Potato Empire

*This is about the nation Potato Empire. For more entities with the name "Potato", see Potato (disambiguation).*

## Potato Empire

### National anthem

God Save the King
*(unofficial)*

## General information

### Leader(s)

**Potato Monarchs:**
 TaylorWorld (Potato King)
 TAITHELEGEND (King of Thailand)
 TheAllSeeingBird (King of Bird Land)
 EntityM7 (King of Quartzonia)
 Lebanana (King of Wench)
**Prime Minister:**
 RoryRDMB

### Continent

Realmplexia
Meridia

The **Potato Empire** is a united kingdom of sovereign states with territory primarily located on the continent of Realmplexia. These countries include Potato Central (the nation's capital), Thailand, Bird Land, Quartzonia and Wench. Being the first proper country to ever exist, the Empire has had an extensive history. The Potato Empire is currently in the second of what it calls "dynasties", which coincide with royal reigns of the Potato King. Currently, the Potato Empire is in its second dynasty, overseen by TaylorWorld, the current Potato King.

The empire is centered around its vast swaths of potato crops, which line the nation's farmlands. The nation fought a war with the Carrot Empire, the country's arch-rival, twice; once to reclaim their capital, and the other time to fight for their own survival as Carrot Empire reigned explosives upon the Potato Empire's main landmarks. The Potato Empire is strongly opposed to war but is willing to fight if war is ever declared upon the empire itself or its allies.

The Potato Empire shares land borders with the UCCR, Sol Corporation and Jonasland. The Potato Empire also shares maritime borders with Jonasland, the UCCR and the Sea Spray Islands.

## Etymology

The name Potato Empire derives from the potato (*Solanum tuberosum*), a starchy tuber which is grown in large numbers across the empire.

## History

### Finding a Location *(01 - 02/06/2021)*

The Potato Empire was founded on June 2nd 2021 (2 MBP) by both TaylorWorld and Jaxolord. They rowed down the newly constructed diagonal canal to Anatol and Zephyr's houses. They wanted to start the Potato Empire in this area of the map because it had been relatively untouched and was full of potential. Once having made it to Anatol's they encountered Zephyr, Zephyr (wanting to help with the Potato Empire) donated all his spare potatoes from the field surrounding his tower to Jackson and Taylor. From Zephyr's Tower they travelled north east through a forest and discovered the savanah biome that would later become Wench. They originally thought that this would be the perfect place to start the Potato Empire even lighting up a portion of it and starting the plantage of a potato field in the exact location of where Lebanana's house lies today. Mid setup, while looking around the area, Taylor saw that there was a huge plains over across the river and they both agreed to move over to the plains as it would be more suited to start Potato planting.

### Planting the Potato Peninsula *(02 - 11/06/2021)*

*That day they began planting what is now the Potato Peninsula. The centre point was to be where the Potato Tree is (a tall oak tree found growing there when they settled). The area around the tree was lined with a small cobblestone wall to defend against mobs during the night.*

*This section is work in progress. You can help the wiki by adding to it. Click edit to do so! -JVTA*

### Construction of the Potato Temple (23/09/2021 - ?)

The Potato Temple was first conceptualised on 04/06/2021 by Jaxolord and TaylorWorld.

Construction started on the Potato Temple on 23/09/2021 by Jaxolord, TaylorWorld, EPCNZ and MakkaPakka.

*This section is work in progress. You can help the wiki by adding to it. Click edit to do so! -JVTA*

### Conflict with Potato

Main article: Carrot-Potato Conflict
Main article: Great Realmplex War

## Government

The Potato Empire is a mix between a constitutional monarchy and a coregency headed by the Potato King. The government's base of operations is currently the Potato Temple but this is set to move to the Potato Parliament once construction is complete.

### Heads of state

A system for head of state is used in Potato, known as the Potato Monarchs system. The structure of this system has been noted as confusing; while Taylor possesses de jure supreme authority, his power is de facto equal to that of the other monarchs. The monarchs have full authority over their respective countries and decisions affecting the whole empire have to be made in accordance with one another.

The monarchs are:

* TaylorWorld (the Potato King)
* TAITHELEGEND (the King of Thailand)
* TheAllSeeingBird (the King of Bird Land)
* EntityM7 (the King of Quartzonia)
* LebananaYT (the King of Wench)

### Head of government

The head of government, known as the prime minister, is the top advisor to the Potato King and the leader of the Cabinet. He is chosen through a general election, during which parliament is also elected. The position was created in January of 2023. So far, two individuals have held the position of prime minister:

* JVTA (5 Jan 2023 - 5 May 2023)
* RoryRDMB (5 May 2023 - present)

### Legislature

The Potato Council is a legislative body used to pass laws. It is similar to a parliament. Each member of the Council represents a specific region. The five current members are:

* LebananaYT (Potato Central)
* RoryRDMB (Thailand)
* SandwichPress (Wench)
* SpecShark (Allies) *- The "allies" seat represents the interests of the members of the U.R.A. that are not part of Potato.*
* KingStellaI (SSI) *- The SSI seat represents the interests of Sea Spray Islands. Though since Sea Spray is no longer a part of Potato, the position is set to remain up until the next election.*

## Geography

The Potato Empire's geography is diverse, spreading across Potato Central, Thailand, Name Pending, the Sol Corporation, the Sea Spray Islands and it's numerous other territories. The empire is home to various deserts, two savannahs, seven plains, five oak forests, three dark oak forests, one birch forest and a few mountains such as the Bonka Lonk's, Mount Tato and the Mistpeak Mountain.

## Culture

### Symbols

Potatoes are the national food of the Potato Empire, with every country within the empire having them as their national food.

Each country within the empire also has their own national block. For Potato Central that's sandstone, Thailand's is deepslate, Name Pending's is either stone or wood and Sol Corporation's is stone bricks. This is also why you'll find high quantities of these blocks used for builds in their respective countries.

### Religion

A lot of people in the Potato Empire have been followers of the Pink Sheep Religion including the current Potato King. Colourism is also present in Potato.

Most citizens of Potato share the belief that potatoes are superior to other crops.

## Foreign relations

The Potato Empire has extensive foreign relations with other nations.

Arguably, the Potato Empire's closest ally is TMA, with the country originally being a part of the empire. The two countries have similar laws, follow similar religious and cultural practices, and are both part of the U.R.A. It is believed that these relations will carry on into the future.

The country also has good relations with Ravine Town and Jonasland, (two more members of the U.R.A). In the past Ravine Town's head of state, SashaTripleUnderscore even thought for Potato's independence in both the Great Realmplex War and the Femboy Land Conflict. It is to be expected that these relations will carry on into the future, especially with Name Pending's entry into the empire.

On the other side the country has had a rocky relationship with the Carrot Republic and it's numerous renditions. A large portion of the empire is heavily against Carrot and it is unknown what relations will be like between the two in the future.

In the past the the Potato Empire had great relations with Marineville, a Potato embassy called the "Potato Dome" or "PotaDome" still stands in Marineville to commemorate this. But these days due to the town becoming abandoned, with no one working on projects there anymore, Potato Marineville relations have stagnated. It is unknown what relations will be like between the two in the future.

Sea Spray Islands was once a part of the Potato Empire, though it has since withdrawn. The two countries maintain good relations.

## See also

*Former:* The Mountain Association |  Name Pending |  Sol Corporation |  Sea Spray Islands

**Meridia:**Aurelia |  Jonasland |  Maraterria

**Freedomia:**The Mountain Association