Nova balreska

For the Island of Nova Balreska, also known as Verdantium, Click Here. Nova Balreska is the possibly the best nation for trading with; as its now situated in the middle of the Central Tradelands. It was formed out of the remnants of the Verner Expedition following the occupation of Verdantine Sovereignty territory after the Verner Verdantine war. The nation claims the island of Verdantium, with the island as its capital.

Nova Balreska was once known to own Isle Hallengard, formerly Fort Verner, until in early 2017 former Chancellor Wilkos was pressured to release the Isle to Hallengard. Since then, the nation has been noticeably declining.

Many former Chancellors have been know to provoke other, much larger factions. For example Former Chancellor David managed to provoke Burkeland enough to enter into a personal conflict during the NCF and WC Conflict. Nova Balreska was essentially beat up. During that conflict, apparently Fenwick was mortared to pieces, but nobody talks about it anymore.

Nova Balreska was also shortly vassalized by the Purshovian Federation, due to the mistreat of former Verdantine citizens, and is responsible for the famous War of Rhonor's Folly, in which they declared war on Whitecrest. Their were many battles and blockades, and Nova Balreska ended up losing Perth to Whitecrest.

Geography
Compared to nearby Whitecrest, Nova Balreskan territories have been settled much more recently. As such, much of the land is untouched by man. Rocky hills dominate the landscape of the capital, and acres of trees still cover large portions of the island.

On the southwestern part of Nova lies many rows of houses. On the southernmost part of the island, there is a Artillery battery for defense.

In the center of the town lies 2 large buildings. These are connected together through a bridge like structure. This is the shop like area of Nova, were all of the merchants are located, as well as the famous Verdantium Brass works.

Farther up on the Island lies 3 large groups of rocks. On the southernmost of these groups there is another Artillery Battery, which has 2 long guns, and 1 mortar for defense, overlooking the town.

On the lower western point of the island, there is fort Gallent. This highly defended fort holds 5 long guns in strategic positions, and can easily defend the harbor from pirates. The building for the Sword and Star tavern is located on the northern point of the town part of Nova Balreska. It marks as the last reminder of Verdantine Sovereignty in tradelands.

Other Territories:

 * 3 Unnamed Isles. One in between Blackwind Cove and Nova Balreska, One North of Salem, the other Directly West of Hallengard, all technically are under Nova Balreskan control.

Previous Territories

 * Salem - Fell to Nassau Rebels on January 21st, 2020
 * Harrisburg - Recaptured by Burkeland on December 16th, 2019
 * Perth - Conquered by Whitecrest in the War of Rhonor's Folly
 * Fort Verner or Isle Hallengard - Released to the Hallengard Vikings in January of 2017.

Points of Interest

 * The Central Battery is the gun emplacement perched atop a hill in the center of the island. It houses the island's only mortar emplacement. The Southern Battery is situated on the very end of the pier and was purchased by Governor Milbert23 shortly before Tradelands was publicly released.
 * The Sword and Star is a tavern located on the western edge of the island. A homage to the now-defunct Verdantine Sovereignty, the establishment serves a variety of drinks in a setting proudly displaying moments in the Verdantine Navy. A Chessboard and Royal Game of Ur board are available for the entertainment of guests.
 * Fort Gallant is situated on the easternmost point of the island, overlooking the artificial harbor. Named after its architect, TheValiant, the fort was installed in mid-to-late 2015 during Governor Frauns's reign. The location often hosts naval training events.

Local Government
Nova Balreska was a military junta, led by a council formed by the popularly-elected Chancellor, his running mate Grand Sea Lord, and naval Admirals. The Chancellor is the civilian head of the government. He is the highest-ranking diplomatic official, and presides over the rest of the government, guiding them towards meeting goals he sets. He used to be elected by a majority vote among Nova Balreskan citizens, however since 2018 most Chancellors have either couped their way into power, or became chancellor after the current one died in war.

The Grand Sea Lord is the commander-in-chief of the Nova Balreskan Navy. He used to be elected as the running mate along side the Chancellor, however for the last two years have usually gained the title for taking part in a coup, and being promised the title. This title was adopted from the Verdantine Sovereignty.

Admirals are the joint leaders of the Nova Balreskan navy, chosen based on merit by the Grand Sea Lord and Chancellor. They are a part of "High Command" along with the Chancellor and the Grand Sea Lord and have a say in the direction of the national government.

Overall, for the last Several years, Nova Balreskan leadership has been extremely unstable, in some cases Chancellors dying or being overthrown the day after they gained office.

Diplomatic Relations
Government: Military Dictatorship/Democracy

Allies: None

Enemies: Blackwind Pirates, Hallengard, Burkeland, Republic of Nassau

Neutral: Inyola, Kingdom of Whitecrest, Purshovian Federation

Other Notes: 
 * In March 2018, a pact of mutual nonaggression has been signed between Whitecrest and Nova Balreska.
 * Hostility with Inyola occurred due to an incident where the Inyolan Warlord was fired upon by Nova Balreskan naval ships.
 * Hostility with Burkeland due to incidents involving Burkish merchants being fired upon by the Nova Balreskan Navy
 * On August 13th, 2018, Nova Balreska declared war on Whitecrest. They would end up losing Perth to the Kingdom.
 * On September 24th 2018, Nova Balreska formed an alliance with Whitecrest.
 * On February 21 2019, Whitecrest broke their alliance with Nova Balreska.
 * On April 24 2019, Former chancellor The_VoidSource is imprisoned by Whitecrest under charges of espionage and treason.
 * During the December 15th 2019 map expansion update. Burkeland has renewed hostilities with Nova Balreska due to rebellion and Nova occupation of the Burkeland owned islands, Salem and Harrisburg.
 * Since January of 2020, has had hostilities with the Republic of Nassau

Officials
Chancellor: Baklava

Grand Sea Lord: Davisboy2

Head Admiral: omichan1563

Admirals: IcyNiege, StinkyGerm,

Historical Events
Here are certain events that have happened throughout Nova Balreska's history from Nova Balreska's point of view. Revision needed.
 * May 22nd, 2016: Voyage of the Verner Expedition and subsequent shipwreck on what is now Hallengard Isle.
 * May 28th, 2016: The Verner Verdantine war, culminating in the occupation of Verdantine territories, and the Forming of Nova Balreska.
 * January 2017: The War for Hallengard's Independence, resulting in Hallengard's freedom.
 * 2017: Warlord Piao incident, in which the Navy fired upon the Inyolan envoy.
 * 2017: Burkeland merchants incident, in which the Navy fired upon Burkeland citizens.
 * March 2017: Forced vassalization under Purshovia.
 * March 2017: Flippy rebellion, Freed from Vassalization of Purshovia.
 * Mid 2017: Dissolution of the Tri-Alliance, and formation of the Northern Confederation with Hallengard.
 * Mid 2017: Northern Confederation's War on Whitecrest, resulting in the Burkeland Convention being imposed on Confederation member states.
 * Late 2017: Disbanding of Northern Confederation Alliance.
 * August 2018: War with Whitecrest, resulting in the loss of Perth, and many coups.
 * Late 2018: Former chancellor The_VoidSource is imprisoned by Whitecrest under charges of espionage and treason.
 * December 2019: Salem and Harrisburg rebellions pledge loyalty to Nova Balreska, renewing hostilities with Burkeland.
 * December 2019: Harrisburg is lost to Burkeland
 * January 21st, 2020: Salem is lost to Nassau
 * March 15th, 2020 Shortly re gained Perth, but hand it over to Whitecrest immediately.
 * April 2020: Conflict with Hallengard
 * June 23rd: 2020: Couping and Execution of Chancellor Pancakesandsyrup12.

Navy
Nova Balreska, like every other faction has its own navy. Members wear Red Navy Uniforms, and obviously have different rankings. Officer + can spawn in Ships that fly the naval flag. Their naval flag is the flag of the Verner Expedition. The Nova Balreskan Navy has noticeably been declining for the last 3 years, and currently sits at around 330 people.

Their navy weapons are the Balreskan Longsword and the Balreskan Warhammer, although you can no longer craft Balreskan Longswords or Warhammers. You can however craft the warhammer head if you are a navy midshipman, however you need to have a blacksmith in order to do so.

'The slow, but certain ongoing downfall'
After Nova Balreska lost control of Hallengard in early 2017, they had a series of wars with the now fully independent faction that ruined their economy and navy. Things began to steady out slowly, but the damage had been done. In August the next year, ex-Chancellor Rhonor had decided to wage war with Whitecrest. This conflict is termed as the War of Rhonor's Folly (2018). In this war, they lost their last large area of land outside of Verdantium (i.e. Perth). The navy struggled through several more wars until the next year, in December when they gained control of Harrisburg and Salem. Although from the looks of it, gaining control of that much more land seemed wonderful, but their navy was in a bad state, and when Burkeland re-invaded Harrisburg the next day, the Nova Balreskan navy was worse off than ever before. Just 1 month later, the Nassau rebels along with Whitecrest easily invaded Salem. Many fear that Nova Balreska might also collapse.

Former Wars

 * First Hallengard-Nova Balreskan War - October 2016 | Hallengard invaded by pirates, Nova Balreska wished to re-gain control of their former vassal. Nova Balreskan victory, Hallengard becoming vassalized once again
 * Perth Rebellion - October 2016 | Group of pirates wanted to overthrow the Nova Balreskan government, with the help of Hallengard. Joint Nova Balreskan-Whitecrest victory
 * Second Hallengard-Nova Balreskan War - March 2017 | After Wilkos letting Hallengard have full independence, Hallengard declared war, soon did Whitecrest on the side on Hallengard. Purshovia intervened on the side of Nova Balreska. Peace was soon negotiated soon after
 * Flipppyy's Coup - March 2017 | During the Second Hallengard-Nova Balreskan War, some of the navy overthrew the current leaders of Nova Balreska. Lead by Flipppyy, LittleH4X was assassinated. However, Chancellor WantingBlob had escaped.


 * Third Hallengard-Nova Balreskan War - Nova allied with WC to attacked Hallengard.
 * War of Rhonor's Folly - August 13th - 19th, 2018 | Nova declared war on Whitecrest after reports of shots being fired at Nova Balreskan ships. Nova declared war and was blockaded by Whitecrest, taking Perth with them. They were defeated after a series of blockades, raids, and invasions by Whitecrest.
 * War of the Great Swap - November-December 2019 | Nova invaded Perth WC repelled the attack. Later series of swapping islands hence the name.
 * Burkeland Reconquest of Harrisburg - December 2019 | Rebelions on the island of Salem and Harrisburg, the rebels claimed loyalty to Nova Balreska. Burkeland went on to mobilize their navy in order to suppress these rebels and to recapture the islands. Currently, Harrisburg has been successfully taken.

Trivia

 * The War Against the Verdantine Sovereignty, or commonly known as the Verner-Verdantine War, was fought through 3 main battles.
 * Nova Balreska is currently tied as the newest playable faction, along with Hallengard.
 * The Nova Balreskan naval flag is the former flag of Verner Expedition.
 * In around July and August, a war between Nova Balreska and Inyola nearly broke out after an unnamed Nova Balreskan Crewman fired at the Inyolan Warlord. The Warlord came to discuss the issue of pollution from Ironclads with the Chacellor of Nova Balreska, Kagaros.
 * In Latin the word ' Nova' means new, so Nova Balreska translates to "New Balresk".
 * No Chancellor besides from Rhonor has ever served 2 consecutive terms, though some have served more than two terms as Chancellor.
 * Chancellor FlipppyyJr is the son of Chancellor Flipppyy. His father was executed following a failed coup attempt.
 * The Sword and Star is a reference to the now defunct faction "Verdantine Sovereignty".
 * Lowawesome411 and Lovecake52CX have been the only Chancellor-GSL pair to flee to Blackwind, terminating their office early.
 * Kircata went from the rank of Officer to Chancellor in the span of 3 days.
 * Nova has one of the two premium cargo found in Tradelands (the other which is furniture is found in Whitecrest). The Verdantine Brassworks make instrument cargos which can be bought at the Nova cargo seller.
 * Flipppyyjr is the first chancellor to get impeached.
 * Nova currently owns only Salem as Harrisburg has been reconquered by Burkeland.