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Federation of Conservative Nations
Flag Emblem
Capital	presidential-office
Largest city	general
Official languages	None Official
Recognised national languages	English
Ethnic groups	100% Ethnic FCNer
Demonym(s)	FCNer
Government	Presidential System
• President	Viridus (first) Fluvannia (last)
• Senate Speaker	Unknown (first) Washingtonian Republic (last)
Legislature	Senate
Establishment
• Establishment	September 9, 2017
• Dissolution	May 1, 2020
Population
• Estimate	301 Nations (Peak, December 26 2019)
Currency	FCN Dollar
Time zone	Eastern Daylight Time/ Eastern Standard Time (Unofficial)
Driving side	right

The Federation of Conservative Nations was an enormous region founded on September 9, 2017, following the de-facto destruction of the Confederacy of Conservative Nations. Shortly after the founding of the Federation of Conservative Nations, a short-lived breakaway region known as the Confederacy of Conservative Countries was formed. The first President of the Federation of Conservative Nations was Colorado-Kansas, who is currently serving as the Director of Foreign Affairs of the League of Conservative Nations. The first months of the Federation were marked by a period of relative stability, despite allegations of racism and homophobia that would come to light in 2018. In March 2018, a second constitution of the FCN that was written to largely fix grammar mistakes and unclear articles in the first constitution was proposed and ratified. This constitution would exist until the dissolution of the Federation.

Gagium, who took office as President in April 2018 after beating Washingtonian Republic, would introduce a regional currency soon after. During the Summer of 2018, the Iron & Blood roleplay took place, which was popular among many FCNers. In early July before the elections, Crimsonfield joined the region. Crimsonfield would become prominent in FCN history for the attempted regional coup which involved getting a friend to DDoS Gagium and forming a voting bloc in the FCN Senate to manipulate the region. After the DDoSing attempt came to light, Crimsonfield and his associates formed the Union of Conservative States, which would be destroyed by the FCN in the 2018 UCS Coup D'état's.

Before this, however, Crimsonfield attempted to liberate the FCN using the World Assembly Security Council - this liberation failed. In early 2019, a FCN minecraft server hosted by Doge Republics was created. In February, another region created by Crimsonfield with the intent of destroying the FCN was destroyed. A group chat created as a result of this region would lead to the creation of the Gentleman's Coalition, a regional alliance between the FCN, LCN, and the Redlands. During Vens Verbum's term as President, several incidents occurred between the FCN and LCN. This led to an incident June 16 in which Gagium and Viridus were banned from the LCN for spam. Following this, Gagium attempted to pass a bill in the FCN Senate to close embassies between the two regions. The bill passed, but it was vetoed. An executive order by New Gandor (who was serving as President at the time) on July 4 resulted in all LCNers being banned from the FCN and embassies closing. As a result, several prominent FCNers soon left the Federation for the League.

On July 21, the 2019 Federation of Conservative Nations Olympics started, which was hosted by Furby Island. During the Olympics, activity skyrocketed and attention was somewhat turned away from other issues. On August 7, the Olympics concluded. Following the Olympics, a temporary increase in interest of regional sports occurred. The Federation 2020 roleplay, created by Gagium and Furby (With Furby creating most of the maps used for the roleplay), started on November 26 and would continue until the dissolution of the FCN.

On October 13, Furbish Islands narrowly defeated Gagium in the October Presidential Elections. During Furby's presidency, the FCN Times was revived thanks to TheGoldCoast being appointed as Head Journalist. On December 17, 2019, the Federation of Conservative Nations discord server was mysteriously raided and nearly everyone was banned from the server. It was confirmed that Doge Republics was behind the raid. A new discord server was created after the raid. Near the end of Furby's presidency in early January 2020, an effort to impeach him was pushed by Holy Rhinish Islands. The impeachment, which was put to vote on January 3, alleged that Furby took place in bribery and illegally banning individuals. Though the impeachment vote concluded at 12 ayes and 6 nays, then-Senate Speaker Ulrech ruled that the impeachment vote technically failed.

The January 2020 elections would prove to be one of the most controversial elections, if not the most controversial election, in Federation history. New Inglaterra narrowly beat San Carlos for Senate Speaker. Out of five candidates, the Presidential race became an effectively two-person race as Ulrech and Holy Rhinish Islands both rose above the other three candidates. After the election, a group chat was made to oppose Rhinish, New Inglaterra, and the National Populist Party.. 64 votes (including illegal votes) were cast during the Presidential election. Tensions between FCNers rose during the Rhinish Presidency. After the election, President Rhinish made a statement in which he revealed that the LCN had been spying on the FCN. On February 7, New Inglaterra resigned and left the region. Rhinish also resigned the same day. Greater Bastion, as his Vice President, took the role of President. Greater Bastion called a snap election for the role of President to take place on March 14 after allegations that he was incompetent for the role of President. This was largely fueled by his appointment of Aglonia as Secretary of Internal Affairs, who was known for his political stances. Gagium won the election and assumed the role of President until the April elections.

Fluvannia was elected in the April 2020 Presidential elections on April 13, beating Viridus by a somewhat large margin. This would be the last Presidential election in FCN history. Following a confrontation between Gagium and Dragons of Power in which Gagium repeatedly threatened to engage in sexual intercourse with Dragon's girlfriend, Gagium resigned from his post as Fluvannia's Secretary of Internal Affairs. The argument led a group of individuals under the leadership of President Fluvannia to plan a new region which was designed to attract members of the FCN in which they favorably viewed while leaving out those they unfavorably viewed, including prominent FCNers and government officers like Gagium, Furby, and West Phoenicia. After Gagium left the region, the FCN was dissolved by the Senate on May 1. Most remaining members left for the region's legal successor, the Republic of Conservative Nations.

The region was known for being one of the largest right-wing regions on NationStates. Additionally, several current members of the League of Conservative Nations spent much of their time on NationStates in the Federation of Conservative Nations before joining the League.

History

Background

The predecessor to the Federation, the Confederacy of Conservative Nations, was formed on June 1 by Topeka, a member of the Confederation of Conservative Nations. The FCN's first constitution and government system is derived from that of the Confederacy of Conservative Nations. Before the destruction of the Confederacy, a nation known as The United States of Qui-Gon was President of the CCN. He would become the first President of the FCN until his resignation and departure from the site.

The second N-Day, a major NationStates event in which nations of the world participated in a simulated nuclear war, occurred on August 29, before the formation of the FCN. The members of the Confederacy of Conservative Nations participated in the event as part of the Army of Freedom faction, and despite this occurring before the formation of the FCN, many people consider it to be a part of Federation regional history. Many members, including Colorado-Kansas and Republic of Christiandom, joined the CCN as a result of their participation in the Army of Freedom and N-day. The Army of Freedom was led by New Waldensia, with help from Gagium.

2017-Early 2018

Following an incident in which the founder of the Confederacy of Conservative Nations, Topeka, banjected nearly all nations in the region, Gagium founded the Federation of Conservative Nations as a successor to the CCN on September 9. Within 3 days of the region's founding, over 40 nations had moved to the fledgling Federation. An early incident which divided members of the Federation occurred after two members of the CCN, Pablocracy and a user known as Guy Hanes, formed their own region, the Confederacy of Conservative Countries. This happened due to a judicial system in which they wielded large amounts of power was repealed. On September 17, some users led by Gagium raided the region, causing outrage from the CCC and a condemnation from then-acting President Viridus. A nation known as Lotkia was banned from the CCC shortly after for being a "FCN spy".

After the issue was sorted out with the help of Viridus, the CCC eventually grew inactive and died. Beginning on September 3 (Before the FCN's founding), Gagium held a crusades-themed roleplay on a custom map divided into 33 territories. The roleplay took place on the NationStates forums and was concluded by September 29.

Under the first Constitution of the Federation of Conservative Nations, there were elections for the following positions: President, Secretary of Interior & Defense, WA Delegate, and Senate Speaker. Because of the smaller size of the region at the time, Trenado got elected as WA Delegate and without being contested. New Waldensia was elected as Secretary of Interior & Defense after winning against Colorado-Kansas, who soon decided to run a Presidential campaign. Shocking many people in the region, Colorado-Kansas was declared the victor of the Presidential Election after beating Viridus and tying with Dobrobyt. He won a coin toss held by Gagium against Dobrobyt. Colorado-Kansas' campaign was based on fighting the "deep state" and bringing change to the region.

A 1955 world map-themed roleplay held by Gagium between November 2 and December 9 2017 resulted in over 507 roleplay posts being made on the thread, making the 1955 roleplay the most active in the FCN's history. One of the most memorable events in the roleplay was when Viridus launched nuclear missiles at France and Spain and then invaded the two nations, prompting a global response. Shortly after this, a global conference was held in which the borders of Europe were redrawn and Viridus' borders were extensively reduced. Parts of Viridus were also partitioned. Several conflicts defined the roleplay after the destruction of Viridus, including a failed attempt by Fortlock to invade Japan, a communist insurgency in both Tesyky and Cuba (resulting in an invasion of Cuba by the Aleciton Lands), and a successful invasion of Morocco.

During Colorado-Kansas' presidency, he ran a series of polls in which users were asked to vote in United States presidential elections through history. Sometime during his Presidency, the position of Secretary of Interior & Defense was split into the positions of Secretary of Interior Affairs and Secretary of War. Gagium became the Secretary of Interior Affairs while New Waldensia opted to become the Secretary of War. The Voting Through the Ages polls continued after Colorado-Kansas (L&O) was elected as Senate Speaker on January 19, beating Fillsurnac (CP) in the January 2018 elections. During the Presidential Election, which took place on January 20 and 21, Libervalley CP, with Krankriet as his Vice President) won against Viridus (NP) and Republic of Christiandom (IND). Dobrobyt (CP) narrowly beat Washingtonian Republic (NP) in the WA delegate election. Fillsurnac was accused of using puppets and committing voter fraud during the Senate Speaker election. Trenado ran for Secretary of War uncontested and won the position, along with Gagium as Secretary of Internal Affairs.

On January 28, Colorado-Kansas formed the Liberty and Order Party alongside Trenado and Lermant. Gagium held the First FCN Awards on February 7, with medals drawn by Furbish Islands. Notably, Gagium, New Waldensia, Colorado-Kansas, Libervalley, and Dobrobyt won the Commitment Award, New Waldensia won the Helper Award, Libervalley won the Ideal Country Award, and Colorado-Kansas won the Best Memer Award. Rhineland Sued won the Honorary Hall of Fame award. In February 2018, a roleplay simulating the 2020 Presidential Race was held on the NationStates forums. The roleplay concluded before the Iowa primaries, with several acts of terrorism being committed by the Presidential candidates against the civilian populace. The roleplay was still considered a success, however.

A confrontation between Freezic Vast and Gagium, Colorado-Kansas, and Republic of Christiandom occurred on the FCN'S Regional Message Board on March 6, 2018. This was the result of tensions caused by the reformation of the Confederation of Conserative Nations, a predecessor region to the FCN. These tensions caused Freezic to move to the CCN and denouncing Gagium. During the confrontation, Freezic accused Gagium and Colorado-Kansas of being racist, anti-semitic, ethno-nationalists. His posts were later suppressed along with RoC's posts mocking his by NationStates moderators. The argument resulted in the FCN's regional message board being shut down by moderators for a period of 15 minutes, the only time this happened in regional history. After the confrontation, tensions between the FCN and the Confederation of Conservative Nations would remain high, until the latter eventually died out.

Sometime before March 26, Dobrobyt resigned and left the region following harassment from both Colorado-Kansas and Gagium (Who noted his past with Gagium on the online game ROBLOX). On March 24, the Second Constitution of the Federation of Conservative Nations was enacted after being ratified. This new constitution, largely written by Gagium, Washingtonian Republic, and other FCN government members, included various changes and fixed several grammatical errors in the First Constitution. One major change was that all elections except for the elections for President and Senate Speaker were removed. Previously elected positions (For example, WA Delegate) were now appointed. A special election for the position of World Assembly Delegate was held on March 26, in which Washingtonian Republic (NP) beat Lermant (L&O) and Kaasicountry (CP). 12 out of 12 people polled rated Washingtonian's performance as WA Delegate as "Alright".

On April 12, the April Senate Speaker Election was held, in which Coloraado-Kansas (L&O) overwhelmingly defeated Libervalley (CP), who racked up a mere 2 votes (1 excluding himself). The day after, the April Presidential Election was held, in which Gagium (CP) narrowly defeated Washingtonian Republic (NP) by 2 votes. At this time, Colorado-Kansas began running a poll series on Presidential approval ratings, in which nations were asked to share their thoughts on previous Presidents in United States history.

From June 13 to June 16, a flag design competition was held, with Coastal English Districts' design eventually being chosen to replace the current flag of the FCN at the time. However, before the flag transition could occur, Colorado-Kansas proposed a bill in the Federation of Conservative Nations to adopt a flag secretly designed by Gagium. This flag bore several similarities to the battle flag of the Confederate States of America. The vote to adopt the flag narrowly passed and was signed into law by President Gagium. Some period after this, Colorado-Kansas left the region following the deletion of his nation. He would later check in with his puppet "The farmlands", though during his break from regional affairs, opinion of him greatly declined.

Summer of 2018 & the Crimsonfield Crisis

On July 10, the nation Crimsonfield moved into the FCN. After Crimsonfield joined the FCN, FCN officials were notified of Crimsonfield's past, including his associations with Nagarno (An enemy of the LCN) and fascist regions. After Crimsonfield joined the region, several individuals who had been in regions with Crimsonfield in the past also joined the Federation. Many of these nations were from the region BLITZKRIEG. Some of these nations would become prominent members in FCN history later on, such as Eldrado. The July 2018 Senate Speaker election was held on July 13, 2018, during which Viridus beat Trenado by a large margin. Following the July 2018 Presidential Elections, North Wellwood, the sole candidate disregarding Gagium, was largely inactive. As a result, when the elections were held on July 14, the sole voter for North Wellwood was himself. As a part of Gagium's re-election campaign, he promised to bring freedom, justice, and prosperity to the region.

In the Summer of 2018, the Iron & Blood Roleplay was held on the regional message board, during which participants roleplayed as a real-world or fictional nation in 1910. One of the most prominent wars in the roleplay, the Eldradonian-Ottoman War, resulted in the Ottoman Civil War. The nation of Lalop, comprising of the British Isles minus England (with the exception of Cornwall), set up a puppet state centered around Constantinople; However, they would soon after be invaded by the British. Also during the roleplay, Gran Argreriana (roleplaying as a state in Southeast China) attempted to invade China. The roleplay was led by Secretary of Internal Affairs New Waldensia, who served during both of Gagium's terms.

Gagium's Secretary of War, Crimsonfield, was appointed sometime after his election. As Secretary of War, Crimsonfield both led raids and refounded several regions. However, a BLITZKRIEG official later privately informed Gagium that many of the regions Crimsonfield "refounded" never existed in the first place. On July 16, 7 nations participated in a raid on Socialist and Others Region of Ashs. The region would eventually be successfully refounded, and it is currently held by one of Furby's puppets in the name of the FCN. On July 20, a raid against "World Socialist Alliance for Development" occurred. The region has since ceased to exist.

The period in FCN history between August to October was arguably the most toxic time to be a member of the FCN, thanks to drama caused by Crimsonfield coupled with a debate in regards to Colorado-Kansas. However, Gagium would come under flak for criticizing Colorado-Kansas since he left the region, especially from former members of the L&O Party Lermant and Trenado. It is unknown whether this criticism was related to increased moderation of Trenado and Lermant, especially for pinging on the regional discord server, by Gagium. On August 19, Colorado-Kansas returned to the FCN under the alias "San Carlos Islands", sparking a debate on the regional message board.On August 23, 2018, Kustonia engaged in an argument on the FCN in which he espoused racist ideas and proclaimed himself to be a "Race Realist" and advocated for the destruction of the modern world so that racial separation can occur. This prompted his ban from the region and the FCN closing embassies with Farkasfalka.

In late August and early September, Crimsonfield would encourage many of his friends from other regions to join the FCN and become members of his Conservative Democratic Party, which would advertise itself as "basically [the] L&O". It is suspected that these nations were recruited by Crimsonfield solely for the purpose of aiding Crimsonfield in his political goals. On September 3, Gagium became aware of a plot being organized by Crimsonfield and San Carlos Islands to remove him from the presidency through an impeachment. This plot, which was discovered after Crimsonfield sent discord DMs to multiple individuals asking for their support on impeachment, involved triggering an "early election", which Crimsonfield hoped to win in order to establish a new government. Crimsonfield's reasoning was that Gagium was a "bad president" who was only elected through "buying votes". This was expressed in the same conversation in which Crimsonfield offered Krankriet a cabinet position in a Crimsonfield administration if Krankriet supported the impeachment of Gagium. On September 4, 2018, San Carlos Islands returned to the FCN and revealed that he had been using an alt nation to spy on the region. Shortly after this, Crimsonfield (who as recently as late August had extensively criticized SCI) welcomed SCI and criticized the "evil forces of The Gagium Club". Gagium quickly made an executive order indefinitely banning SCI from the region.

On September 6, 2018, following the conclusion of a four day voting period, the results of the 2nd FCN Awards were announced. Gagium, New Waldensia, Viridus, Libervalley, and Washingtonian Republic all notably won the Commitment Award. The same day, Crimsonfield attempted to apologize to Gagium in DMs, after his plan was exposed. A day later, Crimsonfield invited and welcomed Christian Bounds, a friend of Crimsonfield who would later carry out the DDoSing of Gagium, into the region. Shortly after, Gagium began having "internet problems". On September 13, 2018, the DDoSing was revealed after Christian Bounds confronted Gagium about it. This would result in Marshal Law being declared in the region and Crimsonfield and Christian Bounds being banjected. The two, along with other members who had been banjected in a purge against the CDP, soon joined the Union of Conservative States, a region that would quickly become an enemy of the FCN. The UCS had actually been formed on September 8, though it was not made public until the 13th. San Carlos Islands was the first holder of the UCS founder account, though after SCI won the Presidenccy of the region Lermant became the founder.

The UCS would attempt to masquerade as a new community that cared about its members and wanted to "move on" (despite very recently organizing a DDoS against another user) from previous disputes. The FCN continued on with its business, still going ahead with the Iron & Blood roleplay, though a focus was placed on countering the UCS. During this time, the Ottoman civil war and conflict with Eldrado & Viridus was being roleplayed, as well as the attempted Celtic intervention.

Late 2018-Early 2019

On 24 December of 2018, a raid on an FCN ally, Redlandia, occurred by NS ANTIFA, which the FCN objected to. It was believed by some that the region's apparent aligning with the group Augusto Pinochet Vengance Force was a reaction to that raid, but the chronology of events does not support that conclusion. Later, According to a NSToday article on the matter,

...[T]he Federation of Conservative Nations, has faced criticism on all sides for entering into a defensive pact with notoriously fascist region Farkasfalka and other regions deemed ‘hazardous’ by the Pan-Pacific Civil Defense Siren, whilst still preaching an anti fascist foreign and military policy.

— V. Sawyer, "Declaring War on the Anti-Fascists: A Fool’s Errand?", NSToday /1/2019

Gagium personally described this article as inaccurate. Later, in March of 2019, the FCN joined the Gentlemen's Coalition alongside the LCN, RFN, and Redlandia. This coalition participated in a total of three raids against fascist targets, including Farkasfalka.

Dissolution of the FCN

On May 2, 2020, New Waldensia announced that the FCN was to be password-locked and that all nations should move to the Republic of Conservative Nations. Eleven days

See Also

• The League of Conservative Nations