Province of Fredapest

### Population

4-5 permanent residents (2020)0 permanent residents, 5 part time residents (2024)

The Province of Fredapest is an autonomous region within the nation of Imperial Garyville on the General Minecraft server. Although it is officially labeled as a province, this can be somewhat considered a misnomer, as it is more of a special administrative district than an actual province. The land area is significantly smaller than the surrounding provinces of Violet and Unholy Falls, with the official borders only including the lands within the city limits. The city of Fredapest serves as the capital of the nation, and is presided over by the Imperial Council, which regularly convenes in the Capitol Building to discuss ongoing issues.

### History:

Fredapest was founded on February 1st, 2020 by Braden with heavy assistance from much of the inner circle of players. The city was named Fredapest after Braden's cat. It was founded as part of a project to restructure the government system and create an organized central authority. Braden and many others believed that the nation would benefit from having a capital independent from any province, similar to the real-life example of the District of Columbia.

For many months after its founding, many attempts were made to encourage players to move from the Violet City area to Fredapest in order to more evenly disperse the population. Players were allowed to room at the Fredapest Hotel for the extremely low fee of 1 emerald per real-life day. Although this had some notable short-term results, long term the efforts were a failure and the population continued the build up almost exclusively in and around Violet City.

Although for the most part Fredapest has been a less prominent target for griefers than the aforementioned Violet City, it has not been entirely spared, The Capitol has been destroyed or damaged on multiple occasions, most notably on March 26th, 2020 during the Griefer War. This led to the construction of many top secret facilities which could serve as a Capitol in times of crisis. The city library and the printing press have also been historically viewed as easy targets due to their heavy use of flammable materials such as wood.

### The Fredapest Times:

Main article

Shortly after the founding of the city, Braden set up a printing press downtown near the Capitol. He would go on to establish a newspaper titled *The Fredapest Times*, the first and primary news source to cover the server's internal affairs. It was most active from February to June 2020, after which new releases became sporadic. Fourteen editions in total were published before the paper was unofficially discontinued in January of 2024.

### The Mega Church:

Due to differences in preaching style, Ethan opted to leave the Church of Violet which at the time was pastored by then-Senator Kitty. Ethan went to Fredapest and built his own church where he would conduct his own services. Although Braden initially opposed this move, he did not intervene against it. The Mega Church as it came to be known would become the largest single build in the main areas of General, with it being significantly taller and wider than other major buildings such as the Capitol.

### Trivia:

* In most of Braden's Armchair Commander maps based on General, Fredapest is usually portrayed as a neutral faction. This is in reference to 1) The city's role as the capital and 2) A war game in May of 2020 on the server where Fredapest was declared off limits.

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,\_D.C.#History