Commonwealth of America

The Commonwealth of America is a nation in the Northern Hemisphere of the Americas. It was the second nation to be formed in the server, and was formed by Sikorskiii. It was originally a Kritocracy, before turning into a Republic on March 29, 2020. It is bordered by the United Arctic States of Canada to the North, the Atlantic Ocean to the East, the Gulf of Mexico to the South and to its west, unclaimed land. The Commonwealth, as it is commonly referred to as, is one of the leading superpowers on the server, and leads the server in resource wealth, architecture, and population.

Government
The Commonwealth's government is composed of a single legislative body, the Congress of the Commonwealth which meets in Chicago's Congress Hall, and a hybrid judiciary-executive branch, the High Court of Chicago, which is hosted in Tammany Hall. Representatives are elected to the Congress if they receive a simple majority in their state's monthly election. There are five seats in Congress, one for each state (Winnebago, Penobscot, Cherokee, Comanche, and Shoshone). Two days later an election will be held to choose which Representative will be Speaker of the House. The Speaker of the House acts as the lead member of Congress who proposes bills to the other members and acts as the fact of the nation. If a piece of legislation receives a simple majority in Congress, then it is enacted into law. Congress has the authority to issue war declarations, alliances, non-aggression pacts, kick a citizen out, build infrastructure that crosses state borders, and levy resources for the greater good of the nation.

Establishment
The Commonwealth of America started out in the Upper Great Plains when originally founded by Sikorskiii. Soon a temporary capital was set up in Topeka, the first settlement on the server, though the Commonwealth had no formal government. Soon the people of the Commonwealth migrated east to the Great Lakes, even unclaiming some parts of the Great Plains to accommodate the eastern expansion. Chicago soon surpassed Topeka in relevance, with other towns like Fort Pitt, Dauphin, Perth Amboy, and Revere being established in the IRL Northeast. The first nether portal would be constructed in Topeka, and Commonwealth citizens would help slay the Ender Dragon, with Sikorskiii obtaining the Dragon Egg.

Expansion and the Great Patriotic War
Soon an influx of players into the Commonwealth sparked a new expansion, this time southward. Leonese immigrant bonito_pibb would establish Lafayette in IRL New Orleans, which soon blossomed into the largest city on the Gulf of Mexico, even beating Caribbean cities in terms of population and relevance. The South became the most populated part of the entire world, sparked on by the creation of cities like Sherman and towns like Pembroke Beach and Montgomery. The nation struggled infrastructure wise due to the large distances between these major cities. On March 25th, Kirsch troops and elite Iberian troops invaded the Commonwealth. The subsequent Kirschite-Commonwealth War, known affectionately by Americans as the Great Patriotic War, waged by Cambrian_ in an attempt to slow the growth of the power that the commonwealth suddenly gained. However, instead of crippling moral and causing panic, it instead united the Commonwealth against a common enemy With impressive victories in The Battle of Chicago and The Battle of Lafayette, the Commonwealth emerged as an unopposed power on the world's stage. After the war, the nation of Deseret voted to join the Commonwealth unanimously, doubling the nation's land size.