Lutum

The Holy Kingdom of Lutum (Also known as North Phoenia or just Lutum) declared independence from South Phoenia on July the 8th, 2021. It is located in Central Eldham and was founded by TheClarkyCat as a small town on a peninsula on an island under the nation of Phoenia, but then later became independent. Its current cities include: Lutumshire, Aurumshire, Novashire, Calca, and Crossin. Lutumshire is the largest and most developed, though Crossin has recently had a surge in development and population.

The King of Lutum is TheClarkyCat, with the heir being Blue_Arbiter. Although there is a royal family, which holds overall power, there is also a Prime Minister, elected every month, who decides all the laws and policies of the nation and can even change the constitution if both current monarch, and the Prime Minister agree. The current Prime Minister is Lord_Volt.

Founders Of Lutumshire
In the beginning, King TheClarkyCat founded Lutumshire under the banner of Phoenia alongside 36reaper and Un_Sabroso_Huevo. The first citizen was a Gladiator. who turned out to be a traitor, called MeltedHotCheese who attacked the second citizen Bissop until they moved out the city and into the at the time capital of Phoenia. The city continued to expand.

"Police Officer"
The first time Lutum faced a threat was in its early days, a so-called "Police Officer" came into Lutumshire claiming there was an escaped convict. He was alot more armoured than the rest of the city, but was outnumbered. After failing to explain there was no convict and him breaking into the city itself multiple times, the officer walked into the church, being disrespectful toward Da Berry, still talking about how he had to catch a criminal, and was then beaten to death by the citizens of Lutumshire. The loot that was dropped was split among citizens, TheClarkyCat getting the armour, potions and sword "Crystal Rapido", 36reaper getting the pickaxe and axe and an unknown person getting the rest of his food and materials.

Declaration of Independence
The splitting and reform of Phoenia began on July the 7th 2021. The dictator, Tunder_ stepped down, under threat of war, and made L_OwO (AKA Skippy the Gnome) the new leader of the country, who quickly begun reforming the country into a republic, with the monarch as a mere figurehead, and ordered that elections are held. The mayor TheClarkyCat did not like the reforms from the start, as he thought Tunder_ was a great leader and there was no need for such a big change, but he was willing to go along with whatever happened, until L_OwO, who was starting to look like a better leader, decided to sell off the apparent "Inactive cities" and the whole North of Phoenia, including Lutumshire. This outraged TheClarkyCat and his right-hand-man 36reaper and they decided to draft a declaration of independence, and send it L_OwO as soon as possible, and luckily it went smoothly, with no conflict at all, and on July the 8th, 2021, The Holy Empire Of Lutum became independent from Phoenia with the entire island Lutumshire was made on.

The Land Exchange of North Phoenia
After the declaration of independence, L_OwO was still looking to sell off the rest of North Phoenia, but could not decide who to give it to, so he held a vote. Lutum won with a staggering 100% and took about 5 times more land than they currently had, increasing their neighbours as a new-born nation, and encouraging TheClarkyCat to make more allies, sign more NAPs and talk to more leaders. Phoenia had been light on the settlements in their land, leaving The Holy Empire to try and deal with the issue by themselves.

The First Election
The first election happened on July the 10th 2021. There were only 2 candidates, 36reaper, an infamous warmonger who ran for prime minister as a joke, and WesselVanLeeuwen, who actually cared about the election. It was obvious who would win. WesselVanLeeuwen won by a single vote, and became the first Prime Minister of the empire.

The Clown War and the Strip Club Signing
The clown war was an event that Lutum was involved in shortly before leaving the war due to a bribe from Phoenia. The monarch of Lutum had a message from a mysterious "Mr X" to join a coalition against Anglunia. After lack of information given about why they were fighting, who they were and a general lack of trust, TheClarkyCat decided to tell the user Welpish from Anglunia about the situation which was unfolding. TheClarkyCat sent Welpish screenshots and names from the coalition for a while and that was it. A few days afterwards, Lutum made a deal with South Phoenia for 20k to be given in exchange for 4 chicken spawn eggs and 4 cow spawn eggs, this deal was obviously in favour of Lutum as the spawn eggs only totalled to 4800, with Lutum making a profit of 15200. What other sources fail to mention about the meeting between the two leaders was that the meeting took place in Lutumshire's strip club, with the famous 36reaper being a stripper in the backround. TheClarkyCat believed this would be a quick exchange and the "Secret secure underground bunker"/stripclub would be funny. Although, it also turned out that Phoenia had joined the coalition that Lutum had previously betrayed, and Lutum had without realizing it broke the Mutual defence pact that was made at the time of their independence. A document was signed which had Lutum drop out of the Clown War and make a new Mutual Defence Pact with Phoenia, which was signed after the document was read over, officially resulting in Lutum leaving the war.

John Emerald's Plot
The second time Lutum faced a threat was from the user John_Emerald who was planning on taking away the power of the monarch and seize power for himself. He was betrayed by 36reaper but his punishment had to be held off for a day, as TheClarkyCat and the witness 36reaper were scared John_Emerald would log onto the server and wreak havoc upon the towns. The day after John_Emerald was fully confronted and almost taken to court, but he confessed before going, and was exiled from the nation. He had claimed Lord_Volt (the mayor of the town he was in) had no part in his plot when speaking to epic despite this 36reaper would go onto make campaigns against him, ironicly claiming he was a traitor, with his trial resulting in him being declared guilty by theclarkycat and exiled from the nation which was overuled soon after as evidence surfaced proving him innocent.

The Second Election
With the end of the month nearing, the next election was announced and citizens could announce their candidacy, these included 36reaper, Nermy, Bissop, John Emerald and later Lord Volt.

Nermy vs 36reaper
36reaper's policy focused alot on warmongering (though he denies this) and adopting a harsh stance towards squatters, though this was met with opposition from Nermy who instead wanted a focus on peace. The two went back and forth in over 10 speeches each! Bissop also made a speech and TheClarkycat commended him for making a speech that wasn't attacking another candidate. John_Emerald announced his candidacy and formed the "Reform Party".

John Emerald's Plot
John_Emerald, though a promising candidate, was plotting to seize power and remove the King's power or even remove him entirely. He attempted to invite 36reaper and Lord Volt to join him, but was betrayed by 36reaper. Despite this, his punishment had to be held off for a day, as TheClarkyCat and 36reaper were afraid that John_Emerald would log onto the server and wreak havoc upon the towns. The day after, John_Emerald was confronted and was about to be taken to court, but he confessed, this led to him being exiled from the nation. He had claimed Lord_Volt (the mayor of the town he was in) had no part in his plot when speaking to the King, despite this, 36reaper would go onto make campaigns against him, claiming he was a traitor,

Rivalry between 36reaper and Lord Volt
Despite Reaper's accusations, Volt's popularity grew as his ideas and promises were quite convincing, and 36reaper was beginning to be viewed as a warmonger as was implied from his speeches.

Reaper only continued his accusations, which didn't earn him much, but kept making speeches anyway which Volt refuted in his own aswell as in political debates between the two. Reaper demanded Volt send a screenshot of his conversation with John Emerald, but he refused and suspected Reaper wanted it in order to hold a trial against him for treason, despite this, a trial was held anyway.

Trial Of Lord Volt
John Emerald had claimed Lord_Volt had no part in his plot when speaking to the King, despite this, 36reaper would go onto make campaigns against him, claiming he was a traitor, with the trial resulting in him being declared guilty by TheClarkycat and exiled from the nation despite there being little to no evidence of this.

Volt did not accept the result of the trial, and kept on defending himself. 36reaper began celebrating as there wouldn't be any opposition anymore, but, The King was somewhat convinced by Volt's arguments and requested he send more screenshots of his conversations with John Emerald, which finally led to him accepted as being innocent. 36reaper apologized to Volt though the damage to his reputation and popularity was done.

Beginning of Construction, circa 2021
After claiming to have found the return of John_Emerald to Lutum, Bornikles tried chasing him out of the town only to meet face to face with near-death to the hands of TheBlazeMaster69. After cowardly running away from combat, Bornikles vowed to never again back down from a fight and to swear that he'll protect Lutemshire from any invaders. In order to keep the town secure, Bornikles started on a tall task of putting a huge wall around the main vicinity of Lutemshire. On August 06, 2021, Bornikles laid the foundation of the site soon to be called The Great Stone Perch Wall.

Completion of the Project
The Great Stone Perch Wall was finally finished being constructed on August 18, 2021 by the hands of Yamitsuki and Bornikles. The entire project literally took thousands of stone bricks before completion and the entire town of Lutumshire was involved in the funding of the wall through cobblestone and other resources. The wall is high enough to repel any outside threats Eldham has such as roaming bandits, large scale armies, and even ravenous raiders. The might of the wall has not been tested by any of Eldham's major wars though but Bornikles believes that the wall's motto will carry on for centuries just as her protective reach encompasses The Holy City of Lutumshire: "In all her might and elegance". Constructed from August 06-August 19, 2021, in Lutumshire, with Yamitsuki and Bornikles as the main builders, embarked on putting a wall around the then small town of Lutumshire. The town had constructed an inner wall before but raids from bandits and raiders worn it down leading to multiple lives lost and blocks griefed. To fend off the invaders, the brothers, Bornikles and Yamitsuki, built up a 15 block high stone brick wall around the town to serve as a warning to external threats that Lutumshire is more than capable of fending off her invaders.

The project took over two weeks to be completed with both Bornikles and Yamitsuki falling off the wall multiple times but luckily being saved by their Feather Falling boots. Notable people have visited the wall such as Foxstatik, one of the councils of Myrtle, a sprawling cobbled port-city in what is known as the "Golden Belt" of northern Anglunia

Lutum's Involvement
On August 08, 2021, the City of Lutumshire was invited byJohnnyDJackson of Anglunia into war. The Kingdom of Anglunia has had territorial disputes with Austonia, a defector nation that was a vassal of Anglunia. Following a massacre at a diplomatic dinner to discuss their terms of vassalisation, Anglunia declared war against Austonia. Upon the acceptance of this invitation to fight with Anglunia to strengthen their bonds with Lutum, its citizens then gathered its abled body citizens to be drafted into the war.

Lutumshire's 2nd Regiment
With the drafting for the war, four people were sent off to fight for the war against the squatters near Anglunia. Lord Volt, 36reaper, Yamitsuki_, and Bornikles were the brave people who ventured off to Isaz to march south into the battlefield. These soldiers were tasked by JohhnyDJackson to be part of the 2nd regiment in the battle plan they had against the squatters. The soldiers marched south across grueling terrain from freezing tundra biomes to painstakingly long river channels before they saw the gate and the infamous black citadel. The 2nd regiment was then placed in charge of breaching the sewers while the rest of the troops invaded the citadel. Fortunately, no Lutumite citizens lost their lives and the whole battalion went home with experience in warfare.

Religion
Da berry is the god of all berries, a food that can grow anywhere without water. The religion was founded in Old Lutumshire which was in a desert. Food was scarce in Old Lutumshire because of the lack of water, seeds and food in general. The only food that was able to be grown was berries. Most of the citizens at the time relied on illicit substances, especially user Un_Sabroso_huevo who was the first person to report "seeing" Da Berry, and instantly spread it around to his fellow Lutimites. Da Berry apparently decided to "Bless" Un_Sabroso_Huevo as he was the holy one. Citiziens rapidly started growing berries and couldnt recall why, which furthered the beliefs of Da Berry until everyone in Old Lutumshire, and even most people in the at the time "Rabanshire" (which would soon become Phoenia) believed in Da berry and worshipped all berries as gods and would make daily sacrifices. When a spruce forest was found, the whole area of Lutumshire packed up all their stuff and left. Including a bottle of Bath water which Un_Sabroso_Huevo, The now berry pope (Or bope), claimed was holy water. The bope is required to carry the bottle on him at all times. The citizens of Old Lutumshire settled in the spruce forest and the current Lutumshire was founded, starting with the community house.