Second Aetherian Republic

The Second Aetherian Republic was formed in and is the continuation of the Aetherian State as well as the First Aetherian Republic. It is also effectively the successor state to the Aetherian Empire. Its founding fathers being Astralium, Tomhins, Rety, Bollejosh, Adino, Aokperson, Emperor Duck and V0idF1sh, it was formed after the declaration of independence of the Theocracy of Gigney and Kingdom of Daeko-Kianna and merger of the previously mentionned and the Aetherian State.

Currently, it holds no official capital, though it is effectively ruled from Neu Misahr, Vietca and Gigney.

Aetherian Spring
After Dande refused to give Gigney statehood, it began plotting on how to move forward. Although Tofu had given Tomhins the liberty of having a semi-independent government, he wanted more. After settling on a theocracy, the semi-autonomous government was beginning to be put in place. Although, the Aetherian spring had not started with that. Around a week earlier, Astralium had declared that Coolio City would act independent from Paragonite Chevkri and Dara-Lumonde whilst still being part of the aforementioned states. Taking both of these events into mind, the true beginning of the Aetherian spring would start when Ashûk declared the independence of Paragonite Chevkri from Dara-Lumonde and the Horde.

Independence of Gigney
Gigney, seeing the declaration of independence of Paragonite Chevkri, would decide that it is now the best time to strike. It would issue a declaration of independence from all 3 entities holding it back from the exact thing it is declaring: The Thanedom of Dande on the state-level, the Dominion of Haven on the nation level and the Inhuman Horde on the political entity level. It was there and then fully independent. Although Dande was not ready to give it up, it's hand would be forced into doing so, leaving Gigney unscarred by the plague of war.

Independence of Neu-Misahr
A bit later after Gigney declared it's independence, Neu-Misahr, after speaking with the leaders of Gigney itself, would declare it's own independence.

Unification of the Aetherian States
This would all come to a head, however, when Rety, Athi, Potato Lover, Astralium, Tomhins, Adino, Aokperson, Emperor Duck and Voidfish would convene in a GC, and agreeing on the unification of the Aetherian State, the Kingdom of Daeko-Kianna and the Theocracy of Gigney. It would be turned into a Semi-Democratic Republic with Adino as 'Overseer' (Effectively President) and Bolle Josh as 'Constitutional Holder'. Elections for a Prime Minister were also held, electing Potato Lover as Prime Minister.

Era of Peace
Following these events, not much happened. Aetheria saw growth and not much else. This part of Aetheria's history has nothing of major to note. Although, early on in this period, the Semi-Democratic Republic turned into an Authoritarian Meritocracy, although with elections on certain subjects like Magistratures due to Adino and others having seen the collapse of Elys, a democratic republic and fearing the same might happen with Aetheria.

Reunification of Aetheria
On the 24th of March 2023, the city of Zhaitker-Klend joined the Second Aetherian Republic, marking the start of the Reunification of Aetheria. Russantia had been removed from Aeron and given to Viesten by Nyth, the town owner. Aetheria began showing interest in Russantia following ZTK joining it, but it seems it would not be Russantia that would be re-integrated second, but Paragonite Chevkri.

Re-Integration of Paragonite Chevkri
Ashuk rejoined the server and went into #policy-discussion and sent "Ha-ha, let's unite with Chevkri, wouldn't that be fun ... ?", which marked the end of private discussions for it's integration.

It was revealed that Paragonite Chevkri had NOONE, WHATSOEVER to run the land anymore. And so, a deal was agreed upon. The lands would be redistributed as the Province of Chevkri, the Province of Paragon and the rest would be added to the Nuraq Province. It was officially added to the Aetherian Republic on April 9th.

Post Northchevkri
Following Northchevkri (Paragonite Chevkri) leaving Aetheria, Aetheria entered an era of relative stability. The most prominent event was the restoration of Democracy in the nation, as Prime Minister elections began.

1st Prime Minister Elections
Rety achieved the restoration of Democracy as he paid 100k to ADINO in return for elections. Immediately, Ashûk, LobterGod, Frederich Wilhelm von Marburg, Astralium Zratki, Reinout, AlePallo, Tom von Gigneu, Rety, Foxsome, Athalus Zratki, Mr Kaiser and Popeloaf all candidated. Most of them began their campaigns, with Frederich, Astralium and Lobter showing an early advance in the general opinion.

A day later, opinion polling began (though important to note that there have been many double votes), with Astralium leading in the polls with 20.9% of the vote. After him, Tomhins with 16.1% of the vote, Frederich with 14.5% of the vote, LobterGod with 11.3% of the vote, Popeloaf with 6.4% of the vote along with Foxsome.

Election Results
With polling finished, the Election began and would not end for two days. The Election was a predicted Astralium victory, as he had worked to coalition with other candidates for the presumed runoff election since he did not have an absolute majority in polling. When all was done, the results came and out and, unexpectedly, Rety won the vote with 23.3% of the vote. Following him was Astralium and LobterGod with 20%. Many candidates quickly started molding as in polling, he had received 4.8% of the vote. Astralium and Tomhins called for a runoff, but Rety refused.

Change of positions in the Prime Minister position
After around 24 hours of Rety being Prime Minister, he resigned and nominated Foxsome as his successor, with him becoming Prime Minister. Additionally, the position of Prime Minister was renamed to Erster Konsul, with Erster meaning "First" in the Athinische language. Foxsome had also nominated Rety as his successor.

After a rather uneventful 48 hours of Foxsome being Prime Minister, Foxsome resigned and Rety once again became First Konsul, although having named Deman (Reinout) as his successor this time.

Raids in Kutaiyara
Following the build-up of tensions across Neu Misahr and Gigney's entire membership of Dara-Lumonde and then the independence of Aetheria, Aetherian troops decided to take things into their own hands and begin a series of raids on Kutaiyara.

Karabinia Raid
On the the 8th of May 2023, Aetherian raiders temporarily occupied Karabinia, sieging the town hall. The defenders closed all entrances into the building and hid inside of it, whilst the raiders remained in the streets outside. When the raiders let their guard down, the defenders went on the roof and attempted to shoot at the raiders, prompting one of the raiders to climb onto a tree and shoot the defenders from behind, one shotting the one with the bow. Soon after, 2 Kutaiyaran soldiers arrived and killed the raiders, forcing them to evacuate.

Neu Misahr Raid
Following some banter in chat, a Kutaiyaran threatened to 'unleash his 40 mercs on Aetheria', to which an Aetherian responded "sure come get us", to which the Kutaiyaran responded by going to Neu Misahr and killing nakeds. A group of 3 Aetherians then pulled up and managed to hold their ground, before another Kutaiyaran came. The Aetherians and Kutaiyarans then engaged in the water, where the Kutaiyarans were brung to quite low HP and were forced to leave.

First New Tichmorok Raid
The Aetherians then responded by raiding New Tichmorok, where they, and a couple reinforcements, successfully killed multiple Kutaiyarans, finally killing those who had besieged Neu Misahr. They swiftly went back home.

Second New Tichmorok Raid
The following day, the Aetherians mobilized in Constantiboulder before going to Debeka and marching all the way to New Tichmorok, quickly killing all citizens on sight. They seperated into two groups to occupy the main New Tichmorok area before a Kutaiyaran soldier arrived, who was quickly ganged up on and killed. This reinforced their morale, before the main Kutaiyaran force arrived. Along with some randos who were not part of any group, the Aetherians were quickly overwhelmed. The Kutaiyarans achieved this mainly due to rule breaks, such as angelchest camping. The Kutaiyarans then negotiated a truce with the Aetherian Commander before both sides left.

Second Prime Minister Elections
Following the end of the 1 month long PM term, the Campaigns begun. Quickly, two main candidates emerged: Jaskirt and Astralium. The Campaigns quickly diverged into IRL political issues, focusing on the topic of LGBTQIA+ in school before quickly going back to normal campaigning. After 3 days of campaign, the 1st Round of Elections was triggered. The candidates were: Jaskirt, TukaSup, Astralium, Foxsome, Jaxon, watermelon, Thunderlar, Emperor Duck and Zelly. This time, there was no polling and the election immediately started.

Campaigns briefly returned before the 2nd Round began, with Jaskirt winning and becoming Prime Minister.

Der Jeleingte
Der Jeleingte, or "The Catastrophe" in Commoner is the end of the Second Aetherian Republic and it's membership into Dara-Lumonde.

Second Elysene-Aetherian Conflict
On June 5th 2023, Elys declared war on Aetheria along with Dara-Lumonde, the AWE and Helmia. The Aetherian Public immediately went into panic mode, but the Government kept it's cool and did it's best to calm the situation.

Many events were paused and martial law along with war economy was declared, with a specific amount of items being demanded to be produced. The Aetherian Government quickly found allies to help it but realized it would be better off joining Dara-Lumonde. As a result, the "Aetherian Treaty of Reannexation" was signed, ceding Gigney in return for membership without any other punishment.

End of the Second Aetherian Republic
The end of the Second Aetherian Republic was met with anger but it was soon calmed and things continued as usual. The Kingdom of Daeko-Kiannia left Aetheria and joined Boulderov, which was in Ashai, although Harmonia decided to stay. Soon after, the Duchy of Canine joined the newly formed Second Aetherian State.

Government
The Aetherian Government can be resumed as a Meritocracy. The Head of Government and State is Adino, holding the role of 'Overseer', although Bolle Josh is Constitutional Holder, giving him total control and ability to veto whatever he wants. Underneath both these positions is the new Prime Minister, who essentially acts as the messenger for the Aetherian people to ADINO. Alongside these three positions is the Senate composed of Konsuls, the leaders of the individual states, and Notariuses, city leaders.

Each position in the government, except the Prime Minister who is elected by the people, is appointed by the overseer, and the overseer position is appointed apon the current overseer's death (RP), abdication or deposition by the Constitutional Holder. And if the Prime Minister resigns, he is to appoint a successor to take over his position.

Geography
Aetheria is located in Haven, in southwestern Rathnir. It borders the Heart of Haven in Neu Misahr, the Zhaitker Gulf and the Great Southern Ocean, including the Kushite sea. It's seperated into three parts, consisting of Neu Misahr, an island archipelago in the Heart of Haven, Gigney, a city inbetween Paragonite Umbria and Dara-Lumonde, and Zhaitker-Klend inbetween the Zhaitker Gulf and the Kushite sea. It borders Montroig, Dara-Lumonde, Ashai and Paragonite Chevkri.