Gibraltar

Gibraltar is a town that has territories in Madrid and Southern Iberia. It is also a founding member in The Second Holy Roman Empire.

## Foreign Relations

### Alliance

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Gibraltar is a principality inspired by the British Imperial Rule from 1815–1914. The town is one of two on the Iberian Peninsula. The population of Gibraltar resides entirely on the Strait of Gibraltar despite the large chunk of land owned in Central Iberia.

## History

### Small Beginnings

In late March of 2023, Gibraltar was created. It started as a small isolationist farm ran by it's only citizen and prince MlgEpicCar. This lasted for about a fortnight until mid April when it's second member joined.

### Genesis of Interventionism

After Tangmar joined, Gibraltar's views of other nations shifted. She came with stories from what seemed like ancient civilizations. Mentions of places like Tunis, Albania, and Reykjavik stirred curiosity in the leader of the nation. So they set sail and explored the world around them.

They quickly learned about the crippling financial state of the Papal States thanks to a man by the name of HexdePixel, he had mentioned that they were about to collapse due to having insufficient funds to pay for their taxes. He had asked for ~$1,000 in return for ink sacs so that he could pay to keep the Papal States afloat. Gibraltar paid ~$5,000, which was 41% of Gibraltar's wealth at the time.

The Papal States' situation and knowledge of fallen civilizations created a belief within Gibraltarian hearts, "It is our duty to prevent any culture/history to collapse and disappear due to an inability to support itself." Gibraltar will attempt to fulfill this goal primarily by taking artifacts to prevent less careful thieves from obtaining them.

### The Formation of a Recognizable Gibraltar

On April 16th Gibraltar grew to it's iconic shape. The town extended from only inhabiting the Southern tip of Iberia to all of the coast that bordered the Strait. Later on this same day Gibraltar started it's first temporary closure, this time it was to build the train station underneath the Strait. MlgEpicCar realized his passion for drills while making this underwater train station.

On April 19th this love for drilling was tested when Irish Council Member Hatrickexe suggested that the tunnel that held Gibraltar's station extend under a large portion of the North Atlantic Ocean and connect with Ireland under the sea. This tunnel would later be called "The Friendship Tunnel" because of the vague and strange friendship between Ireland and Gibraltar.

In this time period Gibraltar's third member (WastingStatue23) joins.

### The Banning of Gibraltar

On April 17th Gibraltar set off bombs within the borders of the Lockmart Corporation. MlgEpicCar broke into the factory portion of the facility and stole a few items. After this the crimes rapidly escalated and on April 18th MlgEpicCar drilled a hole into the eastern side of the Lockmart Corporation factory wall and pulled a TNT shulker box out of the hole in the wall. Later on this same day MlgEpicCar covinces Tangmar to assist and together they proceed to drag pieces of the southern border of Landing Town into the English Channel.

At this point the Gibraltarian crimes remained uninvestigated, that remained the case until April 23rd where Theeno74 said "I have to ask you guys some questions regarding gibraltar." MlgEpicCar and Tangmar had been banned, and the world erupted in celebration.

#### The Unbanning of Gibraltar

In a crazy unanticipated twist Theeno74 and the mods decided to unban the Gibraltarians on April 24th.

### Fascination with Trains

In this time period Gibraltar's fourth member (Tacoman) joins.

#### The Gibraltrain

On May 28th the design for the first Gibraltarian train was finished.

## Politics

Gibraltar is a principality whose leader (MlgEpicCar) inexplicably calls himself "Captain."

(you guessed it WIP)

## Members

- MlgEpicCar

- Tangmar

- WastingStatue23

- Tacoman

- Hatrickexe