Mainland Region

*"Mainland" redirects here. For other uses, try Mainland (disambiguation).*
The **Mainland Region** is the north-eastern part of Seacraft. It extends from Mainland Plaza to the Bombing Mines. The term "Mainland" was often used to describe this region during Seacraft Beta and Seacraft Version 1.

## Geography

Most of the discovered and used land is part of a plains biome. The region also has other biomes such as jungle, windswept hills, forest, beach and desert. There is also an artificial "Crater Pine" forest in the suburb of Craterwood, extending a little into Old Mountains. These Crater Pine trees are made with stripped mangrove logs and birch leaves.

The Mainland Region is one of the only land regions (and the only land in metropolitan Seacraft) generated in Minecraft 1.6. This means there are hard chunk borders where the terrain meets 1.7+ chunks, and it means the mountains in the area (the Old Mountains) were generated without stone on the surface.

### National parks

The Stronghold Jungle is Seacraft's only named national park. It is slightly east of Crater Village and extends far north. The park is named after the fact that an end-stronghold-like structure was found on top of one of the trees.

## Local governments

The Mainland Region is home to two of Seacraft's councils. The south-west is governed by the Mainland Plaza City Council, and the north is governed by the Crater Council.

The Mainland Plaza City Council governs the area around Mainland Plaza, and features many city themed builds, including skyscrapers, a hospital and a Zoo. Its beaches near the plaza and in Oceanview are also of significant focus.

The Crater Council has its main township in Crater Village. However, much of the remaining area takes on a fantasy theme, currently boasting a hobbit village, a wizard tower, a tavern and a dwarven keep. The mayor, SirAbrahamy, has further plans for an elven settlement and a goblin/orc town.

## History

### Early settlement

Mainland was first discovered by jacobme32 on the 18th of September, 2013, during Seacraft Alpha. He built a bridge (now known as Ocean Road) to this new location. The area would soon be settled by some players including josh20202.

zac5 established the Plaza in Mainland after jacobme32 and Zossimov2000 began building a Pokemon Arena on the piece of land zac5 had originally dedicated, located close to Spawn. Development in the area extended to modern-day Hollow Hill where Slender was built.

Zossimov2000 built a house in modern-day Crater Village, possibly as early as the 11th of October, 2013. Settlement wouldn't reach further into the region for some time.

During the Gamma Period, development extended to modern-day Oceanview with the release of the Zoo, and modern-day Town where a wool shop was built.

During the Expansion Period, the Bombing Range was established as an area for destructive play. It was intended to be far from civilisation as to prevent any accidental damage.

### Version 2

As part of Seacraft 2.0.4, Town was established slightly east of Hollow Hill and was designed as a residential area. However, there wasn't much space to build and it didn't catch on with the community.

In Seacraft 2.2, the Animal Range was constructed slightly east of the Zoo. It occupied an elevated part of the plains biome, where there was craters/buggy world generation.

The Mainland Region was split into several suburbs during Seacraft 2.2.3 - 2.2.9. These were originally as follows:

* Mainland Plaza
* Hollow Hill
* Oceanview
* Town
* Flat Hills

These suburbs did not cover any of the modern-day Crater Council L.G.A., as that area was largely unsettled at the time.

The Mainland Plaza City Council appeared some time between Seacraft 2.3 and Seacraft 2.3.7, originally governing the entirety of the Mainland Region. 2.3 also saw the new suburbs of Crater Plains and Old Mountains established, and the Bombing Mines was now also considered its own suburb.

In Seacraft 2.4, Crater Village was released. It was built into a number of craters, and was one of the most diverse and populated suburbs at the time. This change also brought about the release of the Crater Council, governing Crater Plains, Crater Village, Old Mountains and the Bombing Mines.

### Version 3

After SirAbrahamy gained mayorship of the Crater Council, he conceived the idea to turn the suburb of Crater Plains (and later Old Mountains) into a fantasy-themed area, completely changing the existing developments of the area. With the help of ZacNVR, he created many new features in the area, including some settlements of fantasy races alongside an entire forest, transforming Crater Plains into Craterwood. All this would be completed over many months.

jaykobe also became the mayor of the Mainland Plaza City Council during the Renovation Period. He made some major changes to the area, including the creation of new buildings, the refurbishing of the hospital, and the complete renovation of the Zoo, removing the Animal Range in the process.