Newfoundland

The Federal States of Newfoundland (formally Newfoundland, Eastern Canadian Empire) is a nation led by NickMcNicholson, its capital is Newfoundland City.

History
The nation of Newfoundland was formed when Nick and Doodles realized they would need allies to help protect their new town. With some donations from outside help, the two were able to create Newfoundland - the nation. From there they agreed to many alliances and joined the United Nations.

The First Wave
In an attempt to make Newfoundland a tight knit community, while still having many players, the founding members began aggressively inviting people who were either new or townless. This first wave of invites began June 19th, 2021. In their attempt they had found quite a few new members and for a while, Newfoundland was thriving as a city-state. But there were some issues like toxic players and pvp players; for the most part the leading members were able to handle it. As the expansion of the nation grew, it caught the attention of the Commonwealth, the superpower of North America. They had requested that Newfoundland joined them to create a Greater Canada; in a democratic vote, the Newfoundland citizens unanimously voted against it. However, on July 4th, 2021 the Great Schism occurred that ended the first wave of invites.

The Great Schism
While Newfoundland was on the rise, its leaders began inviting every person they saw to boost their population total but this ended up being a costly mistake as a group of toxic players joined the town. They starting causing issues that almost started a multi nation war against Newfoundland. Luckily, the Newfoundland leaders were able to handle the international issue. Before punishments could be handed out, a player known as Munch killed Duchess Doodles. He and his friend James then killed King Nick in an ambush before leaving the town to create their own. They had threatened war on false claims of the leaders being unfair and "working them like sweatshops". However, on July 30th, 2021, their new town was discovered to have been destroyed; Munch and James had gone M.I.A.

Creation and Expansion
During the end of the Great Schism, the leaders were most skeptical on inviting people which led to the decline of expansion as they focused more on building the nation. The royal castle project had begun and new works were being constructed. After some time, new people were invited once more and it was decided that JustinCharles would leave to start Newfoundland's second town Stephenville, on July 10th, 2021, officially marking the end of Newfoundland's "city-state" status.

New World Presence
As expansion on the main island continued, new world powers were rising. While at one point, the FSN was the 3rd biggest nation, others began surpassing it. One such nation was the North Star Empire, located in northern Canada. An uneasy alliance was made to prevent hostilities, while the North Star Empire began rapid, hostile expansion moves. While this was happening the FSN continued to make alliances with the world's superpowers to ensure the FSN's safety. When the leader of the North Star Empire, Alaff, was banned for 2 days, it was thought that he would seek vengeance on the FSN, since Nick was the one to ban him. However after the ban, it was less than 24 hours later, on September 6th, 2021, that Alaff disbanded the NSE to merge with Chadtopia and he would later be permabanned, ensuring that he would no longer be a threat to FSA.

September Revolution
Despite the fair leadership of King Nick, some of the founding members grew more upset over the lack of having a voice at the national stage. Due to the alliance created with the North Star Empire being done without the approval of the Newfoundland Royal Court, it made several members realize that they may not be represented. This created two parties, the National Communist Party of Newfoundland (NCP), founded by Tsuki and Justin, whose beliefs were that the monarchy should be abolished for democracy, and the Loyalist Party who believed the crown should stay. This all boiled over on September 8th, 2021 as the leaders of the NCP broke into the king's home and stole his stuff to hold as hostage until he could speak with them. While the revolution never turned violent there were talks of Stephenville leaving the nation if a new government was not put into place and there was a heated debate between to the two factions over how the country should operate. Ultimately, a compromise was had in which the monarchy would transform into a republic. The Eastern Canadian Empire was then renamed to the Federal States of Newfoundland with Nick being the de facto president until elections could be organized, ending the revolution.

Trivia

 * The Federal States of Newfoundland has been the biggest peaceful nation on EarthCraft since late June, 2021.
 * The Federal States of Newfoundland, as of September 8th, 2021, has never been in an offensive seige.
 * The Capitol, Newfoundland City, was the biggest town on the server from July 1st, 2021 until August 17th, 2021.
 * The Federal States of Newfoundland is the oldest nation still active in Canada, with the capitol being the oldest active city in Canada.