Valencia

The Popular Republic of Valencia (official name: Popular Republic of Valencia, the Lower Ebre, Thailand, the Guianas and the Antilles; formerly Popular Republic of Valencia and the Lower Ebre and Popular Republic of Valencia, the Lower Ebre, the Guianas and the Antilles), shortened as Valencia or even as the PRV, was an independent coastal territory founded by GeoScratch. Its capital was at a mistakingly located urban area of Valencia, where the most historical monument of the country, Geo's House, remained.

The PRV bordered Burgundy to the north, the United Kingdom of Great Britain, New England, Ireland, Southern Spain, and Jutland to the west and the Mediterranean Sea to the south and east, though Valencia also had a maritime boundary with the German Empire between it and Balearic Islands, controlled by Germany. In Latin America, the PRV bordered unclaimed parts of Colombia and Brazil; while in Thailand, Valencia shared borders with British Raj to the west and Burgundian-occupied Indochina to the east aswell as unoccupied territories in China.

Pre-Independence History
On February 19th, 2021, at 16:55 CET, out of a sudden, former Bruhyluven member GeoScratch joined the Bruhyluven Discord server and Minecraft server alltogether after he needed a break from doing homework. He announced his plans to form a nation in what then was UN-occupied Valencia. This was the first time Geogranerd logged on to the server since around September 2020, before the reset, when he quit.

Independence
Geo proclaimed an independent, popular republic at around 17:05 CET, and a United Nations vote about the sovereignty of the territory followed soon after, eventually welcoming Valencia into the union. He adopted a flag which consists of the Catalan senyera defaced with a red horizontal diamond which contained a yellow five-pointed star, and later made a flagpole for it - the biggest one in the server.

Development
From then onwards, small structures started to be built. On February 21st, Geo upgraded the central path into an avenue, and soon after with the tremendous help of Belastan, a port neighborhood and its respective port was constructed in the Gulf of Valencia. Belastan (as Thailand) and Geo would later form the ICOS economic union, which would also later include the Republic of Indochina, Korea, Romania and Australia.

On February 25th, 2021, at 10:12 CET, Geogranerd claimed a new area of land overseas due to the lack of space in the Valencian mainland; which he would name Valencian Latin America. Also on the morning of February 25th, Geo named all paths and roads existing in Valencia.

Later in the evening of the same day aswell, Valencia decided to establish formal relations with the Bosnian Empire, founding the first ever Valencian embassy, which was constructed in Sarajevo. Around the same time, the Pact of Iberian Nations, an organization dedicated to discussing regional issues and transnational projects in Iberia, was announced and afterwards founded; with Valencia and the UKNESS (now UKGBNEISSJ) as members, along with the United Nations zone to the north of Iberia and the SCP Foundation also collaborating in the pact.

On the evening of February 26th, very few events happened; Geo decorated Valencia with an urban farm, and also cleared a patch of jungle in Venezuela. On February 28th, Geo, after finding out that he had claimed Hispaniola island for Valencian Latin America and that Ontario had previously claimed it for Burgundy, withdrew his claim and incorporated the Bahamas instead.

On the morning of March 9th, Valencia gained a military. Six days later on the morning of March 15th, Bela, the leader of Thailand, announced that he would be giving mainland Thailand to Valencia after he left the server due to tensions. This also gave ownership of ICOS to the PRV.

A Valencian embassy in the Cape (UKGBNEISSJ), and a British embassy in Valencia (the Embassy-on-sea) were both constructed on March 29th. In April 1st, the same happened with Germany, with a Valencian embassy in Neu Berlin and a WIP German embassy in Valencia being built.

On April 16th, the Valencian airforce was inaugurated in Thailand as a response to Burgundy's then-recent annexation and militarization of Indochina (now Ordenstaat Südostasien). The PRV's military saw a massive expansion afterwards. On April 19th, two more countries had Valencian embassies constructed, those being Tunisia and the United Republics of America.

End
On April 28th, 2021, after chunks started corrupting around the server, a vote was held on the Bruhyluven Discord server to reset the server for the second time. The vote won, and Valencia, along with the entire second edition of the Monecraft server, soon became history.

Geography
Valencia's territory was divided into three zones; the mainland (Catalan-speaking area of the Valencian Community aswell as small parts of southeastern Aragon and Catalonia south of the river Ebre/Ebro), Valencian Latin America (consisting of French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela and all of the Caribbean besides Cuba, Hispaniola and Jamaica), and mainland Thailand.

Valencia
In the Valencian mainland (which operated as a separate region and consists of only one city, Valencia), there were 4 border crossings, one with Southern Spain at Crevillent, another one with Southern Spain at Llíria, and two with Burgundy (formerly the UN-occupied zones of Aragon and Catalonia) in Casp and Amposta respectively, though the latter was closed down by Burgundy.

Geo's House, built around the Cap de la Nau area, already existed before Valencia gained independence, but Geo modified it for it to have many entrances. In the south there was a small music area with two note blocks, a chest and a jukebox; a national park called the Diorite National Park (jokingly declared by Geo as there was an observable mineral vein); and small beach with an isthmus connecting to the British embassy. Nearby in the center-south there also was a government building under construction.

In the north of Valencia, the only notable structure was The Sanctuary, an underground facility built on a former lake. Tucked in the hills of northern Valencia, it also contained territory under Burgundy and the United Kingdom. It was founded by NBC and Spatula "to escape the perils of politics and to kick back with your local pandas and bees", and until the second reset contained 2 saunas, a bee sanctuary, a panda cave, animal spawners, a mini-Nether and mini-End, a bar and grill, a polar zone, an aquarium and an underground village named Sanctuary Caves. A port neighborhood also existed, with its respective port having a quay with nine berths in total. A canal between it and the mainland formed when the area was constructed, dubbed the Valencian Canal. There are only two structures in the zone, in cronological order of construction the Confederal Assembly of the Valencian People and an office and residential building named "The Port Offices".

Both a road system and a railway system (Valencian Raiways, with a lane going from its north to its south), went through the entire mainland.

A list of roads in Valencia can be found below:


 * Ebre Road
 * Road to the Sanctuary
 * Highlands Road
 * Coastal Valencian Road (A-1, A-2)
 * Road to the UK
 * Buenaventura Durruti Avenue
 * Road to Cape Nau
 * Port Avenue
 * Bend Street
 * Europe Street
 * Balearic Avenue

Valencian Latin America
Valencian Latin America occupied the lands of the four Guianas and all of the Caribbean except Cuba, Jamaica and Hispaniola island. Right when it was incorporated into Valencia, it used to contain Hispaniola and not the Bahamas.

Despite it being inside the Popular Republic, it was not a colony. No structures have ever been built in Valencian Latin America.

Thailand
Mainland Thailand, an autonomous region of Valencia, consisted of the lands real-life Thailand had got plus Myanmar, peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. It had five buildings: the Thailand Parliament House, the border control hut, Sandstone Towe, Millennium Hilton Hotel and New Bangkok Tower; the latter three of which were a work-in-progress.

Its only city, Bangkok, served as its capital.

Government
Although its official name suggests Valencia is a republic, and it de facto had the title of 'nation', it was an anarchist territory, the only one to be so in the server. No leaders exist, though Geogranerd owned Valencia, officially having the title of president. Anyone was able to join the country, however to do actions such as building and destroying blocks a person would need permission from Geo.

Democratic gatherings were sometimes held both in the Valencian Confederal Assembly and in the Thai Parliament House.

Army
Valencia's land army was made up of a total of nine VJD-01 (standing for Valencia Jungle Dominator and the tanks' version number) medium tanks positioned in eastern Thailand, aswell as a heavy tank located on the roof of the Confederal Assembly, which also served as a monument.

There were many soldiers stationed both in mainland Valencia and in Thailand, including 3 high-ranking soldiers in the latter territory and 2 in the former.

Navy
Valencia had a navy comprised of four gunboats, all located in the Gulf of Valencia. Prior to the construction of these, Valencia possessed a joke navy made up of a small canoe called the Geoboat.

The four warships each had an assigned soldier.

Airforce
The airforce of the PRV possessed the forces of eight GG-01 heavy fighter-bombers located in eastern Thailand, aswell as three Dragonfly Model A fighter jets and one B-17 plane from the URA further inland.