Aurora:Dnieper

Dnieper is a trade nation north of Romania and east of the Russian Empire, it's peaceful history relates partly due to it gaining most of it's profits through scavenging. Despite it's small size, Dnieper has, over time, been embroiled in controversy due to it's leader Ytteryer. Ytteryer is notable for their dislike of Romania and their connection with CFRhino prior to their ban in February of 2025. Dnieper is the only known nation (other than Ob) which frequently gives trash blocks away like Stone(s), Dirt, Containers, and more, for free regularly.

The main exports of Dnieper consist of materials found in abandoned sites:

• Concrete/Terracotta
• Glass
• Potions
• Misc items (Flowers, Wood, Campfires, etc.)

Creation

Sighisoara was originally created August 13th, 2024, and was originally apart of Romania. The town advertised itself as a "Traveler Helper Tavern" giving away blocks and food to players who headed east from their spawn points in Greater Russia. The town soon expanded, creating a free item building, which had switch on, enabling players to open chests in the building. From there, the town expanded around a crater left by an old base long before the creation of Sighisoara.

The owner, Ytteryer, attempted to get plots in Romania's capital from it's leader, Dirtman, in order to begin selling items near a teleport. A supposedly rude exchange followed and Ytteryer sold/mined/fundraised gold out of spite to make the precursor to Dnieper, Transnistria. As Sighisoara expanded, houses were constructed and the famous monolith was constructed in the middle of the old crater. During this time, Ytteryer refused to sell his nation to Romania or puppet nations purely for the sake of the message. Still, to this day, Dnieper stands as a refusal to bow to greater powers.

The Femboy Alliance

Function

The Femboy Alliance (TFA) was an ally pact made with AstolfoLover88 and his nation, Mozambique, the pact was then expanded to the towns, Femboy Hooters, Femboyville, and MrFroggy Frog. The naming convention, and furthermore it's members, are obviously in some way related to the LGBT concept of a Femboy, who is a male who crossdresses but keeps their original gender (which different from a Crossdresser, MtF Trans People, and 16th Century Monarchs). Ytteryer would use the pact to commision cheap maparts from Mozambique, usually themed around Femboys. At one point, during this time, Transnistria frequently advertised it's "Gayest Store in EMC" which contained a wide variety of Femboy and LGBTQ+ themed maparts. These maparts where later moved to the Monolith, which can be teleported to usually with /n spawn Dnieper, along with more mapart Ytteryer has commissioned from Iceland since then.

CFRhino, Former Queen of Scandenavia, was also for a short time invited to the Alliance, but was banned before she accepted.

Members Bannings

Astolfolover88, known by John_kler during the time, was banned, along with two of his hands for anti-Semitism and 2.4 violations. CFRhino was also banned for 2.4 violations, and was also someone who was invited to the TFA, leading to jokes that TFA in someway contributed to their banning, rumors of which, are unconfirmed.

2.1 and Eventual Rename

2.1 Rename Ticket

Transnistria was eventually changed to 2.1ChangeName due to the fact that it wasn't actually in Transnistria, the nation was later renamed to Dnieper and Sighisoara was renamed to Chamomile, which are the current names for both. Dnieper held off from joining The Scandenavian Empire and The Confederacy of Nations before it's rename and joined after the fact. Ytteryer's connection to the EMC discord during this point was purely for shitposting, as the rename took about a month for the mods to fulfil, leading to jokes and pleas for help. By the ticket's closing, about 4 mods were on the ticket.

Advertising

Before this, and even before Transnistria was a nation, Sighisoara advertised it's location by locating players on maps and dropping them items renamed using anvils to advertise it's XYZ coordinates. First, renamed amethyst shards, then renamed cooked salmon, copies of these items are now stored in the Dnieper Museum, located in the Inn. After Dnieper's rename, Iceland was commissioned to produce the "Join Chamomile mapart" which was an impact font meme with a Femboy, on a bed, with the caption "/t join Dnieper", which was from then on used for nation advertising. The "Join Chamomile mapart" is extremely widespread due to it's frequent circulation in modern advertising campaigns, and wide spread placements in chests in the Wilderness. The mapart can be bought in the Monolith which can be teleported to usually with /n spawn Dnieper.