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The '''World Police''' (abbreviated '''WP''') has been a label used to describe various people, groups, and organisations throughout almost all of Civ history. Whether they're formal or informal groups, the uniting characteristic of those who've earned the moniker "World Police" is the heavy involvement in international combat operations. This usually involves bounty hunting griefers and raiders but also more notably taking part in wars against PVP-oriented groups, such as the HCF. Though most World Police members are also members of their own nation's security force, what distinguishes them is their cooperation with ''other'' members' security forces. Many World Police groups have also been accused of intervening in the affairs of nations that housed no WP members, while others existed as their own independent nations, such as the LADS. Most World Police groups were also not one organisation but rather an informal group of members from many other organisations that simply worked together; however, some WP groups did exist as singular, organised entities, such as [[Eden]] or the original World Police from [[Civcraft 1.0]]. Regardless of their structures, this page will seek to
In the modern era, World Police is generally a derogatory term used to refer to people, nations, or groups of nations that work with each other to establish "order" in their own world view. Although "World Police" or "weepee" is often thrown as an insult against anyone "on the other side", it is generally used to refer to people, nations, or groups that overstep their own sovereignty and "get involved in other people's business".
== Civcraft 1.0 ==
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=== Carson and the New World Police ===
{{See also|HCF War (Civcraft 2.0)}}
On July 1, 2013, the federalist-syndicalist city of [[Carson (Civcraft)|Carson]] was announced to the public.<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/Civcraft/comments/1hg5eq/carson_looking_for_a_few_more_sla_workers_yea/</ref>Carson was founded by WP 1.0 ally blueavenue and residents also included many former WP, including TeaJizzle and MrsEmery. Though it was not founded for the express purpose of recreating the WP, many Carsonites would ultimately take up the World Police role yet again to fight the new iteration of the HCF known as Bloodcrew, named after its leader bloodidiot that began raiding in late 2013.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Civcraft/comments/1qsw6z/bloodcrew_in_orion_again/</ref>From this point on, Carson would be invaribly linked to the World Police for the rest of 2.0. Simultaneously with the raiding of Bloodcrew was the raiding done by what was dubbed the Poser Brigade.<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/Civcraft/comments/1lt5e5/konartist_tynftw_and_turbocactus_008shock_are_in/</ref>Made up of some former WP 1.0 members that didn't join Carson like 008shock and shadowjay1, the Carsonite WP didn't take them seriously and didn't fight against them as the members of the two groups largely remained friends.<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/Civcraft/comments/1lsfm6/my_observations_on_how_different_groups_are/</ref> This led many on the server to see no difference between Bloodcrew and the WP, once again soiling the reputiation of the WP on a new server.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Civcraft/comments/1t14it/thoughts_on_bloodcrew_vs_world_police/</ref>
==== The Ruse Cruise ====
In November 2013, a friendly, internal dispute among Carsonites took place regarding a brick storage building built within the city. Many residents wanted to demolish the building as it didn't fit the aesthetic that Carson came to have, while others wanted to keep it for historical value and practical use. Both sides soon came to an agreement when they thought of an even better use for the brick building: as a trap. On November 17th, Carsonite WP member _sword made a post claiming to be revealing the location of all of Carson's hidden wealth following an alleged falling-out with his friends.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Civcraft/comments/1qus8p/psa_location_of_all_of_carsons_wealth/</ref>The supposed location of Carson's wealth was, of course, the brick building. Many Bloodcrew members and anti-WP forces, some on previously unknown alts, converged on Carson and tore apart the brick building looking for the chests, allowing the WP to gather info as they tripped their snitches. With an egg on their face and little if any stolen wealth to take home, it was revealed Bloodcrew had fallen for it: The Ruse Cruise.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Civcraft/comments/1qt6rv/to_everyone_breaking_things_in_carson/</ref>
=== The Rise and Fall of the LADS ===
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==== The Rise and Fall of Eden ====
After a tense but mostly uneventful spring, the people behind Libertas dropped all pretense of being an organisation that would hold itself accountable and instead decided to reform into [[Nox (Civcraft 2.0)|Nox]], an actual city-state that would craft its own laws, justice system, and, of course, megavault.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Civcraft/comments/38v1bc/the_kingdom_of_nox/</ref>To try and beat Nox at their own game, the WP reformed into an organisation called [[Eden]], which did have mechanisms that would hold its members accountable.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Civcraft/comments/3b8xsq/announcing_the_eden_group/</ref>For the first time in a while now, the WP had an organisation they were loyal to as opposed to their own nations, and this also gave a sense of a lack of immunity to their fighters. This attempt at becoming more pallatable to the rest of the server in the face of Nox's rising influence would ultimately fall flat a few weeks later when the [[Rumble in Mount Augusta|Rumble in Mt. Augusta]] occurred. On July 13, 2015, Papa pound was spotted in [[Mount Augusta (Civcraft 2.0)|Mt. Augusta]], leading to Eden forces converging on him to pearl him for the remainder of his sentence that he was accidentally freed from. Papa took safe haven in sintralin's house, and he was able to escape when a number of Chanadians used themselves as human shields for him while other Nox members fought off Eden.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Civcraft/comments/3d8j4u/a_summary_of_the_events_in_mt_augusta/</ref> When Papa made it to safe haven once again, the fighting dwindled out, and Eden was forced to expel two of its founders. The resulting fallout would also cause many Eden members, like [[TheTrackball]], to leave the group voluntarily.<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/EdenGroup/comments/3fo0hf/im_leaving_for_now/</ref>Eden carried on for a couple months afterwards but tried to lay low, deciding specifically not to get involved in the [[Goten Secession Conflict|Goten Crisis]] in early August 2015, which resulted in a victory for Nox's allies.<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/EdenGroup/comments/3ga2jf/gensokyomt_augusta_conflict/</ref>After 2 months of little actual policing activity, Eden voted to disband on September 15, but still kept their shared channels of communication, allowing them to effectively revert back to the pre-Eden mode of World Policing.<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/EdenGroup/comments/3l3jl6/vote_the_disbandment_of_eden/</ref>
==== Mir Joins the World Police ====
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==== The Nox War and the End of the World ====
''Main Article: [[Nox War|The Nox War]]''
[[File:Nox busted.png|left|thumb|The Nox vault is captured and broken open by the World Police, November 13, 2015.]]
Over the course of October 2015, the WP-Mir alliance successfully captured the Nox netherfactory and began their seige on the Nox vault. Progress was slow and grindy, and the alliance lost a number of fighters throughout the course of the seige.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Civcraft/comments/3pt5sy/official_statement_of_chanada_trackball/</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWOv_uHxZgU&list=PLOcJuSE-pWKAV4ShJiVfDkv793tflsAsA&index=22</ref>However, the alliance was able to pearl more Nox fighters than they lost, and they were further bolstered when Mt. Augustan fighters joined the assault on the vault after the dissolution of their alliance with Nox.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/MtAugusta/comments/3ndhxr/dissolution_of_defense_pact_between_nox_and_mt/</ref>Eventually, after weeks of fighting and some Nox fighters betraying them, Papa and sintralin were pearled and the Nox vault was cracked open on November 13, 2015, resulting in an astounding WP victory and the end of the server's last major threat.<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/Civcraft/comments/3sm9eg/we_did_it/</ref>Mir remained close to the WP, but the two still remained ideologically at odds with MtA, who was a long-time Nox ally until it no longer suited them. Mir handed over the Nox netherfactory to MtA, and the two sides diverged once again, but they were at least at peace. Things carried on as normal until [[Civcraft 3.0|3.0]] was announced in January 2016. As it existed for only two months from July 31 to October 1, 2016, 3.0 was simply not around for long enough for any WP groups to form.
== Devoted 3.0 ==
''Main Article: [[A brief account of significant events that have helped form CivClassic#Devoted]]''
[[File:I HATE devoted.png|thumb|500x500px|The insane 3am scribblings of a madwoman attempting to understand the progression of the Devoted World Wars, c. March 2022]]
Between the end of Civcraft 3.0 in October 2016 and the beginning of [[CivClassic 2.0]] in June 2017, [[Devoted]] was the main server the civ community played on. Though Devoted was always smaller than Civcraft, it had a history dating back to 2015 and a distinct community who appreciated its differences from Civcraft. This community was joined by the vast majority of Civcrafters who were looking for a new source of civ experience in the wake of 3.0's failure, setting the stage for the refoundation of the World Police.
=== World War One - Old Foes, Old Tricks ===
Thought it has been argued that the first Devoted World War took place before the formation of the World Police, it certainly was caused by one group exhibiting behaviour classically associated with the WP: snitching another nation without their permission. The one side of the war who did the snitching consisted of the nations of [[Volterra]], which has been a continuous community since Civcraft 2.0 (and was officially known as Irithyl on Devoted, but many people continued to refer to it as Volterra), and the nation of [[Uguu]]. Uguu was run by [[Malen]], an old WP-aligned bounty hunter from 2.0, and a number of newfriends who would become controversial in the future, such as [[Poortea]]. The side that opposed them consisted of notorious anti-WP (until the Nox War) fighters from 2.0. They were the nation of Veritas, composed of Nox-aligned HCF players from 2.0, and an unnamed raider group composed of the [[Civcraft2Import:Groups/other/memeteam|Meme Team]] faction from Mt. Augusta in 2.0. With almost every player in each of these nations consisting of veteran Civ players, they brought over their previous grudges and suspicions to Devoted, which resulted in Uguu snitching up Veritas on November 15, 2016.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Devoted/comments/5d0cp7/128d_bounty_on_poortea/</ref>Taking initiative to prevent retaliation, the "WP" side attacked the Veritas vault. However, a huge blunder was made during the attack, and the vast majority of the WP side got trapped on a ladder in a bunker within the vault. Veritas and the raider gang easily pearled the attackers, quickly ending the war and leading to the complete dissolution of Uguu.
=== World War Two - World Police Strikes Back ===
The second Devoted World War began when Veritas member and newfriend Coni confronted other Veritas members killing and vaulting a non-criminal individual. Disillusioned with their group, Coni released many of the WP pearled during the first World War and defected to a new group called Ruin, which was ran by Dollaz and consisted of many former WP from 2.0.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Devoted/comments/5mlknw/im_sorry_im_really_sorry/</ref>Veritas twice attacked the Ruin vault but failed both times after all of their fighters were trapped within the vault rings and pearled, resulting in a resounding victory for Ruin, Volterra, and the new World Police.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Devoted/comments/5o9vcm/wee_pee_wins/</ref>
=== World War Three - The Chimeran Civil War ===
In the aftermath of the third Devoted World War, the victorious WP side reformed into the Chimera Alliance on March 7, 2017.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Devoted/comments/5y1ni7/the_chimera_alliance/</ref>Like some WP groups before it, though they consisted of players traditionally associated with the World Police, they assured the server that they would not intervene in the affairs of another nation unless asked to. The Chimera Alliance was made up of Volterra, Ruin, and the nation of New Veritas, which was ran by Coni, other anti-Veritas defectors, and some newfriends.
The stage for WW3 began to be set when a senator for Volterra raided and looted what they believed to be an inactive ally of theirs on March 30, 2017.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Devoted/comments/62b42r/real_proof_volterra_raided_their_own_small_ally/</ref>The last remaining resident of the town called them out and asked for the loot back, but Volterra refused. This planted the seed in the minds of many of Volterra being raiders and backstabbers to their allies. The war officially began when Santa, another senator from Volterra, freed the pearls of some of his friends from the Ruin vault, using the justification that the Ruin vault was made from much of Volterra's old wealth from the first World War.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Devoted/comments/62ct4g/volterra_attacks_ruin_vault/</ref>A civil war in the alliance began with Ruin and Volterra against each other and New Veritas quietly exiting the scene. Unbeknownst to Volterra, many of those that Santa freed were double agents for Ruin, and they led Volterran fighters into traps on a few occasions. After Volterra learned of this betrayal and pearled the double agents, Ruin fighters attacked their vault but quickly became trapped. The Ruin fighters attempted to brute-force their way out and dig up the vault, letting Volterra pearl many of their fighters in the process. Ruin was defeated but still stood, and a peace was declared on April 5, 2017.<ref>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gHEUpKbhY4cR4T0EmpFs7fayx1zRQCHu6BARdCA4JFA/edit</ref>
==== World War Four - WW3 Part 2? ====
Unsatisfied with their defeat and still wanting to punish Volterra for their actions against them, Ruin attacked and pearled three of Volterrans while they were on a trading mission, violating Mt. Augusta's sovereignty in the process, on May 4, 2017.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Devoted/comments/695j7f/the_ruin_war_of_server_hegemony_why_ruin_is_not/</ref>On the same day, Ruin once again attacked the Volterra vault and this time attacked during a time when only one Volterran defender was online- Santa. Santa was successful in slowing down the attack but was not able to thwart it altogether.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76h3MZbkZo4</ref>The Volterrans then staged a counter-attack on the Ruin vault, aided by one of their members who inexplicably had access to the Ruin skybunker. After entering the skybunker, the Volterrans began to break the Ruin bastions, but became trapped when the WP learned what they were doing and removed the Volterran from the group. After the Volterrans escaped, a fight ensued on top of the skybunker, leading to a resounding Volterran victory with no casualties.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHz6SplDUJE&t=326s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHz6SplDUJE]</ref>A final peace was declared on May 30, 2017.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Devoted/comments/6e56z4/peace_between_volterra_ruin/</ref>As the summer began, many Devoted players, including the majority of Volterra and Ruin, grew bored of the server and became more interested in the newly launched [[CivClassic 2.0]], leading to the Civ community as a whole deaming CivClassic the main civ server for the remainder of its existence.
== CivClassic 2.0 ==
=== The Second Rise and Second Fall of Nox ===
''Main Article: [[Somber War|The Somber War]]''
The formation of the first World Police group and the first conflict involving it began much in the same way it did on Devoted. That is, old groups made up of veteran players remaining suspicious of one another and acting on their suspicions. On the night of July 21, 2017, the nation of [[Lexington]] (also referred to as Nox since it consisted of the same players from Nox on Civcraft 2.0, including sintralin) started to repeatedly altraid the [[The Commonwealth|Commonwealth]] in order to exploit them in a protection racket provided by Lexington.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/6orti4/huge_attack_in_commonwealth_right_now/</ref>A number of events subsequently occurred within the Commonwealth because of this drama, with some government officials attempted to get parts of the Commonwealth annexed by Lexington before being outed and expelled from their positions. To undermine Lexington's efforts and get more insider information, [[Hjaltland]] citizens TangentialThreat began spying on Lexington and their allies, notably making many ventures into the land of Lexington's ally, [[Anguish]] (the successor to Ruin from Devoted 3.0) and installing malware on sintralin's computer to gain access to her citadel groups.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/71vj2m/a_thought_experiment_in_favor_for/</ref>With this casus belli, Lexington declared war upon Commonwealth and Hjaltland, who a few weeks ago had allied together and formed the [[Western Alliance]], on October 8, 2017.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/755nes/lexington_declares_war_on_hjaltland_commonwealth/</ref>[[Mir]] and [[Impasse]] were also in the Western Alliance and so came to the aid of their allies in this war. Other nations, like [[Yoahtl]], were at first officially neutral, but took some actions that helped the Western Alliance before joining up throughout the course of the war.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/756ocf/the_empire_of_yoahtl_declares_neutrality_in_the/</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/85lpoe/the_western_alliance_on_essence_and_funding/</ref>The formation and expansion of the Western Alliance set the stage for the nature of the World Police on CivClassic in that it would always consist of formal pacts of sovereign nations, as opposed to the informal pacts between nations as seen on Civcraft 2.0. Despite being the ones to declare war, Lexington engaged in actual combat only infrequently and instead opted to continue their raiding across the server, leading to nations like [[Vinland]] and [[Gensokyo]] to join the Western Alliance. Western Alliance consequently led attacks on Lexington and Anguish, completely disabling and dissolving the latter.<ref>https://imgur.com/a/NdQbd</ref>
''Further Reading: [[Fall of Lexington|The Fall of Lexington]]''
[[File:We just left.png|thumb|These signs, left by Nox fighters after fleeing from their vault, became a popular meme among CivClassic players]]
With Anguish gone, the Western Alliance turned their attention to Lexington proper, attacking but failing to disable the Lexington vault on December 30, 2017. Skirmishes but no major battles ensued over the next few months until a Nox fighter was trapped and pearled on March 17, 2018 after they had invaded Commonwealth.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZViwOSsRMA</ref>With morale now raised and feeling as though they could turn the tide, the Alliance made preparations to attack the Lexington vault once again and set up on attack bunker on April 6th. The attackers slowly crawled into the vault with a skybridge, breaking through the bastion field in the process, a technique which was relatively new at the time and one that Nox had little counter to yet. Nox's attacks on the skybridge failed and, losing all hope, they burned most of their materials in their bunkers and fled their vault, letting the attackers break it open and declare victory in the war on April 8, 2018.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/8b1987/the_war_is_over_post_screenshots/</ref>Nox leadership, including sintralin, was subsequently hunted down and pearled indefinitely. Later on in 2018, the former claims of Lexington were settled on by the new nation of [[Tel Aviv]]. Although this peace would not last forever, the members of the Western Alliance became the ones who would run this new World Police order across the server.
=== The Infinity War ===
=== The "Long Peace" ===
== CivMC ==
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