Boulderov

Boulderov, sometimes referred to by modern scholars as Old Boulderov, but officially the Nation of Boulderov, was a Western Haven nation nestled in the far southwest corner of Rathnir. It was a Democratic Oligarchical Theocracy and bordered Aurora, Chevkri, and the Kingdom of Trafalgar. A nation of spruce forests, high snowy mountains, and flat plains, Boulderov was home to the Boulderovian people. The capital and largest city was Pedregal. Its formation dates back to January 24th, 2021 when the player BoltonYale built a small tavern on the banks of an unnamed river, next to a Boulder that would eventually become the focus of the religion of Boulderism. It was one of the three nations that attempted to unite Haven. The nation moved multiple times, with the citizens having homes in three of the four corners of Rathnir. Boulderov was a part of the Second Empire of Uldarash - known for its rich culture, motivated citizenry, and military excellence.

It was reformed into the Kingdom of Boulderov on October 9th, 2021 by Mimek Bolodrav, after he took advantage of a power vacuum left by the Savernian Crisis. The Crisis caused a majority of the notable founders and members of Boulderov to quit due to the sheer toxicity, and Mimek appointed himself a King and established an absolute Monarchy in their stead.

Some notable members of Boulderov included BoltonYale, Im_cooming (Crispy Schnoz), Edward_Boyle, Signore_Ravioli, Tati, NomeKaken, Camthulu, and Lickenchittle.

History
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Early Boulderov timeline of events

Boulderov signed an MDP with Paloro. Loic wanted to unite Haven under a weird USA style Government. Boulderov/Dolaria/Paloro (paloro I think) joined Loic's pact to get space from Uldarash. Loic coupped the King of Paloro, and Aurora and Uldarash stepped in. The Pact then called on Uldarash to join or they would invade them. thinking they had a chance of winning. Aurora and Uldarash sent 2 kitpvpers to Ashari (Loic's Town) to raid it. The kitpvpers wiped the floor with Loic and his forces, crushing loic's hope of having a chance in war. He was so pissed he burned down his own town and fled to Cymru, founding Valentum. This sparked the Auroran War against Paloro.

Boulderov has no idea this had happened, but raided the Auroran treasury because they wanted to troll them, after finding a random vault in the middle of the wild. Raviolli and Lickenchittle robbed the Auroran treasury and snagged the crown of Aurora and a pigstep disc, but was caught in the act and ran off.

Raviolli didn't change his name, and Aurora instantly knew who did it, and they wardecced Boulderov too. (plus they were allied with Paloro, so they were already screwed after Loic couped Paloro) Boulderov was salty about being betrayed since Loic didn't even tell his supposed allies about the war, and couldnt stay since aurora was going to hunt them down, so they fucked off to plagos and made a small village. Loic worked out a deal with boulderov, and gave them Istanboulder Que Aurora war blah blah blah

boltons tavern is established on a riverbank (he gains followers and founds pedregal) -> boulderov talks to Axyr and joins league of Falsáivrea -> league collapses, boulder becomes indp -> MDPs are signed with Paloro -> loic kicks off unionization of hazen talks, forces aurora and ulda to be there. this causes tensions (or war? records not clear) between between Ulda and Aurora v Loic -> loic tries to coup paloran king keechoo, almost works but Aurora/Ulda intervene because loic is a powerhungry mfr that recruits like crazy and they want to shut down his ambition. They send two kitpvpers to raid Ashari. Loic gets his shit kicked in. Loic is so pissed he burns ashari to the ground (It was his city), sets off on expedition to Cymru to make refugee camp and chooses to purse war with ulda/aurora. boulderov does not learn of war until later. -> expedition is led by Zelious (Ravi repping boulderov), valentum is established -> boulderov finally learns of loic going to war and leaving ashari. feels betrayed due to miscommunication, feels like loic abandoned them to uldarash and aurora (didnt know about the raid on ashari) -> boulderov decided to go their separate ways from loic, moves to ghiaccio (wrens are established) (Ravi/liken robs auroran treasury during this time as revenge) -> Loic offers boulderovians Istanboulder to try and get them back under his thumb. -> boulderovians say yes, move to istanboulder. chill for a month. -> war ends, boulderov makes up with aurora (vc incident), and moves back to Pedregal. splits off from loic.

So Loic was just some random town owner of Ashari that was super ambitious and a crazy recruiter. Boulderov was afraid of

when did loic become archon? how heavily was boulderov behind the war dec? how pissed was aurora at being robbed? when exactly was aurora robbed in the timeline of events?

"Ok so the actual reason we moved [To Ghiaccio] is that we stole from Aurora and Ravioli refused to change his nametag, and so Aurora knew we were the ones who stole their shit So we knew they were gonna war dec after all the shit we did, and Loic had seemingly abandoned us after getting destroyed by 2 kit pvpers lol" - Schnoz

'''WHOLE CURRENT HISTORY NEEDS REVISION. EXTREMELY UNCLEAR AND BIAST IN RAVI'S FAVOR''' -->

Founding
On January 24th, a player by the name of BoltonYale built a small tavern on the banks of an unnamed river in the southwestern corner of Rathnir. Next to it was The Boulder which would become the crux of the religion that BoltonYale would bring about - Boulderism. Word of BoltonYale's teachings would spread and brought in many travelers from far off lands. Some travelers chose to follow BoltonYale's words, and soon a small town popped up around his tavern. This new town would be named Pedregal by its inhabitants, becoming the first Boulderites. A council would be formed between BoltonYale and his most trusted companions named Schnoz and Edward_Boyle, forming the High Council.

Upon seeing this new community of 2 houses, the leader of the League of Falsáivrea, named Axyr, would take an interest to this new burgeoning town, as it was built inside of territory owned by the league. Negotiations between BoltonYale and Axyr would ensue, and resulted in the fledgling nation of Boulderov agreeing to join the league. However, this new agreement would not last long. About 2 weeks after Boulderov joined the league, an argument would break out between Axyr and a new player named Doctor, who had founded the nation of Dolária inside of territory claimed by the league. This argument would come to convince Axyr to disband The League, granting Boulderov full independence in the process. By this point, Pedregal had grown into a bustling town with multiple houses surrounding BoltonYale's tavern. During this time, the members of the High Council would go on to create two new towns named Striprioula and Terrera. As the nation expanded, the infant Boulderov looked northwards (The modern day region of Harria), to the wild lands that the the Empire of Uldarash had nominally laid claims to, and to the town of Splitland which had been long abandoned.

Early International Affairs
As Boulderov grew in size, population, and material wealth, they began to look beyond their borders at the newly founded nation of Dolaria. Two players by the names of Signore Ravioli and Camthulu would travel to the capital of Dolaria to set up an embassy. There they engaged in talks with the leader of Dolaria, Doctor. While there, Doctor linked the two Boulderovians to Loic, who was the founder and mayor of the Palorian city of Asahiri. The two groups agreed to establish close ties, and to a mutual defense pact. After relations with Dolaria were set, Doctor managed to get Loic in on the talks. Through these talks between representatives from Boulderov, Paloro, and Dolaria, the idea for an attempt at unifying the continent of Haven was born. Over the next few days, the three groups as well as representatives from Uldarash and Aurora, agreed to come together under this new banner, and started working on the new government. But not all was well. Uldarash and Aurora were in the talks only due to threats from Loic, and they quickly withdrew from the negotiations, leaving Boulderov, Paloro, and Dolaria alone once again. Aurora and Uldarash would end up declaring war on Paloro and her allies, including Boulderov.

Exodus to Istanboulder
After the week of peace that was called for by the gods, Aurora and Uldarash would end up raiding Asahiri, killing many citizens and causing Loic to change his mind on going to war. However, Boulderov and her citizens would not hear of this until far afterwards due to miscommunication. Loic and his followers would leave from Asahiri after burning it to the ground. Along with Loic his followers and representation from Dolaria, Signore Ravioli and Camthulu would represent Boulderov, and a player named Zealious would guide the group to the Viodoxa. Once there, the 30 or so players would establish a refugee camp by the land that would later develop into Valentum. Because of this, the High Council decided that Boulderov would go its own way over feelings of betrayal due to Loic leaving them to the mercy of the Uldarashi and Aurourans, not knowing of the raid that forced Loic to leave. The people of Boulderov gathered and had an exodus of their own, including those that had gone to Viodoxa with Loic. Along the way however, Signore Ravioli and Lichenchittle decided to rob Aurora as revenge for what they had done.

About a week prior, Lickenchittle had infiltrated the ranks of Aurora to get intel in the case of a war. Lickenchittle would fill shulkers with loot, then hand them to Signore Ravioli to be emptied. They continued this way until an Auroran player caught the two thieves red-handed. Fortunately, they successfully escaped with the loot and their lives to a settlement in Plagos named Ghiaccio. Here the now homeless citizens of Boulderov would find refuge, building a small town. While at this city, citizens Signore Ravioli and Nome Kaken would create the order known as the Wrens of Stone. This secretive group would be the spearhead of Boulderovian military actions while not doing much else. While in Ghiaccio, the people of Boulderov lived in solitude. During all these events however, Loic was working behind the scenes to bring Boulderov back into his grasp. He gave the High council a deal: They would get high positions in the government, a city to build up, high military positions for the military leaders, and resources if they wanted them. The High Council would come to accept these terms, instigating the Boulderovian Migration to Istanboulder. The town that was given to Boulderov was previously a VIR port that had never been completed. It had 1 house that was finished, with only 5 buildings in total when Boulderov settled there. On the 14th of February, Signore Ravioli, who had a map of Istanboulder due to visiting the site previously, led the expedition from Ghiaccio to it. Once there, the Boulderovians got to work building the city up. A Boulderovian named NightSaber would lead the project to build up the city. He would expand the roads, spearhead the building of new walls, make more plots for building, and make new bridges over top of the canals that snake through the town.

As Boulderov was moving in, a few Boulderovians joined an Auroran discord voice channel to make fun of them for declaring war on Boulderov after they packed up and left. But after they joined and started talking to the Aurorans, the Boulderovians started to change their minds on Aurora as a whole. To quote player NomeKaken, ”We joined, then realised that they were chill”. Boulderov would improve their relationship with Aurora after this point, returning all the goods that were stolen by Signore Ravioli and Lickenchittle, but excluding the goods that were stolen by bandits while in Ghiaccio. While this was happening, Loic had plans for the members of Boulderov who were willing to fight. As they were the ones that had backed out of the Haven agreement first, a lot of hate was placed on Aurora. Because of this, Loic conducted several raids on Aurora and Uldarash. Many Boulderovians would participate in these raids, including members of The High Council and Wrens of Stone. Because of these raids, and the general hostility towards Aurora that was generally seen as excessive by Boulderovians, many of them would come to dislike Viodoxa. This would culminate on March 2nd with a vote. The vote was to decide if Boulderov would stay in Istanboulder or return home. In a landslide vote, all the Boulderovians who wished to move packed their belongings.

Return to Pedregal
After the vote to return home, a few of the inhabitants of Istanboulder had grown attached to the city. For the rest of the group however, the move was smooth. On March 3rd, Boulderov officially split from Viodoxa. The very next day, the homesick Boulderovians packed up all of their belongings and the move back began. This event has been dubbed The Return by the citizens of Boulderov, and its existence marks the end of an era.

For almost a whole month, the capital city of Pedregal had only one resident: BoltonYale. As this tumultuous period came to a close, a citizen Bossmancfp approached Signore Ravioli with an idea to create a guild for all nomads that, with the support of established nations, would protect the wanderers of Rathnir, providing resources and safe areas for all to stay. Upon hearing this Signore Ravioli agreed that he would help, telling the nomad about the now abandoned Fort Tarasque. Upon doing this, Boulderov would become the first sponsor of the Guild of Nomads. While this was happening though, the territory formerly owned by the now dissolved Uldarash Empire was open for the taking. Boulderov would almost double its size due to this, obtaining a large swath of land bordering the Heart of Haven. Reconstruction of the homeland could now begin

Reconstruction
The reconstruction of the homeland was slow, but gradually the state of the nation improved. Upon moving back, Schnoz and Tati would go on to create two new towns, named Schnoz and Boldara. Schnoz would become a beacon of agriculture, having an absurd amount of farms. Later, it would be split into New Schnoz and Old Schnoz. After the long periods of chaos and unrest, Boulderov would finally have a time of peace. During this peace that was dubbed Reconstruction, the nation would expand and grow significantly, building the great walled city of Pathra-Harria and other new towns.

The first election for the Low Council took place during this time as well, making Tati, Signore Ravioli, and Zackblast_ the first Low Councillors. This council would go on to create a road network, split up the nation into provinces, and While internally there was peace, the outside world was attempting to piece itself back together. Foreign nations had been harassing the nations of Haven for a while now, with Viodoxa even causing the collapse of Uldarash. Because of this, the nations of Haven came together to create The Second Empire of Uldarash. The nation would include people from all areas of Haven, encompassing almost the entire continent. Even though the people of Uldarash are united on the maps, the nations of Uldarash function as sovereign states. Boulderov is but one of many states encompassed within the greater conglomerate.

The Colonization Period
A player named Rodrero Yale (Pandas) had negotiated the annexation of half of a country named Andros (Chevkri taking the other half), in mid-June, doubling Boulderov's size. With this, Boulderov began an age of exploration, settling mostly uninhabited lands and Boulderizing the new territory. Voha was given more territory and a new province named Hutan was established under Rodrero's governance.

Soon after the annexation of Andros, The Second Empire of Uldarash Invaded Falnir to unify Haven. Shortly before the invasion, an ethnic group named the Savernians had immigrated to the micronation in hopes of finding a safe haven and place to settle. Because Uldarash had won the annexation war, Savernia was forced to find a new home in the neighboring country (Boulderov). They settled in Northern Voha, a core province of Boulderov, where Sneaky Yale found and notified them of Boulderov's existence. Fearful of an invasion, they quickly rose walls overnight to stage a defense. This town would be named Ashbury, the provencial capital of Savernia. Rodrero Yale, negotiated with Olly Ashwood (the leader of Savernia) to incorporate them into Boulderov as a province. The Savernians reluctantly agreed to the terms and so began the long and laborious integration of the Savernians. Soon after the incorporation of the Savernians, Archeon (King of Falnir) asked to join Boulderov as a province. Rodrero negotiated the terms of annexation, and they were added to the steadily growing province of Savernia. Savernia at the time was the fastest growing province when it came to population and construction, and with it so was animosity against the Boulderist regime. Recent and forceful annexation had left the Savernians and the Falnirians feeling unsatisfied with the status quo and so they ploted to rebel, which was found out by the High Council.

The Council called the nation into a court of law, and two Falnirians Archeon and ___, who were the primary suspects, were summoned to seek justice on the account that they were actively conspiring against the government (Treason: A crime punishable by death and exile). The two were sentenced to exile, oly having 15 min to gather thier things before being placed on the Kill On Sight list. This extravagant punishment was witnessed by the Savernians and the rest of the Falnirians sending a wave of dread across the nation, while the Bouderites celebrated. Layden was appointed to be the new leader of Falnir. This was the start of the Falnirian Genocide. Other groups such as the Brightlanders settled in Boulderov, making up a small minority. The Brightlanders will be important in the Crowned Republic of Boulderov.

Context
The Savernians followed a religion called the 5 Divines which contradicted Boulderovian culture and religious beliefs. The Boulderist theocratic government, often clashed with the savernian local government which seemed to grow in complexity. With no coping mechanisms and experience to aid in fixing these issues, the High Council resorted to oppressing the 5 Divines religion and restricting the rights of non-Boulderists in the country. Increasing tensions led to increasing compromises including the agreements to seed land to Savernia to aid with their rapid population growth now comprising of roughly 40% of the country, (Falnirians being about 5%). Other important compromises include the addition of Boulderist and non-Boulderist seats in the Low Council, which was supposed to ensure a Boulderist Majority in the Low Council without outright banning non-Boulderists from government.

That did not stop the increasing tensions though. The Savernians kept demanding more representation, however the Boulderites kept pushing back. Over time the pushback became attacks on the Savernian regional government. The High Council began to enforce greater restrictions on non-Boulderist government positions, including the eradication of non-Boulderist seats on the Low Council and regional government positions.

The Golden Guard
A Savernian Boulderist fundamental group lead by Radical Rupbert started a political group named the Golden Guard which made a grand appearance by protesting in Pedregal. The High Council began hunting Golden Guard members, but that only inflamed the situation as Savernians began jumping on the movement out of protest. The Council responded by summoning Rupbert to court to be punished for his sins. This moment was the beginning of the highest point of tension in Boulderov history. The Savernians were unwilling to accept the banishment of Rupbert, and the High Council was unwilling to let Rupbert go unpunished. Rodrero, being friends with both, was put into a tough position. Work with the Council or betray the council and keep the Savernians in Boulderov. He chose to betray the council.

Rodrero worked with Olly and player named Logan Ashwood who conspired to rig the trial in Rupberts favor. Scotch was appointed by the council to serve as a Judge, however he was unable to take the pressure and resigned his position to let Rodrero lead debate making him the Judge by DeFacto. Sneakyspy, the lawyer representing Boulderov and the council (Tati and Bolton were unable to make it) was unprepared to take on the case and lost humiliatingly to the more prepared Logan. [Note from Pandas: I actually do feel really bad about this cuz you were super disadvantaged, and you were under so much pressure, yet you still did a good job sneaky]. Rodrero advised scotch to give Rupbert minimal punishment and so he was let off the hook. Its also important to note that both the Boulderites and the Savernians were all armed in the case that anything went wrong. The Savernians went back to their province and celebrated while the Council sulked and began considering geocoding the Savernians.

While it is easy to say that all the Boulderites hated all the Savernians, that was not the case. Many Boulderite citizens were neutral on the subject and disagreed that savernains should be excluded for government, and even more disagreed that they should be wiped out. Especially after the Golden Guard incident the Boulderites were split into two factions. The conservative Boulderist extremists led by Tati Yale and Schoz Yale, and the progressives led by Rodrero Yale and Olly Ashwood who believed that church and State should be separated. After the Golden Guard incident, the progressives were fed up and Rodrero Logan and Olly began to plot a coup. Owen, Mimek, Hizen, Rupbert and other town leaders were all recruited to the cause. Under the new government, Rodrero would become the Chancellor of Boulderov, presiding over a new High Council that would be run by Olly Logan and Mimek, while Owen and Rupbert would run the military. The day before the Coup attempt, all of Savernia, Hutan, Voha, half of Harria and most of the military, and Emperor Qwazar of Uldarash backed the Rodreros administration. All that was needed was for the High Council to be voted out of power by referendum, set to take place in Ashburry. However, a rat exposed the plot and a day before the Coup was supposed to happen the Council exposed the plot, dissolved the High Council and declared a total theocracy. Savernia backed out of the coup due to fear and the whole thing fell apart. The chaos left the government in complete shambles. With Rodrero exiled, and Tati and Bolton Resigning from government, a large power vacuum consumed the region. The Savernians negotiated independence from Boulderov and Rodrero Hizen and Owen left with their group to sparwood. Mimek was granted Tati's council position and was instructed to make Cookie a high councilor too, but he didn't and crowned himself King of Boulderov. A second coup.

Government
The High Council of Boulderov consisted of three leaders which were the Law of the Land, rulers of Boulderov, and the highest authority. This council oversaw the large-scale handling of the nation, and could choose to oversee any aspect of Boulderov they feel like. The last high Councillors of Boulderov were BoltonYale, Tati and Panda.

The Low Council were leaders which got their rule from the people. The Low Council was an elected council, and every 2 weeks they would have to run for re-election. This also means that they could be voted out if the people determine that they didn’t like what the specific councilor is doing. The process would be a people running up against the Low Councilor that might be removed. These candidates would have to receive a majority vote to officially replace the Low Councilor.

The Province Leaders were the rulers of individual provinces. They handled the day-to-day operations of their province and oversee their towns. These provinces were allowed to have their own general structures, but the government documents they had must've followed federal laws, and creation of government documents had to be approved by the High or Low Council.