Nova:Iceland
*The following has two accounts of the description and history of Iceland. Leaving both to better show the history of what has happened.
Iceland
Iceland started in November of 2018. The original founders of Iceland are unknown at this time. Their ruins scatter the landscape, telling a story of a nation once thriving but long since has been forgotten. Today, new towns once again are beginning to inhabit the cold mountainous terrain that is Iceland. Though the capital has changed several times throughout its history, the current capital resides in Hoffell, a town founded by Papiroca in November of 2018. A rapid growth and expansion in December of 2018 saw the addition of Question Everything and Munkl3 to the towns governing body. The town thrived through December, leading to the Capital of Iceland being moved from an, at the time, abandoned town, to Hoffell, making Papiroca the new Icelandic leader. QE and Munkl3 were also promoted to Chancellors. New Years 2019 started off looking great for Iceland, but would quickly take a turn for the worst. Mass abandonment by the players once inhabiting Hoffell. On January 18th, 2019, the last "Lol" was sent in the Icelandic discord and the town fell quiet.
Today, Iceland once again thrives. Just at the point of complete abandonment from the world, Munkl3 was contacted by Hexagram_ in an attempt to gain complete control over Iceland and begin to rebuild. Inspired by the sudden interest and resurgence of players in Iceland, with development of several new towns, Munkl3 began to play once again. As of February 27th, due to inactivity, the power of King of Iceland and Mayor of Hoffell were transferred to Munkl3. Munkl3 did not, will not, transfer the power. For various reasons, including the possibility of power being handed over to someone motivated by personal vendettas. With talk and risk of War rapidly growing with the transfer of power, Munkl3 decided to keep leadership of the nation and begin to build a new United and Powerful Iceland.
Current Towns
Hoffell (Capital)
Shadowridge
Klettahlio
Innsigli
Updated: 03 March 19
(second account of the history of Iceland)
Description
The Nation of Iceland has been long inactive on the server. Recently, in early February, Hexagram_ took a liking to the land and decided to move there. Slowly building a small town and recruiting some of his friends to settle the territory with him, Iceland soon began to look like a country with scattered city states. It was only when Hexagram_ got in contact with Munkl3, a Chancellor in the nation, that he was able to invite all of those Icelandic towns into the nation itself and bring it back to life. Control of the nation will be gained when the last inactive member gets kicked for inactivity(February 26th), when it will then be passed to Hexagram_.
History
Iceland has always been an inactive nation. That is until Hexagram_ decided to bring the land back to life.
The Rebirth of a Nation
New Beginning
Hexagram_ was a Scottish citizen for most of his time as a new player on the server. He was tired of being in someone else's town and of depending on mayors for things he needed, so he decided that it was time to create his own town. The land in the british isles was very contested, and Hexagram_ did not want to create a new town where a battle was being fought. So he decided to sail to Iceland and start the town of Storidalur on the south-east of Iceland.
Hexagram_ felt like he could still be in Scotland while having a town in Iceland. After all, he had never planned on leaving, only on remaining there to avoid being attacked or invaded in case of a war. But realizing that it would not be practical for Scotland to move it's capital to accomodate to his needs, Hex started mining for gold in order to start his own nation. While mining, he realized it would be stupid to have a nation with only him and his town in it, so he reached out to old friends(gtaagent2 and jojix) to help him gather gold and create the nation.
gtaagent2 and jojix were a part of Storidalur for a good time, until one day while surveying the land they came across an abandoned ruin south of Hoffell. They decided to leave Storidalur and settle there to rebuild, and created the town of Shadowridge in the process. Shadowridge would begin efforts to rebuild a castle and bring their town to it's former glory.
Infrastructure
Hex noticed that being far from Shadowridge meant that he had to walk there every time, effectively crossing the country. Then, he noticed he had a load of rails in one of his chests and decided to create a railroad connecting Shadowridge and Storidalur. The project took about an hour to complete due to procrastinating and dealing with other matters during it, but when it was complete it was used often.
After using the railroad for a while, Hex noticed it was slower than walking to shadowridge, so the only advantage of using it is you don't have to press the W key. Then jojix suggested that a new railroad be restored and built, this time fully underground connecting Shadowridge, Storidalur and what would become Innsigli. In about an hour, jojix was done modifying and repairing the existing underground tunnels, effectively creating a better, faster and safer railroad.
Breaking away from Scotland
While in Iceland working on buildings or armor, Hex faced an issue. He would often get random attackers, who were often driven away as they were unprepared for extensive combat. But one day, the most unlikely attacker showed up. It was Dexter1080p, mayor of Scotland's largest town "Fenrir".
Dexter showed up claiming that Hexagram had stolen a fishing rod from him. Hexagram said he took it because while he lived in fenrir, Dexter used 5 of his mending books to buy it. His defense was, the mending books were more valuable therefore the fishing rod should belong to him. Dexter still didn't give up, and wanted 10 gold so he would leave. Hexagram called for Scotland's help, but no one did anything, so he took it upon himself to battle Dexter and his member xXCyberKossXx.
After a little skirmish in and out of claims, Dexter managed to kill gtaagent2, stealing 7 gold and 2 blaze spawners from his dead corpse. Hexagram and jojix got really unhappy, then took it upon themselves to finish this fight. The Icelanders focused on Dexter, shattering his helmet and causing him to run inside a claim to teleport away. However, Cyber started running in time for the pvp to be turned on in Shadowridge. Hexagram chased him, hit him a few times, and got him to log off in combat. Then, Hexagram created a tomb where Cyber logged off and surrounded it in lava.
After this, the leader of Scotland, Nicola_Sturgeon, logged on and sorted it out on the discord. Hexagram was forced to reveal the location of the tomb to Dexter, and was not compensated for what he lost from the battle. He did not get his friend's spawners or gold back either.
Feeling as if this treatment was unfair, Hexagram decided that he'd be cutting ties with Scotland. However, he ended up being kicked from the nation by Dexter. Later that same day, Dexter attacked Iceland again with Eon_Fusion and MrJimBobJr on his side. This time, gtaagent2 and jojix were geared up properly, and it was an easy victory for Iceland.
New Towns
Hexagram and gtaagent2 got in contact with mutual friends from past servers they have played on. These people were Zolphax, PinkInk and Emperor248. They all lived in Shadowridge very briefly, before Emperor248 decided to create his own town on the eastern shore of Iceland. He built Innsigli on top of existing ruins, which were conveniently connected to the underground railroad.
After trying hard to contact inactive leaders of Iceland, Hexagram finally succeeded and managed to bring Munkl3 back to activity. This meant that instead of gathering the gold to create a nation, the Icelandic people could just join the already existing one. As a chancellor, Munkl3 was able to invite Shadowridge, Storidalur and Innsigli to Iceland. Now that Icelandic towns were in a nation, and Hoffell joined the cause, Hexagram could leave his town to Zolphax and create a new town to serve as the Capital of Iceland once the throne was given to him. Zolphax renamed Storidalur to Klettahlio, and Hexagram created Equinox.
The Passing of Power
The current king of Iceland, Lurdz92 is inactive. On February 26th, he will be kicked and the leadership will be passed to Munkl3. Then, Munkl3 will pass the leadership to Hexagram_, and Iceland will finally be a fully active nation.
Government
Iceland's government is a modified Constitutional Monarchy.
There is one King, Hexagram_ who is always in power. He has full control of the military, and can decide whether to ally or enemy other nations. He can also declare war.
There is an Elite, consisting of every Jarl in the nation(a Jarl is a mayor), and some trusted members that can be voted into it.
There is also the Upper Elite also known as the King's Advisors, consisting of gtaagent2 and jojix. Their vote in the Elite counts as two votes, and they advise the king on what to do when he needs assistance.
The king may suggest laws and policies, but he cannot directly put them into the voting stage. In case the King or an Elite member has an idea for infrastructure, laws, policies, etc., the Elite will discuss this idea and decide whether or not it goes into the voting stage. Once in the voting stage, a policy needs a 1/2 majority support to be taken to the final stage. At the final stage, the King can accept or deny this policy. If accepted, it is made into a law and implemented/worked on. If denied, it is sent back to the Elite for another vote, this time requiring a 2/3rds majority to pass. If this vote passes, then the King cannot reject it and it will be put in action.
In the absence of the King, the King's Advisors will take full control of the military and make decisions that the king would normally make. Their votes on the Elite would not count as they would be fulfilling the King's role in such case.
Military
Iceland has 3 main soldiers as of now. They are jojix, gtaagent2 and Zolphax. These soldiers are armed to the teeth in god armor, weapons and potions, and fight the most conficts. Iceland also has a Militia, and in case of war, every able bodied man is required to assist in defending Iceland, however they are not required to join the 3 main soldiers in invasions and attacks.
Buildings
- Shadowridge's Castle
- Emperor's Tower
- Hoffel's Town Square
Notable People
- jojix
- gtaagent2
- Zolphax
- Munkl3