Nostra:Australia
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Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a nation comprising the southern two thirds of the mainland of the Australian continent, and the island of Tasmania. It is a Constitutional Monarchy led by the current Prime Minister, Dishonesty, with Nearings serving as Monarch.
Pre-Nostra Era
Initial Planning
The idea of an Australian nation began in July 2025, as plans for a New Zealand nation were scrapped. Originally under the name of "New Holland", members of Pilbara began planning a successor state for Terra Nostra. The original nation plan was a Democratic Republic without a Monarchy, to be led by Panth_r as the interim President. However, due to the nuking of the Pilbaran Discord and subsequent Pilbara-Oceania War, several original members of the planned nation would leave the plan due to falling outs with the founders, leaving Nearings, smothyhoo, SparkleAquaRose, GabeTheInsomniac and pritchy009 as the core founding members.
The plan of a Republic would be abolished on September 6th 2025, as the Australian Monarchy was officially instated with Nearings as the first King. smothyhoo and SparkleAquaRose would serve as interim Prime Ministers before the launch of the server, organizing the launch plan. SparkleAquaRose would be the Prime Minister coming into the release of the Nostra server.
Continental / Population Expansion
Several other minor planned nations would join the Australian meganation, notably Westralia led by RosemaryMan, and Tasmania led by Owry/nuuit, whom would integrate into Australia. This led to Australia's sphere of influence expanding outside of just Eastern Australia.
The membership of the nation would rapidly expand in early 2026, as the Reset grew ever closer. Due to improving relations with the nation of Australia on Aurora, several ex-Australians would come to join the plans for Australia on Terra Nostra. Several friends of the original founders would also plan to migrate to Australia. Due to the collapse of some other nations from Aurora, Australia would become a hotspot for migration, especially from Texas with several people migrating. This led to roughly 90 citizens in the Australian Discord before launch, with around 20 having Premium.
Foundation Era (April-July 2026)
Early Australia
Server launch
The server queue first opened to premium players on the 18th of April at 1:00AM AEST with the first players playing one hour later.[1] The following 3 hours would see the founding of many Australian towns: Byron_Bay (later renamed to Sydney) by OblivionAbyss17; Melbourne by Nearings; Brisbane by GabeTheInsomniac; Canberra (later renamed to Yass) by nahember; Hobart by nocktua; Gold_Coast by Dishonesty; Perth by LakelessLands; Newcastle by Allags; and Adelaide by ItzHeather. The nation was founded on the 19th of April at 12:26PM AEST by Nearings; Australia was the 13th nation on Terra Nostra to be created, and the first in the Australian Continent.
Early Growth and Reform
On the 6th of May, the nation reached 200 residents giving it the maximum nation bonus of 100. Australia was the fifth nation on the server to reach this milestone.[2] On the 10th of May, following a successful referendum Australia officially became a republic, the first time in its history it had become so.
Australia-Monaco Conflict
On the 7th of May players nahember, Tr1st4n_06, Nearings, and Redzorelfs robbed the town of Monaco and nuked their discord. Monaco retaliated, climaxing with the creation of the town Monegasque_AUS just a few chunks away from the capital, Melbourne.[3] [4][5] [6][7] Soon after an agreement was made with the Monegasques, and the town Monegasque_AUS was deleted. Prime Minister VIInOni later released a public apology on behalf of the nation.[8]
Interim Government
Collapse of the Socialist Republican Party
The Socialist Republican Party was founded by smothyhoo to act as the primary Governing Party during the interim period of Australia. It primarily advocated for Left-Wing policies, and a Republic to abolish the Monarchy. At the start of the server, SparkleAquaRose was serving as Prime Minister, with smothyhoo as Deputy Prime Minister. However, on April 21st, SparkleAquaRose would resign as Prime Minister due to internal party pressure from smothyhoo, who wished to reassume the PM role. smothyhoo would serve as Prime Minister until May 4th, when he ultimately resigned due to Coalition pressure over internal policy disputes, with a Coalition leadership election subsequently electing VIInOni of the Australian Monarchists, and GabeTheInsomniac becoming Deputy Prime Minister. Following this, the Socialist Republican Party would slowly collapse, as members defected to the United Australia Party, with the two eventually merging on May 27th 2026.
Rise of the United Australia Party
During the early stages of Australia, a party known as the "Australian Monarchists" would be formed by GabeTheInsomniac as a centrist alternative to the governing Socialist Republican Party led by smothyhoo, which was a supporter of the Australian Monarchy. However, following the Republic Referendum, the Australian Monarchists would rebrand into the United Australia Party, which would absorb the former Socialist Republican Party as well as several members from the Teal Party. This would lead to them securing 11 out of 24 seats, falling only two seats short of a Parliamentary majority. The United Australia Party, for the first month of its existence polled first place in primary votes, often by large margins. However, it should be noted the margin has been gradually reduced as new minor parties have emerged. In the June 2026 General Election, the United Australia Party would form Government, forming a Minority Government with the Greens Party led by 323Two.
American Tensions
Australian - Brazilian War
On the 10th of May, giannakycc rebelled against the rest of Amazon due to internal disagreements over discord server ownership, leading to him banning all other members of Amazon, and transferring the original Amazon discord to DiamondMatty09, the Prime Minister of Brazil. He would attempt to rebrand the server into "Brazil Corp", before trying to negotiate with Amazon over a potential corporate merge between Amazon and Brazil Corp, which ultimately ended in failure when on May 12th, Nearings and LakeFish19 cooperated to nuke the original Amazon discord server before DiamondMatty09 was able to, as he had been instructed by giannakycc to do so. This also resulted in a series of condemnations from each side, with Australia supporting Amazon by supplying holders.
On May 13th, Australia and Amazon jointly began "Operation Pugtopia" by placing six bridge towns into Brazil over a period of twenty four hours, extending their nation range into Brazil's heartland. Later, on May 14th, Amazon would join Australia as a colony, with Australia officially forming the "Commonwealth of Australia" meganation, beginning it's imperial expansion. During this period, Nubia and Australia together created a treaty to mediate peace, but however this original draft was rejected by the Brazilian Government, and the war continued. On May 27th, Australia began a renewed offensive into Brazil, placing seven new towns in Brazil, including two war towns on the capital of Rio De Janeiro. This would ultimately lead to Brazil and Australia signing a peace treaty on May 29th, in which Brazil would purchase back the war towns overtime, and kick the rogue DiamondMatty09 from their nation, ending the conflict in a decisive Australian victory. Amazon would officially leave the Australian Meganation on June 8th, 2026.
Texas Tensions
On May 28th, Texas would officially condemn Australia, Amazon and Nubia for their "invasion of the Americas", calling for them to withdraw from Brazil. This would result in an Australian response, as well as a Canadian condemnation of Texas due to allegations of Texan doxxing. Tensions would further escalate when on June 18th, Texas would declare support for Great Southern. The same day, Australia purchased the nation of Mexican-Republic from 4daniel, and admitted it as a colony.
The Great Southern Wars
The First Great Southern War
The First Great Southern War was a conflict fought between Australia and Great Southern between June 4th and June 12th of 2026 in Southwest Australia. This brief conflict saw several PVP engagements, with three recorded battles, the First/Second Battles of Blackwood River, and the Battle of WA, with the First Battle of Blackwood River and Battle of WA being decisive Australian victories, and the Second Battle of Blackwood River being a draw between the two sides due to the appearance of foreign PVPers. The War officially came to an end on June 12th, with a peace treaty being signed between Australia and Great Southern.
The Second Great Southern War
The Second Great Southern War began on June 16th 2026, only four days after the ratification of the previous peace treaty. This was due to Great Southern leader Enki_Ptah griefing an Australian XP Farm in the town of WA, proven by CoreProtect logs faultily cropped by a moderator. Great Southern denied the grief, alleging that Australia had engaged in a False Flag Operation by changing their skins and then griefing their own XP farm. Australia gained support from allies such as Germany, while Great Southern gained support from foreign mercenaries from PRC, whom established a war town named Tuzi, although one of the two members would be banned for 1.1 on June 26th. The conflict has mostly been fought in the towns of Leonara, Blackwood River and SneakyTown, with PvP skirmishes occuring infrequently, often with foreign hunters and pvpers coming to the aid of either side. On July 8th, notable supporter of Great Southern flockwacka / SnstvYoungMan was banned due to toxicity, including racism and doxx threats.
The conflict would come to an end on September 8th 2026 when Australia purchased Great Southern for 6.5K Gold. The nation was renamed to Westralia, and became a territory of Australia.
Australian Growth and Expansion (July-N/A, 2026)
Expansion and Growth
Continuing from its creation, Australia has seen consistent growth, reaching 100 towns on June 25th. Australia currently sits at 122 towns and 726 residents.
Ban Controversy
On the 24th of July 2026, notable Australian players nahember and FudgingPerfect would be permanently banned from EarthMC. nahember would successfully appeal his ban on July 25th., due to initial mod evidence contradicting the conclusion of their investigation. FudgingPerfect remained banned due to his appeal being denied. The banning of nahember would prove to be controversial, as the Moderators had failed to notice that nahember's screenshot was taken in Creative using Replay Mod with Axiom, proving it was not on EarthMC itself.
Constitutional Rewrites and Political Reforms
Following the outcome of an opinion poll held on June 26th 2026, in which 57% of Australians voted to reduce the amount of larp in the nation, the heads of Australian Politics, notably Nearings and Xolly worked to create a new Constitution to de-intesify some aspects of larp within Australia, and create a more streamlined political systems. Several new polls followed, in which new political concepts such as Regional Representation, a House of Lords and a restoration of the Monarchy were explored, all being supported by the Australian people. The new Constitution would pass the Parliament unanimously, with it passing public referendum with 92% of public support. This new system has not been taken to an election yet, although the same major parties are expected to recontest.
Emergence of Third Parties
Throughout the United Australia Parties first term in Government, several third parties would begin to rise in support, such as the Australian Democratic Party, The Australia First Party and the Greens. However most notably, the Teals and Capitalist Paradigm of Australia would merge to form the new National Liberalist Party, which would quickly become the third largest party in the polls, challenging the hegemony of the UAP/GOP two party system. Alongside the new regional system, this is expected to lead to a fracturing of politics as more parties emerge. The National Liberalist Party and Goyim Obliteration Party would eventually form an Electoral Alliance, and would eventually win the August General Elections, with the new NLP/GOP Government coming into power, and the United Australia Party going into opposition.
Government and Politics
The Australian Government is made up of three key branches, being the Executive, Legislature and Judiciary. These three branches intertwine and interact, forming the foundation of Australian Governance and Politics.
Government
Executive
The Executive is comprised of two main features, being the Commonwealth Government and the President. The Commonwealth Government is led by the Prime Minister, who appoints Ministers to serve in Cabinet. The Commonwealth Government is responsible for developing government policy, enforcing Parliamentary legislation and administering the day-to-day business of the nation. The President acts as the Head of State, which mostly serves a ceremonial role in Australia, although appoints and swears in the Government.
| Role | Player |
|---|---|
| Prime Minister | Dishonesty |
| Deputy Prime Minister | OrphanSlayer6969 |
| Treasurer | XperimentalOdin |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | VIInOni |
| Minister for Home Affairs | JackFromHell |
| Minister for Defence | nahember |
| Minister for Infrastructure | me20ty |
| Minister for Community Engagement | OblivionAbyss |
Legislature
The Legislature is comprised of the Commonwealth Parliament, which holds elections every two months to elect Members of Parliament. These Members represent Australians in Government, drafting and proposing legislation to be voted on by other MP's. Political Parties require a majority support within Parliament to form Government, with Government being formed in the House of Representatives, the only current house in the Parliament.
Judiciary
The Judiciary is comprised of the High Court of Australia, which interprets the Australian Constitution, and enforces Australian Law at the highest level. The High Court is responsible for holding the Commonwealth Government and Parliament accountable to the Constitution and it's laws. It is headed by a Chief Justice, the longest serving member of the Court, as well as an odd numbered amount of Justices who sit alongside the Chief Justice. The current Chief Justice of Australia is Xollyme/zlts, with PotatoGamble, zakouschko and _milutom_ serving as Justices.
Politics
On August 20th 2026, a by-election for the division of Westralia was held to fill the vacancy left by former Prime Minister nahember. UAP Candidate ItsFrizy would be elected with a Two Party Preferred Margin of 66.67% against NLP Candidate LakelessLands. Although this was a landslide victory, the UAP suffered a 14.5% swing against them.
Former Governments
| Role | Player |
|---|---|
| Prime Minister | Nearings |
| Deputy Prime Minister | GabeTheSavior (until July 21st) |
| nahember (after July 21st) | |
| Treasurer | XperimentalOdin |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | Dishonesty (until July 21st) |
| Tinkered_ (after July 21st) | |
| Minister for Home Affairs | VIInOni |
| Minister for Defence | Tr1st4n_06 |
| Minister for Infrastructure | LakelessLands |
| Minister for Community | OblivionAbyss |
| Minister for Security Intelligence (until July 21st) | nahember |
| Minister for Conservation (until July 21st) | 323Two |
| Minister for Finance (until July 21st) | Gautomy |
Elections
| Election Month & Year | Summary | Prime Minister | United Australia Party (UAP) | Goyim Obliteration Party (GOP) | Australian Democratic Party (ADP) | Greens (GRN) | Total seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2026 General Election | The United Australia Party forms a minority government with the support of the Greens. Nearings is sworn in as the first elected Prime Minister on the 20th of June with GabeTheInsomniac as his deputy. The Goyim Obliteration Party forms the official opposition, with 0rphanSlayer6969 becoming the new Opposition Leader. | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| Election Month & Year | Summary | Prime Minister | United Australia Party (UAP) | National Liberalist Party (NLP) | Goyim Obliteration Party (GOP) | Total seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2026 General Election | The National Liberalist Party forms a Coalition Government with the Goyim Obliteration Party. Dishonesty is sworn in as the Third Prime Minister of Australia on August 17th, with 0rphanSlayer6969 as his deputy. The United Australia Party would form the official opposition, with VIInOni becoming the new Opposition Leader. | Dishonesty | 9 | 6 | 4 | 19 |