Republic of Spitsbergen (S8)

The Republic of Spitsbergen is a nation in Season 8 founded by GToMaster and currently lead by Avi5. As of 08/03/21, it is the 2nd largest nation on the server by population. 
==Background==
GToMaster started the leadup to Season 8 as a member of Prussia, however as the European Border Dispute rumbled on he got sick of all the drama surrounding the general region and decided to leave to the Island of Spitsbergen. In the lead up to Season 8, Moderator That_Gamer136, would had history with Svalbard on Globia, joined the nation. They also expanded their desired claims, claiming all of the archipelago, and the Island of Jan Mayen. After GTo said that Jan Mayen was useless, it was unclaimed. To make up for it, they colonized Arkhangelsk and later, South Africa. Togoland was also a colony but it was more like an outpost. Avi won the elections and now Spitsbergen is a thriving nation. 
== History ==
Spitsbergen was established on the 13th of February 2022. GToMaster and Da_Sl0th travelled for almost an hour to reach Spitsbergen. Because Prussia had failed to have been established, Pakistan and Da_Sl0th joined Spitsbergen. 
=== Danish Genocide (13/02/22) ===
When Da_Sl0th, Pakistan and GToMaster was smelting iron and organizing the chests, Pakistan closed the chest tab and spotted Danish people in full enchanted diamond. He quickly informed the nation but it was too late. He thought nothing can happen as its a grace period but unfortunately, GTo and Pakistan got massacred in cold blood by them illegaly doing /enemy. Da_Sl0th was briefly saved after he logged off until the Danes got banned because they didn't read the rules and you can't just do /enemy to a nation in a grace period.
=== Jan Mayen ===
The first Spitsberger colony was the small Island of Jan Mayen . However, Jan Mayen was quickly unclaimed as it was, to quote GToMaster "fucking useless". The Atlantic Union then claimed it as a holiday home.
=== South Africa Incident ===
Spitsbergen decided to claim South Africa, as most of the resources were found there but they were forced to unclaim everything by the admin and mods. Later on, they just colonized a piece of Mozambique. Large parts of South Africa were colonised when it became available. 
=== Togoland ===
Togoland was set as a temporary colony for cattle and wheat. It didn't hold any importance other than being a temporary farm for food so it was removed a few days later. For some reason, other colonial powers thought that some valuable resource was there so they colonized the Gold Coast too. It was later unclaimed.
=== Pakistan's Controversy ===
==== Pakistan Getting Kicked ====
When it was a normal day in Spitsbergen, Pakistan noticed that Gardeniro Spits, his beloved horse, was gone. He asked Icy, but Icy responded with, "he went on a vacation for a while." which Pakistan took as a murder of his pet. Icy gave him a lead when he was on the SP-1 which counted as trespassing. There was no solid proof so he just found a turtle and made it his pet. When he was 'afk', he saw Icy zoom through the water of Spitsbergen and caught that on dynmap. He killed his pet turtle which pissed Pakistan. Pakistan then delivered news that tensions are raising again but the PPU misunderstood that and instead threatened pakistan with a demand to stop. Pakistan kept on delivering news about this but Avi was worried that war may happen. Pakistan was then forced to leave by Avi, even though it's kind of obvious that it was out of fear which is reasonable. He went on and established the Union of Arabia but was targeted. Scandinavia gave him an aid worth of $200k to start off which he used to claim, then realised that the power was too less. Icy imposed a no-fly zone which forced him to leave to Punjab.
==== The Lava Attack of the Sun (18/02/22) ====
On one afternoon, Pakistan was claiming for Punjab and was far away from Spitsbergen. Meanwhile, a player known as TheSunnyGamer21 (The Sun) visited Ny-Ålesund with no suspicion. When he was in the nether, he made a crafting table, used his remaining money for a stack of iron and crafted them into buckets. He filled all of them with lava and went out of the nether. This wasn't suspicious at first as he might go to the autominer and put power in it but it was much, much worse. Out of nowhere, he started putting lava on the slimefun factory, a move that no one saw coming. Pakistan, in the same house as him, thought that this was insane. He immediately reported Avi on this and requested an inspection. Meanwhile, the Sun started engulfing the parliament with lava and was heading to Barentsburg. Thankfully, Avi stopped the lava terrorist. Soon enough, Pakistan was accused for being behind this attack for:
* Having the same IP
* Getting kicked recently from Spitsbergen
* Sending him for an espionage attempt when tensions between Prussia and Germany was high
As Season 8 came to an end, the controversy boiled down. What mattered was that he got cleared by Spitsbergen.
=== Cities: ===
Longyearbyen
* Capital of Spitsbergen
* Hosts the Parliament
* Has the iconic Parliament Bonfire
Ny-Ålesund
* Hosts the Slimefun centre, is an industrial city
* The most northern city of Spitsbergen
Barentsburg
* Hosts the biggest farms in Spitsbergen
Sveagruva
* Has the Umm Al Quwaim Ball
* Is the most brightest city
* Home to the first enclosed building of Spitsbergen (Mayor House)
Hodbi
* Fastest developing city in Spitsbergen
* Has the most homes
* The most beautiful city in Spitsbergen
Avitaun
* Has the biggest park space in Spitsbergen
* Capital of Avia
* Spitsbergen's largest city
Pingunug
* Newest city in Spitsbergen
* The most southern city on the archipelago
Koida
* First city outside of the archipelago
* Only city on mainland Europe
* Acting capital of the Kola Colony
Inhambane
* Only city in Africa
* The most southern city in Spitsbergen
=== Forts and Naval Bases ===
Longyearben Airstrip
* Spitsbergen's first airstrip
Bjornoya
* Only officially registered port
Varikadar Outpost
== Avia Autonomous Area ==
The Avia autonomous area is an autonomous province in Spitsbergen, lead by Avi5. It is centred at the city of Hodbi. The EIAA has its own language, Avian, which is used in tandem with English and Norwegian. Other cities are Avitaun and Pingunug. It is also known as Edge Island. 
== Elections ==
The Campaigns start before the elections, candidates register on the first day of campaigning and begin their campaign. On the 6th day of campaigning, votes are cast. 24 hours will be given to vote. After that time is up the person with the most votes wins.
The First Spitsberger Election was won by Avi5 in coalition with GToMaster and GamerW1.
== List of Presidents ==
President GToMaster 02/02/22 - 29/02/21 
President Avi5 29/02/21-Present
Category:Season 8
Category:Nation