Creation of Arcadia
Arcadia was created following the end of World War 1 and the defeat of Pentagram. At the end of the war, Skandia had become the undisputed Superpower of both PvE and PvP. With Pentagram defeated, Skandia lost its only enemy and problems that once laid dormant, began to rise as attentions shifted. Knowing that internal strife was rising, and that Skandia would become the exact thing it had fought against, Tonymai1 began work on the Arcadia plan. The plan, worked on with other factions and staff, would create an Alliance forged on Trust, Equality, and unified through Peace. It would later be known as Arcadia in honor of samness7, the architect of Skandia's Era3 City which he named "Arcadia (Peace & Prosperity) City".
The original concept when released was to allow other Factions to join Arcadia in the hopes that they could expand without Skandian Intervention. It would also split Skandia up making it both smaller, and removing the problems that began to divide its members. Arcadia made Skandia equal to all the other factions while simultaneously replaced Skandia as a superpower, making the new one an Alliance of multiple factions with no true leader. This prevented a monarchy of power over DNT.
The original concept when released was to allow other Factions to join Arcadia in the hopes that they could expand without Skandian Intervention. It would also split Skandia up making it both smaller, and removing the problems that began to divide its members. Arcadia made Skandia equal to all the other factions while simultaneously replaced Skandia as a superpower, making the new one an Alliance of multiple factions with no true leader. This prevented a monarchy of power over DNT.
The Arcadian Coup
Arcadia ran smoothly during its early days, although Skandia continued to die and was more effected than originally predicted with the creation of Arcadia. Meanwhile, despite splits of removing members to decrease internal tension, this ultimately did not work for one occasion, which was, if anything, the deepest split. Having access to Skandian & Arcadian Documents, Spence2345, Moderator & Co-Owner of Skandia, planned a coup to take out both Skandia & Arcadia.
The coup consisted of around 10 members of Skandia, although only 5 were ever convicted, and the entire faction of Void participated which made it the Arcadian Coup & 2nd Skandian Coup. Thankfully, action was taken swiftly and decisively which lead to an end of what could have been a 2nd World War. After around 2-3 days of fighting, Spence2345 and the Co-Planner of the coup were removed from the picture.
Void, as a faction, was much harder to take out and took closer to 3 weeks. Arcadia went under a declaration of war and entirely sieged Void's Faction Land. Cutting off any room for expansion, Arcadia increased pressure on Void by sending NRC devices to be set off regularly and NCE Devices to run full time. Ultimately, the siege ended when Forcefield Sieging forced Deaky, Void's leader, to surrender. After the siege Void was put under heavy surveillance and sanctions were applied that if broken would lead to the complete annihilation of Void by Arcadia.
The coup consisted of around 10 members of Skandia, although only 5 were ever convicted, and the entire faction of Void participated which made it the Arcadian Coup & 2nd Skandian Coup. Thankfully, action was taken swiftly and decisively which lead to an end of what could have been a 2nd World War. After around 2-3 days of fighting, Spence2345 and the Co-Planner of the coup were removed from the picture.
Void, as a faction, was much harder to take out and took closer to 3 weeks. Arcadia went under a declaration of war and entirely sieged Void's Faction Land. Cutting off any room for expansion, Arcadia increased pressure on Void by sending NRC devices to be set off regularly and NCE Devices to run full time. Ultimately, the siege ended when Forcefield Sieging forced Deaky, Void's leader, to surrender. After the siege Void was put under heavy surveillance and sanctions were applied that if broken would lead to the complete annihilation of Void by Arcadia.
End of Arcadia
The death of Arcadia was a result of both inactivity and the aftermath of the coup. Most of Arcadia's leaders had gone active, and as a result so had their members. Knowing that Arcadia would not survive an upcoming reset, all of Arcadia merged under the name of Skandia. Then, Arcadia went to DNT Voltz with most of its remaining members to rebuild and regrow.
Rebirth of Arcadia
Arcadia was recreated in a much more weak state on Voltz known as the Free People of Arcadia (FPA). Meanwhile, on tekkit, the remaining Arcadians created the Democratic Republic of Arcadia (DRA). Although overall the alliances were more made to establish a structure for the rebuilding of Arcadia. When Era6 began, the DRA was reformed and Arcadia was remade with the factions in both FPA and some from DRA. The result is the modern day Arcadia.