Commonwealth of Diam

The Commonwealth of Diam is a unitary semi-presidential represntative republic. The current president of Diam is Franklin Daniels of the Diamite Freedom Party.

Diam is one of the smaller, more secluded factions in Norssex MC, with a massive wall around it to keep out foreigners and invaders.

Origins
The faction of Diam was formed on August 22nd, 2020, making it one of the oldest factions in Norssex MC. Its founder, The Gilliams, originally owned a faction called Oregon, which was de-activated due to inactivity. The former lands of the faction were occupied by Randistan. On the 22nd, Gilliams traveled south and made his way to the Sacramento River valley. He chose this spot to avoid the communist infuences of Randistan. The first building built in Diam was the Diam hotel, which stands to this day, and is the main hub for travel in Diam.

Gilliams declared himself the provisional president of Diam until elections could be held. The hotel was completed on August 23rd, and Gilliams then set about building a roads system as well as a congressional building. On August 26th, the Diam Congressional Building was constructed, with 100 seats and party offices in the basement. It was promptly opened to the public. On the 27th, Gilliams established formal diplomatic relations with Arkansas and built an embassy there.

Troubles and Conflicts
In late August, MoC of the Finland faction invited several members from YAPms to join the server, and the server soon had so many people that it crashed frequently. Gilliams was unable to finish the construction of Diam City. Eventually, tensions grew to such an extent that Randistan, one of the older factions, declared war on Florida after they seized Dublin. Diam retained its neutrality in this conflict, part of a wider trend of Diam not picking a side in most wars.

In September 2020, the video game Among Us took the server by storm, and people stopped playing minecraft temporarily. However after the game began to die off, the server became more frequented again. Gilliams decided on October 3rd to expand Diam City, since it only consisted of two buildings at the time. After that, Gilliams logged off, and did not come back for a while.

Finally, on January 17th, 2021, the faction collapsed and Randistan invaded the nation. Gilliams, who had not been on in several months, saw this and began an effort to reclaim his lost territory. The last straw was when Randy hoisted the Randistani Diam flagpole over the city. The day after, January 18th, Gilliams returned and recaptured Diam City from Randistan. Seeing the ruin that his country was in, Gilliams resolved to expand the nation and keep it isolated. Using commands, he built a massive wall extending around Diam's borders, all the way to the block limit, in an effort to ensure that claiming Diam's land would never occur again. He shortly after built a train station and restored the old Diamite flag over the city.

On February 24th, 2021, Diam collapsed for a second time. Randistan also collapsed and was handed over to Chairmen Aces the First, Chairmen Randy the First's Mortal Enemy. The walls held firm around Diam, however, and prevented it from getting ransacked for the time being. On February 26th, 2021, Gilliams returned to the server again only to find that Diam City had fallen under The Reaper's Hand's control. Aces Ⅱ peacefully ceded Diam back to Gilliams and he constructed two more buildings, a general store and part of a hospital.

On March 1st, 2021, World War I broke out between the Round Table Alliance and the United Nations. Diam declared its neutrality in the conflict as it was a member of both organizations. Gilliams mostly observed the conflict from afar and conducted intelligence. Finally, on March 24th, 2021, the Round Table Alliance suffered a string of defeats, and Paris was bombarded. Ray Stragner II surrendered and the war came to an end in a UN victory.

System of Governance
The Commonwealth of Diam is a democracy, with congressional elections held every 4 years and presidential elections held every 8 years. A supreme court made up of appointed justices also exists. The country is unitary and does not have provinces with any local power. The three major parties are the Communist Party, which received funding from Randistan, the Freedom Party, a center right to centrist party, and the ruling Labour Party of which Gilliams is a member.