Svalbard (2019-21)

Svalbard
Coat of arms is shared with Longyearbyen
Svalbard's territory, with cities and regions labelled(click to enlarge)(note Pyramiden is in 2 regions)
Main information
Nation Name	Kingdom of Svalbard
Capital	Longyearbyen
Motto	From the ashes we rise
Language	English Norwegian
Religion	None
Demonym	Sval
Government information
Leader	Thundorlord
Prime Minister	Sefr0n
Extra information
Towns	15
Residents	~85
Largest city	Pyramiden
Member of	NLA
Army Size	~8
Political System	Constitutional Monarchy
Economic System	Capitalism
Previous leader	Maineri, because of a 3 hour command mistake

Svalbard is a powerful and large Arctic nation North of Mainland Scandinavia.

The nation is on /n list 3.

History

Prior to Formation 

Old Svalbard was a large kingdom that established authority over the central portions of the archipelago. It eventually collapsed, leaving many ruins and city-states behind.

Foundation of Svalbard 

Formation 

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

Growth 

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

Svalbard's territory in December of 2019

Cities

Longyearbyen

Formation

ThundorLord spent just under a week gathering the gold necessary to form the future capital, burying the gold to prevent it from being stolen. It was founded on the exact spot where Longyearbyen is in the real world.

Growth

Not long after it's founding, the town began to expand, as the town expanded slowly, a few players joined, (most of the now 'Lords'). These players would help fund the nation. During the save up for the nation, Longyearbyen put expansion on hold, as all funds, and all resident's gold would go towards Nationhood. After Nationhood was reached, Longyearbyen began expanding rapidly, in population, and territory size. The capital has reached a size of 145 chunks. The current population is 28.

Other info

Longyearbyen is where the majority of the population of Svalbard lives, and where most national trade takes place as it is /n spawn. Longyearbyen used to be the world's northernmost Capital City.

Svenskoya

Formation

Svenskoya was founded by Matburnx, not long after Svalbard was founded. The soon-to-be-mayor of the island town told the King that it was to be founded soon, so the nation granted him the remaining gold necessary to found the town.

Growth

Since it's founding Svenskoya has one resident and claimed the whole island. Meaning it has 12 chunks in area.

Olavia

Formation

Snofortbyen was founded by Lopatomil several days after joining Svalbard. During that time he saved up almost 3 stacks of gold. Then he announced his plans about rebuilding ruins of the Old Republic to Thundorlord. He agreed and contributed with more gold. Orhil has renamed it to Olavia.

Growth

As of today, Olavia consists of 4 residents and 43 chunks. That makes it the fifth largest city on Svalbard. Lopatomil sold the town to Orhil1003, so that he could go create Liberia in Western Africa.

Other info

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

Spitsbergen

Formation

The town was founded in early December by Tarnfire, in western Svalbard. It has a decent size to it.

Growth

The town has grown 51 chunks. Has 2 residents.

Facts

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

Kaldbyen

Formation

Kaldbyen was founded by 32Java and Differ3nt on 14th December 2019 settled on mountains south of Svalbard Island. In the beginning it was a very small and poor settlement. JavaHawk has decided to put the town on sale for 128G. Reason unknown. Eventually, he managed to sell it for 100 gold to Milacekjsem, who is now Mayor of Kaldbyen.

Growth

The town under Milacekjsem is 73 chunks and has 28 residents, including him. That makes the town the second most populated.

Facts

In Kaldbyen there are ruins of Old Svalbard's fort. Construction date unknown.

Other info

Lopatomil is the biggest investor in Kaldbyen. He gave the best tools and gold for the town to make it grow up. Kaldbyen owes him such rapid development.

Pyramiden

Formation

The town was founded just north of Longyearbyen by Weias. The mayor had around 2000 gold saved up, enough to make his town 4 chunks smaller than the capital, 91 chunks. The town was sold to TheLootcrate for an unknown price after Weias decided to quit. Then Thelootcrate sold it to ju2nananas for an unknown price. And then he himself decides to sell the town to someone else, the name is MizteirKizhin.

Growth

The town became so large in just two days, it has 8 residents including the mayor, it's very mountainous. 194 chunks.

Previous name Kjernebyen.

Other info

It is expected to be the second most populated town, considering the size. Surprisingly, it's almost the same size as the capital. Since the town is placed over IRL Pyramiden, the town was renamed.

Blomstringenbyen

Formation

The town was founded by TreePapi on December 30, 2019. It was created north of Snofortbyen. It had another resident who was a builder, Bobberson07, who later left to create his own town in Svalbard. It had Six residents at a peak, however, these were all kicked for inactivity besides one, Dersper.

Growth

The town has grown 35 chunks, it has 3 residents.

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.

Nyttårbyen

Formation

The town was founded by Afaukiz on December 30, 2019. It is close to Pyramiden. Afaukiz later sold it to Cool_Coo1, he said he will come back when there is a map reset.

Growth

It has 18 chunks of size and two people.

Other Info

The name of this town means "New Year City"

Hullstad

Formation

The town was founded by Carrick100 on January 19, 2020. In between Snofortbyen and Longyearbyen.

Growth

The town has grown 15 chunks and still has one person.

Other info

The town does not have much space to grow, cause of neighboring capital and other cities.

BearIsland

Formation

The town was founded by Czomolungma long before Svalbard was formed. The mayor was active till Svalbard's early days. He then went inactive for a while, but came back in the middle of January of 2020 and joined Svalbard. He handed the town over to Fina002 on February 10, 2020, and then left because he was busy irl, he has since returned and taken control of the town again.

Growth

The town is 31 chunks with four residents. Growth is restricted cause the town is on an island. But the mayor is making artificial islands to build on.

Other info

The town is older than Svalbard and has the biggest Thor Statue in the world (in January 2020). It's halfway across the water separating Svalbard from mainland Europe.

Kantbyen

Formation

The town was founded by Santacruiser in mid-January of 2020. Over the ruins of Sos-Kablyat.

Growth

The town has one person and 12 chunks.

Other info

The town was founded over the ruins of Sos-Kablyat.

Barentsburg

Formation

The town was founded by Bobberson07 on January 30, 2020. On Ohyeayea island.

Growth

The town has 7 chunks and one person. The town is undergoing major rebuilding and designing.

Other info

The town was founded over the ruins of an unknown town.

Wano

Formation

The town was founded by Serfr0n on Feb 10, 2020.

Growth

The town is 15 chunks with two people.

Other info

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

BarentsBy

Foundation

The town was founded in late Feb of 2020, by 2019s.

Growth

The town is 11 chunks with three people.

Other info

The town has a similar name to Barentsburg. It is named BarentsBy because the island is named Barents island.

Bglandia

Foundation

The town was founded by Zgamer_ in late February of 2020.

Growth

The town is currently 6 chunks and one person.

Other info

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

Past Cities

Nordaustlandet

Formation

Not much is known about the formation of Nordaustlandet because of its isolation from the capital. But it was planned to join the nation for a few weeks before the founding took place.

Growth

Nordaustlandet remains a 1-man-town, with only enough claims to protect the mayor's house. Despite many prompts to expand, by the King. The small town remains this way. This small town has a size of 6 chunks. The town was deleted on Jan 26, 2020. After Maineri went inactive.

Other info

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.

Antikkenbyen

Formation

The town was founded by theopgamingpig in mid-December. It was made over the ruins of old Svalbard.

Growth

The mayor still had to invite the other two founding members, B123 and Dag0th_Ur. But the town sadly got disbanded in February of 2020.

Other info

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

Towns in order of size

Flag	Town	Mayor	Population	Chunks
	Pyramiden	MisterKizshin	7	194
	Longyearbyen	Thundorlord	29	145
	Kaldbyen	Milacekjsem	28	73
	Spitsbergen	tarnfire	2	53
	Olavia	orhil1003	7	44
	Blomstringenbyen	TreePapi	3	35
	Bear Island	Nelejk	4	31
	Nyttarbyen	Cool_Coo1	2	18
	Wano	Sefr0n	2	15
	Hullstad	Carrick100	1	15
	Kantbyen	Santacruiser	1	12
	Svenskoya	Matburnx	2	12
	Barentsby	2019s	3	8
	Barentsburg	Bobberson07	1	7
	Bglandia	ZGamer___	1	7

Planned towns

One over Nordaustlandet will be called Stornordbyen, "Great north city". Mayor undecided as it is a nation project.

Government

Svalbard's constitution was completed on 02/14/2020. This country is a democratic (Constitutional monarchy) government that votes on a leader every month, starting March 1st of 2020.

Sefr0n is the Prime minister

Treepapi is Commanding Engineer

Carrick100 is The Chief director of economics

Bobberson07 is The Supreme General

Tarnfire is the Arch-judge

Czomolungma is National manager of production

TheLootcrate is the town representative of Longyearbyen

Milacekjsem is the town representative of Kaldbyen

The High Council

Nobles

• The King
• The Prince (None yet)
• Lords

Governmental positions

• Prime minister
• Chief Director Of Economics
• Commanding Engineer
• Supreme General
• Arch-Judge
• National Manager of Production
• The National Treasurer
• The Home Secretary

Military

The nation has a militia, of around 8 members, the army is still being developed. The Supreme General is Bobberson07.

Buildings

Throughout the Island of Svalbard, multiple ruins of old cities exist. The ruins of Old Svalbard's capital remain largely intact. A residential area in Longyearbyen, Valley street, provides amazing views of the mountains, along with beautiful homes. Snofortbyen is made from ruins, and looks like a castle, with a city in it.

Notable People

• ThundorLord

• TreePapi

• Milacekjsem
• 32Java

• Bobberson07

• Czomolungma

• Orhil1003

• TheLootcrate

• Afaukiz

National Subdivisions

None at Present

Transportation

An ice road called the 'Boaterway' connects all 13 cities of Svalbard. Connections for new towns are made as quick as possible when they are created

Allies

Kalmar Union became allies after signing a pact with Svalbard on Nov 20, 2019. Svalbard has a treaty signed with Inuvik and The Canadian Empire It is part of an alliance called The Northern Lights Alliance. There is also a treaty signed with Muscovy.

Enemies

Svalbard has no current enemies.

Editors

• ThundorLord
• Bobberson07
• Fritocrusader
• TreePapi
• Santacruiser
• 32Java