The Canopy

The Canopy, aka ’Gnot a Gnoblin’ was a formerly underground nation that resides both underground and recently above ground. They took up multiple providences, all stemming from one underground city which was slowly being abandoned.

## **Etymology**

Originaly called ‘The Canopy’ due to the fact that they were to develop missile defense, they kept this name for hundreds of years, until changing the name to ‘Anezrick’ as a way to drum up war support against Ezricksin. After the war turned into a quiet diplomatic bribe, they quietly changed their name back to ‘The Canopy’.

## **Timeline**

### Pre War

40 PW- A group of scientists, called ‘The Canopy’ were tasked with creating a more efficient missile defense and fallout cleanup.

30 PW- The Canopy discovered magic, and shifted their research to further study it.

20 PW- Their findings were leaked, and it became public knowledge that magic exists.

7 PW- People began to practise magic for entertainment.

3 PW- Energy crystals were further discovered by The Canopy.

0 PW- The bombs were dropped

### Post Annihilation

1 PA- In the absence of government, The Canopy continued their work in a bunker.

3 PA- All sourcres of automated power shut down

5 PA- In the absence of recourses, The Canopy converted their bunker into a radio station and began to share the secrets of magic to help with survival.

10 PA- Ezricksin began to form

15 PA- Ezricksin caught up and went past The Canopy in terms of magic capability.

20 PA- The Canopy, now a respected but outdated research facility, found archives of information on agriculture, and spread this information among the people.

25 PA- The Canopy, having its numbers bolstered by offering food and bed, shifted their research back to non magical subjects.

28 PA- Rumor Spread of the scientists researching modern weapons to take over the government

33 PA- A clear division among the people emerged, and modernization became Synonymous with treason.

38 PA- A council of Scientists became a government for the people in support of modernization.

43 PA- Being threatened by Ezricksins numbers and training, a plan emerged to escape annihilation.

50 PA- On the brink of war, and having cobbled together a bunker just barely large enough to house their citizens, The Canopy hid It’s people inside of a bunker, expecting to be there for only a decade or two.

53 PA- The first die-off happens after an earthquake. Hundreds are dead.

55 PA- People grow restless, morale is low and people began to yearn for the surface.

56 PA- Riots begin.

57 PA- More tunnels are dug out using leftover equipment, and an entertainment center is set up.

58 PA- As the entertainment center becomes a massive success, the entertainment center is expanded upon.

60 PA- Tokens used by the center begin to be used as regular currency.

65 PA- The Market becomes more open, and the government officially adopts the tokens as their currency.

70 PA- It becomes normalized to have a living wage and to have a family.

75 PA- As the population and processed recources booms, massive construction projects are started to account for the growing numbers.

80 PA- After an earthquake is successfully predicted and properly prepared for, people begin to trust the government and actually begin to want to stay within the bunker.

82 PA- Their stockpiled food finally runs out, and the current methods of food production are not enough. There is a massive famine as food prices skyrocket. Riots begin anew, and crime skyrockets as people fight over the remaining food stock.

85 PA- The government has successfully created an edible source of food that can thrive outside of a green house, prices of food go down once more within the month.

87 PA- It is discovered that this source of food has long term health effects which include muscular dystrophy, bone brittleness, stunted growth, and circulation problems. The government has no choice but to cover this information up and attempt to expand other food industries.

89 PA- Production stagnates as more and more people begin to have bodies equivalent to 12 year olds. The government blames it on a disease being spread around, and allocates funds towards medicinal relief.

91 PA- Steroids are adopted to compensate for health problems. The population begins to have purple skin.

93 PA- The government announces that the disease is non lethal and begins to put tighter regulations on companies who are overtaxing their workers based on old quotas.

97 PA- The government hires fashion designers to normalize purple skin, along with shifting funding towards electronic entertainment.

100 PA- Magic is re-discovered in the form of Alchemy, revolutionizing most production industries.

105 PA- With recources being abundent, industry begins to be automated.

110 PA- With the population booming once again, bueracracy starts to get in the way of Expansion, and an algorithm generates rooms with space efficiency in mind.

115 PA- A Biosphere is created to observe animals in a semi natural habitat. This rekindles surface sentiment.

120 PA- A small team attempts to colonize the surface and is immediately wiped out by disease. Morale begins to be lowered as people realize they are trapped underground.

125 PA- Large Swaths of people attempt to flee to the surface, causing a massive die off.

130 PA- The lucky survivors witness Ezricksin as it is 80 years later, and share this information with the government. It is decided that recolonization would also be an invasion which goes against their moral code.

135 PA- Observation posts are dotted across the surface, observing Ezricksin. Agents are sent in to gather information about Ezricksin as it stands.

140 PA- More observation posts are placed above ground to monitor other countries outside of Ezricksin.

150 PA- The bunker begins to become exponentially harder to maintain, a rail system is put into place to remedy this.

155 PA- The rail system has been finished, signifigantly relieving the burden of transportation and shipping.

160 PA- Agents begin to Infiltrate the government of Ezricksin, hiding among the public.

165 PA- Enough agents have infiltrated the government to gain higher up positions. Population is once again booming.

170 PA- It is discovered that the crystals which they had invented long ago were having human souls stored within them. The public is outraged.

172 PA- As more evidence is uncovered, Anti Ezricksin sentiment rapidly rises. The food source which has caused adverse health problems has been successfully genetically modified to have its health effects diminished

177 PA- A plan is agreed upon in order to retake Ezricksin. This plan includes mass genocide.

180 PA- Arms begin to be mass produced in preparation of an invasion. The people were permanently deformed at the genetic level from prolonged consumption of the food.

185 PA- Anti aircraft missiles, along with a sprawling tunnel system, are built accross Ezricksin in preparation of foreign intervention. Taylor Sutton is born.

190 PA- An agent of The Canopy becomes Ezricks body guard. Remote explosives are planted deep underground each city in Ezricksin.

195 PA- Taylor Sutton is a child prodigy, excelling at almost every subject, especially history. Plans are made to begin surface colonization at a specific point,

200 PA- The bunker finally reaches a hard carrying capacity, and without massive technological advancement it is predicted that there will be a die off due to the failures of infastructure. In response to Anti Ezricksin sentiment they change their official name to ‘Anezrick.’

205 PA- Taylor Sutton becomes leader of the council in a land slide victory. She convinces the government to change their plans to incorporate the people of Ezricksin into their population, and to make their initial attack the first thing they do.

209 PA- The war between Anezrick and Ezricksin begins.

210 PA- The war between The Canopy and Ezricksin ends with a plague. A deal was made to allow for The Canooy to have control of the surface in exchange for shipping out some of their copper, and signing a treaty that includes multiple terms, but the most relevant being that Ezricksas must be protected and integrated.

### Modern day

211- The plague is in full swing, Canopians try their hardest to contain the plague but by this point the rats carrying this disease had plenty of time to take root,

212- A zombie outbreak occurs, most of Ezricksins original population is dead or has fled to Haweewee.

215- Astrostatskia invades the south due to The Canopy aparently breaking the treaty. A treaty is sitned allowing the canopy to keep half their land.

216- Gracemeria is formed, a summit is held for an influx of newly discovered countries. The Canopy sells off parts of its land. The Terran Empire, the Terran Federation at the time, destroys the nation.

## **Government**

The government consisted of appointed council members who voted on a wide variety of issues plaguing their bunker turned above ground nation. They used to run their government how a mayor runs a city, but with the recent shift above ground, the leader had become less of a mayor and more of a leader of the mayors. (The government draws similarities to the Chinese government.)

### **Military**

Their military consisted primary of infantry, with a heavy focus on mechanization. Heavy amounts of vehicles were used as to combat Canopian frailty.

## **Economy**

The Canopy had a major surplus of refined goods from a surplus of mining and expansion, and alchemy allowed them to be mostly self sufficient. Most money spent in The Canopy was spent on food and entertainment, two commodities that were highly valued. With the shift to above ground though, this was rapidly changing to more material possessions,

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