Roman Republic

The Roman Republic was a country that spanned across Europe and select parts of North Africa. It was established in Multi's Earth World following the unification of several different countries, the main ones being Holland, Hoeland, and Pyzantion. The country was supposedly the largest country in terms of both land and population at its peak.
==History ==
===The Founding===
On 10 January 2021, after Pussilamous inquired as to how many people would be required to claim the entire Roman Empire at its peak, Pibb started to brainstorm and came up with ideas for a Roman-like country. Soon after getting these ideas, he got both Pussilamous and Mak to each persuade their individual countries to help form the Roman Republic with the Netherlands, and, not long after, many other European countries were invited to become a part of the conglomerate, including New Athens and Sardinia.
=== Claiming Issues===
The Romans, led primarily by Pibb, made their original claim early in the afternoon, with an alleged, and approximate, whole sixty-two players. However, the head moderator, Dan, remarked that only around twenty of those players were actually active on the server, meaning that the Romans couldn't claim all the land they wanted (see the map above). What followed next was many hours of arguing between Roman citizens and moderators. Eventually at 21:00 (EST), the staff team agreed to let the six main countries merge and also allowed them to claim the lands of Spain (with thirty-eight total members).
===Post-Founding===
Needs expanded; my knowledge on this is quite limited
In the first days of Rome, many administrative regions were redrawn to conform to the ambitious map shown above. An example of this was the regions of Hoelandish Cornwall and Doggerland being transferred to the new province of Britannia.
Besides for this, the multitude of countries that made up Rome, and those that would later join after its founding, continued life essentially as normal, with very little happening besides for community projects such as the construction of Rome (which was never completed). However, there were a handful of threats of war, such as those by California and Brazil, although a war never broke out or was diverted under the leadership of elected-consuls Pibb and Mak. Senate legislation that had passed for waging wars were never confirmed by either consul. 
After the brief, albeit large, occupation of San Diego led by Pibb, the Treaty of Fiyu was signed, turning California into a Roman puppet state. The terms were negotiated between Consul Pibb, Senator-Governor Fiyu, and Californian leader someengineer1. However, California would later become a part of Yamatai just before the Collapse; nothing of value to the Romans was lost, as controlling California was merely a show of power.
A grand dinner party was held by the province of Athenia, although the turnout rate was dismal.
===Collapse===
Main article: Collapse of Rome
Due to rampant inactivity, the Roman Republic was going to be forced to cede vast swathes of its territory (roughly 40%) away by staff. As a result, some players (most notably Fiyu) took advantage of this newfound instability to secede from the Republic. Following the Doggerland and French secessions by Fiyu and Butternalso/Goosw respectively, General Pussilamous declared war on France, which would then united with Doggerland to form the Angevin Empire.
The Dutch Capitol Building, a prime target due to its grandeur, was targeted by Angevin diarch Fiyu, disputed-Roman Emperor Nicksey, and a crowd of volunteers. It was destroyed the instant that both a Roman and a staff member joined (only the Roman had to be online for griefing to be allowed, but the volunteers chose to be cautious and also wait for a staff member to spectate to ensure no illegal griefing was done). The conflict had seen most of the countries that were once provinces secede from Rome. These secessions had dealt a crushing blow to both Roman morale and military strength. As a result of the country's inactivity during the war, they were forced to capitulate, with one of the terms being Rome's disbandment.
==Demographics==
Most populated cities:
#Herning - Septentrionalis - 6
# Athens - Athenia - 5
#Paris - Gallia - 4
#Alexandria - Aegyptus et Cuprica - 4
# Aragon - Hispania - 3
==Government ==
===Senators===
Each Roman province that had at least 5 people would have a single senator that would represent its people and vote on legislation regarding the entire country, such as wars, land-claiming, and province-merging. They were elected by their province's citizens every two weeks. If the province's population was above 9, it would receive a second senator. However, only Athenia met this requirement. If the province's population was less than 5, it would be merged with other provinces for the purposes of the election. However, it appears that a second election for senators was never held, despite having supposed to been held on February 4th.
===Governors===
Every province also had one governor who was in charge of dealing with the internal issues of their province. They were to be elected by their province's citizens however they wished to do it. Most of the governers were simply the leaders of that area before joining Rome.
===Electing a Consul===
Rome held a monthly consular election to determine who should assume the seats of the consulship. Only senators were able to run for consul and a total of two consuls were to be chosen by the general public. However, Rome collapsed before a second consul election could occur (the second election was scheduled for 20 February).
==Politics ==
For the first election, see First Roman Election.
===Partisanship ===
The first party of the Republic, the Coitio Liberali (Liberal Coalition), was founded by Pibb, Mak, and Mradper (who later left Rome.). It was a direct continuation of the Dutch Liberal Party. It was officially a Social Liberal, Progressive, and Pragmatist party.
The second party of the Republic, the Populari Nationalibus (National Populists), was founded under Owning. It was a party meant to compete with the dominant Coitio Liberali. It was officially a Populist, Nationalist, and Militarist party.
Despite the existence of these parties, they were de facto irrelevant, and worked together almost all of the time.
===Consul List===
#	First Consul	Second Consul	Consul Term
1	bonito_pibb 	Mak4Life 	20 January 2021 – 11 February 2021
===Senate List===
Category:Rome
First Senate (10 Jan. – 4 Feb.)
#	Senator 	Home Province 	Party Affiliation
1	Fiyu 	Belgica et Britannia 	National Populists
1	Pussilamous 	Terra Sarculo 	Coitio Liberali
1	Demony 	Pyzantion 	Coitio Liberali
1	Owning 	Hispania et Mauretania 	National Populists
1	Sam's Club 	Germania Septentrionalis 	Coitio Liberali
1	GesmoltenEi 	Italia, Cisalpina et Illyria	Non-Partisan
1	Origamicraft	Athenia 	National Populists
2	LordChief 	Athenia 	Non-Partisan
1	IAmSeaMonkey	Aegyptus Et Judea 	Non-Partisan
1	Erenfall 	Gallia 	Coitio Liberali
Category:Rome
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Category:Nations in VMJ World