Soliana

Soliana (Also Known as the "City of Sunflowers") was a major city in the former Republic of South Phoenia, located in the western half of the nation, and is currently the capital of the Merchants' Union of Soliana, a vassal of Anglunia. The town is lead by the mayor, Raiempire, and it's two admins-- Marshmallowsan and Abbejohn.

The First City
The First Iteration of Soliana was located in Central Anglunia, near the towns of Austonia(Modern Day Calamdor), Austonia's Colony of Shadowpeak, and the Lutumite town of crossin. The found was founded by player Rai Solonéc and Marshmallowsan, former residents of the town of Austonia, when they found the land while escaping a bandit raid on Austonia.

Rai, mayor of the town, would soon erect the first Solonist temple--a large spire overlooking the field of sunflowers they settled on. Soon, Rai would go to isaz, the capital of Anglunia, with JohnnyDJackson(the current Chancellor) to swear fealty to the for Great Lords. Soon, the town would slowly grow into small quaint little village. Around this time, the leader of Austonia, MightyBeans, sent out player WillIsShort to create the Colony of Austonia, Port_Azure, which would soon be renamed to Shadowpeak. Soon, these two Austonian Cities would cause much problems for Soliana.

These began when JohnnyDJackson and the Great Lords Instituted new rules for vassal cities, which Angered Lord MightyBeans. The Lord would soon tell Rai to "Passively Disobey" the new Rules, and that he left that they were encroaching on his city's special rights. Rai, not wanting to be a part of any treasonous behavior, reported MightyBeans to JohnnyDJackson. Tensions soon developed between the Anglunian Crown, and the Cities of Shadowpeak and Austonia. The City of Shadowpeak soon set up a tower on the other side of Soliana, almost completely surrounding it.

Then, the Leader of Shadowpeak, Will, met with Rai on the outskirts of Soliana and asked him if they were willing to move their town for a total of 5,000 Denars. The people of Soliana were insulted-- the town they had worked for a long time on would be bought up for such a meager sum. The town refused, demanding 40k or more. The Following day, will returned with a new offer: 30k, or Eviction. Will claimed that he could get the Anglunian Monarchy to Forcibly evict the people of Soliana from their city, with nothing paid to them. Rai convened with a few members of the town, along with a few outside perspectives, who all agreed: 30k was an exeptable offer, and eviction was a much worse possibility. Soon, the Chancellor offered to pay for the movement of the town. This, though a play by the chancellor to increase the Austonian's opinion of him, would be seen as a betrayal by some in Soliana, who began making plans to move outside the nation.

The Move
The people of Soliana began packing up all their important items, and the two leaders--Rai and Marshmallowsan--began scouting for new locations for the city. Although the first locations found were within Anglunia, and the chancellor offered some other spots within the nation to move to, the two leaders began looking outside the nation. The two scouted areas in The Kingdom of the Stone, The Holy Empire Of Lutum, The Andlirian Empire, before finally deciding on an area of land in the Republic of New Phoenia. The area settled in was a small area of land between Phoenia and Anglunia, connected to both nations by two small ithmuses.

The people of Soliana would soon create a caravan, and head to the New Selected spot. The 30k given by the Chancellor would go to fund the New City for long enough to get a claim over 200 chunks, and sustain a city with no taxes.

The First of those in the city, player Lossidian, Marshmmallowsan, and Rai, would go to set up a small marketplace, port, and a temple. Soon, the new city would grow to be over four times the size of the prior one, and, at it's height, over 4-5 times it's population.

The Rise of the Choclate Castle
After the move, player Lossidian began fiercly recruiting new people to the town, all of whom followed the Cholocate Castle, and were often refered to as Chocolatists. The Chocolatists grew to make up around one third of the town at the time, and arguably were the most active citizens of the settlement. Rai granted one of the leaders of the group, Menhera, a castle on the northern side of town, which would become their sheep farm. Soon, a fair portion of the northern half of the city was full of Chocolatist Buildings, which generally were in an east-asian style, with the most notable of which being the pagoda, built by player Korulien. Eventually, the Chocolatists created a major Phoenian Party, The Phoenian Prosperity Party (PPP), which rivalled Rai's Golden Phoenix Party (GPP).

A City to Decide an Election
Around this time, the chancellor of Phoenia, Tunder_, had been removed over scandal surrounding the vote for Phoenia to Join the Zamotz Union. This would lead to elections, where both Rai and Lossidian took part. It soon became apparant that the population of Soliana would be thhe largest impactor of the results of the election, as it was the most active and by far the most populous Phoenian City. With the two different groups in Soliana at odds, tensions began to arise.

The Elections
The Elections, to summarise them, were full of toxicity and spite, despite the efforts the candidates took to maintain good relations--forming a private commmunication line between all the candidates and the King. Much of this toxicity was blamed on player Abbejohn, so a meeting was called as to lessen the spite the groups had towards each other. The meeting took place in Korulein's Pagoda, on one of the top floors. Rai was unable to attend. The meeting itself would collapse, with all parties leaving unhappy. Eventually, Lossidian won the election, but gave up the position to Rai, and left the nation for Varn Torum. Eventually, the Chocolatists would grow to be wealthy merchants, powerful politicians, and hold many other important jobs, mainly in the nations of Varn Torum and Nova Azcoria. Although Soliana would recover population wise, it would never reach the levels of activity it was at during this period.

Becoming a City State
Following the Phoenix Crisis, Soliana had a decision to make: to join Zamotz, or to remain independant. Soon, the popular decision was made to remain independant, with the city gaining the whole Eastern Seaboard. The City, which had reformed it's government to be half-theocracy, half-democracy, experienced a great growth in population. But, this would not last. Soon, the city's activity would fall, weakening the city.