Greatwhite Atoanate

Banner of the Greatwhite Isles

### Towns

Greatwhite Isles (including Serenity and Valfenhein), Isleview Point, Stalgrad, Cirencester, Ulvenberg, Atopolis, Langstal

## Historical data

### Preceded by

Republic of Ato\*, Grand Jarldom of Frostmarch

The **Greatwhite Atoanate** (Navigaran: *la lando Atokeino Karcarodon*) is a country, extending from the Sea of Jcon to central Sørligste. The country is bordered by the Holy Lautine Empire to the north, Crownlands of Ashai to the west, and the Pirate Dominion of Tortuga to the east. Its capital and largest city is the Greatwhite Isles which extends from the Sea of Jcon to Serenity in western Sørligste.

The territory of the Greatwhite Isles in mainland Sørligste was inhabited by a succession of indigenous peoples beginning 2,000 BCA to 10,000 BCA; these included the pre-Soumerian nomad bands, Conulklekulog, and the Delfari. During the tribal era, a Daelyrian ship vessel exploded in the Jcon Sea, leaving behind an alchemical experiment known as the Rebis to sink near the coast of Greatwhite Island. The Rebis was untouched for another millennium. Following the collapse of Lumaire, GWI territory was then colonized by Soumere with the establishment of Vesthavn. Vesthavn is credited of being the first permanent settlement in far southwestern Sørligste, built on top of a Delfari community. After the collapse of the Republic of Soumere, the territory of GWI fell into the hands of the Atoan Republic and the Jarldom of Frostmarch. During this time, the Jarldom of Atoan Regalia was established on the territory, recognized as the direct predecessor of the Greatwhite Isles. Under the Atoan Regalian period, the settlements of Fruland (later renamed to Raskara), Serenity, and Valfenhein were established. In April 4th, 2022, Shark Greatwhite purchased Greatwhite Island and formally established the Greatwhite Isles, gradually incorporating the entire jarldom. In November of 2022, the Greatwhite Isles was absorbed to the Lorentish Empire after the resignation of Shark. When Shark returned, the Greatwhite Isles achieved its independence as a vassal state on April 4th, 2023.

The Greatwhite Isles is traditionally governed as a parliamentary monarchy, ruled by the *Keinomal*, and run under a selected court of *indomals.* The *Keinomal* acts as the king and possess absolute control over the state. *Indomals* and *Indomalites* act as advisers to the *Keinomal* and vote on policy and national decisions upon request of the *Keinomal*.

## History

*Main article: The History of the Greatwhite Isles*

### Antiquity

Fossilized remains of *Papio kauhus*, popularly known as the "Alsu Baboon", found in modern-day Valfenhein suggest that the territory of the Greater Greatwhite Area have been inhabited by sentient beings by at least 430,000 years ago. This seems to correlate with artifacts and very early Regolithic tools dated to the same time in other regions in western Sørligste along the riverbank across the Jcon Sea belonging to the *Homo athielensis.* The correlation between the remains of Alsu Baboon and *H. athielensis* seems to suggest that the diet of early hominins in Sørligste consisted of prehistoric baboon meat. About 50-60,000 years ago, a series of interglacial episodes initiated a global warming, creating the Great Western Desert Belt which included much of the territory of the Greatwhite Isles. This extreme environmental fluctuation led to profound evolutionary and demographic changes.

Until 600 ACA (the beginning of the server), the land that the GWA now resides in was inhabited by tribal societies. Beginning about 3,000 years ago, the Delfari peoples formed out of the mingling between pre-Talawan nomad groups and the Conulklekulog. The Delfari lived in a region stretching from the western coast of Sørligste to Serenity, almost entirely occupying the Greater Greatwhite Isles Area. On the border between Serenity and Valfenhein, a Delfari settlement was built about 800 years ago. This settlement was classified as a "naturally-generated village" by various archaeologists but disappeared from the archaeological record about 610 ACA. All traces of this village were destroyed during the Soumerian era.

### Soumerian Era

*Main articles: Vesthavn, Kerfuffle of '21*

   On May 21st, 2021, Ligsty and Lois Griffin ventured west and established the city of Vesthavn. Ligsty focused on affairs of the town while Lois focused more on the culture and local religion of the town. On May 22nd, the First Church of Herobrine was built in the town along with a residential area.
Since Vesthavn was the first town established in western Sørligste, it attracted several citizens from other major cities in Soumere. This caused Vesthavn to expand its town limits across the Rennen River. This expansion caused a border dispute with the settlement of Capehall, which was founded by Al Broken Capote and Joy Capote. This dispute was caused by an error on the part of Dumer, the leader of internal affairs and repopulation efforts at the time. Since both towns were approved by the Stuga, the Vesthavn-Capehall Dispute was resolved through a Stuga summit and was concluded on May 26th, 2021, with an agreement that the people of Vesthavn had to relocate to the region of modern-day Tolomar. However, during the last day of the summit, the Capotes relinquished their claim on Capehall and migrated out of the country. Vesthavn quickly gained control of the territory of Capehall.

   On July 13th, 2021, a group of squatters settled in modern-day Helona and established the squatter town of Thedour-Ra. DuelingSteel, the leader of the group, declared independence from Soumere and proclaimed their country as "Ederan". Vesthavn was the closest city to Thedour-Ra and as a consequence, forced to join the war against the Ederan squatters. By the next day, a military force from the Grand Union of Sorligste established a military fort in Vesthavn in order to organize artillery and civilian assets. Ten minutes before the war started, the squatters of Ederan surrendered. Nonetheless, the military force still raided the squatter town. During this raid, there were only two casualties caused by friendly fire. This raid was documented by Tumble\_Weed and officially named as the Kerfuffle of '21.

During the Republic of Soumere, the region was under the jurisdiction of County Delfar. In early-July of 2021, a county remapping project split the county in half and the region of GWI developed under the jurisdiction of County Vesteste. When the Republic of Soumere collapsed on July 31, 2021, Vesthavn massively declined into complete irrelevancy.

### Atoan Regalia

After the Lerevosi War, the Grand Sørligste Federation was absorbed into the Jarldom of Frostmarch. The subcontinent of Sørligste was divided into individual feudal jarldoms which were encompassed by provinces, or thanedoms. The territory of GWI was designated into the Jarldom of Atoan Regalia which lied in Esma. On November 30, 2021, Shark Greatwhite established the city of Serenity, named after the goddess Serenity from the Atoan Pantheon. Upon the city's founding, it immediately encountered a violent land dispute with the Lorentish Empire, which had established the settlement of Belmont right on the border of Serenity on the same day of the city's founding. Frostmarch declared the settlement of Belmont as a squatter town, but the Lorentish Empire claimed that they had sacred land rights on the territory of modern-day GWI. By the next two days, a Frostmarchian force with Atoan troops rooted out the settlers of Belmont, sparking outrage from the Lorentish government. Belmont was made into a district of Serenity, allowing Serenity to expand.

In January of 2022, the towns of Fruland and Valfenhein were established. Valfenhein was founded by Blue Flu Castellan and JCaldas, achieving an array of positive reception and support from across Frostmarch. On January 16th, 2022, Blue implemented a series of influential governmental changes that coalesced into what he called the "Elder system". The Elder system organized Valfenhein's government and society into social classes. The Elder system became so effective that it was later adopted by the Atoan Regalia about a month later.

   Fruland was founded by a player named Pineappler, who had an extremely notorious reputation. Under Pineappler's almost authoritarian regime, Fruland became a haven for toxicity and disorder. However, Fruland gained traction for its progressive infrastructure, radically impacted by the accomplishments of Dragoncrepper. The negative reputation of Pineappler caused tensions between Atoan Regalia and the newly founded Lorentish Kingdom. It did not help that the Lorentish town of Terremont bordered Fruland. In mid-January, the citizens of Terremont erected effigies and burned them on the border between the two towns. This was an obvious threat of war. This forced Shark to open progressive trade deals with the Lorent to calm down tensions. However, this was the final straw for Pineappler's antics. A secret council was formed between Shark Greatwhite, Blue Flu Castellan, and Revan Alchemix to build plans to establish a coup against Pineappler and install Dragoncrepper as the town's mayor. Before this coup could occur, Pineappler left the server. After his resignation, the Jarldom of Atoan Regalia passed an initiative to completely rid the town's society and infrastructure from any of Pineappler's influence. This initiative was coined as Defrulandization. Fruland was renamed to Raskara and any traces of Pineappler's name was erased from existence.

### Founding

On April 5th, 2022, Shark Greatwhite established the city-state of Greatwhite Isles. With the Raskara Merge in May of 2022 and the Esma Purchase in early June of 2022, the Greatwhite Isles grew as a significant player in Sørligste. During this growth, the discovery of the Rebis inside the Oxygen Tree was utilized to create artificial islands and promote sentient activity throughout all cities associated with the nation. Due to this radical expansion, the religion of Kunnism eventually replaced the Sisters of Peace, significantly impacting infrastructure and population demographics.

## Government

The Greatwhite Isles' government is an absolute authoritarian monarchy, with the Keinomal or Keinofem serving as both head of state and head of government. The Greatwhite Court and Lords form an advisory and delegatory body in subservience to the Keino; as the state has no constitution, the powers of this body are dictated by the Keinomal or Keinofem.

Usually, the Lords had responsibilities delegated from the Keinomal onto them; the Lord of Culture and the Arts, the Lord of Industry and Development, and the Lord of Entertainment and Parties were the most important, since they organized the social life of the citizens.