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The Imperium of Eisenland was founded by a player by the name of AblazeGenie on March 7th, 2021, on a small island given to him by the Federation of Valtyrion.

Seceding from Valtyrion
Shortly after the founding of Eisenland, Genie joined another Valtyrion island, Northland, in seceding from the Federation of Valtyrion. This is in part due to disagreements and grievances with alexpotter, then king of Valtyrion. After the bloodless revolution, Northland and Eisenland allied with one another, forging a relationship lasting months.

Building of Eisenburg
Post-revolution, Eisenland was in dire need of players, resources, and buildings. In this time, one MrPoothtick arrived on the island, interested in the small country. MrPoothtick went on to become an established member of the country and soon became the second-in-command of Eisenland. Through this time, many of Eisenland's other senior members, such as Ryan, Orioniter, and Pixii joined on and would go on to build up the fledgling island into a small metropolis with farms, buildings, a capitol building, bunkers, and an active playerbase. This main island is now known as Eisenburg.

Tensions Rising
Due to the proximity of Eisenland to Northland, what was originally a strong alliance turned to suspicion. This suspicion turned to spying, and soon, ties were cut, walls built, and a moat was dug between the lands of Northland and Eisenland. Through diplomacy, war was avoided, however an unavoidable tension now existed between the two small nations.

Expansion
After some time of exceptional growth, Eisenland needed to expand if it were to survive. A sharp rise of players warranted the need for more land, and as such, the nearest land mass, Northland, was viewed as necessary to avoid overpopulation in Eisenburg. After talks with Northland's leaders, as they had grown largely inactive, Eisenland officially annexed all the cities of Northland. These included Ostrova and Smallstantinople (now Kaiserhaven). With this new land, Eisenland saw even more growth, and a cultural revolution of sorts. New buildings were built, resources gathered, wealth distributed, and happy players all around. A mainland colony was started around this time, near the small nation of Kostarion.

War with Valtyrion
After the Northland annexation, Eisenland turned it's hungry eye on it's other neighbor, and past ruler, Valtyrion. Eisenland annexed the towns of Ozenia and what is now Little Rock with no resistance. The only remaining town of Valtyrion was that of Balhurst, it's capital. Diplomacy was initially attempted, and stressed. However, after having an extremely tough time dealing with their king, Eisenlandian leaders deemed Valtyrion incapable of initiating proper diplomacy, and promptly provided an ultimatum, join or die. King alexpotter chose to not submit, and within the hour, war was declared on Valtyrion. A large force comprising of nearly 20 soldiers from Eisenland and ally Skjoldrbrodir invaded the island city of Balhurst with no resistance, and proceeded to sack and loot the town. Shortly after the carnage, alexpotter yielded, and the city of Balhurst officially joined Eisenland.

An era ends
After a long period of peace and slow growth, a sudden message was delivered to Kaiser Ablaze from the King of Volturus on 7/27/21. An ultimatum reading as follows, "ATTENTION: LEADERS OF EISENLAND, YOU HAVE 24 HOURS TO RESPOND TO THIS ULTIMATUM. EITHER JOIN THE VOLTURUS KINGDOM, OR WE WILL DECLARE WAR". Immediately after receiving the blunt message, Eisenland was put into a frenzy. Eisenland was obviously not going to join these warmongers, and as such, mobilized the people and prepared for the inevitable conflict.

Promises and Treachery
After discussing with Volturus leaders, both sides agreed to duke it out in 2 days, with Volturus publicly planning on attacking the Eisenland capital, Eisenburg, from a siege camp. Shortly following this, one Eisenlandian, Industro (The Industrial King), volunteered to go undercover in Volturus. He was trusted into the country without a hitch, and shortly after his acceptance, his work began. He documented the number of soldiers available to their army, their tactics, and on the day before the war was to be declared, he discovered a TNT cannon aimed directly at the Eisenlandian capitol building! With haste, Industro snapped photos of the illegal activity, and with swift action, effectively half of the Volturan soldiers were banned for two days! After this, Industro continued his spywork, and it eventually culminated into the destruction of the entire backup arsenal of Volturus.

More promises made, more broken
Due to the fact that land wars take 24 hours to begin after their declaration, this caused some confusion within the Volturan leadership. The Volturans assumed that by agreeing to fight at the assigned date, that they would be declaring war on that date, while the Eisenlandians were agreeing to fight at this time. So the Eisenlandians, expecting to be declared war on at the agreed time, were confused as to why no war was declared. After 10 minutes, and some debate, the Eisenlandians went ahead and declared war on the Volturans, as Eisenland's only ally at the time, Skjoldobrodir, was expecting a fight at the designated time. A problem arose, however, in the fact that MrPoothtick was the only council member and governor of a land claim that was online at the time to declare war, and his governorship was over the small island town of Ozenia, a far cry from Eisenburg, which is where the Volturan seige camp was built and where the battle was to take place. After war was declared, Eisenland posted it's official war declaration in the announcements channel. Within 15 minutes of posting this war declaration, Eisenland was flooded with support. After expressing interest in helping the Eisenlandians, Loic of Viodoxa and 20 other Viodoxans volunteered to help. Along with Viodoxa, members from long time ally Skjoldobrodir (who were already going to help), Solitudinem, UBSR, Tortuga, and independent mercenaries all joined the cause. Quickly, this war turned from a defensive battle to an offensive one, and plans were made to deal with Volturus.

The -4 Battle
After much protest from the Volturans, as they were claiming that Eisenland didn't honor the originial promise of war, and Eisenland saying the same, blood was beginning to boil. Outside of the capital of Volturus, a siege fort was built for the new coalition. Members from all member nations showed up to the fort, 40 in total, all bearing the Eisenland flag on their shields, and at 15 minutes before the fighting was to start, the force moved on the capital. However, before the official time started, trigger-happy Volturan defenders started shooting at the worst possible people to shoot at, the Tortugans. After this dire mistake on the Volturan's part, the Tortugans, all netherite-clad, flew over the battlements with their tridents, and proceeded to rain hell on the city. All the defenders were massacred, before the war even started! In fact, it was still 4 minutes to the start of the war! After seeing the carnage unfold before their eyes, and wanting to get in on the action, the rest of the coalition charged into the city. Chaos ensued. There was some griefing, lots of stealing and a lot of killing. The defenders were unable to respawn and fight due to the fact that Industro had cunningly taken their extra gear with his spywork, and now the Volturans were paying dearly. They were practically hunted for sport. It was clear, Eisenland and her allies were the winners in this fight.

Eisenland on the map
Following the sacking of New Volotra, Volturan leadership all but left the area, deserting to a new country, and leaving the land to Eisenland. Overnight, Eisenland nearly tripled in size, and was now clearly visible on the map. Eisenland had now entered the global stage on Rathnir, and combined with the friendships made with her allied nations, was no tiny island nation any longer. Through this war, the states of Maxstadt, Fislankif, and New Volotra were added to the country of Eisenland.

Eisenland in Sparwood
On September 20th, 2021, Eisenland bought a portion of Sparwood from Tortuga. This grew the size of Eisenland by another two-fold, and now introduced Eisenland into the realm of Sparwood politics.

Sparwood Unions
Over the course of a couple of months, Eisenland forged many relationships with the other nations of Sparwood, which all inevitably fell due to incredibly unstable relations in the area. In the end of Eisenland's affairs in Sparwood, they had absorbed the nation of Yunaro, once again adding to it's size, and increasing their numbers.