Grebia/Behind The Scenes

== Creation ==
The concept of Grebia was created on 13 July 2020, in the now-deleted NationStates (an online country simulator) account "Grebialand" by Bstewotter. Originally, he was going to name the nation "Grebia", but that name was already taken by another nation so it was dubbed Grebialand. A few months later, Grebialand is banned from NationStates and Bstewotter had to create a new nation. The second nation was named "Grebialand 2" and was not banned but eventually fell into inactivity and ceased to exist. Instead of reviving Grebialand 2, Bstewotter created "-Grebia-", which of course the "-"s were not a part of the nation name. Around this time, the page Grebia on the Alternate Territories Wiki was created. It consisted of 7 bytes and had nothing but "Will add more later". The page remained unedited for months until early 2021 when editing began happening. The flag was designed as a custom flag for Bstewotter's NationStates account but eventually became his userball flag in the SMC.
== Inspiration ==
Grebia as a whole is largely inspired by the countries of Denmark and Canada, which can be seen in many of the government systems and culture similarities. Individual inspirations and such are listed below.
=== Northcrown ===
Northcrown is largely inspired by the cities of Chicago, Illinois and Detroit, Michigan in visual appearance. Bstewotter visualises the city as a large city with tall buildings and skyscrapers with busy streets and shops along the ground. The surrounding cities (Kent, Mecosta, Chatham, Gratiot) are inspired by the surrounding suburbia of Detroit in cities like Troy, Dearborn, Warren, and Livonia. The name of Northcrown is a slight modification of a city name Bstewotter got on an online city generator. The population of Northcrown has shifted from 500,000, to 1,000,000, and to 5,000,000 over the years. 
=== Grebia City ===
Grebia City has heavy influence from various cities around the globe. Two of the most major cities are San Francisco, California and Copenhagen, Denmark. The city is visualised as a culture-filled busy city along the seashore. Newaygo received its name from Newaygo County, Michigan, while the further away "suburb" of Marquanaba received its name as a combination of two cities in the Michigan Upper Peninsula, Marquette and Escanaba. The name of Grebia City was chosen when NationStates would automatically set cities in Issues as "Grebia City" and the name stuck to become canonical within the Mitnavner World. Grebia City was always thought of as a major city but the population has went up and down from 100,000 to 1,000,000 throughout the period since it was created.
=== River City ===
River City is a city with heavy inspiration from Detroit, Michigan. It was created for the sole purpose of having another major city in Grebia. Visualised as a pleasant city along the river with a poor reputation and some sketchy neighbourhoods, it is an attempt at a Detroit-like city.
=== Minor Cities Inspiration ===
Lyonsville - Topeka, KS and Indianapolis, IN
Livoniar - Marquette, MI and Ann Arbor, MI
Kent - Troy, MI
Brookton - Denver, CO and Boulder, CO
West Ames - Estes Park, CO, Grand Rapids, MI
West River City - None
Marquanaba - None 
Presque - Beaver Island, MI
Tilmar - 
== Inspiration on Events ==