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Verner Expedition

The Verner Expedition Flag is still used today by the Nova Balreskan Navy.

Background

Nova Balreska is a faction in the Grand Isles. 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.

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Nova Balreskas Capital, Verdantium.

Nova Balreska was also shortly vassalized by the Purshovian Federation, due to the mistreatment of former Verdantine citizens, and is responsible for the famous War of Rhonor's Folly, in which they declared war on Whitecrest. There 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, where 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:

Previous Territories:

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. Chancellors are elected to their positions by the citizenry. In the past, Chancellors had couped their way into power, or became chancellor after the current one died in war.

Admiral is the commander-in-chief of the Nova Balreskan Navy. Admirals are assigned by the chancellor. The old title for this position was Grand Sea Lord, originating from the Verdantine Sovereignty.

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

Diplomatic Relations

Government: Democracy

Allies: None

Enemies: Blackwind Pirates, Hallengard

Neutral: Kingdom of WhitecrestRepublic of Nassau

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: DrDiggeridoo

Admiral: AlleyCaaat

Vice Admiral: Itz_TatSu

Commodores: stereoisomers

Historical Events

Here are certain events that have happened throughout Nova Balreska's history from Nova Balreska's point of view.

  • 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.
  • December 26th 2020: Nova Balreska reclaims Perth.
  • December 28th 2020:Nova Balreska sieged Fort Saint Christopher
  • January 12th 2021: Chancellor FlipppyyJr is re-elected

Revision needed.

Current and Former Chancellors

Chancellors, Grand Sea Lords, and Admirals Time of Reign History
Chancellor Kagaros

Grand Sea Lord gtpower3

August 2016 - January 2017 Former Chancellor Kagaros was the Governor of Verner Expedition, before he was naturally chosen as the first Chancellor of Nova Balreska.
Chancellor WilkosGamingGrand Sea Lord aaron28267 January 2017 - Febuary 2017 Won the first election of Nova Balreska. Worked toward building a more powerful navy.
Chancellor David89091

Grand Sea Lord TacticalCarrot

February 2017 - March 2017 After a decent time as Chancellor, David89091 was forced to step down by Admiral Marochev on behalf of the Purshovian government. His successor to be chosen by the Purshovian government.
Chancellor wantingblob

Grand Sea Lord LittleH4X

March 2017 - March 2017 Chosen to represent the Purshovian people who've been neglected since the Nova Balreska reign, Former Chancellor wantingblob was chosen by the Purshovian government. During a surprise attack on the peace treaty with Whitecrest, the former Grand Sea Lord LittleH4X was killed by the rebellion. (Later it was said he lived out of some miracle). The former Chancellor wantingblob was then ousted from leadership by the rebellion.
Chancellor Flipppyy

Grand Sea Lord TacticalCarrot

2nd Reign

March 2017 - April 2017

After taking over the Nova Balreskan leadership via rebellion, former Chancellor Flipppyy became the new leader.
Chancellor David89091

Grand Sea Lord xXMaroufiXx

2nd Reign

April 2017 - July 2017

The former Grand Sea Lord xXmaroufiXx was very influential in diplomacy with other factions and also improved the navy.
Chancellor LittleH4X

Grand Sea Lord Predator

July 2017 - September 2017 Former Chancellor LittleH4X worked toward improving the navy.
Chancellor FlipppyyJr

Grand Sea Lord sandstorm321

September 2017 - February 2018 Due to the failed coup of former Grand Sea Lord sandstorm321, sandstorm321 was replaced with now former Grand Sea Lord lowawesome441. Nova Balreska was also freed from vassalage of the Purshovian Federation.
Chancellor Lowawesome411

Grand Sea Lady Lovecake52CX

February 2018 - March 2018 After winning the election due to popularity, the people of Nova Balreska's opinion quickly fell through when a coup was planned. Due to this unfortunate event, both had stepped down from their positions and left to Blackwind. Eventually, the former Grand Sea Lady Lovecake52CX was pardoned by the new Chancellor Rhonor. Lovecake52CX now stands as a Diplomat within Nova Balreska.
Chancellor Rhonor

Grand Sea Lord Dailybasis, FUZZclover, Davisboy2

March 2018 - August 2018 Chancellor Rhonor was put into office by the previous leaders of Nova Balreska (Chancellor Lowawesome411, Grand Sea Lady Lovecake52cx). During the first month of his appointment as Chancellor, Rhonor had dismantled the Northern Confederation. DailyBasis resigned shortly after, and was replaced by FUZZclover. At the end of April, FUZZclover decided to retire, with the new Grand Sea Lord being Davisboy2. Rhonor was killed during the Second Invasion of Nova Balreska.
Acting Chancellor SailingAway August 2018 - August 2018 Was appointed near the end of the War of Rhonor's Folly, and fought in the final battle of Nova Balreska.
Chancellor xxXNIEGEXxx
Grand Sea Lord un1que1012
August 2018- September 2018 After the Admiral Junta, xxXNIEGEXxx was elected Chancellor of Nova Balreska through a vote.
Chancellor Kircata
Grand Sea Lord thesupergamer25, ShadowEngineer
September 2018 - November 2018 After the War of Rhonor's Folly, Kircata immediately allied with Whitecrest. Kircata then immediately scammed the whole Grand Isles and will forever be remembered as one of the most infamous Chancellors of all time.
Chancellor FlipppyyJr

Grand Sea Lord ShadowEngineer

November 2018 - March 2019 Chancellor Flipppyyjr was elected after the November 2018 elections. In December 2018, Flipppyyjr removed elections from Nova Balreska. He got impeached from Nova Balreska on 31 March 2019.
Chancellor The_VoidSource

Grand Sea Lord ShadowEngineer

March 2019 - April 2019 Chancellor The_Voidsource was chosen by FlipppyyJr during the impeachment process which resulted in much turmoil when the Navy expected ShadowEngineer to become the next Chancellor. The_VoidSource did not take his position seriously, resulting in his imprisonment after he joined the Whitecrest Navy as chancellor.
Chancellor ShadowEngineer
Grand Sea Lord fizzlaw
April 2019

- July 2019

Former Chancellor The_VoidSource is imprisoned for life by Whitecrest on the 24th of April 2019, ShadowEngineer becomes the Chancellor and fizzlaw is promoted to Grand Sea Lord. Cholaso later replaces fizzlaw as Grand Sea Lord.
Chancellor cholaso
Grand Sea Lord Scotter008
July 2019 - January 2020 Cholaso was chosen by ShadowEngineer to become the next Chancellor. Cholaso immediately worked towards bettering the Navy and implimenting reforms, and has led a peaceful period for Nova Balreska thus far. Rhonor later takes over as Grand Sea Lord after scotter008's retirement. FlenTiX later takes over Rhonor's position as Grand Sea Lord. Cholaso is the only person to die in a mineshaft in Tradelands Roleplay.
Chancellor FlenTiX January 2020 - January 2020 Reigned for less than a 3 days. Was forced to Resign by cheeze587.
Chancellor cheeze587
Grand Sea Lord Someone012010
January 2020 - January 2020 Became Chancellor after forcing FlenTiX to step down. He later discharged FlenTiX, along with 2 Admirals, 3 Officers, and 2 Midshipmen, and FlenTiX would rebel in response. FlenTiX was captured and Executed and Whitecrest Forces would later capture Cheeze587.
Someone012010 became Grand Sea Lord following FlenTiX's Discharge.
Chancellor Pancakesandsyrup12

Grand Sea Lord un1que1012, xxXBlueWingsXxx, Davisboy2.
January 21, 2020 - June 23, 2020 After the fourth invasion of the Nova Balreska by Whitecrest, previous Chancellor Cheeze587 was captured. As the only high rank left, Pancakesandsyrup12 was named Acting Chancellor. (later to becoming full time Chancellor). Pancakes lead Nova Balreska through a long period of peace, until the Hallengard invasion of Perth, in which Nova Balreska recaptured Perth from Hallengard, and held for for several hours, before returning it to Whitecrest. Also defeated Hallengard once again in the Hallengard - Nova Conflict. The faction was stable for a long time Former Grand Sea Lord xxXBlueWingsXxx and Chancellor Pancakesandsyrup12 focused on improving the navy while Former Grand Sea Lord un1que1012 and Chancellor Pancakesandsyrup12 made improvements with Whitecrest diplomacy, having joint events with Whitecrest and the neutrality pact.
Chancellor Baklava
Grand Sea Lord Davisboy2
June 29, 2020 - September 27, 2020 Was the highest rank in Nova Balreska after he couped and arrested former Chancellor Pancakesandsyrup12. He decided to host the first election in years, however did not win it.
Chancellor FlipppyyJr

Admiral Stinkygerm (October)

Admiral Cjegames (November - January)

Admiral nagasaki2121 (January - ?)

Admiral FlenTiX (? - June)

Admiral Cjegames (June - ?)
September 27, 2020 - July 5, 2021 FlipppyyJr was elected Chancellor through a vote, this being his fourth term. FlipppyyJr has been one of the more successful Chancellors of Nova Balreska recently leading many major wars and winning against Whitecrest & Nassau.

FlipppyyJr took a major loss to Purshovia after attacking them and making a split in his HiCom leading to a minor civil war that lasted 1 day. The island went under a major change during his reign, a war between Nassau and Nova Balreska started, and Nova Balreska got Salem back under their control.

Chancellor johncena1222146

Admiral Cjegames

July 5, 2021 - August 2, 2021
Chancellor joshuatrain1 August 2, 2021 - September 21, 2021
Chancellor FlipppyyJr September 21, 2021 - December 15, 2021
Chancellor CptArmandoSalazar December 15, 2021 - April 11, 2022
Chancellor xxXBlueWingsXxx April 11, 2022 - June 22, 2022
Chancellor FlipppyyJr, Admiral SweetBarbecueSauce June 22, 2022 - November 20, 2022 (?)
Chancellor Straywire November 20, 2022(?) - March 26, 2023
Chancellor CaptainLosticJr March 26, 2023 - August 23, 2023
Chancellor TheBucketMan0517 August 23, 2023 - October 27, 2023(?)
Chancellor DrDiggeridoo October 27, 2023 - Present

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. Under the leadership of Chancellor FlipppyyJr, Nova Balreska had regained strength and became one of the most powerful playable factions in roleplay.

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.
  • 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".
  • 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 deleted 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.


Inspirations

Nova Balreska has inspired a fictional country called "Artuva" from a novel called Ansaria.

Artuva is also a democracy, but doesn't have originations from a country called something like "Tuva", and speaking of which, I have learned Tuvan Throat singing (Turkic culture, in cultures like mongol, tuva, altai, khakassia and xhosa) This nation is also the closest ally of the protaganist's country, Valereena (based on whitecrest) similar because in the normal tradelands game, whitecrest and nova players are allies and cannot attack each other, learned my lesson from wasting all my round shots on a nova ship as a noob in 2016.

See Also

Nova Balreska (island)


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