Boulderov

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**Boulderov**, sometimes referred to by modern scholars as Old Boulderov, but officially the **Nation of Boulderov**, was a Western Haven nation nestled in the far southwest corner of Rathnir. It was a Democratic Oligarchical Theocracy and bordered Aurora, Chevkri, and the Kingdom of Trafalgar. A nation of spruce forests, high snowy mountains, and flat plains, Boulderov was home to the Boulderovian people. The capital and largest city was Pedregal. Its formation dates back to January 24th, 2021 when the player BoltonYale built a small tavern on the banks of an unnamed river, next to a Boulder that would eventually become the focus of the religion of Boulderism. It was one of the three nations that attempted to unite Haven. The nation moved multiple times, with the citizens having homes in three of the four corners of Rathnir. Boulderov was a part of the Second Empire of Uldarash - known for its rich culture, motivated citizenry, and military excellence.

It was reformed into the Kingdom of Boulderov on October 9th, 2021 by Mimek Bolodrav, after he took advantage of a power vacuum left by the Savernian Crisis. The Crisis caused a majority of the notable founders and members of Boulderov to quit due to the sheer toxicity, and Mimek appointed himself a King and established an absolute Monarchy in their stead.

Some notable members of Boulderov included BoltonYale, Im\_cooming (Crispy Schnoz), Edward\_Boyle, Signore\_Ravioli, Tati, NomeKaken, Camthulu, and Lickenchittle.

## History

### Founding

On January 24th, a player by the name of BoltonYale built a small tavern on the banks of an unnamed river in the southwestern corner of Rathnir. Next to it was The Boulder which would become the crux of the religion that BoltonYale would bring about - Boulderism. Word of BoltonYale's teachings would spread and brought in many travelers from far off lands. Some travelers chose to follow BoltonYale's words, and soon a small town popped up around his tavern. This new town would be named Pedregal by its inhabitants, becoming the first Boulderites. A council would be formed between BoltonYale and his most trusted companions named Schnoz and Edward\_Boyle, forming the High Council.

Upon seeing this new community of 2 houses, the leader of the League of Falsáivrea, named Axyr, would take an interest to this new burgeoning town, as it was built inside of territory owned by the league. Negotiations between BoltonYale and Axyr would ensue, and resulted in the fledgling nation of Boulderov agreeing to join the league. However, this new agreement would not last long. About 2 weeks after Boulderov joined the league, an argument would break out between Axyr and a new player named Doctor, who had founded the nation of Dolária inside of territory claimed by the league. This argument would come to convince Axyr to disband The League, granting Boulderov full independence in the process. By this point, Pedregal had grown into a bustling town with multiple houses surrounding BoltonYale's tavern. During this time, the members of the High Council would go on to create two new towns named Striprioula and Terrera. As the nation expanded, the infant Boulderov looked northwards (The modern day region of Harria), to the wild lands that the the Empire of Uldarash had nominally laid claims to, and to the town of Splitland which had been long abandoned.

### Early International Affairs

As Boulderov grew in size, population, and material wealth, they began to look beyond their borders at the newly founded nation of Dolaria. Two players by the names of Signore Ravioli and Camthulu would travel to the capital of Dolaria to set up an embassy. There they engaged in talks with the leader of Dolaria, Doctor. While there, Doctor linked the two Boulderovians to Loic, who was the founder and mayor of the Palorian city of Asahiri. The two groups agreed to establish close ties, and to a mutual defense pact. After relations with Dolaria were set, Doctor managed to get Loic in on the talks. Through these talks between representatives from Boulderov, Paloro, and Dolaria, the idea for an attempt at unifying the continent of Haven was born. Over the next few days, the three groups as well as representatives from Uldarash and Aurora, agreed to come together under this new banner, and started working on the new government. But not all was well. Uldarash and Aurora were in the talks only due to threats from Loic, and they quickly withdrew from the negotiations, leaving Boulderov, Paloro, and Dolaria alone once again. Aurora and Uldarash would end up declaring war on Paloro and her allies, including Boulderov.

### Exodus to Istanboulder

   After the week of peace that was called for by the gods, Aurora and Uldarash would end up raiding Asahiri, killing many citizens and causing Loic to change his mind on going to war. However, Boulderov and her citizens would not hear of this until far afterwards due to miscommunication. Loic and his followers would leave from Asahiri after burning it to the ground. Along with Loic his followers and representation from Dolaria, Signore Ravioli and Camthulu would represent Boulderov, and a player named Zealious would guide the group to the Viodoxa. Once there, the 30 or so players would establish a refugee camp by the land that would later develop into Valentum. Because of this, the High Council decided that Boulderov would go its own way over feelings of betrayal due to Loic leaving them to the mercy of the Uldarashi and Aurourans, not knowing of the raid that forced Loic to leave. The people of Boulderov gathered and had an exodus of their own, including those that had gone to Viodoxa with Loic. Along the way however, Signore Ravioli and Lichenchittle decided to rob Aurora as revenge for what they had done.

About a week prior, Lickenchittle had infiltrated the ranks of Aurora to get intel in the case of a war. Lickenchittle would fill shulkers with loot, then hand them to Signore Ravioli to be emptied. They continued this way until an Auroran player caught the two thieves red-handed. Fortunately, they successfully escaped with the loot and their lives to a settlement in Plagos named Ghiaccio. Here the now homeless citizens of Boulderov would find refuge, building a small town. While at this city, citizens Signore Ravioli and Nome Kaken would create the order known as the Wrens of Stone. This secretive group would be the spearhead of Boulderovian military actions while not doing much else. While in Ghiaccio, the people of Boulderov lived in solitude. During all these events however, Loic was working behind the scenes to bring Boulderov back into his grasp. He gave the High council a deal: They would get high positions in the government, a city to build up, high military positions for the military leaders, and resources if they wanted them. The High Council would come to accept these terms, instigating the Boulderovian Migration to Istanboulder.

The town that was given to Boulderov was previously a VIR port that had never been completed. It had 1 house that was finished, with only 5 buildings in total when Boulderov settled there. On the 14th of February, Signore Ravioli, who had a map of Istanboulder due to visiting the site previously, led the expedition from Ghiaccio to it. Once there, the Boulderovians got to work building the city up. A Boulderovian named NightSaber would lead the project to build up the city. He would expand the roads, spearhead the building of new walls, make more plots for building, and make new bridges over top of the canals that snake through the town.

As Boulderov was moving in, a few Boulderovians joined an Auroran discord voice channel to make fun of them for declaring war on Boulderov after they packed up and left. But after they joined and started talking to the Aurorans, the Boulderovians started to change their minds on Aurora as a whole. To quote player NomeKaken, ”We joined, then realised that they were chill”. Boulderov would improve their relationship with Aurora after this point, returning all the goods that were stolen by Signore Ravioli and Lickenchittle, but excluding the goods that were stolen by bandits while in Ghiaccio. While this was happening, Loic had plans for the members of Boulderov who were willing to fight. As they were the ones that had backed out of the Haven agreement first, a lot of hate was placed on Aurora. Because of this, Loic conducted several raids on Aurora and Uldarash. Many Boulderovians would participate in these raids, including members of The High Council and Wrens of Stone. Because of these raids, and the general hostility towards Aurora that was generally seen as excessive by Boulderovians, many of them would come to dislike Viodoxa. This would culminate on March 2nd with a vote. The vote was to decide if Boulderov would stay in Istanboulder or return home. In a landslide vote, all the Boulderovians who wished to move packed their belongings.

### Return to Pedregal

After the vote to return home, a few of the inhabitants of Istanboulder had grown attached to the city. For the rest of the group however, the move was smooth. On March 3rd, Boulderov officially split from Viodoxa. The very next day, the homesick Boulderovians packed up all of their belongings and the move back began. This event has been dubbed The Return by the citizens of Boulderov, and its existence marks the end of an era.

For almost a whole month, the capital city of Pedregal had only one resident: BoltonYale. As this tumultuous period came to a close, a citizen Bossmancfp approached Signore Ravioli with an idea to create a guild for all nomads that, with the support of established nations, would protect the wanderers of Rathnir, providing resources and safe areas for all to stay. Upon hearing this Signore Ravioli agreed that he would help, telling the nomad about the now abandoned Fort Tarasque. Upon doing this, Boulderov would become the first sponsor of the Guild of Nomads. While this was happening though, the territory formerly owned by the now dissolved Uldarash Empire was open for the taking. Boulderov would almost double its size due to this, obtaining a large swath of land bordering the Heart of Haven. Reconstruction of the homeland could now begin

### Reconstruction

The reconstruction of the homeland was slow, but gradually the state of the nation improved. Upon moving back, Schnoz and Tati would go on to create two new towns, named Schnoz and Boldara. Schnoz would become a beacon of agriculture, having an absurd amount of farms. Later, it would be split into New Schnoz and Old Schnoz. After the long periods of chaos and unrest, Boulderov would finally have a time of peace. During this peace that was dubbed Reconstruction, the nation would expand and grow significantly, building the great walled city of Pathra-Harria and other new towns.

The first election for the Low Council took place during this time as well, making Tati, Signore Ravioli, and Zackblast\_ the first Low Councillors. This council would go on to create a road network, split up the nation into provinces, and While internally there was peace, the outside world was attempting to piece itself back together. Foreign nations had been harassing the nations of Haven for a while now, with Viodoxa even causing the collapse of Uldarash. Because of this, the nations of Haven came together to create The Second Empire of Uldarash. The nation would include people from all areas of Haven, encompassing almost the entire continent. Even though the people of Uldarash are united on the maps, the nations of Uldarash function as sovereign states. Boulderov is but one of many states encompassed within the greater conglomerate.

### Coup and government reform

Boulderov up to these times seemed to prosper, but everything had to change. Conflict between province of Savernia, and the government of Boulderov kept on escalating, and a war could break out at any moment. Two of the High Councillors even planned a genocide of Savernia people. Fortunately, such an event never happened. Instead, one of the High Councillors, Panda, began to plan a great change to Boulderov. They would abandon old ways of religious persecution, and he would become the Chancellor, one with most power. His plans also included stripping High Councillor Tati of their position, but everything was supposed to be resolved with a legal vote. Such plans were deemed as a coup attempt. Supporters of Panda were declared as traitors and were supposed to be executed. During the chaos Savernia has been granted independence by the Boulderov government. After these events, High Councillor Tati and the High Councillor Bolton left the nation, and with Panda gone Mimek has been declared as the only High Councillor.

Boulderov was on the verge of collapse. Mimek has declared himself himself the King of Boulderov, and placed Ted Hastings on the position of Regent, his second in power. New king has come to an agreement with Lady HazelEyed and King Olly of Savernia on the new borders. They were granted the province of Savernia, along with parts of Voha and Hutan. Boulderov has been divided into three provinces: Patria, Harria, and the new province Aleeous.

## Government

 Harria

Boulderov was ruled by the High Council and the Low Council, with the help of Government Ministers and Town Mayors. Individual provinces were managed by Provincial Governors.

The High Council of Boulderov consisted of three leaders which were the Law of the Land, rulers of Boulderov, and the highest authority. This council oversaw the large-scale handling of the nation, and could choose to oversee any aspect of Boulderov they feel like. The last high Councillors of Boulderov were BoltonYale, Tati and Panda.

The Low Council were leaders which got their rule from the people. The Low Council was an elected council, and every 2 weeks they would have to run for re-election. This also means that they could be voted out if the people determine that they didn’t like what the specific councilor is doing. The process would be a people running up against the Low Councilor that might be removed. These candidates would have to receive a majority vote to officially replace the Low Councilor.

The Province Leaders were the rulers of individual provinces. They handled the day-to-day operations of their province and oversee their towns. These provinces were allowed to have their own general structures, but the government documents they had must've followed federal laws, and creation of government documents had to be approved by the High or Low Council.