Mingguo

The Jeimei of Mingguo, more commonly known by just Mingguo, is a nation located on the island of Sulawesi in the Indonesian archipelago. It was founded after Dajiang, now named Zhongguo, released its colony on the island as one of the Jiěmèi, or tributaries/vassals of the celestial empire, originally under the guise of Premier agnius06. Mingguo currently has two members, Governor AbolishSuburbs (Mich) and agnius06 — agnius06 in particular left the nation after he was appointed as Prime Minister of Zhongguo; however, he joined back after his term ended. There are two main places of interest to note in Mingguo: Mizhou, the largest city and de facto capital of the nation built by AbolishSuburbs; and the Indonesian Tower, which was originally built by SoAss when the country of Indonesia ruled the island.

Government
The Jeimei of Mingguo is a client state subordinate to the Emperor of Zhongguo Sikorskiii. However, Mingguo enjoys a substantial amount of autonomy from Zhongguo, with it being led by an unelected governor who is allowed to carry out most functions characteristic of an independent nation. The latest government of Mingguo by the end of the world was Mich.

Settlements
There exists many settlements and places of interests in the nation of Mingguo; they include:


 * Mizhou (de facto capital and largest city of the nation)
 * Mich's first settlement in Sulawesi (official name undecided)
 * bonito_pibb's creeper and disc farm off the coast of northeastern Mingguo
 * Creeper farm built by Shamski or SoAss in southeastern Mingguo
 * SoAss' large tower in Sulawesi (official name undecided)

Before Mingguo
The island of Sulawesi was originally settled by player SoAss under the nation of Indonesia, where he had claimed around 1/3 of the island on the west side on November 6th, 2020. Four days later he and player JennyBudew would form a short-lived union state under the same name before the latter player would split off from the union and form the country of Dagobah on November 11th. On November 14th, just three days after the previous union being dissolved, Indonesia would form yet another union, this time with the country of Gods, ruled by Shamski in where the country of Wales would be in the real world. The players who were members of Indonesia began being known for being toxic and annoying, claiming themselves to be the strongest nation in the world and showing off by building a gigantic stone tower and incomplete road of sorts just within a few days. That same day of unification, Indonesia would declare war on the United Territories of Northern England, which would turn out to be a swift victory for the Indonesians.

The antics of the members of the country increases tension among them and other countries throughout the world, which would reach a breaking point on November 17th, 2020, when Holland declare war on Indonesia with volunteers from 10 other countries coming on their side. During this war Indonesia has declared war upon every country that had members who volunteered on the side of Holland, which was a strategy that would ultimate contribute to their demise. By the next day, the belligerents involved signed the Treaty of Amsterdam, which ruled that Indonesian had to be disbanded, the territories held by the country, which included Sulawesi must be given to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and that members of Indonesia were barred from creating another country in North America, Central America, Europe, and Asia.

From November 18th until January 9th, 2021, the island of Sulawesi kept calm, with nothing much happening except the establishment of a creeper disc farm built by bonito_pibb and Mich and the construction of a house by AbolishSuburbs on the island to serve as a retirement home of sorts. However, on January 10th, the country of Holland, which owned Sulawesi, joined the Roman Republic. The unification was confusing in regards to the status of island, however it was then clarified that it had belonged to the Roman state of Belgica. The rule of the Romans in regards to Sulawesi would not as long as Holland's rule, though. Due to long-lasting inactivity and instability, the Roman Empire collapsed on February 11th, 2021. Confusion began to increase in regards to the status of the island with the collapse of Rome occurring. However, by the end of this event occurring, Dajiang was apparently awarded Sulawesi by the leader of the Angevin Empire Goosw.

Independence
After the collapse of Rome concluded, Mich, who went into exile to Naraka after the collapse of Rome, and agnius06, who had fled and had been in exile at Dajiang after a major dispute in Holland, attempted to form a nation in the country of Sulawesi. Sikorskiii, emperor of Dajiang, released the colony they had on Sulawesi as the first of its Jiěmèi, or tributaries/vassals of their celestial empire. Mich and agnius06, under suggestion from Sikorskiii, decided to name the nation Mingren, which is an old Chinese term referring to the people on the island of Sulawesi. This was the third world in Mappercraft history in which Mich and agnius06 played significant roles in a single nation, with them also being in Zuiderland and Laurentia.

Nearly immediately after independence, Mich and agnius06 got to work on repairing the old tower built by SoAss on the island. As of now the repairing process is nearly complete, with minor details still needed to be worked on. Then, Mich decided to start the construction of a town on the small eastern peninsula of the island called Mountainside. The town is de facto capital of the country as of today. The country plays a minor role in the large scale geopolitics of the server, although recently Mich and agnius06 alike have been volunteering in a few wars.

Name Change and Late Era
On March 29th, Mich with the agreement of agnius06 changed the name of what was then called Mingren to Mingguo. The reason for him doing this was that the term Mingren in Chinese technically referred to the people on Sulawesi, not the island itself which would be properly called Mingguo. Two days later on March 31st, agnius06 was elected representative of the fourth district in the Zhongguo National Assembly. Due to him subsequently being appointed Prime Minister of Zhongguo, he left Mingguo; this left Mich as the sole member and leader of the country.

On April 11th, representative in the Zhongguo National Assembly MintyMichael introduced Proposition 14 into the National Assemby. The proposition said verbatim, "The nation formerly known as Mingguo will be annexed by Zhongguo." The motivation behind this proposal was primarily derived from the fact that Mich had recently jokingly changed its name to Zuiderland, and MintyMichael did not realize it was a joke. This, combined with the Farmer-Labor Party's isolationist stance on foreign affairs, prompted MintyMichael to propose this annexation. Mich, the recently inaugurated leader of Mingguo, was not pleased with this. However, Proposition 14 was voted down 4-1.

On April 16th, Mingguo declared war on California with support from volunteers. California eventually capitulated and in the peace treaty, Mich — being leader of Mingguo — imposed the disbandment of the former nation and that all former territory owned by them must be annexed by the latter. Although Mich had planned to grief the newly gained territory to deter any new nations from forming there in the future, he never underwent this.

On April 23rd, agnius06 left the nation of Zhongguo to rejoin Mingguo; despite this occurring, he was never re-given his leadership status. Even considering that, he was still satisfied with his position in the nation.

By the end of the world, the city of Mizhou had been nearly completed. Notable landmarks there include the communal storage and workshop building, the pagoda built to symbolize Mingguoren relations with Zhongguo, the townhouses built by the Indian ocean, and the market stalls. In addition, a train station had been constructed in the city to provide minecart transport from there to all across Mingguo — from north to south, from east to west.