Yan'an Collective

A map of Yan'an Core

### Founded by

OneSpartacusBund, spoopy\_smalin, Sledge115, Ukon\_Cornelius, Wacko\_Zacko, carthradge, and many others

### Location

South of Yan'an Sea and northeast of Sanctuary

### Members

100+

Yan'an is a large, decentralized anarchist collective. Each subcommune has full autonomy and its own themes, though a prularity of communes have a central or east asian theme. Yan’an core is composed of New Havana to the north, New Altai to the southeast, and Michi Gani to the southwest. Most Yan'an communes are connected by overworld road, from the far-north Yangtze and Great Northern, to the southern Wintervale.

Since its founding during the **March Wave of 2020**, Yan'an has been the largest commune on the server, usually having double the members of the next largest commune (which has shifted between BSFR, Proletaria, and DeBeauvoir).

## **Iconic Features**

Yan'an Sea can be found to the north of Yan'an Core.

The Qiao Sea bridge is a defensive bridge that protects the Yan'an Sea from any threat of naval invasion. It connects the southern peninsula to Brackbog.

Yan'an Underground is a massive mining project undertaken to provide Yan'an and its subcommunes with stone products and to establish a beacon network. The largest trade hall on the server was built in the cleared area.

## **History**

### **Founding**

Yan'an was founded on 7 March 2020. For a period, there was no portal connecting it to the Nether iceline network, requiring new members to take a "Long March" to join. This inspired the commune to be named after Yan'an, the final destination of the Long March during the Chinese Civil War. Most new members came from various different posts on leftist subreddits.

A council was founded on the 13th of March in order to manage the ever-growing surge of new players. Over time, activity stabilized and many council members went inactive. During the **April Revolution** of 2020, the council was abolished and the commune rose to Anarchy, officially adopting Anarchism as its ideology.

Yan'an went on to found several subcommunes in the area around it while establishing its own major infrastructure projects, such as the largest gold/exp farm on the server at the time, solidifying its place as a major Motherland commune. Since then, Yan'an has remained the largest commune on the server.

### **Yan'an Missile Crisis**

During Spring of 2020, tensions were running high between Proletaria and Yan'an. What began as a friendly competition, soon turned into an arms race. This came to a climax when the Yan'anite Air Force constructed a Nuclear Warhead and rumors began to circulate about a possible Proletaria invasion. Fearing the worst, the generals of the two militaries met in secret and agreed that it would be in their best interest to form an alliance, calming tensions between the two communes but causing tensions to flair up between the Yan'an-Proletaria Alliance and the BSFR.

## **Subcommunes**

### **Yan'an Central**

The core of YC, and where it all started. Yan’an contains apartments for new members still deciding where to build, as well as being the location for the Yan'an storage buildings, the Yan'an subway system, and Yan'an Underground. It's decorated by large statues and contains several temples and churches. The largest trade hall of the server is located here in Yan'an Underground, below the Farming District.

### **New Havana**

A mountainous, seaside settlement and home of Yan’an’s naval defenses, New Havana is a growing urban community open to all who are willing to embrace anarchy.

### **New Altai**

A mountainous region taking inspiration from Slavic and Mongolian architecture and culture. New Altai is one of the more rural areas of Yan’an, with heavily anarchist ideology and open borders.

### **Michi Gani**

A sprawling, anarcho-syndicalist commune with a bustling urban center and expansive wilderness between villages. The center for the Air Force division of the Yan'anite Volunteer Armed Forces (i.e. Yan'anite Volunteers). They do their best to move forwards towards a better future for their comrades while also respecting and giving a voice to the native populations that call Michi Gani home.

### **Xun**

A sprawling underground dwarven style commune with large open areas dug down to diamond layer. First seeing the Xún waterfalls can be awe inspiring to those who enjoy large open spaces.

### **Qiao**

The location of a large defensive bridge crossing the Yan’an sea to the swamp of Brackbog. Defensive measures are developed here to protect Yan’an from any sea invaders. Settlements are welcome on the southern end of the bridge.

### **New Suzhou**

An East Asian themed subcommune with canals crisscrossing the terrain and making for a truly gorgeous view while navigating the waterways.

### **Makhno's Legacy**

A small, romantic commune thousands of blocks from Yan'an core. Like Yan'an, Makhno's Legacy was founded on the foothill of a mountain range. The commune was created on May 2020 by new members who wanted to associate with the Yan'an Collective through a joint anarcho-communist vision. The commune specializes in bee production. Despite the distance, the commune maintains a stable support relationship with Yan'an core.

### Zhuangzi

A small, unorganized commune, 17 thousand blocks from Yan'an core, It was founded during the Second Long March, on December 23rd (UTC) 2021.

It was created to expand Yan'an's reach, and to create a Northern Metropolis, it is on a temperate Birch Forest Coast.

10+ Members of the Server were present at the founding, the Great Yan'an Road has not yet reached this Small Community, although all efforts are being taken to expand Infrastructure and Clear the Forests surrounding the Region.

## **Yan'anite Volunteer Armed Forces**

The Yan'anite Volunteer Armed Forces, also known as the Yan'anite Volunteers, is a conscription based military force that puts its effort into protecting Yan'an and its allies through constructing preventative measures.

### **Navy**

The Navy was the first portion of the Yan'anite Volunteers to be constructed. Beginning with a simple battleship in the New Havana harbor, it inspired an arms race that came to a crescendo during the Yan'an Missile Crisis. Yan'an currently has two ships to its navy, built by Sledge 115.

### **Air Force**

The Air Force is the only other portion of the Yan'anite Volunteers currently in operation. Began with simple plans to build cool planes, the worries of ComradeGoat (then NomNomWolf), the general of the Air Force, led to the construction of a Nuclear Warhead. This is thought to be the primary cause for the Yan'an Missile Crisis.