Port Solanaria

Overview
Port Solanaria is the capital city of Bardonia, in Rathnir. It was founded sometime in early April. The city is the home and founding place of the religion of Tuberism.

Founding
The city was first founded by Apps, Lnedible, Pomme, zzb_news, chachacharles, Axyr and Potato man in March 2021. It existed a small shack with only a few members, but quickly grew with Pomme de Terre as the main builder. It saw rapid growth in the first couple of days and remained active but rather small during its early phase.

The name Port Solanaria has changed 3 times. The city was originally called Idaho as a play on the vast fields of potatoes there. As the city took on a more important role in its nation, Bardonia, the town was renamed to Port Solanaria. When Maximus Ida took charge of the city in late May, he attempted to rename the city to Idaho yet again, but this was noticed and undone in July.

Religion
Port Solanaria is the founding place of the religion of Tuberism. The original founders of the tribe and their ancestors had many beliefs about the divinity of the potato, and these beliefs would develop and become Tuberism. Most citizens of the city are still faithful Tuberists today and the religion plays a key part in the culture of the city.

The Great Theft of Solanum
The great theft of Solanum was a massive, destructive heist leaving Port Solanaria in ruins. The theft saw thousands of blocks and items being destroyed or stolen from the main town hall storage area. It occurred during Lnedible's term as mayor. It was also paired with heavy griefing upon various houses and buildings. This caused zzb to contact the gods (admins) in an attempt to fix the damage, but the destruction was too heavy and the town was unable to be fixed. This theft caused the entire city to abandon the city and leave, only zzb_news remained to keep what remained afloat.

Solanum Revamp
The Solanum revamp was a period of time during zzb's term as mayor of Port Solanaria. It was a 3 part plan which would end with Port Solanaria returning to the golden days. The first part was to purge the town of untrusted citizens who were suspected of committing the theft. The second part was to completely destroy and rebuild the town and beautify it. The final part was a massive recruitment effort in order to get more people to join the town. The Solanum revamp took around 3 weeks to complete, by the end of the operation the town had around 5-10 active citizens and the city was looking beautiful thanks to the building efforts of Hipps.

| Rioting and Return
The 18th of September was the peak of the riots and famine in Port Solanaria. As the town's main source of food and income dried up before the eyes of the inhabitants, riots began running wild through the main square and church. Lnedible would lead the rioters around the town, slaughtering people left and right in retribution towards the non-tuberites. Many of them would try and flee, some managing to escape by boat while others were trapped in by the closing gate and executed. Those that did escape were sought after to be killed. Others were beheaded in the Tuberist Church, and the riots and hunting would continue until the 22nd of September when the adopted daughter of the 3rd Mayor, Zion, would return seeking to settle the madness. On the 26th of September Lnedible and Zion would fight in a duel, with Zion winning. Lnedible was banished and would go found the town of Patania before being forgiven of his sins and getting duel citizenship in Patania and Port Solanaria. Zion would then claim to be Mayor of the town because the current mayor, Tntore1234, had fled temporarily during the chaos (was inactive).

| Re-election
With the return of Tntore1234 soon after Zion's claim to being Mayor, tension would rise as to who truly deserved the role. Eventually it would be decided that the Mayor would be chosen through election. Zion emphasised her key roles and successes previously for the town and her in depth plans for the future, while Tntore1234 would describe his alternate plans and explain his proposed Monarchic remodelling of the Mayoral system. During all this however the first Mayor, [apps], would join the election as a candidate and pledge what he planned to do. Then, after Tntore1234 and Apps joined together as one under Apps, summing up their votes, Apps would become the new mayor of Port Solanaria and be anointed on 13th of October.

| Becoming Independent
February 8th 2022 was announced the date of Clippen Steinwasser Ida's break from leadership over the town; she named Lnedible as her temporary replacement until her return. On this same day Hipps would welcome Apps back into the town, a former leader who had returned from his expulsion after past controversies around independence.

Clippen's exit closely followed the Collapse of the Black Dandelion, an event that would prove to raise instability in the town. The drama that this collapse brought would only be amplified as more issues rose on the 9th. Elyas, a new Solanarian citizen, would be threatened with losing his home and livelihood as a group prepared to conquer the island he lived on. At the arrival of this news Lnedible would attempt a diplomatic approach to assure the citizen remained safe, buying the island off of the group, but would instead be scammed and told he had bought a smaller uninhabited island. Various groups would claim ownership of the island but Solanaria would fail to be acknowledged. This created tension between the groups and Port Solanaria, but it was realized that without Bardonia backing the town, nothing could be done about the situation and citizens were outraged with the idea of inaction that would be inevitable.

The idea of independence had been mentioned a few days prior while news of the Black Dandelion's collapse and other provinces breaking away had started circulating, but it was on the 10th that many citizens began to agree that becoming independent was a no-brainer. All the threats that Solanaria had previously faced when contemplating independence were nullified with the fall of Bardonia's military power, and Solanaria could retaliate against the mockery it had faced surrounding the islands with war- something it would only be able to achieve as an independent nation. As the benefits of independence grew, the outcry to leave Bardonia couldn't be ignored.

A day later it had been decided, Apps and Lnedible declared official independence from Bardonia under the name Virolia.

| Re-unifying with Bardonia
Soon after the Poleis of Virolia was formed, a problem became clear; despite Apps and Lnedible having won over the people, neither of them held leadership over the town or province. Clippen Ida, who was still on paper the true leader had returned, but she did not share the same views as they had, and opted for a Pro-Bardonian view. As a long time loyalist to Bardonia she was disappointed to see the fellow Solanarians she had put her trust into breaking away from the nation they shared so much history with. Her frustration grew as she was continually ignored by the townspeople, and in attempt to return to Bardonia and leave the pro-independence view behind, she declared that Port Solanaria, Steinburg and the surrounding areas would return to Bardonia, and that any supporters of 'Virolia' were deemed as enemies of the state. But with the overwhelming majority of Solanaria being independence activists, this declaration would become a grave mistake that would cost Clippen Steinwasser Ida her life.

In retaliation against Clippen's attempt of handing Virolia over to Bardonia, Lnedible would respond with a public address where he described his views on Bardonia. Clippen would be accused of tyranny and treason and other pro-Bardonians such as Hipps were described as traitors. Soon after this address Apps would announce to the townsfolk that Clippen Ida was to be killed on sight.

Clippen would barricade herself inside the townhall with a few a soldiers for her protection. Hordes of rioters gathered outside bearing stakes, torches and signs with the slogans of revolution, thirsty for blood and freedom. Days passed with Clippen trapped inside the townhall, food rations had begun to run out inside, with poisonous potatoes being their last resort her soldiers all began to fall sick.

As chaos grew in Port Solanaria, elsewhere Bardonia was beginning to slowly recover from its collapse and noticed the threats being made towards Bardonian supporters in the new 'Virolia'. Chancellor Andreas Medici demanded that the Virolians stand down or the Dandelion guard would intervene.

Rumors spread throughout the town of what Bardonia would do, people believed their cities and homes would be burnt down, and in panic, Lnedible and Apps' guardsmen stormed the townhall, taking Clippen Ida and her soldiers to the dungeons. But both Lnedible and Apps knew the imminent threat they and their followers faced; both backed down and peacefully reunified with Bardonia. But despite this, tensions were still high between Solanaria's citizens and Clippen Ida, whom they believed got Bardonia to ensure Virolia's failure. For her part in Virolia's collapse she was sentenced to life imprisonment in Solanaria's dungeons, the townsfolk rejoiced at this sentencing and it seemed not one citizen showed an ounce of pity. And so in the lonely darkness of her confinement, on the 19th, Clippen Ida ended her life.

Bardonian Citizenship
After reunifying with Bardonia, peace reigned. Growth was prevalent. Buildings were constructed, citizens were born, and the fields were harvested. Bardonia made a misstep though, and joined Imperium, a state that was notoriously pro-Soleannen. Mayorship was at this point handed over to Ian Ninjarian, who lead the great era. The Imperium tried to make Port Solanaria a Soleannen state, but when it was seen just how fierce the resistance was, they decided that it was better to turn a blind eye. A tyrant named Conquestor took power and kicked all Solanarians from government, save zzb. It was also under him that Bardonia joined Imperium. He was wildly unpopular in Port Solanaria, to the point that talk of rebellion was so common that even the towns highest government knew about it.

In response to this zzb parked a garrison of Imperium soldiers in Port Solanaria. This wasn't necessarily a mistake, but was not really the right course of action, as House Ida's popularity was tarnished, and zzb was seen as just as much a tyrant as Conquestor. He tried to take control, but failed after Imperium arrested him for being a tyrant. House Ida's reputation was so tarnished, that they retired from public life.

lnedible kicked the garrison out, then he too took a large break from public life. This left Ian Ninjarian as the main leader of Port Solanaria. Luckily he was competent and continued to have the town prosper. An uneventful few months followed.

The Great Invasion of Port Solanaria
Suddenly, a rapid series of events happened as Conquestor was ousted from the government, and a new force was instated. Bardonia began the process of leaving the Imperium. Port Solanaria was, of course, happy with these changes. But the government was not at all happy with their past talks of rebellion, and suddenly threatened to launch a full scale invasion. This came as a surprise to the Port's townsfolk. Apparently the cofounder of Virolia from another nearby town had tried to declare independence again for some reason, and Port Solanaria was taking some of the blame. While a few citizens were involved, an estimated 93% of the town were supporting Bardonia at that point, a near record high.

With growing threats against the town from Bardonia, Ian Ninjarian (the mayor), after being advised by lnedible, agreed to surrender the town. The terms of surrender were that Ian would remain an admin in the town, lnedible and Apps would be executed, and the mayorship would be turned over to the Autarch Andreas. Tuberism would remain the main religion, and the citizens would be treated fairly. The town's residents considered most of these new rules both unfair and uncalled for, but it was the only option. Port Solanaria could not withstand an invasion, despite lnedible threatening to bring it to that.

The terms were unfortunately broken by the Bardonian Government. The town was pillaged, with the land claim being looted of all its valuables. The mayorship was turned over to Grand Shitposter Elevenmantis723, who ran the town into the absolute ground. The town religion was officially changed to Dandelism. Minor griefing occured. Apps fled, and lnedible was "executed" (lnedible is in fact, immortal. The blade knocked him out instead of killing him, and he woke up a few days later, punched his way out of his coffin, got offended at how unornate his burial place was, and made his way back to Port Solanaria). Ian Ninjarian was verbally abused by the government (This part is true. I was mad at them to begin with but this part pissed me the hell off). A ticket was opened to try to reset the land claim and punish the invaders, but the staff team did nothing.

Approval of Bardonia plummeted. Clearly the new government was dripping incompetence. Uni himself had to step in. He admitted that it was pretty unfair. Elevenmantis723 made a new discord (which nobody used) and continued to be a clown. Many government changes were made, but they were revoked with Uni's blessing. The whole thing was infuriating, and most of Port Solanaria had a lot of disdain for the Bardonian government.

Uni was such a chad and managed to hold the town together, and slowly things calmed down.

Tuberist Politics
On 5th November 2022, the Bardonian Theocratic Party (originally called Bardonian Tuberist Party) was founded by LeGoods, a town member in Port Solanaria. Many of Port Solanaria's citizens would join LeGoods in the party, including some of the city's more influential figures and leaders becoming council members. The use of an organised party allowed Solanaria's citizens to ensure that Bardonia represented the city and religion of Tuberism more, and that they could have a direct say in laws that the government passed. This system was a resounding success and the BTP with its campaigns would eventually manage to hold the majority of the seats in the Bardonian senate. The rise of Tuberist Politics in Bardonia allowed Port Solanaria to be recognised as a revered city.

LeGoods would later become Bardonia's first Tuberist Emperor after Shanks' resignation, further cementing Tuberism and Port Solanaria's influence in Bardonia.

Conflicts
Port Solanaria has been involved in numerous external conflicts, often providing food and other resources to the frontlines during wartime because of its factory and large farms. The first is the Ferrymen war, the second was the Bardonian socialist revolt and third was the Allium-coalition war, and it would continue contributing to the war effort in many future Bardonian battles. It is also notable that during Port Solanaria's independence as Virolia there were inner quarrels between pro-Virolians and pro-Bardonians.

| Battle of Bardonian Fort Lee
The first major conflict that Port Solanaria experienced was the Ferrymen war, Zzb was part of the 6 soldiers who defended New Dorasterrock against 5 combat specialists known as the Ferrymen; they had recently raided the city and were at the gates. Suddenly the Ferrymen withdrew and the Bardonian army charged, the main fighting took place next to the ruins of Bardonian Fort Lee. This was how the Ferrymen made themselves known to Rathnir.

| Bardonian Socialist Revolution
The only fighting that took place in this revolt relating to Port Solanaria was a raid on the city. This raid consisted of a Bardonian official was touring the city being attacked and killed by a rebel soldier. When the revolt started fading Port Solanaria quickly withdrew from the fighting.

| Battle of New Dorasterrock
One citizen was planning on leading a very small garrison in this battle, but sadly the swamp overflooded which prevented them from travelling to New Dorasterrock (he got kicked from the server). Although no citizen fought at the battle many farmers from Solanaria sent large amounts of supplies to the city such as potatoes and weapons. One farmer even sent an entire chest full of Baked potatoes to the front lines. But the battle was still lost by the Bardonian soldiers.

| Virolian Revolt
During Port Solanaria's independence as Virolia (which can be seen further up this page), the town's large population of independence activists/Virolia supporters would persecute those who opted to remain with Bardonia. Most of this was at first verbal, but would escalate quickly as Virolia's independence became more and more threatened by pro-Bardonians. Most significantly, Clippen Steinwasser Ida, an important local government figure, announced she was reunifying Virolia with Bardonia. This led to the leaders and founders of Virolia's independence, Apps and Lnedible, to announce that she was to be killed on sight. The revolt's main battle ensued over several days in which independence activists tried to storm Port Solanaria's town hall whilst Clippen's soldiers and barricades held them off. Whilst Virolia did end up rejoining Bardonia, in one final siege Clippen was captured and imprisoned, later taking her own life.

Founders
The original founders of Port Solanaria and Tuberism, the most prominent religion in Port Solanaria, are Apps, Lnedbile, Pomme, Potato man, Axyr, Chachacharles and Zzb_news.

Mayors
With Port Solanaria's lengthy history of many different incidents, there have been 11 mayors over its lifetime. The following lists all the mayors of Port Solanaria in chronological order starting with the first with short descriptions of them:

1. Potatoman (Apps/Trademarkgamer1) - The first mayor of Port Solanaria who ran the small town until his term ended with his alleged death.

2. Lnedible - The role of leadership went to Lnedible, another founder of the town. Lnedible ran the town up until he fled during the Great Solanum Theft which is explained further down in this page.

3. Maximus Ida (Zzb_news) - Maximus Ida took over after Lnedible fled and managed what was left of the town. He lead the Solanum Revamp in which the town was rebuilt and repopulated. He eventually died of an overdose from the drug soladium.

4. Tntore1234 (Bitchboy) - Tntore1234 took on the role of Mayor after Maximus' death. Tntore would rule for quite a short period as he quickly fled when Riots started in the town, and the power shifted to Lnedible. These riots can be seen in more detail in the 'Rioting and Re-election' section of this page.

5. Zion Leyla-Earcala Ida (Zzb_news) - After sorting out the rioting and violence in the town, Zion took back power from Lnedible and became the official mayor. However Tntore shortly returned and protested that he was the rightful mayor, so an election was held which Zion lost, and another candidate, Apps, won.

6. Potatoman (Apps/Trademarkgamer1) - Apps turned out to be alive, and won the election for mayor after Tntore and Apps summed up their votes under his name. Apps would run the town, ending his term when he passed on his leadership to Novarae44.

7. Novarae44 - Novarae also ruled as mayor for a short period because she soon died of old age. Potatoman would take back his position when this happened.

8. Potatoman (Apps/Trademarkgamer1) - Apps took back control as mayor after Novarae died. During his term he would hold a poll about whether the citizens of Port Solanaria wanted independence from Bardonia. This poll would be noticed by the Bardonian authorities and Potatoman would flee as a fugitive.

9. Boresthorn Ida - Boresthorn, like Maximus, was also a member of House Ida, and ruled as mayor until he died from unknown causes and his predecessor, Clippen, took over.

10. Clippen Steinwasser Ida Teok (Zzb_news) - Clippen managed the town after Boresthorn and during his term, he would take a temporary break. In this temporary break, Solanaria would become independent as Virolia, and Clippen's action on his return would lead to his imprisonment and suicide. This can be seen in detail in the Virolian Independence section on this page.

> Lnedible [unofficially took over] during Virolian independence but agreed to stand down and reunify back with Bardonia. Whilst he did lead the town, he was never officially mayor.

11. Erian Seiz (Zzb_news) - Erian Seiz, a member of House Seiz, was mayor of Port Solanaria for some time and leading it with more of a laid back approach until there was a threat to his power, he began to lead the port as a dictator trying to kill all of those who defied him especially during the election when Ian Ninjarian won the election of Mayor with a land slide. Eventually Erian was captured and promptly thrown into prison till death row.

12. Ian Ninjarian (ironninja0610) - Ian Ninjarian after Erain was arrested began an era of great prosperity. He lead Port Solanaria through several crises with efficiency and capability and helped in expanding the religion outward to other nations such as Ryzan. But this era would endure a catastrophic event caused by the Bardonian government and its idiotic belief in one man that sought to bring down Port Solanaria no matter the cost (cough Andrew cough). More is found down below.

13. Elevenmantis - Illegitimate mayor who took over during the Great Invasion of Port Solanaria, more about this can be found above. After a downright horrendous mayorship he was replaced by Ian with Uni's help.

14. Ian Ninjarian - Ian after Uni helped out the town regained his role as Mayor and started the rebuilding and cleaning up of the city after the Great Invasion. He then died of old age.

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