Kingdom Of Councils

The Kingdom of Councils, commonly abbreviated to KoC, is a nation centered on the continent of Ummarnu, in Rathnir. It has eight towns spanning across its territory. The capital of Kocssacks is Palermo. KoC was founded by the mysterious Elder on the 19th of February, 2021. It is a parliamentary monarchy ruled by Council-Leader Zeandro van Elder, the son of the late Elder. Due to complications with his health that resulted in the Zeandro falling into a coma, the country is currently under the regency of Nicole of Kocssacks.

War against Kush
After the unexpected death of the Elder, the Kingdom of Councils albeit a neutral nation was strongly isolated. With the succession of the new and inexperienced ruler Zeandro to the throne, the kingdom took an aggressive approach to foreign affairs, something which its population yearned for. The Kingdom of Councils laid claim on the neighboring territories of Kush, the conflict was short-lasting and after a state visit of Pirimidinas, the ruling doge of Kush, claims where removed and KoC even joined their alliance.

War against the Huitca Federation
When Elder first settled the island of Palermo and the lands west of it, he knew that the mighty Huitca Federation would begin its efforts to destroy the new kingdom. He knew that the best way to preserve KoC was to either form friendly relations with the federation or ally with another great power to scare away any potential invasions. In the end Elder decided on the former and so he contacted Sumo, the leader of Huitca, to sign a defensive alliance which eventually was made. With the signing of the alliance, the Kingdom of Councils enjoyed relative stability and prosperity, ones which would later be shattered with Huitca's breaking of the treaty with KoC in order to conquer its lands and add them to the federation.

Initially the Huitcans had the upper hand, but after KoC's choice of switching from a defensive approach to a more aggressive one by claiming big parts of Huitca's land and exploiting the mass unconsciousness caused by Entropy, the federation yielded after Sumo's deposition as Huitcan ruler. The new government of the federation offered a white peace to the councils which was accepted at the festival of peace. This however was the end of just one war that would happen between KoC and Huitca. For more, read in the KOC section of The Hands wiki, The Ummarnu War and Second Battle of Palermo.

Establishment of Kocssacks
On the night of the 6th of March, 2022, Nicole was approached by Cavid Prickly, the high council of Kingdom Of Councils. Cavid wanted of Nicole, who was an officer in the army of KoC, at the time) to create a nation between the then occupied by Huitca town of New Crometh and Alaar. Huitca and the Kingdom of Council at the time were in a middle of a war and when Cavid found that a town between New Crometh and Alaar was now abandoned by Huitcan soldiers, he wanted that town to serve as a distraction from the main battles at the time, so that KoC leadership can buy time and bring in more people against the Huitca Federation in its war. Nicole did not know of this and when she created the nation, on the next day, the high councils forced her to rule the newly founded nation on her own with some minor unofficial support from the higher ups at KoC. This was the moment in which Nicole famously said "So I am basically being forced into being a baroness from a soldier".

On the 7th of April, 2022, Kingdom of Councils and Huitca agreed to hold peace talks between the nations from their respective coalitions and so they declared a cease fire, on the 15th of May, 2022 the war between the two nations and their respective allies had come to an end. With the war coming to an end, the original purpose of Kocssacks had also run its coarse and the nation was supposed to get disbanded, however due to the competence that Nicole showed in building an entire nation with players, central management and an active town in less than two months, the high councils let her keep the nation and even expanded its borders at the expense of the occupied by Huitca and regained by KoC territory of New Crometh. After this event, Kocssacks officially admitted its affiliations with Kingdom of Councils and became a crown protectorate.

Falling into a coma
After returning from a short holiday in Sparwood, Zeandro held a council meeting to discuss the kingdom's affairs and its potential new plans for the future. During this meeting, the council-leader reportedly suffered a stroke, most likely caused by low blood pressure. He was swiftly rushed to SahraPorte where his health can be monitored in the better care of hired Kushite doctors and his cousin Eastwood van Elder. With the council-leader now in a comatose state the high councils of KoC elected as regent Nicole of Kocssacks, vassal leader of the Dandelist Crown Protectorate of Kocssacks.

Government
The political structure in this sub-article is arranged from most influence and power to least influence and power.

The Queen is the leader of the nation. They have absolute say over everything. The only person with higher power than her is the Council leader of the KoC realm.

The Town Duke is an elected position with a term that does not have a time limit. A Town Duke is elected through a vote by the citizens of the town that they want to rule. Their rule can only come to an end if the citizens of the town hold a vote on the replacement of the duke or by direct intervention from the Queen herself. A person can only ever be a Town Duke of one city/town.

The citizen is the normal population of Kocssacks, its equivalent would be that of the low council in the Kingdom of Councils. They can vote on who the next Town Duke should be and can even try to become a Town Duke themselves.