An often not discussed topic is Siberium in China, whilst this period may have been very brief it has been crucial to the Alliance due to the Taiwan Port which threatens Japanese hegemony in the Pacific and as of right now controls it.

All this success can be credited to 2kwa, EighthJason925 and McBurgerWarrior. EighthJason925 founded the town of New_Taiwan and toggled it unpeaceful so it could join Siberium.

EighthJason925 invited the likes of me, Kolixzx and CRAVYC to join him in New Taiwan. CRAVYC joined first and remained the longest there out of the trio.

Soon after me and Kolixzx joined the town, we decided to look for a place to make a town, we initially were going to make it where the town of Malacca is currently. However, McBurgerWarrior advised us not to as it is too isolated by the opponents and may not have range.

Therefore, we decided to make the town of New Xanhai, south of the town Niigata. CRAVYC soon followed by making Flopper Town  just below New Xanhai.

The Town of Haerbin, the former Chinese Capital, also joined thanks to the efforts of Naluzzz of reclaiming it off Tallishstorm.

Another, honourable mention is the town of Alibaba whose mayor at the time was Pg69_, a perm-banned player for duping, joined aswell further strengthening Siberium’s position in China.

Downfall:

I left New Xanhai briefly to help McBurgerWarrior reclaim Faith, however Kolixzx didn’t log on for a week after that and I didn’t have his discord at the time so I thought he quit so I briefly joined Nadym then made a town in Southern Arabia. In Nadym, McBurgerWarrior and I had a conversation in which McBurgerWarrior said he would prefer for EighthJason925 to expand in Mirage (Arabia).

Meanwhile, Kolixzx had returned and merged his town with CRAVYC and they decided to make a nation in China but had little support from Siberium so they saw an empty unclaimed fort in Finland and moved there instead. They are now rulers of the Finnish Empire.

I decided to leave Siberium for Persia and in the midst of all this, Siberium not having a proper fort in China decided to toggle New Taiwan to peaceful and leave it as a port with trust for Siberium and Alliance Members instead. However, as you may know New Taiwan is in Siberium again as it has range to Siberium’s fort of Sentinel in Eastern India.

During Persia’s existence, Mangoooishere pursued the policy of neutrality which was a major boost to the early development of the nation. However, with the rise of the Quintessence Syndicate, this neutral status was not to be maintained for much longer unless Persia joined the Alliance or Coalition. Something we desperately wished to avoid as our principles would be meaningless.

So we began to look for other fellow nations who wished to pursue neutrality yet still be able to defend themselves with the help of allies. Knowing that the Alchak Federation was an advocate for neutrality, the Persian Leadership approached the Alchak Leadership and began to discuss plans of a defensive pact in which either nation would defend the other , should they be sieged in the future. The Alchak Federation using their friendship with the Dominion of Teyvat, began to include them in the negotiations . The Mashriqi Caliphate, led by vectyl and GingfulGlider expressed their interest aswell  and so did Eastern Columbia. The negotiations were finished and it was agreed upon that the defensive pact was to be coined as the ‘Grand Republic’.

Initially, at the start there was a lot of work to be done and many things not agreed upon, such as matters of policy and criteria of if a nation was allowed to join the pact. The States of Ember and USSR both applied to join the pact but both were denied due to concerns raised about both nations and how they would contribute to the Pact. Persia and the Mashriqi Caliphate both used their influence to deny any further application from both nations to join the pact.

Unfortunately, Persia disbanded due to Mangoooishere being occupied with other duties in real life and the Dominion of Teyvat de-facto merged with the Siberium Federation to form the Siberium Dominion.

However, this did not prevent the pact’s defensive capabilities from being weakened as a joint Grand Republic defence of Beograd led to an overwhelming victory thanks to the efforts of the Alchak Federation, Mashriqi Caliphate and Eastern Columbia in February 2025.

In March 2025, The recently-formed Duchy of Lithuania, led by Konstantin_XI and the Finnish Empire, led by CRAVYC and Kolixzx, joined the Grand Republic further strengthening it’s defensive capabilities.

I think this is great for organising attacks and making opposite nations do strategical moves