranan Republic]], with other stops in [[Okashima]] and
On 7 January 2019, Commonwealth hosted the [[Second Olympics]], to much success. It was one of the most extensive and ambitious organizational events in Civcraft history. After LordOfMarzipan was named an admin in early 2019 after the Olympics, mike0war was elected to be the new Prime Minister, with specificlanguage as the deputy. Westminster would continue to be a grand hub for newfriends throughout the winter and spring.
Subsequent prime ministers peacefully and ceremoniously passed on their duties every three months or so, until PergySkeel, who retained the position up until the end of the world.
== References ==
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