Iron Freeholds

The Iron Freeholds was a Stratocratic Government State located in the South West of Eldham. Though mostly in the jungle its economy was mostly based on Iron, Wood, and Trade. The Nation believed in Militaristic Efficiency and strived to achieve it. The Nation was founded in by the Leader of GrimmGuard after the banishment of Iron Scar in a coup d'état by GrimmGuard & MrPancake21.
== History ==
=== Iron Scar===
Before there was an Iron Freeholds on the map, there was an Iron Scar. Created by Zonate Chimp in the early beginnings of Eldham, Iron Scar was basically unknown to Eldham, only around 3-4 citizens and very few allies, its only city was a simple little house on a long island near were Monula is today. One day a power hungry man by the name of Fredrick got in touch with an old basemate by the name of CT-2312 and talked about killing Zonate Chimp and taking his place as king. When CT asked about why he wanted to kill him, he said he was out to make a name for himself and own land, 
CT knew his past attempts of getting power and decided to take matters into his own hands and back stabbed Fredrick right as he was about to kill the king and so CT earned the kings trust and slowly over time, they would fix the nation by building the first real city, Mongrim and making new and more compelling adverts for the Iron Scar to gain members, one of these members was GrimmGuard and after looking at how Zonate ruled the nation, then over threw Zonate in the coup d'état and decided to fix up the nation diplomatically and internally, a huge part of the repair came from Jonathan The Viking (MrPancake21) who had also joined the nation a little while after the Iron Scar adverts were put up and soon the name and flag were altered into what is modern day Iron Freeholds.
=== Early History ===
After the successful coup d'état by GrimmGuard & MrPancake21, the nation faced uncertainty especially with many nations rejecting the new Government. After many negotiations over the following days with the Huitca Federation, the Huitca Council decided to let the Iron Freeholds join the Commonwealth after kicking Zonate from the Council.
The aftermath of the revolution saw the Iron Freeholds starting to prosper, and more people started to join, leading to a dramatic increase in development in the cities. Which would cause of the the secondary towns in the nation to got larger than the capitol in Size and Population. The nation's population has grown 3 fold in the following weeks, causing a economic rise doubling the national treasury.
=== Pioneering Era ===
The Era of the Pioneers or The Pioneering Era is a time that begins right after the land purchase of Sadisio when land in the east (The Admero Unorganized Territory) with sparse population starts being populated very rapidly which leads to the construction of large developed towns with extremely large buildings towering the sky, to which it looks like some type of expansion towards the east. 
Towards the middle of November the effects slow down as towns in the west start becoming somewhat more populated though not as much as the west due to Eiendom's and Mongrim's sharp population increase as well. This goes to show the start of new storylines and lore along the way with the end of the Pioneering Era coming to an end soon.
=== Territorial expansion ===
After the Regime change Many people in the Freeholds wanted to unite with The Kingdom of Admero, On which six days after the regime change in , the King of Admero, Chimpmonkpoop, signed the Treaty of Monzar, which would diplomatically vassalize them and make land concessions near the border for protection and a remittance. In , the Autonomous Province of Sadisio by Mayor RedFireRex signed the Treaty of Sadisio which would hand the province under the direct control of The Iron Freeholds for a large sum of money.
=== Dissolution ===
When the Grand General GrimmGuard was dying, he gave a choice to either of two of his advisors, CT-2312 or Fissari, CT declined because he did not want his city to fall into enemy hands and get exiled from it and so Fissari took over but soon after this, He too would leave us and so ownership over the land was sent to Vulmire but they did not want the land either. The once great land split apart into Ron Del Abal and Ferras Lupus, which consolidated into the A.F.E., and the Dominion.
In , the Dominion's attempt to forcefully reunify the Iron Freeholds' territory culminated in the Iron War, which ultimately resulted in the annexation of almost all of the former Iron Freeholds to become a protectorate under the AWE.
== Government ==
The Iron Freeholds was under a stratocratic government. The Government was comprised of six advisors who could decide on national and international matters and the Grand General who was the chief of the entire armed forces. Any treaty or deal that effects the nation had to pass with a 2/3 or more majority to pass onto the Grand General for confirmation. If it was rejected by the Grand General, it would need a full majority to pass again.
Military advisors had hierarchical ranks based on loyalty, activity, and fighting skills, leading a army. The Grand General had the equivalent of three military advisors in the aspect of nation and international affairs. This was meant as a check and balance system in the government. If an advisor was found to be a traitor or is corrupt, they would stand trial by the Grand General and the other advisors. After the evidence was presented, a unanimous vote was needed to remove the advisor. This did not apply to the Grand General.
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