Zuiderland War

The Zuiderland War, also known as the Zuider War or the First Zuiderland War by some was a war that occurred on Solace World 2 from February 20th to February 22nd, 2020. It occurred when the nations of Iberia and the Principality of Kirsch declared war on Zuiderland in an aim to stop the spread of communism, with backing from the Commonwealth of America and the Caribbean Empire on the former nations' side through volunteering. This was the last war to use the old Mappercraft Rules; all later wars in Solace World 2 and succeeding worlds would use the current rules.

Prelude
Several days before the war, members of Zuiderland had arrived in the city of La Jagua in the the Caribbean Empire and essentially took it hostage by doing things such as flipping trapdoors. After finding out about this, the Prince of Kirsch Cambrian_, leader of the Commonwealth Sikorskiii, and leader of Iberia Tomad began to believe that Zuiderland was planning a series of invasions to subjugate the rest of the world and to "establish communism". The discovery of Zuiderland's mob farms — which included a general mob farm, a Drowned farm, and an Enderman XP farm in the End dimension — using the Dynmap that Sikorskiii himself provided only justified these people's suspicions. However, Zuiderland nor its leaders The_Ohioan and agnius06 never planned on declaring war on any nation; the nation had pursued an isolationist foreign policy since its establishment. Regardless, after two PvP skirmishes that took place in the nation of Malacca against Zuiderland their suspicions seemed to be confirmed.

War
On February 20th, 2020, just a few hours after the second skirmish in Malacca, the Principality of Kirsch and Iberia declared war on Zuiderland, with their casus belli being to stop the spread of communism. A few Commonwealth members, specifically Sikorskiii, bonito_pibb, and TGamer15 volunteered on the side of Kirsch and Iberia, along with Emperor of the Caribbean LordKarutemo.

The first day of the Zuiderland War saw a considerable amount of griefing, although very little PvP due to the fact that Zuiderlander forces would run away from battle using elytra and/or tridents. Kirschite and Iberian forces griefed and decimated the Zuiderlander secret base in New Zealand, destroying the stockpile of items they had there and the farms they had in there. In addition, they did a large amount of damage to the capital of Zuiderland Janszoonstad, as well as destroyed the drowned farm that was positioned in the interior of the nation. On the other hand, Zuiderland focused most of their attention on griefing Kirsch, doing considerable damage to the Drei Großadmiralsburg fortress. They also did minor damage to Iberia, although it paled in comparison to the destruction that occurred in both Zuiderland and Kirsch.

The second day of the war (February 21st) saw more destruction, albeit it was less than it was the previous day. An attempt were made to forcibly end the war by Cambrian_ early in the day by sending Zuiderland a peace deal with terms that included rollbacks for both sides and making their mob farms public; though, this was not successful as The_Ohioan and agnius06 ignored him. After this, Kirschite and Iberian forces griefed the settlement Zuiderland (specifically StanFlash) had on New Caledonia, as well as other parts of the nation. Meanwhile, agnius06 griefed the newly-made mob farm Kirsch had off the coast from their nation; in addition, StanFlash griefed their camp at Geiersburg. These two griefs would be at the center of controversy, in which Kirschites attempted to get both of them banned for illegal griefing. It was made more contentious due to the fact that rules were in the process of being changed at the time. Ultimately, agnius06's grief of the mob farm was considered legal by owner FlamingArrow06, while StanFlash got banned for his grief the next day after a long staff discussion. Another controversy that occurred in regards to the war at this time was Commonwealth volunteers griefing Zuiderland. bonito_pibb had been banned the previous day for illegally griefing as a volunteer and attempts were made by agnius06 and The_Ohioan to ban Sikorskiii and TGamer15 for doing the same; however, these were not successful.

The third and final day of the Zuiderland War (February 22nd) saw very little destruction on either side. Kirsch, Iberia, nor Zuiderland had capitulated due to them having settlements still standing. The 48 hour limit for war was reached on this day, which brought in a subsequent conclusion to all griefing and fighting that had been going on.

Result
Even though the 48 hour limit for war was reached and attempts were made to end the war beforehand, no cohesive peace deal was ever reached. Both sides were griefed heavily, with Iberia suffering the least damage. Some people, particularly those on the side of the Iberians and Kirschites, argued that Zuiderland had lost the war, while Zuiderlanders thought the war was near equally destructive for both sides. Ultimately, all three nations involved in the war had their settlements rolled back to what they were before, marking the final time rollbacks were used as a consequence of the aftermath of wars, not for any illegal griefs.