Republic of Olympus

*"An azure sky must rise. And until it does the earth will run red with the blood of tyrants!"*

The Republic of Olympus is a Republic situated on the great Plains in the centre of the continent of Spawnia. It is by far the Oldest democracy in the CoC, deciding on voting and having their king mostly performing foreign diplomacy on day 1. The players formally instituted Democracy when they voted in the first senate house and transformed from the Constitutional Monarchy of The Shire into a Greco-Roman Republic on day 13.

## Towns

Olympus

Athena

Squidia

The\_Shire

Granicus\_Aqua

Zenderius Island

## Culture

The earliest democracy of the Cradleworld bears greek and roman inspired themes on Spawnia, where togas and wreaths of leaf crowns are fashionable.

Olympians tolerate and celebrate other Gods but their most important God is the Water God Clitus.

The Legions accept recruits and all land owners are called upon to defend their republican values.

Skin Requirement

### **Racial Bonus**

* **Trident Proficiency** - Olympians do not have a monopoly, but are naturally prone to the use of tridents.
* **Bow Proficiency** - Olympians invented Thunder Bows and thus has access to powerful lightning arrows, wrecking havock especially from horseback.
* **Horse Riding** - Access to faster and better horses
* **Water magic** - Olympians do not have a monopoly on water magic, anyone can learn it, but in order to advance to the rank of Adept, Expert or Master require studies under a Priest of Clitus.

## History

### OJF, King Deiiwa and the Creation of the Republic

The Republic was created and founded in year 13 when former King Deiiwa called the first meeting of the people (Informally this was the first senate meeting) to vote on the list of demands that the OJF (Olympian Jacobin Front) had put forth under the threat of Revolution against the Monarchy and King Deiiwa.

These demands were:

1. > ***Abolition of the Hereditary Monarchy***
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2. > ***Democracy, Universal Suffrage and Term of Office***
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3. > ***Rules of Procedure for the Senators***
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4. > ***Construction of a Forum for the Senate*** ***Separation of Religion and state***
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King Deiiwa wanted to avoid conflict as much as possible so the entire population of Olympus voted on these matters, and all of the demands were popular enough to get a majority.

As a consequence of these demands Olympus had to elect a new Leader. The new leading position was not a King, but a Consul. With a clear majority the popular politician and military leader sillimaito won the vote thus becoming the first Consul.

At the "crowning" ceremony when King Deiiwa transferred his power to sillimaito, it was revealed by both parties that sillimaito was the master of the plot to overthrow the Monarchy and that he was the leader of the OJF.

After that sillimaito gave a speech to the population of the world for which we have lost all sources from.

### sillimaitos Construction of the Plains

The time after sillimaitos admittance came a radical restructuring of society. Sillimaito ordered construction of many things, and with the help of Arkitekton Ramielx and NiccoThicco his dream capital and nation was becoming more of a reality. Sillimaito restructured the Military into Legions, but he kept MelleNMA as the General. Sillimaito was not a peacemaker like Deiiwa, so he militarised the Republic swiftly.

Olympus lived in relative peace until internal strife reached Olympus yet again when a pretender to the throne of Olympus arrived at their doorstep. A citizen named Amowil had constructed a dirt fort outside of the large Senate building. He declared himself the continuation of the Monarchy. There was much debate between Consul sillimaito and Amowil until Consul sillimaito with the help of the Senate decided to tax Amowil. If Amowil could not meet these demands he would be sold off as a slave to the Piglin Empire in exchange for payment.

As time marched on Amowil did not meet the taxation demand and was swiftly arrested and deported to the Piglin Empire for which Emperor Tegula payed a handsome price to sillimaito for.

With the Internal threat dealt with sillimaito saw a new threat to the south, The United Troll Tribes. A long historical enemy of the Olympians. Sillimaito and MelleNMA called a special Senate Meeting to discuss and vote for conflict with the Trolls, the vote went through. Although it is worth noting that every resident of Granicus Aqua abstained the vote. Sillimaito argued that the Capital was exposed and that the Trolls were and existensial threat. This justification for war has been highly criticized internally and externally of Olympus.

MelleNMA then drafted the demands that to the Trolls that later sillimaito ratified. The demands were sent out, and this is how the official demand from the Olympus Republic looked like:

> *"Since time ancient times the Troll wall that stands there at our southern border has always been of worry. I feel that the Trolls have always been planning attack against our prosperous capital of Olympus.*
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> *And now I feel that it is time for the sake of our survival that we strike back at the savages to the south. The uncivilized hordes to the south know nothing of fairness or democracy. And we seek to mitigate this danger.*
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> *I will put forth 2 demands. And if these demands are not met they will face the full strength of the Olympian legionnares.*
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> *DEMAND 1: Olympus would like full control of the northern Taiga region. We want to control the area from Olympus to the Haunted House and Trollböle.*
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> *DEMAND 2: There shall be no walls put forth by the Trolls 50 blocks from our borders."*
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These demands were eventually not met and MelleNMA and sillimaito dragged the Legions and the Olympian population into yet another conflict with the Trolls.

### The Westwoods War

This war is very notable and a turning point in Olympus and the rest of the world. This was the last conflict between Great Powers in the **Feudal Age** and mostly marks the end of the **Feudal Age**.

The Westwoods war is the first war that used TNT cannons in warfare. They were built on the walls of Olympus pointing towards the Westwoods wall.

But the war was mostly situated at the border between Athena and Westwoods. It was a decisive victory for the Olympians. When the peace-talks commenced sillimaito knew that the Trolls did not stand a chance against the well organized Olympian legions and saw to remove the threat of the Trolls once and for all. He forced the Trolls off the continent. Many fled, many were slaughtered and many were magically turned into humans.

This action has been criticized widely, many outspoken people have diplomatically protested this. One notable person is the Scientist Wellon, in response to the actions undertaken by the Olympians he said:

> *"Olympians what purpose does this racial transformation of the Trolls hold? Willingly and knowingly forcing a species to extinction is abhorrent! Are you doing this just for the power trip it gives you, and so simply because you can or are you doing this due to some kind of a deeply rooted racism? If so are the piglins next on the chopping block? Should I fear for my friend Rod's life? This is a dangerous spiral you are about to go down. Surely the great nation of Olympus I've heard so much about is more then just a nation of racist savages who maime, murder, and burn for the sole purpose of their own entertainment."*
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sillimaito had this to say in response:

> *"The Senate speaks and we follow. The threat of the Troll civilization with its savage form of governance has to be pushed back in order for more elegant and civilized forms of politics to take shape. We only spoke their language of violence to make place for a better system of governance. We simply did what needed to be done.*
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> *The Republic is sacred, Olympus will revolutionise the world."*
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This has led many to speculate that sillimaito has some tyranical intentions. And is even experiencing some Delusion of Grandieur.

The Peaceful Arch-Priest Deiiwa hasn't been happy with this and has boiled up resentment in Granicus Aqua towards the Consul. He has issued this statement:

> *"Yet, for centuries our kingdom has lived in peace, a harmonious people.. Not engaged in combat... There is an uncertainty and divide with Olympus people. The Clitus religion warn thee. Do not engage further in this reign of terror you bring upon our lands..."*
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In the days after Olympus occupied Westwoods (now referred to as Occidens Silvae) and transformed it into an Olympian Province.

## Goverment

The Republic of Olympus is a democracy and Olympus. Elections are held whenever the **Senate** decides. The head of state is the Consul, and they handle the day-to-day ruling of Olympus. Although the **Senate** can veto any decision made by the Consul with enough votes in a Senate meeting.

The Senate is the Highest governing body in the Republic. The only people allowed to vote in the Senate are the Senators and The Consul. Everyone in Olympus can decide whether they want to be a Senator or not. And if they choose to do so they may attend any and all Senate meetings.

There are some Rules Senators and the Consul must abide by in a Senate meeting.

*Senate meetings are only legitimate in the Senate building and if Clitus is watching.*

*The Consul gives the word. You may not speak when the Consul is speaking, and you are only permitted to speak when the Consul calls you up to the podium or tells you to speak.*

*In the case of a 50/50 split in the Senate the Consul decides the outcome of the proposal.*

## Infrastructure

The Infrastructure is very mixed throughout the Republic. In the dense city of Olympus the roads are paved and well kept. But outside of the Capital it is rather poor. Although this isn't a huge problem for the Olympians since they have a huge stockpile of horses at their disposal.

There has been interest of a railway system in the Republic but no serious effort has been in place to construct this. The trident item is very popular among populus and is used to travel. This is made easier by the amount of artifical water sources spotted around Olympus. The Zenderius family has been a huge influence of this.

## Notable People

Sillimaito - Current and First Consul of the Republic

MelleNMA - Longtime and current General of the Republic

Deiiwa - Current Archpriest of the Clitus Religion and the former Monarch of The Shire

Ramielx - Arkitekton and Minister of Propaganda, is currently in the cabinet of sillimaito

NiccoThicco - Terraformer and is in the cabinet of sillimaito

Szarekh Jagganoth - Former Military officer, warden and a sillimaito and Senate loyalist. Now an outlawed nomad.