Kingdom of Castleburgh

Flag of the Kingdom of Castlebrugh

## Overview

The Kingdom of Castlebrugh was an independent absoloute monarchy situated in the north of the Polynesia Season 8 map originally during the Third RoP Civil War. The Kingdom allowed Former Prime Minister Tom who had been betrayed by his new Prime Minister to escape the state and avoid any punishments from the war by the new RoP Government. Castlebrugh would drag out the Third Civil War and would be the final nation to surrender. During there independence they developed a millitary alliance, The United Blocks and also developed their language and culture. Following the wars conlcusion Castlebrugh briefly declared their independence a second time as after the wars end no treaty was drawn up, this would become the Castlebrugh Independence Crisis and then again during the Fourth Republic of Polynesian Civil War.

## Culture

The Kingdom of Castlebrugh took its cultural traditions as a mix of the general Polynesian culture but also of a unique strand of the culture that developed from Albertville which had been an independent state in May-June 2020 and had created an entire identity that had been replicated multiple times across the servers history since Albertvilles fall due to unrest across the state.

Castlebrugh took the Polynesian tradition from the second largest town in the Kingdom, Kraken Bay which was a religious and tourist destination due to its Sparrowist temple. Kraken Bay would be the odd town out in the Kingdom being totally different from the rest of the Kingdom, religously, politically and in the way it was built. Kraken Bay local forces would eventually go on to partake in the attack on the actual city of Castlebrugh lead by RoP Forces after Tom rigged an election in the RoP. Locals in Kraken Bay were not even aware of their membership of the Kingdom and were only alerted multiple days into the nations exisistence that a border had been built that had included their town in the Kingdom beginning unrest in the Kingdom.

The Albertvillian tradition in Castlebrugh came from Castlebrughs close involvement with the Principality of Wicklow which itself took from the Albertvillian traditions with its Monarchy and high religious tradition. Castlebrugh was also heavily built in by Wicklovians who constructed some of the buildings there including a sparrowa temple on a hill just outside of the captials main centre. As well as this Castlebrughs devotion to the monarchy was a key aspect of its culture with it being one of the only parts of its consitution.

## Population, Demographics and Land Claims

### Population

The Population of Castlebrugh was loosely defined due its complex formation. Castlebrugh was enitially a growing town in the Republic of Polynesia headed by Tom who at the time was the Prime Minister of the RoP which allowed Castlebrugh to grow wealthy, However once the Third Civil War had reached its second phase and Phantom had taken power as Prime Minister of the RoP Tom would decide to try and escape the RoP which he now viewed as an evil and corrupt nation. He would take the opportunity of Wicklow declaring independence to join them as an exclave despite them being on total opposite sides of the map. This would cause confusion for many of Castlebrughs residents who considred themselves Polynesian, However this was not a big issue as Wicklow was respected as they said they would rejoin the Republic after the war ended. However upon disagreements between Tom and leadership in Wicklow Castlebrugh decides to declare independence with not many of Castlebrughs own citizens recognized, even less those in Kraken Bay who were unaware of them being in the new Kingdom until days after the nation was formed.

### Demographics

The Demographics of Castlebrugh are also loosely defined due to the population issue as whilst people were living in the state it is unknown if people saw themselves as citizens or joint citizens or even didnt recognise the state as a whole. Despite this issue it is clear that the religous demographics in Castlebrugh were massively different based on the differrent areas of the nation. In the capital, people were predominantly athiest and stayed away from religions a massive difference from Wicklow which was totally Sparrowan and hosted the largest religous building on the entire server. Kraken Bay was also an important spot for the Sparrowan people being a popular pilgramige site for its teachings of the Kraken God in the religion and also its mountain top temple in the centre of the town. These two polar opposite places in the Kingdom created massive religious divide.

### Land Claims

The Land Claims of the Kingdom of Castlebrugh claimed to be the borders of "Castlebrughshire" which wasn't a recognised region of the Republic of Polynesia and as such had borders that werent clear or recognised. Some recognised the mountain rage surrounding the main city of Castlebrugh as Castlebrughshire however this crossed into the town of Kraken bay which was totally religious, culturually and politically different to the rest of the supposed shire. This was the definition the Kingdom went for when they claimed their borders leading to large instabilty as Kraken Bay residents didnt want to be in the Kingdom, Kraken Bay locals would eventually partake in the capture of Castlebrugh City in the Third RoP Civil War.

## Government and Politics

### Government

The Government of the Kingdom of Castlebrugh was totally dominated by the Monarch, Tom, whos position was enshrined in the constitution of the Kingdom which was nearly directly taken from the constitution of the Principality of Wicklow. The state had no official laws however and the state was ran as a total military dictatorship although Tom would consistently be unable to control the state and keep order which lead to a multitude of constitutional crisis such as when the horse Doug was crowned by Zealand the new King of Castlebrugh with him making Doug his own "Palace" and making his position protected by the Green Army Tom was unable to stop it.

### Politics

The state was a relatively moderate nation politically supporting the Nationalist Party of Polynesia in electoral affairs in the RoP and mainly being supportive of Toms monarchy, However the town of Kraken Bay mainly supported the Polynesian Liberals and Democrats as well as the Republics Constitution Party. The NPP would win a majority of the Castlebrugh vote share in the 38h RoP Federal Election however.

## History of the Kingdom of Castlebrugh

### Foundation and Wicklow

Castlebrugh was founded as a non RoP entity on December 28th originally as a exclave of the city state of Wicklow which declared independence to avoid fighting in the Third RoP Civil War.

### Second Coming and Castlebrugh Independence Crisis

*(Main Article: Castlebrugh Independence Crisis)*

The Government of Jeffrey and the Polynesian Liberals and Democrats had undone the reforms of ColonelKais Republics Consitution Party and had returned the server to the pre-third civil war tensions on the server due to Jeffreys governing style, A number of minor terror events had gone off over the past few days including the destruction of part of a road nearby to Castlebrugh. Seeing Jeffreys inaction and Jeffreys seemingly personal dislike of Castlebrugh Tom declared the nations second period of independence leading to the Castlebrugh Independence Crisis.

To start, Tom and Jeffrey entered a verbal conflict via their respective governments announcements before millitary action began, Starting with Sealand and Enrique half jokingly declaring their property in Castlebrugh as parts of the RoP under the name of the "Castlebrugh Locals Against Independence Movement" The RoP Government would use Castlebrughs refusal to recognise these tiny inlets as part of the RoP as a way to declare a war on Castlebrugh. However no millitary conflict would come from the situation and instead a peace deal was made and Castlebrugh would rejoin the Republic peacefully.

### Third Reformation and 4th RoP Civil War

*(Main Article: Fourth Republic of Polynesian Civil War)*

### Under Tom

On April 13th 2022 Active combat broke lose caused by the Republic of Ronesia and sponsored terrorists resulting in the outbreak of a Fourth RoP Civil War and tension. Castlebrughs self declared owner and main builder, Tom was Prime Minister of the RoP at the time and escaped to Castlebrugh once the RoP Government had fallen to the coup d'état lead by Belg and Sealand. However when Belg and Sealand split up as Sealand began to try and rebuild the RoP as it was whilst belg wanted a whole new electoral system, Belg declared a second coup as the Kingdom of Polynesia, capturing various cities across the map, in self declared exile Tom declared the Third arrival of Castlebrugh as an independent state.

The Kingdom said they would avoid the Fourth Civil War whilst simultaneously giving their support to the Kingdom of Polynesia to defeat the Republic. This would make Sealand who was away at the time so couldnt direct the war organise Ash and Walter White to begin a guerilla attack on the Kingdom of Polynesia and the Kingdom of Castlebrugh. Walter White and volunteer Rop Fighter Polarr would destroy Castlebrugh entirely and leave it in ruins on the first day of Castlebrughs independence. Tom would flee the nation and a period of anarchy and looting would set in.

### Post-Tom

This period of anarchy would last until April 19th when with active combat still on but slowing down after the landslide election of the centrist Party of the Rising Sun in the RoP, Sealand who had now been hired as the RoPs Minister of Finance arrived in the cities ruins and declared himself the new ruler as Tom refused to cooperate with the RoP and sign a treaty to end Castlebrughs independence. Sealand would then sell Castlebrugh to Walter White who used the nation to fight in the Fourth Republic of Polynesian Civil War and his fighters would go on to play a key role defeating Milan.

Despite there rising power under White, He would be forced to flee the nation as Milan was able to grip power over the Republic of Polynesia and the surrounding areas as the rebels began to simmer down ending the Third and final reformation of the Kingdom of Castlebrugh.

## Monarchs

### Legacy

The legacy of the Kingdom of Castlebrugh is a heavily debated subject on the server. The Kingdom was reminiscent of the Kingdom of Albertville and Kingdom of Newfoundland despite Castlebrugh being actively disliked by many supporters of Albertville and Newfoundland and Castlebrughs culture became a modern day example of different forms a government. Despite this Castlebrugh slowly faded from public memory as the Time of Troubles concluded with the February Revolution.