Vereden

Vereden was originally started on 7/12/21, and was not recognized as an independent nation until 8/02/21, about a month after it originally started. Vereden's religious founding began from the Prophet of Bedism guiding Jedlark, Twerkish, and Phil to the original "heart spot" of Vereden, where they were instructed to construct an artificial island.
==Government==
===First Oligarch of Vereden===
After purchasing some islands from Viodoxa next to where Vereden was squatting, Vereden had official land to be recognized as a nation. This was following Vereden's involvement in the Allium-Coalition war, in which they supported the Coalition side against the Allium.
Government of Vereden
Head of Council
*Twerkish
*Jedlark
*Phil
===Veredani Empire===
After the first battle against Aristios, Vereden had eliminated all remaining towns loyal to Aristios. This led to Vereden expanding greatly, and forming the first Veredani Empire. The Veredani Empire was a very short rule, as Aristios would fight in a 5v5 battle, resulting in Aristios victory and taking of all land that belonged to the Veredani Empire.
Government of Veredani Empire
Leaders
*Twerkish
*Jedlark
General of the Army
*Shark016
==History==
===Origins===
The idea of Vereden began with four men realizing the lack of land around the entire world. They all had wanted to form a nation, but there was no place to do so without being caught. The men, being guided to an area near the Sorligste ocean by "The Prophet", began work on an artificial island. One of the men abandoned the project and was never heard from or seen again. This left the three men to finish the building, majority of it being finished by Jedlark, one of the three men.
===The Fear of Viodoxa===
None of the men knew it, but they were right next to islands under control by one of the largest empires, Viodoxa. After Phil looked at a map and aligned it with their coordinates, they had discovered two problems: A large empire right next to them, Sorligste, and what was seemingly a small nation of a couple islands, Viodoxa. They realized how wrong they were when Twerkish looked at the right side of the map, alerting them to the huge empire. The island nation originally planned on fighting with Viodoxa for the islands, but refrained from doing so upon realizing how large Viodoxa truly was. If they were to gain land, they'd have to do it diplomatically.
===Involvement in the Allium-Coalition war===
After many talks with Viodoxa, Vereden had come to a Mutual Defense Pact. After this, the Allium-Coalition war began. Due to Viodoxa's involvement, Vereden was diplomatically required to enter, but internally they knew this would provide a large opportunity for independence. They officially declared war against the Allium on 7/26/21. Although they only managed to send three people from their military, two of them being the leaders of Vereden, it wouldn't matter too much as Bardonia couldn't get enough people in Rathnir to protect New Dorasterrock.
===Independence===
After the war, Vereden went into talks with Viodoxa about buying the islands. At the same time, Aristios was also in talks about buying the islands. The amount paid for two islands was 50k, while Aristios had only paid 70k for alot more. This would later help spark the Aristii-Veredani war, as the last thing Aristios told Vereden before the negotiations ended was that they would get the two islands Vereden had purchased. After the talks were finished and Vereden purchased the islands, they proclaimed independence on 8/02/21, forming the Oligarchy of Vereden.
===Inactivity===
Directly after this event, Phil was put in charge of one of the islands bought by Vereden. After he put up walls and made the island more connected and rectangular, Vereden went into major inactivity. Phil would shortly die of a heart attack (in canon) after this.
===Productivity===
Twerkish and Jedlark, realizing how inactive their nation was, began a large scale population campaign. This got Vereden to about 30 active members, and also caused some drama on the islands as there was a major lack of enforced laws. Along the way, Shark016 was invited to the islands, in which he explored the nearby nation of Aristios, and theorized that they were preparing for war.
===Aristii-Veredani War===
====Pre-War Events====
Twerkish had gone to Jaggy, the current emperor of Aristios at the time, and asked to buy the Aristios Colony in Rathnir. Jaggy had declined. Vereden then decided upon war, where there was to be only one battle to decide the fate of the Aristii colony. The agreement would be lost as Jaggy stepped down as emperor before the battle was to commence, and did not mention to the new emperor about the agreement. War would be declared on 10/09/21.
====The First Battle====
After war was declared, the first battle was agreed to occur on 10/16/21. On the same day, Vereden signed a military alliance with The Republic of Ato. Liras members also came to help. Dreadfleet members were hired, and the battle was technically Tortugan aswell because Aristios was squatting on Tortugan land. Aristios, due to underpreperation, only had two people on the squatter island to fight. They were easily dispatched, and just like that, the island surrendered and pledged loyalty to Tortuga. Aristios had lost all of their claims, meaning they had nothing to fight with, and Vereden won the war by default. The Emperor of Aristios couldn't accept defeat, and demanded a second battle. This led to a proxy claim being made, and alot of personal drama. At the same time this all happened, the Empire of Vereden was formed. 
====The Second Battle====
Due to massive complaints from Aristios's emperor, a final 5v5 was decided upon. It would end with Aristios (which really was just the Goons) victory. With that, Vereden as an identity and the empire as a whole would collapse and fall back under Aristios ruling. Twerkish fled to Huitca, where he would build the Nerf Temple, and Jedlark would move to Plagatea to start his own town.
==Veredani Culture==
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Category:Traveler's Era