Gladian Literature

***Disclaimer: These books were extracted in their entirety from multiple sources, including Multitaskateer's books from National\_Aeronautics and the public library at Ruinopolis. Most books are split into "chapters" of sorts by the writer, who lumped them together off of topic (example, History of Erusea has 3 major topics addressed, so it's split into 3 sections. Words indicated (like this?) imply unfinished sentences, as The History of Al-Karim Volume 1\*; The Greatest Town of Them All shows so shiningly.***

## The Multi-book History of Al-Karim and Constantina

***Al-Karim is mentioned in two books, Conquest of the Desert and The History of Al-Karim Volume 1\*; The Greatest Town of Them All. Both books were written by highly important figures to the town, so this is the best 1st hand source of the whole affair.***

\*(The writer looked high and low, and had to assume no second volume exists when he ended up empty-handed)

### ***The History of Al-Karim Volume 1; The Greatest Town of Them All - Dr. MatthewDaBigPig***

The first of the two books that discuss Al-Karim.and Constantina However, this book is, um, raw, to say the least. It's for the better of the writer's sanity there wasn't a sequel by MDBP's pen to be found.

### The Conquest

The settlers of the Consitinian Empire were suffering. They needed food and supplies and had to work for their land as they were not able to start their own city. They became a vassal state under control (of who?). They proclaimed themselves the City of Constantinia. They built in the hot sandy desert where there is no life to be seen. They built a farm and got water from a survanna (savanna?). Still the people had thirst for more. They wanted INDEPENDENCE (and) they shall rise to GLORY [sic].

### Tahya Althawra!

(Once?) The people started a small army, (gathered?) enough weapons, and rallying (rallied their?) support, they were ready. Time to free Constantinia once and for all. THEY MAY HAVE LOST but had learnt alot. [sic] The people of Constantinia were thirsty for independence but had no way (of getting it?) A new member joined that day (a date would be appreciated)- The founding father of the new great town. A little cat called Karim. This cat gave hope and helped start the new town, Al-Karim.

As the village grows with new civilians, big nations go power-hungry. This is the case with France. As the people of Al-Karim fought hard, the French fought harder. People of Al-Karim nearly died. Something had to be given up. MatthewDaBigPig was saving up for a hospital. The Pig loved the town, "THIS IS MY HOME" he said while giving the ransom money to TheBlazer13. 3000 dollars SAVED the town and the whole community. theblazer said a heartwarming (sure buddy) speech "We may be down right now, but soon, we shall rise again"

This the GREAT events so far, but more is to come from this village. Soon it will grow into a place that is huge, maybe even a dazzling nation. Nobody knows. All we know is this town has great potential and great people. That this place is FREE, GREAT AND BEAUTIFUL. Kindness is everywhere and life is great. This was only a bit of the history but this is the great story (w, what?) This town inspires many and shows the best IN, THE, WORLD -Dr. MDBP [sic].

### ***Conquest of the Desert; A Book about the History of Constantina - TheBlazer13***

Conquest of the Desert is the other book written about the event. This book is far more refined, (at least, compared to the other book, there's still some, weird, capitalization errors) even being sold at /t spawn National\_Aeronautics in two volumes. The two volumes, however, were split to be read as one complete story

### Manifest Des(er)tiny

It was a long, hard night, as long as the ones before. The Constantinian settlers waded through the desert hoping to find water of vegetation. Even worse, their supplies had ran out and they were suffering from hunger, which made it even harder to keep their hopes up. Somehow, right before fainting in the desert from hunger and thirst, they came up to a town. In this town, they were pleading for some food. Not only were their pleads supplied, they were also offered asylum, with one catch, they had to work for their land, and forced into needing land and not being able to start their own city. They became a vassal state under their control. They proclaimed themselves the City-State of Constantina.

Building off of the desert, the hard and sandy terrain where life is almost nowhere to be found, they used what soil they had to build a farm for vegetation. Gathering water from a nearby savanna. After a few arduous days, they finished their first small state.

### A\*\*\* + I\*\*\* = A-K\*\*\*

However, to this day, they wish to one day, gain the sands around them and independence from their current suzerain lords. Slowly they amassed an army and citizens of their own, wishing to act fully autonomously. After accquiring the weapons needed for a militia, and after rallying the support of their independence, they were able to peacefully become an indirect vassal of their leaders. However, that alone wasn't enough. The hope for a Constantina that answers to none still laid within their dreams.

It has been many hard fought days. The people of Constantina were hungry, not only for food, but for their independence to be won. Constantina had, however, gained a citizen. They named their town after the cat, Al-Karim (yes they really did). However, how could this small Islamic community pay for such a large fee? They've tried many options, from sellsword work to farming, from merchantry, but eventually, they had an idea, why not all of them? So the citizens banded together and had just enough money to start a new town. However, they had to allocate funds to buildings, an armory, and stocking the armory, so there that went. Eventually, they had just enough money to start anew.

### All Over Again

The first ever building they constructed was Mosque Nador. They had also recieved foreign aid from Al-Aysharah, another Islamic town toughing it out over here. After the mosque, they had to construct farms, shops, and especially houses. But the tricky part was getting more land. The $500 (Idk if Al-Karim existed on another server, but, it was $250 on Gladia) fee per chunk was immense, so they had to take out a loan from RJNation, and used it to claim the land needed. Eventually, they paid off the loan, but not without difficulties.

Eventually, the first immigrants started to pour in. People desperately searching for land, food, and water in the ruthless desert, just as we did so long ago. The first housing district was built, and the citizens were armed. They were now slowly but surely growing and expanding their land. They had all they needed for now, food, water, warmth (they were in the desert, they didn't really need that), and weapons. They decided to ally with Al-Aysharah, even getting a presidential estate there. Since they were too small to have an army, every citizen had to be armed to ensure safety against the outside world, but now they also had Al-Aysharah weapons. One day the citizens of Al-Karim decided to grow even further, and make a prospering city-state in the Maghreb.

The End

## OVERLORD: A declassified United States document on Gladia's most dangerous nuclear weapon (NASA Library Archives)

Wow, that is quite the name. Not to rag your nicely refined work Multi, but this is like, Captain Underpants level of long.

### A Historical Overview

Throughout its history, Gladia has seen a theme of war paint its geopolitics. While only recently, a period of peace has led to a reduction of overall weaponry, in the past, the rise and fall of several great nations, such as the multiple rebirths of Iroq, the partial breaking and complete breaking of Imperial Russia and Rome respectively,