Palovina

Palovina is a town situated in the Southwestern end of Rathnir. Founded on 9/26/2020 by Keechoo, Palovina appears to be fairly isolated in comparison to the towns of the East.

Palovina, despite the similar name and same founder, is not historically related to Rovina in the server, due to Keechoo's belief in a full clean slate where no towns or nations are brought over to Rathnir without reason.

History
Palovina first saw development on the founding day of the server, 9/25/2020. Keechoo had plans to found Palovina soon after the release of the server, upon his findings of a unique swamplands with a village just by it. However, the increased town price (£2500) caused this to be delayed. Only upon the realization of a Mesa biome far North did Keechoo earn enough money to found the city.

Later on, Palovina soon interested two people in uniting as a nation. One was the leader of Sanctuary, though the other was nationless. Keechoo gave them the funds to found their own town, which they created and named Truthless, before disbanding it 2 minutes later and asking to join Keechoo's town. After being told they would consider it, any trace of Truthless or their founder was swept away.

Sanctuary did follow through in joining Palovina though, as they went on to found Paloro. Soon enough, after several diplomatic talks between the towns of the West, Paloro became The Empire of Uldarash, growing mightily and uniting with their Western neighbors.

It was upon the founding of Uldarash, in which Palovina quickly lost its political capital status. Keechoo, the sole resident, took no offense to this, though Palovina soon receded into a further obscure part of the empire. Due to the strength of the empire, however, trade would finally find itself flourishing. As of now, however, Palovina's growth remains stagnant on the world stage, a still presence defined by the nation it founded within a day.

Culture
Palovinan culture is not well developed. Finding themselves surrounded by swamps, and in a now desolate village, Palovina has suffered from many aspects of their surroundings. Lilypads are treasured, given their importance in navigating the marshes, and despite being the founding point for Palovina, the majority of swampland directly near Palovina has been cleared a fair amount. The swamp is now seen mostly as a nuisance, especially with the rise of writing in Rathnir causing an excess need for squids, which do not live naturally in the swamps Palovina is surrounded by.

Military Tradition
Combat over the land is not exactly preferred unless Palovinan soldiers possess a higher ground for fire. This typically results in a war strategy in which soldiers will rapidly place lilypads to give chase, or use boats and arrows to lay fire when invading. Overall though, Palovina's military tradition, alongside the majority of Earth's nations, can be seen in the outfits of the players. The outfit is made in mind of the swamp waters, in hopes of better hiding troops upon invasion of their home land. Due to the lack of any war in Haven, there will probably be no way to know for sure of it's success.

Religion
Palovina is a largely religiously free nation, with no one following any specific religion whatsoever. The exact reasons for this are completely unknown, and Palovina as a result of it seems to be a very free society regarding behavior. Having close ties to Sanctuary, however, may eventually result in the spread of their religion throughout Haven, especially as Haven's Nether Highway will likely grow later in the future. To what degree, may simply be unknown.

Geography
Palovina is made up of a natural village, next to a swamp that turns to plains. Palovina is surrounded by two rivers, the nearest surrounding a mountain while the other drains into the swamp.

The Lilypad
The Lilypad of Palovina is a peculiar, naturally generated lilypad that situates itself on top of a dirt path instead of water. It is and will be, indefinitely, the most interesting thing about Palovina. Even if a mansion is erected in a day on top of the entire village, this lilypad is a wonder of nature, and has easily earned its spot as a natural world wonder.

In Palovina, it is illegal to touch the lilypad. Walking on it is allowed, but breaking any of the blocks near it is simply not allowed whatsoever. A fine of £15000 will be issued if anyone breaks the lilypad.

Shops
Palovina has a set "Public Market" in the center of town, where they sell official Palovinan banners, lilypads, slimeballs, leather, and cactus. There are plans already established to create a bar directly under the market, for anyone in the continent of Haven to enjoy.