Skyland

History

Founded in Session 1, with a small skybase a few hundred blocks away from spawn, they planned to soon leave their base to avoid potential chaos.

After session 1, there was much confusion as they had no official name at the time and were referred to as "The Loft" based on the name of a group from playtests.

It was thought possible by outsiders that "The Loft" and "Skyland" were legally distinct entities. That "The Loft" could still exist, while "Skyland" had been abandoned and re-inhabited by the Berrywood Commune. Later, it was discovered that the skybase Berrywood had taken was entirely unrelated to "The Loft" and Skyland had become the official name of "The Loft" during session 2.

"Skyland Note: How did they get burned, taken over, and relocated all at once?" its not a contradiction, they reached gooning nirvana, never desiring the land, only goon in the sky, the burning and conquering and relocation are all metaphors. - Violent Minion

It later emerged that the Skylanders had relocated to an unknown location at the beginning of Session 2 to avoid terrorism without having had much contact with adjacent civilizations, leading to confusion when their absence was discovered.

There were 3-4 people who were back at old base near the beginning of the session I believe and one of our old members came back from new lands so we all migrated [...] It’s important to note that multiple of our members sought out new lands during session 1 but we all got kinda seperate [sic] and didn’t leave as soon as expected but we kept the plan going in session 2 and all managed to leave within the first hour.
– kipy_mudkip

Economy

Skyland has a balanced distribution of classes and no trading with the rest of the world. They have various farms.

Government

Communal, players agree to take on tasks and set objectives verbally.

Foreign affairs

Skyland is isolationist and keep their official diplomatic dealings private for the most part. Although some members frequently tour other nations. During the end of Session 7 - they became allied with Marinas and took in an influx of refugees from both Marinas and Mycelia following the civilization ending terrorist attacks - with members of both now residing in Skyland in safely.

Military

All of the skylanders are equipped with armor and weapons for protection - they are not expansionist nor particularly aggressive and as of date - have committed no attacks nor have they been attacked, likely due to their hidden location.

Culture

Skyland believes they are the safest nation; they live in a skybase and frequently fish from above. Some frequently engage in tourism, but they always return to the sky. It seems that many of them wear pumpkins on their head even with no apparent advantage. They are also notoriously bad at naming things and at least an hour of time has been wasted bickering about naming various things.

Skylanders are secretive about the location of their homeland and as of date - have never publicly revealed its location.

A common saying of Skylanders of their civilization is 'Skyland on top' or 'Skylanders stay on top' as a sort of rallying cry.

Banner

Their banner is created via an Orange Banner with a Light Blue Gradient, Orange Roundel, and then a Yellow Flower Charge. It is meant to represent the rising and setting of the sun in the blue sky, of both dusk and dawn. There is also a splash of orange to represent the pumpkin heads frequently warn by skylanders...

The observant will note that this flag bears resemblance to the Marinas flag - Skyland's only publicly known ally. This flag was designed not long after their alliance had formed and the remnants of Marinas had settled in with Skyland.

Gallery

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