Minecraftia

Minecraftia
Flag
Motto: NS's Largest Minecraft-themed Region
Recognised national languages	English
Demonym(s)	Minecraftian
Government	Protectorate under a military dictatorship
• Founder	Soviet Canuckistan (2011–2023) Creeperopolis 5 (2023–present)
• WA Delegate	Vacant
Legislature	None
Establishment
• Established	16 October 2011
• Disestablished	16 February 2023
• Refounded	12 April 2023
Population
• 2021 census	1
GDP (nominal)	2021 estimate
• Total	$2.988 quadrillion
• Per capita	$2.988 quadrillion
Currency	Dollar

Minecraftia (pronounced: [maɪnˈkræft.i.ə]) is a minuscule region on NationStates with only one nation as of August 2021. The region was founded on 16 October 2011 by Soviet Canuckistan, who served as the region's founder until 16 February 2023, when both he and the region ceased to exist. On 12 April 2023, the region was refounded by Creeperopolis 5.

The region has been inactive for a long time and has only had one nation for most of 2021 and the region has not had a World Assembly Delegate since 2018. The positions of Vice World Assembly Delegate, President, Vice President, and Senator existed in the past, but have since been abolished. The peaks of activity in the region occurred between 2011 and 2014.

The region claims to be the "largest Minecraft-themed region" on NationStates, however, as of August 2021, the region only has one nation.

History

Minecraftia was established on 16 October 2011 by Soviet Canuckistan, the same day that Soviet Canuckistan was founded. Soviet Canuckistan posted the first message on the Regional Message Board on the same day the region was founded, which simply read: "Welcome!" The region opened its first embassy on 18 October 2011 with the region of Minecraft.The first link to an external roleplay was posted on 20 October 2011 by Candova Commonwealth, however, the last post on the roleplay was posted only three days later on 23 October 2011.

On 7 November 2011, Soviet Canuckistan suggested making the World Assembly Delegate an elected position, as he had been appointed as World Assembly Delegate on 21 October 2011, however, nothing came from the suggestion. On 9 November 2011, the region came under an attack, however, the attackers and the result of the attack are unknown. The attacker, however, may have been the region of Bacon Strips, as an embassy was rejected shortly after the attack as the region has an embassy with Bacon Strips.

On 7 May 2012, Team Avolition allegedly spammed the Regional Message Board, resulting in Soviet Canuckistan suppressing many posts and the NationStates moderators intervening on behalf of Soviet Canuckistan. Messages from 6 July 2012 by Soviet Canuckistan and Pipboy indicate that during the early history of the region, there were at least five government positions: Founder, World Assembly Delegate, Vice World Assembly Delegate, President, and Vice President. The history of the three latter offices are mostly unknown. Three positions of Senator also existed, indicating that a legislature once existed, however, it was abolished before 2013 and only one Senator was ever appointed.

On 15 June 2014, Cosmic Explosion was elected as World Assembly Delegate by a vote of 2–0, defeating Alexatian, who was appointed as Vice World Assembly Delegate. The election was the first in the history of Minecraftia, and is the only known election to have occurred for the position. Incoming World Assembly Delegate Cosmic Explosion made a speech regarding the election, stating:

Hello, ladies and gentlemen. Today is a monumental step forward towards a democratic, nonauthoritarian government.

The first step in creating a democratic government is to give the WA Delegate executive powers. I am a elected official who deserves this power.

The second step is establishing a Congress. This Congress will consist of two elected congressmen and the Vice Delegate will act as Speaker of the Congress.

Last, but certainly not least, is establishing a Supreme Court. However, this will only occur if we reach 25 nations by the end of my time as delegate.

That leads into my vision of a recruitment office, consisting of nearly every single nation in our region. I am asking our founder, Soviet Canuckistan to write a recruitment message to be sent to new nations and posted to recruitment friendly regions.

If we can accomplish those things in the next 100 days, we can be a successful region. But to accomplish these goals, we must act with ambition and give as much effort as possible. Together, I believe we can accomplish anything. These things may be difficult, to some maybe even impossible, but remember, we don't do these things because they're easy, but because they are hard.

I hope all of you think the same. One of my favorite phrases is Success breads Success. If we can accomplish one of my goals, we can accomplish two, and if we accomplish two, we can accomplish three. Once we get all of my goals accomplished, we start again. We make new goals, and we accomplish those we can accomplish anything.

Members of this region, I believe we can accomplish anything. Stand with me and we can accomplish anything.

— Cosmic Explosion

That same day, he presented a bill which would be opened to a referendum:

PROPOSAL 1A – EXECUTIVE POWER ACT

KNOWS the region has never given the WA Delegate executive powers in fear that WA Delegate would do something that would negatively affect the region.

ALSO KNOWS Cosmic Explosion was the first democratically elected delegate in the regions history.

NOTES that the point of democracy is to have democratically elected officials handle regional decisions.

PROPOSES the founder of this region give executive powers to the WA Delegate, effective immediately.

ALLOWS the founder to remove the powers if at anytime one of the following occurs.

1. Coup, which is defined as an a unauthorized change in leadership, whether that be the WA Delegate or another government position.

2. If more then three fourths of the region approves a recall.

3. If The Delegate ejects someone without founder approval.

HEREBY PROPOSES this bill to the members of the region. Passage requires a minimum of 51% of voters to approve the bill.

RESIDENTS EXCLUDED FROM VOTING

AMBASSADORS PUPPET NATIONS

ALL OTHER RESIDENTS ARE ALLOWED AND ENCOURAGED TO VOTE.

— Proposal 1A – Executive Powers Act (Version as of 11 July 2014)

The bill failed on 20 July 2014 by a vote of 1–2. A revised version was proposed on 26 July 2014, however, it also failed by a vote of 1–2. On 6 August 2014, Skulking was elected as Vice Delegate. On 25 September 2014, Legionnaries XIII overthrew World Assembly Delegate Alexatian, however, he was restored to power the next day.

The Minecraftia WFE on 9 January 2017.

The World Factbook Entry has remained the same since late-2016, reading:

NS's Largest Minecraft-themed Region

Upon joining the region, nations are encouraged to:
1. Join the WA here, this will further you NationStates experience and will help Minecraftia! Both win.
2. Endorse the current WA Delegate
3. Invite your friends here, we're always looking for new members to join our growing community

Government:
Founder: Soviet Canuckistan
WA Delegate: Murgonea

Region Stuff
-IRC on esper.net:LinkHere Channel is #Minecraftia, use your nationname as a username

— Minecraftia World Factbook Entry

On 27 October 2018, Red End seized the vacant position of World Assembly Delegate, however, he was quickly overthrown the following day. The coup d'état resulted in the closure of thirty-five embassies, and as of August 2021, no embassy has ever been reopened. On 12 November 2018, Soviet Canuckistan ceased to exist, however, he quickly refounded. On 5 March 2021, Trinindad and Bangova attempted to seize the vacant position of World Assembly Delegate, however, the coup d'état failed as Bangova withdrew early.

On 16 February 2023, Soviet Canuckistan ceased to exist, and shortly afterwards, so did the region. The region's disappearance was not noticed until 12 April 2023, when it was refounded by Creeperopolis 5 to preserve the region's history.

Government

Founder

Founder			Term in office		Party	Ref.
1.		Amish Paradise Soviet Canuckistan (2011–2023)	16 October 2011	16 February 2023	CBF
			11 years and 123 days
No Founder (16 February – 12 April 2023)
2.		Empire Creeperopolis 5 (2023–)	12 April 2023	Incumbent	Independent
			1 year and 317 days

World Assembly Delegate

World Assembly Delegate			Term in office		Party	Ref.
No World Assembly Delegate (16–21 October 2011)
1.		Amish Paradise Soviet Canuckistan (2011–2023)	21 October 2011	5 April 2012	CBF
			167 days
2.		Dictatorship Monolith (2011–2012)	5 April 2012	6 April 2012	Independent
			1 day
3.		Old Empirical United Kingdom San Janoso (2011–2021)	6 April 2012	8 April 2012	Independent
			2 days
4.		Amish Paradise Soviet Canuckistan (2011–2023)	8 April 2012	11 April 2012	CBF
			3 days
No World Assembly Delegate (11–14 April 2012)
4.		Amish Paradise Soviet Canuckistan (2011–2023)	14 April 2012	24 April 2012	CBF
			10 days
No World Assembly Delegate (24–26 April 2012)
4.		Amish Paradise Soviet Canuckistan (2011–2023)	26 April 2012	1 May 2012	CBF
			5 days
No World Assembly Delegate (1–3 May 2012)
4.		Amish Paradise Soviet Canuckistan (2011–2023)	3 May 2012	6 May 2012	CBF
			3 days
No World Assembly Delegate (6–9 May 2012)
4.		Amish Paradise Soviet Canuckistan (2011–2023)	9 May 2012	12 May 2012	CBF
			3 days
No World Assembly Delegate (12 May 2012)
4.		Amish Paradise Soviet Canuckistan (2011–2023)	12 May 2012	13 May 2012	CBF
			1 day
No World Assembly Delegate (13–15 May 2012)
4.		Amish Paradise Soviet Canuckistan (2011–2023)	15 May 2012	19 May 2012	CBF
			4 days
No World Assembly Delegate (19–27 May 2012)
4.		Amish Paradise Soviet Canuckistan (2011–2023)	27 May 2012	28 May 2012	CBF
			1 day
No World Assembly Delegate (28 May – 17 June 2012)
5.		Nexin (2012–2013)	17 June 2012	22 June 2012	Independent
			5 days
6.		Amish Paradise Soviet Canuckistan (2011–2023)	22 June 2012	25 June 2012	CBF
			3 days
No World Assembly Delegate (25–26 June 2012)
7.		Old Empirical United Kingdom San Janoso (2011–2021)	26 June 2012	5 February 2013	Independent
			224 days
8.		Federated States Canme (2012–2019)	5 February 2013	13 July 2013	Independent
			158 days
9.		Republic Kailandian (2012–2014)	13 July 2013	21 January 2014	Independent
			192 days
No World Assembly Delegate (21 January – 23 February 2014)
10.		Anarcho-Syndicalist Union Alexatian (2013–)	23 February 2014	2 June 2014	Independent
			99 days
11.		Amish Paradise Soviet Canuckistan (2011–2023)	2 June 2014	3 June 2014	CBF
			1 day
12.		Cosmic Explosion (2014–2019)	3 June 2014	4 June 2014	Independent
			1 day
13.		Anarcho-Syndicalist Union Alexatian (2013–)	4 June 2014	13 June 2014	Independent
			9 days
14.		Amish Paradise Soviet Canuckistan (2011–2023)	13 June 2014	15 June 2014	CBF
			2 days
15.		Cosmic Explosion (2014–2019)	15 June 2014	27 July 2014	Independent
			42 days
–		Anarcho-Syndicalist Union Alexatian (2013–) Acting	27 July 2014	28 July 2014	Independent
			1 day
–		Cosmic Explosion (2014–2019) Acting	28 July 2014	29 July 2014	Independent
			1 day
16.		Anarcho-Syndicalist Union Alexatian (2013–)	29 July 2014	25 September 2014	Independent
			58 days
–		Legionnaries XIII (2014–2015) Usurper	25 September 2014	25 September 2014	Military
			1 day
16.		Anarcho-Syndicalist Union Alexatian (2013–)	25 September 2014	28 February 2016	Independent
			1 year and 156 days
17.		Federation Skulking (2012–2020)	28 February 2016	26 March 2016	Independent
			27 days
18.		Cubed Hills Creeper Utopia (2015–2017)	26 March 2016	27 June 2016	Independent
			93 days
19.		Federation Murgonea (2010–2017)	27 June 2016	12 September 2016	Independent
			77 days
No World Assembly Delegate (12 September – 14 December 2016)
19.		Federation Murgonea (2010–2017)	14 December 2016	26 January 2017	Independent
			43 days
No World Assembly Delegate (26 January – 4 March 2017)
20.		Federation Skulking (2012–2020)	4 March 2017	11 March 2017	Independent
			7 days
21.		People's Creeperian Republic Creeperopolis (2015–)	11 March 2017	25 April 2017	Independent
			45 days
22.		Federation Skulking (2012–2020)	25 April 2017	11 June 2017	Independent
			47 days
23.		Amish Paradise Soviet Canuckistan (2011–2023)	11 June 2017	20 December 2017	CBF
			192 days
No World Assembly Delegate (20 December 2017 – 19 June 2018)
23.		Amish Paradise Soviet Canuckistan (2011–2023)	19 June 2018	18 September 2018	CBF
			91 days
No World Assembly Delegate (18 September 2018 – 27 October 2018)
–		Red End (2018–2018) Usurper	27 October 2018	28 October 2018	Military
			1 day
No World Assembly Delegate (28 October 2018 – present)

Notable former residents

Former residents in the FCN

• Creeperopolis (2016–2018), later President of the Federation of Conservative Nations
• Krankriet (2018), later Vice President of the Federation of Conservative Nations
• North Wellwood (2018), later Vice President of the Federation of Conservative Nations

Former residents in the LCN/TL

• Creeperopolis (2016–2018), later Chief Consul of The League

See also

• Federation of Conservative Nations

References

Bibliography

• "CADS Seeks Development Partners/Investors. [Closed]". NationStates Forums. Minecraftia. 23 October 2011. p. 1. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
• "Minecraftia History". NationStates. Minecraftia. 18 August 2021. pp. 1–12. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
• "Minecraftia Regional Message Board (RMB)". NationStates. Minecraftia. 18 August 2021. pp. 1–93. Retrieved 18 August 2021.

External links

• Minecraftia Main Page
• Minecraftia Main Page Wayback Machine