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Circassia was first founded as a town. What is now the capital of Circassia, Anapa, was the original town; it was simply named "Circassia". The founders, including Hatuqay (formerly known as Patli) and Bjedugh, initially intended to build the town near the Kuban River near the IRL Adygea region. However, this territory was already occupied by another town, attempts to communicate with the mayors of that town revealed that they did not like Circassians. The founders thus decided to change their strategy and chose the Taman peninsula as a possible location. Lacking the gold to establish a new town, Hatuqay contacted leaders from the nations of Georgia and Iberia, assuming both of them to be led by IRL Georgians, who were the only other Caucasians in the game at the time. The leaders of the nation of Georgia were unresponsive. Iberia responded positively and invited him to their territory. The founders Hatuqay and Bjedugh received a plot in the Iberian town of Venakhi, located in Azerbaijan, where they built a temporary embassy and received starter gear to start them off. The founders collected gold through daily server voting and mining. Eventually other Circassians like Lip, who would go on to become a major player, finally joined and helped. 

Since the amount of chunks a town can claim depends on the number of residents they have, however there is also something called a nationbonus; towns which belong to populated nations naturally have a higher nationbonus, allowing them to claim much more chunks. This meant that a totally independent Circassian state would mean a very low nationbonus, which deterred the Circassians. They considered joining Iberia, however deals between nations at the time placed the entire North Caucasus under the claims of the Soviet Union, so the founders negotiated with the central Soviet leadership in Moscow and agreed to establish their town under the Soviet Union temporarily as the "Circassia Soviet Socialist Republic". To avoid detection in the map, Hatuqay and Lip swam underwater across the entire Black Sea from the coast of Georgia to the Taman Peninsula. During their swim, they managed to avoid PvP hunters targeting new players. They passed the town of VigNation along the route, not knowing that this impressive town would later be annexed by Circassia.

[[File:Colchis founded and seeks colonists.png|left|thumb|200x200px|A screenshot from the map showing Colchis seeking colonists, the screenshot was taken before Colchis joined Byzantium.]]

The town named "Circassia" was established on the 16th of June 2026 by Hatuqay, and Lip was the first other member. The town instantly joined the Soviet Union and developed basic infrastructure, including houses and a government building built by Bjedugh and Hatuqay, as well as an underground cave base settled by Lip. Circassia utilised the Soviet Union's massive nationbonus to rapidly expand its territories.

During this era, the Byzantine Empire established a neighboring outpost named Colchis next to Circassia, with the stated intention to establish a colony, implying future expansion. Although the Circassians were vary at first, even considering an alliance with the Turks to fight the Byzantines, the Byzantine Empire eventually abandoned Colchis, and Circassia annexed the ruined outpost. Circassia also annexed the friendly town of VigNation after its owner became inactive. During this time, many others joined the town.

[[File:"Sochi" established for the first time.jpeg|left|thumb|183x183px|A screenshot from the map of when Sochi was first established.]]

The residents of Iberia and Circassia had a friendly relationship at this point. Over time, the leaders of Circassia realized that the Soviet capital of Moscow was simply too far away, and too uninvolved in the region. The Soviet Union's slow but steady decline in power and population was another factor, as it meant a lower nationbonus. In the 27th of July, the town left the Soviet Union on good terms and officially joined the Kingdom of Iberia, as was originally planned. Circassia had previously held the status of a Soviet Socialist Republic, making it an autonomous territory, this status became unclear when they left the Soviet Union to join Iberia. Circassia remained de facto autonomous although it no longer held the title of a republic - it was a town of Iberia. During this time, Iberia was at war with Georgia, thus putting the town of Circassia in war with Georgia as well. ''Some'' Georgian players attacked Circassia from time to time and even managed to kill a citizen.

Circassian players established positive relations with the newly formed Crimean Khanate. The Khanate was founded by [[HasanHasa]] who prior to founding the Khanate had established the town of Sochi, spending over 1700 gold for claims. He subsequently gave the town to a Turkish player to cover a 1500 gold debt from earlier. The new owner of the town intended to flip the town for profit, setting the price at 2000 gold. On August 24, following negotiations, Hatuqay acquired Sochi for 850 gold, paying 425 himself, while half of it was paid by another player who became the mayor. This purchase was considered an economic win by Circassian players, as manually claiming the region would have cost Circassia over 1700 gold.

[[File:Iberia Circassia Sub-Nation.png|thumb|Iberia-Circassia sub-nation accord.|267x267px]]

The confusion regarding Circassia's status finally ended when Circassia reclaimed its autonomy, this time not as a republic but as a Grand Principality, a title historically used by Circassian rulers, under the Kingdom of Iberia: on August 25, Circassia officially achieved sub-nation status within the Kingdom of Iberia, while mayor Hatuqay was declared the Grand Prince of Circassia. This political elevation was formalized through a treaty:

[[File:Two buildings from early Anapa.png|left|thumb|238x238px|Two buildings from early Anapa, both were later demolished for the Anapa overhaul.]]

Additionally, Circassian traders executed a highly profitable market manipulation during the server's "Moon Update". Traders bought large quantities of nether stars the moment the update was announced and resold them during peak demand. The inventory sold out completely, yielding an immense profit and further securing Circassia's economic strength. This also served as a promotion for the TNT business.

Using the money acquired from the Moon update and the TNT sales, Circassia expanded its territory with the founding of a third town, Abzakh-Circassia. The mayorship of this new settlement was granted to Lip. The autonomous principality's expansion continued eastward into the historical Kabardia region, also known as Eastern Circassia, with the establishment of its fourth town, Khabez-Circassia. The eastward expansion of the principality into the Kabardia region was driven by strategy: Georgia had begun acquiring territory near the Kabardia region. Their methods included founding new settlements, utilizing the controversial town-sniping tactic, and, in one notable instance, purchasing a town from an Iberian mayor who sold the land to Georgian forces. During this phase of expansion, an official naming convention was implemented across the entire principality. All settlements were restructured to place the local name before the sub-nation identifier, standardizing the territories as Anapa-Circassia, Tuapse-Circassia, Abzakh-Circassia, and Khabez-Circassia. Shortly after, a fifth town, Terek-Circassia, was founded further to the east by a rogue mayor without the Grand Prince or the ministers' consensus, despite being nowhere near the real-life Terek region, which is further east.[[File:Chat record of kill in Iberia.png|thumb|A screenshot from the server chat records of the moment the Georgian PvPer was killed.]][[File:Circassia-Crimea friendship agreement.png|thumb|Circassian-Crimean Friendship Agreement.|309x309px]]

In a diplomatic move, Circassia formalized a friendship treaty with the Crimean Khanate, a sub-nation of Ukraine. The treaty was drafted after the Grand Prince of Circassia and the Khan of Crimea held a discussion. This treaty solidified their positive relationship and committed both entities to long-term peace and collaboration on common regional projects. Meanwhile, military vigilance remained a high priority on the eastern borders. When a Georgian scout was discovered snooping around the Circassian towns of Terek and Khabez, Hatuqay eliminated the trespasser, maintaining the security of the Kabardia expansion. The scout dropped stacks of TNT, which turned out to be purchased from Hatuqay himself earlier. Hatuqay sold the TNT back to the scout, thus managing to sell the same TNT twice.

[[File:Tank during the Anapa Suayp prank war.png|thumb|The tank prank.]]

After acquiring large quantities of necessary materials including quartz purchased from [[Nostra:Cascavel|Cascavel]], construction officially began on a giant national mosque in Anapa. The grand structure was formally named the [[:en:Qizbech_Tughuzhuqo|Tughuzhuqo Qizbech]] Mosque, honoring the historical Circassian hero. Despite the cold war, the mayor of Suayp respected the mosque construction and did not raid its building materials despite having the chance to do so.