Apple Harbor

Apple Harbor is a city found off the coast of the continent of Sparwood. It was founded by Apy1z on March 15, 2020, a migrant from the city of Akratia. It is a city of around 15 people and will become an official Protectorate of the Akratian Empire, able to have it's neutrality and laws on April 26th with a coronation of Waymanites and Apy1z as Co Kings of the City State Protectorate.

History-Pre Akratian Civil War

Apple Harbor was founded on March 15th, 2020 by Apy1z. He started the town seeking to make a prosperous harbor that could bring riches to it's inhabitants, himself included. It was on March 19th that Waymanites, a builder from Akratia, came to the town seeking a place to build away from the capital and it's focus on fighting, which he did not take part in. Waymanites soon got to work after gathering materials to build up a harbor for the town. He then got to work building shop houses, houses for new members of the town that had a shop on the first floor and a space to live in on the second floor. After finishing construction of the shop houses for immagrants to the town, Waymanites started construction on houses for the mayor and himself. Around this time, Apy built the Berry Memorial Garden, with statues of the Three Patriots as they were called and the emperor of the Akratian Empire, MW_Neoz.

Wall's were raised around the town by IceFish123, building them up to protect the town from a possible attack during the upcoming Leythe-Akratian War. Houses were built with most of them being built by Waymanites. New members joined the town also, leading to a growth in the city. The population boomed with refugee's from outside conflict starting to come in, with several coming from the towns that have been ravaged a lot, Akratia mainly.

It was on March 31st that during a visit to the town of Apple Harbor that Emperor Neoz received a pigeon from the State of Leythe declaring war. The citizens of Apple Harbor started to panic but they restored order and prepared to march with the Emperor the next day to Leythe along with several other soldiers of the Empire. Preparations were made including berry trenches that were made by Waymanites and enchanting of tools. Finally, they moved out to Leythe as the world started to fall apart due to an attack by Entropy.

It was when they finally arrived that they found the war declaration had been erased and the war was cancelled. The troops of Apple Harbor returned to Apple Harbor disgruntled but ready for the fighting when the war was declared again. There wasn't another war against Leythe however. Disgrunteled that Neoz wouldn't stop working to take back Leythe and incorperate it into the Empire again, several cities rebelled against the Empire. Instour, Tortuga, Emerald Isle, Redbay, and Garfist rebels that were seeking to take the City of Isheleryn back and declare the Garfist State of Greenstem, all of them rebelled and a civil war broke out. During this time, scared that Apple Harbor would become a target by the rebels, Waymanites consulted with Apy on a course of action that would change Apple Harbor.

History-Akratian Civil War

With fear that they would be targetted and that Apple Harbor would get destroyed by rebels, Waymanites after talking with Apy decided to declare Apple Harbor neutral in the civil war. If anyone from either side of the war needed a place of refuge, whether it be the rebels or Neoz himself, they could find refuge in Apple Harbor. The City would not be the basis of operations to either side and it would be a calm city. The citizens could participate in the fighting for either side, but they had to do it independently of the town. Waymanites was quoted saying, "We ask that neither side attacks us because we hold refugees. If you do, you must know that you will be attacking people who are willing to take you in to keep you safe from the outside conflict."

Along with this came Waymanites saying that if anyone had any problems with the town, instead of fighting they would have dinner with them as guests and figure out a compromise over the meal. This started a new age of Apple Harbor, called the Age of Neutrality where the town would work out compromises and stay neutral in all battles and wars. This didn't mean that the citizens would be bound to not fight, with Waymanites and Apylz saying that they would fight with Akratia outside of Apple Harbor. Inside Apple Harbor, no matter who came to them, they would accept them and give them housing.

The Neutrality proclamation however didn't do much during the war as fighting occurred mostly away from Apple Harbor and in the rebel towns. The only thing that truely helped Apple Harbor in the fighting however was that they were able to keep good relations with both sides of the conflict, with Waymanites becoming close friends with Tron vs Matrix, the rebel leader of Instour who was working to bring a revolution in the Empire. Soon, the fighting died down with the rebels splitting apart. The Island city states of Tortuga and Emerald Isle gained independence while Redbay rejoined the empire, Instour following after that. The Garfist rebels however continued fighting and prepared to launch an offensive against the Akratians in Isheleryn to regain their holy land and their capital. The Apple Harbor people let out a breath of fresh air as the conflict died down, with Waymanites offering a home to Tron who refused it. They sat back with Waymanites listening in anticipation as he heard that Neoz was marching with his army towards Isheleryn to defend, Waymanites own parents going with the army it is said. The citizens inside Apple Harbor prepared themselves to hear of a victory.

History-Age of Neutrality

It was on April 11th that news came from the capital by pigeon to Apy and Waymanites. The message was, "The Garfists have taken Isheleryn. They have proclaimed the Garfist State of Greenstem. The Emperor has died due to a heartbreak at hearing the news. Yazov is the new emperor. Neoz is dead." It was with this news that Waymanites soon learned that his parents were both killed in the fighting. Waymanites world was flipped upside down reports say, with all his belief in the empire stemming around Neoz. It was after losing faith in the Empire, with Neoz being the literal only that kept Waymanites fully in the empire, that Waymanites couldn't handle it. After speaking with Apy, he declared that Apple Harbor was to become an independent city state from the Empire. It was after a bit of discussion that it was decided that Apple Harbor would become a protectorate of the Akratian Empire, being defended in the case of bandit attacks. Apple Harbor would still be able to decide it's own laws and have it's own rulers, but it would also get protection. Waymanites agreed to the deal and as of right now Apple Harbor is waiting for its coronation of Apy and Waymanites as it's Kings.

Around this time, JacksonKent built Port Star to help deal with land problems that are in Apple Harbor. He built the dock for ships to dock and to also have homes for the people that needed it. Along with this, the population started to boom so much that Waymanites who had been the primary builder of the town had run out of houses to house the inhabitants. An island has also been raised out of the water to float, one that has yet to be named. It will be dedicated to farming and fishing.

Government

Apple Harbor is a Diarchy City State. After the coronation, Apple Harbor will have two kings, Apy1z and Waymanites. They will be crowned as Co Kings of Neutrality on the Throne of Crafting. They will have equal power to each other and will rule together on the Crafting Throne. There is a little debate about whether to include democracy in the town, but due to both Kings having close connections to everyone in Apple Harbor there feels to be little need at the moment as both Kings can talk to each citizen of the town one on one. Several decisions that are important however are put to the poll and are decided by the town. Waymanites is mainly concerned with the building and beauty of the town while Apy handles most of the functioning of the city, land claims and invitations.

Apple Harbor also has a senator in the Akratian Senate, with the town being represented because of its large population to help the Empire. The Senator was decided to be Waymanites with their being little time to decide on who the senator would be.

Election Results

Along with being able to send a senator to the Akratian Senate, Emperor Yazov aloud the people of Apple Harbor to vote for a Prime Minister who was being decided on at the same day that all disputes were being settled. All of the citizens of Apple Harbor at the time voted for Tron vs Matrix for Prime Minister,