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:
 * The server officially opens at 14:00 EST. Over 60 players log into the server at the same time, breaking the previous player-count record done at the start of VMJ World.
 * In chronological order, the Serene Republic of the Kerguelen Islands, Jaladia, Hellas, the Kingdom of Moravia, Denmark, the Republic of Tanganyika, the "Great Nation" of England, the Serene Republic of Milwaukee, Deutschland, the Duchy of Warsaw, the Canary Empire, the Syndicalist State of Catalonia, French Lesbos, Jiafei, the Daog Dynasty, the Atlas Empire, Horizon, and Petrichor are founded on this day.
 * Jaladia expands its claim.
 * Kena'an claims the island of Kythria.
 * Vukojebina expands into Istria and into the region of Kotor.
 * Macedonia claims the island of Chios.
 * The Far East Republic claims the Kuril Islands.
 * The Canary Empire expands into Cape Verde and Funchal.
 * Java_Sea and donkbd build good relations between Hoeland and Denmark.
 * The nation of Jiafei is founded.
 * May 9th:
 * Petrichor V and Lemnos are founded on this day.
 * 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.
 * The End dimensions opens on this day at 14:00 EST.
 * 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.
 * The 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:
 * Petrichor V renames itself to Normandy.
 * The 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.
 * The 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.
 * May 24th:
 * The first episode of Mappercraft News is published by GreenThePear about the Sur dispute.
 * Server goes offline due to technical issues.
 * May 30th:
 * Server goes back online.
 * Romania disbands.
 * The Mississippi Empire is founded as the successor to Romania.
 * The nation of Toblarone is founded.
 * Macedonia colonizes the island of Manus in the Indonesian archipelago.
 * May 31st:
 * Cambrian_ leaves Ukraine and founds the Principality of Kirsch in central Chile.
 * The First Polish Republic is founded.
 * Lycia expands into southwestern Anatolia.

June 2022

 * June 1st:
 * Lesbos expands into New Ireland and its surrounding islands in the Indonesian archipelago.
 * The nation of Pacifica is founded.
 * The nation of Antarctica is founded.
 * Cyprus and Lesbos partitions the former territory of Lemnos.
 * The Satrapy of Baragandi is founded in western India.
 * The Mississippi Empire expands their claim northward.
 * June 2nd:
 * The Mississippian-Lesbian War: Mississippi declares war on Lesbos in the later afternoon (EST). Due to his nation's unwinnable circumstances, Lesbos leader bonito_pibb begins destroying his own underground base before Mississippi could. bonito_pibb is spawnkilled several times by Missisippians, especially by AngryBirds. After the 30-minute timer for griefing was up, Mississipians would destroy every structure in Lesbos, causing the later nation to auto-capitulate. The peace treaty is soon signed, which ordered Lesbos to be disbanded and Mississippi to be given two of the former nation's minor islands for a week.
 * The nation of Kirikhan is founded.
 * The Mississippi Empire expands their claim northward.
 * Palestine is refounded.
 * June 3rd:
 * Lesbos expands into western Anatolia.
 * The Mississippi Empire disbands as it is incorporated into Disney.
 * June 4th:
 * Kiwi colonizes the island of Mallorca near the Iberian peninsula.
 * Kena'an expands northward.
 * June 5th:
 * The WHO Empire is founded.
 * The WHO Empire vassalizes Atlantis.
 * The Republic of Milo is founded.
 * Pacifica expands its claim.
 * Ukraine expands its claim.
 * June 6th:
 * Kena'an annexes Palestine.
 * The Kingdom of Temasik is founded.
 * The Emirate of Jamaica is founded.
 * June 7th:
 * The Disney-Atlantis War: Disney declares war on Atlantis at roughly 6 pm (EST). CatMiles quickly surrenders as he is under impossible circumstances. Disney's only terms are for Atlantis to declare independence from WHO Empire.
 * The nation of Atlantis declares independence from the WHO Empire.
 * The WHO Empire unclaims all of its territory in North America and renames itself to Whoville.
 * June 10th:
 * The Republic of Chikania is founded in southeastern Australia.
 * June 11th:
 * The Livonian Republic is founded in the islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa.
 * The nation of Korea is founded in the northern half of the Korean peninsula.
 * Korea renames to the Heavenly Kingdom of Bogsu.
 * June 12th:
 * The Whoville War: Atlantis and Bogsu declare war on Whoville in the late morning (EST). Later, Disney declares war on Whoville as well. After enduring intense destruction, Whoville auto-capitulates to the three-nation coalition. The peace treaty was signed later that night, where Whoville was ordered to disband and have all of its territory be annexed by Bogsu.
 * Japan is disbanded.
 * The Kingdom of Newfoundland is founded.
 * June 13th:
 * Lycia expands further into southwestern Anatolia.
 * June 16th:
 * The Omani Sultinate is founded.
 * June 17th:
 * The Fifth Clowndown KitPvP Tournament is announced, marking the event's return after over a year of dormancy. Initially announced for Sunday, June 19th, it was delayed to the next day.
 * June 18th:
 * The Bogsu-Kiwi War: Bogsu declares war on Kiwi in the later morning (EST), with CatMiles volunteering on the former's side. After an hour of conflict, a peace treaty was signed, which ordered that Bogsu annex the entirety of Kiwi and that all Kiwi members be kicked out of the nation.
 * The Carrotian Monarchy is founded in the Prince Edward Islands near Antarctica, but soon moves to Akimiski Island in Canada.
 * The South Carolinian Republic is founded.
 * June 20th:
 * The Fifth Clowndown PvP Tournament was held on schedule, with there being a winners bracket and losers bracket. The first-place winner was AKx3; second place was jidilamous; and third place was madeyousuffer.
 * The Bogsu-Pacifica War: Shortly after the Fifth Clowndown PvP Tournament concluded, Bogsu declares war on Pacifica. Despite Bogsu's intent to entirely annex Pacifica, only a brief PvP skirmish occurred before Bogsu higher-up izziah offered peace to the Pacfica leader ChanderAustin. izziah and ChandlerAustin eventually signed a peace treaty where Pacifica would give four diamonds to Bogsu. Ultimately lasting only eight minutes, this war is considered to be one of the shortest wars in Mappercraft history.
 * The Bogsu-Pacifica War: Shortly after the Fifth Clowndown PvP Tournament concluded, Bogsu declares war on Pacifica. Despite Bogsu's intent to entirely annex Pacifica, only a brief PvP skirmish occurred before Bogsu higher-up izziah offered peace to the Pacfica leader ChanderAustin. izziah and ChandlerAustin eventually signed a peace treaty where Pacifica would give four diamonds to Bogsu. Ultimately lasting only eight minutes, this war is considered to be one of the shortest wars in Mappercraft history.