Artopia

The flag of Artopia.

**Artopia** was the biggest nation in Coastal Village SMP Season One. It was founded by Jason, and was home to nearly every member of the SMP at some point. It is widely regarded as the most powerful nation, the most advanced, and is factually the biggest in land area.

## History

### Beginning

Artopia was founded on the first day of the SMP by Jason, and he declared himself the president. The first buildings were built, being Jason's house, the Watchtower, and Josh's house. Josh, Jude, and Eric all joined Artopia upon joining the SMP, and later Ben during the Sugarcane War.

During these early days, Artopia was quickly expanded. Jason claimed a nearby village in a savanna that Jude was declared mayor of; and all of the land in the desert and savanna until the mountains around 1,000 blocks away. However, this land was barely used except for a prison in the savanna, intended for Eric and possibly Noel, but was never finished.

### Expansion, Conflict and the Egyptian Revolution

The tallest building in Artopia, the Petronas Towers, was built in the first three months of Artopian history. Some other major and smaller buildings were created, including the Villager Trading Center, the Courthouse, Jason's farms, Eric's wheat farm, the Egyptian Pyramid, and more. Jude was declared the vice president of Artopia during this time, so Jason was not the only person in the government.

However, conflict between Jason, Jude, Eric and Ben started during this time. Before, the only conflict was the Sugarcane War, a minor conflict over Jude stealing sugarcane from Eric, and ownership of the sugarcane farm. Around December and January, more severe stealings occurred, almost all of which Jason was the victim of. Jason usually blamed Eric for most mysterious crimes, including stealing and pet deaths. While it is unknown whether or not many of these were done by Eric, he did not like being blamed and ended up griefing Jason's house on two different occasions with TNT. After this, Ben declared Egypt's independence, and Eric joined Egypt.

### Downfall

Artopia and Egypt were in a cold war for multiple weeks. Eventually, however, they managed to sign a peace treaty, vowing to not steal from, grief, or kill livestock in each other's nations.

Artopia remained the dominating nation for quite some time. While they were equal in population, both having two members, Artopia was much bigger in land mass and building count. The only buildings in Egypt were the Pyramid and the Challenger Pit. While Jude did not have great gear, Jason was very rich, and Ben and Eric only had iron armor.

After Noel's return to the SMP, Eric left Egypt and joined Penguinburg. While this largely solved most conflicts with Ben and Egypt, it created a resent for Penguinburg from Jason, since he frequently accused Eric and Noel of doing things; especially after Eric's turn to anarchy. This led to Jason ultimately destroying Penguinburg. Eric ended up burning all of Ben's items and attempting to do the same to Jason, and griefed both of their bases with help from Noel. They then both quit the SMP.

## Trivia

* It was named by Eric, who named it after one of his town roleplay worlds.
* Eric also created the flag.
* Every (canon) member except Noel was part of Artopia at some point.
* Had the longest lifespan of any nation on the SMP.
* Was the most developed nation in Season One and possibly in all of Coastal Village history, only competing with Olympia.