Amcaran Social Republic

Amcaran Social Republic
Also known as: Amcar, ASR, Old Amcar
Flag by: NoContextGiven
Coat of Arms by: lilclover
General
Demonym	Amcaran
Activity level	Disbanded
Capital city	Amcar / Amcar City / The Anthill
Settlements	(Formerly): Amcar (Anthill), Arion, Atsasto, Avalon, Irish Space Agency, Apollo (briefly), Hyperius Range
Government
Government	Authoritarian state, later a republic.
Governing document	The Writ of the Ionian Worker The Writ of Amcar's Failures (Incomplete)
• President	Old government troika position; figurehead to the nation.
• Chairman of the Vanguard Council	Old government troika position; heads the elected vanguard council.
• Premier of the Civil Guard	Old government troika position; supreme military commander.
• (A) Vanguard	Old government position; multiple elected vanguards help in the lawmaking and judgement.
• Consul	New government elected position; two consuls act as nation executives.
• (The) Vanguard	New government elected position; acts as tradition keeper and judge.
Formation
Foundation date	18 April 2022
Foundation document	The Writ of the Ionian Worker
Succeeded by	Democratic Republic of Arionic States, New Amcar, The Anthill Settlement
Culture
Ideology	Communist
Motto	Those who do not move, do not notice their chains.
National anthem	Oh Grand Troika (Incomplete) (Very Dumb)
Links
Discord	Archived Discord

The Amcaran Social Republic, also known as Amcar (not to be confused with the settlement Amcar), was a somewhat roleplay-oriented nation that focused primarily on culture, colonization, and community.

During its existence on the server, and somewhat to this day, the people of Amcar spread their obsessively patriotic message across the server, largely through the spam of "Glory to Amcar," a cheap rip on "Glory to Arstotzka" from the game Papers, Please. Amcar was involved with a broad spectrum of nations, but primarily associated with the other major colonial powers such as ImperialNova, UNSC, the Eternal Sith Empire, Primordial, Panacea, Aetheria, and the Allied Sovreign States as a whole.

Although Amcar ceased as a nation in the latter half of 2023, its legacy persists through former members on the server such as Consue and Oliveburger22, and the estranged President Context (NoContextGiven) who can't seem to let go of Amcar despite not wanting anything to do with the server.

History

"Lore"

The workers of the Aret Mining Corporation in the Ionian rise rose up against their corporate oppressors, led by NoContextGiven, Squirrel_deity, and Wynotwin who went on to form Amcar with the Writ of the Ionian Worker.

Actual History

Friends NoContextGiven, Squirrel_deity, and Wynotwin learned of the continuation of Star Legacy and wanted to form a nation together once the server launched. They settled on making a communist nation and chose to settle on Aret due to its especially high resource content at the time, eventually choosing the Arta Ridge South to settle on. Unfortunately, the group had to promptly move after the area was claimed by another faction. This led them to the Ionian Rise North where they would found the settlement of Ionia and, by extension, the Ionian Social Republic on April 18, 2022. Squirrel_deity, Wynotwin, and Context, despite having differing official titles, became equal members of a tri-dictatorship known as the Troika, which became the nation's main executing power.

Shortly after this, the fledgling nation was contacted by one Vortexion who informed them of the name's similarities to his own faction, Iona, and that the similarity in name may draw unwanted attention to the young nation. It was at this point that NoContextGiven came up with the name Amcar, basing it off of the AMC or "Aret Mining Corporation" from the lore they had imagined.

During its early existence, the nation was primarily comprised of the friend group surrounding the original founders, though the original group would slowly withdraw from the server until solely Squirrel_deity, NoContextGiven, and 40spaceshrimp remained as consistent players by the end of the year. A larger portion of the population began to be made up of newer players that joined the nation, especially following the transition to a republican government in late 2022.

Shortly after its formation, Amcar began to look outward for allies and made its first treaty with Aetheria on April 29, 2022, the Amcar-Aether Pact following the Ionian Conference. Amcar would continue to form treaties with likeminded nations including the Eternal Sith Empire, UNSC, and later Primordial and Panacea. These alliances would soon prove to be of great assistance as Amcar found itself embroiled in its first conflict.

Amcar was founded directly east of the nation of Vulnere, a pirate nation that existed within the larger Echelon-sphere. There had been prior skirmishes between the two nations, but the event on May 20 would prove to solidify Amcaran involvement.

On the evening of May 20, many of the people of Amcar as well as allies were online and had planned to host a meeting at Amcar to discuss Amcar's involvement in the chetherite and piracy wars. One player, chirp_bat, was delayed returning to the city from a trading mission and found herself flying at a time that pirates were about. The Amcaran's online, at the orders of NoContext, piloted shuttles and flew out to meet the late trader and escort her back to the settlement. It was a precaution, though the Amcaran's did not expect an attack, or so claimed NoContext in a later report to Squirrel_deity. After some time of flying, the Vulnere pilots suddenly changed course to engage the group. Fortunately, the convoy successfully arrived back at the settlement and the trader was able to disembark and seek shelter within the base; unfortunately, NoContext, inexperienced in ship combat, overestimated his group's chances and chose to engage the enemy and seek a fight. Luckily, the nearby Amcaran allies, representatives Ashparty, Elomilo, and Killer666dog, chose to aid in the battle. Despite this, the shuttles, designed for transport, not combat, fell quickly to sustained fire from the more dedicated warships. As the battle progressed, even with the losses, it seemed that the escort force was likely to win, until the wider Echelon fleet arrived. All defending ships aside from the original trade vessel were lost with no enemy losses (except time and cheth). Shortly after the defeat, a monument was set up in Korfu Trench on Aret, north of Amcar proper, around one of the fallen shuttles.

Monument in Korfu Trench to the first battle over Amcar.

(More historic information will be added here).

Throughout its existence, Amcar was never home to the greatest technological advancement nor the most magnificent of architecture. The majority of the people were strongly loyal, though often found themselves more concerned with other ventures, with the time that was dedicated to the server often being spent engaging in less-than-productive activities, not necessarily helping to advance the nation. The majority of the population enjoyed the roleplay aspects of the nation more than committing to activities that would aid in the long term. The situation was further hampered by constant disagreement within government on how to go about national development. Amcar was always extremely proud and stubborn, though this national pride and sense of identity would lead to the more conservative parties in the administration refusing some forms of aid that were more efficient, solely due to their solutions not fitting well into the culture-specific designs that the nation was committed to. This was best summarized with the "orange fuel tanks," which developed into a sort-of inside joke in the community surrounding Amcar. It was a reference to the NASA-punk Amcaran ship doctrine, where ships would be designed with real spacecraft philosophies in mind, but molded to more of an aesthetic role and changed to fit into the constraints of the server. This often led to more effective ship designs being rejected as "not Amcaran." Control over the early nation was primarily shared between the more conservative and traditionalist Squirrel_deity, and the young, impressionable NoContextGiven. NoContextGiven would often cave to any kind of pressure and was quick to take action on a whim, while Squirrel_deity was much more cautious and conservative, and often refused to sacrifice Amcar's identity to progress.

Even following Squirrel_deity's withdrawal from the nation in mid to late 2022, the nation suffered from a lack of inspiration or motivation, especially NoContextGiven who began to loose a sense of purpose and overall interest in the server, focusing more on other areas of life. The final seal in the first republic (the authoritarian state) was an incident between NoContext and Squirrel_deity that resulted in NoContext briefly leaving the nation before returning with the settlement claim of Kozani Plains in the northwest of Aret, and Squirrel's withdrawl from the nation. The inactivity from Squirrel mixed with NoContext's departure from the settlement led to the main Amcar settlement purging on November 3, 2022.

(To be continued).

Claims

Settlements

Amcar

Main article: Anthill

The settlement Amcar was located in the Ionian Rise North on the planet Aret, and served as the capital of the ASR and the cultural heart of the nation. The settlement was administered by Squirrel_deity, and later by NoContextGiven before the handover. The settlement was colloquially referred to as "the Anthill" by Amcarans to help differentiate it from the nation at large. The name derived from the original base being built as numerous tunnels in rooms throughout a large mountain. Ironically, as the base got further from its original design the name saw greater use. Following the handover and dissolution of the republic, the Anthill became the formal name for the settlement now administered by Consue.

Arion

Main article: Democratic Republic of Arionic States

The settlement Arion was a later addition to the republic, located in the Jeroham Island territory on Lioda. The settlement was administered by Oliveburger22 and was very agrarian in nature. Following the dissolution of the republic, it became the capital of the Democratic Republic of Arionic States, a spiritual successor to the ASR.