Valondor

The Foundations and Roots of the Land
''To get to how and why The Hierarchy of Valondor's culture and way of life is in present time, we must go back long go, to the roots of this ancient land. Only then will Valondor's way of life, Culture, Environment even, will all make sense.''

Old Native Land:
Long ago, the inhabitants on the lands of what's currently known as " Waldblume " was land where Primitive' natives lived on the land, bordering the Free State of Tortuga. Tortuga was a Nation filled to the brim with Piracy but even then, they came to the Natives bearing gifts, teachings, and even offered them to join Tortuga as a City-State for infinite protection! But the natives didn't appreciate what the Tortugans offered, and took it as a threat to their lands, and did something so foolish, it costed them more then just their lives, but also the end the ownership they had on the land. The Natives attacked The Free State of Tortuga and very swiftly, the natives were gone. With all of the Natives gone Tortuga claimed the lands and named it Cyrumar, and flourished with pirate culture and stability for awhile. With this strange Mushrooms, larger then spruce trees, were found through-out the Native's old land but back then, it wasn't thought upon.

The Empire of Cyrumar :
A man by the named Alpha, struck a deal with the Tortugans to make the land a sovereign nation, but in doing do, the nation with its independence, also gained a enormous amount of debt. Alpha, however did not take the debt seriously and began to exploit others to pay his debt with another nations money, making more debt with other creating a cycle. Eventually Cyrumar became friends with a nation named Tulipia and as time progressed, Tulipia was more liked by the Citizens of Cyrumar, Alpha, angered cut ties with Tulipia and a result being, Tulipia declared war on Cyrumar and won.

The Republic of Tulipia :
After the fall of Cyrumar, Shaerelia  a important person to the History of the land, used elf-nature based magic to bring a flourishing and brimming environment and with this act the mushrooms that were so tall, shrank to a normal size but still undiscovered why they were able to grow differently then the normal fungus found through out Rathnir, and if they had a magic associated with them. Shae ( Shaerelia ) renamed the land from Cyrumar to what's now known today, Waldblume! Many months went by and Shae, left the nation of Tulipia meaning leaving the lands of Waldblume. Shae's absence meant the mushrooms within the lands of Waldblume began to grow back as the land was dying from the withdrawals of the Shae's magic. This brought the ideology to the lands of Waldblume to care about a fair democracy but stable and without corruption as they witnessed their previous provincial leader Shaerelia, leave due to the System Tulipia had. Even with Shae's absence she brought something that will be held dear to the culture, to care for the environment and plant-life, since she was a elf that used nature magic.

The Founding Father's and Start of Valondor!
Spades, Toki, and d3mi , unhappy with Shae leaving Tulipia and how it reveled the true instability of Tulipia's system, and how it was inevitable for the nations death. Spades reached out to Toki about the idea of a Declaration of Independence from Tulipia, then agreeing both brought D3mi, then the entire Waldblume citizens and in only days, the entire province all agreed upon the idea of becoming our own nation. To slowly push this idea, Spades was Chancellor and a Governor of the Province of Waldblume, released and published the Waldblume State Constitution , with this added ways to allow separation/independence from Tulipia through a peaceful manner , and so Tulipia soon after failed to meet a criteria and allowed Waldblume to Declare independence! But what the name of the nation was uncertain.. Spades and Sake ventured into uncharted land as they now need to map-out all of what Waldblume owns, found a large mushroom that pulsed energy of relaxation, but in front of the tall and mysterious mushroom tree, was a grave stone marked "Rest Valondor, the Two-sided Mage!". Spades and Sake were confused by this and found what appeared to be a book called [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QwdL3jlOHAB_CUG05aGi38fi7i-ZbwUFTT456yp0e0U/edit# The Two Sided Mage! ] This book was a folktale of the mage named Valondor, and it explained why these abnormal fungus only grew on Waldblume lands. Fascinated by this, this folktale instantly became a large influence in the culture so much that the flag and name of the nation was inspired from this very tale.

The Declaration of Independence!:
After finding out what the nations name would be, what was needed was a government, unlike others before. A government system that ensured stability, distribution of power, and democracy. It so happened a Democratic Oligarchy was the best government for Valondor! Right away finding now the essentials, the officially announced The Declaration of Independence that established Valondor to the world stage! Right away the Democratic Oligarchy system took place with branches of Military like The Bandit Guard being created along with it. Along with the F:L:B and the Code of Moralism. This was just the beginning for the new nation, as they hope to see a little bit of their culture everywhere in the world one day!

The Tortugas Promise:
Once Valondor announced its independency to the world, The Pirate Domain of Tortuga, got ahold of it and jumped at the start of exchanging diplomacy with Valondor! Tortuga saw the potential in Valondor as a nation and with it containing similar culture, offered a deal to Valondor that's called the Tortugan Promise (Seen in the image). Spades the CHAIRMAN OF DRT(Diplomatic Relations and Trades) signed and the Treaty was now in place! Valondor was given warm greetings by all of Tortuga and was accepted as a fellow brother in arms. This promise brought even more stability within Valondor and bringing more peace to mind of the Citizens now that we are ensured our existence as well as brought new friends.

The Environmental Nations meet:
As time passed, Valondor began reaching out to a nation what was named The Kingdom of Floria  (Changed to The Realm of Floria) -a nation located in Cyrmu, and opened conversations about another's culture, system of government , and ways of life. It turned out that Floria liked Valondor's system to where they changed their government to a Democratic Oligarchy as well! After some basic treaties signed, we decided to created a official alliance between our nations and adding a culture tie since we're so similar! The Blood-Bonded Alliance was highly agreed upon by both nations. and as a gift to Valondor, Floria gave away a amount of land with the requirement to be a embassy. Valondor accepted this and there created whats known as Spider Lily's Cove and the document called The Friendship deal, and was signed by both governments!

The Land deal from Tortuga!:
After the fall of The Dutchy of Akrakia, Tortuga gained a large sum of land, to which Valondor reached out to see if they were willing to sell! To Valondors surprise Pirate Lord Ulifer, gave Valondor land free of charge as we are good friends with one another! This land deal was named Brotherly Land's! This land deal lead to the creation of the Province known as Parrot's Beak!

A Golden Era of Valondor!
''During this time period Valondor entered a Golden Era, meaning peace, tranquility, advancements in diplomacy, education, technology and Culture! Most importantly the amount of Diplomacy and Connections that were made during this period.''

A Friend in a distant land:
Valondor, showing a new form of a stable democratic government , began to influence people around the world and it made its way to a nation name The United Provinces of Carvinia. After some discussion and friendly conversation, Carvinia asked for a NAP (Non-Aggression Pact) with Valondor, to which Valondor agreed since they were a democratic nation. As well Valondor sent back a Dual-Citizenship pact and was agreed on certain terms being Carvinia stays a Democratic Oligarchy.

The Treaty of Elfenbankje:
The leaders of Valondor and Friholm have been close ever since Valondor became independent, although nothing formal was signed before hand they were slowly growing a bond through similar culture, their love for piracy and the seas really brought the one another close. The Treaty of Elfenbankje was signed on February 14th.