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This is the page for the nation of Acadia on Terra Nostra, if you are looking for another Acadia please view the Acadian disambiguation page
Acadia, officially the Republic of Acadia, is a nation on Terra Nostra primarily located in Nova Scotia with territory extending into the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, western Newfoundland, and Quebec as well as the United States region of New England. The nation was founded on April 21st, 2026, 4 days after Terra Nostra's April 17th premium launch. The nation's first town was Halifax, founded several hours after the server’s launch, while Canseau serves as the primary executive capital.
History
Provincial Government
Acadia was primarily founded by a small group hailing from Cascadia on Terra Aurora though the group's history can be traced back to the Aurora nations of Manicouagan, Havaiki, Baltic and Vermont as well as the Nova nation of Acadia.
The Provincial Government of Acadia, formed de facto March 13th, 2026 and dissolved May 4th of that year, helped facilitate starting border agreements and the organization of mining efforts for the 5,120 gold required to create the in game nation. It was established before an official government could be convened and consisted of 10 individuals (Ahea, Xultimate, Slimdude, Cleandemon, Dracnoian, MasterEWild, GuyWithALife, Xeocas, Farosh, and Capitanfra) but was eventually expanded to a group of 18 (Capitanfra, GuyWithALife, MasterEWild, Xeocas, Xultimate, Dracnoian, Ahea, ka_tie, Cleandemon, Fly, Melvinm04, MMMeslina, MozneFoxant, pa_vie, Farosh, Princeling7, SirMikieu, and FoxClient). Several of these individuals hailed from the planned Nostra nation of Cariboo when many members decided to join Acadia instead.
The Start of the Server
On April 17th, 2026, the Terra Nostra server officially opened for premium players and many members of Acadia (and friends) gathered in the 'Early access VC' on the Acadian discord.
In order to create the first Acadian towns, the group had to first reach Nova Scotia as quickly as possible, which relied purely on luck as players spawned in random locations across the map. MasterEWild, spawning around the Midwest of America was the closest to Nova Scotia. Thus, as other members of the group started to mine and gear up, MasterEWild boated across many rivers in an attempt to reach Nova Scotia as quickly as possible. After several hours, the town of New York City, led by Acadian allies, was founded which allowed the Acadian group to spawn in NYC instead of traveling (including MasterEWild who had not yet reached Nova Scotia). Shortly after, Acadians reached Nova Scotia and Halifax, the first Acadian town, was founded by MasterEWild and later transferred to Farosh.
As the first Acadian town had been founded and all members had reached the area, the group went off to explore and found their own towns with many Acadian towns being founded that day. The first five Acadian towns, in order (first-last), are as follows:
- Halifax (founded by MasterEWild)
- Canseau (capital founded by Ahea)
- Beacon (founded by MasterEWild)
- Montreal (founded by Princeling)
- Micoua (founded by ka_tie)
The Nation's Official Founding
Due to the high cost of creating a nation on Terra Nostra (5120 gold) it took 4 days of extensive mining to pool together enough funds to create the nation. On April 21st, 2026, the goal was reached and Acadia was officially founded by Ahea.
Constitution of Acadia
Following an official Constitutional Convention and a national referendum ending in 92.3% support, the constitution of Acadia, written by Farosh, was ratified on April 27th, 2026. This meant that the Provincial Government could soon be dissolved and elections could be held.
Presidency of Farosh_
From May 3rd, 2026 - Present
WIP
Government of Acadia
Executive Branch
Acadia follows the governmental system of a semi-presidential republic, meaning the executive consists of an elected President (with a term of two months) and an appointed Prime Minister. In this system, the Prime Minister primarily manages partition politics rather than the President.
The Prime Minister may nominate a Council of Ministers which is approved or denied by the President. Pursuant to the Government of Acadia Act, promulgated on May 7th, 2026, the President has the authority, upon countersignature from the Prime Minister, to establish or dissolve Ministries without an act of Parliament. The following are the current Ministries established by the first President of Acadia, each with their own Ministers:
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Ministry of Culture
- Ministry of Finance
- Ministry of the Interior
- Ministry of Defense
- Ministry of Justice (established by an Act of Parliament)
Legislative Branch
The Legislative Branch of Acadia is the Parliament, or House of Assembly, of Acadia. The House of Assembly is responsible for the creation of laws and consists of MPs who are elected each month from various electoral districts.
According to the House Rules of Acadia, the House of Assembly elects a Speaker and Clerk at the start of each term. The Speaker is a neutral role, responsible for keeping order and being the House's delegated member of the electoral commission. To maintain neutrality, the Speaker does not vote. The Clerk of the House is responsible for maintaining accurate voting records.
The office of Doyen is also established by the House Rules, being the most senior member of the House of Assembly. The Doyen is responsible for running internal elections.
Judicial Branch
The Supreme Court of Acadia consists of 2 Associate Justices and one Chief Justice, for a total of 3 Justices who are nominated by the President of Acadia and confirmed by the House of Assembly. Unlike in the IRL United States or most other democratic EarthMC nations, Acadian Justices do not serve for life, instead serving only 6 month terms.
The Acadian Supreme Court "[has] original jurisdiction over all criminal and civil cases, and appellate jurisdiction over all rulings made by executive or legislative boards" (Judiciary Act of Acadia, 2026).
The Judiciary Act also establishes the Ministry of Justice which "[holds] the sole prosecutorial authority in Acadia" (Judiciary Act of Acadia, 2026).
The President also appoints, with the advice and consent of the House of Assembly, an Ombudsman for a term of 3 months. The Ombudsman serves as a public defender for the people of Acadia.
List of Past and Current Government Members
See list of Acadian government members
Subdivisions
The Acadian government subdivides into two electoral subdivisions, Metro and Great North, which further subdivide into wards, which then subdivide further into regions.
(X) = Population
xxxxx = Ward
xxxxx = Region
xxxxx = National capital
Metro
Total population: 111
- Nova Scotia (29)
- North Nova Scotia (16)
- Canseau (6)
- Cape Breton (3)
- Havaiki (5)
- Pictou (2)
- South Nova Scotia (13)
- Annapolis (1)
- Carleton (2)
- Halifax (7)
- Hirseaux (2)
- The Passage (1)
- North Nova Scotia (16)
- Toddling (19)
- St. John's Island (19)
- Charlottetown (11)
- Malpeque (2)
- Saint Peter (1)
- Todd (5)
- St. John's Island (19)
- Johnling (63)
- Gaspé (19)
- Cap-Chat (2)
- Gaspésie (8)
- Kapim (5)
- Miscou (1)
- Rimouski (3)
- New Brunswick (44)
- Canada (5)
- Gilded Bay (2)
- Keystone (20)
- Moncton (1)
- Saint John (15)
- Solitude (1)
- Gaspé (19)
Great North
Total population: 194
- Polar Bear (14)
- Labrador (5)
- Les Polar Bears (4)
- Loon Lake (1)
- Nitassinan (9)
- Beacon (4)
- Natashquan (2)
- Oceania (1)
- Sept-iles (1)
- Trantor (1)
- Labrador (5)
- Tri Cities (53)
- Manicouagan (53)
- Micoua (24)
- Quail (8)
- Stormhaven (20)
- Thunderdome (1)
- Manicouagan (53)
- Champlain Valley (100)
- Champlain (60)
- Ingleside (1)
- Kingston (1)
- Limoges (1)
- Montreal (48)
- Ottawa (2)
- Peterborough (1)
- Sorel-Tracy (1)
- Trois-Rivieres (1)
- Wolfe Island (1)
- YOJIMBO (1)
- New England (40)
- Acadia (15)
- Brunswick (11)
- Burlington (4)
- Newport (9)
- SilentHill (1)
- Champlain (60)
- (Regions with no votes in previous election, therefore do not currently belong to any ward)
- Newfoundland (13)
- Creature Cape** (6)
- York Harbour (1)
- Wuhu Island (6)
- Saguenay (14)
- L-S-J (1)
- Riverview (1)
- Sainte-Flore (3)
- Sainte-Therese (8)
- Squishy (1)
- Newfoundland (13)
** The town of Creature Cape lies in both Newfoundland and Nitassinan
Last updated June 23rd, 2026