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:
 * Java_Sea and donkbd build good relations between Hoeland and Denmark.
 * The nation of Jiafei is founded.
 * May 9th:
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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:
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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.