Paviania

Flag of Paviania

Territories claimed by Pavania.

Paviania (also called Pavania) is a nation located on the main continent. It was one of the two original nations on the server (the other being the short-lived Sosenia) and the last surviving original nation. Paviania encompasses two villages: Rutherglen and Mesokhorion, the former being the capital. The nation is a dual monarchy led by Owenofhb and ExtraQuests. As of March 12, 2023, the Human population was 2, dwarfed by the villager population of Mesokhorion.

## History

### Founding and early days

Paviania was the result of an agreement made by players Owenofhb and ExtraQuests to join forces and create a nation. This agreement happened on the first day of the server's history. They agreed to split the country into two parts, Paviania Major and Paviania Minor, with Owenofhb governing Paviania Major and ExtraQuests governing Paviania Minor. The pair found a small lake located between two rivers and decided to build their city, Rutherglen, there. They quickly dug canals to join the lake to the rivers and also join the rivers together. Owenofhb built a bridge over the canal while ExtraQuestionary began smelting copper for currency. A mine was soon built, although the country struggled to find iron at first. In fact, they had to trade some of their copper for iron from Sosenia. Soon however, the mine began thriving, and Redstone and Gold became the main ores found there. After this, a farm and animal pen were built. The next day, the dual monarchs set out to the East to explore. They found a village which they called Mesokhorion, which they quickly annexed into their empire.

Soon after returning from Mesokhorion, ExtraQuests found a Pink Sheep, and he wanted to bring it to Rutherglen. However, he did not have wheat or a lead. Owenofhb and Leonidas8337, a player from Sosenia, helped ExtraQuests escort the sheep. However, ExtraQuests died and the operation had to be continued by Owenofhb and Leonidas. Unfortunately, Owenofhb's dog was killed by a Zombie and Owenofhb was blown up by a creeper. Leonidas put the two player's loot into a chest where they soon retrieved it. Miraculously, the Pink Sheep had survived all this and Owenofhb managed to bring it back to Rutherglen.

Construction on a building which would serve as both Royal Palace and Town Hall for Rutherglen soon started. A port was also built around this time. Paths were created and a sign near the port welcoming travelers was made. A new member also joined, LazerMC2. Rutherglen was thriving.

#### Relations with Sosenia

Sosenian-Pavianian relations were fine at the start, although some events changed this. ExtraQuests and Owenofhb were offered trade of diamonds for seeds. Suspecting a trap, Owenofhb said "This seems too good to be true." to which Rsnoball, the leader of Sosenia, replied "We are just generous people.", Leonidas8337 responded with "We are just starving". Originally, ExtraQuests was going to go to Fernofan alone, but Owenofhb arrived unexpectedly. Allegedly, Rsnoball was planning on killing ExtraQuests.

The next day, Owenofhb offered trading Redstone to Sosenia for something else (because Paviania had a surplus of redstone). After learning that Sosenia already had redstone, Owenofhb retracted the deal, but Leonidas insisted on trading. Owenofhb saw that Leonidas had used a lead (which was previously traded to him by Owenofhb) to take two sheep without asking. Although Leonidas gave Owenofhb four bars of gold for the sheep, Owenofhb was still suspicious. Leonidas later admitted to trying to steal the sheep. Leonidas also claimed that Rsnoball wanted to raid Rutherglen and sack the village.

After the aforementioned Pink Sheep Disaster, Pavianian opinion of Leonidas increased. However, soon after that, Sosenia was dissolved by Leonidas, who soon founded the Barony of Silversage.

### Post-Undead Collapse

The Undead Collapse had destroyed both Sosenia aswell as Silversage. However, due to better equipment and armor, Pavania manged to hold out near the Canal Bridge and the Mines. The farms and Paviania Minor were ravaged. After securing victory, Pavania started rebuilding, and established a trade agreement with Plaxivia (despite complications along the way). A mysterious Meth Lab was rumoured to have been created, however most don't know of its whereabouts. Silversage who was abandoned and became a Pavanian sheep farm, evolved into Plaxivia.

A period of relative stability followed after the Undead Collapse. However, Plaxivia had burned down the Palace of Rutherglen multiple times. The Nether was discovered during this period of skirmishes, and the two powers ratified the Treaty of Nether Colonization between Pavania and Plaxivia. in order to stop conflicts in the Nether. Eventually, The War of Johnek98's Folly broke out, which Plaxivia lost after a battle at its capital. As part of the treaty, Plaxivia was militarily weakened, however Pavania did agree to help Plaxivia rebuild. Eventually, Plaxivia demanded the treaty to be changed, which Owenofhb declined. In response, after multiple warnings, Johnek assaulted the palace, damaging it and killing Kasper. After getting killed, he packed up necessities and fled Plaxivia to the winter lands.