Woakingrad

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* Nations 2

Dave\_Hue

Independence Day (21 Apr.)

> *3.3 The Lord, Fred, gave strength to Woakua to defeat the disbelievers, unscathed, and reclaimed "Woakingrad" as the holiest of cities. 3.4 The Lord said, 'For thy faith, thou shalt receive the title, Czar, and thy descendants a holy empire...'*
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Woakingrad, formerly known as Modtown (October 26, 2019) and Woakinbourg (Apr. 24-Aug.18, 2020), is a city and former nation. It is located on Woakingrad Island, situated between the Woaktic Ocean and the Interpolitan River, directly north of New London. In the original nations server, it was located in the Staryy Plains, bordered by The Summit to the east, Lemdon to the southwest, and Eternia to the southeast. At its largest extent, it reached a population of 6 people, which was roughly 40% of the server at the time.

Woakingrad was founded by the settling of Axoladdy and Orange, and later Woakey, on October 26, 2019, the same day the server went up, as "Modtown". However, during the First Citro-Woakingrad War, it was renamed after the general who won, Woakey. It ruled as a city state with Woakey as its czar until its bilateral merger with Sendineiopolis into Interpolis. Under Interpolitan rule, it existed as the Province of Woakingrad with the status of co-capital, until January 1st, 2021, when it became the sole capital.

Woakingrad served as the cultural capital of the original nations server, having been the first nation. It has directly inspired the nations of Citrustan, Sendineiopolis, and Eternia. Notable landmarks in the original nations server include: Server History Musuem, Woakingrad Casino, and the Colosseum. Notable landmarks in the second nations server include: Kovsh Tower, Costcow, the Watchhowers, and the Orange Army.

## Etymology

The settlement was originally temporarily named "Modtown" as it was entirely composed of MCS mods (Axoladdy and Woakey were mods at the time). However, during the First Citro-Woakingrad War, it began to be called "Woakingrad", which derived from the general and acting leader in order to increase morale. However, the rebels called the city "Citrustown" derived from their leader as a counter.

On April 24, 2020, the city was renamed to "Woakinbourg" as a sign of its democratization, however the name never caught on and was reverted.

## History

### Nations 1

#### Founding and Early History

On October 26, 2019, Woakingrad was first settled by Axoladdy and Orange, due to its close proximity to spawn, flat terrain, and natural borders.

The settlement was originally a series of tunnels that dug under the neighboring dark oak forest, however, using the resources from a nearby plundered village, Axoladdy began to construct the first and only "towse", a type of building that is formed from a house being built around a watchtower. The towse inspired Orange to construct his own house-tower merged, building the first "hower". Howers were formed by placing a wooden cabin at the top of a ~20 block tall cobblestone column, later featuring water elevators. The early Woakingrad architecture would later inspire the architecture of Lemdon and the Watchhowers.

Early Woakingrads spoke an early dialect of English, that coined phrases such as “Hello American”, a greeting that faded out by 2020 in favor of "Gamer". The early Woakingrads were polytheistic, with tomato clownfish being seen as a divine animal. Their patron god was Marmalade, whose shaymin was Axoladdy, and who was infamous for requiring dandelion sacrifice.

Woakey later arrived and constructed the Moderator Manor, a terracotta house that required the mass harvesting of wheat for its hay bale roof.

#### First Citro-Woakingrad War

Following Woakey's construction on Moderator Manor, tensions began to rise between Woakey and Orange. Woakey began to issue a 10 hay bale tax on the cow farm and enchantment table that they ran in order to fund its costly roof. Outraged by this, Orange raided the cow pen and placed anti-meat propaganda in its place. As a result, on October 27, at 14:46 EST, Woakey declared themself "Tsar of the Server" with Woakingrad as the capital and issued a 5 hay bale tax on all players. Orange then claimed all of Woakingrad as the independent state of Citrustown. Woakey's territorial claim was later shrunken to just Woakingrad.

    During the war, Woakey began to standardize the military, establishing its first flag and standardized weaponry. The weaponry consisted of a bow enchanted with Power IV, named "Vibe Check", and a diamond sword with Sharpness II.

The war consisted of four battles, taking place entirely within Woakingrad and its surrounding territories. After Woakingrad won three out of the battles, both sides agreed to having a best of three duel between the leaders to settle the war. After two battles, Woakingrad won and Citrustown was temporarily disbanded and its citizens were exiled.

#### Interwar Period

Following the war, Woakingrad experienced a period of great expansion. Due to it being the closest nation to spawn, it was a prime location for many people new to the server, notably KingVampire, Humbug, and most importantly, Ragtime\_Gal, who would marry into the Woakingrad royal family and become its queen.

In the first summit, the territory of Woakingrad was agreed upon as Woakingrad proper and all of the continuous plains to its north, however, it ceded half of the northern plains for the construction of an international shopping district, where the border would be a dark oak fence. It was also given plains to the south and a swamp as compensation.

With a growing population and defined borders, Woakingrad began the process of centralizing its government. This began with its constitution, the first of its kind, which outlined five articles that dictated how the government would be run:

1. Woakey shall be the czar, and Ragtime\_Gal, his bride, the czarina.
2. All people are free to enter and leave, but people may be exiled from living, building, or trading within the borders of the Woak Empire.
3. A change in the law, declaration of war, or formation of an alliance must be cleared by both the czar and czarina. If one is absent when it is urgent, one may make an emergency decision, which can be later revoked by the other.
4. The destruction, malicious tampering, or griefing of any building or structure, without the consent of the owner is prohibited.
5. Collectively, the czar and czarina reserve the right to pardon any crime that has taken place in the Woak Empire.

In addition to these five, there were five laws in the constitution that focused on non-citizens within Woakingrad territory:

1. Unauthorized ecoterrorism of any kind, whether it be the slaughter of native species, the destruction of the landscape, the mining/harvesting of natural resources, etc, is prohibited on Woak Empire soil.
2. Unauthorized use of public services, such as farms, enchanting rooms, smelteries, museums, theatres, cathedrals, etc. are prohibited.
3. Unauthorized placing of a non-Woakingrad flags for non-educational purposes is prohibited.
4. Escaping a pvp combat fight by logging out or teleporting is prohibited.
5. If a citizen suspects malicious behavior in a non-citizen, they may request a "vibe check" from the czar or czarina. If they approve, the non-citizen's vibe will be checked.

In addition, Woakingrad began the process of creating public services for its citizens, most notably, the museum.

#### Second Citro-Woakingrad War

Prior to the Nations 1 Dragon Fight, a summit was to decide what would happen to the dragon egg. It was unanimously voted that the dragon egg would be put at the center of the summit table, however Woakey picked up the dragon egg, and it was decided that the dragon egg would be placed at the summit during a ceremony and would be stored in a vault by him. He thought that the dragon egg belonged in a museum and called an unsuccesful summit vote before the ceremony to redecide its location. As Rag was having connection issues, Woakey was unable to access the vault that the egg was stored in, causing the ceremony to be delayed. This led Motor, a Citrustown citizen, to destroy the summit table. In response, Woakey sent an ultimatum to Citrustown, where Citrustown declared war.

With Sendineiopolis support, the war ended with a decisive Woakingrad victory. Considering Citrustown's distance from them, Woakingrad and Sendineiopolis only sought reparations of 6 diamonds each.

#### Post-War and Colonial Period

Following the Second Citro-Woakingrad War, it began an era of expansion and colonization. It started by constructing villager housing within Woakingrad proper. These houses were primarily made out of sandstone, but had stone bases and brick roofs. In addition, a massive potato farm was constructed in order to fuel the economy to fund the housing projects. Other public projects were constructed as well, most notably the Woakingrad Colosseum, which was build in the place of the Woakingrad duel arena constructed in the First Citro-Woakingrad War.

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## Trivia

* The original Woakingrad flag was made in the middle of the second battle in the First Citro-Woakingrad War
	+ The wither skull used to make it was the first wither skull on the server
* Woakingrad is considered by many to be the heir of the Roman Empire
* Woakingrad's national flower is the Blue Orchid
* Woakingrad was the first nation to have its own discord server
	+ This server would later on become the Interpolitan discord server
* It is illegal to kill a Purple Sheep within Woakingrad
	+ This law can be circumnavigated by dying a sheep before killing it