Anatonia

Anatonia, also known as Vividstadt is a small, yet historic town in the pale mostly known for the Anatonian rebellion during sand war two.

History
The city of Anatonia was founded on 7/7/21 by astapf and Vivid, though the town itself had unofficially existed as a town in rebellion against wolfswood, due to the king NCR kicking astapf and Vivid out.

New Mayor
Eventually, astapf went to Phoenia to focus on the city of Rapture, leaving the town in charge of Vivid to operate and control. The town did not change much, with a few buildings being constructed and redone and a small wall being built to prevent any sort of bandit attack.

astapf would eventually return following the events of the Phoenix Crisis, but would soon be kicked out for treason against The Pale, attempting to plot a coup to restore Wolfswood.

Anatonian Fall In Power, Hatred Towards JDD Rises
Overtime, Anatonia slowly lost it's seat in power with the pale slowly forgetting about the small town itself.

Firstly, the city lost its status as a Hold following the Pale annexing Wolfswood, this angered astapf and Vivid, who saw the old dynamic of power being destroyed by newer, and foreign controllers, as Anatonia was on the opposite side of Karthold, making the government less efficient and not having much control over the region, with the ECM opening almost all trade also stopped, causing Anatonia to see less and less visitors from travelers.

Next, the Jarl of Grunwald was very ill advised and ineffective in running the Hold, this caused even more anger from Vivid and astapf, who saw the town slowly fading away. The government of The Pale did nothing to stop this, causing even more anger and at this point, hatred of The Pale.

Anatonian Rebellion And Sand War Two
"Anatonia Announces Independence from The Pale and joins Die Volksrepublik Merkonis:

The working class men, women, and other kin of Anatonia today rose up and revolted against the Tyrannical, monarchic government of JDD. We are joining our comrades and fellow revolutionaries in taking up arms against the imperialists and monarchists in the region.

For too long JDD and the High Council have exploited the working class Freemen of the Pale and it is time we stand together and demand liberation. Anatonia from hereon out will be labeled as Die Volksrepublik Merkonis on the map and fully dissociates from The Pale.

Lang Lebe Anatonia

Lang Lebe Die Volksrepublik Merkonis"

- Kemal Burum Lee declaring Anatonia Independent Vivid was eventually sent to become a spy for The Pale with his relation between him and astapf. This did not happen for long as he soon admitted to being a spy to the Kanzler of Merkonis, Wolfgang Godd Fjell (Xpxtatoes) and astapf.

Xpxtatoes and astapf were able to convince Vivid to rebel, signing an official document making Anatonia leave the pale and join Merkonis. The city of Anatonia itself was important as a thorn for both The Pale and Zamotz. The city also served as a problem for the city of Perria, which was nearby and soon to be site for the Battle Of Perria.

Fall Of Neukromore And Merkonis
After many weeks, the defeat at Perria and Neukromore turned the war against Merkonis and after the battle of Oblitus Oris, the nation collapsed. Though Xpxtatoes attempted to continue the war, Vivid betrayed Merkonis and surrendered along with astapf. Causing the unofficial end of Sand War Two.

Vivid surrendered the city on 2/24/22.