The Commonwealth (CivClassic 2.0)
| Commonwealth | |
|---|---|
 Flag of the Commonwealth | |
| Capital City | Westminster |
| Government | Constitutional Monarchy |
| Leader (King) | Peter5930 |
| Founders | People from Civ2.0's Commonwealth, Lio, Neverwhere , Thule, Civ3.0's Concordia |
| Location | [1] |
| Demonym | Commonwealthians, Wealthians |
| Other Settlements | Strasburg, Taliesin, Meditat, Victoria, Arran, Hexcorp |
| Subreddit | r/CivCommonwealth |
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, an prodigious, terrifying end castle, and the capital city of Westminster, with its new upcoming city area, Victoria, memorializing the attacks on Westminster during the Somber War.
History
Early Days
On 14 May 2017, King Cowguypig made a post on the subreddit calling for all players to join Commonwealth in CivEx 3.0. The town that resulted was a smaller town than former iterations, and they did not have a lot of political leverage or influence, it brought many of the former Concordia and old Commonwealth players back again.
As many civ players know, CivEx 3.0 died very quickly, and with the launch of CivClassic on 2 June, Commonwealth swiftly moved over, creating what would be Westminster and Strassburg (created by fadedsoul) on a small island and a mountain nearby, respectively.
Westminster quickly became infamous for their incomplete 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 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.
Meditat was settled by ZeeTip and mike0war on a desert far to the northwest of Westminster 5 July 2017. It focused then on factories and xp farms, but now is famous for becoming a beautiful oasis in the desert.
On 6 July 2017, a rail line was connected to Hexcorp and soon after became a borough.
Prelude to the Somber War
On 21 July 2017, six Lexington citizens alt-raided Commonwealth. It was the first major attack on the server thus far, and had become extremely devastating to the town. The altraids continued for many days thereafter. Short sentences were given to the raiders, as a false hope for being a future threat to the raiders.
On 13 August, sintralin pearled Bewsiej and handed his pearl to CW as part of the aforementioned deal, but mistakes on coal consumption made him release early, on 22 August. This bunker fiasco resulted in CW officials removing the Lexington bunker in the city.
In late August, tensions rose in CW when ZeroRussia, CarrieUnderwear, and GeneralWindu raided ThePayman's and Ez2Crew's factory building. Arbitration was offered, but Payman and Ez2Crew eventually left the Commonwealth to join Lexington. Both parties have since become inactive.
At the September elections in Southshire, Saren_Solaris became elected in Southshire, and it eventually became one of the most active cities on the server. It became known for its superior canals than Westminster's, and impressive, frequent, structures. However, during mid-September sintralin contacted the Chancellor of Southshire, StrPlatinum, to offer Southshire secession to Lexington. It was almost accepted, however, with brilliant negotiation from sashimii, possible war was averted.
On 21 September 2017, CW 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 occurred. It was an important fight as it was the only time the Boeing 911 was actually used for fighting purposes, along with Lexington alts fighting to take it.
On 26 September 2017, Brinton seized the throne from Cowguypig in order to have a more aggressive position in the soon-to-be war against Lexington.
On 27 September 2017, it was discovered that Saren_Solaris had been in communication with poortea to cause Southshire to secede from the Commonwealth and start a war. Saren was promptly pearled by CW following it.
On 4 October 2017, Peter5930 discovers an illegal iron farm and reports it to the admins. Lexington repaid the iron but were compensated with 120 compacted stacks of obsidian.
On 8 October 2017, as tensions grew further, Sintralin messages StrPlatinum threatening to treat Southshire the same way as CW if they don't declare neutrality in the war.
The following day, sintralin and Lexington declare war on the Commonwealth, using the breaking of Lexington's bunker in Commonwealth as a casus belli.
During The Somber War
Less than a day after the declaration of war, Lexington made a grand assault on Westminster 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, Lodish, a member of the council, was pearled.
Mere days after the attacks, Jdcorral was pearled in Lexington while peacefully shopping for books.
On 14 October, MrLlamma submits a post to /r/Civclassics, "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 end castle that served as a haven for all pearled Western Alliance members.On 9 November 2017, Nymph was 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, 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 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.
Government
The Commonwealth is a Constitutional Monarchy. In its current iteration, there have been three kings:
| King | Started Reign | Ended Reign |
|---|---|---|
| Cowguypig | 13 May 2017 | 26 October 2017 |
| Brinton | 26 October 2017 | 25 December 2017 |
| Peter5930 | 25 December 2017 | Incumbent |
The First Council of the Commonwealth consists of important citizens of the Commonwealth that specialize in various activities, and advise the King on different matters.
The Commonwealth espouses traditional liberal policies, guaranteeing individual economic freedom and ownership of one's self while providing voluntary federal projects, leaving local administrative action such as building regulations to each borough's discretion.
The Commonwealth prioritizes the following policies:
- Free markets, to encourage the individual citizen's industriousness, and to decentralize power and authority.
- Internal security infrastructure in the capital city (walls, 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.
Transportation
Commonwealth has one of the densest rail networks on the server, served by its main hub in Westminster and other stations within the area.
Westminster
One of the Commonwealth's main goals was to provide free trade and transportation, and naturally, a large rail station was going to be built there. Shopside, Westminster's marketplace, currently houses Westminster's main station. Although it was small at first, a recent expansion in early 2018 has established Westminster as a main train station on the server.
The boroughs were connected up first by rail, as each borough gradually joined. It started to become a major hub when the HITS rail was beginning to be built in June 2017, connecting Westminster to other major cities in the Western Hemisphere, notably TdC, Mount Augusta, Impasse and others. Other notable connections at the time included SPQR and Southshire, who have a grand train station of their own.
Once the Somber War started, progress stagnated on the station, but after its slow decline, the station was overdue for a makeover. In early 2018, a new station was built using part of the already existing infrastructure of the old station. The new station makes it more spacious than the previous iteration, and makes connections a little more efficient. New rail connections are also coming in due to the newly invigorated station, most notably the Great Overland Railway connecting Commonwealth to farther places afield such as Mount Augusta, Yoahtl, Vinland, and Okashima.
The Boroughs
Arran's growth as a rail hub was more gradual, initially only getting connections to Westminster and Southshire, but as more boroughs joined west of the city, it became an important transfer station within the area, and is now a local hub for the region. Notable connections from Arran now include Nymph, Meditat, Plantation, Southshire, and others.
Hexcorp's integration into the Commonwealth was swift, and because they were so far away, rails were imperative in their creation. It serves as a regional hub, connecting Meditat and their local towns into the Commonwealth.