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Svalbard is an Arctic nation attempting to re-establish itself. It is located North of Mainland Scandinavia.
The nation is on /n list 21.
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.
New Randers Rebellion
Beginning
A player by the name of RG_Guy_05, with gnomedrick, decided that they wanted to rebel against their nation of Svalbard because of the refusal to start as a democracy. Therefore, New Randers was born. circa. December 2019.
Failure
The town at first joined Svalbard, trying to fool Thundorlord. But a few hours later left, and started the rebellion.
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.
Decline and the Provisional Government
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.
Nordaustlandet's Secession
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.
Domination of Nordaustlandet
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 Restoration Efforts
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.
A New Svalbard
After Thundorlord went a bit more active on Discord, he told Bobberson to take over the rank as a King. Bobberson now leads Svalbard scince 18th June 2020, and the political Situation will be renewed soon.
Cities (Svalbard)
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 4. The town was handed to Bobberson07, after ThundorLords decision to quit EMC.
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. It previously had two people.
Other Info
The town, when it was created, had a Landing platform with a Nazi Swastika, creation date unknown. The platform was quickly destroyed.
Snowfortbyen
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 had renamed it to Olavia, then Tocantis renamed it Snowfortbyen.
Growth
As of today, Olavia consists of 1 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. Orhil1003 later sold it so he could create his own town, to Tocantis, who himself renamed it to Snowfortbyen
Other info
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.
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 1 resident.
Facts
In real life, Spitsbergen is the name of the island Longyearbyen is on.
Hullstad
Formation
The town was founded by Carrick100 on January 19, 2020. In between Snofortbyen and Longyearbyen.
Growth
The town has grown 20 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 2 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.
BarentsBy
Foundation
The town was founded in late Feb of 2020, by 2019s.
Growth
The town is 20 chunks with 2 people.
Other info
The town has a similar name to Barentsburg. It is named BarentsBy because the island is named Barents island.
It is a nice little town with a light house and a seed vault.
NewGulmarsGason
Foundation
The town was founded on March 7, 2020. By Felifen. Current mayor Max1mu55
Growth
The town is currently 4 chunks with one person
Other info
The town is the only town in Svalbard that is located on the coast of Mainland Scandinavia.
Most expensive dirt house at 32 gold.
Cities (Franz Josef Land)
IceDomain
Formation
The town was founded by Wertzui2, sometime in mid Feb of 2020. It is the capital city.
Growth
The town has grown 28 chunks and has 3 residents.
Other info
The region the town is in, doesnt have any inhabitants in real life
Past Cities
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. On May 7 of 2020, it seceded from Svalbard along with a few other towns.
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
Kantbyen
Formation
The town was founded by Santacruiser in mid-January of 2020 over the ruins of Sos-Kablyat.
Growth
The town has two people and 38 chunks. Over the majority of its history, Kantbyen was a fairly poor city, until the discovery of a ruin in Siberia rapidly increased its wealth to the highest of all Svalbardic cities for a while. But it later left to join the new nation of Nordaustlandet
Other info
Despite a high amount of infrastructure being present, the town's population has remained low.
Barentsburg
Formation
The town was founded by Bobberson07 on January 30, 2020. On Ohyeayea island.
Growth
The town has 19 chunks and 6 people. The town is undergoing rebuilding and designing.
Other info
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.
Sveagruva
Foundation
The town was founded by Fritocrusader on March 12th 2020. It was created after a suggestion by Bobberson07, who stated Fritocrusader will do good as a mayor.
Growth
The town is currently 4 residents with 14 chunks
Other Info
The town has the name of a real life Svalbard town, but isn't located in the same location, its just west of Kantbyen
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 very large in just two days, it has 1 residents. It's very mountainous. 196 chunks.
Previous name Kjernebyen.
Other info
It is expected to be the second most populated town, considering the size. Surprisingly, it's larger than the capital. Since the town is placed over IRL Pyramiden, the town was renamed.
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 remained 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 remained this way. This small town had 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.
Nyttårbyen
Formation
The town was founded by Afaukiz on December 30, 2019. It was close to Pyramiden. Afaukiz later sold it to Cool_Coo1, he said he will come back when there is a map reset.
Growth
It had 18 chunks of size and two people. The town was deleted on April 3, 2020
Other Info
The name of this town means "New Year City"
Wano
Formation
The town was founded by Serfr0n on Feb 10, 2020.
Growth
The town was 15 chunks with one person. The town fell on April 16, 2020
Other info
Vestfonna is Norwegian for "west cliffs". But it was renamed to Wano.
Bglandia
Foundation
The town was founded by Zgamer_ in late February of 2020.
Growth
The town was 10 chunks and had one person
Other info
The town was unable to grow much because of surrounding large towns.
Jordiskbyen
Foundation
The town was founded by Orhil1003 on March 9, 2020. He sold Olavia to create this town. It was situated under Nordaustlandet ruins. The town was set to delete after Orhil left the nation discord.
Growth
The town was 10 chunks and with one person.
Other Info
The town is built under the ruins of the oldest town in Svalbard (besides Longyearbyen).
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 2 residents, including him. That makes the town the average populated. The town semi-inactive.
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.
Towns in order of size
Svalbard
| Flag | Town | Mayor | Population | Chunks | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longyearbyen | Bobberson07 | 5 | 145 | Federal District | |
| Spitsbergen | Tarnfire | 1 | 53 | Haakonland | |
| Snowfortbyen | Tocantis | 1 | 44 | New Frisia | |
| Bear Island | Nelejk | 2 | 31 | Edgeoya | |
| Hullstad | Carrick100 | 1 | 20 | New Frisia | |
| Svenskoya | Matburnx | 1 | 12 | Edgeoya | |
| NewGulmarsGason | Max1mu55 | 1 | 4 | Norway |
Total towns - 10 Total chunks - 400- Total Population - 15
Franz Josef Land
| Flag | Town | Mayor | Population | Chunks | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IceDomain | Wertzui2 | 3 | 28 | Northern Russian Islands |
Government
The Consulship
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. This government will remain in place until Svalbard hits a population of 50 once again, when it does, the constitution will be brought back into force. The Consulship wil have an unlimited amount of candidates, of which 6 are elected by the citizens.
The Oligarchy (Now Abolished)
Svalbard's current government was installed on May 2, 2020. The government is intended to delegate an extreme amount of power to the nobles, primarily due to the King leaving on April 8 of that year. During this period, Svalbard's leaders assembled in a council popularly known as the oligarchy. Mayors were automatically allowed in the oligarchy once their activity was confirmed, and other citizens could be introduced with an 80% vote. The oligarchy was ruled by a head oligarch, who operated polling within the system. Polls were the primary means of communication, leading to attempted intervention in Russia and Groenland that went nowhere. The oligarchy existed only in name after May 11, 2020, and was later abolished on June 19th, 2020.
Council History
| May 2, 2020 | May 15, 2020 | June 1, 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 10 | 5 | 3 |
| Head Oligarch | TreePapi | Carrick100 | Carrick100 |
Notable Council Members
- 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.
- Afaukiz is considered the last Prime Minister of Svalbard, and was active in the oligarchy. He left along with most members after Nordaustlandet seceded.
- 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
Svalbard was founded as an Absolute Monarchy, but it gradually moved into a more democratic system. Svalbard's constitution was completed on 02/14/2020. It was a Constitutional Monarchy that voted on a leader every month, starting March 1st of 2020. After Svalbard's period of growth ended, it entered a steep decline that prevented its government from functioning. Furthermore, a string of inactive leaders left the position of Prime Minister more comparable to that of a King.
The High Council
Nobles
- The King
- The Princes (esses) (Never adopted)
- 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
Government Position History
| Number | Name | Start of Term | End of Term | Reasoning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Sefr0n | 03/01/2020 | 3/9/2020 | Impeached |
| 2nd | TheLootcrate | 03/11/2020 | 3/21/2020 | Resigned |
| 3rd | Afaukiz | 5/08/2020 | 5/11/2020 | Defected |
| Number | Name | Start of Term | End of Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Carrick100 | 03/01/2020 | Still in Office |
| Number | Name | Start of Term | End of Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Treepapi | 03/01/2020 | 05/07/2020 |
| Number | Name | Start of Term | End of Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Bobberson07 | 03/01/2020 | 05/08/2020 |
| 2nd | Afaukiz' dog | 05/08/2020 | Still in office |
| Number | Name | Start of Term | End of Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Tarnfire | 03/01/2020 | Still in Office |
| Number | Name | Start of Term | End of Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Czomolungma | 03/01/2020 | 05/15/2020 |
| Number | Name | Start of Term | End of Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | TheLootcrate | 03/01/2020 | 3/11/2020 |
| 2nd | Fritocrusader | 03/11/2020 | 3/12/2020 |
| Number | Name | Start of Term | End of Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Milacekjsem | 03/01/2020 | Mid April 2020 |
Impeachment History
| Name | Position | Impeachment Date | Reasoning | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sefr0n | 1st Prime Minister of Svalbard | 03/09/2020 | Sefr0n was impeached for being inactive on the server and in his position of Prime Minister. | 6 - 0 |
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.
-Snowfortbyen is made from ruins, and looks like a castle, with a city in it
-Founders tower was built to comemorate the founding spot of Svalbard
-Thor statue of Bear Island is the largest recorded in the world
List
Valley street - Longyearbyen
Founders tower - Longyearbyen
ROS ruins - Snowfortbyen
Thor Statue - Bear Island
Pyramiden Castle - Pyramiden (WIP)
Notable People
- TreePapi (formerly)
- Bobberson07 (formerly)
- 32Java (formerly)
- Milacekjsem (formerly)
- Czomolungma (formerly)
- Orhil1003 (formerly)
- TheLootcrate
- Afaukiz (formerly)
- Ju2nananas (formerly)
National Subdivisions
Svalbard - Main Island
Franz Josef Land - Northern Russian islands
Transportation
An ice road called the 'Boaterway' connects 15 out of 18 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. Inca is also an ally.
Enemies
Svalbard has one enemy, Pakistan
Editors
- ThundorLord
- Bobberson07
- Fritocrusader
- TreePapi
- Santacruiser
- 32Java
- Lopa
- Leafbox