Nexus

Nexus was a nation within Eldham which was on the South-East part of the continent of Phoros. It was created after a merge between Pheonaria and the Trinitatis Imperium, which became official on the 17/09/2021. The Empire of Nexus was a Constitutional/representative Monarchy. It was led by the Emperors Ze_Flux and Tyrus (Reaps). 
Pheonaria was created by a bunch of Sailors who fled from many continents trying to establish Nexus as a nation until arriving in Eldham where they settled under the official name of Pheonaria. The Trinitatis Imperium was also created by sailors who called their nation Nexus, however, they had no ancestral connections with the others, thus it was the name that united the two nations. The first cities of the two Nations once stood, blessed with the names The Roost (Later would become Phoenix II) and Invicta. However, after the merge between the two nations, the forming of a new Capital took place, the Roost was rebranded taking the name Phoenix II, as a union between two small nations. 
Nexus was ruled by two royal houses - the House of Reach and the House of Maximus. 
== History ==
=== Origins ===
==== The Merge ====
After both nations Pheonaria and Trinitatis Imperium became close, having a diplomatical relationship incomparable to any other which was mainly due to the efforts of emperor Snowflake, it was decided that Nexus and Nexus (as both nations called themselves Nexus) would merge and create the new Imperial Territory of Nexus. Little to no debate was found on the logistics of the merge. Tyrus and Snowflake were both titled Kaisers and had eaqual power within the nation, under them served the senate. Thus on the 17/09/2021 the merge became official.
==== Beggining of the nation ====
The Imperial Territory of Nexus only had 5 cities in its land before the merge. They were known as Phoenix II, Invicta, Icenberg, Fideon, and Oculisuoluptatem. The nation was in its early stages, for there was much to do within and outside of Eldham. The hard work and dedication found in the Imperial territory of Nexus caught the attention of many and inspired them to continue the flourishment and development of the nation, allowing for it to gain at least 1 new citizen per day, a great achivement for a small nation. The main focus was on the city of Phoenix, developing the capital, although most builders were in there, the nation continued to grow its other parts, starting many projects like The mainland expansion, which although never finished was a great project that ended in half. Also, projects like The eastern expansion and island connection which aimed at connecting icebergs and filling them with dirt to make them proper isles were started, aiming to gain land trough peaceful means. 
Invicta on the other hand was fairly small with a small population which had focused completely on building itself rather than trying to expand. 
===== New Capital =====
When the idea was proposed for the first time, discussion as to what the new capital of Nexus should be had sprung throughout the land. An island in the Pheonarian now region was suggested to be the capital of this new nation, build on an iceberg in the deep ocean it would've not only been big, but offer an amazing protection as a stronghold for the nexans, however, due to lack of initiative from the builders, the project becoming too expensive and lack of enthusiasm for an iceberg to be the capital the project was scrapped, however, the island would find a use for war many years later in the civil war. In its place, the Roost was suggested. It was already a prospering and well looking city, and had a lot of houses that could accommodate the rising needs of the nation. The city would go trough a name change, becoming known as Phoenix II. It was announced as the new capital of Phenoaria, and the old capital project was called Icenberg.
=== The Nexus - Kaladinia conflict ===
The Nexus - Kaladinia conflict was a massive bolder that shock the empire to it's core. After a squatter group settled within the lands of Eleanor, due to bad coordination, which by that time had leadership so incompetent Nexus had to step in and help the leaders manage a conflict was formed, nexans were often provokated and some civilians raided by a few bandits of the squatters it sent it's military a couple of times which always ended in no casualties for Nexus and complete loss for the squatters. Seeing that they first asked the god for help, but after the gods rules neither side was right or wrong the squatters contacted many nations from the South-East of Eldham which bordered Eleanor. 
The South-East at that time had a massive alliance, and although far inferior fighters it heavily outnumbered the Nexan forces. While Nexus did search for allies when it looked to the North in Uraka they only saw paid mercenaries, and the alliances they already had were far from enough to even make the numbers 2:1. 
The Nexan leadership was split. While the military was all in for war and even had some spy intel prooving the other side would likely loose in such a war even with their supperior numbers due to lack of logistics (heavily unsupplied, many having iron armor contrary to the Nexan standard military uniform of Full prot 4 diamond armor) and experience (as many of the nations were very decentralised, barely alive and only a few had experience in wars with it being losses) and some senators wanted to fight, the Kaiser Snowflake was a diplomat by hearth and hated war, for it had already destroyed many of his previous homes. He was also heavily under influence from the peaceful senators whom he had friendships with way deeper than the others. In the time Kaiser Tyrus was also not very competent and was sceptical of the spy info, even though it had been confirmed, and the spy trialed in the enemy nations.
The decision laied on emperor Snowflake and he chose peace. It must be mentioned here, while Nexus was far supperior at fighting and had experienced soldiers, the other side had many more members and could grind faster to buy mercenaries for them, although it cannot be forgotten their alliance was dissolved about a month after the conflict ended and that it was pretty much a softpower card. The strain on Nexus must also be mentioned, the main populance of the nation (about 90%) were those who fled from many continents and experienced the hardship of long war, while they were ready to fight they also knew this conflict would very likely be fought over many battles and the people would suffer from lack of morale, not to mention the aftermath of the war regardless of victor would make the nation very tired which could be used by many others (like Uraka on the north) to quickly conquer it (as Uraka had an actual and experienced military). With a 50/50 chance for a long attrition war and uncertainty of victory and even on how to continue after it the emperor chose peace.
==== U.F. dissolution ====
Following the Nexus - Kaladinia conflict the United Federation (U.F.) dissolved due to the hostile action of Kaladinia and it's allies. All the nations in the UF one by one became vassals of Nexus and Nexus became a vassal of Uraka
===== Urakan vassalization and the new vassals =====
After the dissolution of the UF, Uraka and Nexus had agreed on terms that Nexus would become a non-permanent vassal of Uraka, with rules stating that Nexus can buy its freedom in the future if they want as this was the only way to ensure support from Uraka. Following that many nations in the U.F. became vassals of Nexus with similar terms and conditions like the once given by Uraka to Nexus. This marked the end of the conflict as many nations of the South (who would later become Urakan vassals too like the USSE) saw it impossible to win.
=== Government reforms ===
After all the conflicts Nexus has suffered which hold the Empire back, Nexus was finally starting to prosper again with one of the first things to be done was a change of titles - the Kaisers were now called Emperors, and after that, it finally became time for Nexus to have its first heads of the empire vote.
==== The Vote ====
The Vote is a big part of Nexus' history as it was the first time that the senate changed. Most of the old senate, most of whom were tired and not active, were replaced with a new government of an active senate. The debates started on the date of 10/31/2021, but the official vote began on the date of 11/03/2021. The vote continued for a day with the candidates: Flux, Zero, Namen, Biba, Phoenix (no relation to name of the capital), Reddragoon, NotBlake, Assassin, Simba, and Holy. (there is no order in the names) All running for different positions. The winners were: Biba, Flux, Zero, NotBlake and Holy.
==== Coronation ====
After Emperor Tyrus showed little to no sign of activity for an extended period, Emperor Snowflake summoned the Senate to discuss what action should be taken with the Maximus throne. The vote was 5/6, and the heir of the Maximus throne went to Tyrus' granddaughter Elre Maximus, she was declared Empress. The rise to power was later confirmed by Emperor Tyrus, who also agreed to make his granddaughter the new Empress. 
==== The Age Of Military Reform ====
On 03/05/2022 Kostirip announced a series of reforms to be brought upon Nexus, the reform with most effort were into its military. It was decided that the leader of the Nexan Army would be Field Marshal Oleksandr Kuramoto. Under Kuramoto's eye, the military was more centralized and divided from the civilian aspect of Nexus, Fort Fluss, funded and created by Kuramoto was Nexus's army center, with its bank reflecting the army budget, and Nexus welcomed many very skilled soldiers into its ranks. 
=== The Kragmen Dispute ===
On 03/03/2022, the newly united nation of Morladron Mysterlu established the town of Kragmen in the vassal state of New Olmeria after illegally purchasing the land from New Olmeria. Nexus responded by requesting that Morladron cease its claims on the town. When they refused, Nexus threatened war. Morladron proceeded to bash Nexus multiple times in its newspapers, "Morladron Packet," leading Marshal Russian Soldier to threaten, "we will go down there and wipe your pathetic nation off the face of the fucking map." The Dispute was "settled' upon the selling of the Kragmen territory to Sylvania by Nexus. This soured Nexus's relationship with Morladron, who viewed the deal as illegitimate. 
=== Nexus Independence ===
On 04/14/2022, following the Old Banner Rebellion and the collapse of the Uraki Imperium, Nexus subsequently declared independence as the Third Empire of Nexus. Upon the declaration, many in Nexus celebrated its newfound freedom. However, many in the government grew weary of their ever more imperialist neighborus, who emerged from the fall of Uraka, the Dandelion Empire, which later became The Imperium. Worries about the Imperium's possible intentions and that many in its government were once members of the Uraki government, many in Nexus believed that there was no point in trying to continue the nation and subsequently sailed away in search of new continents (left Stoneworks as a whole). This exodus of citizens led to what would be known as the inactive/dark ages.
== The Inactive/Dark Ages ==
The period from late April to early July is recognized in Nexus as the Dark ages. This period was full of inactivity and decline for Nexus. Other nations attempted and succeeded in nibbling pieces off of the once prosperous and reached its climax with the Nexus Civil war.
=== The Zaidan Crisis ===
On 06/08/2022, A group calling themselves the Pirate State of Zaidan settled in Nexus's western territories and claimed them as their own. Emperor Tyrus's first call was to declare war on what he saw as a small squatter group, although the conflict was concluded and a peace deal made when it became apparent that the small group was being supported by large Rathnir groups such as Lunaris. Tyrus ultimately signed the Treaty of Zaidan, giving the new state a large chunk of western land. This decision caused disdain in the government towards Tyrus, as the Treaty was signed without Tyrus consulting the rest of the government. This ordeal led to the government conspiring to oust Tyrus as the Sovereign of Nexus.
=== Impyrae Arkanaem ===
On 06/11/2022, Impyratrix of Arktania, Juni, announced that the nations of Arktania, Oceanum, and Nexus would be merging into what would be called Impyrae Arkanaem. Emperor Tyrus consulted the Nexus government about the merger. However, due to Tyrus deciding without the government's consent, the ministers in Nexus attempted to seize the situation and undo Tyrus's actions, with Minister of Foreign Affairs, Namenloxy announcing, "The government of Nexus is currently investigating the accusations against Tyrus Olmero. The main reason are the allegations of making multiple decisions without the permission of the government and of withholding information about multiple things from the senate." "Until the situation is resolved however we need to ask you to not sign any documents with either side as we can't ensure the validity of further agreements at this point." The announcement was largely ignored, and Nexus was still primarily recognized to be part of Impyrae Arkanaem up to its dissolution on 06/29/2022. The Minister of Defense, Russian Soldier, held a poll for those in the government who disapproved of the merger. Out of the nine acting government officials, seven voted against the merge, and Tyrus's decision to keep Nexus in Impyrae Arkanaem, even after the vote, further lowered his reputation in the government.
=== The Loss of Alzaria ===
Later on 06/11/2022, Alzaria and Thalassos declared independence from Nexus and joined Morladron and Andrimar, respectively. The declarations were controversial, as it was believed that Cloudy, the self-proclaimed "Emperor of Alzaria," was just a Morladron citizen sent in to give Morladron some sense of legitimacy to annex the territory. Morladron threatened war with Nexus if they did not recognize the annexation. Due to the Imperium's mutual defense pact with Morladron, Emperor Tyrus Olmerio was scared into signing an agreement with Morladron, seeding Alzaria to Morladron. This decision further shattered Tyrus's reputation among the rest of the Nexus government, as Tyrus also made the agreement without consulting the government.
=== Annexation by Oceanum ===
After the dissolution of Impyrae Arkanaem, Emperor Tyrus silently made an agreement with Oceanum, which would end in Oceanum temporarily annexing Nexus. This decision was considered the final straw for most in the government and talks about overthrowing Tyrus began. Eventually, Russian Soldier convinced Tyrus to split from Oceanum, and told Tyrus that if he gave Russian full control over Nexus, he would be able to fix all the mistakes made in the past.
== The End of Nexus ==
=== The Scuffed Election ===
After nearly convincing Emperor Tyrus to give total control of Nexus, Russian's plans were brought to a grinding halt when Minister Namenloxy suggested to Tyrus that he should hold an election for who would be the leader of Nexus. Russian was against such elections, seeing them as ineffective time usage, and claimed that they only delayed the inevitable. Throughout the election season, many policies, such as the two-month rule, stated that citizens had to be a part of Nexus for two months to vote. Though Russian agreed with some of these policies, he felt that the election holders were undermining them to cull his inevitable victory. A small sub-election was made by a Nexus royal, seeing whom the citizens would vote for, counting legitimate voters, Russian won the vote 10-3 against Tyrus. This only further proved his point that the elections were delaying the inevitable. The final straw for Russian was when Namenloxy created a voter registration system less than 24 hours before the election. Russian saw this as a blatant attempt to subvert his chances of winning, and upon voicing them, he was banished from Nexus for being "a threat to the security and democracy of Nexus." This banishment led straight into the Nexus Civil War.
== The Nexus Civil War ==
On 07/09/2022, Russian Soldier announced his intentions to coup the current Nexus government under Tyrus, stating "Tyrus Olmero is an insufficient leader, whose blunders have caused foreseeable unrest and disarray throughout the land we call home, which has affected us directly". Upon this declaration. The Nexus government disintegrated, with most members joining Russians junta or leaving Stoneworks entirely. Tyrus, knowing he would stand no chance against this coup alone, vassalized the remaining Nexus territories into Scylding, causing Russian to claim that Tyrus could not rule without being a puppet. Although there was no official battle in the war, it was widely seen by many as the end of Nexus. Zaidan also gave their support on the side of the junta.
=== Sides ===
After the Nexus Military Junta's declaration, Tyrus's Nexus underwent government changes under Scylding. The Third Empire of Nexus was rebranded as just the Kingdom of Nexus and was supported by Scylding. The Nexus Military Junta had the majority of Nexus's popular support in the war, with many former government officials supporting it either vocally or physically, including Ze_Flux, Snowflake, Leeboss, Assassin, KostiRIP, Sphen, and Holy. In contrast, Tyrus had the physical support of John Doe and Biba. Namenloxy refused to support either due to their un-democratic practices. Thanks to help from Russians new defense minister, Englxnd, he was able to get the support of the Horde to fight Scylding.
=== Skirmishes ===
Though there wasn't a major battle, there were definitely skirmishes and town raids in the war. The first clash came when Biba and Tyrus attacked Fort Fluss, catching Russian off guard and killing him
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