Pan American Union

The Pan American Union, commonly known as the PAU, was a nation lasting for three out of the seven Earth Worlds on MonsoonJr's Minecraft Server and the Mappercraft Minecraft Server. The nation would constantly evolve, starting originally as a confederation between the kingdoms of La Rochelle and Hyprion, before turning into a constitutional monarchy with a President and a Senate. The Pan American Civil War is one of the most documented and famous wars of the Earth World series, and after would see the Pan American Union temporarily fracture into warring states. The authoritarian Kingdom of Columbia would consolidate the breakaway states, and popular reforms saw it reform back into the Pan American Union, with a democratically elected Senate and Consul completely empowered. At the end of the Earth World series, the PAU stood toe to toe with Aragan Federation as two superstates, with France making up the third remaining nation. The Pan American Union's legacy is complicated, at best it was the first true triumph of democracy on the server when contrasted to "democratic" nations before it like Taiwan; but the prevalence of corruption and factionalism makes it look highly flawed compared to it's spiritual successor in Solace World 2, the Commonwealth of America.

America before La Rochelle and Zeattle
For much of the first half of Earth World, the Kingdom of Lapania on Cuba reigned as the dominant force in the Americas. In Earth World 3, European immigrants formed the Kingdom of Vinland. Vinland would grow exponentially out of present day Ontario, butting heads with Lapania and the Starymglian predecessor Hilyvia. Vinland and Tamil would go to war with Hilyvia and Lapania in the Great American War, with much of Vinland being destroyed, but their independence still intact. After the war Vinland never recovered and drifted back into inactivity as Lapania took back their place as the dominant American power. Around this time, new players to the server like Sikorskiii would establish states in the ruins of the Great American War. The Kingdom of Allegheny would be based around the US Midatlantic, but after an argument with TL_Mapping in the chat, Lapania would completely destroy the small kingdom.

Predecessor States
In Earth World 4, Sikorskiii returned to the ruins of Allegheny and rebuilt the city of Port Philadelphia as the city of La Rochelle, and La Rochelle soon blossomed into the largest city in North America outside of Lapania. Despite this, the City State of La Rochelle was still irrelevant in the politics of the server, frequently being passed around between different powers, once annexed by Lapania and later annexed by the burgeoning Aragan Union. KKAP, a former member of Vinland, would move to the Puget Sound and found the Kingdom of Hyprion. Despite Zeattle's large size, it too was a pawn to larger nations, being annexed into Starymglia. At the end of Earth World 4, with La Rochelle and Hyprion under European control, KKAP and Sikorskiii made an agreement to work together to secure their independence in the next iteration of Earth World.

Formation
As planned, when Earth World 5 began, the land once belonging to Hyprion, the City State of La Rochelle, and the plains in between were claimed as the Pan American Union. Not much is known about the time period, except that there was a steady stream of Aragan and Starymglian immigrants who populated the Great Plains and Rockies for the young country. Lapania was recreated in EW5 as Americana Latina, and posed an existential threat to the nation. There was also the issue of the capital, which Aragan players recognized as La Rochelle whereas Starymglians viewed Harvolica, formerly Zeattle, as the capital. As a compromise, a new capital was selected in the Alta Territory, named Portola.

Emergence
Despite the troubles that come with a diarchy, the new central capital in Portola proved to be what the nation needed to get over it, representing a new age for the whole nation. The population was still steadily increasing, as players abandoned the Old World to populate territories on the West Coast and Great Plains, and new players filling in the Rockies. States like Alta, Palomino, San Andreas, and Vinland were founded. The original purpose of states was to give one person, the Governor, the job of promoting growth and population in their region. Two international conflicts involving the new player Doom_Shrooom would see the PAU expand even more. The first being the Carolina-Amazonan War, with the Kingdom of Carolina applying to join the PAU after winning the war. Doom_Shroom, leader of Amazonas, was moved to a new development outside of Portola as a war criminal. The Caliph of Algiers kidnapped them, taking them to Palomino to mine terracotta for him. Once discovered, the Algiers Affair, as it was known, would result in the PAU declaring their first war against the Gherensi Caliphate. The war, while the PAU gained nothing from it territorially, put the nation on the international stage by destroying the Caliph's Palace and defeating the country. Now an established power, Araga and Starym vied for American support, despite a relative lack of development. The King and Starym would sign a pact in case of a war with Araga, while also making a secret pact with Araga to switch to their side. Once the Second World War actually broke out, military leaders in the PAU disagreed on who to support, and ended up declaring support for Starym, but never actually deploying any troops to Araga. Lapania's fading relevancy led to a downward spiral from their leader, Mat, with the Lapanian people requesting admission to the PAU, with both Kings agreeing to annex it shortly thereafter.