Bardonia

The Bardonian Empire was founded on 10/18/2020, but wasn't announced as a nation until 10/24/2020 as The Republic of Bardonia. The Bardonians came from the North, guided by a prophet with the promise of a land of Dandelions.

Finally reaching a coastal plain, the initial founders came across a field of Dandelions - as far as the eye could see. Here, the first town was founded and it was name Bardonia.

First and Second republics
Initially, Bardonia operated as an oligarchic republic, however one with little common involvement from the Bardonian citizenry. There existed no official leader but it was run by a single senate body who elected new members to the senate and voted on laws, diplomacy, policy, and many other aspects of state.

There were always 8 senators of Bardonia and if one of them were unavailable a previous senator or respected member of Bardonia will be promoted to an Honorary Senator for meetings, but this was changed on 12/2/2020 when it was agreed that a random number of senators would be voted on / off.

Original Bardonian Senators were: BackToTheHub, Ezexus, Moyye, Socius, ShockTurtle, Tzseu, PercocetFranklin, and Unic0rnb0i

First Republic Senators:

 * Ezexus - The Prodigy


 * Moyye - The Brewmaster


 * Tzseu - The Architect
 * BackToTheHub - The One Man Army
 * Unic0rnb0i - The Chancellor


 * Shimesa - The Artificer


 * PercocetFranklin - The Angler


 * RamthekidRS - The Nautilus


 * Socius - The Gemologist


 * shockturtle - The Tinkerer

Second Republic Senators:


 * Ezexus - The Prodigy
 * Moyye - The Brewmaster


 * Tzseu - The Architect
 * BackToTheHub - The One Man Army
 * Unic0rnb0i - The Chancellor

The Third Republic
With increasing internal conflict as a result of the Bardonian Wars and foreign support from the Sterling Crownlands, a swift coup d'état was launched with the presiding senators either being imprisoned or fleeing into exile.

Status of Previous Senators during the Third Republic:

 * Ezexus - Executed
 * Moyye - Fled into exile (Location: Unknown)
 * Tzseu - Fled into exile (Location: Unknown)
 * BackToTheHub - Escaped Convict (Location: The Drifting Isles)
 * Unic0rnb0i - Became a widely known crime lord, terrorist, and Bandit (Location: Occupied Palaris / chance)

On 20th January 2021, The "Third Republic" period began, named after the third batch of senators to govern Bardonia.

The Founding Fathers of the Third Republic:


 * Crezyman,
 * MamaMurphy666/WallaceTheGromit,
 * LobsterLights
 * JurzTheAndal (Until Jurz was later elected the first president)

Under the Third Republican era, Bardonia operated as a unitary republic that is split into several provincial regions. Residents of these regions vote for their respective senators and from these senators, all Bardonians vote for their next president.

A constitution was drawn up by the interim government which set out the details and functions of the Senators, President, the Court and the provincial governments. Enshrined in this constitution was also the right to freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom to petition the government and the freedom from involuntary taxation

Third Republic Senators

 * AP
 * Crezyman
 * DHVO
 * Pwou
 * LobsterLights
 * mama the murphy/WallaceTheGromit (powershare)
 * JurzTheAndal (President)

The Function of President
The role of the president was to act as a unified voice of Bardonia when dealing with all of Rathnir and was expected to serve Bardonia in protecting their foreign interests.

The president was de-facto the head of state but were limited domestically in several ways:


 * The President could only vote in the Bardonian senate in the event of a tie and within the senate, they purely presided over meetings (but can debate).
 * The President could serve for an unlimited number of terms but elections must occur at a minimum of every 2 weeks.
 * In the event of a loss of support, the senate could impeach the president and remove them from their current office with a simply majority.

Presidental History

 * JurzTheAndal
 * 20th January 2021 - 30th January 2021


 * Crezyman
 * 31st January 2021 - 1st February 2021

The Bardonian Empire (Current)
The 31st of January 2021 - After The Third Republic became too involved in a conflict with Raykara and Escharia, they were haunted by the spirits of Fallen Escharia. With political pressure and the vengeful spirits at each town's door, The Bardonians reached out to former senator Unic0rnb0i who at the time was going by an alias "The Chancellor". Uni offered to bail the Bardonians out of the current situation as long as they declared him as their dictator and ruler, the Bardonians voted and put The Chancellor into power, who took the new title of Supreme Chancellor.

Within the next couple days the new dictator upheld his end of the agreement. Political pressure dissipated and the spirits of Fallen Escharia calmed, stopping their attacks on the citizens of Bardonia. Bardonians stayed in their cities quietly while they recovered from political struggles and the spirit attacks. Despite The Chancellor's efforts the numbers of Bardonians plummeted meeting an all time low for the once prospering nation. The Chancellor set priority on recovering Bardonian population and building within Bardonia, often seeking help from The Chancellor's Hands to extort money from other nations and keep the nation afloat on his own.

The Chancellor soon took a position leading from afar as he would isolate himself in Andorn, communicating to the Bardonians through letters and astral projection which he had learned previously from Green Tomato. He would begin receiving Himotherapy treatment for his schizophrenia and multi-personality disorder from HimoS401 to help him better lead Bardonia.

Law
When stepping foot in nation of Bardonia, it is expected for all to abide to the Bardonian Law.

During the Third Republic, a national court would see to the trial of criminals as per the Bardonian Law. A judge would be appointed by the senate monthly to oversee all trials for that month.

During the Empire, The Supreme Chancellor judges cases or hands picks a judge for the trial, if one is offered. The option of trial by combat is always viable, although The Supreme Chancellor decides the type of combat, the gear, the opponents(s), and the arena. If any character dies in a Bardonian trial by combat it counts as a character death.

Culture
In Bardonia you may see masses of Dandelions gathered about in it's towns, Bardonians often collect any dandelion they come across and plants them in their towns or near their roads. The Dandelions are very important to Bardonia and are believed to represent something different to each Bardonian. Bardonians used to refer to themselves as a fishing nation pre-Golden War and made sure each city was stocked with stacks of fish. The Bardonian Empire changed this description and now describes themselves as "The greatest military nation in Rathnir". Bardonians are known to be easy going to their allies. The cultural heritage of Bardonia is seen in their combat finesse, perfecting the art of combat to a repetitive motion and a flexible mind. The Bardonians often perform combat skirmishes amongst each other in preparations of bigger wars. Among their battle preparations is the Bardonian Defense which they used against Uldarash in The Great Golden War where they focus on keeping attackers out and held back by natural blockades, berry bushes, and campfires while they pick them off with bows or flank attackers from behind.

Most Bardonians are known to have a natural lust towards fighting and war, even the builders or farmers can be entranced by Bardonian war culture and leave their cities to participate in a war or raid.

The cultural effects of Bardonian contribution to the arts is far-reaching. Even in music, Bardonians have spearheaded the Rathnir music scene with the release of the debut music disc by B.W.A., "Straight Outta The Peak", which caused international attention due to its salacious lyrics.

Territories of Bardonia

 * Ardat
 * Askavollr
 * Auron's Peak


 * The City of Bardonia


 * Dorasterrock
 * Duckburg


 * Flos Portum


 * Lobopolis
 * Neos Knossos


 * New Dorasterrock (Capital)


 * New Farnau (protectorate)
 * New Kumberg
 * Skjoldrbróðir

The Trillium Alliance
Bardonia was one of the 3 entities that had formed The Trillium Alliance and were described as "The Muscle" of the alliance. The Trillium has since disbanded.

Executions
Carpicious was the first person to be executed by Bardonia, she was executed for crimes against the Trillium and for leading the Coalition forces that fought the Trillium in The Great Rathnir War.

Ezexus the Prodigy was the first senator to be executed by Bardonia. The 3rd Republic Senate and President executed him for the actions of the 2nd Republic's attempt on World Conquest. He was executed on 1/20/2021 in New Dorasterrock.

Dex Og was executed for multiple mass murders and killing sprees, and was previously one of the most notorious terrorists on the server. He was executed on January 16th, 2021, in New Dorasterrock as the final event of the Dandelion Festival.