Aurora:North Sea Republic
The North Sea Republic is a nation located in Greenland, Iceland, and the British Isles. It was founded as the continuation of the nation of Canada from Classic and Wabanaki from Terra Nova.
The North Sea Republic is made up of separate provinces. These provinces are Ireland, Greenland and Emirates. And 1 separate nation spawn, being Iceland.
The North Sea Republic is the oldest running republic on EarthMC, holding continuous monthly elections starting in September of 2017.
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 20th, 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.
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.
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.
September 18th would see a large area of New_York be removed for hollow claim and gold duping. 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
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.
As of October 2022 the republic has had 62 monthly elections and 30 unique leaders. The republic was founded in September 2017 on EarthMC Classic under the nation of Canada and has had zero breaks since.