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{{Infobox civilization
| name = The Commonwealth (CC)
| subheader = The Commonwealth
| image = CWFlag.png
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| location = {{Coord|-7100|5050|183}}
| demonym =
| activity_level = Medium (as of 17 Jan 2020)
| alliance = [[SATO]]
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| language = English, French
| religion = Medic Religion(Meditat), Theomonarchism
| ideology =
| motto = "To Live Without Fear"
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'''The Commonwealth''' '''(
== 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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The legislature
==== 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,
In its current iteration, there have been five Prime Ministers:
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|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]]
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|8 March 2020
|''Incumbent''
|Led unopposed for two years as the world quieted down; remains PM
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The Commonwealth
The Commonwealth
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* 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]]
=== Westminster ===
Westminster
[[File:MeditatNew.png|thumb|'''Meditat''', a desert city in the Commonwealth]]
The Jungle in Westminster
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 gave the land of his massive city farm to the government for use in constructing Victoria, a storied national citadel composed of ornate carved stone walls and a surrounding trench
=== Meditat ===
[[File:Ashguard.png|thumb|'''The Ashguard Basin,''' a settlement in Meditat]]
Meditat
In addition to being a city for scholars and builders, Meditat also
[[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]]
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''Main article: [[Albion]]''
Albion
=== 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, they dug out a rail to then-borough [[Southshire]] and were offered admission into the Commonwealth as a borough. Nymph served as the start and finish line for the Marathon in the second Olympics. Housing a large beach, Nymph was the spiritual successor to Kraken
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]], who built a small village and still incomplete cathedral in a valley. After difficulties with joining, the king, Cowguypig, began work on his grand mansion in another valley close by. However, after fadedsoul became inactive, no regulation was made and because snow biomes were one of the best biomes to harvest pumpkins in, many pumpkin farms were made to ramp up XP production. When fadedsoul returned, he attempted to combat this, attempting to pass a bill through the legislature to ban pumpkin farms without explicit permission. The measure failed, and
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 post <ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivCommonwealth/comments/6b5qyi/the_commonwealth_lives_join_us_on_civex_30/</ref> on the subreddit calling for all players to join the Commonwealth in CivEx 3.0, where the remnants of Concordia and the Commonwealth united
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 stop people from making bridges across these trenches<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivCommonwealth/comments/6p3r67/do_not_build_bridges_over_the_canals_do_not/</ref> in favor of underground tunnels. Many regarded it as an urban maze
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 desert<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/6ld1cn/the_claims_of_meditat/</ref> far to the northwest of Westminster 5 July 2017 - a dense city surrounding a remote oasis in the Harakur desert, neighboured by a complex of various factories and xp farms<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/6px8pg/introducing_meditat/</ref>. The desert city
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, six Lexington citizens alt-raided Westminster <ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/6orti4/huge_attack_in_commonwealth_right_now/</ref>. It was the first major attack on the server, leaving the town in flames. The altraids continued for many days thereafter. Short sentences were given to captured raiders <ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivCommonwealth/comments/6rq5zt/total_repayment_value_of_raiders/ </ref>.
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In late August, tensions rose in Westminster when [[ZeroRussia]], [[CarrieUnderwear]], and [[GeneralWindu]] raided [[ThePayman]]'s and Ez2Crew's factory building. Arbitration was offered <ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivCommonwealth/comments/6w1zvz/here_to_arbitrate_between_zerojaaerkzoltan/</ref>, but Payman and Ez2Crew eventually left the Commonwealth to join Lexington.
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.
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On 26 September 2017, Brinton seized the throne from Cowguypig <ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivCommonwealth/comments/72o7pk/peace_in_our_time/</ref> and took a more aggressive position on the upcoming war with Lexington.
On 27 September 2017, it was discovered that Saren_Solaris had been in communication with [[poortea]] <ref>https://imgur.com/a/GW3oT</ref> in an attempt to cause [[Southshire]]'s secession from the Commonwealth and start a war. Following this, Saren was promptly pearled by Westminster officials.
On 4 October 2017, Peter5930
On 8 October 2017, as tensions continued to grow, [[Sintralin]]
The following day, [[Sintralin]] and [[Lexington]]
=== 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 by obby bombing much of the city <ref>https://imgur.com/a/H5ya2</ref> . The city became near-dysfunctional, however, when admins found out, they removed most of the obsidian from the city, refunded their 120 stacks of obsidian as recompense and temporarily banned sintralin and [[ShoPork]], who deliberately lied to the admins to gain an advantage. While the grief was being cleaned up, Lodish, a member of the council, was pearled.<ref>https://imgur.com/a/ZsWnu Lodish</ref>
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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
In late January, jdcorral and Lodish were released after building houses for Lexington officials.
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Following the war, activities surged within the Commonwealth.
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
Subsequent prime ministers
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