Nōzatetsu

The Nōzatetsu, officially the Nōzanpurēnzu Tetsudōgaisha, was a nation in the Cumania Minecraft server. A land-owning corporation associated with Carthage, the Company owned various territories across the world, and was known for its large-scale infrastructure projects, like the Transcontinental Railway. It was also known for its history rife with conflict, like the Brighton Conflict or the Sack of Novigrad.
== History ==
=== Founding ===
The Nōzatetsu, then named the New Columbia Colonial Company, or NCCC, was founded in what is now Springfield, and quickly expanded into New Houston. The settlement in New Houston, however, was destroyed by Ben. Ben had wanted to establish New Merton in New Houston, but when he saw that the NCCC had gotten there before him, he destroyed the company's property and built on its land. The company in return took action by dismantling Ben's building and writing a letter on signs to him. Ben eventually moved further south.
=== Association with Carthage ===
The NCCC quickly gained association with Carthage, a relationship which would lead to the eventual "vassalization" of the company. During this period, the Company started expanding overseas, founding a couple of colonies across the Cuman and Ekrosian seas, such as the now abandoned Roanoke, and the port-city of Nankō. 
=== The Brighton Conflict ===
In 4 ACS, the NCCC began construction of a military installation outside of Brighton. This was followed by series of increasing tensions between the two nations, eventually culminating in a quick war. The NCCC annexed Brighton, and the city was renamed to New Seattle.
=== The Temerian Crisis ===
The Temerian Crisis was a recorded conflict between the NCCC and Temeria, however, no evidence of this conflict has been found in the region. It supposedly started with the founding of New Reno, a colony north of the castle of Temeria. Temeria sent an ultimatum to the company to abandon the colony, which was quickly refused. What followed was a swift occupation of Temeria Castle by company forces. The Island was destroyed by Americana using creative mode shortly afterwards. What remained of the Island was annexed into the company as the colony of New Aurora. However, today, the castle still stands, although ruined, and is protected by the Archipelago International Zone. 
In the beginning of Season 3, however, Frisia found New Reno and the bridge leading to it destroyed. He immediately suspected Americana, and after an occupation of Temeria Castle, Frisia declared war. This event is known today as the Sack of Novigrad. 
=== Northern Expansion Doctrine ===
After the Water Diarchy collapsed, the NCCC embarked on a campaign of northern expansion, known as the Northern Expansion Doctrine. It was started with the construction of the Transcontinental Railway, and was followed by the settlement of cities along the railway such as Jaynestown and Woodstock. This eventually culminated in the establishment of Eldridge and Namara, two colonies close to Nilfgaard. 
=== The Nōzatetsu ===
After an extensive argument between Frisia and Neim over land usage in the North, aswell as the NCCC's rights as a part of the Carthaginian Empire, Frisia left the Empire altogether. This set in motion a series of events now known as the Fall of Carthage. It was around this time that the Company changed its name to Nōzatetsu. 
=== The Long Winter ===
The Colonies of Eldridge and Namara, after the reorganization known as Saikyō and Akashi respectively, were located right in the backyard of Nilfgaard. After the fall of Carthage, the two Nations were technically allied in the North Sea Cooperative, however, the alliance would soon fall. Two diplomatic crises ensued, one over Colonization Rights in the Amazon, and the other one over ownership of New Guam. After the latter, Americana decided to break the NSC. Eventually, the founding of a port colony in the Western Continent would push him over the edge, and cause him to declare war. Frisia quickly entered negotiations, hoping to stop the Nilfgaardians from looting their way across his land, however this failed, and most of Saikyō was torched. In the end the company was forced to abandon its Western Holdings and was restricted on expansion in the west. The company was also not allowed to build railways in the Western Continent. This period of tensions in the north is known in the Nōzatetsu as the Long Winter.
=== The New Spring ===
After the War, the company's plans were in disarray. A total reorganization of goals was necessary, and happened swiftly. The Infrastructue Priority List was created as a detailed plan to organize the expansion of the Transcontinental Railway along with other Infrastructure Projects. The Company founded the colony of Miyuki in the north, with the intent of making it the major city. The Company joined the Emerald League as one of the founding members.
== Territory ==
Due to its association with Carthage and the numerous wars it fought, the NCCC's territory grew to span multiple outposts across the entire world. Expansion deaccelerated with the reformation into the Nōzatetsu, but continued in specific areas regardless, notably along the Thanned Sea (called the Yamato Sea by the Company) and in the north.
In 309 ACS, after the end of the Carthaginian Interregnum, the Nōzatetsu's prefectures were grouped into "Dominions", in a system similar to Carthage's to ease administration.
=== List of Territories/Prefectures ===
* 52 BCS - Springfield; the first capital of the Company. This territory was only officially organized in 22 ACS. Merged with New Albany into the Meifurawā prefecture in 285 ACS.
* 4 ACS - Fort Omaha; consisted of an island off the coast of Brighton and a continental outpost, all fortified, and the territorial waters around them. Briefly relinquished to Carthage between 28 ACS and 33 ACS. Merged with New Seattle into the Kumano prefecture in 285 ACS.
* 9 ACS - New Seattle; consisted of Brighton after its annexation by the Company. Briefly relinquished to Carthage between 28 ACS and 33 ACS. Merged with Fort Omaha into the Kumano Prefecture in 285 ACS.
* 13 ACS - Roanoke; consisted of New Cairo after its annexation by the Company. Abandoned in 33 ACS.
* 13 ACS - Great Mormonia; consisted of a continental area north of the Punic Bay. Merged with Naabeeho Binhadszado and New Reno into New Colorado in 22 ACS.
* 17 ACS - Naabeeho Binhadszado; consisted of a continental area north of the Punic Bay. Merged with Great Mormonia and New Reno into New Colorado in 22 ACS.
* 17 ACS - New Guam; an insular territory which had been conquered from New Merton in the Oxus War, separated from Springfield. Merged again into Springfield in 253 ACS.
* 20 ACS - New Reno; a small continental territory north of New Temeria. Merged with Great Mormonia and Naabeeho Binhadszado into New Colorado in 22 ACS.
* 21 ACS - New Colón; a small portion of an island in the Northern Gulf claimed during the Carthaginian Expeditions. Confusingly, this territory was renamed New Guam in 253 ACS. Sold to New Brittany in 279 ACS; briefly recovered between 300 ACS and 305 ACS as the Furutaka prefecture, before being annexed by Nilfgaard.
* 21 ACS - New Baltimore; a small island in the North Sea claimed during the Carthaginian Expeditions. Abandoned in 33 ACS.
* 22 ACS - New Colorado; a territory formed from the merger of Great Mormonia, Naabeeho Binhadszado and New Reno. Briefly relinquished to Carthage between 28 ACS and 33 ACS. Merged with Jaynestown into the Nōchi prefecture in 285 ACS.
* 22 ACS - New Seattle; created from the Company's further expansion down the Oxus River. Merged with Springfield into the Meifurawā prefecture in 285 ACS. 
* 28 ACS - New Aurora; consisted of the wasteland remains of the main island of New Temeria, which was conquered in 26 ACS. It was the only part of New Colorado not ceded to Carthage. Renamed Fortnite in 31 ACS, associated with the Pirate Confederation. Abandoned in 33 ACS.
* 28 ACS - Haven; consisted of lands around the Strait of Kovir (then called the Strait of Haven). Associated with the Pirate Confederation. Abandoned in 33 ACS. Recovered in 324 ACS.
* 30 ACS - New Providence; consisted of an island in the southern end of the Cuman Sea. Associated with the Pirate Confederation. Abandoned in 33 ACS.
* 244 ACS - Anverdwen; consisted of the former lands of the homonymous country. Split into the New Haven and Īsutanriba prefectures in 285 ACS.
* 246 ACS - New Cleveland; consisted of continental territories north of Carthage. Merged with New Cleveland Port into Nankō in 285 ACS.
* 246 ACS - New Cleveland Port; created from parts of the former Carthaginian province of Sicily. Merged with New Cleveland into the Nankō prefecture in 285 ACS.
*248 ACS - Pearl Harbor; a very distant northern island. Renamed Io-to in 285 ACS.
* 263 ACS - Jaynestown; created from further inland expansion from New Cleveland. Merged with New Colorado into the Nōchi prefecture in 285 ACS.
* 263 ACS - Germantown; consisted of the former lands of Neweria. Merged with Woodstock into the Mikuma prefecture in 285 ACS.
* 263 ACS - Woodstock; created from a small outpost along the Transcontinental Railway. Merged with Germantown into the Mikuma prefecture in 285 ACS.
* 263 ACS - Princeton; created from a small outpost along the Transcontinental Railway. Renamed Sadao in 285 ACS.
* 263 ACS - Anaheim; a village annexed along the Transcontinental Railway. Renamed Ashigara in 285 ACS.
* 274 ACS - Port York; a port region in the southeast end of the Thanned Sea. Renamed Nishikō in 285 ACS.
* 280 ACS - Eldrige; the northern part of an island at the western exit of the Thanned Sea. Merged with Namara into the Saikyō prefecture in 285 ACS.
* 280 ACS - Namara; the southern part of an island at the western exit of the Thanned Sea. Merged with Eldrige into the Saikyō prefecture in 285 ACS.
* 285 ACS - Meifurawā; created from the merger of Springfield and New Albany.
* 285 ACS - Īsutanriba; created from the division of Anverdwen.
* 285 ACS - New Haven; created from the division of Anverdwen.
* 285 ACS - Kumano; created from the merger of Fort Omaha and New Seattle.
* 285 ACS - Nankō; created from the merger of New Cleveland and New Cleveland Port.
* 285 ACS - Nōchi; created from the merger of Jaynestown and New Colorado.
* 285 ACS - Mikuma; created from the merger of Germantown and Woodstock.
* 285 ACS - Saikyō; created from the merger of Eldrige and Namara. Became part of the Nilfgaardian vassal of Haakland in 305 ACS. Recovered in 324 ACS.
* 300 ACS - Arita; split from Saikyō. Became part of the Nilfgaardian vassal of Haakland in 305 ACS. Recovered in 324 ACS.
* 300 ACS - Akashi; split from Saikyō. Became part of the Nilfgaardian vassal of Haakland in 305 ACS. Recovered in 324 ACS.
* 300 ACS - Sendai; split from Saikyō. Annexed by Nilfgaard in 305 ACS. Recovered in 309 ACS.
* 300 ACS - Yamato; split from Saikyō. Annexed by Nilfgaard in 305 ACS. Recovered in 309 ACS.
* 300 ACS - Taigei; split from Saikyō. Annexed by Nilfgaard in 305 ACS. Recovered in 309 ACS.
* 300 ACS - Hōshō; split from Saikyō. Annexed by Nilfgaard in 305 ACS. Recovered in 309 ACS.
* 300 ACS - Shinano; split from Saikyō. Annexed by Nilfgaard in 305 ACS. Recovered in 309 ACS.
* 300 ACS - Western Ashigara; split from Saikyō. Merged into Yamato in 303 ACS.
*300 ACS - Tsushima; an island in the far north of the sea, split from Io-to. Annexed by Nilfgaard in 305 ACS. Recovered in 324 ACS.
* 304 ACS - Mogami; consisted of a strategic fluvial region north of the Scrotum Republic. Annexed by Nilfgaard in 305 ACS. Recovered in 313 ACS.
* 305 ACS - West Barnes; consisted of part of the homonymous city in former New Merton.
* 305 ACS - Miyuki; an isolated montain region in the far north.
* 309 ACS - Kisanaga; consisted of parts of the homonymous country with the goal of reconstruction.
* 316 ACS - Kongō; consisted of regions surrounding Miyuki.
* 324 ACS - Yubari; consisted of a large deforested region east of Nōchi.
* 324 ACS - Suzuya; split from Mikuma.
=== List of Dominions ===
* Nihon - Consisted of the prefectures of Nankō, Nōchi and Kumano.
* Zerrikania - Consisted of the prefectures of Meifurawā, West Barnes, Īsutanriba and New Haven.
* Koronbia - Consisted of the prefectures of Mikuma, Sadao and Ashigara, as well as Miyuki and Io-to (until 316 ACS). In 324 ACS, the prefectures of Yubari and Suzuya were added.
* Yamato - Consisted of the prefectures of Nishikō, Sendai, Yamato, Taigei, Hōshō and Shinano. In 313 ACS, the prefecture of Mogami was added. In 324 ACS, the prefectures of Saikyō, Arita and Akashi were added.
* Kisanaga - Consisted of the Provisional Administration of Kisanaga.
* Greater Miyuki - Created in 316 ACS, it consisted of the prefectures of Miyuki, Kongō and Io-to. In 324 ACS, the prefecture of Tsushima was added.
* Haven - Created in 324 ACS, it consisted of the prefecture of Haven.
== List of Members ==
* Frisia
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