Ilia

Ilia was a town created on the 6 May 2021, by GummyGuy. Its name is a reference to MCPE's first owner, ilia_bro. Originally, the town aimed to be a center for trade and negotiation for players and nations in the Eighth Era. On 24 February 2022, the mayor position was handed over to Dracnoian. 
== History ==
=== GummyGuy Era ===
After realizing that MCPE was back, GummyGuy and previous members of Toto sought to make a new mark on the server. Several locations and names were thought of before Ilia was chosen to honor the server's first and now long gone owner. Gummy would be the first to make landfall on the northern portion of the island of Sri Lanka, setting up a small hut to begin business.
Ilia would see several new faces join in the Eighth Era, such as wowman249, who helped mine out large areas for the town, Tmoneynerd, who was the town's lead on Movecraft, and Ex_em_pt, who contributed a massive amount of time towards Slimefun.
==== Early Money Making ====
At the start of the Eighth Era, money was quite a problem. There just wasn't enough of it and players sought different ways to use the Jobs plugin to create wealth. A majority of Ilia's members would take up farming and in doing so, create massive sugarcane farms on the island. A majority of the coast would be covered by sugarcane. Underground areas that had been cleared for mining became sugarcane farms. Eventually even the Jaffna Peninsula, located at the far north of the island, would become a sugarcane farm. The amount of money a player could make would vary, but one pass through all the farms would net a player about $1500 - a small fortune at the time. Later on though, farmer would get nerfed into the ground by the staff, much to the disappointment of the Ilian people. 
==== Eventual Decline ====
Ilia's members would be the leader in Slimefun tech for a majority of the early Eighth Era, however, this rapid progression eventually lead to burnout among all its members. Soon, players were becoming inactive, and Gummy gave the rank of mayor over to 8ds. 8ds would soon become inactive himself. Gummy would then give the mayor position to CThor, who owned the town until Gummy decided that he would make a short return.
=== Dracnoian Era ===
After many months of inactivity, Gummy was seeking to give either the town or all of its valuables away to a player. At the time, he didn't like many of his options, however, later that night, Dracnoian would retired from the server's administration. Gummy, took the opportunity to hand Ilia over to Drac, who he considered a trusted friend. Drac would accept and would become the new mayor for the town.
== Notable Places ==
=== Fort Draco (Outpost 4) ===
A large obsidian structure built far out into the End, possibly the farthest anyone as ever traveled into the End on the server. The goal of the Fort was for it to become Ilia's main base of operation and to be an impenetrable location in the event of a war.
=== United Workers Union (UWU) HQ. ===
As Ilia's growing need for willing workers intensified, several of its players thought that it would be a good idea to unionize, and the United Workers Union (UWU) was born. They would establish their headquarters next to the town spawn. Tmoneynerd would begin construction on the project, using stripped logs to build a skyscraper. Eventually, members of the union would form their own town on mainland India. 
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=== The Ilian Coliseum ===
A planned coliseum on mainland India. Construction would halt shortly after the main are was clear due to a shift onto other plugins.
=== IliaCo. Shop ===
A large shop built underground. It fell into disuse after Slimefun items began flooding the market and it's prices were no longer seen as sane. 
Category:Eighth Era
Category:Town