The Eisenreich

The Eisenreich was a large empire that is just a few thousand blocks away from spawn. It was led by Kaiser Raymond Hoffner and consisted of several cities and properties, the most notable being the capital of Königsberg. The reich did not have any active enemies but had had feuds with several groups. The Eisenreich was the largest group in Starfruit by population and at many points by land, which carried into the VEF.

Königsberg
Königsberg was the capital city of the Eisenreich. The main attraction and landmark is Königspalast, a palace on one end of the city. The city has several houses as well as farms, and a mine. The city also contains bunkers, sewers and an embassy hall, which serves as meeting points for negotiations and conferences with different people, including the CSC.

Geopolitical Position
The Eisenreich's territory was in the southwest quadrant of the map and is between the Soviet Union and Vernfel. It borders on a large swamp, which acted as a buffer zone between it and the Union. Both countries could take resources from the swamp but could not build there. The Eisenreich also stretched through several forests around Konigsberg and south to a bay. South of the country, Vernfel and Estrar exist.

Important People
There many citizens in the Eisenreich besides Hoffner. Pineapple Jesus (otherwise known as Andron) was the Prime Minister, Warzman (Lenvo) was the Secretary and Chief of Foreign Affairs, and D3rp W (Dirk Dozens) was the Governor of Colonies.

Colonies and Territories
Other than the capital city of Königsberg, the Eisenreich had a few cities and a few colonies in Starfruit. Its colonies were a mushroom island called Pilzland, as well as a collection of islands to the northeast near the Soviet Union. These colonies were home to several people.

When Vernfel experienced troubles with Dapper Blaze, the country agreed to become a state of the Eisenreich. Shortly afterwards, most members of the Eternal Sands Empire left the server and their city was given to Hoffner. The area was renamed to Ewigersand and is now under the leadership of PossessedPumpkin and is a state of the Eisenreich.

About two weeks later, Vernfel left the Eisenreich and joined Senvia to create the Vernfel-Senvia Union. This has not started any conflicts and has been a peaceful transition.

Gerstenfeld Civil Conflict
As the reich picked up in popularity and more people joined, several citizens expressed a desire to go live in a new city. Hoffner agreed and they created the settlement of Gerstenfeld, with Barley becoming the leader of it. Though things went well for some time, a prominent Gerstenfeld citizen called Neeester began showing a worrying sense of disregard for authority. Though initially everything worked out, he began threatening and scamming other nations. After nearly starting a raid on the Eternal Sands Empire, Neeester was told that he would be put on trial for treason. He immediately left the Eisenreich to start The New Order. This upset Barley, who destroyed much of Fort Auroch and left the Eisenreich to join Eternal Sands. Gerstenfeld is now abandoned.

Foreign Policy
After most people who went to Königsberg agreed to become citizens, the city began attracting the attention of pioneers and adventurers, including Flightless Birds. After several small skirmishes with Flightless, he confessed that he had intentions to become a citizen of the Eisenreich. However, Hoffner refused because of Kezza's constant hunt for Flightless. Since then, the Eisenreich have updated their foreign policy and citizenship rules.


 * The Eisenreich will remain neutral in most conflicts, as long as they do not interfere in the rules of the CSC.
 * The Eisenreich will not start a war nor raid other countries.
 * All new players to Starfruit will be able to join the Eisenreich.
 * Players who have been in a country before will be able to join the Eisenreich as long as they have a clean track record in Hoffner's view.

Peace Pact with Fellbourgh
Like most other nations in the server, the Eisenreich shared a distrust of Fellbourgh. When tensions and feuds started rising between the two leaders Hoffner and Kezza, Hoffner realized that a potential war could start. He also saw that Kezza would soon start going after smaller nations. Hoffner created the Continental Survey Corps, securing Eisenreich's position in it as the primary nation. Though the Eisenreich is preparing to go to war, many members are approaching the finals week of their school year. Seeing this problem, Kezza and Hoffner have agreed on a ceasefire between Fellbourgh and the CSC until after June 5th, 2021.

First Raid
On May 25th, the Eternal Sands Empire conducted a raid on Königsberg. Several resources and horses were stolen. Despite growing resentment towards the ESE, the Kaiser assured his country to remain calm and focus on advancing technology. This, however, stretched into a long-drawn conflict.

Peace Treaty with ESE
After the raid on Königsberg, the two countries agreed to not attack eachother. However, this was broken by the Eternal Sands Empire when it raided the Eisenreich again. In retaliation, the Kaiser gave a speech and the Eisenreich raided the Eternal Sands Empire. Eternal Sands immediately struck back and commenced one of the most controversial raids in Starfruit history. They set respawn points outside Königsberg and continually went in each time they respawned. They also let a zombie loose in the villager trading hall. Upon realizing both raids were fruitless, the leaders created a peace treaty written by PossessedPumpkin, signed by Raymond Hoffner and TNTocelotyt and agreed never to raid each other again. They agreed that only a few ESE members should be allowed on Eisenreich soil.

A few days later, Flightless Birds and Qil both raided Eisenreich, saying that it was because the Kaiser was egotistical about his country. He explained to them that they had a peace treaty, which they claimed to not know about. They also agreed not to come back.

Two days later, the two started another raid. This time, they claimed it was because the Eisenreich betrayed them. When asked about how, they said they saw the speech book and knew Eisenreich was planning an attack. The Kaiser explained that the speech was given before their raid, and that he shouldn't have kept it. ESE did not return for some time.

However, this was short-lived as soon Flightless, now known as Frosty, continued his attacks. Subsequently, the treaty was re-evaluated and consequences were made. Frosty was given a penalty and never returned to Eisenreich. He later became a citizen of it.

Western Alliance Pact
Before re-evaluating the peace treaty with TNT Ocelot, Hoffner became worried about the Eternal Sands going for smaller nations nearby. Hoffner then organized a Western Alliance Pact, and all nations in the west agreed to join. 5 nations joined in the pact. These are Senvia, Vernfel, Eisenreich, Soviet Union, and Estrar.

Trivia

 * While creating the Eisenreich, Hoffner wanted it to be inspired by the German Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia during the 19th and early 20th century. Many terms used in the Eisenreich are of German origin and the name itself means "Iron Empire".
 * The current flag design is not the first flag design. The original was much more complicated and menacing. Hoffner changed the design to the current one when he found it difficult to replicate it in-game.