Alfheim

The Republic of Alfheim is an Uldarashi state, located in the heartlands of the Uldarash 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. Alfheim is know



Government
 Prime Minister:  Oversee the entire government and has significant say over what needs to be accomplished.

Vice PM: Same duty, but subservient to the PM. Will fill in for the PM if the PM is unable to faithfully serve.

The Cabinet: Composed of several ministers who manage and advise the Prime Minister on their respective areas of expertise. All vice ministers have the same relationship to their ministers as the vice PM does to the PM. Ministers may create new departments under them to serve a purpose, but may not collapse ones explicitly created by the PM. The heads of departments in a ministry do not automatically change with an election, although ministers can freely appoint and fire those underneath them.

 Ministry of Culture:  Promote and enhance Alfheim culture through writing, multimedia, preservation, and advertising.

Department of Archaeology: The Department of Archaeology is composed of historians and archaeologists eager to learn and discover more about the story and culture of our country. They are passionate about their jobs and can deftly explore our elven past. OOC, these people are explicitly chosen to manage any Alfheim-related wiki articles and will be held to a high standard of excellence and an expectation of unbiased, objective writing. These people are also responsible for creating museums, art, doing roleplay which advances knowledge of our past, as well as creating canon lore relating to Alfheim.

Department of Tourism: This department is concerned with attracting as many people as possible into the country by advertising the country and creating promotional content. Other means exist, but how this is accomplished is the job of the department.

Recruitment Office: Where the Department of Tourism is concerned with creating media as a means to attract people, the Recruitment Office is focused on distributing these items and going out to aggressively advertise. Think door-to-door salesmen. Recruiters must be sociable, remain professional, and adapt to the personalities of those that they advertise to so as to create maximum interest.

 Ministry of Defense:  Responsible for ensuring the security of Alfheim against foreign threats, affirming our sovereignty as an independent nation, maintaining and commanding the Armed Forces, as well as acting in the interests of Alfheim. This position must keep the Armed Forces in primed-and-ready fighting condition.

The Armed Forces of Alfheim: Infantry composed of those enlisted within the Uldarashi Imperial Empire. These forces are divided into centuries and have a rigid command structure. They must swear allegiance to the constitution and people rather than to any government official.

 Ministry of the Economy:  The Ministry of the Economy is responsible for acquiring and managing state funds, establishing a budget for spending, auditing the state bank and National Treasury, distributing funds and resources to other departments if it finds it to be within budget, enforcing taxation policies (if any exist), securing resources for the National Treasury, addressing material shortages, find ways to make the state and people more wealthy, develop the nation, and manage both the function and distribution of wealth & resources of the state corporations.

Alfheim Revenue Service: This elite cabal of pencil-pushers serve to suck the souls out of citizens by managing and enforcing taxation policies. They will function by obtaining any relevant statistics from Statistics Alfheim and meticulously executing the task of taxing people. The ARS can press extensive charges on those they suspect of not paying taxes. They may seize people’s property, income, and land if found guilty which is then moved under the possession of the National Treasury. They shall maintain an armed wing and/or work with the AFBI/the army to get people to pay by force.

Alfheim National Treasury: The NT shall be responsible for holding all items belonging to the state as well as distributing public resources. The NT shall hold a very diverse variety of blocks and resources at all times. This will be accomplished by contributions from the Alfheim Mining Corporation as well as the usage of state funds to purchase needed materials from citizens at what the Ministry of the Economy determines to be significantly less than a fair price (As selling to the NT is done to get rid of surplus material/donate for the benefit of the country). Materials may also be donated freely to the NT at any time. Citizens may purchase from the NT, prices will be determined based on the wealth of the player purchasing the materials. Profits will go directly into the state bank. Otherwise, state projects or certain greenlit projects may use materials from the NT for free. The NT also serves as a repository for materials needed for use in an emergency and to centralize goods that belong to the state (rather than having state property randomly strewn about everywhere). The Treasury shall be responsible for judiciously budgeting its resources as well as contributing to it and keeping inventory. They will work significantly with other departments as the different ministries request resources for builds.

Miners’ Union: Creates mining opportunities for the common worker, where profits are divvied fairly.

Department of Natural Resources: This department is responsible for managing the material assets of the National Treasury as well as acquiring them. They denote what is in shortage or what needs to be acquired.

Bank of Alfheim: This department is responsible for managing the monetary assets of the National Treasury as well as acquiring them. They manage state funds and their allocation. All state funds shall be stored in Chervonstad. They are also later planned to function like how an actual bank would, loaning money, allowing people to open bank accounts (and use their money by giving them interest) and making investments.

State corporations: These bad boys make us money and resources by functioning no differently than any other business; save for the fact that motive and profits are those of the state. A majority of them are owned by ashley! and as such are managed by her. She takes a portion of the profits for herself.

 Ministry of Foreign Affairs:  This position reports directly to the PM and employs a retinue of people who keep tabs on foreign politics as well as acting as diplomats in the best interests of the Republic. They must be knowledgeable, patient, and attention to detail.

 Ministry of Infrastructure : This ministry is concerned with building and maintaining infrastructure and structures at the behest of the state. They are also responsible for authorizing and planning builds made by the citizens.

The Alfheim Department of Road Management (ADRM): Department of the Ministry of Infrastructure concerned with the creation, standardization, and maintenance of roads and highways.

Builders’ League United: Government-employed workers who construct and excavate for state projects and offer disaster relief via repairs. Hires talented designers and dedicated builders.

Department of Urban Planning: Responsible for deciding what builds are and aren’t authorized, as well as meticulously designating how existing & future cities should be laid out. This department is also concerned with addressing issues related to buildings which pose a problem or obstruction for the public and managing anything infrastructure-related impairing the quality of life of citizens (e.g. constructing a new staircase on a steep hill that people must climb often).

 Ministry of the Interior:  This position deals with various bureaucratic concerns and internal affairs not otherwise managed or suitable for different ministries.

Statistics Alfheim: This department is concerned with the collection of data deemed important to the state, as well as presenting it neatly. They may be asked to perform statistical operations and therefore must have adept mathematical knowledge.

Census Board: The Census Board is a branch of Statistics Alfheim concerning the running of the census; the collection of information and demographics relating to our citizens.

Department of Cartography: This department is concerned with the creation and maintenance of accurate and appealing maps and geographical information of the state.

National Surveyor Board: This branch of the Department of Cartography is concerned with the demarcation of municipal, provincial, and national lines. All records kept by them must be organized, concise, specific, and approved. In the case of marking national borders, they must work with oversight of the PM and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They are authorized to call for assistance from up the bureaucratic ladder if there is a border dispute.

Department of Immigration: Where the Department of Tourism is concerned with bringing new people into Alfheim, the Department of Immigration is concerned with vetting these people, officially introducing them to the state as well as clearing them of any suspicion. They are to work closely with the AFBI and the army to run background checks on people as well as execute warrants. They manage all processes relating to granting citizenship to people, including the application and approval process.

Graverobbing Committee: This branch with a macabre name of the Department of Immigration is responsible for keeping track of citizens who are inactive and evicting them from any house they live in. Although the punishment they choose to exercise may vary, they are authorized to seize the property and assets (to be contributed to the National Treasury) of anyone found to match all of the following criteria: -Inactive for more than a month -Inactive on Discord/has left the server -Has not responded to warnings of eviction -Action permitted by the PM

 Ministry of Justice:  This position is responsible for maintaining the rule of law in Alfheim and interpreting the law; applying it through the judgments of the Supreme Court (We will work on a common law system). They also manage the police and public safety.

Municipal police forces: Any municipal police force created must have the permission and oversight of the Ministry of Justice. They also answer to the Minister of Justice.

The Supreme Court: The Supreme Court is the highest court in Alfheim, and all courts exist beneath it. They have the final say in the interpretation of the law and in impeachment trials. Furthermore, they are responsible for investigation accusations of corruption or the miscarriage of justice.

The Alfheim Federal Bureau of Investigation: The AFBI is Alfheim’s federal police force. They have jurisdiction over the entire country and are to be well-equipped to deal with bandits. The AFBI is a joint defense-justice venture, with the ministry of justice dealing with domestic intelligence and defense with foreign. They are also tasked to investigate matters deemed of importance to the state. They may or may not need to work with the PM or Foreign Affairs when serving the capacity as a foreign intelligence agency.

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 - 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.

On the 31st of January (or 1st of February or 30th of January) 2022, the "COCK" sign, that was a national monument in Alfheim, got deleted by an admin. A large mourning ceremony happened as the people found out.

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