Novaterra
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| Population | 2 |
| Capital | New Amsterdam |
| Leader | FlopsyMC |
| Ideology | Representative Democracy |
| Demonym | Novaterran |
Novaterra is a country in the Dark Sea. The largest city is New Amsterdam, which serves as a political and economic centre, as well as the second largest unbroken inhabited area on Elysia. As of 27th December, 2024, it has a population of 2.
Novaterra shares no land or maritime borders with any country. Novaterra is east of Spawn. It is the largest country by land area. Novaterran territory spreads across six islands. Each of the islands have a province on them, that being New Amsterdam, New Ruhr, New Essen, New Manhattan, Chestnutville, and New Seanánville. Novaterra is strict with their aerial territory, with restrictions on their airspace, and a total ban of all aircraft of any kind on New Amsterdam and New Ruhr.
History
Novaterra is one of the oldest countries on the server, with the earliest evidence of a Novaterran state as early as the 29th of July, 2022. It is a major player in the server history.
Early days
Novaterra was founded by FlopsyMC on the 29th of July, 2022, on a medium-sized taiga island, later called New Amsterdam. Initially, Novaterra was a one-man nation, but ZeBoss07 joined on the 31st. ZeBoss07 constructed most of what is now New Amsterdam.
A short while after, a bridge was made connecting to the smaller New Manhattan. FlopsyMC built a house there and several vanilla farms were made, as well as a mine.
In early August, daysant had began the construction of a gold farm on New Manhattan in an attempt to artificially hyperinflate the Elementian. However, these plans never materialised. Eventually, the farm was decommissioned due to new mechanics for 1.12.2.
World War One
Novaterra was one of the important countries to partake in World War One. There was a white peace, so Novaterra did not gain or lose anything.
Age of Information
Following World War One, Novaterra had many resources. daysant had decided that it would be worthwile investing into the newly added OpenComputers mod. They created the Novaterran Electronics Company to manage such.
Electronic banking
An electronic banking system is in current development by daysant.
Teletext and the NBC
In early November, the development of OC-Teletext began, which was a method used to broadcast text to compatible computers. A subsidiary of the NEC was created, the Novaterran Broadcasting Company. The system went live in late November.
World War Two
On 12/2/2023, New Melbourne had declared independence from Novaterra as Westportia. Although ZeBoss07 had allowed independence on the condition that FlopsyMC, the leader, did not declare war on anyone, FlopsyMC had broken the deal by declaring a war.
FlopsyMC shortly after gave leadership over to xClavice, and daysant had annexed New Melbourne back into Westportia.
Transition to Anarchism
On the 1st of May, 2023, the EPWF had run in the elections, but was defeated.
On the 14th, Daysant (de facto leader of the EPWF), called a vote of no confidence, claiming ZeBoss was not fit to rule due to his GCSES[1] as well as going against the people. The vote passed 3 to 1.
On the 19th, xClavice won the election with the intention of giving daysant presidency after. He did so three days later. daysant immediately set up the Elysian Syndicate.
Economy
Novaterra is an economic and industrial superpower. It has a monopoly over many things such as machining and information technology.
It is the largest importer and exporter of goods in Elysia. The Novaterran economy primarily focuses by importing raw materials (such as iron or gold) and processing them into utilities, machines, or other goods (such as trains or computers).
Novaterra has been repeatedly criticised for its poor handling of pollution in New Ruhr.
Currency
The currency of Novaterra is the Novaterran Pound, symbol £. It is based on the diamond, initially being set to an exchange rate of £100 being equal to a stack of (64) diamonds.
It comes in denominations of £1, £2, £5, £10, £20, £50, £100, £200, £500, and £1000.
Design
Its design is based primarily on the British Pound Sterling. On the left is a semi-transparent white window, with binary in a certain colour down the middle. Golden binary, is the face value, whereas orange binary is the face value times by 100.
On the top-right is the Roman numeral for the denomonation's value.
Most colour is based on the Bank of England notes, but the £100 note is based on the Bank of Scotland, £200 is based off the Euro, and £500 and £1000 are based off of Monopoly money. The £1, £2, and £100 notes are based off old notes issued by the Bank of England, discontinued in 1988, 1821, and 1943 respectively.
Infrastructure
Novaterra has high-quality transport infrastructure. It is the home and base of operations for the Greater Elysian Railways. Novaterra holds a duopoly on locomotive transport, together with ARC.
New Amsterdam has free, public electricity running on an MV network from Immersive Engineering, and free internet connection to all eligible houses. New Ruhr has industrialised, lower capacity LV network for machining. Overall, Novaterra has the highest electricity consumption out of any country.
Technology
Novaterra stands as the sole manufacturer and manager of electronic goods including networking, the Internet, electronic banking, news broadcasting, and hardware. The NTC is based in New Amsterdam.
Politics
Novaterra is a parliamentary, representative democratic republic. Everyone is free to have an opinion of their own as well as having the rights to elect an MP who will become the President of the country.
The President's term is determined by how well the country is ran, if everything is going smoothly, the President remains. If not, he is dismissed from leadership.
Etymology
Novaterra comes from the Latin words nova (new) and terra (ground). Literally translated, it means "new ground".
References
- ↑ For players outside of the UK, a GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education) is the rough equivalent to an American high school diploma. They are a set of exams you must do around the age of 16, before you leave for college (formally known as Sixth Form). College in the UK is after High School and is the last bit of formal education you are required to do before you turn 18. College/Sixth Form pupils are typically Grades 11 and 12 in America.