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Circassia was first founded as a town. What is now the capital of Circassia, Anapa, was the original town; once Circassia achieved the status of a multi-town sub-nation, it was renamed from Circassia to Anapa. 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 a hostile, Tsarist nationalist town. Refusing to interact with the hostile/fascist neighbors, the founders 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 enchanted diamond gear to start them off.  

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. Over time, political conflicts with the residents of the Tsarist town's hostile attitude towards the Circassians and genocide denials caused the Circassian members to leave the Soviet Discord server, while still staying in the Soviet Union.

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. In the 27th of July, the town left the Soviet Union on good terms and officially joined Iberia. 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.

While collecting wood, a town member was ambushed by hostile players using invisibility potions and bows. Assuming the enemy to be Georgians, town mayor Hatuqay decided to mount a counter-offensive to take revenge and fight for their nation. Despite not being a good PVPer, he decided to try his luck and purchased some cheap combat gear and potions and started patrolling the Caucasus. Tracking a Georgian target in a Georgian outpost located in southern Azerbaijan, he launched an attack. The operation was a success; yielding three kills.

Using the money acquired from the Moon update, Circassia expanded its territory with the founding of a third town, Abzakh-Circassia. The mayorship of this new settlement was granted to Lip. The sub-nation'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 sub-nation into the Kabardia region was driven by strategy: Georgia had begun aggressively 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 committed treason by selling the land to Georgian forces. During this phase of expansion, an official naming convention was implemented across the entire sub-nation. 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's permission, despite being nowhere near the real-life Terek region, which is further east.

Hostilities with Georgia persisted, heavily characterized by the PvP-only and toxic behavior of ''some'' Georgian players. Tensions culminated in a major border standoff between Iberian forces, which included members of Circassia, and Georgian players across two adjacent towns. While no physical combat occurred, the factions engaged in a lengthy exchange of insults via chat. This is when Circassian players noticed that the Georgian forces were deeply fractured. Observations revealed constant infighting and arguing among ''some'' of the Georgian players, exposing them as a disorganized coalition held together by a shared hatred for the Iberian nation. In one notable incident, a group of Georgian raiders entered Circassian territory attempting to rage-bait the residents by throwing items, drinking potions, writing edgy messages and demanding fights in the chat. The Circassian citizens, prioritizing their building projects, ignored the provocation, which eventually resulted in the raiders leaving with nothing. The harassment from one of the primary Georgian ragebaiters was later temporarily halted when he was engaged and crushed in combat by a citizen of the broader Iberian nation.

In a diplomatic triumph, 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, defensive forces swiftly engaged and eliminated the trespasser, maintaining the security of the Kabardia expansion.

The towns of Tuapse and Terek enacted a surprise betrayal and seceded from Circassia. Despite Tuapse having been purchased directly with Circassian funds, both settlements completely severed ties with the sub-nation, although they had to remain under the overarching banner of the Iberian nation: joining enemy Georgia was an impossibility, and diplomatic deals between Iberia and its other neighbors prevented each other from accepting towns in each other's territory. The secedding mayors subsequently renamed the territories; Tuapse was renamed to "Suayp", while Terek was rebranded as "Kyzyl-Yurt", despite being nowhere near real-life Kyzyl-Yurt, which is much further east.

Circassian leadership rejected this secession and officially refused to recognize the departure of the towns, formally designating both Suayp and Kyzyl-Yurt as illegally occupied territories. Despite the betrayal, Circassia's core power remained mostly unaffected. The territory of Tuapse was never part of the original strategic expansion plan and possessed a shape poorly suited for development; it had only been acquired because an opportunistic purchase arose. Furthermore, Terek had initially been founded by a rogue mayor without any official authorization from Circassian leadership.

The capital of Anapa experienced a population boom, securing more than ten new residents in a span of just two days. Territorial growth continued unabated as the expansion of Khabez was officially completed, marking a continuous streak of developmental victories. Furthermore, preliminary plans for the foundation of an entirely new town were set in motion. To support this growth, Circassia maintained a generous welfare policy, freely distributing building materials and diamonds to incoming players based on their chosen professions. While this policy was costly, leadership committed to it despite known exploitation risks. Individuals who exploited the system by immediately leaving for other towns after receiving free gear were swiftly outlawed. Beyond internal growth, Circassian forces actively engaged in hostilities with neighboring Georgian territories. Successful raids resulted in the deaths of Georgian players and yielded significant amounts of dropped loot and gold for the Circassian treasury.