Baratonia

The **Kingdom of Baratonia** is a nation on Brave New World, founded on October 7, 2021. It is located along the coast of Louisiana, encompassing a portion of the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico. This presence in the Gulf is reinforced by its puppet state, Königreich der Angst, which is a small island kingdom located just off the coast of Haiti that is under personal union with the Baratonian Crown.

## History

Baratonia was established on October 7, then known by the name "La Cucaracha." For the first month of its existence, nothing eventful really happened besides stable development, spearheaded by blz\_man and guided overall by clear4blue.

This lack of eventfulness changed when BigVinny24 joined the server on November 5. After joining, he immediately enacted a "coup" on de facto leader clear4blue. Dubbed "Operation Palpatine," Blz killed Clear once, as ordered by Vinny, to legitimize Vinny's claims to the then-nonexistent La Cucaracha throne. Despite Clear already recognizing monarchical authority before this event, the coup was deemed a success, and the La Cucaracha monarchy was then created, with Vinny taking the title as King, and Blz acting as Vinny's Regent. Despite these drastic changes, Clear is still the de facto head of government, now with the title of "Governor," who has the sole authority to claim land and kick members. Vinny only acts as a head of state.

The next day on November 6 witnessed another demonstration of King Vinny's legitimacy, this time not via an internal conflict, but rather an external one. Hoping to reunite Vincentarians in the region under common leadership, Vinny diverted his attention to Konigreich der Angst, a small island kingdom off the coast of Haiti which was administered by fellow Vincentarian Ollivr, and planned a swift military skirmish to absorb him into the rest of his brethren. Known as the Angst Campaign, King Vinny with the assistance of Regent Blz invaded the island, placing it under a military occupation for a few minutes until Ollivr surrendered, agreeing to cede Angst to La Cucaracha as a vassal state.

On November 9, La Cucaracha changed its name to Baratonia.

The establishment of Angst as a client state opened up opportunities to potentially expand further into the Gulf of Mexico, as desired by King BigVinny. Approximately around November 28, BigVinny and blz invaded the relatively inactive Vostrut Empire located on the Yucatan Peninsula. Similar to Angst, Vostrut was placed under a Baratonian military occupation, and BigVinny proclaimed that he was the new Emperor of Vostrut. Although the land was patrolled and secured with little resistance, eventually this operation fell through as Vinny no longer had time to play, so nothing came out of the skirmish.

Little happened after this event, due to rising inactivity among Baratonia and the rest of the server. Talks were planned to establish a puppet government in Port Morrow, though those fell through for the same inactivity reasons. Eventually even Angst was unclaimed due to inactivity, and therefore Baratonia remained as one of the few barely active nations until the server was finally shut down, taking Baratonia with it.

## Government

Baratonia's governing style is well-defined by having very little hierarchy. Governor Clear is the supreme governmental figure in the land, as he has the ultimate authority to claim land and kick players. The monarchy is represented by King Vinny and Regent Blz, and the King has no official authority, being only a figurehead.