New England Dominion

## **Dominion of New England**

The Dominion (and later state) of New England began with the establishment of Boston on March 27, 2021 as a Daguo imperial protectorate. However, the battle at Transylvania forced Boston to separate from their Daguo overlords and formed the nation of New England, until New England was integrated into the emerging United States on April 15, 2021.

## **Protectorate Era**

Boston was established by EnchanterPlayz on March 27, 2021, approximately 6 hours after Polis was released. Being one of only two towns in eastern America, it was flooded with invites from desperate players wanting to cross the ocean quicker.

In Boston, the first few houses began construction, being designed to incorporate aspects of both Gaia Boston’s colonial features and Elysia Boston’s steampunk aspect. A few days after the town’s founding, the Boston Town Hall was completed.

Over the next few days, suburb cities started being created as part of the New England plan to populate every corner of the New England region. These suburb cities include Portland, Chanteine and Port Aberdeen.

## **Era of the Second Commonwealth**

After Daguo was humiliated at the battle of Transylvania by the militarily superior Southern States, the higher ups in Daguo made the decision to cancel all protectorate programs in place, as the Daguo military was incapable of adequately protecting their overseas protectorates.

During this, Boston began rapidly expanding its residential area, constructing a record 20 houses over the course of a few days thanks to players TommyGunz and EnchanterPlayz.

Also during this time, in order to have a nation spawn, the town of New York City seceded from New England and created the nation of New York, then founding towns in upstate New York.

As a result, New England entered into a period called the Second Commonwealth era, where they were independent from any nation. This feeling of complete independence was overshadowed by the looming threat of an expansionist Southern States, who had decided to conquer all of the continental United States. To combat this threat, New England, the American Confederation (CNFD) and the city-state of Washington DC all formed a mega nation called Polis America, a mega nation similar to the Gaia American Union, this Union also wanted to dominate the United States, but instead through cooperation of various states. In response to this, the Southern States began sieging the towns from CNFD and Washington DC. Then-Acting-Vice President EnchanterPlayz spent the next few days organizing a treaty to prevent the New England cities from being sieged. On April 15, the work by EnchanterPlayz created not only a treaty between New England and the Southern States, but also acted as the first constitution for New England. In the end, however, New England was integrated into the new United States.

**Public Response to the Treaty**

Most people did not like the merging of New England into the United States, especially the allies of New England who lost not only valued players but the trading hub of Boston. Some players did not like the merge due to the expansionist nature of the United States compared to the relatively pacifist and stable New England. Contrasting this, the people in the United States welcomed the New England towns warmly.

## **The Global Federation Merge**

New England had, for the most part, been contempt with being a region of the United States. However, that all changed when the US decided to merge into the North Sea Empire, forming the Global Federation. The New Englanders saw this merge as a breach of their trust in the US government, as now the New England cities became even less significant than before. On the same day as the merge, New England declared full and complete independence from the Global Federation, with the following declaration:

> "To the people of the former United States, from the Dominion of New England
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> We have overcome our differences and merged together in order to fulfill the dream of control over the continental US. Though the US government was expansionist, it welcomed us with open arms. We have spent days of not weeks making sure both of us benefitted from this union we forged, and in the end we had created something beautiful. But seeing the US government sign away our nation to the Global Federation has betrayed the trust we put in the King and the cokings. We may have consented to joining the US but we will never join a super nation that will simply ignore our pleas and needs. We trusted that you would treat us fairly, and you did, until you decided to join the Global Federation. We are sorry, but we cannot go along side by side into this new nation. From this moment forward, we declare ourselves independent from the Global Federation as the DOMINION OF NEW ENGLAND. We will fight not to oppose you, for you have shown us kindness time and time again, but we will fight against the system that will naturally belittle us and leave us in irrelevancy, and we will use all our resources to achieve our dream of relevancy and freedom. Freedom or Death we will never subject ourselves to the whims of a tyrant from another continent. Freedom or death!"
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New England was also part of an underground resistance group against the Global Federation that included most remaining nations, notably Brazil. The Declaration was met with cheers from the Resistance members, and for the first time since the 15th of April, New England was an independent nation once again.

## **Independence and Expansion Era**

From April 18 onward, New England had earned its independence, with the new American Administration (which had previously also revolted against the Global Federation) also recognizing its independence.

From April 18th onward, New England expanded across every corner of the New England region, and even began expanding outward. From April 20th onward, a campaign to reclaim the abandoned New England towns from the Federation commenced, leading to the capture and reincorporation of Portland on April 23rd.

During this time, the towns of Jefferson, Concord, Bangor and Short Island were all created. Jefferson, Concord and Bangor were created by new players looking to settle the region, while Short Island was created by former Guam leader Fjordless. However, the town is disputed between New York and New England, as of April 24.

During this era, Ottawa rejoined the emerging New Englander nation, causing a schism between New England and Canada, leading to the first Canada-New Englander war. New England and Vinland attacked Canada from the south, capturing or sieging all Canadian towns in the Maritimes. In response to this, diplomatic talks began and a treaty was drafted, giving New England the province of New Brunswick, and giving Vinland Prince Edward Island as well as Halifax.

By April 26, the towns of Hartford and Ludlow were established in connecticut and vermont respectively. At the same time, Short Island was subsequently de-established due to border conflicts with Hartford, and its mayor has been MIA since then.