Monterre

The Grand Republic of Monterre, known commonly as Monterre, was a country in Sparwood founded by Jean Montpelier (SamWhamBamTheMan) and Antonio Artaud (mellamojeff) on July 3rd, 2021. Monterre has recently joined The Free States of Tortuga.

Location
Monterre situated on the continent of Sparwood respectively the Akratian peninsula

Early Stages and Independence
When Jean Montpelier first joined Rathnir, he settled in northern Tortuga. He quickly was welcomed to the Tortugan city of Loria City, where he lived until late June 2021. Towards the end of that June, he migrated southeast across the Tortugan border into the lands of Nocturia. He and friend Antonio Artaud began constructing The Montpelier Fortress on the coast, where Pareaux was to be. After a week, Montpelier reached out to 1Icey, leader of Nocturia, to ask for independence. 1Icey accepted and granted the lands of Monterre independence on July 3rd, 2021. He also agreed to militarily guarantee Monterran independence for the first month of their freedom. On the same day Montpelier was elected as the first President of Monterre. He chose Artaud to be his Vice President. On July 5th, Montpelier and Artaud ratified the Monterran Constitution.

A New Nation
With Monterre now an independent nation, Artaud and Montpelier accepted migrants to raise the population. Shortly after achieving independence, the town of Instour, led by now esteemed Monterran Lord and Grand Marshal Dermo, was discovered and incorporated into Monterre. By mid-July, the Monterran population had raised from its initial three (Montpelier, Artaud, and player assvaldo) to around a dozen. Around this time construction on the Montpelier Fortress came to a halt as outside commitments, server issues, and server queues led to Artaud and Montpelier being unable to log onto Rathnir often.

The Kibbutznik Crisis
Perhaps the greatest threat to Monterran sovereignty thus far came in the form of the Kibbutznik Crisis. In mid-July, multiple Monterrans began reporting noticed signs of activity in the abandoned town of Ozhaliz on Monterre’s eastern border. A diplomat was sent to scout out the area for people, and discovered that a commune of people known as the Kibbutzniks had just settled the area and founded the city of Kibbutz. Initially, all seemed well and the Kibbutzniks willingly joined Monterre. However after about a week, multiple spies within Kibbutz not loyal to it shared information with the Monterran government that the Kibbutzniks plotted to exploit the Monterran democracy and seize power. The Monterran government kept this information secret for another week as they chose a proper course of action, and afterwards they issued an ultimatum to the Kibbutzniks. Monterre threatened to bring in military forces from their historic ally, Tortuga, to expel the Kibbutzniks if they did not leave Monterre. Eventually a compromise was reached and no military action was taken. Following the demise of the plot, the Kibbutznik Golden Age ended and most of the Kibbutznik population became inactive. Those left, by and large, switched allegiances and agreed to remain Monterran. Kibbutz was granted a degree of autonomy by Monterre.

Post-Kibbutznik Crisis
Following and during the Kibbutznik Crisis, many Monterrans became inactive. Having successfully negotiated with the Kibbutzniks and preserving Monterran sovereignty, Montpelier chose not to run for President in the September elections. Dermo, mayor of Instour, was elected unanimously. During Dermo’s term, Monterre’s inactivity led to a period of stagnation for the country. This came to a close in early October when new citizen Paullus Decker chose to run for president. He won in a landslide victory and began immediate reforms to the nation, helping rejuvenate activity and making plans to expand Monterre’s cities. Decker enlisted Kibbutznik mayor and adopted son of Dermo and Jean Montpelier, Panda Montpelier, to be his Vice President. And with the support of the Parliament he implemented the laws of the six tables, a more stable and better government for Monterre.

Present Day
Currently Monterre is under Tortuga and is lead by capitan and consul Inventor Montpelier who got elected after Paullus left the nation. The activity within Monterre is slowly improving and many projects are being made around Monterre.

Government
Monterre has a Parliamentary Republic, led by a Senate. The Senate is comprised of the senators and a consul who handles most of the diplomatic matters.

Towns

 * Pareaux, a fort in west monterre
 * Instour, the capital Monterre
 * Kibbutz, a town in East Monterre
 * Homa, a fort southeast of Monterrekibbutz