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|leaders='''Peers of Victoria'''
|leaders='''Senior Peers of Victoria'''
*The Courier
*The Courier
*RyanLion
*Ry
*Tardyllamma
*deathofashes99
*Zezima
*Zezima
|founded=2015
*Cypress
|government=Metropolitan region with decentralized counties.
|founded=*2015
|government=Metropolitan region operating as a federation of cities.
|members=See below.
|members=See below.
|vps=[https://vp.mrw.im/victoria https://vp.mrw.im/victoria]
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The region of '''Victoria''' is a large area in Northern Blizzard that borders New Cypress Hollow, New Beachfield, and Downtown Blizzard. From 2015 to 2023, this area of Blizzard was under control of the wider '''Victorian Republic''', an initial alternative to the [[Kingdom of Palmshire]] that dominated other developed areas of the world. In 2023, Victoria only remains as a cultural, metropolitan subregion in Northern Blizzard.
'''Victoria''' is a large area in Northern Blizzard that borders [[New Cypress Hollow]] and [[Downtown Blizzard]]. From 2015 to 2023, this area of Blizzard was under control of the wider '''Victorian Republic''', an initial alternative to the [[Kingdom of Palmshire]] that dominated other developed areas of the world. In 2024, Victoria remains as a cultural, metropolitan federation of communities in Northern Blizzard.
==Overview==
==History==
===Republican Victoria (2015-2023)===
===Republican Victoria (2015-2023)===
The city of Victoria (by extension, the Victorian Republic) was created in 2015 after declaring it's independence from the AW-based XR, a similar union of cities and worlds. During the republican era, Victoria was the second largest nation within the VP universe, and consisted of six cities at its apex. The republic bordered the [[Kingdom of Palmshire]], which surrounded the capital to the north and south, and extended into the Eternan snow caps. Although its capital was extremely small, the city of Victoria was the largest active city that was not apart of the neighboring kingdom at the time. Although nominally a federal republic, the government of Victoria had a supreme leader whom acted as head of state. The powers of the supreme leader were kept in balance due to the peerage system, in which one or two peers were chosen from the leader of the cities of Victoria, Phoenix City, New Ave, Krynn, and Cannaville. The peers were called in to vote whether to approve or decline major decisions made by the supreme leader. Much of early Victoria's history was surrounded by if it should join the rest of the central Blizzard community by uniting with the Kingdom of Palmshire, which it ultimately did not in 2016. In July 2016, the republic admitted it's first non-VP member, which quickly moved into VP after AWTeen was locked down for building. In January 2017, land-grants were given for the creation of a new, provisional member-state of Cannaville. In November 2017, the second AW-based member, Krynn, was accepted into the republic, and remained the lone AW-based member for the remainder of the republic's duration.
The city of Victoria was created in 2015 after declaring it's independence from the AW-based XR, a similar union of cities and worlds. As much of the essential government moved over from AW to VP, Victoria would become the seat of power for the new Victorian Republic by 2016, which laid claim to a significant chunk of Northern Blizzard that was not taken by existing projects. An immediate issue at the time was Victoria simply being new & not taken seriously by the community. Builders usually chose to work on established projects, particularly those tied to communities affiliated with the [[Kingdom of Palmshire]], which acted as the de-facto community government for Blizzard. Victoria had to rely entirely on bringing over newer people from AW via aggressive advertising, notably individuals such as OptimumPx & GSK who would proceed to do their own things in the long-term.


In February 2018, the republic was dissolved largely in response to the aftermath of the Vinesauce stream and the initial decline of Blizzard's community as a result of community disagreements at large. Issues specific to Victoria at the time also involved builders leaving to pursue other interests. It would not be until 2022 that Victoria would once again resurrect the republican system, but only briefly. In 2023, the republic was formally dissolved in favor of a different system of management for the region.
Cannaville would be created in late 2016, becoming one of the first city projects to openly declare an affiliation with Victoria over Palmshire. This would lead to Victoria itself ceasing any discussion about merging with the rest of Blizzard, choosing to pursue its own agenda. Around the same time, Victoria would spearhead conversations within the larger community via the VP Facebook group alongside [[Summerville]], jointly accusing the Parliament of Palmshire of not fully representing all of VP while imposing laws upon the world of Blizzard itself. This essentially ensured the collapse of Palmshire & its government, as well as that of the [[Lemerican Federation]] due to community fallout, leaving Victoria as the only "national government" operational in Blizzard & her capital being one of only two operational cities (the other being Summerville) for a long period of time.  
===Post-Republican Victoria (2023-present)===
The current immediate area surrounding the city of Victoria is governed largely by devolved, autonomous counties that are otherwise part of the larger Victorian metropolitan area.


The following areas are politically considered '''part of the larger city of Victoria''':
Eventually, advanced notice of Vinesauce coming to visit VP by 2017 would unite all of VP towards putting aside prior drama & trying to fix up the world. Victoria by this point still nominally had a republic, but it was essentially on life-support and only Victoria proper was still an actively maintained city, just barely. Fallout from the Vinesauce visit further outraged the VP community at large, and functionally put many projects including Vicky in limbo. It would not be until the COVID-19 pandemic that a resurgence in interest took VP by storm and resurrected certain projects such as Vicky. By 2022, the Victorian Republic was formally dissolved & the capital itself was again placed in maintenance mode.
*Victoria (Victoria County)
*Sparta (Sparta County)
*Cannaville (Canna County)
*Ryan County


The following areas are considered as being part of the region of Victoria, but aren't associated with the city directly in any political sense:
===Dissolution of the Republic & Modern Victoria (2023-present)===
*New Beachfield, although briefly part of the city in the past, was established much earlier before the idea of a Victorian region came into existence. It is nevertheless largely surrounded by Victorian areas.
The Victorian Republic was dissolved by The Courier because it became untenable & increasingly outdated in a VP that no longer had such an emphasis on nation RP. The only other legitimate community in the republic apart from Victoria was Cannaville, which at the time was also seen as being abandoned by Zeke. However, fallout from changes in AW during early 2023 would spur another burst of interest in VP from outsiders & long-term members alike. Ironically, Cannaville would be revitalized shortly after the dissolution of the republic & play an additional major role in keeping the concept of Victoria as a idea alive. The suburbs of Altes Antiguo & Sparta would also be shortly created around the immediate vicinity of Victoria as well as the second merger of New Beachfield with Vicky, leading to a federation of autonomous communities operating under the banner of a new Victoria.
 
Cannaville became the first city to be ejected from the rest of Victoria under the regional system on October 2024, and shortly after also became the first to rejoin, dissolve, and merge with another community (Sparta) due to internal issues as an independent community.
 
==Government==
The region of Victoria is largely a grouping of federated counties. All of these counties agree to acknowledge that they are apart of the nation of Victoria, although they have a high degree of autonomy in how they operate their individual affairs:
*[[Victoria (city)|Victoria]] (Victoria County), which is also the recognized capital of the region.
*[[Sparta]] & [[Cannaville]] (Canterra County)
*[[Altes Antiguo]] (Altes County)
*[[New Beachfield]] (New Beachfield County)
 
Each county is represented by a Senior Peer, the acknowledged leader of a county, and agrees to collaborate with neighboring other counties towards building up the region of Victoria. These peers can appoint Junior Peers which are recognized city government officials. All are members of the government, known as the Peerage of Victoria, and may be called upon to participate within meetings pertaining to matters involving the region at the request of a Senior Peer.
 
As of October 2024, the Peerage of Victoria consisted of the following members:
*Victoria is represented by '''The Courier''' as a Senior Peer, with '''OptimumPx''' as a Junior Peer.
*Altes Antiguo is represented by '''Ry''' as a Senior Peer.
*Sparta & Cannaville are represented by '''Zezima & deathofashes99''' as Senior Peers. Cannaville originally was an independent community in Victoria, until its merger into Sparta in October 2024.
*New Beachfield was represented by '''Cypress''' as a Senior Peer.
[[Category:Victoria]]
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Latest revision as of 23:55, 28 October 2024

Victoria
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Leader(s)

Senior Peers of Victoria

  • The Courier
  • Ry
  • deathofashes99
  • Zezima
  • Cypress
Founded
  • 2015
Government

Metropolitan region operating as a federation of cities.

Members

See below.

VP Suite

https://vp.mrw.im/victoria

Victoria is a large area in Northern Blizzard that borders New Cypress Hollow and Downtown Blizzard. From 2015 to 2023, this area of Blizzard was under control of the wider Victorian Republic, an initial alternative to the Kingdom of Palmshire that dominated other developed areas of the world. In 2024, Victoria remains as a cultural, metropolitan federation of communities in Northern Blizzard.

History

Republican Victoria (2015-2023)

The city of Victoria was created in 2015 after declaring it's independence from the AW-based XR, a similar union of cities and worlds. As much of the essential government moved over from AW to VP, Victoria would become the seat of power for the new Victorian Republic by 2016, which laid claim to a significant chunk of Northern Blizzard that was not taken by existing projects. An immediate issue at the time was Victoria simply being new & not taken seriously by the community. Builders usually chose to work on established projects, particularly those tied to communities affiliated with the Kingdom of Palmshire, which acted as the de-facto community government for Blizzard. Victoria had to rely entirely on bringing over newer people from AW via aggressive advertising, notably individuals such as OptimumPx & GSK who would proceed to do their own things in the long-term.

Cannaville would be created in late 2016, becoming one of the first city projects to openly declare an affiliation with Victoria over Palmshire. This would lead to Victoria itself ceasing any discussion about merging with the rest of Blizzard, choosing to pursue its own agenda. Around the same time, Victoria would spearhead conversations within the larger community via the VP Facebook group alongside Summerville, jointly accusing the Parliament of Palmshire of not fully representing all of VP while imposing laws upon the world of Blizzard itself. This essentially ensured the collapse of Palmshire & its government, as well as that of the Lemerican Federation due to community fallout, leaving Victoria as the only "national government" operational in Blizzard & her capital being one of only two operational cities (the other being Summerville) for a long period of time.

Eventually, advanced notice of Vinesauce coming to visit VP by 2017 would unite all of VP towards putting aside prior drama & trying to fix up the world. Victoria by this point still nominally had a republic, but it was essentially on life-support and only Victoria proper was still an actively maintained city, just barely. Fallout from the Vinesauce visit further outraged the VP community at large, and functionally put many projects including Vicky in limbo. It would not be until the COVID-19 pandemic that a resurgence in interest took VP by storm and resurrected certain projects such as Vicky. By 2022, the Victorian Republic was formally dissolved & the capital itself was again placed in maintenance mode.

Dissolution of the Republic & Modern Victoria (2023-present)

The Victorian Republic was dissolved by The Courier because it became untenable & increasingly outdated in a VP that no longer had such an emphasis on nation RP. The only other legitimate community in the republic apart from Victoria was Cannaville, which at the time was also seen as being abandoned by Zeke. However, fallout from changes in AW during early 2023 would spur another burst of interest in VP from outsiders & long-term members alike. Ironically, Cannaville would be revitalized shortly after the dissolution of the republic & play an additional major role in keeping the concept of Victoria as a idea alive. The suburbs of Altes Antiguo & Sparta would also be shortly created around the immediate vicinity of Victoria as well as the second merger of New Beachfield with Vicky, leading to a federation of autonomous communities operating under the banner of a new Victoria.

Cannaville became the first city to be ejected from the rest of Victoria under the regional system on October 2024, and shortly after also became the first to rejoin, dissolve, and merge with another community (Sparta) due to internal issues as an independent community.

Government

The region of Victoria is largely a grouping of federated counties. All of these counties agree to acknowledge that they are apart of the nation of Victoria, although they have a high degree of autonomy in how they operate their individual affairs:

Each county is represented by a Senior Peer, the acknowledged leader of a county, and agrees to collaborate with neighboring other counties towards building up the region of Victoria. These peers can appoint Junior Peers which are recognized city government officials. All are members of the government, known as the Peerage of Victoria, and may be called upon to participate within meetings pertaining to matters involving the region at the request of a Senior Peer.

As of October 2024, the Peerage of Victoria consisted of the following members:

  • Victoria is represented by The Courier as a Senior Peer, with OptimumPx as a Junior Peer.
  • Altes Antiguo is represented by Ry as a Senior Peer.
  • Sparta & Cannaville are represented by Zezima & deathofashes99 as Senior Peers. Cannaville originally was an independent community in Victoria, until its merger into Sparta in October 2024.
  • New Beachfield was represented by Cypress as a Senior Peer.
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