Aurora:Netherlands
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History
The nation was created on May 6th, 2022, with as capital Amsterdam. The towns of Brussels, The Hague, Den Haag, Antwerp, Flanders, Essen, Luxembourg, Calais, Mainz and Köln then joined the nation on the same day. Originally, the nation was meant to be called Benelux, but after a vote among the nations' members on May 5th, 2022, the name Netherlands was chosen instead.
On May 7th, 2022, the nation had already created a small shop at its nation spawn, selling various early-game items.
The nation spawn then continuted to improve. A decent blaze exp farm was created, and the shop now sells popular items such as Mending. A free sugar cane farm is also available, and only requires players to AFK for a bit to obtain sugar cane.
On May 20th, 2022, the town of Brussels left the nation to create the nation of Belgium. Quickly after that, it was decided to create a Benelux meganation, consisting of existing Netherlands, and the newly made Belgium.
One day later, the nation of Kaiserreich declared war on the nation citing claim-blocking as thier casus belli. Quickly, towns across the Netherlands began expanding quickly to block the approach of newly made Kaiserreich towns that were getting closer.
The nationality of town Saint-Malo started being disputed in early June 2022 by Franco-Germany, who claimed the territory of the Dutch town as thiers, along with towns in the Rhineland and Luxembourg.
On July 2nd, 2022, the nation spawn was moved and the new Dutch Shopping District opened. It comes with various shops, surrounding a canal, inspired of real life Amsterdam.
The next day, the nation of Transvaal joined Netherlands, with its citizens officialy becoming Dutch citizens, having equal stature in the dutch parliament and government.
On July 8th, 2022, the government was reformed : Ministers are now elected by citizens, and the Prime Minister is chosen by the Koning (King). Elections are held every two months. The four ministers are Infrastructure, Domestic Affairs, Finance, and Foreign Affairs. The first election took place on July 12th, 2022.
On June 26th, 2022, the EMC Protestant church was launched by the Netherlands.
On June 28th, 2022, a colony in the Cape of Good Hope, Cape, was founded by MadGeckos. (Later sold to Zizu1998 and made into a colony of RSA)
The next day, the nation of Livonia, bought by StLouis_, joined the Netherlands as a viceroyalty. This also caused the french exclave of Saint-Malo to be lost after being sold.
On August 16th, 2022, the conflict with Deutsches_Reich, formerly Kaiserreich, was ended by the Netherlands becoming peaceful. Due to inactivity in the German side, the conflict remained dead and stale. On March 2023, a colony in the East Indies, DutchEastIndies, was founded by StLouis_.
Government
The current government is a semi-democratic monarchy, headed by the Emperor of the Netherlands, and the elected Lord Mayor of Amsterdam. All voting such as elections and proposals are done so by a council (diet), which is composed of all active and long-time residents.
Current Government
King
| Name | Reign Began |
|---|---|
| Colt_44_Magnum | Sep. 17 2024 |
Lord Mayor of Amsterdam
| Name | Span |
|---|---|
| MrGabie | Sep. 1 2024 |
Guild Masters
| Span | Head of the Builders | Head of the Sellswords | Head of the Merchant | Head of the Diplomat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current Masters | TheTrueMansfield | Gunt123 | Straw_inturtles | Fangering |
Former Emperor/Lord Mayors
Emperors
| Emperor | Reign |
|---|---|
| ShadowVoider | May 6 2022 - Nov 10 2023 |
| Colt_44_Magnum | Nov 10 2023 - Feb 18 2024 |
| Barvaux/MomoJohn | Feb 18 2024 - Sep 17 2024 |
| Colt_44_Magnum (second reign) | Sep 17 2024 - present |
Lord Mayors
| Lord Mayor | Term |
|---|---|
| Fangering | Aug 2 2024 - Sep 1 2024 (resigned) |
| MrGabie | Sep 3 2024 - present |
Geographics
Territory
On March 2023, the nation spans over the entire IRL Benelux area, also expanding over IRL Rhineland with towns such as Mainz or Mannheim. Brussels also covers French Flanders and Artois. The Netherlands also controls a large amount of Germany stretching from the most north west IRL regions to the IRL south east
Towns in the Nation:
As of august 8, 2024.
Dutch East Indies
The DEI is a colony of The Netherlands, with the towns:
| Town | Mayor |
|---|---|
| Batavia | MrGabie |
| Pontianak | Evan5724 |
| Landjut | eggmeal |
| Makassar | HitoRyn |