True Republic

The **True Republic** was a separatist clan, founded by Nate on August 11, 2020. The True Republic would work originally as an autocratic state until it began to claim to work under a slightly modified form of The Constitution of The Republic. Four of the Republic members, including Nate, defected to the clan. Nate was the leader of the True Republic until he returned to The Republic on May 2, 2022. It is currently an inactive clan and has been for some time.

## History

#### Background

Nate was one of The Republic's earliest and most active members. He would take an active stance in many of the clan's earliest governing issues. On August 11, 2020, Nate would leave The Republic mostly due to not being put in the war by Jake The Snake, a decision that was backed up by Chris. His departure would be greatly discussed and have a huge impact on The Republic. Nate set out instantly to create his own clan. While Nate claimed he would set up his own clan to make a clash space that was truly a fair democracy, his critics claimed that he would form his own clan as a grasp for power. A power that he felt like he did not have within The Republic.

#### Founding and Early History

Nate founded his True Republic the day he had left The Republic, August 11, 2020. He would set up his spurious republic in an attempt to model The Republic, but many believed his was an autocratic government in its earliest days. Eventually Nate would form a constitution very similar to that of The Republic. The True Republic's constitution was created completely by Nate alone. Elections would soon follow once people joined the clan. A Co-Leader Council and an Elder Council would be formed similar to that on The Republic. The first war would be declare on August 19, 2020, and would be the first of seven straight losses. It would take over a month before the True Republic would win its first war.

During the month following the founding of the True Republic, a few of The Republic's members would defect and join Nate's separatist clan. The first to leave and join "The Divider" was kodackblack, who left The Republic and joined the True Republic on August 16th. Next, Co-Leader mikerob22, an ally of Nate's would depart The Republic on August 29th. Mikerob22 would be the most tenured and the only elected official that would defect with Nate. Shortly following mikerob, ben would leave the clan and join the True Republic. Ben would later explain how he thought Nate was someone else that he knew in real life and when he found out he was not he rejoined The Republic.

#### Inactivity and Nate's Departure

The True Republic would be active through the end of 2020 and then experience acute inactivity. The clan only participated in four War Leagues: September, October, November and December of 2022. The last war that the clan would declare would be on January 24, 2021. Former Republic Co-Leader, mikeRobb22, would leave the clan at some point and join a more active clan. The Republic did experience some inactivity early in 2021, but the True Republic would never recover. Nate would leave the True Republic in May of 2022 and return to The Republic where he was welcomed back favorably and would become an active member of the government once more.

The clan's leader today is a player named Centurion who has a low level 11 town hall base. The clan is a level 4 clan with less than ten members, all of which are inactive. The description reads *"Our old leader quit this game. This clan is dead. RIP to The Republic"*. kodackblack is the only former member of The Republic to still remain on the clan, though it seems he has been inactive for quite some time.

## Republic Defectors

* **Nate** - Founded True Republic. Was the clan's leader for over a year. Retuned to The Republic where he is still an active member today.
* **kodackblack** - Was the first member of The Republic to join Nate in defecting. He is still on True Republic and inactive today.
* **mikerob22** - Was formerly an Elder and Co-Leader on The Republic. Left True Republic some time in the first half of 2021. Is currently still active on a clan called Sigma Chi.
* **ben** - The last member of The Republic to defect, the first member to return less than a month later. Currently on The Republic where he is still an active member today.