GerConsigliere

Founding of Kush
One of the two founders of the island nation of Kush, GerConsigliere (aka. Comedian) joined the server following a stoneworks youtube video. When he joined the minecraft server for the first time he was searching for someone that was willing to found "Venice" with him. Eddy was that someone. Together they met on a lonely island in the middle of nowhere and led Kush through its first few weeks until they recruited enough citizens to commit to a more civilized governmental structure.

The first Collegio
While Eddy was designated Doge and therefore head of state of Kush, Comedian became the Minister of Coin and it became his duty to supervise the finances of Kush, while also remaining Eddy's right hand man. There were also the Minister of Defense, the Minister of Farming, the Minister of Minerals, the Minister of Growth/Development and the Minister of Propaganda. Together these ministers made up the Collegio. The position of Minister of Diplomacy was never filled, which led to Eddy permanently heading the Diplomacy of Kush. The position of Minister of Growth/Development was also either empty or headed by ineffective ministers for a long time which led to ineffective city planning and a lot of disagreements about building projects in the future. For example the Channel-Dispute between GerConsigliere and Eddy. While GerConsigliere was a stout supporter of keeping a venice-esque aesthetic and supported keeping the water channels between the buildings of Kush, Eddy supported filling the channels with tar and cement, because he deemed transportation by boat too ineffective. The close friendship between GerConsigliere and the Ministers of Defense and propaganda also led to the three of them constructing "Highwater Castle" a high-tech defensive Bulwark to protect Kushians from any attackers, it was constructed on the surface of the water far from any other structure. Even though this effort proved effective when Kush was attacked later on, Eddy and even the Minister of Defense and the Minister of Propaganda themselves never appreciated the castle very much and preferred constructing a large wall around Kush. There were also regular clashes between GerConsigliere and the Minister of Growth/Development when the latter tried multiple times to construct a large street right next to the castle, which was strongly opposed by GerConsigliere on grounds of rendering Highwater Castle completely useless.

Eventually six districts developed in Kush.


 * 1) The Town Centre: containing the town hall, the town square, the church, and the government building including the postal office
 * 2) The Plot District: containing about 50 equally sized plots of lands which were given one each to new members of kush
 * 3) The Project District: containing larger and more complex buildings like a parliament building, an even larger church, a park, a turtle enclosure and a brewery
 * 4) The Farming District: containing about 30 equally sized plots of land designated to the Ministry of Farming
 * 5) Little Venice: containing venice-esque buildings mostly for show, but also GerConsigliere's personal tavern, home of his pet panda
 * 6) The Frontier: on the outskirts of Kush a kind of frontier developed with giant hellish gates, giant towers with nether portals, ships, shipwrecks and most importantly Highwater Castle

Developments
To solve the Channel-Dispute it was decided by the Collegio that the channels in Little Venice will be left in their current state, while the channels in all other districts were to be transformed into streets. Eventually the Collegio also pressured GerConsigliere into first transforming and then demolishing his Tavern, because it took away too much space and was directly next to the town hall - a strategically too important position. After some time so many new people joined Kush and ascended the political ladder that people in the Collegio could not keep up with the newcomer's active and commited demeanor. While the Ministry of Minerals was regularly changing from one competent Kushite to the next from the very beginning. One for one, the Ministers who were in their position from day one, resigned and were replaced with more active members. This way the original Ministers of Defense and Farming were exchanged for new members. After the first and last Minister of Propaganda resigned the Ministry of Propaganda was abolished. Even the influx of hard-working members could not bring Kush the effective and organized Ministry of Growth/Development it deserved. The Doge Eddy had amassed a cult of personality that made splitting the Ministry of Diplomacy from the Title of Doge and therefore lowering his power an unpopular move. Furthermore the global situation was in a critical phase, so having the experience Head of State continue the international talks seemed most sensible. A lot of newcomers also left as quick as the joined and left little empty houses on their personal plots. The still ineffective Ministry of Growth/Development was unable to manage the situation which led to less and eventually no plots of land for newcomers. This, in combination with the resignation of the Minister of Propaganda led to less and less new people joining Kush. As a last effort to remain useful to Kush GerConsigliere tried to head the newly created Ministry of Lore. in this position he tried to write down the complete history of Kush, especially for the new members to understand what Kush is. But he realized he was too out of touch with Kush and the Ksuhite people to fulfill his duty. And at his final task for his people, he failed.

For GerConsigliere it was clear that it was time to leave Kush. He still loved Kush and Eddy and all other Kushites, but his friends the Minister of Defense and the Minister of Propaganda were gone, and more importantly GerConsigliere was exhausted. He was exhausted from fighting every day for his channels, for his tavern, for his Little Venice, for hist Highwater Castle. He was exhausted from fighting for his vision of Kush, a venice-esque city state in the middle of nowhere. No territorial expansion, no war, no roads, no giant walls, no colonies, no pretentious arenas. And even though it was him, who initiated the creation of this Nation, he realized that it was no longer his. It was not his Nation. It was not his World. It was not his Time. It once was. But he realized these days have long passed. He knew that it was his time to step down and let others imprint their vision on Kush.