BMC Minecraft Universe

The BMC Minecraft Univese, commonly known as BMCMC, collectively refers to the ten Minecraft servers hosted by Brazilian's Mapping Chat since the opening of Cumania on May 22nd, 2019. This page serves as a basic introduction to the history and functioning of these servers.
==Introduction==
All BMC Minecraft servers, listed in the section below, share a number of core gameplay characteristics: 
*Survival: Severs are run in the Survival Multiplayer (SMP) format. With rare exceptions, only Admins are allowed to use Creative.
*Nations: There are elements of geopolitical roleplaying, in which players are able to organize nations, govern territories through them, and engage in diplomacy with other nations, including wars.
*Quality of life: All servers have had a number of quality of life aspects, such as the keepInventory gamerule and the /tpa and /back commands, allowing a greater focus on geopolitics and building.
*Plugins: A number of plugins, such as ChestShop and Essentials, are usually found in the BMCMC servers. Dynmap is also present when a paid host is able to be used.
*History: The evolving nature of nations and geopolitics leads to an extensive history being produced, much of which is preserved on this Wiki. Elements such as the Cuman Calendar have also been created to aid with record keeping.
*Lore: A backbone of fictional lore ties the ten servers together and seeks to explain, rationalize and ammend the real history produced by them.
==Servers==
See also: List of BMC Minecraft nations
The ten official BMCMC servers are:
*Cumania
**Season 1 (May 22nd, 2019 - June 5th, 2019)
**Season 2 (July 14th, 2019 - August 16th, 2019)
**Season 3 (March 10th, 2020 - June 11th, 2020)
*MCEarth 1 (June 8th, 2019 - June 20th, 2019)
*Minecrosia (August 16th, 2019 - August 31st, 2019)
*MCEarth 2 (October 11th, 2019 - January 6th, 2020)
*Old Mediterranea (July 1st, 2020 - July 23rd, 2020)
*Folban (September 22nd, 2020 - October 15th, 2020)
*Cave Cumania (January 9th, 2021 - February 8th, 2021)
* Mediterranea 
**Season 1 (July 1st, 2021 - September 27th, 2021)
**Season 2 (December 15th, 2021 - April 8th, 2022)
*Orbis 
** Season 1 (May 22nd, 2022 - November 15th, 2022)
**Season 2 (June 11th, 2023 - November 29th, 2023)
*MCEarth 3 (December 15th, 2022 - March 7th, 2023)
*Aether (January 27th, 2024 - )
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===Cumania===
Main article: Cumania (server)Cumania was the first BMCMC server. Created by Danieer on May 22nd, 2019, it served as the basic model for all servers that succeeded it. It originally had a regular randomly generated seed, but it was later altered by the Conjunction of the Spheres. It would go on to have three seasons throughout mid-2019 and early 2020, elapsing 93 days of runtime, and is considered the server with the most well researched history to date. Cumania's most notable nations were Carthage, the Nōzatetsu, Water Empire, Three Stars, Nilfgaard, Kisanaga and Zverskiy.
=== MCEarth 1 ===
Main article: MCEarth 1MCEarth 1 was the second BMCMC server, succeeding Cumania Season 1 on June 8th, 2019. It used a 1:2000 world map, but only had 12 days of runtime as its lifespan was cut short by a fatal crash after an extremely powerful Ghast was spawned by Admin Americana. MCEarth 1's most notable nations were Byzantium and Temeria.
=== Minecrosia ===
Main article: MinecrosiaMinecrosia was the third BMCMC server, immediately succeeding Cumania Season 2 on August 16th, 2019, after an unintentional map reset caused by the Conjunction of the Spheres. It used a randomly generated Large Biomes seed, which notably had a large central ocean littered with islands, giving the server its name. It only had 15 days of runtime as its host expired and was not renewed. Minecrosia's most notable nations were Redania, Venice and Acre.
=== MCEarth 2 ===
Main article: MCEarth 2MCEarth 2 was the fourth BMCMC server, succeeding Minecrosia after a hiatus on October 11th, 2019. It used an extremely large 1:1000 world map, which caused it to constantly crash and forced the Admins to create a Command Block device to continuously autosave it. Despite this, it had 87 days of runtime. MCEarth 2's most notable nations were Venice, Temeria, Extremancha and Chihuahua.
=== Old Mediterranea ===
Main article: Old MediterraneaOld Mediterranea was the fifth BMCMC server, succeeding Cumania Season 3 on July 1st, 2020. It used a new randomly generated seed, but was closed after only 23 days of runtime due to reduced activity, possibly due to the short timespan between Cumania's turbulent ending and it. Old Mediterranea's most notable nations were Wessex, Akagi, Scaeah, Skyros and Hyperborea.
=== Folban ===
Main article: Folban (server)Folban was the sixth BMCMC server, succeeding Old Mediterranea after a hiatus on September 22nd, 2020. It was unique in that it used a Terraforged map and somewhat diverged from the servers' usual geopolitical format, as nations were organized in a feudal system, owing allegiance to larger kingdoms and to the Empire of Folban, which spanned the entire world, thus only being allowed to control small lands and were unable to wage war against each other. This factor is often cited as the cause for Folban being BMCMC's least successful server, only having 23 days of runtime. Folban's most notable nations were Serica and Eastern Redrines.
=== Cave Cumania ===
Main article: Cave CumaniaCave Cumania was the sixth BMCMC server, succeeding Folban after a longer hiatus on January 9th, 2021. It was even more unique than its predecessor, having an entirely different concept as it used a pre-generated cave world instead of a regular world seed. Nations, while present, were more akin to bases, unable to effectively control territory across the cave landscape. Despite this, it was a mildly successful server, but closed after 30 days of runtime due to its host expiring. Cave Cumania's most notable nations were Aperture, the Free Territory, the Farlands and Quebec.
=== Mediterranea ===
Main article: MediterraneaMediterranea was the eighth BMCMC server, succeeding Cave Cumania after the longest hiatus to date on July 1st, 2021. Returning to Cumania's classical format of having a regular survival seed - the same used in Old Mediterranea, but rebooted - it is considered to be the revival of BMCMC, having become the most active server since Cumania and having two seasons spanning mid-2021 and late 2021 to early 2022, totaling 202 days of runtime, the longest to this day. Mediterranea's most notable nations were Akamani, Akagi, Lanfang, Ruma, Brazil and Genoa.
=== Orbis ===
Main article: OrbisOrbis is the ninth BMCMC server, succeeding Mediterranea after a hiatus on May 22nd, 2022. Inheriting Mediterranea's success and improving on its weaker points, such as having a significantly reduced map, it became BMCMC's most successful server. Its first season had a record contiguous runtime of 177 days spanning much of 2022, and a second season is planned to be held in mid-2023. Orbis' most notable nations are Columbia, Occidentalis, Turkey, Rhodoa, Anthropia, Villa, Paloscka and Ultimaborea.
=== MCEarth 3 ===
Main article: MCEarth 3MCEarth 3 was the tenth BMCMC server, succeeding Orbis Season 1 after a hiatus on December 15th, 2022. It once again used a world map, this time with a smaller 1:3000 scale, and despite being intended to be a smaller server to fill the gap between Orbis' seasons, it had the most nations of any server after an activity boom in its first weeks. The server lived out its planned runtime of 82 days. MCEarth 3's most notable nations were São Paulo, Brtine, East Africa, West Africa, Magdeburg-Warschau, Qarthage, Afro-Eurasia and the Khadagan Orda.
=== Aether ===
Main article: AetherThe Aether is the eleventh BMCMC server, succeeding Orbis Season 2 after a hiatus, launching in January 28th, 2024. It is the first BMCMC server to use mods, and the first to use a sky islands map.