Bardonia

The Bardonian Empire was founded on 18/10/2020, but wasn't announced as a nation until 24/10/2020 as The Republic of Bardonia. The Bardonians came from the North, guided by a prophet with the promise of a land of Dandelions.

Finally reaching a coastal plain, the initial founders came across a field of Dandelions - as far as the eye could see. Here, the first town was founded and it was name Bardonia. The nation is named after the pre-existing discord server of its founder members, BacktotheHub and Unic0rnb0i, which is called the "Dank Bard".

First and Second republics
Initially, Bardonia operated as an oligarchic republic, however one with little common involvement from the Bardonian citizenry. There existed no official leader but it was run by a single senate body who elected new members to the senate and voted on laws, diplomacy, policy, and many other aspects of state.

There were always 8 senators of Bardonia and if one of them were unavailable a previous senator or respected member of Bardonia will be promoted to an Honorary Senator for meetings, but this was changed on 12/2/2020 when it was agreed that a random number of senators would be voted on / off.

Original Bardonian Senators were: BackToTheHub, Ezexus, Moyye, Socius, ShockTurtle, Tzseu, PercocetFranklin, and Unic0rnb0i

First Republic Senators:

 * Ezexus - The Prodigy


 * Moyye - The Brewmaster


 * Tzseu - The Architect
 * BackToTheHub - The One Man Army
 * Unic0rnb0i - The Chancellor


 * Shimesa - The Artificer


 * PercocetFranklin - The Angler


 * RamthekidRS - The Nautilus


 * Socius - The Gemologist


 * shockturtle - The Tinkerer

Second Republic Senators:


 * Ezexus - The Prodigy
 * Moyye - The Brewmaster


 * Tzseu - The Architect
 * BackToTheHub - The One Man Army
 * Unic0rnb0i - The Chancellor

The Third Republic
With increasing internal conflict as a result of the Bardonian Wars and foreign support from the Sterling Crownlands, a swift coup d'état was launched with the presiding senators either being imprisoned or fleeing into exile.

Status of Previous Senators during the Third Republic:

 * Ezexus - Executed
 * Moyye - Fled into exile (Location: Unknown)
 * Tzseu - Fled into exile (Location: Unknown)
 * BackToTheHub - Escaped Convict (Location: The Drifting Isles)
 * Unic0rnb0i - Became a widely known crime lord, terrorist, and Bandit (Location: Occupied Palaris / chance)

On 20th January 2021, The "Third Republic" period began, named after the third batch of senators to govern Bardonia.

The Founding Fathers of the Third Republic:


 * Crezyman,
 * MamaMurphy666/WallaceTheGromit,
 * LobsterLights
 * JurzTheAndal (Until Jurz was later elected the first president)

Under the Third Republican era, Bardonia operated as a unitary republic that is split into several provincial regions. Residents of these regions vote for their respective senators and from these senators, all Bardonians vote for their next president.

A constitution was drawn up by the interim government which set out the details and functions of the Senators, President, the Court and the provincial governments. Enshrined in this constitution was also the right to freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom to petition the government and the freedom from involuntary taxation

Third Republic Senators

 * AP
 * Crezyman
 * DHVO
 * Pwou
 * LobsterLights
 * mama the murphy/WallaceTheGromit (powershare)
 * JurzTheAndal (President)

The Function of President
The role of the president was to act as a unified voice of Bardonia when dealing with all of Rathnir and was expected to serve Bardonia in protecting their foreign interests.

The president was de-facto the head of state but were limited domestically in several ways:


 * The President could only vote in the Bardonian senate in the event of a tie and within the senate, they purely presided over meetings (but can debate).
 * The President could serve for an unlimited number of terms but elections must occur at a minimum of every 2 weeks.
 * In the event of a loss of support, the senate could impeach the president and remove them from their current office with a simply majority.

Presidental History

 * JurzTheAndal
 * 20th January 2021 - 30th January 2021


 * Crezyman
 * 31st January 2021 - 1st February 2021

The Bardonian Empire (Former)
The 31st of January 2021 - After The Third Republic became too involved in a conflict with Raykara and Escharia, they were haunted by the spirits of Fallen Escharia. With political pressure and the vengeful spirits at each town's door, The Bardonians reached out to former senator Unic0rnb0i who at the time was going by an alias "The Chancellor". Uni offered to bail the Bardonians out of the current situation as long as they declared him as their dictator and ruler, the Bardonians voted and put The Chancellor into power, who took the new title of Supreme Chancellor.

Within the next couple days the new dictator upheld his end of the agreement. Political pressure dissipated and the spirits of Fallen Escharia calmed, stopping their attacks on the citizens of Bardonia. Bardonians stayed in their cities quietly while they recovered from political struggles and the spirit attacks. Despite The Chancellor's efforts the numbers of Bardonians plummeted meeting an all time low for the once prospering nation. The Chancellor set priority on recovering Bardonian population and building within Bardonia, often seeking help from The Chancellor's Hands to extort money from other nations and keep the nation afloat on his own.

The Chancellor soon took a position leading from afar as he would isolate himself in Andorn, communicating to the Bardonians through letters and astral projection which he had learned previously from Green Tomato. He would begin receiving Himotherapy treatment for his schizophrenia and multi-personality disorder from HimoS401 to help him better lead Bardonia.

Second Bardonian Empire (Ongoing)
Many of Bardonia's Grand Council perished during the The Battle of Ferrymen, or died afterwards from their wounds, most notably The Chancelor Uni. This led to a massive power vacuum leading to multiple governments and movements. Currently the most commonly told story follows as such. Elevenmantis, Prince of Bardonia is coronated at New Dorasterrock, only to be assassinated by The_Mobius who mysteriously made it out of the battle alive despite survivors seeing him perish. Mobius then crowns himself Emperor of Bardonia and forms an oligarchy of his closest allies (who become part of The Grand Council), and forms a system nearly identical to the prior government. Mobius has been challenged by 2 socialist movements which he claims to have singlehandedly disbanded. Currently Mobius is unopposed but there are rumours of rebellion coming over the north sea.

Law
When stepping foot in nation of Bardonia, it is expected for all to abide to the Bardonian Law.

During the Third Republic, a national court would see to the trial of criminals as per the Bardonian Law. A judge would be appointed by the senate monthly to oversee all trials for that month.

During the Empire, The Supreme Chancellor judges cases or hands picks a judge for the trial, if one is offered. The option of trial by combat is always viable, although The Supreme Chancellor decides the type of combat, the gear, the opponents(s), and the arena. If any character dies in a Bardonian trial by combat it counts as a character death.

Culture
In Bardonia you may see masses of Dandelions gathered about in it's towns, Bardonians often collect any dandelion they come across and plants them in their towns or near their roads. The Dandelions are very important to Bardonia and are believed to represent something different to each Bardonian. Bardonians used to refer to themselves as a fishing nation pre-Golden War and made sure each city was stocked with stacks of fish. The Bardonian Empire changed this description and now describes themselves as "The greatest military nation in Rathnir". Bardonians are known to be easy going to their allies. The cultural heritage of Bardonia is seen in their combat finesse, perfecting the art of combat to a repetitive motion and a flexible mind. The Bardonians often perform combat skirmishes amongst each other in preparations of bigger wars. Among their battle preparations is the Bardonian Defense which they used against Uldarash in The Great Golden War where they focus on keeping attackers out and held back by natural blockades, berry bushes, and campfires while they pick them off with bows or flank attackers from behind.

Most Bardonians are known to have a natural lust towards fighting and war, even the builders or farmers can be entranced by Bardonian war culture and leave their cities to participate in a war or raid.

The cultural effects of Bardonian contribution to the arts is far-reaching. Even in music, Bardonians have spearheaded the Rathnir music scene with the release of the debut music disc by B.W.A., "Straight Outta The Peak", which caused international attention due to its salacious lyrics.

Territories of Bardonia

 * Ardat
 * Askavollr


 * The City of Bardonia


 * Dorasterrock


 * Flos Portum


 * Lobopolis
 * Neos Knossos


 * New Dorasterrock (Capital)


 * Greater Volkyria (semi-autonomous protectorate)


 * New Farnau (protectorate)
 * New Kumberg
 * Provence of Brewtania (formerly Duckburg)
 * Skjoldrbróðir
 * Idaho
 * Parajon
 * Perditia

The Trillium Alliance
Bardonia was one of the 3 entities that had formed The Trillium Alliance and were described as "The Muscle" of the alliance. The Trillium has since disbanded.

Executions
Carpicious was the first person to be executed by Bardonia, she was executed for crimes against the Trillium and for leading the Coalition forces that fought the Trillium in The Great Rathnir War.

Ezexus the Prodigy was the first senator to be executed by Bardonia. The 3rd Republic Senate and President executed him for the actions of the 2nd Republic's attempt on World Conquest. He was executed on 1/20/2021 in New Dorasterrock.

Dex Og was executed for multiple mass murders and killing sprees, and was previously one of the most notorious terrorists on the server. He was executed on January 16th, 2021, in New Dorasterrock as the final event of the Dandelion Festival.

Battle of Bardonian Fort Lee
On April 18th 5 bandits known as the Ferrymen raided New Dorasterrock killing a few and managing to escape with some gear stolen and camped outside the walls, later a group of 6 Bardonian soldiers gathered on the walls and prepared for a counter attack. The troops jumped down after Crezyman and Mobius charged down to give chase to the Ferrymen. The fighting began at the construction zone for Bardonian Fort Lee where fighting was intense with cobwebs being placed all over by the Ferrymen to slow down the Bardonian charge, although the Bardonians lost 4 of their 6 troops they managed to force the Ferrymen into retreat and killed 3 of the 5 and managing to retrieve a large portion of their gear. But sadly this was only going to be a skirmish compared to what was about to happen next.

First battle of Istanboulder
In retaliation the member states of the Anti Bandit League rallied their forces as they prepared for battle against the Ferrymen. In the first attack/raid on the Ferrymen base at the ruins of Istandboulder. In this battle multiple Sewer Mafia members and several Niedene Spirits lead a raid on the Ferrymen tower at Istanboulder using only stone axes and wielding no armor except the skin of Greentomato in honour of him. Although all of the attackers were quickly defeated and killed many Ferrymen reported to have died or have weakened armor. Soon after the first engagement, words of an upcoming war declaration from The Ferrymen on Bardonia spread quickly. As a response to the hearsay, choochie15, a citizen of Vraelea, was requested to claim a Dalatra's Ring around The Ferrymen's tower by Mobius, the leader of The Anti-Bandit League and Grand Lieutenant of Bardonia, and Chancellor Uni. The funds were sent from the Bardonian treasury and not long after, a claimed ring encircled The Ferrymen and their tower. Thanks to the distraction caused by the Sewer Mafia and attention to building on their own land, the Ferrymen did not notice this. Before Bardonia could accept or create a war request of their own, a lands war was declared out of nowhere by ViewedMarquis, Theios-Essukdal's Grand Bashar, with the land of Jirn. This influenced a meeting that was being hosted by Uni at the time to switch from a talk of tactics to a rallying call of war. Nations agreed to unite under a single banner for this next upcoming battle which would decide Rathnir's future. In response to this, the Ferrymen began to prepare for the upcoming battle. An advertisement was placed calling for enlistment into their ranks, offering looted gear to those who joined. Their ranks more than doubled on the eve of the battle. A wall and other defensive structures were added around their original tower.

Second battle of Istanboulder
On 4/20, at 7:53 EST, the battle of Istanboulder commenced. The Coalition of Bardonia, TE, Uldarash, Viodoxa, Aurlûnor, and many more, gathered in a small stonebrick fort to the southeast of the Ferrymen fort, a large structure of netherrack and wood. Unic0rnb0i organized the fighters into 4 groups of 5-10 people each, as it was noticed from the Ferrymen's youtube that they'd often lure people into groups of 4-5. The Ferrymen brought more players from wherever they come from to assist in the defense. When the war started, the coalition waited for about 30 minutes before attacking. Many Ferrymen sat between their fort and the coalition outpost, one with a large herd of angry dogs. The coalition eventually attacked out, they encircled the fort, and many minor skirmishes occurred. The first large exchange happened in front of the front gate of the fort, which was left open by the Ferrymen, but the attackers never forced their way inside, and the Ferrymen placed blocks in front of the gates to block their way. They broke off more. The longest chase of the battle happened with The60th, who was chased by many soldiers until he was cornered in a river and killed. The coalition sustained many more deaths at the hands of the smaller force of Ferrymen. There was significant fighting in the forest to the north, northeast, and to the south. The battle was won by the Ferrymen who drove back the Coalition. But sadly Unic0rnb0i who was the leader of Bardonia perished as the Ferrymen chased him down and killed him.

Flight from Bardonia
After the dramatic sequence of events at Istanboulder and the battle against the Ferrymen the Bardonian troops returned home grieving for the loss of their chancellor. The former president Jacw becomes the new chancellor and declares Bardonia no longer a Empire but instead a coalition of multiple provinces and city states, he abdicates afterwards for Uni's son Elevenmantis become the new chancellor of Bardonia. But 5 minutes after Eleven's coronation a swift coup d'etat by Mobius that kills Eleven and he is crowned Emperor of Bardonia instead. Soon many cities and provinces including Auron's peak and its surrounding areas, New Dorasterrock and it's province, Helian kingdom and many colonies declare independence from the weakened Bardonia.

Many believe that April 20th, 2021 was Bardonia's last day as a true empire.