Current World History

This page documents important events that have occurred during the current world, Earth World Redux, in a general and unbiased way. Lengthier accounts of events should be written in their own page. Staff reserve the right to modify or remove any information they need to from the page if they deem it biased, irrelevant, or false.

Explanation

 * Underlined = A major event regarding the server.
 * Bolded = A war.

May 2022

 * May 7th:
 * The #land-claims channel of the Mappercraft Discord opens. In chronological order, the State of Bluegrass, Cayuri, Walt Disney's World Resort, the Empire of Rif, the Third Bulgarian Empire, Jamaica, Syra, the Kingdom of Solum, the Great City of Torresveria, the Far East Republic, the Saguaran Empire, the Vegas Commonwealth, Blepia, Republika Vukojebina, Kena'an Takir, the Kingdom of Cyprus, Ukraine, San Franchesco, the Great Joseon Empire, Minoa, the Kingdom of Mewar, the Kingdom of Sparta, Hoeland, Lycia, Iceland, Palestine, Japan, the Kingdom of Atlantis, Riverbed, Kiwi, Svedland, Polynésie Française, Kodiak, and Macedonia are founded.
 * May 8th:
 * The server officially opens at 14:00 EST. Over 60 players log into the server at the same time, breaking the previous player-count record done at the start of VMJ World.
 * In chronological order, the Serene Republic of the Kerguelen Islands, Jaladia, Hellas, the Kingdom of Moravia, Denmark, the Republic of Tanganyika, the "Great Nation" of England, the Serene Republic of Milwaukee, Deutschland, the Duchy of Warsaw, the Canary Empire, the Syndicalist State of Catalonia, French Lesbos, Jiafei, the Daog Dynasty, the Atlas Empire, Horizon, and Petrichor are founded on this day.
 * Jaladia expands its claim.
 * Kena'an claims the island of Kythira.
 * Vukojebina expands into Istria and into the region of Kotor.
 * Macedonia claims the island of Chios.
 * The Far East Republic claims the Kuril Islands.
 * The Canary Empire expands into Cape Verde and Funchal.
 * Java_Sea and donkbd build good relations between Hoeland and Denmark.
 * The nation of Jiafei is founded.
 * May 9th:
 * Petrichor V and Lemnos are founded on this day.
 * May 10th:
 * The Empire of Rif and the Empire of the Atlas unite into the Empire of Numidia.
 * The Greek Economic Union is formed between Cyprus, Macedonia, Lesbos, Lycia, Minoa, and Hellas.
 * May 11th:
 * At Kolno Ranch in Bluegrass, the Treaty of the Barn has been signed by leaders of Walt Disney's World Resort and the State of Bluegrass, ensuring a non-aggression pact and mutual embassies between the two nations.
 * May 12th:
 * Kena'an Takir begins the construction of the artificial island of Sur, which Cyprus disputes is within its claim. The Tension over Tyre would begin to heat further with a myriad of foreign nations, both in greater Greece and across the world, giving support to either side.
 * Fiyu commits terrorist attacks against Hoeland, killing Java_Sea and destroying berries. Fiyu was then banned for 24 hours.
 * 8 total deaths in these attacks (2 perpetrators dead and 6 civilians killed)
 * Potatoes were found in Solum, this potato was introduced to Lycia, Minoa, and Hoeland.
 * Hellas is partitioned between Macedonia, Minoa, Lycia, Lesbos, and Lemnos, with Hellas retaining only a third of its original claim.
 * May 13th:
 * The great Hoeland coal shortage is put to an end as a large source of coal is found underground.
 * May 14th:
 * The nation of Athenia is formed out of Lesbos, Lycia, and Macedonia's sections of the Hellas partition.
 * The Nicosia Conference is held and concludes, resulting in the Treaty of Nicosia which sees Cyprus dropping its claims on the artificial island of Sur and recognition of Kena'an Takir's sovereignty over it in exchange for protected Cypriot rights.
 * The groundwork for the Fortress of Oran is laid.
 * The Kiwis hold a national summit and ratify the Kiwi Constitution as well as create a Senate to govern over the people.
 * May 15th:
 * Hoeland starts preparing anti-terrorism tactics in case of future attacks by Fiyu.
 * The war Grace period is over for the first nations founded in the world.
 * The End dimensions opens on this day at 14:00 EST.
 * maxtun, Shamski, and Ezoref are the first players to make it into The End.
 * Ezoref is attributed with the "Free the End" achievement, with SoAss obtaining the Dragon Egg first.
 * The Lemnian-Hoeland War: Following his multiple griefings of Hoeland during the grace period, Fiyu opts to declare war on Hoeland. Fiyu would kill Java once, with the war being seen as more or less of a joke by the community. It ended with essentially a white peace.
 * May 16th:
 * Petrichor V renames itself to Normandy.
 * The Three Day War: While initially appearing outnumbered, Bulgaria declares war on Ukraine. Despite the population disparity, many members of Deutschland volunteer on the side of Bulgaria, quickly turning the tide against the Ukrainians
 * May 17th:
 * At roughly midnight CST, most of the Ukrainian army logs onto the server. Soon afterwards, the German volunteers join, with HristoBotev from Bulgaria absent. A large PvP battle erupts between the two sides. Despite the Ukranians having over double the amount of people as the Germans, they are heavily beaten back by a fierce German assault due to the German's overwhelming offense and top-notch gear. After about 40 minutes of PvP'ing, The Italian Empire joins the war on Ukraine's side, declaring war on Deutschland.
 * May 19th:
 * After an extened period of Bulgarian inaction, staff intervention forces their unconditional surrender. Ukraine annexes Bulgaria, ending the war.
 * The Disney-Cayuri War: Conflict between players IrishChild and Pussilamous escalates into a war between their respective nations. Small-scale combat occurs in both Disney and Cayuri, but no major griefing takes place and the war ends after about an hour with a white peace.
 * May 24th:
 * The first episode of Mappercraft News is published by GreenThePear about the Sur dispute.
 * Server goes offline due to technical issues.
 * May 30th:
 * Server goes back online.
 * Romania disbands.
 * The Mississippi Empire is founded as the successor to Romania.
 * The nation of Toblarone is founded.
 * Macedonia colonizes the island of Manus in the Indonesian archipelago.
 * May 31st:
 * Cambrian_ leaves Ukraine and founds the Principality of Kirsch in central Chile.
 * The First Polish Republic is founded.
 * Lycia expands into southwestern Anatolia.

June 2022

 * June 1st:
 * Lesbos expands into New Ireland and its surrounding islands in the Indonesian archipelago.
 * The nation of Pacifica is founded.
 * The nation of Antarctica is founded.
 * Cyprus and Lesbos partitions the former territory of Lemnos.
 * The Satrapy of Baragandi is founded in western India.
 * The Mississippi Empire expands their claim northward.
 * June 2nd:
 * The Mississippian-Lesbian War: Mississippi declares war on Lesbos in the later afternoon (EST). Due to his nation's unwinnable circumstances, Lesbos leader bonito_pibb begins destroying his own underground base before Mississippi could. bonito_pibb is spawnkilled several times by Missisippians, especially by AngryBirds. After the 30-minute timer for griefing was up, Mississipians would destroy every structure in Lesbos, causing the later nation to auto-capitulate. The peace treaty is soon signed, which ordered Lesbos to be disbanded and Mississippi to be given two of the former nation's minor islands for a week.
 * The nation of Kirikhan is founded.
 * The Mississippi Empire expands their claim northward.
 * Palestine is refounded.
 * June 3rd:
 * Lesbos expands into western Anatolia.
 * The Mississippi Empire disbands as it is incorporated into Disney.
 * June 4th:
 * Kiwi colonizes the island of Mallorca near the Iberian peninsula.
 * Kena'an expands northward.
 * June 5th:
 * The WHO Empire is founded.
 * The WHO Empire vassalizes Atlantis.
 * The Republic of Milo is founded.
 * Pacifica expands its claim.
 * Ukraine expands its claim.
 * June 6th:
 * Kena'an annexes Palestine.
 * The Kingdom of Temasik is founded.
 * The Emirate of Jamaica is founded.
 * June 7th:
 * The Disney-Atlantis War: Disney declares war on Atlantis at roughly 6 pm (EST). CatMiles quickly surrenders as he is under impossible circumstances. Disney's only terms are for Atlantis to declare independence from WHO Empire.
 * The nation of Atlantis declares independence from the WHO Empire.
 * The WHO Empire unclaims all of its territory in North America and renames itself to Whoville.
 * June 10th:
 * The Republic of Chikania is founded in southeastern Australia.
 * June 11th:
 * The Livonian Republic is founded in the islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa.
 * The nation of Korea is founded in the northern half of the Korean peninsula.
 * Korea renames to the Heavenly Kingdom of Bogsu.
 * June 12th:
 * The Whoville War: Atlantis and Bogsu declare war on Whoville in the late morning (EST). Later, Disney declares war on Whoville as well. After enduring intense destruction, Whoville auto-capitulates to the three-nation coalition. The peace treaty was signed later that night, where Whoville was ordered to disband and have all of its territory be annexed by Bogsu.
 * Japan is disbanded.
 * The Kingdom of Newfoundland is founded.
 * June 13th:
 * Lycia expands further into southwestern Anatolia.
 * June 16th:
 * The Omani Sultinate is founded.
 * June 17th:
 * The Fifth Clowndown KitPvP Tournament is announced, marking the event's return after over a year of dormancy. Initially announced for Sunday, June 19th, it was delayed to the next day.
 * June 18th:
 * The Bogsu-Kiwi War: Bogsu declares war on Kiwi in the later morning (EST), with CatMiles volunteering on the former's side. After an hour of conflict, a peace treaty was signed, which ordered that Bogsu annex the entirety of Kiwi and that all Kiwi members be kicked out of the nation.
 * The Carrotian Monarchy is founded in the Prince Edward Islands near Antarctica.
 * The South Carolinian Republic is founded.
 * June 19th:
 * Jamaica is disbanded, and the Emirate of Kuwait is founded.
 * June 20th:
 * The Fifth Clowndown PvP Tournament was held on schedule, with there being a winners bracket and losers bracket. The first-place winner was AKx3; second place was jidilamous; and third place was madeyousuffer.
 * The Bogsu-Pacifica War: Shortly after the Fifth Clowndown PvP Tournament concluded, Bogsu declares war on Pacifica. Despite Bogsu's intent to entirely annex Pacifica, only a brief PvP skirmish occurred before Bogsu higher-up izziah offered peace to the Pacfica leader ChanderAustin. izziah and ChandlerAustin eventually signed a peace treaty where Pacifica would give four diamonds to Bogsu. Ultimately lasting only eight minutes, this war is considered to be one of the shortest wars in Mappercraft history.
 * The Carrotian Monarchy moves its claim from the Prince Edward Islands to Akimiski Island in the Hudson Bay.
 * June 21st:
 * Bogsu cedes Stewart Island south of New Zealand to Solum.
 * The nation of the Canadian Islands is founded in Morseby Island near mainland Canada.
 * Chikania is disbanded.
 * June 22nd:
 * Atlantis is annexed by and incorporated into Bogsu.
 * The nation of Rexia is founded in Brittany.
 * The Empire of Fishland is founded in the island of Mindanao in the Philippine archipelago.
 * June 23rd:
 * The United Nations Axolotl and Defense Facility is founded in the Antarctic peninsula.
 * The Kingdom of the Faroe Islands is founded.
 * The Empire of Fishland renames itself to the Imperium of Fish.
 * June 24th:
 * Macedonia is officially incorporated into Cyprus, owed to the former nation's longstanding inactivity.
 * Pacifica extends their claim up until the Columbia River.
 * The Canadian War: In the early night (EST), a three-pronged coalition consisting of Bogsu, Ukraine, and Kirsch declares war on the Canadian Islands after rampant roudy behavior from its leader Lastiy. Much griefing occurs on both side of the conflict, accompanied by occasional PvP skirmishes. The Canadian Islands eventually capitulates to the coalition after only a few hours. A peace treaty was eventually signed by all parties in the coalition, which forced the Canadian Islands to be jointly occupied by Bogsu, Ukraine, and Kirsch and had Lastiy permanently banished from the territory.
 * June 26th:
 * Temasik is disbanded, as its leader, Vikkezi, returns to Jiafei.
 * Mariupol Revisions : The nations of Cyprus and Ukraine reach a diplomatic agreement to resume trade between the two nations.
 * After prolonged hostilities between Bogsu and South Carolina, Leader of South Carolina Willinator98 agreed to cede the port city of Charleston to Bogsu to end the conflict.
 * June 27th:
 * The Peaceful Trade Nation of the Outback is founded in northern Australia.
 * The Carrotian-Horizon War: The Carrotian Monarchy declares war on Horizon in the early night. Horizon's sole active member and de facto leader Denson_80 is the only one to defend his nation; despite his attempts, however, Horizon's main settlement was obliterated. Denson_80 initiated talks of peace when he proposed a treaty to King Carrot_Is_a_God that would call for the annexation of Horizon by the Carrotian Monarchy. Carrot_Is_A_God agreed to this, thus ending the conflict.
 * June 29th:
 * Lycia expands northward into Anatolia.
 * June 30th:
 * Bogsu cuts all diplomatic ties with Cyprus for supposedly collaborating with Lastiy.
 * Bogsu cuts all diplomatic ties with Cyprus for supposedly collaborating with Lastiy.

July 2022

 * July 1st:
 * The Republic of Sardegna is founded.
 * July 2nd:
 * Minoa claims the former territory of Athenia.
 * July 4th:
 * King Agnius I of Cyprus announces that "he will not be around for very long," making the fate of the nation uncertain. His dead body is found with twenty gunshots to the back of his head, with his death later declared an unfortunate suicide. After much internal turmoil, StanFlash is declared the new king of Cyprus.
 * July 8th:
 * Kirsch, Ukraine, and Bogsu unite into the Holy Empire of Kirsch.
 * July 9th:
 * Cyprus and Lesbian-Hoes unite to form the Commonwealth of Greece. Their flag is clearly an edited version of the original Commonwealth's from SW2, presumably in response to the formation of the Holy Empire of Kirsch.
 * The Second Kirschite-Commonwealth War: The Outback declares war on the Holy Empire of Kirsch (or, as Lastiy called it, the Infidel State of Kirsch) mere hours after its forming. Many Greek states, including from the Greek Commonwealth, volunteer for the Outback. Minutes later, Cambrian_ renounced all leadership of Kirsch, and attempted to secede as "The Free State of Southern Comfort". Ukraine also attempted to secede. The secession messages were full of errors, but Southern Comfort and Ukraine were eventually able to secede, though Southern Comfort joined Solum. Meanwhile, very little actual war action was taken in game, as there was little time when both Outbackers and Kirschites were online.  In response to Cambrian_ joining Solum, Outback, with Commonwealth volunteers, declared war on Solum, and diplomatically pressured them into giving Outback the original Kirschite land. In the final stages of the war, Atlantis and Korea both declared independence from Kirsch, leaving Kirsch with only one member, Soopahunk. Soopahunk, not willing to negotiate with Outback, Declared war on the Commonwealth of Greece and ceded them all the remaining Kirschite land. This war was a victory for the Outback and the Commonwealth.
 * Mickey Mouse I of Disney is assassinated in the streets of New Orleans. Following his death, Disney puts in place an interim government led by pussilamous and IrishChild until Marcus Mouse is fit to be King.