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[[file:Crown.png|30px]] Absolute Monarchy(November 7th, 2019 - March 1st, 2020)<br>

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[[File:Xy7gm6puhi721.jpg|none|thumb|115x115px|The Royal Arms of Svalbard, which were used as an official flag until the adoption of the oligarchy]]

Thundorlord and other residents of [[Longyearbyen]] worked for just over half a month amassing the gold necessary to form the nation.

As of November 8, 2019, the nation had annexed neighboring Nordaustlandet, as the borders of Longyearbyen itself have grown.

[[File:Sketch-1575021885304.png|none|thumb|220x220px|Svalbard's territory in December of 2019]]

==== Beginning ====

A player by the name of RG_Guy_05, with gnomedrick, decided that they wanted to rebel against their nation of Svalbard because they wanted their own nation. Therefore, [[New Randers]] was born. circa. December 2019.

Due to their lack of gold, they couldn't reach nationhood. Eventually RG_guy_05 went inactive, leaving gnomedrick as the mayor. The town got a few people, but eventually went completely inactive. The town fell April 2, 2020.

After repeated town sales and a lack of central authority, Svalbard began an immense decline in spring of 2020. After ThundorLord left again around April, the mayors adopted a provisional oligarchic government to keep the nation intact.

Due to Frustration with the Inactivity of Svalbard and the Vanishing of it's leader, TreePapi created the nation of Nordaustlandet in the northern town of Blomstringenbyen (now Jordetbyen), with Kantbyen and Barentsburg Joining soon after. The nation has since maintained a positive relationship with the remaining Citizens of Svalbard.

On May 14, 2020, Pyramiden joined Nordaustlandet, marking the nation's first expansion into Spitsbergen. Shortly afterwards, the mayor of Pyramiden, Miztheirkizshen, founded a new city on the island of Nordaustlandet, named Lomfjorden. This was the first independent expansion of the new nation, and cemented the new nation's dominant role in the islands.

The nation had a sudden spike in activity, and with Bobberson07, who decided to come back, convinced many of the older players who used to be in Svalbard. The group has planned many towns for the nation with ThundorLord also becoming active once again on Discord. In addition, a Nomadic group of Norwegian players made the decision to settle in Nordaustlandet on June 10th, 2020. It is currently uncertain whether they will form their own state or join an existing nation in the archipelago.

After Thundorlord went a bit more active on Discord, he told Bobberson to take over the rank as a King. On June 18th, 2020, Bobberson announced his kingship. His reign immediately began reforming the country into a system dominated by a chancellery of 6. This has lead to a minor political rift, in which some support the old constitution, while others support drastic changes. A week into Bobberson's reign, he came under fire from abroad after declaring Sweden an enemy due to being called a Nazi nation. Despite international criticism, the ruling saw strong support within Svalbard.

On July 13th, Bobberson made an offer to Treepapi to diplomatically unite Svalbard under 1 nation. This offer was refused, and people speculated about a potential threat of war. Later in the month, Bobberson unofficially plans to annex Nordauslandet once War plugin gets added. On August 19, War was declared by Svalbard. This lead to the [[Svalbard-Nordaustlandet Unification War|Svalbard-Nordauslandet War]].

This era generally started at the start of September. During this time, Bobberson_, was thinking about quitting, leading to many people requesting to be the next king. Leathermonster, despite being the Crown Prince, was not liked much within Svalbard. Leathermonster and Bobberson weren't on good terms recently, due to Leather leaving the nation for a few hours and also because of their conflicting interests on Longyearbyen's infrastructure. After a while, Bobberson decided he will stay king, because he wasnt't able to find a proper succesor. After this, Notable member [[Leafbox_]], asked about being Queen. Bobberson agreed, and used this to start a new system, Elective Monarchy. Then a Dual Monarchy started, with King Bobberson and Queen Leafbox. During this time a Royal House was founded, [[House of Fjorden]].

After the house was founded, many Princes and one Princess were added, leading to 3 total generations existing. This system was heavily supported in the community and it is generally more stable then the previous Councillor System. During this time, Svalbard also passed the 60 Population mark, giving it the "Realm" status. This was considered a big step back to 100 citizens.  

After Leafbox un democraticlly kicked Hammerfest, many people hated her. throughout the day Leafbox was very angry, and decided to quit. She left every Svalbard related discord and is un contactable. It could be either a total mental collapse, depression, or a mental breakdown from the anger she had. Her town is supposed to be isolated to he point of not being allowed to be showed on maps. The nation has returned to a single Monarch, and Nordaustlandet is set to unite soon.

" ''I have decided who will be taking my spot, we will be having a group lead the nation''

''I will be leaving monday''<nowiki/>'"

After a few days, the King of Svalbard changed his mind, as Asgardia was refusing to sell, and said he'd remain the King of Svalbard for a bit longer.

On October 10th 2020, [[Bobberson_]] announced his official exit from Svalbard, due to the arguing, saying in DMs that he couldn't handle the stress of being the Svalbardian King, and that he couldn't handle a nation and his life. He stated his intentions on moving to [[Copenhagen]] and retiring there.

The mayor of [[Pyramiden]] had been recently having growing discontent with the other members of Svalbard, who denounced him for being openly homophobic and denying the Holocaust. This brought up a lot heated debates and controversy. The town plans to make "Vestspitsbergen". Both sides are hostile to one another, and the closing of the Longyearbyen-Pyramiden bridge is expected to occur soon.

The occupation was taken out by allies of [[Svalbard]]. One Dane ([[Bobberson_]]) and two Nubians ([[gorkymoo1119]] and [[Mengan_]]) travelled to the town, and once getting there spotted the mayor building the 35 block tall wall. The attackers went up and down the walls around 3 times, scaring off the mayor. At one point, the mayor was pushed from a 35 block tall part of the wall, causing an estimated 6-7 hearts of damage. The attackers then left, however the mayor remained hidden for another 20 minutes. This is largely considered a win for the attackers, successfully managing intimidation and humiliation of Vestpitsbergen.  

This was largely considered a win for Svalbard and Allied forces, succesfully making the Pyramiden mayor flee. However the loss of the historic town of [[Pyramiden]] shattered some morale, considering it has been through 4 mayors and existed for nearly a year, and home to the best infrastructure.

Due to general interest being lost in the server, and the server being on the verge of collapsing under lag, many players quit. The nation is a shell of its former self, and a recovery without everyone coming back is impossible. The discord remains quiet, however the king is the only active one, activly developing Longyearbyen while every other town fades away.

==== Formation ====

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==== Growth ====

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==== Other Info ====

The town name means "Flowering town". It is home to the only full-sized (or at least decently-sized) y1 to y256 building on the server, as far as is known. (7x7 on the outside) It also has many holes, literally. It houses the only diplomatic embassy in Svalbard. The embassy belongs to the Greater Roman Empire and is maintained by alsjad. Despite a high amount of infrastructure being present, the town's population has remained low.

==== Formation ====

The town was founded over the ruins of an unknown previous town. The town was heavily griefed by mraaten around early April 2020. the town left to join Nordaustlandet. It later fell in early June.

==== Foundation ====

The town has the name of a real life Svalbard town, but isn't located in the same location, its just west of Kantbyen

'''(Not to be confused with the nation of [[Nordaustlandet (Nation)|Nordaustlandet]])'''

Nordaustlandet was the capital of Svalbard for 3 hours on the 11th of November 2019, because of a command mistake by the King. This makes Nordaustlandet a past capital of the nation, and the mayor, Maineri, a past ruler.

==== Formation ====

It was planned to be founded in mid-December, the decision was made in November.

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==== Growth ====

The name of this town means "New Year City"

==== Formation ====

Vestfonna is Norwegian for "west cliffs". But it was renamed to Wano.

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The town was unable to grow much because of surrounding large towns.

==== Foundation ====

The town is built under the ruins of the oldest town in Svalbard (besides Longyearbyen).

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====Other info====

The town was founded on March 7, 2020. By Felifen. Current mayor Max1mu55

Most expensive dirt house at 32 gold.

==== Formation ====

In real life, Spitsbergen is the name of the island Longyearbyen is on.

The town was founded by Lopatomil after he sold his nation of Liberia. It is 11 chunks and has a population of 1. It was founded over the ruins of the previous town know as Storoya.\

The town was founded by orhil1003 when he decided to come back just like Lopatomil and Leafbox. It is 4 chunks and was founded over the ruins of Nyttarbyen

==== Formation ====

The town, when it was created, had a Landing platform with a Nazi Swastika, creation date unknown. The platform was quickly destroyed.

The town was founded by WARDY2506, an active resident of Longyearbyen. He founded the town on the ruins of former town Spitsbergen. It currently has 1 resident, with 1 chunk. The town was accidentally deleted by the mayor on August 30, 2020. Due to this every resident was kicked, and the town pop. fell to 1. Later, the mayor decided that being a mayor is boring, and he'll like to remain as a regular resident.

==== Formation ====

The walls of the fort are the only part, of the Old republic ruins, that remains. Olavia is connected to almost every town on Svalbard by ice roads.

The town was founded by Bobberson07 over the ruins of Kaldbyen. It is 14 chunks and with a population of one. The town was founded after Bobberson07's decision to return to the nation. The town mayor is Tracreed after Bobberson07 became king of Svalbard.

The town was re-founded by _iridxscxntkook_, it was currently 21 chunks and one person.

The town was founded by felifen over the ruins of his previous town, NewGullmarsGason. It is 7 chunks, with 1 resident.

==== Formation ====

Previous name Kjernebyen.

The town was founded by _iridxscxntkook_, after she disbanded forlandet. It is meant to be a "farmers market" between Longyearbyen and Pyramiden. Stands at 13 chunks and one resident.

The town was founded over the ruins of old Kaldbyen, by AGA_MC. It is currently 7 chunks with one person.

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== Government ==

This government was installed on June 19th, 2020, by Bobberson07, when he was chosen new king of Svalbard. It is a government with 6 Councillors, with the King holding as much power as 3 members. This government was installed as an attempt to keep democracy and the Oligarchy. The Consulship will have an unlimited amount of candidates, of which 6 are elected by the citizens. This government would have remained in place until Svalbard hit a population of 35 once again, when it did, a national vote was held. The Consulship won out, and is the current system of Svalbard. On August 25th, the council voted to reduce its members to 4.

===='''Pissist Party of Svalbard(PPS)'''====

===='''Holist Party(HLP)'''====

* TreePapi, one of the richest members of the oligarchy, served as its first leader. He resigned his position on May 7 to form the nation of Nordaustlandet.

* TheLootCrate was extremely active in the government, despite not being active on the server. He was the de facto mayor of Longyearbyen until he left the system on May 23.

* Carrick100 inherited the oligarchy from TreePapi the day he left, and rapidly increased activity. Despite his efforts leading to Svalbard briefly being known on the world stage again, the secession of Nordaustlandet brought the oligarchy's authority to an end.

* Bobberson07 was extremely active in the oligarchy, and was known for his strong opinions regarding the nation's direction.

===='''Original Government'''====

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== Military ==

[[File:Om6x1ehbkyqz.png|178x178px|The Hæren av gull og lys' Flag]]

* [[File:Screenshot (242).png|20px]][[Leafbox_]]

*[[32Java]]

There are 5 divisions, each with a regional Governer

*Edgeoya - Santacruiser

*Hålogaland - Reddsman

== Transportation ==

*Czomolungma

*Broundonb

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