Gedania

**Gedania** is a nation on the shore of Lake Ladoga, the far northeast of the map. It is ruled by Luxtay II. For 2 days, Fahad ruled as the self-proclaimed “President of the Councils”, however he relinquished the unofficial title after realising he nation already had a prime minister. The other citizens of Gedania are are HaloFox\_ and Blunix\_YT.

## History

### Original plans

The original plans for Gedania were posted by Luxtay II in #minecraft chat on 14 February 2023, where he announced he would claim a strip of land between Lake Onega and the White Sea. Due to his claims exceeding the limit set by Bapo, Gedanian ambitions had to be limited to inbetween Lake Ladoga and Onega. He then posted his idea for the Epic Gedanian Trade Project, an ambitious plan that would connect the entirety of the server together with one trade route. The plan has not yet been realized.

### Early days and expansion

Despite Gedania's main goal, inherited from Deforestaland of Season 1, being committing mass deforestation, Gedania lacked in the amount of trees destroyed compared to the nearby Finland, a vassal state of Poland. However, the town quickly grew, with a stair mine, a few farms, and a sheep pen being built near Luxtay's residence. Gedania was a rather underdeveloped nation with few resources and only two members: Luxtay II, the founder and leader, and Blunix\_YT, the prime minister and Luxtay's friend.

### Quick growth

Despite lacking in advances, Gedania continued its growth and expansion. On Day 4, Lake Ladoga was fully lit; more achievements would come, such as Gedania hosting the first cake on the server and a giant Gedanian flagpole being built on its land. A bridge and harbour was built the next day, coinciding with the rapid increase of lands claimed by Gedania. By Day 8, a sugar cane, chicken, pig, inland wheat and pig farm had been built up around the town, which allowed Gedania to export much more items and thus grow its economy.

### Modern day

As of Day 12, Gedania is a rather prosperous trade kingdom resulting from a plenty of materials collected from a cave system near the nation. Although not as advanced as many others, it is quite prosperous compared to various nations.

## Foreign relations & trade

### Foreign affairs

Gedania upholds positive relations with the majority of nations, including the Danskian Empire, Euskara and Victoria. Despite minor conflicts such as the IgnGath Incident of Day 4, during which IgnGath attacked Luxtay II with a diamond sword, Gedania is a rather peaceful nation.

### Trade

Gedania, despite being far from most countries, has a flourishing export-based economy. Trade partners in the past have included Poland, the Danskian Empire, Victoria and Khazad-dûm. Its top exports are mostly farm-related, such as wheat and carrots, however the country also has a plenty of clay.

## Architecture and geography

### Architecture

#### Fort Gedania

Fort Gedania is the capital of Gedania and its only permanent settlement. Its seat of government is located in a small hut near the coast, built on Day 1, which is surrounded by a road, part of the larger Gedanian road system. It is bordered by a sheep farm, which also contains the Gedanian flagpole within its limits. The flagpole is 14 blocks tall and 11 wide, towering over the town.

The sheep farm is bordered by a sweet berry farm, which is in turn near a glow berry farm. Across the street from the glow berries is located a wheat farm and just north of the wheat farm lay a sugarcane farm.

To the right of the hut is the Holy Gedanian Cake and the site of the former Farming Island, where the Gedanian wheat farm lay in Days 1–5, after which it was sunken. The mechanization house is located right next to the Holy Gedanian Cake. THE ROOM is located nearby. THE ROOM is closely connected to the cow farm, the smallest of the Gedanian farms by number of lifestock. The cow farm is adjacent to the Gedanian carrot farm and the construction project.

Across the corner from the Gedanian carrot farm is the unbuilt home of HaloFox\_, which stretches into the forest along with the nearby pig farm. The pig farm, the largest of the Gedanian farms by size, is bordered by the smallest, the chicken farm, which is still extremely populous despite its minimal size. Between the chicken and sugarcane farms lies a rarely used open-air mine, primarily used by Halo.

Perpendicular to the open-air mine, on the coast, lay the Gedanian art gallery, which contains every single painting within Minecraft.

#### Outside of Fort Gedania

Although the majority of Gedania's infrastructure lies in Fort Gedania, a great deal of it lies outside of it. Around Lake Ladoga is a large installation of torches surrounding the lake and lighting it up at night, the first great feat of Gedanian engineering to be accomplished. On the lake are two brutalist cobblestone bridges built by Luxtay which connect Fort Gedania to the rest of its possessions.

A mob farm is located just off the longer bridge. Although not often used and possibly broken, the farm is an impressive structure that towers over its surroundings. Down the long bridge and then the short bridge is the Port of Gedania, which contains 6 docks and a bed. A short distance from the Port of Gedania, on a small island in the Gulf of Finland, is a small Gedanian outpost containing only a torch, three signs and a crafting table. It is the only Gedanian colony.

### Geography

Gedania is located on the shore of Lake Ladoga, a lake with a full clay surface, allowing Gedania's clay exports to flourish, as witnessed with Luxtay's delivery of 4 stacks of clay to Victoria. Notably, Gedania is heavily forested, and has attempted to deforest much of its land with mixed results. The forests are mostly made up of oak, dark oak, birches and spruce. Stone is scattered around the map.