Dacian Kingdom

The **Dacian Kingdom** most commonly known as **Dacia**, or sometimes **Romania**, was a nation in Oilycraft Season 3. It was centered in the Transylvanian Plateau, with its contiguous territory stretching from the Danube River in the west, to the Black Sea in the east, and from the Northern Carpathian Mountains in the north to Albania and Macedon in the south, while colonial control extended all the way down to the Gulf of Sidra in the south, and to the Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula to the west.

Dacia's capital was Sarmizegetusa Regia, the country's political, administrative and economic center. The Kingdom was also a absolute diarchy, lead by Co-Kings Dodolulupepe and Vodă Man.

## History

### Before the Season 3 release

Originally for the third season of the Oilycraft SMP, after the map was revealed to be that of Europe and its surrounding regions, Dodolulupepe claimed the region corresponding to the modern country of Romania, while Voda\_Man intended to settle in Egypt. However, after Egypt turned out to be outside of the map's core zone, Voda changed his plans and decided to cooperate with Dodo in establishing a Romanian themed nation. Shortly afterwards, he decided that the new nation shall be named Dacia, inspired by its real life historical counterpart. Despite this decision, modern Romanian architecture would still be used, while the official flag would be identical to the army flag of the Kingdom of Romania used between 1940-1947.

After everyone started drawing maps of their claims, Voda took it upon himself to create a map showcasing Dacia's core territory as well as planned expansion areas. Those ended up varying significantly over time, at one point even stretching from Vienna in the west to Crimea in the east, growing to the point where others criticized the Dacian leadership for "claiming too much land". Furthermore, Dacia's extended claims ended up causing disputes with 2 other nations: Bulgaria and Crimea.

Initially, Curo was meant to become a member of Dacia, with IlPolloMagico also deciding to join shortly after. Later on, MATI2D, a friend of Pollo, was invited into the nation, while Voda also invited 2 of his own friends: calin\_ul and vldul - thus the total membership was brought up to 7. This caused a problem, however, as according to the SMP's rules, a nation at the start of the server could not have more than 5 members. This problem would not last, however, as the 2 members Voda invited would end up not playing at all, while Curo would also end up leaving the community later on. At the same time, a new rule was accepted that would increase a nation's member limit once certain chunk thresholds were met, thus allowing Dacia to gain a sixth or even a seventh member.

The Dacian Kingdom originally comprised 2 cities: the capital Sarmizegetusa Regia, and the Potatoist Cathedral (later renamed to Potatoist City) governed by Pollo. Voda's primary goal was to develop the capital according to his own vision, while Pollo intended to build a massive Potatoist cathedral.

### Initial development

As soon as the SMP was released on 04 March 2023 (Day 1 / Year 1000), around 19:00 GMT, Dodo, Voda and Pollo logged in and moved towards the Romanian geographical region. Once there, the first two founded the town of Sarmizegetusa Regia and the nation of Dacia, followed by the latter who established the town of the Potatoist Cathedral which was immediately added into the Dacian nation.

For the first week, Dacia's national focus was the gathering of resources, as well as infrastructure development. In Sarmizegetusa, Voda worked tirelessly in order to build all of his desired structures, rapidly developing the capital in the process. At the same time, in Potatoist City, Pollo also worked continuously on his Potatoist cathedral.

### War preparations

A major policy shift occurred on Day 7 (Year 1012), when Dacia officially declared war on Bulgaria, with the intention of expanding into its lands.

## Administrative divisions

After the annexation of Bulgaria following the Daco-Bulgarian War, the core Dacian realm was officially split into 3 sections: the *Lands Administered from Sarmizegetusa Regia (LASR)*, the *Lands Administered from Potatoist City (LAPC)* and the *Lands Administered from New Plovdiv (LANP)* - with each section containing one or more settlements.

However, after the Second Scornite-Dacian War on Day 64 (Year 1126), and after the subsequent ratification of the Treaty of Nueva Cordoba on Day 69 (Year 1136), more than half of the country's land area - including the entire LANP - were lost, leaving only the LASR and the LAPC as Level I subdivisions.

* The Lands Administered from Sarmizegetusa Regia (LASR)
	+ Sarmizegetusa Regia
	+ Fort Cernavodă
	+ Ulpia Vodana Sarmizegetusa
* The Lands Administered from Potatoist City (LAPC)
	+ Potatoist City
	+ Great Potato Fort
	+ Edinburgh

### Former colonial possessions

On Day 27 (Year 1052), the first Dacian colony was established in the form of Dacian Cyrenaica, located in North Africa. Even though it is technically a part of the LASR, it is not part of the core Dacian Kingdom and is instead administered as a separate colony.

On Day 36 (Year 1070), after victory in the Scornite-Dacian War, 2 additional colonies were established: Noua Valencia on the Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula, and Dacian Ancona on the east coast of the Italian Peninsula. Both of them were placed under the LANP as separate colonies that are not part of Dacia proper, just like Libya.

After Dacia's defeat in the Second Scornite-Dacian War, the three colonies were dissolved on Day 69 (Year 1136) in accordance to the Treaty of Nueva Cordoba. Noua Valencia was ceded to Poland-Lithuania; Ancona, to the Kingdom of Italy; and Libya, to Luxembourg.

On Day 65 (Year 1128), in order to compensate for some of Dacia's territorial losses, Voda\_Man went south to the Sinai peninsula and claimed it as the Colony of Dacian Sinai.

## Rulers

The Dacian Kingdom is a diarchy, similar to the ancient Greek kingdom of Sparta. The throne is shared by 2 royal lines: the Striderians and the Vodanians, both originating from their respective Dacian tribes that were the most dominant before the Tribal Unification.

Striderian Kings of Dacia
 Oroles
 Diurpaneus
 Rubobostes

Vodanian Kings of Dacia
 Zalmoxis
 Scorilo
 Deceneus