The Commonwealth (CivClassic 2.0): Difference between revisions

'''The Commonwealth''' is a nation based in the southwest quardrant (-,+), and is a conglomerate of city states comprised of members from many former Civcraft nations. Peter5930 is the current King. Formerly a member of the [[Western Alliance]], Commonwealth is currently a member of [[SATO]]. The Commonwealth provides free transportation throughout the western world though Union Station in Westminster, promoting trade through Shopside, the subterranean marketplace surrounding the station. Each of the city states, known colloquially as boroughs, retains local political and economic independence while referring federal matters of state to the King and Council. Leadership, architectural style, political ideology and economic specialization are unique to each borough.

Westminster is the capital of the Commonwealth, and where most activity within the Commonwealth is. It was the first borough within the Commonwealth, initially housing a "circus tent"-like factory building and a large mansion on the north coast, until it was taken down. Today the city is filled to the brim with buildings and greenspaces. It currently holds Union Station and Shopside, a very active train station and a rail station. A remodel to the train station was made in March 2018. Westminster is notorious for its wide use of canals through the city, separating the west side of the city from the east side. Proponents of the canal go so far to prohibit bridges from being built across the canal, while others dislike the canals as it makes it hard to navigate around the city. Initially built for defense, Westminster's canals are mostly for aesthetic purposes.

The Jungle east of Westminster is part of the capital itself and has been made a nature reserve. It is the sole jungle biome of the quadrant and has been protected to prevent excessive tree farming. A public cocoa and vine farm is also present for visitors.

After the war was completed in April 2018, Peter, the current king of The Commonwealth gave the land of his massive city farm to the government, allowing them to make a storied and protected Citadel similar to the one made in [[Yoahtl]]. Over the next year or so development of the Citadel continued and is now home to Victoria. One can access it by becoming a citizen of the Commonwealth and enter through a protected rail within Union Station. It currently holds a brewery and various houses, and is set to be the site of the new Westminster Grand Library, after it was demolished during Victoria's construction.

Meditat is well-known for its aesthetic desert builds, all surrounding a large oasis in the Harakur desert located northwest of Westminster. It joined the Commonwealth in July 2017. Housing a pyramid, a horse arena and a large village, the borough is run by mike0war and is a center for building desert structures. It was also a host for the parkour and horse arenas during the Second Olympics. Meditat is also home to a religion, emerging from the translation of recently discovered carvings by local scribes, on tablets of clay excavated from the ruins of an ancient structure, buried deep beneath the sand by the oasis.