Avalonian Republic

Overview
The Avalonian Republic (often shortened to Avalon or Avalonia) was an island republic in northeastern Rathnir. It consisted of four regular provinces, one autonomous province, and one territory. It bordered Arinovla, the O.P.T.C., and Nova Roma. It was a member of the former United Nations of Plagos. Once a wasteland of mostly abandoned and uninhabited islands, it had developed using artificial land. It's capital and largest city was Keystone. It has been succeeded by the Crown of Avalon.

Foreign Policy
The foreign policy of Avalon had changed dramatically over its history. Originally a hostile nation annexing other small island nations, they later shifted into a more peaceful stance. Instead of showing aggression towards some of the other nations in the region as they had once done, after joining the U.N.P. they looked for trading opportunities with its neighbors.

Religion
Throughout its early history, Avalon and its capital Aloisa (more commonly known as Keystone) were heavily influenced by the now defunct religion Aloisiusism. It taught that the god Aloisius gave strength to two warriors named Fedir and Vasile to break out of Aloisea (the Nether) to create the world of Rathnir. Although Aloisiusism is no longer practiced in Avalon, the religion has left a mark on Avalonian culture.

Reputation
Avalon started gaining a bad reputation early on in it's history. Its initial controversial act was the annexation of the Union of Egoists. As Plagos had been mostly peaceful until then, this came as a shock to other nations. Eventually the other nations of Plagos forgave Avalon but as one of its leaders Phuros kept a hostile approach to foreign affairs there was always tension between Avalon and the rest of Plagos.

The Beginning
The first Avalonians settled in the Sterling Crownlands where they had built a small town. After some time, a member of the S.C. named jacw told the Avalonians to either join them or be attacked. The Avalonians preferred independence so they traveled until they found themselves in Plagos where they settled on an island.

Finding Avalon
The first Avalonians that formed Keystone found a sign on the island reading "Fedir and Vasile were here". This was the main inspiration for Aloisiusism, the old religion of the Avalonian people. Even though the first Avalonians were nomads, Phuros (who became one of the leaders of Avalon) saw the potential in this land and started construction on the new capital, Keystone.

The Panic
Many of the first Avalonians had originally lived in Svenville. There, they were treated well and left in peace. Svenville and Avalon later became close friends and allies. As Svenville was previously part of the S.C., they were told that they couldn't be allied with Avalon. After that, Svenville moved to Nieden. All was going well until seemingly out of nowhere a player named jacw hired mercenaries to destroy Svenville. If they were destroyed, that would've closed Avalon off from the mainland. The Avalonians prepared for war. After a long fight with the mercenaries the war was won by Svenville and Avalon. Avalon's first war was a success and jacw backed down from trying to destroy Svenville.

The Egoist-Avalonian War
The Egoists were a union near Avalon. The military leader Phuros thought that even though the Egoists were a nation, they were still weak. Hungry for land, Avalon declared war on the Egoists. The Avalonian military pushed through the gates of Libertatia, the Egoist Capital. They killed everyone who wasn't on their side. After the war was finished, the leader of the Egoists tvrreto disbanded the nation. Before they could celebrate, Kracktowski, a member of the old Egoists claimed the old Egoist lands and made a kingdom. The Avalonians were mad. The land they tried so hard to annex was claimed by people completely unrelated to them. The Avalonian army started the march to the home of Kracktowski. Phuros declared to him that if he didn't join Avalon, he would perish. Kracktowski ended up making a deal with the Avalonians in which they joined Avalon but maintained autonomy within the nation.

Government Crumble and Incorporation into Bardonia
With the rest of the U.N.P. threatening invasion after Phuros's threats of invasion, Phuros stepped down as leader of Avalon. This caused massive shock and exodus throughout Avalon. As the Plagosi Crisis raged on and the UNP started slowly dissolving, the former leader of Avalon, Phuros, decided to reach out to a player named jacw as a last ditch effort to save Avalon from crumbling in the chaos. From there, a deal was made where jacw would run the country. Although the leader I_ce was initially hesitant they ended up ceding power to jacw in the end as they believed it was the best move for Avalon. On March 16th, jacw officially incorporated Avalon into Bardonia, turning it into a region of Bardonia.