Alpha Republic of SM14

Sigil of the Alpha Republic of SM14

### Formation

19 December 2017 (transitional government)22 December 2017 (permanent government)

### Polity type

Presidential, semi-democratic unitary republic

## Executive Branch

### Headquarters

Republic Palace, Central Lands // SM14

The **Alpha Republic of SM14** (also known as the **Old Republic**, the **First Republic** or simply the **Republic**) was a sovereign state formed on Survival Mode server 14 (SM14) of Lifeboat Servers by Spartan, Fyre, and MobGriefer on 22 December 2017. The Republic was formed in reaction to the conclusion of the Alliance-Sleek Alliance War, where Alliance leadership decided to give a bigger voice to the rank-and-file of the Alliance. Thus, the Republic is the successor state of the Alliance of Peace and one of the "Marthian nations". Unlike the Alliance, the Republic was a sovereign nation, with citizenship, laws, and a central government. The First Republic survived a reset on SM14 and later moved to the PrimeGames-Survival (PGS) server, where it became the New Republic of PGS.

*This article is incomplete.*

## History

### Republic Transitional Government

On 19 December 2017, the Alliance of Peace was dissolved and reformed into the Alpha Republic of SM14 with the creation of the Republic Transitional Government. As part of a peace accord between the former Alliance and the Sleek Alliance, which was being incorporated into the new Republic, the leaders of the Sleek Alliance--CerealOak and Sleekmila--were put in charge of the Transitional Government as Transitional President and Transitional Vice President, respectively.

Despite holding the titles of Transitional President and Vice President, CerealOak and Sleekmila wielded no real power during the Transitional Government, as the Republic was still being formed and the posts of President and Vice President did not hold any power yet. Instead, CerealOak and Sleekmila were symbolic leaders who were mainly put in power temporarily to comply with one of the terms of the Alliance-Sleek Alliance Peace Treaty.

Once Spartan, Fyre, and MobGriefer had finalized the setup of the permanent Republic Government on 22 December 2017, the Transitional Government was dissolved and the posts of Transitional President and Vice President dissolved with it, replaced by Spartan and Fyre as President and Vice President, respectively.

### Setup of the Republic Government

While Transitional President CerealOak and Transitional Vice President Sleekmila symbolically led the Republic Transitional Government, the former Alliance leadership (Spartan, Fyre, and MobGriefer) were converting the Alliance Palace in the Central Lands into a revamped Republic Palace. The former Alliance Executive Offices on Sublevel 2 of the Palace were expanded, especially the presidential office, while the former Alliance Meeting Room on Sublevel 1 was emptied out and turned into a records room. Within the records room, the names of all Republic citizens were kept on signs, along with the positions that certain citizens held.

Initially, the Republic had no meeting room in the Republic Palace, as the Space Station in Moonfyre Palace in the Frontier Lands was used as an interim meeting place. However, Spartan began construction of a low-altitude space station (LASS) above the Republic Palace to serve as a grand location for citizens of the Republic to come together.

On 22 December 2017, the Transitional Government officially ended, and Spartan and Fyre were sworn in as President and Vice President, respectively.

### Foundation of the Senate

Around 26 December 2017, President Spartan called for all Republic citizens to come to the nearly finished LASS Senate Station above the Republic Palace. There, the President explained that unlike the Alliance, the Republic would be a democratic entity. So began the Marthian nations' entry into the grand democratic project that continues to this day.

With roughly eight Republic citizens present, President Spartan convened the first meeting of the Republic Senate. Hoping to create a multiparty democracy, he appointed CutieCupcake as the Leader of the Redstone Party and Jaypdawg as Leader of the Lapis Party, but confusion regarding the purpose of these parties led to their dissolution shortly after.

As the first order of business, President Spartan proposed that ScottGirl be appointed the Secretary of State and Wizard121L be appointed the Secretary of the Treasury. Both motions passed unanimously as Republic citizens voted by saying "Aye" in text chat. The President proposed a number of other motions, all of which have been lost to memory.

The Senate would go on to become the identifying feature of the Alpha Republic, making the Republic a beacon of democracy in an anarchic server.

### Peace

For a short period of time, the Republic existed in relative peace with other factions on the server. Focus during this time turned to expanding and improving the Republic's infrastructure in the Republic Palace.