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 empire, originally under the guise of agnius06. Mingguo currently has two members, AbolishSuburbs and agnius06; agnius06 left the nation after he was appointed as Prime Minister of Zhongguo, however he came 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 current governor is AbolishSuburbs.

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 United Provinces of Holland, 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 AbolishSuburbs 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 the event, Dajiang was apparently awarded Sulawesi from the leader of the Angevin Empire Goosw.

Independence
After the collapse of Rome concluded, AbolishSuburbs, 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. AbolishSuburbs 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 AbolishSuburbs and agnius06 played significant roles in a single nation, with them also being in Zuiderland and Laurentia.

Nearly immediately after independence, AbolishSuburbs 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, AbolishSuburbs 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 AbolishSuburbs and agnius06 alike have been volunteering in a few wars.

Name Change and Modern Era
On March 29th, AbolishSuburbs 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 AbolishSuburbs 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 reason for this proposal was primarily because AbolishSuburbs 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. AbolishSuburbs, 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, AbolishSuburbs and Mingguo imposed the disbandment of the nation and that all former territory owned by them must be annexed.

As of late, the city of Mizhou is nearly complete; AbolishSuburbs plans to sell property in the city when everything is in order. He is also working on rail lines connecting the country together, north to south and east to west.