Lucite

Overview

The Empire of Lucite, founded as the Republic of Lucite, and previously, during the Interbellum Period, when its government was contested, the Union of Lucite (Budapest Faction) and Confederacy of Lucite (New Hanson Faction), was a nation of the 2015-2017 1.8 map iteration. It is famous for its approach on the concept of nations on PCB, and is often described as being "the nation that set the rules of nations."

The Capital of Lucite was Budapest, a beautiful and sprawling city that was voted as the Best City of PCB in July of 2017.

Generally, Lucite is split into three different periods, each being marked by major conflicts and reforms. The marker that splits these periods is the Lucitian Civil War.

Antebellum History

Lucite was founded by jmvvana and Ramona (then, KingJohn | Morpheus | King of Sweden, and plenty of other aliases) after the Budapest Pact of September, 2015.

Nations prior to the dawn of Lucite were largely unorganized and almost completely demilitarized. At its founding, the country was a group of cities under a single flag, with each city presenting one representative (typically the mayors of said cities), to the Congress of Lucite. Each member of Congress had equal voting power, and each bill presented for debate required a simple majority to pass. The President of Lucite served as the moderator for proceedings and had no additional, special powers among the rest of the legislative assembly. Under this system, Lucite rapidly expanded, and its influence grew exponentially.

Congressional meetings were held often, and the sharing of ideas and passing legislation occurred often. In this time, the Lucitian presence on the Alga Sea—the first idea of national claims through the construction of fortresses and small cities in strategic locations. In this time as well, diplomatic relations were created with some of the first nations and cities, such as Freehold.

Lucite went to war with many nations over its history, but among the most notable was the Greenville War, often colloquially called "the First World War of PCB." It was in this intense war-period that cities began to mass weapons together and use them in wars. Following an allied victory against Greenville, the executive office of Lucite was restructured, with the Presidency being scrapped and replaced with a Prime Ministry. Claudia, the representative and founder of Clarita, was elected to serve as the first Prime Minister, and Congress became Parliament.

A few months following the end of the Greenville War, Lucite and the State of Qatar entered a period of Cold War. Following the revelation that Qatar used several members of the Lucitian Parliament to infiltrate and undermine the state, seeking its collapse; many nations ceased operations out of a fear of banishment, including Lucite itself. Many reforms were thereafter taken, and, after several stagnant months, Lucite returned to full operations with a newly-elected Prime Minister Jmvvana at the helm. At this point in its national history, countless cities and other nations were absorbed, leading to the creation of a massive military that dwarfed all other nations combined.

The Republic of Lucite would come to an end in-name-only following the merger of the UAE and Lucite into the Lucite Empire, which was comprised of two factions, the Confederacy (western portions of Lucite, under the rule of KingJohn and the Imperial Family of Hanson), and the Union (eastern portions of Lucite, under the rule of Prime Minister Jmvvana). Tensions of governance arose between these two factions over a period of several months, leading to KingJohn's Rose Act, a formal secession proclamation. The signing of the document has been marked as the beginning of the Lucitian Civil War.

Interbellum

At the beginning of the Civil War, the Unionists held the advantage, with a majority of cities choosing to remain on the side of Budapest. In the Confederate portion of the Empire, with a government based in New Hanson, there existed merely a fleeting position of power.

Over the period of a few weeks, the following events occurred:

• Jakegrad experienced systematic, ideological change that led to its abandonment of the Confederacy and loyalty proclamation to the Union.
• Following the example of the City of Jakegrad, many Confederate cities return to the Union or declare total independence or neutrality in the matters, leaving only the confederate capital, New Hanson, and Dubai
• The City of Dubai declares neutrality in all matters, effectively guaranteeing the victory of the Budapest faction.
• KingJohn is banished. New Hanson falls inactive in this banishment period, and the Unionists effectively become the empire-in-totality.

Following the Civil War, the PCB Administration, after discussion on a forums post evaluating the rules of nations and wars, decided to outright ban wars entirely. Hence, this was the last major conflict that involved destruction of buildings and military equipment between nations. This was not, however, the end of cold wars and high tensions between differing states, which filled the void of major conflict.

The Civil War ultimately brought an end to the dual-government system of Lucite and most of its democratic policies. Major reforms occurred following the Budapest faction victory.

Postbellum

Following the Lucitian Civil War and the Unionist Victory, elections were halted, major infrastructural and governmental building improvements were achieved, and Prime Minister Jmvvana was declared Emperor, with EstevaoBuilder serving as Consul. Once again, the world was unbalanced in a unipolar system favoring Lucite.

Among the Governmental Building improvements was the creation of the Reichstag building in Budapest, a building which has become featured in the Monarch map. The Reichstag was built by Estevaobuilder, Leobhz, tuzao, jmvvana, and several other helping.

To continue expansionist idealism, Emperor Joseph and Consul Estevao wrote a crucial document called Project Radix. Towns and cities, forts, missile bases, naval coalitions, fighter squadrons, tank divisions, were all created as a result of this document, as well as the extension of JMVRail.

In a new era of Cold Wars, Lucite began to see neighboring states, such as Apex, a nation with cities on the Alga Sea, as potential threats to their hegemony. Following the proclamation of the Republic of Bayonne and thus freedom of Freehold from Apex, Lucite declared itself the victors and established the Alga Sea Treaty Organization (ASTO) to prevent future conflict. Tensions remained high among most nations in a system of forced rivalry, but none could go to war. Thus defense treaties and land claiming seemed the most effective way of setting borders and demarcation zones. More cold wars would follow the Apexo-Lucitian conflict, such as the cold war with Lunden on the Belport Sea where a massive military presence was established in New Concordia by the Emperor and the Imperial Admiral, Ryicidal. The final cold war was the three-way cold war with Volare and Neo-Canada, notably ending on 4/20. The Demilitarized Zone between the walls constructed outside of Konin, Portland and Volare was quickly overgrown with fields of marijuana, and tanks were left immobilized among the fields.

End and Legacy

At the end of the 1.8 Creative Map, Lucite remained the largest nation by size, member count, city count, presence, and military structure. Despite its controversial standing, the actions of Lucite inspired the operations of nations in the future, as well as led to the administration to create rules to address and limit conflict between nations, leading to a statement on a forum post by Lucite's long-lasting leader, Jmvvana (Joe), that "...nations don't have power over anyone, they are to be like a sticker or a fancy hat you can wear."

Lucite was officially and permanently disbanded with the end of the map, though, its legacy provides both an insight on the limitations of nations, as well as a goal for the creation of a similar community for many seeking to create nations in the future.

Cities

• Abcrussia
• Al-Aquiab
• Austria
• Axiom
• Belport
• Bordelon
• Botanic
• Brackley
• Budapest
• Calliope
• Clarita
• Columbus
• Concordia
• Copacabana
• Donton
• Earth City
• Fort Copacabana
• Fort Springsteen
• Fort Wallace
• Frank Island
• Greenville (Greenville War)
• Hiezan
• Huntsville
• Iris Naval Base
• Jakegrad
• Kestria
• Kistelek
• Konin
• Lincoln
• Lucidium
• Lunden (Protectorate of Lucite)
• New Concordia
• New Hanson (withdrew)
• New Havana
• New Silvermoor
• Oakland
• Ontario
• Paris
• Prymont
• Rhodes
• Ricco Bay
• Salzbaden
• Seattle
• Vienna
• Zutphen

• And more unnamed/forgotten cities