Nova Contea - Old History

## **Overview**

   This page covers the first 3 eras of Contean History: The Era of Freedom (From founding until destruction by Fascist RoP and AFC Forces), The Era of Stagnation (April - Second Snap), and Era of False Hope (During Micronesia).

**Portals to Other Pages Related to Nova Contea:**

* Nova Contea: Hub
* Nova Contea: New History
* Jam County

**Geography of Contea in all 3 Eras:** Varied depending on location. The area was simply too big to fully record every single biome. However, most settlements including the capitals were all located in Extreme Hills biomes.

## Nova Contea: First Era Info

An Image Overlooking Vanilla Village, the (now ruined and abandoned) Capital of Nova Contea

### Ruler's Title

Tsar (Male), Tsarina (Female), Tsaridun (Other)

### Official or Locally Recognized Language(s)

English (Official), Polish, Tagalog (Both Recognized)

### Area

1801-15,000 blocks from spawn according to the Z and X coordinates (on both negative and positive Z).

### Humble Beginnings

The idea of Nova Contea was envisioned by Tsar\_\_Putin

while he was authoring his personal page on the Polynesia Wiki. After returning to the server slightly before UNB was elected and wanting nothing to do with RoP politics for the time being, Tsar signed a treaty with Prime Minister Sealand, called the Autonomy Treaty. This iteration of Contea had one District: Contea Proper. Fuhrer Dan of the Fascist RoP certified the treaty under his authority on January 5th, 2019, stating that he gives Tsar the full authority that an independent leader would over his lands and subjects. This effectively made him the third signer of the treaty. The following is a chart with the treaty terms, as of December 11, 2019:

**The Autonomy Treaty**

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**Other Notable Information**

* Construction of infrastructure, including terraforming minor areas of Vanilla Village, began on January 16, 2020.
* The sub-nation was supposed to have all of its main settlements secret, and banned everyone except for Zee entry or even knowledge of Contean lands.

* As of January 28, 2020, the Autonomy Treaty is considered void by the RoP Parliament, along with the Treaty of Scarlithia.

### **Contea-Scarlithia**

   Throughout December, Nova Contea was the official overlord of the Kingdom of Scarlithia under the rule of Tsar Tsar I. Although Tsar's ownership of Scarlithia was controversial at first, it swiftly gained approval from the RoP Parliament as many MPs were not keen on another independence attempt by Scarlithia. Tsar accepted the idea of forming a nation similar to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in real life after the Queen of Scarlithia (Zee) proposed the idea to him. This union put Nova Contea and Scarlithia into a "partnership" status, meaning that Scarlithia stopped being a direct subject of Contea. Both nations now had equal authority over one another (although they would usually stay out of each other's business). The transition was peaceful and uneventful as the two realms already acted like equal partners, and the formation of the Commonwealth of Contea-Scarlithia just made their partnership official. The union happened on January 5, 2020.

### **Involvement in the 2nd RoP Civil War**

On January 12, 2020, Contea-Scarlithia sided with the Anti-Fuhrerist Coalition (AFC) and declared war on Dan after he changed the RoP flag into the Nazi Swastika.

Tsar Tsar I of Contea himself participated in one skirmish and one major battle. Contean and AFC forces won the skirmish of Danville, seizing a lot of military-grade items and destroying the base. The battle of Dan Village, however, was a major defeat as Tsar died in battle and was forced to back out of the war for the next few feeks due to internal matters. Nova Contea surrendered to Dan's forces on January 8, 2020, following the AFC 3rd Division's surrender the same day. The Treaty of Scarlithia was signed by Tsar and Fuhrer Dan, whose terms are given below:

**The Treaty of Scarlithia**

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### **Short Time Independent**

Immediately after the Treaty of Scarlithia was ratified on January 28, 2020, Contea-Scarlithia was officially independent. However, several hours later, the RoP Parliament held a referendum to void both the Treaty of Scarlithia and the Autonomy Treaty. Zee and Tsar tried objecting that this violated their rights in Parliament, but were removed from the Parliamentary chamber by Sealand. Following the removal, the vote passed since Zee and Tsar's votes were considered annulled.

Shortly after the vote passed, a Coalition RoP task force consisting of Dan and Sealand was sent to the capital of Nova Contea, Vanilla Village. Although the location was kept a secret, Sealand abused his powers as owner by setting a home against Tsar's wishes beforehand to teleport to and occupy the area. Sealand's teleportation remains controversial, as Conteans view this as admin abuse, while some like Sealand consider the teleportation justifiable since Sealand was the owner of the server at the time and had the right to have a base anywhere he wanted to ensure there was no cheating. Tsar confronted the RoP force, burning down a newly built RoP military base. Dan threatened war against Contea if Tsar tried resisting the RoP Instead of accepting defeat. Tsar left the server for 3 months, knowing that resistance would bring both the Fascist RoP forces and Anti-Fascist RoP rebels to work together to destroy Contea-Scarlithia. On January 29, 2020, Contea-Scarlithian independence was destroyed. Zee mirrored Tsar's actions and left the server as well, rejoining in mid-May 2020.

### **Post-Independence (Until 2nd Era)**

Following the confrontation between Fascist RoP and Contean forces, the Fascist RoP detachment looted and vandalized all urban areas, decimated Contea-Scarlithia's population, and destroyed Vanilla Village. More raiding parties were done with more people (including several civilians like FishBoi/Albert who wanted free stuff) and the Fascist RoP Army sided with the Anti-Fuhrerist Coalition (AFC) to build a prison camp with the goal of securing Contea and possibly capturing and executing Tsar. Scarlithia was left abandoned after Zee left. The same is true for the region within and around Vanilla Village. Both regions were absorbed into the Greater Ballhaven Province under the uneventful Governorship of Sealand.

## Nova Contea: Second Era Info

The Underwater Entrance to Fort Scarlithicus

### Ruler's Title

Tsar (Male), Tsarina (Female), Tsaridun (Other)

### Area

1801-15,000 blocks from spawn according to the Z and X coordinates (on both negative and positive Z).

## **History: 2nd Era of Existence (AKA Era of Stagnation)**

### **The Return of Tsar\_\_Putin**

Following Tsar\_\_Putin's return to Polynesia in April 2020, efforts to record and clarify the events during February and March 2020 were made. Conteans such as Tsar and Zee were considered as traitors and criminals in the eyes of the RoP, while the people of the RoP were considered as Barbaric Fascist Tyrants by the Conteans. Efforts were made to repair the relationship between the RoP and Contea, such as when Tsar was allowed to keep his titles and when Contea accepted responsibility for extending the 2nd RoP Civil War due to funding in the first 4 days. Contea also was the closest RoP province to Bluefield, acting as a buffer. However, Contea's remoteness made Bluefield ignore it during all skirmishes with the RoP. This iteration of Contea had 2 districts: Contea Proper (Where Vanilla Village was Located) and Scarlithia (Where Fort Scarlithicus was Located).

### **Abrupt End**

The area in and around the ruined Vanilla Village (the former capital of Contea-Scarlithia) was turned into a tourist center by Tsar, and the military base built by joint Fascist RoP and Antifascist forces was revamped into a tourist center and a prison site to hold Dan captive during the first half of his prison sentence. The capital was moved to Fort Scarlithicus in the Scarlithia Region since it was more developed. A new capital of the province was to be decided upon in the future after the capital of the RoP is developed to a satisfactory level by Tsar's standards. However, similar to Jam County's fate on the original seed, the world was completely deleted mere days before development was supposed to start. This marked the end of Nova Contea's existence in Polynesia. However, Contea was re-created as a State in the Republic of Micronesia; continuing its existence after the Second Snap.

## Nova Contea: Third Era Info

Prime Minister Tsar and Deputy Prime Minister Zee Showcasing the Entrance to Uplands National Park

### Ruler's Title

Tsar (Male), Tsarina (Female), Tsaridun (Other)

### Area

1801-15,000 blocks from spawn according to the Z and X coordinates (on both negative and positive Z).

On August 14 2020, Nova Contea successfully achieved statehood in the RoM. Contea's location was the same as in the 2nd era of existence, as the world seed was the same. The development of Contea started off strong: the largest national park in Polynesian

History, Uplands National Park, was built. Roads, the Great Bridge of Contea, and the start of a Skyscraper District were all built. Even Vanilla Village was developed more. A beautiful /warp hub was created with Beacons healing newcomers. This iteration of Contea was split into 3 Districts: Survival District (Where Survival mode builds were made), Creative District (Where Creative mode builds were made), and Scarlithia (The same area as Scarlithia in the 2nd Era)

### **War Roles & End**

Nova Contea was frequently used as a military rally point, stronghold, and refugee center. The villager homes in Vanilla Villages allowed civilians to live there during one of many refugee crises throughout the RoM's violent history. At the end of the 3rd Era's existence, Contea ended up occupied by The Alliance forces in the 2nd Helliger War and was annexed into Bluefield on September 13th 2020 - 9 days after war's end. Although this was technically the last event in Contea's 3rd Era of History, Contea was already abandoned by September 4th, which was also when the RoM collapsed and turned into the RoP.