Westport

The County of Westport was a rapidly developing county north of Greyhame's Keep. It was created as a result of the Coup of March 20th. It was founded on March 21, 2023. It's Count was Luke Pogerston. It had up to 35 members and had 1 city. It peaked at about 35 people, but died over the fall of 2023. It was succeeded by The Third Republic of Novastonia 
== History ==
=== Febenia (March 8, 2023 - March 20, 2023) ===
Febenia was created by Shah Mohamed Reza, Luke Pogerston, and Pumice Fromus. It slowly grew, then after some power moves by Reza, Pogerston and Fromus were kicked out during the coup of March 20th. This also resulted in Luke Pogerston disowning Jake Pogerston, who sided with Reza.
=== First Novastonian Era (March 21, 2023 - May 16, 2023) ===
Immediately after the coup, Pumice Fromulis and Luke Pogerston moved to Atreiyen to decide their next steps. The very next morning they moved up north and founded Westport, only one day after the coup. It was born with a rivalry with Febenia. It was originally founded as an independent kingdom, then joined Novastonia on March 23, 2023 as a city. Westport set out on an expedition, finding and claiming Hillcrest (now market), and then did another one, discovering Nordia (formerly Potastonia). On March 23, many things opened, including the Hillcrest Market (now Old Westport Market), Far West Pub (now Three Brothers Pub), and Brutus' Wood Store. Later that month they discovered upper Hillcrest (now Lower Centria). It started growing rapidly in March. On March 26, the Westportian Militia was formed and the Westport-Atreiyen Friendship bridge was opened. On March 28, Pumice Fromulis became acting count for just under a month.
On April 4, the teleportation toll came into effect. Westport worked together with Novastonia, Febenia, and Atreiyen to build a nationwide highway system, which opened later that month. On April 6, Potastonian Squatters in the Nordia region were found, and a coalition of Novastonian and Westportian forces invaded Potastonia. They agreed to withdraw by April 13 at midnight Central Europe Time or else a full scale war would be declared. On the 10th, the building code went into effect, enforcing a Mediterranean theme. On the eleventh, Potastonia disbanded and Westport founded the province of Nordia. On the 23rd, Novastonia left Anglunia peacefully, and the nation renamed to Sapientiae. On April 26, SW staff reincorporated the upkeep tax, which forced Westport to unclaim the provinces of Nordia (formerly Potastonia), Pantano, and Quarryland, but the provinces of Nuevo Atreiyen and Sudia (now all Sudia) were absorbed into Westport. On April 27, Westport threw Sapientiae an independence party on Hillcrest Mountain.
On May 8, the Serronan Peacekeepers attacked & occupied Westport, holding two Westportians hostage and forcing them to get married. They also stole drinks from Three Brothers Pub. On May 9, The MontCentria project started, with a goal of destroying Mont Centria by June 1 to make more room for housing. In early may, Febenia sunk into the ocean, ending Crafted's dictatorship. On May 16, Gandalf disbanded Sapientiae. And sold it's Western lands to Barbossa and Zerkalo Trading Company. Greyhame's Market was given to Rodinnport, and Westport had the option to become independent or become a vassal of Rodinnport. Westport chose to join Rodinnport, ending the First Novastonian era and beginning the Rodinnian/Urakan Era.
=== Roddinnian/Uraka Era (May 16, 2023 - July 7, 2023) ===
On May 16, Westport became a Rodinnian vassal, and Pumice Fromulis became the count of Westport. On May 18, Westport set up a flag contest, which was very dramatic and caused a lot of fighting, but it's current flag was chosen on May 19. On May 29, Project MontCentria was finished two days ahead of schedule, opening over 90 plots. On May 31, The Swarm attacked Westport without reason, and later that night Tea_Brewtaker attacked. Arrows were flying over Westport for days. 
On June 1, Luke Pogerston was demoted from Baron to Senator after banning fellow Senator, Anzug Staples without permission after Luke suspected that he was a part of the Swarm attack on Westport the night before. On June 1, Westport & Rodinnport started doing joint military training. On June 3, Westport participated in the Rodinnport-Othello War. On June 19, Luke Pogerston, Justin Pogerston, Anzug Staples, Mark Staples, and Toast left on a ship to another world to explore and set up colonies. The people were very abusive of power, so they returned on June 25. On June 27, many major events happened, such as Pumice Fromulis giving power to Jared Thiccitus and retiring, and Rodinnport joined Uraka. On June 30, a Technoblade rememberance party was scheduled, but it was cancelled due to the server being down. On July 7, Westport left Uraka, ending the Rodinnport-Uraka era. Also in June, a RP war, The Market Wars, between Toast, Justin, and Mark vs. Luke started, resulting in the independence of Ermandia.
=== Era of prosperity, independence, and fear (July 7, 2023 - August 24, 2023) ===
On July 7, Westport demolished many inactive homes to make room for new people. On July 19, Westport announced that they were building a very large arena for PVP Battles, and the Gladiator Guild was created for international PVP battles. It started growing very quickly, and we got many teams. On August 8, the arena was opened with a battle between Whatgames and ErrorL. Many people attended and the guild continued to grow. ErrorL, while drunk threatened to invade Westport without reason. He did this twice. Then the guild began to fall after the incident, and while Luke was doing IRL stuff. The guild collasped. On August 22, Nordia was revamped, and the tower from the Potastonia-Westport war was destroyed after 4 months, replaced by Darius Staples' manor, and the Port of Greyhame, and Anzug Staples moved to Thalucia to become the new major. On August 24, Westport decided to join Zerkalo as a vassal, ending it's second independence, and it's era of prosperity, and bringing in the Era of Zerkalo.
=== Era of Zerkalo (August 24, 2023 - November 22, 2023) ===
On Augsut 28, Jared Thiccitus disbanded the senate, giving full control to the barons of Westport. On September 13, Luke Pogerston left Westport to move to Caeruleum, then onto Ermandia. Days later, Justin Pogerston moved to Simulani, and then Pumice Fromulis died, leaving only Jared Thiccitus. Luke took the Gladiator Guild and Westport Times with him. Westport nearly died, but on October 16, Jared Thiccitus decided to resign and give power back to Luke Pogerston. Luke Pogerston received power on October 22. After returning to power, Luke tried to revive Westport with little luck. Then, one day after leaving for a vacation to visit family, Defiant, which had merged with Zerkalo to make Defiant-Zerkalo, attacked Luke. They threatened to sell Westport to RavenGuard and was preparing to racially cleanse the entire Westportian population, and wipe us off the map. This was the beginning of the Zerkalo divide, and the end of Defiant-Zerkalo. Mr Man, Bright, and Aurea supported Westport, until November 21, when the Westportian government decided to end it's vassalization with Zerkalo peacefully. One day later, Zerkalo threatened to invade if we didn't rejoin. Peace talks were never held, but there is a de facto ceasefire. This ends the Era of Zerkalo.
=== Era of Commerce & Tensions (November 22, 2023 - December 31, 2023) ===
After the events of November 20-22, tensions were very high between Westport and Zerkalo/Defiant. In late November, Justin Pogerston, returned, and started the Westport Trading Company, building many buildings in downtown Westport and demolishing many historic buildings. The MarketStreet market was completed in early December, and it was ready to open, but Justin Pogerston abandoned MarketStreet to create Walmart. Around Christmas 2023, Justin Pogerston was kicked in the head by SW staff, which resulted in him falling into a 7 day coma. He woke up on December 31, and spent one last day with his closest friends. He chose to die in peace at 11:59 PM on December 31, 2023, ending the era of commerce & tensions.
=== Era of Desertion (January 1, 2024 - January 26, 2024) ===
After the death of Justin Pogerston, Luke, Anzug, and Filipino decided to sail off and build a new colony somewhere else. While they were gone, a meteor was found that would destory Ratham. Two weeks later on January 16, a piece of the Ratham Meteor fell off onto their world, which made them evacuate back to Westport. They decided that after they evacuate to Abexilas, they will revive Novastonia as the Third Republic of Novastonia, ending Westport once it arrives on March 30.
=== The End Times (January 26, 2024 - March 28, 2024) ===
As the end times neared, they prepared. They gathered all their things and Westport grew more deserted. They all moved to a base somewhere else to prepare for Abexilas, but in February, Luke Pogerston, Anzug Staples, and Filipino founded the Novastonia Space Agency, with it's headquarters in Westport and it's evacuations based in Westport as well. The three diversion missions all took off from Westport over March, as well as their evacuation rockets. On March 28, the world ended and everyone boarded rockets to Abexilas.
== Maps/Geography ==
File:Westport Image.png
Westport is not in the best area, Downtown Westport was first found on March 21, 2023 after the first Westport Expedition. It was chosen since it is close to Atreiyen Manor (their top/only ally at the time). They started moving north in mid-march with a tunnel going thru Mount Hillcrest, and after that they established a market in the tunnel. Then, once the tunnel was done they built a road up to Nordia. Once Downtown Westport was full, they built houses in what is now Centria, and once that was full, they took down Mont Centria. They are bordered to the north and east by the Lycaen Sea, the world border to the west, and the Atreiyen River & Zerkalo Commonwealth to the south, making them similar to an island.
== Wars, Raids, Coups, and Exoduses ==
=== Coup of March 20th ===
Main Article: Coup of March 20
On March 20, 2023, Pumice Fromulis and Luke Pogerston were couped and removed from power from Febenia. Mohamed Reza continued Febenia and Pogerston and Fromulis took asylum in Atreiyen Manor. The very next day they went north and founded Westport on March 21.
=== Potastonia Skrimishes ===
Main Article: Westport-Potastonia Skirmishes
=== The Attack on Westport ===
Main Article: The Attack on Westport
TLDR: The Serronan Peacekeepers attack Westport, then have an unauthorized wedding on our land, and married one of their members.
=== Tea Raid ===
In early June 2023 Tea_Brewtaker attacked Westport without reason. The Rodinn Military helped kick him out, and it was a victory for Westport. So many arrows were launched that fiery arrows were still lagging in the air, 2 days later.
=== Rodinnport-Othello War ===
Westport helped Rodinnport invade Flebia on June 3, 2023, which backfired. Northport was left damaged. Another battle took place on June 10th, resulting in further damage to Northport, and made Rodinnport join Uraka.
=== The Great Exodus ===
Multiple People including Whatgames, Gandalf, Tristshun, Luke Pogerston, Justin Pogerston, Anzug Staples, Mark Staples, Pumice Fromulis, and NotMrToast quit in early June 2023. Whatgames, Gandalf, and Tristshun are presumed to have quit Minecraft, and Luke, Justin, Anzug, Mark, Pumice, and Toast left for a server called Gears of War. But on June 26, 2023 Justin, Luke, Pumice, and Anzug all made returns, and Mark and Toast are likely to come back soon. During that time, Thicc Jared became Count. 
=== The Second Exodus ===
On August 28th, Justin Pogerston rage quit from Westport after being removed from the Senate. He moved to Simulani to found a town, but later fell off a cliff, and died on September 9th. On September 13th, Luke Pogerston decided to move to a town east of Greyhame's Keep (Novastoria) called Caeruleum, then a few days later he moved to Ermandia. Luke Pogerston returned on October 16th.
=== The attack of November 20th ===
On November 20th, Defiant threatened to sell Westport to RavenGuard after Defiant and Westport were comparing their wiki pages. It came out of absolute nowhere, and hurt relations with Zerkalo and Defiant. Westport temporarily withdrew from Zerkalo, but later rejoined.
== Flags ==
File:WestportFlag.png|March 21, 2023 - March 26, 2023
File:WestportFlag2.png|March 26, 2023 - May 19, 2023
File:Flagofwestport.png|May 19, 2023 - March 30, 2024
== Government History ==
=== Leaders ===
Name 	Start 	End 	Position
Luke Pogerston 	October 16, 2023	March 30, 2024 	Count
Jared Thiccitus	June 25, 2023 	October 16, 2023	Count
Pumice Fromulis	May 21, 2023 	June 25, 2023 	Count
Luke Pogerston 	May 16, 2023 	May 21, 2023 	Mayor
Luke Pogerston 	March 21, 2023 	May 16, 2023 	King
=== Government Officials ===
August 28, 2023 - September 25, 2023, November 6, 2023 - January 1, 2024
Name 	Start 	End 	Reason for leaving 	Position
Pumice Fromulis 	August 28, 2023 	September 25, 2023	Roleplay Died 	Dignitary
Luke Pogerston 	August 28, 2023 	September 13, 2023	Moved to Caeruleum 	Procurator
Justin Pogerston	November 6, 2023	January 1, 2024 	Moved to another world	Deputy Count
=== Senators ===
May 22, 2023 - August 28, 2023, November 6, 2023 - present
Name 	Start 	End 	Position	Reason Left
Mark Staples 	May 22, 2023 	June 13, 2023 	Senator 	Started Montagne
Anzug Staples 	May 22, 2023 	August 22, 2023	Senator 	Moved to Thalucia
Justin Pogerston	June 5, 2023 	August 28, 2023	Senator 	Senate disbanded
Moved to Simulani
Luke Pogerston 	May 21, 2023 	August 28, 2023	Baron 	Senate disbanded
became Procurator
Pumice Fromulis 	May 21, 2023 	August 28, 2023	Baron 	Senate disbanded
became Dignitary
Anzug Staples 	November 6, 2023	March 30, 2024 	Senator 	End of Ratham
Darius Staples 	November 6, 2023	March 30, 2024 	Senator 	End of Ratham
Rat 	December 8, 2023	March 30, 2024 	Senator 	End of Ratham
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