Venice

Venice is a nation and pirate city-state that lies in the south east of the continent. It was founded in early June 2020 after Alexandria gifted land to be used and an independent nation was created. Venice was founded with the intentions of rekindling Shadup Gahar, a trenched micronation in Civcraft 2.0 known for its XP production, as well as its close ties and alliance with then Mount Augusta. Likewise, Venice is a private (for now) trenched micronation with a strong focus on industrial production and trade and places a big emphasis in diplomacy. Key tenets that Venice were founded on is a cohesive citizenry, strong governance, and to make friends out of old and new. Venice's neighbours include Alexandria and Blackwater/Bobanga, as well as the Yamato territory of Port Paradis.

History

As Venice is still a relatively new nation and kept very isolated at its beginning - and continues to do so -, it does not yet have a wealthy history. The start of Venice can be attributed to between the 6th and 10th of June, where immediate work was set about on transforming the land by founders djmeffy and Matchachamomile (also known as Vicccyy). They called on other Shadup Gahar leader and long-time associate, _chess, out of a long hiatus to help begin this work as well as other sporadic friends. As the group joined fairly late into the server, with help and loans from new and old friends alike they were able to gather a fair amount of wealth, though initially playing time was sporadic and development was halted. Regardless, in this time Venice developed and laid the foundations for the future of the nation, including infrastructure as well as governance for both its citizens and its emperors. Included in this was the formation of a council of purely advisory roles that discuss national issues when necessary, as well as the introduction of a 14-day soft-trial for citizens where they can invest themselves in the nation at their own pace but are expected to be active.

The early developments saw progress soon accelerated by the arrival of chosentwicelol and AbyssalShire, two players who djmeffy invited due to past relations on civservers, as well as xineFed, a new player who was eager to help build the nation. Slowly, Venice, seeing the potential and keen to work with more citizens, started to take in more players from Mir such as Walkers, Magier, Invictus and more. As a nation, the group begun forming a hardworking unit until present time.