Ryk av Ejznlandt

The Ryk av Ejznlandt, more commonly known as just Eisenland, was founded by a player by the name of AblazeGenie, also known as Max av Swanz-Ejznhjart, on March 7th, 2021, on a small island given to him by the Federation of Valtyrion. It's state religion is the Godteda-Kajzer. It is currently led by Ekerej (King) Kaldar av Ejznhjart. 
The Ryk av Ejznlandt is a Ryk (Kingdom) within the Tengalii Ejzen Kajzerryk. It´s Capital Maxstadt is also the imperial capital of the Kajzerryk (Empire). 
== History ==
=== Seceding from Valtyrion ===
Shortly after the founding of Eisenland, Genie joined another Valtyrion island, Northland, in seceding from the Federation of Valtyrion. This is in part due to disagreements and grievances with alexpotter, then king of Valtyrion. After the bloodless revolution, Northland and Eisenland allied with one another, forging a relationship lasting months.
=== Building of Eisenburg ===
Post-revolution, Eisenland was in dire need of players, resources, and buildings. In this time, one MrPoothtick arrived on the island, interested in the small country. MrPoothtick went on to become an established member of the country and soon became the second-in-command of Eisenland. Through this time, many of Eisenland's other senior members, such as Ryan, Orioniter, and Pixii joined on and would go on to build up the fledgling island into a small metropolis with farms, buildings, a capitol building, bunkers, and an active playerbase. This main island is now known as Eisenburg.
=== Tensions Rising ===
Due to the proximity of Eisenland to Northland, what was originally a strong alliance turned to suspicion. This suspicion turned to spying, and soon, ties were cut, walls built, and a moat was dug between the lands of Northland and Eisenland. Through diplomacy, war was avoided, however an unavoidable tension now existed between the two small nations.
=== Expansion ===
After some time of exceptional growth, Eisenland needed to expand if it were to survive. A sharp rise of players warranted the need for more land, and as such, the nearest land mass, Northland, was viewed as necessary to avoid overpopulation in Eisenburg. After talks with Northland's leaders, as they had grown largely inactive, Eisenland officially annexed all the cities of Northland. These included Ostrova and Smallstantinople (now Kaiserhaven). With this new land, Eisenland saw even more growth, and a cultural revolution of sorts. New buildings were built, resources gathered, wealth distributed, and happy players all around. A mainland colony was started around this time, near the small nation of Kostarion.
=== War with Valtyrion ===
After the Northland annexation, Eisenland turned it's hungry eye on it's other neighbor, and past ruler, Valtyrion. Eisenland annexed the towns of Ozenia and what is now Little Rock with no resistance. The only remaining town of Valtyrion was that of Balhurst, it's capital. Diplomacy was initially attempted, and stressed. However, after having an extremely tough time dealing with their king, Eisenlandian leaders deemed Valtyrion incapable of initiating proper diplomacy, and promptly provided an ultimatum, join or die. King alexpotter chose to not submit, and within the hour, war was declared on Valtyrion. A large force comprising of nearly 20 soldiers from Eisenland and ally Skjoldrbrodir invaded the island city of Balhurst with no resistance, and proceeded to sack and loot the town. Shortly after the carnage, alexpotter yielded, and the city of Balhurst officially joined Eisenland.
=== War of Broken Promises ===
===== An Era Ends =====
After a long period of peace and slow growth, a sudden message was delivered to Kaiser Ablaze from the King of Volturus on July 27th, 2021. It was an ultimatum, "ATTENTION: LEADERS OF EISENLAND, YOU HAVE 24 HOURS TO RESPOND TO THIS ULTIMATUM. EITHER JOIN THE VOLTURUS KINGDOM, OR WE WILL DECLARE WAR". Immediately after receiving the blunt message, Eisenland was put into a frenzy. Eisenland was obviously not going to join these warmongers, and as such, mobilized the people and prepared for the inevitable conflict.
===== Promises and Treachery =====
After discussing with Volturus leaders, both sides agreed to duke it out in 2 days, with Volturus publicly planning on attacking the Eisenland capital, Eisenburg, from a siege camp. Shortly following this, one Eisenlandian, Industro (The Industrial King), volunteered to go undercover in Volturus. He was trusted into the country without a hitch, and shortly after his acceptance, his work began. He documented the number of soldiers available to their army and their tactics. On the day before the war was to be declared, he discovered a TNT cannon aimed directly at the Eisenlandian capitol building! With haste, Industro snapped photos of the illegal activity, and with swift action, effectively half of the Volturan soldiers were banned for two days. After this, Industro continued his spywork, and it eventually culminated into the destruction of the entire backup arsenal of Volturus.
===== More Promises Made, More Broken =====
Due to the fact that land wars take 24 hours to begin after their declaration, this caused some confusion within the Volturan leadership. The Volturans assumed that by agreeing to fight at the assigned date, that they would be declaring war on that date, while the Eisenlandians were agreeing to fight at this time. So the Eisenlandians, expecting to be declared war on at the agreed time, were confused as to why no war was declared. After 10 minutes, and some debate, the Eisenlandians went ahead and declared war on the Volturans, as Eisenland's only ally at the time, Skjoldobrodir, was expecting a fight at the designated time. A problem arose, however, in the fact that MrPoothtick was the only council member and governor of a land claim that was online at the time to declare war, and his governorship was over the small island town of Ozenia, a far cry from Eisenburg, which is where the Volturan seige camp was built and where the battle was to take place. After war was declared, Eisenland posted it's official war declaration in the announcements channel. Within 15 minutes of posting this war declaration, Eisenland was flooded with support. After expressing interest in helping the Eisenlandians, Loic of Viodoxa and 20 other Viodoxans volunteered to help. In addition to Viodoxa, members from long time ally Skjoldobrodir (who were already going to help), Solitudinem, UBSR, Tortuga, and independent mercenaries all joined the cause. Quickly, this war turned from a defensive battle to an offensive one, and plans were made to deal with Volturus. 
===== The -4 War =====
After much protest from the Volturans, as they were claiming that Eisenland didn't honor the originial promise of war, and Eisenland saying the same, blood was beginning to boil. Outside of the capital of Volturus, a siege fort was built for the new coalition. Members from all member nations showed up to the fort, 40 in total, all bearing the Eisenland flag on their shields, and at 15 minutes before the fighting was to start, the force moved on the capital. However, before the official time started, trigger-happy Volturan defenders started shooting at the worst possible people to shoot at, the Tortugans. After this dire mistake on the Volturan's part, the Tortugans, all netherite-clad, flew over the battlements with their tridents, and proceeded to rain hell on the city. All the defenders were massacred, before the war even started. It was still 4 minutes to the start of the war! After seeing the carnage unfold before their eyes, and wanting to get in on the action, the rest of the coalition charged into the city. Chaos ensued. There was some griefing, lots of stealing, and killing. The defenders were unable to respawn and fight due to the fact that Industro had cunningly taken out their extra gear with his spywork, and now the Volturans were paying dearly. It was clear, Eisenland and her allies were the winners in this fight.
===== Eisenland on the Map =====
Following the sacking of New Volotra, Volturan leadership all but left the area, deserting to a new country, and leaving the land to Eisenland. Overnight, Eisenland nearly tripled in size, and was now clearly visible on the map. Eisenland had now entered the global stage on Rathnir, and combined with the friendships made with her allied nations, was no tiny island nation any longer. Through this war, the towns of Maxstadt, Fislankif, and New Volotra were added to the country of Eisenland, forming the landmass known as Arcturus.
=== Eisenland's Sparwood Diplomacy ===
===== The Creation of the 2nd CSS =====
After acquiring Arcturus, Eisenland began talks with other Sparwood nations in order to form the second iteration of the Confederation of Sparwood States (CSS) consisting of the UBSR, Eisenland, Akratia, Monterre, Yunaro, and Avertico on August 18, 2021. This alliance was made as a result of a shared fear of Tortugan invasion, as they had grown extremely aggressive at the time. The CSS’s fears were realized, when on August 20, Tortuga declared war on Akratia. Preparations were made by all of the CSS nations to help Akratia, however due to incredibly incompetent leadership by Akratia’s premiere, MW_Neoz, these preparations of defense were in vain. Akratia was invaded on the 24 of August, with not so much as a single CSS defender helping. 
Following Akratia’s invasion, fears of Tortuga invading Eisenland became all too prevalent. And these fears were realized when Tortuga started to commit bandit raids throughout the Eisenland archipelago. In order to hastily come to a solution, the council agreed to sign off on a agreement, called the “Treaty of Eisenburg”, in which Tortuga vowed to not invade and to stop committing raids on Eisenlandian towns in exchange for total control of Eisenlandian waters, along with a huge Tortugan ship being built right in the middle of the Eisenland archipelago. It is still there to this day.
===== Beginnings of the FUS =====
To add insult to injury to the CSS, the UBSR was swallowed by Frosmyre on September 6th. And on the same day, Eisenland, Tulipia, and Yunaro all left the CSS, and create the “Free Union of Sparwood” (FUS).
The FUS was short lived too however, as on September 18th, Yunaro actually joined Eisenland as a state. This was Eisenland’s last experiment with supranational organizations, as the Sparwood region was just too unstable, and every time an organization was created, it got dissolved within a couple of weeks. 
As a show of a betterment of diplomatic relations, on September 20th, 2021, Eisenland purchased a swath of mainland land from Tortuga for a hefty price, however, it proved itself to be worth it over time as new cities were built on the land in early 2022. It is now known as Teschen.
=== Eisenland's Golden Age ===
===== A New Government =====
Following the dramatic conclusion of the -4 War, Eisenland entered an era of prosperity. LittleRock’s structure and defenses were completed, the city of Balhurst, which was now under the mayorship of the famed Industro, was seeing unprecedented levels of growth in terms of buildings and player count, and the Maxstadt megacity project had begun. In conjunction with the good times, the Eisenland council, now consisting of the Kaiser, MrPoothtick, Ryan vom Dirkson, Industro, MrZayn, and Hiiro, all decided that a mixed form of democracy and monarchy was the best way to run this new Eisenland. Thus, elections were held, and Industro won the presidency, with various other members of Eisenland winning representative positions. During this golden age, Eisenlandians became rich, as new armaments factories were constructed with the sole purpose to sell weaponry to other nations, and production of raw materials industrialized in order to mass produce and sell.
===== The End of the Good Times =====
And when all was going well, disaster struck again. On September 21, 2021, Industro, the nation's president, was fed up with the rest of the government ignoring him on controversial topics, and cracked. He went rogue in the Eisenland discord, and in the confusion, Industro managed to take all of his valuables, wealth, and materials, and log off indefinitely. This series of events was a serious blow to Eisenlandian morale, funds, and weaponry, but life continued on. MrPoothtick took up the mantle of President by means of succession following his unexpected departure.
===== Further Divisions =====
MrPoothtick’s presidency was very controversial due to the nature of his installment. The various political parties at play in the nation began to bicker, and this actually resulted in some murders happening in various towns and plenty of heated arguments over how the country should be run. On September 27th, 2021, a state of emergency was declared, and all political parties forcibly disbanded. The situation continued to decline however, and on September 30th, martial law was instituted, and democracy was thrown out the window in Eisenland.
After these dramatic turn of events, the whole of Eisenland began to slow down in terms of growth, with many players going inactive. Hiiro, however, stayed hard at work, and managed to single handedly build up Maxstadt, constructing incredibly large structures like the Eisenland Capitol Building all by himself. As the scope of the Maxstadt project grew in size, more builders were assigned to work on the city to expedite the process.
=== The Viodoxan Affair ===
===== The Dormant Era =====
Eisenland was pretty dormant both domestically and internationally for the next couple of months, with the only real noteworthy things happening during this period being construction and completion of projects already going on that were established in the past. Maxstadt continued to grow, Eisenland’s older cities were renovated, a national highway was created, and Hiiro continued to prove himself as Eisenland’s greatest member, in everything from wealth, combat, influence, dedication, and building skills. 
===== Eisenland helps Loic's Viodoxa =====
Eisenlands relatively dormant state wouldn’t last long however, as on December 10th, 2021, Loic officially announced his return to Rathnir after falling from grace in Viodoxa. Loic had maintained contact with Eisenland leaders after the -4 War, and in his time of need, Eisenland decided to return the favor. Eisenland was the first nation to publicly express support for Loic’s forces, and Loic made his dramatic return on the steps of the capitol building of Maxstadt. Over the course of the long and drawn out conflict, Eisenland suffered minimal losses, besides a battle that took place in Maxstadt that caused minor damage. It wasn’t until January 28th, 2022, in which the fighting ended with resounding victory for Loic’s forces, and the war finally came to a close.
===== Eisenland joins the Union =====
Following the end of the war, Eisenland and the new Viodoxa were incredibly close, and decided to merge their countries with a union. Maxstadt was chosen as the capital of the Union, and Hiiro, due to his immeasurable work put into helping the cause and incredible skill on the battlefield, was installed in the union’s government as a Regent Archon and a military general.
=== Eisenland's Return To Democracy ===
===== New People, New Ideas =====
Following Eisenland's joining of the Union, labor was focused on building up towns and infrastructure over military production, as was focused during the war. This growth led to a resurgence in player's joining the nation, and eventually, they demanded to have a voice in the government. Seeing as Eisenland was in a stable environment again, the Old Guard (Kaiser AblazeGenie, MrPoothtick, Ryan vom Dirkson, Ravennn, and Hiiro) decided that it was time to swap back to a popularly elected parliament system. Industro returned to Eisenland with full honors at this time, and continued to be a top-performing member of the Eisenland people.
===== Parties Created and Ballots Tallied =====
Following the announcement of a return to democracy, quickly, two parties sprung out of the fold. The New Eisenland Party (NEP), which took on a more conservative/pro-kaiser stance, and the Democratic-Socialist Unity Front (DSU), a more left leaning and worker's oriented party. Elections were decided to be held throughout a week in March of 2022, and when the results came in, they were in sweeping favor for the New Eisenland Party. Jaxamax (NEP), was voted in as President, with the NEP sweeping all other representative positions except for the one spot that they did not contend for, Minister of the Economy. Notably, MrPoothtick (although running under the NEP), managed to win over both sides and easily won his bid for Chancellor with a whopping 84.6% of votes. In conclusion, the election finished off with the NEP gaining 7 of 9 seats in Parliament, with an independent taking one seat, and the last being delegated to a DSU member.
===== The Eisenlandian Exodus =====
On April 27th 2022, Teschen, the region in the far north of Eisenland, was given up by the IAU and given to Tortuga as a result of a trade deal. The IAU did not consult with the Eisenland government when making this decision, and as a result, the sudden displacement and destruction of 3 towns had to be done. The IAU compensated Eisenland by granting a new land mass to the far south of Eisenland to settle. The Kaiser and the displaced people's moved to this new area, and set up towns in what was known as "New Teschen". Given the size of the exodus, and the fact that the Kaiser was among the people moving to the south, Ryan vom Dirkson saw an opportunity to re-create Eisenland in the form of a completely democratic government. After the exodus was completed, Ryan instituted full democracy in what became known as "Northern Eisenland", which consisted of Arcturus and the Archipelago. The Kaiser, seeing this move as a form of treason and dissension, instituted full monarchy in New Teschen, or as it had become more popularly known as at this time, "Southern Eisenland". Communications between the North and South was slim, and tensions rose.
===== North vs. South =====
Due to the differences in ideologies and geographical divide, Northern and Southern Eisenland quickly morphed into completely different provinces despite coming from the same flag only days ago. This created intense tribalism, and fears of another civil war were heightened. Plans were drawn up, and arms raised for what was expected to be a full on clash between the North and South. Upon seeing the direction Eisenland was headed, the Kaiser, MrPoothtick, Ravennn, and Industro, plotted to reunify the nation under the Kaiser as it was in the early days. MrPoothtick and Industro resided in the North, while the Kaiser and Ravennn lived in the South. From this, the pot was boiling with 3 outcomes, civil war, intervention from the IAU, or a reunification.
===== Reunification Plot Begins =====
With the plan in place, the execution began. On May 14th, 2022, the second elections in the North were held. Reunification plotters were elected to a majority of positions in the government, with Industro getting put in as the President of the newly named "Martial Republic of Eisenland". Almost immediately after taking power in the northern government, reunification was brought to the table. With this clear desire to change the power dynamic in Eisenland, Ryan vom Dirkson and the Kaiser grew increasingly agitated at one another due to their inability to see eye to eye on how things should be ran. The Kaiser and his supporters claimed that after instilling "democracy" in the north, Ryan who was not a part of the government, oversaw many operations in the government and ran things, lending him and others to believe that it was a puppet democracy, where Ryan was a dictator in the shadows. Ryan and his supporters saw the Kaiser as an unfit ruler who could not see the plights of the nation or her people in addition to being an inactive player. With these immutable views the two parties held, things got quite heated in debates. 
===== Reunification Plot Completes =====
Soon after Industro unveiled his true intentions of getting to the presidency, he fled Northern Eisenland on May 21st, 2022 after Ryan refused to budge. MrPoothtick was put in charge of the North following his departure. After the smoke settled from the faux election and Ryan's observance of the writing on the wall, Ryan departed from all of Eisenland indefinitely on May 26th, 2022. He cited toxicity, untamable nationalism, and corruption for his reasons of departing. After his departure, he made MrPoothtick both the owner of all the nation claim and the heir to a lot of his unmovable wealth. With this newfound power, MrPoothtick worked with the South, and over time managed to solidify and accomplish the task of reuniting the nation about 10 days later. 
=== Eisenland Reborn ===
On June 6th, 2022, Eisenland was officially reunited into one province under the IAU. With it, the monarchy and council of Eisenland were reformed. The new Council consisted of The Kaiser, MrPoothtick, Industro, Ravennn, JDBPixel, Hamsterz, Flowame, SteelRexer, Pryftan, and Gustav. Following reunification, plans for the future, especially the building up of towns, infrastructure, and plans for industry were drawn up and executed. Eisenland was beginning to enter a new Golden Age, as activity started to reach a high level and pride in the nation was on the rise.
===== The Octavian Revolt =====
The Octavians, a group of people who agreed to take refuge in Southern Eisenland following their displacement, began to get fed up with the new Eisenland government and how they handled certain things, specifically squatter claims. They plotted a way to strike at Eisenland, and on June 21st, 2022, they saw their opportunity. They geared up using armaments produced by Eisenland factories, and attacked Maxstadt, killing some civilians. Quickly the Eisenland garrison activated, and provided resistance to the attackers. The Eisenlandians were losing at first, however, the tide quickly turned when the IAU military and Valondor volunteers showed up. The attackers were quickly slaughtered. Given the nature of the attack, Eisenland, the IAU military, and the Valondor volunteers all agreed to make a show of force and occupy the Octavian's city, New Octavia, which had seceded from both the IAU and Eisenland before the attack happened. With the occupation, the city was sacked, burned and looted. To this day, it is a shell of a city. All remaining Octavians were booted from Eisenland and the IAU, unless granted permission to stay from the Kaiser.
===== The Sacking of Maxstadt =====
In early July, the IAU suffered a secession, with Paradise leaving the Imperial anarchical Union. Not wanting to lose this group of people, they declared war on the secessionists. Paradise happens to be close to Maxstadt, and as such, the IAU requested that they use the city as a basing ground in order to launch the attack. Eisenland agreed, as long as the IAU could ensure it's protection. On July 14th, the war took place. The IAU military was sorely beaten, and in the process, the city of Maxstadt was sacked. Buildings were destroyed, chests were looted, and statues were torn down. It was a pitiful sight, as what was once the shining jewel of Eisenland was now in disrepair. It was so bad, that nations and groups the world over donated, specifically Paradise, Dracade, Valondor, Tortuga, Adytum, and the IAU all donated materials, tools, builders, and funds to help rebuild the city.
===== The Bezzingah Pact =====
Due to strife between the Imperial Archonal Union and many of its provinces, who felt oppressed under the rule of the Viodoxans, many nations chose to leave the Union. Eisenland, after having their capital desecrated and experiencing troubles with the IAU themselves, deemed it was time to secede as well. Eisenland and the other seceding nations formed the Bezzingah Pact, a military alliance in case of violent retribution from the IAU. The Union was too greatly weakened by the departure of so many of its provinces to do anything about the situation, and it would not be able to forcibly reintegrate those that left. This event would eventually lead to the collapse of the Imperial Archonal Union. The successor state to the IAU would rise soon afterwards, calling itself the Autokratoria of Sirradra, which immediately took to the ideals and structure of it's predecessor.
=== Eisenland Crumbles ===
Eisenland experienced it's first rumblings of unrest on on August 2nd, 2022, when JDBPixel and Randomakatsuki requested to Kaiser AblazeGenie in private that their newly constructed artificial island in the far south of Rathnir, Dragonia, be admitted into Eisenland as a vassal. AblazeGenie, not wanting to miss out on free land and more people, quickly approved. However, he failed to tell anyone in government about this decision. On August 5th, 2022, when it was discovered that Dragonia existed by then council member Gustav, he called the rest of the members together to discuss about the situation. Clearly, The Kaiser did not confide in his more knowledgeable subordinates for advice on the decision, as it was a very bad one for political reasons given the proximity of the vassal to Sirradra, with which Eisenland’s relations were poor given their recent history. 
===== Mass Departure of High Members =====
This issue of miscommunication and failure to delegate led to beef between council members and the Kaiser growing too large to ignore. Industro, citing the fact that other council members did not always approve of his ideas and his methods, particularly with the vassalization of Kutaiyara, and with now the Kaiser not seeking his advice and ideas for policy changes, departed from Eisenland indefinitely once again. This move resulted in a loss of a large amount of monetary and production value for Eisenland, as Industro was responsible for the leadership of the military, was a large player in the production industry, and was one of the richest members of the nation. This high profile exit was followed by the unfortunate departure of Flowame, the best minister of recruitment ever, on August 9th, 2022. To make matters worse, the day after that MrPoothtick went inactive as well. 
===== Eisenland Dissolving =====
Fawkes, having become disillusioned with what Eisenland stood for and coming under the impression that AblazeGenie was not a good ruler by any means, announced that the town of Eisenburg and the province of New Teschen were seceding from Eisenland and joining Sirradra. Immediately following this, Hamsterz, citing his belief that he was constantly unappreciated by leadership for his contributions and sometimes blamed for things that were out of his control, followed suit and seceded Kaminhagen from Eisenland. The chaos does not end there, unfortunately. Seeing his opportunity to create a communist republic out of what he was in charge of in Eisenland, Gmez united Balhurst, Dragonia, and Kutaiyara, and made clear his intentions to secede as well. 
===== The Changing of the Guard =====
On August 14th, not wanting to deal with the criticism, and seeing how his legitimacy was increasingly being called into question, Kaiser AblazeGenie stepped down from his position and went inactive. Before the announcement of his departure, AblazeGenie chose Gustav to succeed him. This resulted in mass chaos and unrest among those who were calling for a dissolving of the nation, with many unable to accept Gustav's Kaisership. Eventually, 
===== An Unstable Peace =====
Seeing the state that Eisenland was in, Spades, a leader of Valondor and a friend of Eisenland, deceptively utilized the broken nature of the country and offered the newly crowned Kaiser Gustav assistance in diplomacy. Seeking any help possible and knowing of their friendly past with Eisenland, Gustav agreed, which Spades then used to make an agreement with Sirradra that Eisenburg, Kaminhagen, and New Teschen go to Sirradra, and a formal military alliance between Eisenland and Valondor be formed. Not reading the fine print, Gustav agreed to the terms. Thankfully, Sirradra alerted Gustav to what was going on, resulting in him immediately calling Spades out on his treachery. Tensions between Eisenland, the secessionists, Valondor, and Sirradra were indescribable, with all 4 parties laying various claims to the lands of Eisenland. The situation was sorted out by Kaiser Gustav and Foreign Affairs Minister David in time however, who managed to wrestle control of Eisenburg away from Fawkes and exiled him from the nation, destroyed Gmez’s secession alliance, convinced Hamsterz to stay, and brokered a land deal between Sirradra and Eisenland in which Eisenland would maintain control of its original territory, and give up New Teschen and all her vassals to Sirradra
=== Reconstruction ===
After the chaos of that single day subsided, Gustav led the nation in a reconstruction of sorts. His first order of business was crushing any remaining rebel sentiment. Quickly replacing the positions that were lost to traitors during that dark day. He slotted in another fellow named Ryan as the minister of Construction, H4LO as the minister of economy, and production went to gmez, as although he was one of the dissenters, he apologized profusely and expressed his desire to stay in government, which Gustav allowed by his own grace. Those in Dragonia, although also part of the dissenters, were allowed back into Eisenland on the condition that they settled in the capital. 
===== A New Era of Diplomacy =====
Looking forward, Eisenland secured a NAP/MDP with The Union of Loyalists, a coalition of nation states to the east of Eisenland, on August 20th. It only took one week after all of this drama for more stuff to go down. Another insurrection occurred near the capital of Eisenland, located in Sein. Following a denial from Gustav for permission to privatize a casino that they were constructing on their land, a group called the “Cactus Gang”, led by JDBPixel, conducted a revolt, in which a small group of people took control of the city and proclaimed themselves independent. Gustav responded with the iron fist, sending soldiers, mercenaries, and a blunt message to other nations that this was ridiculous, and to pay the Cactus’ Gang’s pleas to the world no heed. In time, all notions of revolt, dissension against the new Kaiser, and questions of Gustav’s legitimacy were put to rest, as clearly, Gustav understood and executed the role of a leader effectively. 
=== Confederation of Eisenland and Pahonja ===
In early September 2022, following unrest and uncertainty in their own nation, the leaders of Pahonja began meeting with high ranking Eisenlandians in their metropolis of Maxstadt. The discussions in these meetings revolved around the uniting of the two island nations into a combined power in the region, in order to solidify each other's sovereignty in an area of Rathnir that was crowded with power hungry nations such as Tortuga and Sirradra. On September 2nd, 2022, Eisenland and Pahonja officially combined into a single nation, the Confederation of Eisenland and Pahonja. A new governmental structure was drawn up for the combination, that called for a new leader of the combined nations. This chosen leader was Gustav, who abdicated Eisenland's kaisership to popular figure and long-time member KingOfHavoc (PiTastesGood). In conjunction with this monumental move, the newly crowned Emperor Gustav made the executive choice to pull out of the Pact, the alliance that broke away from the Union so many months ago, citing neutrality and no longer needing the protection. From here on out, Eisenland has remained a kingdom inside of this alliance, which has since gone on to become known as the Tengalan Iron Empire, or in Eisendel, "Tengalii Ejzen Kajzerryk".
== Culture ==
Eisenlandians are naturally very close to the sea, and have mastered canal engineering technology to a point where they can exploit it to yield massive harvests of food products, thanks to the mineral-rich seas of Southeastern Rathnir.
=== Language ===
Though most Eisenlandians also speak traveler's tongue, Eisenland also has it's own language, Ejzndel. It developed many hundreds of years ago from the same roots as traveler's tongue, and is therefore not awfully dissimilar from it. [An Eisendel dictionary and guides can be found in the Eisenland Discord or in the Eisendel Language Wiki.]
Due to many things being named before Ejzndel's (IRL) conception, many towns and names are not what they actually are in Ejzndel. Here are some translations of various pre-Ejzndel names:
* Eisenland: Ejznlandt
* Eisendel: Ejzndel 
* Kaiser Max "Ablaze" Swanz of Eisenland: Kajzr Max "Fuerneda" Swanz van Ejznland 
* Maxstadt: Maxsteda, (alternatively Kajzmaxsteda) 
* Kaminhagen: Kaminhagen
* Eisenburg: Ejznkastill 
* KaiserHaven: Kajzrhagen 
* Ozenia: Uzionsteda
* Balhurst: Balhurst 
* New Octavia: Nue-Oktavea
* Eprius: Eperuz 
* Concurancz: Konkuranz 
* Under-Deep: Ontrdiepeda 
* Sein: Sein 
=== Eisenland & Potatoes ===
The potato and Eisenland are nearly inseparable. For many years the potato and its wonderful fruit (which is actually the plant’s tuber) have shaped the culture, agriculture and traditions of Eisenland.
==== The History of Eisenland & the Potato ====
The unique history of the potato and Eisenland began a long time ago, when Eisenland as a nation did not even exist. Records don't date back to when the farmers of Balhurst, back then the capital of Valtyrion, began cultivating the potato. However, it is known that the potato made its way from Balhurst to Eisenburg, Eisenland’s first island, and gained large popularity there as an easy, cheap, and nourishing food, which would come in handy when Eisenland declared its independence from Valtyrion. 
The next chapter in the potato’s rise came after the -4 War, when Eisenland obtained its most important territory in its history, the island of Arcturus. The potato grew to be practically the only thing migrants from the old islands ate and planted, because most of the island was of the desert variety, and what plots and puddles of dirt could be scrambled together were soil that couldn’t support any crop other than potatoes. This solidified the potato as Eisenland’s national crop and food, helping Eisenland through its largest periods of change. 
Later when Eisenland joined the Imperial Archonal Union, the potatoes, especially the Balhurst Potato (more on that later), became one of the largest factors pulling Archonal tourists to the province. In addition to this, potato-based alcohol (vodka) became one of Eisenland’s largest export to the Union, and “potatoes” became a common exonym for Eisenlandians.
==== The Balhurst Potato ====
This is why it makes a lot of sense that the Eisenlandian national dish is the Balhurst Potato. The inhabitants of the island of Balhurst practiced an advanced secret tradition of combining potion crafting and crop cultivation to produce the island’s revered “Balhurst Potatoes”. These have been rumored to grow up to a meter in length and 3/4 of a meter in girth, and a way of cooking it, stuffed with various herbs and spices and sometimes served with fish, is considered the national dish of Eisenland. It is loved by many people and it is tradition in Eisenland to prepare large quantities of these potatoes for various occasions such as Heriamor Day and the Harvest Festival.
==== The Harvest Festival ====
The Harvest Festival is a yearly Eisenlandian autumn celebration to bring luck in the upcoming potato harvest. It is celebrated every year on the second Saturday of September, and includes various activities such as crow hunting (to teach them not to touch our taters) and eating Balhurst Potato, sometimes with potato vodka, and sometimes with beer.
==== The Potato Gang ====
The “Potato Gang” is a feared and respected group of potato cultist zealots. They hold great power over Eisenland, but it is unknown who their members are. Despite this, their goals seem to be only reinforcing Eisenland’s potato love. One day, they simply stuck a potato on a rod near every door in Eisenland, with the simple command to “touch the potato whenever you enter or leave your house”. Most people simply obey said command, as it is not a large inconvenience and not worth getting ganked by a potato gangster over.
== Architecture & Buildings ==
=== The Canals of Eisenland ===
Eisenland, like every other nations, needs food. Unfortunately, most of the population is housed in a large city covering a desert island, and if it were to be left up to nature, half the population would starve. However, thanks to Eisenlandian engineering following the -4 War, this has never been a problem, all thanks to a series of canals spanning all of Arcturus.
The sea surrounding Eisenland can be very moody. This means, even before Eisenland came and occupied Arcturus, the island already had many dams and canals. However, Volturus was largely reliant on outside sources to feed its population, and in order not to hinder the economic growth Eisenland was experiencing, Kajzr Max Swanz gathered the finest engineers and scientists in the country to develop a solution to their situation.
The engineers came up with a brilliant idea: though the soil of the desert island they had just inherited wasn’t good for many crops, it could support potatoes. But these potatoes needed water. And this water could be found all around them. “But wait, you can’t use saltwater to irrigate crops!” you might say. And you would be right. The engineers and scientists thought of this problem too, and came up with a strange solution: they would extend the rivers coming out of Interland from the east and Tortuga in the west, supplying Arcturus with a steady flow of freshwater, which would then be funneled into irrigation canals and onto farms in both Maxstadt and further south. This supply of freshwater would later become the entire basis of Maxstadt’s existence, and Kaminhagen became the central node for the entire canal network.
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