Contea-Scarlithia

== Overview ==
The Commonwealth of Contea-Scarlithia was a heavily autonomous and nominally independent region within the Republic of Polandball (RoP) which achieved independence for 1 day; after which it was destroyed by a joint task force by AFC and Fascist RoP forces in the 2nd RoP Civil War. It was founded due to a deal for equal authority that Royal House Scarlithia made with Royal House Contea after House Contea became House Scarlithia's throne claimant.
== Origins ==
=== Contean Authority over Scarlithia ===
After the first snap, Queen Zee I of Scarlithia left the server. However, her husband Tsar__Putin remained in the community. As former Regent to the Monarch of the RoP, Tsar issued a claim on the throne of House Scarlithia as its last remaining member through marriage. At the same time, Tsar was also the Count of Royal House Jam County, which he reformed into Royal House Contea. After declaring his primary royal allegiances to Royal House Contea, House Scarlithia fell under the jurisdiction of House Contea. However, instead of absorbing House Scarlithia into House Contea, Tsar kept the Houses separate in case Zee would return to the server. Tsar solidified his claim over House Scarlithia when he used his inherited Scarlithian titles to claim the Throne of the Republic of Polandball during the 3rd Monarchy Crisis. At this time, Tsar and Zee became tired of the Meme Marriage they held, as they were getting uncomfortable that they were getting a reputation of having an actual relationship rather than a politically advantageous friendship. To end the rumors, the two had a divorce, but Tsar kept his claim to the Scarlithian throne; promising to return the claim to Zee if she returned to the community. Although he lost the national referendum for the Kingship of the RoP to James I of Royal House Farley, his passionate campaigning made the general public consider his claims to House Contea and House Scarlithia as legitimate.
=== The Return of Zee ===
On January 5 2020, Zee returned to Polynesia. Living up to his promises regarding House Scarlithia during the 3rd Monarchy Crisis, Tsar returned the titles of House Scarlithia to Zee. Not willing to let go of Scarlithia completely, Tsar successfully negotiated with Zee to create a joint nation made up of the Tsardom of Nova Contea and the Kingdom of Scarlithia.
== The National Formation & Destruction ==
=== Contean Autonomy and De Facto Sovereignty ===
On December 11 2019, the Nova Contea region gained de facto independence due to the Autonomy Treaty, while still declaring itself a part of the RoP. This high level autonomy would soon apply to the Scarlithia region once the two regions united into a single nation within the RoP.
=== The Formation of Contea-Scarlithia ===
Not being willing to give up jurisdiction over Scarlithia completely, but also wanting to live up to his word to his friend Zee, Tsar proposed a compromise. This compromise ended up becoming the concept of Contea-Scarlithia, which would be a united national entity in the form of a Commonwealth, with both halves working together as a nation but still mostly staying out of each other's business. This commonwealth structure was based off the dual nation-state of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in real life.
=== Involvement in the 2nd RoP Civil War ===
For the first 4 days of the war, the Contean half of Contea-Scarlithia supplied military equipment to Dan because of a personal vendetta Tsar had against Sealand. Not knowing the political landscape too well due to being new to the server, Zee had a friendship with Fuhrer Dan. However, On January 12 2020, both halves of Contea-Scarlithia sided with the Anti-Fuhrerist Coalition (AFC) and declared war on Dan after he changed the RoP flag into the Nazi Swastika.
Tsar Tsar__Putin I of Contea himself participated in one skirmish and one major battle. Contean and AFC forces won the skirmish of Danville, seizing a lot of military-grade items and destroying the base. The battle of Dan Village, however, was a major defeat as Tsar died in battle and was forced to back out of the war for the next few feeks due to internal matters. Nova Contea surrendered to Dan's forces on January 8, 2020, following the AFC 3rd Division's surrender the same day. The Treaty of Scarlithia was signed by Tsar and Fuhrer Dan, whose terms are given below:
The Treaty of Scarlithia
Article Number	Article Terms
1 	RoP and Contean forces cease all hostilities immediately
2 	Contea-Scarlithia is recognized as an independent state
3 	A non-aggression pact is signed between Contea-Scarlithia and the RoP
4 	Contean authorities pay the RoP 32 Enchanted Golden Apples, 2 Armor sets, and 2 Libtard Circumsisors (Swords) as War Reparations
5 	Contea-Scarlithia must accept exiled War Criminals from the Civil War as per request of the RoP Government
=== Short Time Independent & Destruction ===
Immediately after the Treaty of Scarlithia was ratified on January 28, 2020, Contea-Scarlithia was officially independent. However, several hours later, the RoP Parliament held a referendum to void both the Treaty of Scarlithia and the Autonomy Treaty. Zee and Tsar tried objecting that this violated their rights in Parliament, but were removed from the Parliamentary chamber by Sealand. Following the removal, the vote passed since Zee and Tsar's votes were considered annulled.
Shortly after the vote passed, a Coalition RoP task force consisting of Dan and Sealand was sent to the capital of Nova Contea, Vanilla Village. Although the location was kept a secret, Sealand abused his powers as owner by setting a home against Tsar's wishes beforehand to teleport to and occupy the area. Sealand's teleportation remains controversial, as Conteans view this as admin abuse, while some like Sealand consider the teleportation justifiable since Sealand was the owner of the server at the time and had the right to have a base anywhere he wanted to ensure there was no cheating. Tsar confronted the RoP force, burning down a newly built RoP military base. Dan threatened war against Contea if Tsar tried resisting the RoP Instead of accepting defeat. Tsar left the server for 3 months, knowing that resistance would bring both the Fascist RoP forces and Anti-Fascist RoP rebels to work together to destroy Contea-Scarlithia. On January 29, 2020, Contea-Scarlithian independence was destroyed. Zee mirrored Tsar's actions and left the server as well, rejoining in mid-May 2020.
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