Alfheim

The Republic of Alfheim is an Uldarashi state, located in the heartlands of the Uldarashi Empire. The nation was founded on the 3rd of August, 2021 by Piotik, DeltaImpact, NiftyZebra, Supereone, Bridel, Adilol and LeBoogieManerino. With such a geographical location, merchants, Nomads, traders, and travelers of all trades flock to the state often for various purposes.

Government
The Republic of Alfheim is run by a representative democracy. Every month, citizens of the state are required to elect amongst several Ministerial candidates who will in turn govern certain areas and aspects of the state. Every citizen has the right to propose a law, in which the Ministers vote on in parliament.

The following are the Ministerial departments and their respective roles.

Prime Minister - The Chief Minister, in charge of overlooking and monitoring the work of all Ministerial departments. The Prime Minister will always have the final say, and is key to a functional and effective government.

Ministry of Cultural Affairs - Produces propaganda and leads the arts and culture of the state. The department is important, as it protects the national heritage and its cultural expression.

Ministry of Economy and Finance - In charge of ensuring smooth and productive trade amongst the people. The Ministry also takes care of the state budget, project funding, economic policy, financial policy, and tax policies.

Ministry of Defense - In charge of the protection and safety of citizens in the event of a foreign threat. Making use of a foot army, citizens may be drafted into the military. The Ministry also handles defensive infrastructure, equipment, and intelligence. Most of the state budget is usually put into the department.

Ministry of Infrastructure - In charge of the development of infrastructure, mainly to improve quality of life. This includes roads, buildings, housing, and many more.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs - In charge of foreign diplomatic relations with other countries, as well as immigration, and foreign affairs in general.

Ministry of Law and Order - Runs the National High Court of Alfheim and is in charge of the police force and national intelligence. The department is key to maintaining law and order within the state, and stabilize civil order.

State Settlements
Chervonstad City - The capital and biggest city of Alfheim. Most citizens of the state reside at Chervonstad. It houses the parliament and the National High Court of Alfheim. The city is characterized by its industrial era buildings, cozy streets and high walls surrounding the bustling city.

Axel Town - The main trading hub in Alfheim. This city is Alfheims first port city and has a unique rustic architecture. Known for having a very active playerbase and having very big projects

Sagan Tosu City - A japanese themed town known for having a mayor with the title of Shogun and amazing architecture.

The Crimson Keep - Home of The Crimson Blade. The Guardians of Alfheim and protectors of law and order.

Dunwulch Town - Founded 12th of July a dwarven city once being the Capital of Aravind until King Silver lost the city for legal reasons and Dunwulch was annexed into Alfheim. They used to be a dwarf settlement, previous owners where displaced along their regents and replaced with Alfheim Dwarves, Current regent to date (12/14/2021) is Grímmar Ashenforge (Socialix).

Houses and Influencial families
Afheim is made up of large population of acitve residents. However, the majority of these residents are in fact related to each other. The following houses are the largest families in Alfheim: House Von Alfen

House Van Barcht

House Von Burg

Clan Asagrim

Economy
The Republic of Alfheim has established a number of tax-free markets, where trading of all sorts occur. This allows for many citizens to set up their own businesses and increase overall economical growth of the nation.

The following are the various company businesses established within Alfheim.

History
The area in which Alfheim is located now was filled with many different races. The northern provinces of Faelheim and Midgard were home to the Dwarves and Giants. The Giants roamed above ground with their giant weapons while the Dwarves lived underground out of harm from their above ground neighbours. Prominent cities which were developed around the northern provinces early on were Dunwulch and the old town of Midgard. These towns were apart of the Deceased Kingdom of Aravind.

The Southern Provinces of Alfheim and Jargenfeld was were the old Talawan tribes of Alfheim first settled. These Elves were easily threat by the Giants to the North and therefore built large walls in order to protect themselves from these titans which roamed Ancient Alfheim.

The destruction of Elven Alfheim occoured during the rise of the Dearmani Empire which plagued Haven wiping out many Talawans who settled in the area.

The founders of modern day Alfheim were first involved a bloody revolution known as the Red Turban Rebellion. This rebbellion attempted to change the leadership of Tortuga turning it into a representative democracy. However, it did not go to plan forcing the Founders to flee.

After some careful negotiation the Uldarash Empress Caterina allowed the group to settle in Alfheim. Here the republic was born..

Alfheim had very little land during its begining so decided to merge with the Kingdom of Aravind led by Silver206 "the foolish". Silver somehow agreed to the merge but swiftly realised that he would have no power in the Alvarian Confederation. He tried to take Aravind out of the confederation however, the people of Alvaria and Empress Qwaser agreed that this was a rebellion and stopped this from happening. After Silver left Alvaria nobody was left in Aravind as Silver claimed they all died of a "plague". Later documents found in Dunwulch told this to be untrue and in fact the tyrant king commited genocide against his own people. After a vote the people of Alvaria decided to take back the Alfheim name

DeltaImpact
03/08/21-31/08/21

Title: "The Creator"

As the first Prime Minister of the nation, Deltaimpact oversaw tons of improvements. During the first week, the capital city of Chervonstad saw a big and fast expansion in construction and population. Parliament road and Republic street were constructed, giving home to the ministers and the first citizens of Alfheim. Delta started the construction of the stables, the miners union worked on the public mine, and several pubs were opened.

By the begining of the second week, a severe housing crisis began, as dozens of people flocked to the capital. Most of the people found their way to the other Alfheim cities of Sagan-Tosu and Chervonliqen. However this was not enough, and Alfheim still had numerous people without homes. The Prime Minister declared that anyone who built a house would receive a reward. After a few days, Democracy Square and Adilol avenue were constructed, with several new homes, putting an end to the housing crisis.

DeltaImpact doubled the size of Alfheim through negotiation with Aravind, however many found that the cost of the land was too much for the price. Within Delta's term Alfheim became big and populous, causing many smaller states to envy the rapid expansion of Alfheim.

Overall, many saw Delta to be a good PM overall and a PM that suited the needs of the people

Piotik
01/09/21-8/10/21

Title: "The Depression"

As Piotik took the baton from DeltaImpact, many eyes were on him. He had claimed to be significantly better than Delta, and now he had to prove it. However, this cocky attitude would not serve this leader well in his term. As schools opened again in the real world, Piotik struggled to keep players active and engaged in Alfheim, some players even begining to leave Alfheim, Delta, at the start would try solving this issue as the Minister of Culture, however, progress wasn't looking to good during the first month of school. This led to the rise of a monarchist party, which began plotting to have a king instead of a Prime Minister. Piotik, realising the mess created from his incompetence, decided to take advantage of the issue, attempting to get a vote on emergency powers, which succeed, but did little. However, with these emergency powers, Piotik was able to delay the elections until the 8th With these issues on the last few days, NiftyZebra stepped in to go on a recruiting race for the last 5 days, in order to help them with votes on their elections. He racked up a total of 30 players to join Alfheim.

Ashley
Title: "The Warmaiden"

8/10/21-28/11/21

Ashley played a key role in the history of Alfheim. After the Depression of Piotik, Alfheim suffered from severe depopulation. Ashley was able to tackle the mistakes of Piotik during October 2021, with a rapid increase in population to counter the previous month. During this time, Alfheim saw the completion of the largest fort in Rathnir, Fort Valaria Victrix, constructed by Ashley. This fortress was surrounded by trenches going all the way to bedrock.

During Ashley's term, the coup of Empress Caterina occoured, starting the Uldarashi Schism. Ashley took a hard stance against the Coup, and with the help of DeltaImpact, the nation underwent large-scale militarization. Alfheim would be considered by many to be the backbone of the Loyalist Forces by the majority of the Allied Military. Alfheim also opened a mining company in Eldham called The Alfheim Mining Corporation. Ashley commanded several armies during the Uldarash Civil War.

Nifty
06/12/21- 02/1/22

Title: "The Absent"

Niftyzebra was first apointed by Ashley to continue her term, as Ashley was missing in action. During this time a power dispute occoured, as many did not recognise Nifty as the true PM. This power dispute was swiftly shot down by the upcoming elections, which were catalysed by Vic van Barcht after he assumed emergency powers. Nifty won these elections and continued working as the new PM. During Nifty's term, many lost hope in the leadership of Loyalist Uldarash. Many looked up to Nifty to increase Alfheim influence in Loyalist Uldarash. Hopes which were abandoned after Nifty took a "sabatical". During this time, Adilol11 was temporarily Prime Minister. Adilol managed to bring back steady growth to Alfheim with the help of GameOnFinn and Vicdomen. During this time the Hot Headed PM made deals with the Chevkri to remove their claims in Alfheim territory. Although this seemed succesful at first, Adilol was unable push the deal on the Chevkri after Sabizos decided to break the deal. Eventually Nifty did "officially" return. However, he refused to make anymore significant changes before the end of his term