Aurora:North Sea Republic
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The North Sea Republic (commonly abbreviated as NSR) is a nation located in Greenland, Iceland, the British Isles, North America, France, Scandinavia, Central/Eastern Europe. It was founded as the continuation of the nation of Canada from Classic and Wabanaki from Terra Nova.
The North Sea Republic is the oldest running republic on EarthMC, holding continuous monthly elections starting in September of 2017 and having no breaks in government since.
History
May 2022
LoganCreeper50 would win election as Hoyenah for May, with the three chiefs being crimsonknight, LordWulf and SireRobert. LordWulf would decline the position of chief and it would be passed down to phillips8.
Though the nation wouldn't officially be on EarthMC Terra Aurora at the time, many people played. On May 1st the town of Reykjavik would be founded by RlZ58 and would be the first town established in Europe.
The early access period would see many towns be established, and on May 4th the nation of Iceland would be founded.
Outside of Minecraft the government would work on cutting all the fat of the constitution and making it a lot simpler. The simplified constitution would be published on May 12th.
On May 16th, 2022, the republic would officially vote to return to EarthMC. With 89.5% of people being in favor.
Talks would begin with the nations of Britain and Ireland about a possibly unification between the three nations. While the British would go back and fourth on wanting unification or not, it would end with a no. Ireland however would unify with Iceland on May 18th, 2022.
Thought the vote to merge with Britain failed, many British towns would decide to leave Britain and join Ireland, such as, Stranraer and Isle of Man.
At the end of the month a mini-emergency would occur within Iceland. The player originally owning Reykjavik and the nation of Iceland didn't like the direction the nation was going in, so they decided to leave the town and nation. They gave the nation to a trusted player and decided to disband Reykjavik. Luckily Reykjavik still had 2 players in it, one of which was MylesRatliff, who was able to reclaim Reykjavik and save the oldest town in Europe from falling.
June 2022
June would see the 2nd ever elected Hoyenah, RlZ58, win Hoyenah again. And the three chiefs would be MylesRatliff, jagster104, and Proser.
The month would see further expansion and more towns popping up and being recruited in Ireland.
On June 5th the government would institute a gold drive. A place for people to donate gold to help towns be able to expand and combat possible aggression by planting towns. As of June 29, 2022, the drive has been able to collect over 5900 gold most of which was given to towns in Ireland to be able to finish claiming the area.
June would be plagued with outside nations attacking members of the North Sea Republic. On June 28th, 2022 the Battle of Sligo would occur, with players apart of the nation Kaiserreich attacking Ireland. In the end Ireland would come out victorious, and the attacks would decrease in the following months.
On June 21st a vote to decide what the mega-nation would be called was held. The vote came down to two options, the North Sea Republic and The Northern Isles. The North Sea Republic ended up wining, and that became the official name of the union.
July 2022
jagster104 would win election as Hoyenah and 5 chiefs would be elected for the first time since. August 2021, the chiefs would be: Argues, zeb__, RedPanda1000001, and Stoatal_Misplay.
On July 3rd, 2022 the government approved the creation of another addition to the nation, Emirates, with the capital being Abu_Dhabi led by Stoatal_Misplay. The condition would be the same as those of Greenland.
On July 5th Argues would step down as chief and depart from the nation, player Tnce_, being the chief with the 7th most votes, would take his place.
The month of July would also see the start of discussions on the movement of the Ireland's capital. Ireland's capital was in a 1 chunk down inside of Dublin since the end of May but concerns would arise with the capital's location, mainly being that if a Hoyenah would ever want to they could get a large area of Dublin's claims removed by reporting them for claim blocking. At the end of June the government got their hands on a small 3x3 town called Better_Dublin, and that would be the place theorized as a possible new capital location.
August 2022
August would see jagster104 win his second Hoyenah term and the number of chiefs would go back down to 3, the chiefs would be: LordWulf642, Thing1920, and RedPanda1000001.
This month would see the relationship with the Emirates become rocky. On August 2nd, the leader of Emirates would post a message saying that Emirates would be cutting ties with Niagra. The Republic's government never voted on such a matter so the province was acting against the government by cutting ties. The government would put pressure on the Emirates saying that they don't have the power to do that. On August 13th the Emirates would vote to leave the North Sea Republic.
On August 5th, 2022 the nation would host Republic Day. Hosted by Hoyenah jagster104 the nation would have over 30 people online at once. The party would travel around Ireland, Iceland and Greenland. Taking a llama with them.
September 2022
September would be jagster104's third and final term as Hoyenah, the chiefs would be: LordWulf642, zeb__ and P3chy.
On September 4th the capital would officially be moved from Dublin_Castle to Better_Dublin, the name would be changed through a vote on September 28th, with Ossory winning.
Inverness would rejoin the nation on September 11th after the past mayor traded the town.
September 17th would see a large area of New_York be removed for hollow claim and alt accounts gathering gold. So the previous town of Cencius (now Iceni) was able to claim almost all of East Anglia, as well as the new town of Dover.
The Emirates would be bought by Lervain on September 22nd and would welcomed back into the republic.
October 2022
Lucas2011 would win Hoyenah, this being his first Hoyenah term since August 2021. The chiefs would be: Carrot_Cake2002, CordyBug and Thing1920
Ireland would climb back up to #2 on /n list going back over 300 people.
On October 2nd, 2022 the nation of Bering_Sea would officially join the North Sea Republic.
After much debate, Lervain's new nation of Albania would be inducted into the union on October 27th.
At the end of Lucas2011's term he would choose that there would be 5 chiefs the following month, instead of the typical 3.
November 2022
LadyCodyBug would win Hoyenah but would decline taking the position, making her the 2nd person in the entire history of the republic to decline the Hoyenah position. When LadyCodyBug declined the votes would be reorganized, with the 2nd place votes of people who voted LadyCodyBug first becoming 1st place votes. This lead to LordWulf7937 winning Hoyenah. The chiefs would be, jagster104, Carrot_Cake2002, LadyCodyBug, EchoOcelot and Angel1462.
During the early parts of the month the fall of Glasgow, including the nation of Scotland, became imminent. The nation of Scotland was an open nation so Ireland became recruiting. The town of Peebles was able to amass over 60 people and took the nation of Scotland, the nation was then moved to the 1 chunk town of New_Mombassa and the nation of United_Kingdom temporarily moved to Dover.
Though with the nation of Scotland being taken care of the rest was still not over because the town of Glasgow was still set to fall, and there was some competition. Operation Unicorn was a project to claim up all of Glasgow, with 10 active members of the operation. The goal was to get everyone they could to be apart of Skye and online when Glasgow fell so that they could claim it as quick as possible. To achieve this easier they created a tunnel system under Glasgow with each person assigned a tunnel. When November 9th, 2022 came the time when the town was supposed to fall, 6:00 AM EST, came and went, it took until 8:35 AM EST for the town to actually fall due to lag. The town was able to be claimed in its entirety in less than 2 minutes, with no one else able to get a chunk of the town.
December 2022
LordWulft7937 would win re-election as Hoyenah. The chiefs would be Proser, jagster104, and Carrot_Cake2002.
On December 10th, 2022 two towns would appear on Iceland the towns of skogar and Borg. These towns were made by people previously apart of the nation Britain. The two towns would join the nation Arctic.
On December 28th, 2022 Ireland would hit #1 on '/n list' for the first time.
Over the past months the town of London would go from mayor to mayor due to the original mayor being purged due to inactivity. On December 30th, 2022 the town of London would get into the hands of a North Sea Republic citizen and officially join Ireland.
The nation of Bering_Sea would be sold on December 30th, 2022 and its owner would move to Iceland to be closer to the main center of the republic, the nation of Bering_Sea would no longer be apart of the republic following this.
On December 31st, 2022 the nation of Luxor would officially be incorporated into the republic.
January 2023
Proser would win Hoyenah and with LordWulf7937 choosing 5 chiefs, the chiefs would be, EchoOcelot, LoganCreeper50, MonarchTai, RedPanda_61, and RandovMan. The January 2023 election would have the most votes of the republic's history, with 69 votes. The previous holder of the title of election with the most votes was the April 2019 election, with 62 votes.
The nation of Maine would begin its integration process into the republic on January 5th, 2023.
On January 14th, 2023 the province of Luxor would leave the republic.
The town of Asgard, previously apart of Ireland, would create the nation of Scandinavia and on January 18th would be incorporated into the Republic.
On January 22nd, 2023 the nation of Maine would officially be incorporated into the Republic with the capital of Augusta. Shortly after on January 26th, the French nation of Poitou-Charentes would be inducted into the republic.
February 2023
SireRobert would win the February elections, with the 5 chiefs being, MonarchTai, Carrot_Cake2002, Danaille, Lucas2011, and RedPanda_61.
On February 3rd, 2023 the nations of Francia and Alberta would begin being integrated into the republic with two unanimous government votes.
On February 14th, 2023 the nation of Monaco would begin their integration period into the North Sea Republic.
February 15th would see Alberta be completely integrated into the republic and February 16th would see Caledonia's trial period begin.
On February 18th the nation of Francia would say they are selling their nation. In an attempt to gather funds to purchase Francia SireRobert would send an announcement to the nation asking for donations to the nation. 1895 gold would be raised between February 17th and February 18th. But instead of selling the nation Francia decided to rebrand into Gaule and leave the North Sea Republic.
On February 19th Monaco would completely integrate into the republic.
March 2023
Jagster104 won Hoyenah in the March election with 62% of the first place votes in another historic election beating the record set in January with 79 votes, 10 more votes than the previous record.
On March 5th the nation of Polaris would officially integrate into the republic. On March 6th the nation of Pennsylvania would begin integration into the republic.
On March 8th the nation of North Sea Republic and Norway's government would vote in favor of integration.
The Nations of Norway, Denmark, Nordic, Nordland and Lapland would all become fully integrated on March 14th.
On the 18th of March the North Sea Republic's government would host a St. Patrick's Day event. There was a float building contest and other luck based games. The event saw a great turnout and positive reviews form the attendees.
The NSR would join the Organization of Free Nations on March 19th. An organization composing of Cascadia, the Midwest Union, and Belarus. The NSR would join as a way to protect their citizens and open an avenue of democracy and information gathering.
The nation of Svithiod would begin integration into the republic, but the nation's leadership would still attempt to have their own foreign relations outside of the NSR's government. This led to war being declared on them and Svithiod joining alliances. The North Sea Republic's government made it clear that nations apart of the republic can't have foreign relations outside of the central government. Svithiod would decide to leave on March 25th, 2023 and begin posting to TBI saying that the North Sea Republic "left us alone 'on some issues'...". In response Hoyenah Jagster posted a message saying, "Svithiod never was fully in the NSR... leave before they were integrated. They claim we promised them things... and yet not once did they ask for help or resources."
On the same day as the Svithiod events happened, Alberta would leave the North Sea Republic in favor of joining Canada, though the Svithiod event and Alberta leaving were not connected.
Indochina would declare war on the North Sea Republic on March 26th, 2023. But 2 hours later would retract the declaration. During the events of March 25th and 26th, the North Sea Republic's government would make most channels on their discords hidden from outsides, including their voice chats, which originally were public to view for outsiders but not to join.
The nations of England, UK, and Pennsylvania were fully integrated into the republic.
April 2023
Carrot_Cake2002 would be elected as Hoyenah and the chiefs would be Danaille, Lucas2011, 0rremorre, the_estonian_guy, RedPanda_61
Osaka4601, a mayor from the NSR and previous owner of the town Aquitaine, would establish the nation of Basque in Spain. On April 9th, 2023 the government voted to let the nation of Basque to begin an integration period.
On April 10th, 2023 Chief Lucas2011 would resign, being the first government official to resign since July. When a chief resigns it goes to the next election candidate with the most votes. In this case the next in line was Stoatal_Misplay, but due to them not being in the NSR their turn was skipped and instead would go to Hambell from Trondheim, Norway.
On April 11th the government would vote against letting the nation of Barents, who's towns were previously apart of the NSR, begin integration. This would be the first time the government explicitly voted against an integration period.
On April 15th the government would host an easter event, with 100 eggs scattered around the towns of, Inverness, Skye, Chalchou, Ossory, Peebles, Cork, Dublin, London, and UK. The person to find the most eggs at the end of the 2 hours would win. Chief RedPanda would win the easter egg hunt.
A new system for distributing gold would be officially introduced on April 16th. For a majority of the months prior gold would be willingly donated by citizens and the government would donate it to towns in need. Instead the April government votes to put in place a loan system where citizens would be given 0% interest loans and pay them back.
ShooterAngel would make the nation of Quebec on April 22nd, the government would vote to allow them to being integration trials on the same day.
The integration trials for Basque would end on May 23rd, 2023 with them being fully integrated. Quebec's integration trial would end on April 25th, 2023 with them also becoming integrated.
May 2023
In the May 2023 election SireRobert would win the election in an incredibly close election again Crypate. The chiefs would be Proser, Hambellux, EchoOcelot, unown006 and Crandolf.
On May 2nd, 2023 Dayzle would officially step down from being the election holder after nearly 6 years of elections. He would nominate LoganCreeper50 as his successor. The constitution require unanimous government approval and 90% of the public's support to change the election holder. The government would vote in favor and 95% of the public supported the change.
On May 10th, 2023 the government proposed the first constitutional amendment in almost a year. With unanimous government approval it would be sent to a public vote and on May 12th, 2023, the 1 year anniversary of the constitutions last amendment the vote would fail with only 58.7% approval instead of the needed 75%.
On May 26th, 2023, the nation of Norway would decide to leave the NSR. Its dependency, Denmark, would decide to remain a part of the NSR and declare its independence from Norway. SireRobert would make a statement the following day about Norway leaving.
The nation of Korea would being their integration period on May 30th, 2023.
June 2023
In the June 2023 elections Carrot_Cake2002 would win election and the chiefs would be jagster104, Orremorre, and RedPanda_61.
On June 5th, 2023 the NSR would leave the Organization of Free Nations after being apart of it since March. No official statement would be released.
On June 12th, 2023 the nation of Reunion, an island located in the Indian Ocean, would begin their integration trials.
The NSR province of Lapland would break into a civil war on June 15th, 2023 due to an contentious election. The civil war would continue to happen throughout the month of June and July.
Korea and Reunion would become fully integrated on June 19th, 2023. This gives their citizens the right to vote and run for office.
July 2023
Lucas2011 would win Hoyenah, with the chiefs being wishful_, Oce_78, Hambellux, the_estonian_guy, and ItzAzalea.
During early July, player ShooterAngel would become the mayor of the town of Aukby, an NSR town in southern France. On July 2nd they would create the nation of Occitania, and on July 9th, 2023 the nation would finish integration.
On July 16th, 2023 chief the_estonian_guy would resign, the chief position would then fall to unown006.
The Lapland civil war would finish on July 21st, 2023 with Lapland losing and leaving the NSR.
On July 24th, 2023 chief ItzAzalea would also resign, the chief position would then fall to Schwarz_Official.
On July 29th, 2023 the nation of Minnesota would begin integration.
August 2023
Work in Progress
September 2023
Work in Progress
October 2023
jagster104 would win the election for Hoyenah making this his 5th term as Hoyenah. Tying him with LordWulf7647, for the Hoyenah with the 3rd most terms. The Chiefs elected that month would be SireRobert, Carrot_Cake2002, Downright_Dom, and unown006.
On the 4th of the month the nation of Quebec, owned by GMeur would begin integration into the republic.
Overclaim being announced would lead to attempt by the government to minimize its possible effects. A recruitment gold drive incented would be passed into law on October 6th. A mayor would get 50g per resident recruited if they met the criteria of; fully integrating resident into the discord, check in with the resident often, and trying to get the to vote in game. The government would also begin a plan to pay 50g a month to show owners in the NSR if they advertise, stock, have daily sales, and are in the National Shopping District in UK.
The nations of Wisconsin and NL would also begin integration on October 6th and 10th respectively.
With overclaim planned to be introduced on January 1st, 2024, and a 100% refund for unclaimed chunks lasting until then plans to rearrange some of the NSR's larger towns was put into effect. An 136 chunk town would be carved out of Inverness, the town would be called Alba, and a 254 chunk town would be created from western Dublin.
Transportation
The North Sea Republic is home to the 'North Sea Republic Transcontinental Ice Railway' an Ice rail that connects towns as far south as Spain, through Ireland and Britian, Iceland, Greenland and to Norway. The project started in July at the town of Chalchou by player LadyCodyBug. The project soon would grow to encompass the majority of the North Sea Republic's towns thanks to dedicated excavators like, LustMelody the mayor of Derry, and help from everyday players. The Ice rail makes fast travel possible to distant towns across the republic.
Government
The Government of the North Sea Republic is a 3 chamber system. The government includes the Hoyenah which is elected by the public and leads the physical nation. The Chiefs which typically has 3 or 5 members. The Hoyenah and the Majority of the Chiefs have equal power, and if neither branches agree the public acts as a tie breaker in a public vote.
The republic was founded in September 2017 on EarthMC Classic under the nation of Canada and has had zero breaks since.
Hoyenah
The Hoyenah is the name used by the elected leader of the nation. It comes from the Haudenosaunee word Hoyaneh which means "caretaker of the peace" and a title given to Haudenosaunee chiefs. The word was adopted for the republic in 2017, when leader Dayzle used the title. When the first leader was elected, the title was passed down.
This list only contains the Hoyenahs during Terra Aurora (full list)
| No. | Name | Range | Terms | Home Town | Home Nation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | LoganCreeper50 | May 2nd, 2022 - June 2nd, 2022 | 1 | Vik | Iceland |
| 45 | RlZ58 | June 2nd, 2022 - July 2nd, 2022 | 1 | Akureyri | Iceland |
| 46 | jagster104 | July 2nd, 2022 - October 2nd, 2022 | 3 | Peebles | Ireland |
| 47 | Lucas2011 | October 2nd, 2022 - November 2nd, 2022 | 1 | Asgard | Scandinavia |
| 48 | LordWulf7937 | November 2nd, 2022 - January 2nd, 2022 | 2 | Leap | Ireland |
| 49 | Proser | January 2nd, 2023 - February 2nd, 2023 | 1 | Cork | Ireland |
| 50 | SireRobert | February 2nd, 2023 - March 2nd, 2023 | 1 | Bebbanburg | Ireland |
| 51 | Jagster104 | March 2nd, 2023 - April 2nd, 2023 | 1 | Peebles | Ireland |
| 52 | Carrot_Cake2002 | April 2nd, 2023 - May 2nd, 2023 | 1 | Skye | Ireland |
| 53 | SireRobert | May 2nd, 2023 - June 2nd, 2023 | 1 | Aukby | Ireland |
| 54 | Carrot_Cake2002 | June 2nd, 2023 - July 2nd, 2023 | 1 | Skye | Ireland |
| 55 | Lucas2011 | July 2nd, 2023 - August 2nd, 2023 | 1 | Asgard | Scandinavia |
| 56 | wishful_ | August 2nd, 2023 - October 2nd, 2023 | 2 | Monaco | Monaco |
| 57 | jagster104 | October 2nd, 2023 - Present | 1 | Ireland | Ireland |
Chiefs
The Chiefs are the second branch of government. They can exist in a group of 3 or 5 individuals. Similarly to the Hoyenah they are elected by the people in monthly elections. When a majority of the chiefs disagree with the Hoyenah the issue is presented to the public who then votes on it.
Appointed Positions
Within the republic's government there are 2 appointed positions. The Secretary of Interior and War Chief (commonly referred to as Military Leader). The War Chief is someone who manages offensive and defensive matter, though the Hoyenah remains the Commander-in-chief. The War Chief was originally elected at the start of republic but sometime in early 2018 it became appointed. There typically has only been one War Chief at a time.
The Secretary of Interior is a much more expansive position with a lot more possible duties. In the republic's constitution the job of the secretary isn't set in stone, with the needs of the government taking priority, but typically the Secretary of Interior focusing on internal Infrastructure, like building roads, ice rails, and stocking the community warehouse. Other times the Secretary of Interior was used as a way to get people interested in the gov a low responsibility job so they can view the inner workings of the government. There has been anywhere between 1 to 3 Secretary of Interiors at any given time.
Elections
The elections of the North Sea Republic begin at the end of the month. The process begins with campaign chat being open a week before the last day of the month, in the channel people announce their running for Chief, Hoyenah, or both, and include a short campaign message. The actual elections open on the last day of the month and are open for 24 hours. The North Sea Republic uses ranked choice voting, this is where you rank the candidates from first to last on how much you would like them in the government.
Emergency elections occur when a Hoyenah resigns or is impeached while in office, and can also occur when there isn't enough Chiefs when one is impeach or steps down. When a chief leaves office it goes down to the person who was next in line during the election, though when a Hoyenah resigns there is automatically an election. Typically with an emergency election there is a campaign chat open for 1-3 days, with a 24 hour election following. Normally an emergency election only occurs if there is over a week left in the month after they stepped down. Throughout the history of the republic there have only been 4 emergency elections.
Nations
Nations apart of the NSR have complete self governance over internal affairs. The only restrictions that North Sea Republic nations have is the central government controls foreign affairs.
To become apart of the North Sea Republic a nation must go through an integration trial, this is an arbitrary time period voted on by gov. It takes 2 branch approval to begin trials and fully integrate.
| Name | Capital | Date Joined | Date Left | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iceland | Reykjavik | May 4th, 2022 | N/A | Integrated | Founding Nation |
| Ireland | Ossory | May 18th, 2022 | N/A | Integrated | Founding Nation |
| Greenland | NewGreenland | June 4th, 2022 | N/A | Integrated | There was not an official vote on them joining, but it was allowed. |
| Alba | Lochinver | June 20th, 2022 | July 17th, 2022 | Seceded | |
| Emirates | Abu_Dhabi-Dubai | July 12th, 2022 | August 12th, 2022 | Seceded | Lead by ChadKaiShek |
| Emirates | Abu_Dhabi-Dubai | September 22nd, 2022 | October 7th, 2022 | Sold | Lead by Lervain |
| Bering_Sea | Lorino | October 2nd, 2022 | December 30th, 2022 | Sold | |
| United_Kingdom | London | October 7th, 2022 | August 2nd, 2023 | Seceded | |
| Albania | Tirana | October 27th, 2022 | November 6th, 2022 | Sold | |
| Scotland | New_Mombasa | November 6th, 2022 | N/A | Integrated | |
| Luxor | Lux | December 31st, 2022 | January 14th, 2023 | Seceded | |
| Scandinavia | Asgard | January 18th, 2023 | N/A | Integrated | |
| Maine | Augusta | January 22nd, 2023 | N/A | Integrated | |
| Poitou-Charentes | Niort | January 26th, 2023 | March 16th, 2023 | Seceded | |
| Britannia | Britain | January 30th, 2023 | June 28th, 2023 | Seceded | Originally named Cornwall | Official date of succession is contested |
| Alberta | Calgary | February 15th, 2023 | March 25th, 2023 | Seceded | |
| Monaco | Monaco | February 19th, 2023 | N/A | Integrated | |
| 2.1NeedNewName | Edinburgh | February 20th, 2023 | N/A | Integrated | Referred to as Caledonia in official contexts |
| Polaris | Polaris | March 5th, 2023 | March 12th, 2023 | Invalidated* | The nation would be gifted to the people of Lapland, this would require a re-vote by the government. |
| Norway | Trondheim | March 14th, 2023 | May 26th, 2023 | Seceded | |
| Denmark | Copenhagen | March 14th, 2023 | August 17th, 2023 | Seceded | |
| Nordic | Aalborg | March 14th, 2023 | N/A | Integrated | |
| Nordland | Polaris | March 14th, 2023 | N/A | Integrated | |
| Lapland | Kantolahdenperä | March 14th, 2023 | July 21st, 2023 | Seceded | |
| UK | UK | March 31st, 2023 | N/A | Integrated | |
| England | Manchester | March 31st, 2023 | N/A | Integrated | |
| Pennsylvania | Erie | March 31st, 2023 | N/A | Integrated | |
| Basque | Béarn | April 23rd, 2023 | May 16th, 2023 | Sold | |
| Quebec | Winterhold | April 25th, 2023 | May 12th, 2023 | Sold | |
| Reunion | Reunion | June 19th, 2023 | August 2nd, 2023 | Seceded | Official date of succession is contested |
| Korea | Seoul | June 19th, 2023 | September 8th, 2023 | Seceded | |
| Occitania | Aukby | July 9th, 2023 | August 11th, 2023 | Seceded | |
| Minnesota | Greenbush | August 15th, 2023 | N/A | Integrated | |
| Zambia | ? | August 15th, 2023 | August 30th, 2023 | Sold | |
| Lotharingia | Dijon | September 5th, 2023 | N/A | Integrated |