Augeria

The Augerian Standard

**Augeria**, officially the **Augerian Federation**, was a country which encompassed all known territories on Key's SMP during its first season. It consisted of 2 states, 5 autonomous regions, 2 colonies, and other small settlements. The country's capital was Key-chain. Since the federation was the political embodiment of the server itself, all citizens who joined the server automatically fell under the administration of Augeria.

Migrants from the Tribe (also called Biggie Baggers) who traced their lineage to Nihilia and other unknown and legendary regions settled Augeria, entering the region from the spawn area, which was found in the capital Key-chain. Since there were no other sovereign states outside of Augeria, the country remained borderless as there were no large threats to its sovereignty, leaving room for any expansion its citizens may desire.

Augeria was a Socialist federal democracy and absolute monarchy. Its only emperor was Emperor Augurkeychain, who was also the founder of the federation itself, and the creator of the server.

## Etymology

The word *Augeria* is derived from Augurkeychain's ceremonial title *Augur*, which in turn is derived from Latin, meaning a diviner, sometimes also acting as a Roman official, who interpreted omens and foretold possible outcomes from such occurrences.

## History

### Tribal era

The region which Augeria sits on today was mostly savannah and had no native inhabitants. Augurkeychain arrived in the region as an envoy for the Biggie Baggers and settled the area, building the Salazar Tenements as the first building in the region. Soon after, the rest of the Biggie Baggers, most notably SideHoeJoe and DrybonesJake would settle nearby, going further north, founding what is now JoeVille and New Drybone, respectively.

### Revolutionary era

In March of 2020, a leftist faction spearheaded by TrackPad Tommy called the Viet Cong began revolutionary activities which protested against the attempts of early autocratic rule from Key-chain's predecessor, Key-chain, LLC, as well as the company's CEO augurkeychain's accumulating wealth. The revolution came to a head when augurkeychain relented and relinquished power to the Communists. Tommy built his statue thereafter to commemorate his political successes. The revolution would permanently make the continent a *de jure* collectivist and socialist society. During this time, JoeVille began to take shape beginning with the Lower JoeVille area, with the Bahama-Pajama Library and the Mog Saucer attracting people to the settlement. Drybone Inc. began construction of the Twix Towers at this time as well.

The revolutionary era would be plagued by internal strife across Augeria. The first tenement incident would cause a short-lived rift between the Augerians until it was reconciled a short time later. On March 26, 2020 the Battle for The End occurred, one of the first server-wide events. The end of this era would be marked by the Murder of Mob Drop which occurred in Key-chain and modern-day Jujumanjimania. Mob Drop's death would be a unifying factor among the Augerian people.

### Post-Mob Drop era

Mob Drop's death would coincide with, if not itself ushered in, a boom in public works projects across the continent. The core countries of the federation began rapidly developing and expanding their territories. The Aqueduct was completed and inaugurated by TrackPad Tommy on April 5, 2020.

On April 12, 2020, an Easter egg hunt was held, hosted by SideHoeJoe. This would be one of many national events which would be held in Augeria.

Several days later, on April 16, the Salazar Tenements were destroyed a second time, but this time it was witnessed by SideHoeJoe. The perpetrator was a Romanian griefer named Zextorn, who gave himself Administrator privileges and destroyed the Tenements, Joe's house, and attempted to set fire to the School. After this incident, augurkeychain appointed Joe as the Augerian Prime Minister, entrusting him the ability to exercise emergency executive powers as a preventative measure. The tenements were then leveled and replaced by the Salazar Apartments, and work to restore Joe's home was under way. This event also prompted Joe to relocate his main base of operations to the top of his mountain, which is now Joe's Nest, and develop the surrounding area, now called Upstairs JoeVille.

The following summer was marked by a heightened interest in the creation of paintball and mini-game maps, prompted by the precedent set by SideHoeJoe, who with the help of bnbranson and DrybonesJake transformed Brown Town into a semi-isolated two-sided paintball battle map. The next map to be created was a Murder Mystery map in the city center of the City of Key-chain. The Cowville map soon followed. The magnum opus of maps at this point was the double-domed Mashup paintball map, which received extensive testing and marked the first and only time creative mode was in regular use among the Augerians.

After the paintball map boom, interest in Key's SMP was in decline and players took a few months hiatus from the server, with some of the core members still making regular appearances in Augeria. One of the attempts to revive the server was the establishment of the Island in early Fall 2020, which was a colony created by SideHoeJoe to play with the idea of "starting fresh".

### "Season 2" era

Around the Fall of 2020 was when the era jokingly called the Season 2 era began. With the establishment of the Island, it had attempted to re-ignite the flame which had first inspired the Augerians to 'go ham' on the server. While initially seeing brief success in its goals, bringing new players who were old friends of the Biggie Baggers, and amenities such as a KFC/Taco Bell to the island, it was not a runaway success immediately and progress halted soon after. The month of October was notable in that interest in the server was at an all-time low, due in part to interest in other games. The Island's establishment was retrospectively seen as the first domino in a chain which would restore Key's SMP to a former glory.

In November 2020, after a career as a bee farmer far west of the main Augerian center, TrackPad Tommy returned to his first home on TrackPad Summit and completely overhauled the area, beginning the development of a small town called Trackpadia.

On November 21, 2020, after a small-scale return to Augeria, the multiverse was discovered after ROMO-001 appeared in Independence Hall. ROMO-002 was shortly thereafter researched and created.

In December of 2020, the city-state of Youngin Beach was created.

Around this time as well, the Superheroes plugin was added to the server, giving everyone a superpower which ranged from flight, to teleportation, to super-strength. This plugin was eventually removed as augurkeychain felt it was too overpowered and made the game far too unbalanced and un-vanilla.

### Dissolution of the Augerian Federation

Upon the closure of the first Key's SMP, along with it came the dissolution of the federation. By the start of the new year, in 2021, with real-world openings of public spaces, and relaxing orders from the United States government, in addition to the Key's SMP player base moving onto other games like Valorant, people began to be less active on the server to the point where there were zero players online on average at any point, prompting augurkeychain to shut the server down to little fanfare. DrybonesJake was given a copy of the world file as it was and Augeria vanished from the Internet.

## Politics

Augeria was a federal democratic absolute monarchy. The head of state as well as the head of government was the emperor. The title of emperor was held by Augurkeychain since his self-proclamation in the summer of 2020.

While the government was legally an absolute monarchy, in practice, it functioned much closer to an Anarchist commune due to the decentralized nature of the federation and the culture of the Augerian people.

### **Administrative divisions**

Augeria was a federation of 2 states, 5 autonomous regions, 3 city-states, and a few insignificant unincorporated settlements.

#### **States**

1. Bahama-Pajama Union
2. Key-chain

#### **Autonomous regions**

1. Potiri Glass Corporation Trading Post
2. Hogwarts Castle
3. Trackpadia
4. Tuolong
5. Vietnam

#### **City-states**

1. Dutch East Indies
2. The Island
3. Youngin Beach

## Infrastructure

### Public transportation

Most of Augeria was served by the Augeria Transit Authority (ATA). There were three operational rail systems: the Monorail (Blue Line), the Red Line, and the Green Line.

### Roads

The roads in Augeria were primarily dirt roads in the country's earliest periods until in March 2020 when SideHoeJoe announced that dirt roads were no longer acceptable and that they must be upgraded to stone roads. While their initial intended usage was for foot traffic, they later became used for cars when they were introduced in the summer of 2020.

Bahama-Pajama Union •
Carmaulgargantuania •
Tuolong •
Jujumanjimania •
The Island •
Trackpadia •
Potiri Glass Corporation Trading Post •
 *Settlements* | City of Key-chain •
Brown Town •
JoeVille •
Upstairs JoeVille •
Joe's Nest •
New Drybone •
Juju's castle •
Potiri Glass Corporation Trading Post •
Carmaulgargantuania and New Mobdropium •
Dutch East Indies •
Hogwarts Castle •
Vietnam •
TrackPad Summit •
Chocloville •
Jacky's Arena •
Green Top Society •
Twilight Tinyville •
Youngin Beach •
Franco's House •
Melancholy Hill •
Dirt Village •
 **Landmarks** | Key-Chain
Salazar Tenements •
Salazar Apartments •
Key's house •
Factory Farm •
Key-chain Mosque •
Augurkeychain Statue •
Monument to Party Founding •
Temple of Key-chain •
Church of St. Mob Drop •
Burger King •
Chuck's Pizza •
Marquette Pasty Shop •
Minigame House •
Aqueduct •
 Bahama-Pajama Union
McFlurry Memory Mural •
Avengers Tower •
Adventure Time Willow Tree •
Bahama-Pajama Library •
Bahama-Pajama Skeleton Spawner •
Bahama-Pajama ZOO •
Giant Bell •
Nell •
Twix Towers •
DrybonesJake Statue •
Independence Hall •
Dunkin Gooters •
DeLorean •
Kelp Shake •
Perfect Parking Job •
SideHoeJoe Statue •
 Carmaulgargantuania
Statue of Mob Drop •
AAOAM Augerian Chapter Headquarters •
Ashikaga Takauji's Wild Ride Live •
Nannhajikanmiel •
Starbucks •
 Misc
Tuolong Prison •
TrackPad Tommy Statue •
Ocean Monument •
AAOAM Research Labs •
Cothon •
Choclo's house •
Sakura Tree •
 *Geographic Locations* | Bahama-Pajama River •
Carmaul River •
Great Desert •
Black Mesa •
Great Sea (Augeria) •
St. Drawlin & Jawn Island •
New East Prussia •
 *Historic Locations* | Prehistoric Augeria •
The Dark Oak Tribe •
Ancient City of Tuolong •
Viet Cong tunnels

Communist Uprising •
First tenement incident •
Battle for The End •
Easter egg hunt •
Murder of Mob Drop •
Hogwarts-Vietnamese war •
4th of July Event •
DrybonesJakes "Time Machine' •
 *Characters* | Dr. J •
Health Inspector •
Mob Drop •
The Mugger •
Choclo •
Chandler •
Barry Goldstein •
Dr. Mario Judah •
 *Corporations* | Key-chain, LLC •
Drybone Inc. •
Potiri Glass Corporation •
The daily Joezetta •
 *AAOAM* | Fungus Pandemic •
ROMO-001 •ROMO-002 •
G-Sites •
GW-2187 "Drebone2977" •
JW-7820 "J" •
 *NPCs* | Villager Migrants •
Armorstand Citizens •
Joeville guard sightings and apparitions •
BrownSmith Bob •
Abdulmasih ibn Kayshyk al-Silsilat •
Uzair ibn Kayshyk al-Silsilat •
Anthony •Arthur Morgan •
Ashikaga Takauji •
Captain Joe The Joe and his crew •
Chuck •
J's wild cart racing adverts •
Key-chain Defense Legion •
People's Legion of the Kingdom of Key-chain •
Joshua •
Royal Guard •
Royal Guard Viatrix •
 *Misc* | Augerian people •
Augerian culture •
Carmaul people •
Carmaul language •
Act of Union •
Ass Blaster •
Drybone Inc. Conspiracy Directory •
Floating Tree Burners •
Creeper Hole Fixers •
238495865Jacky.png •
Fallen Hero M.D. •
Hi •
Forget •
Greg •
Joebama Care •
 *Transportation* | Augeria Transit Authority •
Monorail •
Red Line •
Green Line •
 *Pixel Art* | JoeVille Pixel Arts Program •
Patrick •
Peridot •
Cyndaquil •
Iron-Man •
Vault Boy