Assam

Assam is a northeast Indian city founded by CyberVinny on April 1, 2021. Its history has been marked by overall peace and isolation, due to its rather long distance from any major nation/city. Because of this near constant state of peace and isolation, Assam stands out from most nearby cities for its varying architectural builds, oftentimes drawing upon real life buildings/cities.

## Beginnings

Assam's initial location was going to be the mountainous terrain of modern-day Laos. However, due to protests from CyberVinny, the eventual town's mayor, The flat ground of modern-day Assam was chosen.

For a very long time, Assam's architectural tradition was non-existent and instead, users CyberVinny, Sijang\_, and JerryDZH invested much of their work into developing the agricultural power of Assam for economic reasons. The first somewhat major projects were actually terraces, what is now referred to as, "The Mountain Farm." Along with terrace farming, large chunks were cut under a mountain and had farms installed, with the staple crop being potatoes. The Mountain Farm continues to be used and has played an extremely vital role in Assam's Great Leap Forward.

The first construction created was the La Nueva Silang Shrine, constructed and completed by Sijang\_. Built to commemorate their previous town in Gladia, Nueva Silang, the entire shrine was made of stone brick, drawing upon Angkor-era Cambodian architecture. Inside, the entire history of the town, from its founding to its demise, was written all along the shrine's walls.

The first real building—one with a roof, walls, and closed windows—was Wolf's Gawdamn House, created by WolfAwesome. The user had used simple materials: oak, spruce, and glass windows. The house was your standard minecraft house. By this time, several months had already passed since April 1, 2022 and Angkor Wat was already in construction. Under the house was an obsidian bunker, complete with valuable goods and arms. Eventually, though, the bunker and its contents was moved to another undisclosed location. So too would the house be moved to another location in order to make room for JerryDZH's gentrification program; Building a road through the house, it was repossessed after WolfAwesome fell behind on mortgage due to a rough divorce with Balls Smellington. The house would be moved just to the other side of the road, to the east of HQ.

## Architectural Tradition

Assam's chronological history is best organized in respect to the constructions of its buildings. This list is organized in chronological order.

Now one of the first, largest, and most expensive single construction is the Assam State Monastery, inspired by Angkor Wat in Cambodia. Designed and partially constructed by Sijang\_ and constructed with the help of CyberVinny and other town members, the monastery was initially built using only stone bricks, stone, and andesite. This was largely because Assam did not have the money to buy any other material at this time. As a result, construction relied heavily on creating depth using the blocks and the silhouettes to produce aesthetic, primarily with the towers. Recently, the stone bricks and vines have been converted completely to various quartz blocks, nether brick, gold, glazed terracotta patterns, with the additions of banners and lanterns with the help of CyberVinny. In each tower is a "silent chamber," or designated places for meditation, reflection, pondering, or simply just silence. Beneath the monastery and within the monastery's foundation, CyberVinny began his own construction, the Great Hall of the People. Previously a cattle ranch ran by Sijang\_, the hall is complete with red carpet flooring, hundreds of seats, and microphones. Further beneath the hall lies the Underground Chambers, which is currently under construction. The front section of the two Roman-style baths was not an original construction and was added by other members.

The next major project was Japantown, undertaken by AmbientGoose721. Built using woods and blackstone, the district features a layout and architectural style inspired by rural Japanese villages. It features a Yoshinoya, a sushi bar, barbeque stand, the brewery, and 2 houses. A previous once empty building in the district was then later converted into an armory. The district is the most used district in Assam, excluding HQ.

The next project was a single building, Hotel California, undertaken by users CyberVinny, AmbientGoose721. Named after the famous song released by the Eagles in 1976, it was built to be an actual hotel and with furnished rooms and amenities such as a cafeteria and an outdoor pool. Despite its secure front lobby, there is an open entrance to the right side of the hotel on Diane Feinstein Parkway. The pool, though, was added a bit later on after the hotel was completed. The building's usage as a hotel quickly fell out

The next major project was the Legislature Building, once again undertaken by CyberVinny, AmbientGoose721. The building was constructed to help formalize decision making in the now growing Assam state. It features Assam's first library, town map, a room for parliament, a cafeteria, and Assam's first museum. The parliament room features desks for each member of parliament and their role (some evidently have more roles than others). Though mostly designed by CyberVinny, AmbientGoose721 designed the museum on the second floor. The Legislature also features a balcony where speeches can take place, which they have, similar to the royalty of England and their balcony or King Bob (minion) and his balcony.

The next, and somewhat controversial, project was the church, undertaken by user bigboi5315. The nature of the building's symbolism wasn't of its controversy, but rather it was the materials-granite, diorite, and oak wood. Built in the shape of a cross, the roof was also initially not centered on the building. Although, we do believe that many of the "mistakes" of the church were meant to be fixed later on by bigboi5315 himself. Eventually, user CyberVinny forcefully changed the materials of the church to andesite and dark oak and evened out the blocks. The granite flooring was preserved.

Around this same time, the Irvine District and the Airport were constructed, on the western borders of Assam. Undertaken by users bigboi5315, AmbientGoose721, and CyberVinny (especially on the airport), these were the last major architectural projects before the collapse of Indus and the Century of Humiliation. Built taking inspirations from Irvine Spectrum, in Irvine, California, it features a shopping area, apartments, a bank, an airport, an office building, and an Arby's restaurant (built much later on as an addition). The shopping area includes shops such as the Hello Kitty Cafe, a leasing "centre," a krama shop, Barnes and Noble, Tim Horton's, and Wetzel Pretzel. User JerryDZH, later on, included a car dealership in the shopping area, in which constructed an anti-antimisogynist redstone contraption in which depending on the sex of the consumer, prices changed. The Putra Mosque and a house built using real-life proportions was added shortly after.

After the Century of Humiliation, one of the more major constructions, The Historical District, would be constructed and completed under CyberVinny primarily. The district featured 19th century colonial filipino architecture, and was the first district to have named streets. Many of the constructions are open-air and feature silhouettes akin to Bahay-na-Bato buildings in the Philippines. Buildings such as the Ferdinand E. Marcos Museum, The Shop, Hotel California, the Assam State Library, and Aniag and Ass. Law Firm are scattered throughout the district. The mayor's office, CyberVinny, is conveniently located in the center of the district and is marked by a Canadian flag.

Later, the Coal Factory, designed and constructed wholly by JerryDZH, was built on a mountaintop overlooking Arby's. The factory came to be stored and laden with coal, after JerryDZH developed a strange uncontrollable addiction to the fossil fuel. The landmark is identifiable by its smoke pillars and its metal-stone fence, which is surrounded by signs that say "Jerry's house," in all translatable languages found on Google translate, Bing translate, and Baidu translate. As a result of this building and JerryDZH's crippling addiction, all Assamese coal is transported to the factory—not the storage facility.

After the Coal Factory, then came the Leper Colony. Constructed also by CyberVinny, there is nothing much to say about this place other that this has been a designated quarantine zone for lepers. It is situated south of the Assam State Monastery and looks like a tribal village.

Next, the high-altitude mountainous Jetsun Pema Province, named after the current queen of Bhutan, began construction. Situated in modern-day Arunachal Pradesh, India, the northern province is surrounded and is built upon mountainous terrain. Constructed by primarily CyberVinny, the region takes after Bhutanese/Tibetan traditional architecture. The first buildings were a farm and a central small tower, and eventually came to house a multitude of houses including the mayor CyberVinny's house and The Mountain Fortress. Designed by Sijang\_ and built with the help of CyberVinny, the fort featured dark interiors to help camouflage netherite armor, multiple sections, and its own central tower. With recent terrorist invasions, the fort was proved to be faulty and has since been undergoing renovation and repair to secure it more. The fort's open windows left the chance to enderpearl into the rooms. Potala Palace, inspired by real-life Potala Palace in Tibet, is currently undergoing construction.

Due to its mountainous and high-altitude situation, many people opt to use a helicopter to reach the region. However, there exists a wooden path that leads up to Jetsun Pema Province. The path has led to countless deaths, particularly of AmbientGoose721, and visitors to the town often fall down. Although, no visitor deaths have been reported or witnessed by Assam state officials.

The next construction after Jetsun Pema, is the Putrajaya Mosque, heavily inspired by the Putra Mosque in Putrajaya, Malaysia. Currently under construction by Sijang\_ and CyberVinny, the mosque stands out from other buildings not only due to its largely pink color, but also the large dome and complicated construction/design. Creating the central dome took repeated trial and error to completely finish due to it looking primarily phallic when too long, but not having enough room for interior design when cut short. In CyberVinny's words, "It looks like a p\*\*\*\*!" The pink/light red color of the dome was the main cause of this issue. Along with the construction of Putrajaya Mosque, Sharia law was implemented by Mayor B.M. CyberVinny, which also promptly led to a tax on all non-muslim lands and organizations. To this day, Islamic law continues to be the dominating cultural and societal standard in Assam, despite having no significant Muslim population.

After the beginning of the construction of the Putra Mosque, development of the Chinatown district, completely under CyberVinny as well. Situated between the river and the Airport, the district features various buildings of various sizes ranging from a feudal Chinese throne room, to a rural 20th century Chinese home. The district takes from a large portion of Chinese history, and features large amounts of gold and dark prismarine blocks laden within these buildings. The district contains many buildings, some of which are currently unfurnished. In the buildings that are furnished, it has a restaurant that features hometown delicacies such as Unsightly Whiskey, Moldy Stew, and Century Egg. In this district is also Sijang\_'s first proper home that wasn't open-air or underground.

### Undated Constructions

There is one construction, The Homestead, of which the construction date is unknown. Constructed under Fastbinder1776, the homestead is meant to symbolize the American West as a homestead on the frontiers and untamed lands of northeast India. The Homestead contains all the proper amenities for a functioning house: stocked chests, beds, crafting tables and furnaces. However, it lacks a roof, and inhabitants are subject to harsh weather conditions regardless of where they are along with being in the wilderness, which leaves one vulnerable to PvP.

## Joining Indus

The integration into Indus is considered to be Assam's first break into entering politics with other towns nearby. It was during the reign of Indus that Assam experienced a golden age in diplomacy and communication with the outside world. Still, despite the citizens of Assam holding a positive image of Indus, which remains to this day, the town still attempted to distance and isolate themselves from the nation. This trend of persistent isolation, so that it does not side with any nation so much, nor promise the nation so much, is still practiced today with other nations.

## Century of Humiliation

For a short time, Assam's consistent peace was abruptly ended towards the end of Indus's reign. Here, Assam suffered 3 invasions from 3 different powers. Due to the fact that many of its members had never fought before nor were very good at fighting, Assam lost all three battles. In the final battle, negotiations between CyberVinny and the invading power gave Assam a chance at surviving after the two realized that they were of the same nationality. Diplomatic relations were strengthened between the powers and Assam was given its said chance. Assam's bank, at 200k before the wars, was quickly drained and the town was at risk of becoming ruins. At some point CyberVinny, knowing this, stayed online throughout the night to protect the town from looters and keep it afloat. Eventually, a deal was brokered and Assam was then left with 60k.

For the next few months, GDP growth was stagnant and the Assamese Bank did not grow, but rather was stabilized at around 30k-60k. The town was officially made peaceful and no one would be able to siege. As of the day of this editing, 2023, the town maintains its peaceful status. Still, construction projects continued and it was still during this peacetime some of the most elaborate and bold projects in Assam's history such as Jetsun Pema Province and the Historical District. The stagnant nature of the Assamese economy led Mayor B.M. Austria to enact his *Great Leap Forward*.

### Great Leap Forward

Around the beginning of September 2022, Mayor B.M. CyberVinny released an end-of-year goal, meant to revitalize the Assam state's poor economy and empty bank. The plan included:

* 100% GDP growth by the end of the year
* Gradual re-armament of the military
* Economic integration with the other states
* Greater bi-lateral ties with other states
* Full completion of The Mountain Farm
* Abolishment of capitalism

Completion of the Mountain Farm and a GDP growth, that exceeded its initial goals, caused the city to undergo a 500% increase in GDP and the bank to go from 60k to 300k in a couple days occurred. A large backup of fishing missions stored helped provide the first large amounts of money, along with voting and the completion of those missions. Next, prioritization of completion of town/nation missions using the mountain farm and advances in farming practices helped huge strides in GDP growth to be possible. The prioritization on these missions has provided Assam large portions of its current income. The mountain farm continues to be expanded according to need, and in fact underwent huge amounts of growth, much later on, after large amounts of watermelon and nether wart were needed for a nation mission. Measures on how large the mountain farm is and how much it can specifically produce have not been taken. Mayor B.M. CyberVinny's Great Leap Forward has allowed the city to rise in rankings in the top 100 wealthiest cities in Polis, now breaking 500k, and growing.

While a rearmament has not taken place, due to no need of a military, a buildup has taken place.

Because of its far distance to other cities, and the lack of server activity, economic integration and the betterment of bi-lateral ties with other states is impossible.

### Revolutionary reaction to the Great Leap Forward (Civil War)

At first, acceptance of the Great Leap Forward was violent and destructive. In reaction to it, user Sijang\_ declared the cessation of the Mountain Province from Assam. As a direct consequence of the declaration of independence, bombings immediately ensued across Jetsun Pema province. The first usage of carpet bombings and airstrikes saw GDP fall by 70% in the province.

Eventually, peace talks commenced between the two sides and negotiations occurred at the Arby's Lake Forest location, bordering Irvine District. Negotiations were mediated by large political figures in the Assamese gov't such as Joseph Ejercito Estrada and Mao Zedong. Shortly thereafrer, 2 million Assamese dollars were declared missing after Estrada's mediation in peace talks. A white peace was declared and the Mountain Province was then reintegrated into Assam proper.

As of the date of this editing, tensions between the Mountain Province and Assam proper have dissipated, largely due to the province being home to a total population of one (Sijang\_).

## The Massive Hershey's Chocolate Bar of Assam

there is a massive Hershey's chocolate bar in Lake Forest District. big hershey bar.

## MAI (Movement for Assamese Independence)

Assamese independence has long been desired and sought for by several high-ranking gov't officials, such as CyberVinny and Sijang\_, ever since its beginnings. This can easily be seen by Assam's constant desire to be distant to its ruling nation, as well as a strong emphasis on economic independence. Moreover, the desire for independence sprouted out of Assam's desire to show the world its architecture and projects while the city lasted.

As time went on, the movement persisted and independence was close in sight under the rule of Jamaica, around mid-2022. The creation and stocking of The Shop, designed and constructed by AmbientGoose721 and CyberVinny, was actually done in anticipation and preparation for independence. There, drug and alcohol production soared significantly as there was now a reason to produce said goods.

However, due to the large size of Assam, a ruling nation who could provide extra land plots was needed or else Assamese territory would recede. As a result, the Movement for Assamese Independence has largely died down in 2023, along with the fact that the server itself is now largely inactive. With an inactive server, the benefits to independence, such as being able to let people teleport to your town directly for trade and tourism, simply didn't exist anymore.

## Japanese Era

As town members became increasingly occupied with more pressing matters, an era of stagnation washed over Assam. Inactivity was a glaring issue in not just Assam, but Polis as a whole. Apart from CyberVinny and JerryDZH, very few town members ever returned.

## Culture

Assamese culture practices a strong tradition around alcohol, usually the strongest alcohols like Green Absinthe and, later, Ethanol. To welcome every new member, the new member will be joined by other present members and drink. Attendees typically drink Ethanol only once, since drinking another bottle would kill them. Although, when Green Absinthe was used, two bottles were used.

Another tradition involving alcohol is practiced as a form of welcoming new towns into the new server. When new towns are set up and have active online players, gifts primarily composed of alcohol are prepared to be sent to the town by plane. A message is sent to the town regarding gifts and alcohol and if the request is approved, a plane is sent.

## Trivia

* In Gladia, CyberVinny was a member of Iroquois (Gladia), returning to Gladia only much later on when Nueva Silang was founded in the Philippines, modern-day Samar.
* JerryDZH has been the largest contributor of GDP to the Assamese economy
* Pi Day Incident (2022)
	+ On the evening of 3/14/22 (Pi Day), the infamous Pi Day Incident took place and mortally injured the wellbeings of several Assamese citizens, particularly AmbientGoose321. In a mix of cardinal betrayal and miscommunication, user AmbientGoose321 was exposed to the pie of user [REDACTED] on a discord video chat, injuring and leaving her scarred without assurance of a future recovery.
	+ After the watershed disaster, a sign declaring, "NEVER FORGET, PI DAY INCIDENT," was placed up at the HQ spawn and a plaque dedicated to the incident, saying, "THIS PLAQUE IS TO COMMEMORATE THE VICTIMS OF THE PI DAY INCIDENT, MAY WE NEVER EVER FORGET WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT FAITHFUL DAY," was set up at the residence of user AmbientGoose321.
	+ The incident is remembered, particularly by AmbientGoose321, to this day as a day of tragedy, mourning, and generational trauma.