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 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.
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.