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The Commonwealth is a nation based in the southwest(-,+), and is a conglomerate of city states comprised of members from many former Civcraft Nations. Peter5930 is the current King. It was formally part of both the [[Western Alliance]], and is now currently part of [[SATO]]. The Commonwealth promotes free trade and transportation throughout the rest of the server, by use of its large Shopside mall and train 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. Boroughs include the mountaintop retreat of Strassburg, the corporate offices of Hexcorp, the man-made island of Taliesin, the desert metropolis of Meditat,
== History ==
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Westminster quickly became infamous for their incomplete [https://imgur.com/a/vzDRa canals], at the time called trenches, and its extra security measures; many regarded it (and still do today) as a maze to navigate. Some were even inclined to [https://www.reddit.com/r/CivCommonwealth/comments/6p3r67/do_not_build_bridges_over_the_canals_do_not/ stop people from making bridges across these trenches] in favor of tunnels under the canals.
After a rocky start, Shopside became functional and the city became a central rail hub for much of the Southwest. Trade was slow at first, but as more expansions for shops occurred, more people were willing to come to Commonwealth to trade.
Soon after the move, many different settlements appeared near the capital and became settlements of the Commonwealth. One of the more notable ones was [[Southshire]], founded by Orinnari and StrPlatinum on 25 June 2017, roughly 800 blocks away on a peninsula in the south.
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The following day, sintralin and Lexington declare war on the Commonwealth, using the breaking of Lexington's bunker in Commonwealth as a casus belli.
Less than a day after the declaration of war, Lexington made a grand assault on Westminster [https://imgur.com/a/H5ya2 by obby bombing much of the city]. The city became near-dysfunctional, however, when admins found out, they removed most of the obsidian from the city, refunded their 120 stacks of obby 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, [https://imgur.com/a/ZsWnu Lodish, a member of the council, was pearled.]
Mere days after the attacks, [https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/768fdf/i_am_pearled_from_cw_wanted_to_chestshop_for/ Jdcorral was pearled in Lexington] while peacefully shopping for books.
On 14 October, MrLlamma submits a post to /r/Civclassics, [https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/76dxcn/why_i_insided_my_friends/ "Why I Insided My Friends."]In the post, he states that he deliberately gave information to the Commonwealth to prevent the pearling of more innocents. Although it was a heroic act that helped many, he was pearled for it.
The following day, Peter5930 was pearled by Badash, and was subsequently pearled ten days later. Peter, when he was not getting /ppkilled every 10 seconds, started to build the foundations of what would become his towering, impenetrable, and impressive [https://imgur.com/a/ZDWBG end castle] that served as a haven for all pearled Western Alliance members.On 9 November 2017, [[Nymph]] was [https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/7dv9ha/nymph/ founded] on a far west island by former [[Kraken]] founders Seekinq, SpankMeHarder, JayTeeR, _Monkee, and ItzJosh.
That same day, Lexington present terms of surrender to Commonwealth, which included unconditional surrender and permapearling of Peter. CW declines, and tries again later that month with lesser terms but CW still declines.
After the terms of surrender were denied, the end castle was attacked three times in the next two months with no avail. Commonwealth proper was no longer being attacked, as the tide turned to Hjaltland (now [[Falstadt]]) raiders pearling many major belligerents.
On Christmas Day, brinton decided to resign as King of the Commonwealth, and handed it over to Peter5930.
In late January, jdcorral and Lodish were released after building houses for Lexington belligerents.
Around the same time, Southshire decided to secede, however, [https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/7qeqv0/yoahtl_annexes_southshire/ leaving for Yoahtl.] It was a very controversial decision, but they decided it was for the best to bring the city back to its former glory. In addition, Nymph decided to go independent on 8 February 2018, to avoid any further drama with the war, and build peacefully. Both cities continue to be close with the rest of the Commonwealth.
By March 2018, the war slowly declined, bringing about a new sense of spirit 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 stalling game until whoever got the guts to attempt a full on assault to free each other's pearls. Falstadt decided to have the first take and made a two-day offensive attack on Lexington's vault. After pearling five belligerents, Lexington evacuated the vault and left the pearls in the vault, and only a day later, all pearled individuals were freed and [https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/8b1987/the_war_is_over_post_screenshots/ the war was declared over.]
=== Post-War ===
Following the war, activities resurged within the Commonwealth.
First and foremost, Peter derelicted many inactive houses in Westminster, and put into motion a new section of Westminster, entitled Victoria. It was to be placed where the old city farms were placed, using valuable space in the city. It is in essence, a new start for Westminster, however more security measures in place as well as making it a proper, secure citadel. Currently, it is almost complete.
With more people coming to Commonwealth, its situation as a central rail hub for much of the server makes it one of the most optimal locations for trade within the city. As a result, people increasingly set up shop within Shopside, including [[Yoahtl]], Falstadt, [[Etherium]], and many more. There are so many shops that at times, demand is exceeding supply.
▲==== Amidst The Somber War ====
== Governmental Policies ==
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