Republic of New Phoenia

Pre-History
South Phoenia is directly located on top of what was once an ancient and sprawling empire of Forest Gnomes, known also as Madrakkii, who built their civilization on the backs of enslaving "lesser" races, including the Western Ice Elf, native to modern day Anglunia, as well as Ogres, Goblins, Trolls and Giants, amongst others. The small folk were and their empire were eventually toppled by a massive slave rebellion, leaving naught but ruins behind, and some of their ancient lore, including the gnomish language. Skippy the Gnome not an actual gnome has done great works on translating the gnomish language, known as Madrakkian, and uncovering their hidden lore and secrets, such as the functioning of the floating islands nearby DolGuldur, as well as their ancient alcohol recipes.

History
The Republic of New Phoenia, or South Phoenia, is a nation located in Central Eldham. It was created after Tunder_, a dictator and original leader of Phoenia, passed down the torch to one of his council members, L_OwO, who then reformed the nation, changing the name simply from Phoenia to Republic of New Phoenia, thus avoiding a possible civil war.The Republic, as of the 29nth of July, has become a part of the United Nations of Eldham (UNE)

Independence of Lutumshire
Lutumshire was an island city inside Phoenic lands that, distatisfied with the new reforms and land changes, declared independence from Phoenia. The reason for the dissatisfaction was that the monarch and first chancellor of Phoenia, L_OwO, had a plan to sell off most of the northern, inactive lands of the country and accidentally labled the city as inactive as well, almost selling it and its players out to a different nation all together.

The two parties agreed that a war would be needless and so idependence was given voluntarily, on the condition that the newly born Holy Empire of Lutum sign a Trade and Mutual Defence agreement with the Republic of New Phoenia, who would then guarantee the independence of the new nation.

Shortly thereafter the Senate of Phoenia voted to give their northern lands to their sister nation, the Holy Empire of Lutum, in exchange for 4 cow and 4 chicken spawn eggs. The Chancellor King agreed to finance the creation of the Empire with 20.000 $ out of pocket.

Massacre at DolGuldur
The day was the 15th of July, and three players were building at the fortress-city and capital of Phoenia, DolGuldur. Two bandits, belonging to the group known as Sweet Berry Bandits, jumped over the wooden palisade outside using Strong Tea, and slaughtered everyone in sight. The High Chancellor and King of Phoenia L_OwO was amongst the casualties.

However, the bandits gave back most, if not all of the loot that they acquired and L_OwO, impressed both by the equipment and performance of the bandits, decided to hire them as mercenaries for the price of 7.000 $ and 2 stacks of Phoenic Grapes per hired merc.

This single event inspired the building of a new wall at the fortress-city, taking the wooden, 2 blocks high palisade to a massive stone wall 12 blocks high.

Coalition - Anglunia War (Clown War)
The New Republic of Phoenia was called upon by a longtime ally and merchant, who's friendship dated back to the Phoenia and Tunder_ days, where he traded with the citizens of the now abandoned Venishire. Known only as Mister X, the merchant and his guild were incorporated against their will Kingdom of Anglunia

South Phoenia answered the call, as Mister X wished for indenpendence. Just like that, Phoenia was part of a multi-national organization, united against the apparent tyranny of Anglunia, known only as the Coalition.

Also part of the coalition was the Holy Empire of Lutum, but this was only temporary. Not knowing their sister nation of South Phoenia would join the Coalition, Lutum betrayed the Coalition and joined the other side, accidentally breaking their defensive pact. Once the Chancellor King of Phoenia, L_OwO, knew about this, he met with the leader of Lutum, TheClarkyCat, in game in the city of Lumtumshire, capital of the Holy Empire of Lutum, and convinced him to leave the opposing side and to officially sign a non-aggression pact, using a bribe of 40.000 $, double that of what they had agreed upon for the creation of the Empire, with The Republic of New Phoenia and the Coalition.

Mister X engaged in a war of propaganda and fear against his enemies, releasing a video in the Kingdom of Anglunia's discord server to fearmonger and gather support to the Coalition.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBrzXMT3ygU

In response to this video, player Johnny D. Jackson, regent of The Kingdom of Anglunia, referred to the Coalition as CoC, or Coalition of Clowns. This is the reason why the war is sometimes called the Clown Wars or War of Clowns.

The Treaty of Poggers (Anglunia - Phoenia Non-Aggression Treaty)
Mister X revealed himself to be a player known as Raptor002, a known merchant worldwide, and known friend of Phoenia. Despite these positive developments, it was then discovered by the Coalition that one of their members, Regnum Drakaes, was a traitor and spy to the Kingdom of Anglunia. With this, it was obvious that the coalition could not win this war.

The Siege of the Black Citadel, a claim owned by Raptor002, would start soon if nothing was done. Raptor002 then engaged in negotiations with the sworn enemies of the Coalition in hopes of achieving peace, but it was all for nought. Known bandit and mercenary player Welpish sent many of his Berry Bandit comrades to raid the Phoenic capital of DolGuldur, resulting in the deaths of many citizens, and on the loss of general Phoenic wealth by the day. With the good of his nation in mind, on the morning of the 20th of July 2021 Chancellor King L_OwO sought out Welpish in-game for a meeting, upon wich they signed a non-aggression treaty, where Welpish signed the document with many repetitions of the word "poggers", thus the treaty became known as the Treaty of Poggers.

And thus, The Republic of New Phoenia was out of the Clown Wars for good.

If you wish to see the Clown Wars narrated by Raptor002 himself, click here.

Election Season
As it is predicted by the Phoenic Constitution, the High Cnencllor and the King of Phoenia could never be the same person, otherwise too much power would be in the hands of too little people. Chancallor King L_OwO, the writter ot said constitution, was a blatant contradiction of it. He swore to uphold the sacred document and in doing so hosted an election upon which any active citizen could run for the office of High Chancellor. These developments happened because, honestly, L_OwO was tired of being the leader and since peace had been achieved with the end of the War of the Clowns there was no other excuse for the Chancellor King not to follow the constitution. Player Ricecooker and Tunder_ were the candidates, and may the best one win!

Winners
Tunder_ was winning, with the his opposing candidate getting a total of 0 votes. Thus, both decided to merge their candidature, and Tunder_ became High Chancellor, whle ricecooker became Co-Chancellor.

The Smiting of Ampolo
Ampolo was a triving city in Phoenia, albeit still newly built. It had docks, shops, houses and manssions.

In the evening of the 2nd of August the entire city simply... vanished from the face of Eldham. Was it the will of an angry god? Was it retribution for our sins? Perhaps it was a warning for something greater yet to come... Who knows? Various religions inside Phoenia interpret this event differenlty.

The city was returned to its rightful place not very long after, but it was still very odd.

Negotiations at the Gates
Yinower Delas-Nurwan (Player JohnnyDJackson), Chancellor of the nearby Kingdom of Anglunia, arrived at the gates of DolGuldur, the temporary capital of Phoenia, seeking out negotiations with the leader of The Republic. He did find the mayor of DolGuldur, L_OwO, and the King of Phoenia, previously the chancellor, so in a way he found the right man, albeit L_OwO no longer had ultimate power like in his Chancellor King Days.

Travelling alongside Johnny was the Queen of Anglunia, Elyani Taygen-Blizun (Player QCoffee), and an entire caravan of guards, who sexually harrassed L_OwO in hopes of getting free beer. They got none.

The Wedding
Johnny and L_OwO negotiated and discussed the total buying of Phoenia, albeit the King did not have the authority to completely say yes or no to such a proposition, he did give the contact information of the man who did have that authority, Tunder_, the newly elected chancellor. Meanwhile, in the midst of sexual harrasment, twerking and offers of oral sex from her caravan of guards, L_OwO recomposed himself and shot his shot, asking the Queen of Anglunia in marriage for the sake of an alliance between the two nations. Blushing, she accepted. Later in that day, they both got married in the meadhall of Myrtle

A Call to Arms
The Queen of Anglunia (Player QCoffee), wife of the Gnome King of Phoenia (player L_OwO) called upon Phoenia to war alongside them against the rebells inside who rose against them from within their own ranks. The towns of Autsonia and Shallowpeak declared idependence, backed by the nations of Luxesteine and Areveyi, as well as the soolianic people.

The war would happen at 11am EST, in the 8th of august.

Skirmishes at DolGuldur
Permission was given by the Gnome KIng Skippy for the building of a shrine to the goddess Luna just outside of DolGuldur, under its own, separate claim. On the evening of the 4th of august player Civil joked about burning down the church, not knowing it was completelly legal and within the permissions of the Gnome King. These insults ended up in a skirmish between players Civils and the shrine builders Shogun and Teedle_Dee, and Civil was outright murdered, and his armour was combined with that of Shogun to become an even more powerful set of gear.

It just so happens that the Gnome King was online and he was called to mediate the issue. Both sides stated their sides but, in the middle of parlay where it was agreed that no one should wear any armour nor hold any weapons, Civil put on his backup armour and attacked his parlay partners. The skirmish was one once more, and shortly there after Civil surrendered. The Gnome King would not see a surrendered man slaughtered, and called off the attack successfully, even though Teedle_Dee and Shogun were enraged. With the use of diplomacy Skippy convinced Shogun to return the weapons and armour of Civil to the man himself, and the King gave his own armour to Shogun to make up for it. It was all over.

Bounty Hunters
Mere minutes after the end of the scuffle a party of 4 mercenary bounty hunters spawned at DolGuldur and stated that they were after the heads of Teedle_Dee and Shogun. They managed to flee them, and later that night blamed Civil for hiring the mercenaries by assosiation. Civil was tried for putting bounties on the heads of his fellos Phoenians, but through the use of hard evidence, more specifically of his finances, as he was broke. he proved himself not guilty, and the case was closed.

Grand Theft Sky City
Player Civil, also known as astapf, invited and trusted a player known as rexasaur into the sky city of Rapture, still in bulding. It did not take too long until rex griefed the apartment building and stole precious royal relics, such as the Chestplate of Sunflowers, sword of te king Wrath of the Phoenix, amongst others.

Civil himself investigated the crime and it did not take long before rex was pema banned from the server and the sky city rolled back to the previous day, thus everything was returned.

The Zamots Union Vote
For an entire week, the chancellor Tomglomerate had started a vote about if Phoenia should join the Zamots Union to its south. After a week, the vote wasquite close, and won by a single voter.

However, the Senate found several ways that the vote was fraudulent, and thus the Senate decided that the vote was null and void. In response to this, chancellor Tomglomerate, that was already going to step down peacefully shortly, stepped down effective immediately and left the discord, but before he did he said "democracy is dead, and the constitution is broken."

Long story short, Tomglomerate is right. Skippy the Gnome, King of Phoenia, was forced to take control of the nation, once more becoming the Chancellor King. The democracy of Phoenia failed, and system wide reforms shall be made to prevent this in the future.

Government System
Phoenia is a Constitutional Republic, with a monarchy attached, not the other way around.

Art. 1
The Monarch is but a representative, and has no real power nor authority. He or she is only there to hold ownership and leadership of the country so that no Stoneworks admins have to be involved in the changing of leadership every time there is an election.

Art. 2
The High Chancellor is the true leader of the nation, who's authority is beneath only that of the constitution itself, albeit it is limited by the Senate. Every 1 month there shall be a new election, and every citizen is able to hold office, with the exception of the current monarchs.

Art.2, addendum 1:
a single Candidate is able to hold office 4 times in a row at most, to a total of 4 months in power.

Art. 3
The Senate limits the authority of the high chancellor, as any laws have to be passed through them. The Senate is formed by the leaders of each city inside the nation and any appointed public officials, chosen by the High Chancellor. Each time a High Chancellor transfers power to another High Chancellor, all of the appointed officials of the previous ones loose their role.

Art.3, addendum 1:
Public Officials and Mayors have the exact same level of authority inside of the Senate

Art. 4
Elections involve every active citizen of the nation, and everybody has a vote. The monarch might not be able to run for office, but he or she is able to cast their own vote.

Art. 4,addendum 1:
active player is defined as one who talks and or interacts with the nation through the discord or inside Minecraft at least once a weak.

Art. 5
The Constitution may not be changed without approval of the Senate and monarchy. Over 80% of the Senate and the Monarch have to agree to a change in the constitution.

Art. 6
Every Citizen of the Republic of New Phoenia has the inherit right to three things


 * 1) - Food
 * 2) - Shelter
 * 3) - Iron Tier Tools and Armour
 * 4) - Freedom of Belief

Art. 6, addendum 1:
the inherit rights of the Phoenic Citizen shall be provided by his or hers city leader. And the Chancellor is in charge of making sure the city leaders are able to provide it, and the Monarch is in charge of making sure the Chancellor can do that.

Art. 6, addendum 2:
Freedom of Belief is defined as the freedom of any individual citizen to uphold any religion and or economic belief that one may find attractive for whichever reason. It is against the Constitution for any specific City inside of Phoenia to enforce, either by force of arms or by other means, a religion or economic belief.

Art. 7
Mayors are chosen by the citizens of the city they are a leader off, and the Senate has no business with how they may choose it. It can be a monarchy, a democracy, or even a plutocracy. Art. 7, addendum 1: the only reason why the Senate may interfere with the choosing of leaders of any specific Phoenic cities is if said choosing method and or leader being chosen is in blatant interference with the constitutions they swore to uphold.

Art. 8
The Senate, The High Chancellor and the Monarchy are strictly secular. To enforce any specific set of beliefs, including economic or religious beliefs, is unconstitutional.

The High Chancellor
The High Chancellor is the highest office any citizen of Suth Phoenia can hold. It has almost supreme authority, being limited only by the Senate and the Constitution.

In elections every single citizen has their vote, and they are counted over the course of a week. By the end of that week the candidate with the most votes wins.

The Elections happen every start of the month, and a single candidate can re-elect him or herself a total of four times in a row, totaling 4 months of rule. After that, at least one month has to go by before said candidate can run again.

The Monarchy
The Republic has a monarchy, yes this is very odd, but it is just so that Stoneworks admins don't have to get involved changing the leader of the nation in-game every month or so. The Monarch, in this case King Skippy, is there to hold ownership of the nation in-game, but has no powers beyond symbolic ones.

The sole exeption to this was the first King, Skippy the Gnome, known as the Chancellor King of Phoenia. He had almost supreme power because he was the first and only ever to hold both positions at once, in blatant disregard for the Constitution he swore to uphold. This was done just in the very start of the nation, to get things set up properly, but then the Clown Wars happened and elections had to be postponed. Even then, the Chancellor Kiing wished not to be so for longer than needed, so he held the elections as soon as there was peace.

The Senate
The Senate limits the authority of the Chancellor in many ways, and it is the governing body of the nation. It is formed of the leaders of ech individual towns inside the nation, known as mayors, as well as those appointed to the senate by the current rulling Chancellor, known as public officials. The two categories have the same exact amount of authority, the difference being that Public Officials lose their positions as soon as there is a change in the office, unless the new chancellor decides to keep the current public officials.

Settlements

 * Bainbury Waters: 1170 -3318
 * Rapture: -1395 149 1402 (Yet to be Settled, Future Capital)
 * Dol Guldur: -1521 1028 (Current Capital)
 * Mikanie City: yet to be measured
 * Portsouth: -2460 1430
 * Ampolo:-2300 1000
 * Soliana: -2738 901

The Land
South Phoenia is composed mostly of various types of forests, such as oak, spruce and darkwood forests, upon which the ancient Midrakkii made their homes. In Central Phoenia there are sprawling plains and fields of green grass.

There are ore rich mountanous regions to the far west and east, a small part of a much larger desert to the north-west, a tiny desert to the south, and various rivers.

The western coast is washed up by the Dragon lake, a large body of water originally discovered and named by player Firedragone back in the days of a single Phoenia.

Religion
Phoenia preaches ultimate freedom of religion, and has no state religion. As such, many religions have taken a hold of the citizens of Phoenia. Some important religions include:


 * Solonism. This religion has been important to the more rural western side of the nation. Solonists have even founded there own political party in the nation, known as the Golden Phoenix Party.
 * Church of Quadruplicar. This religion is based in the future capital city of Rapture. Because of this the religion is more popular in the more densely populated regions of the nation such as the more eastern and midwestern side of the nation.