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by The Duumvirate Principality of The Democratic Unionist Cool Kids. . 104 reads.

The Cult of PCHS: A History (1 Year Anniversary)

Cult Origin: 2020 (MMXX)

The origins of The Cult of PCHS go way back to March of 2020. As of this point, a serious amount of students at Treasure Mountain Junior High (TMJH) have just discovered that NationStates has just been unblocked by the school on all laptops, precipitating the creation of multiple nations from the school. From here, the basis nations for the Cult were created, including Strawville and Birb bois united front. These nations stayed in their still unknown founding regions for a time. Other nations soon followed suit and by the 10th of March, Birb bois united front founded The Cult of PCHS, with the end purpose of uniting these TMJH nations under one region so all may prosper. The region was named after the High School we were technically apart of, and have since advanced into, Park City High School (PCHS).

By this time, many people within the district had experience with NationStates in the past before it was blocked, but in general, everybody started from scratch. Birb bois united front told a few friends including The Democratic Unionist Cool Kids, Strawville, The new north republic, Thedictatorship42069, and The sexy legged republic about the region, and the news spread like wildfire. Within a week, the Cult had well over 70 nations and grew more and more to reach a grand total of 96 nations by April 6th. Some earlier nations that contributed significantly at the beginning of the Cult no longer exist, and the main ones were Dodox prime, Yeeter of gods, and Diabolically, all of which played a huge part in the first Cult blacklist.

The new north republic had become delegate for the region on March 11th. During this beginning period of insane growth in the Cult, regional security was a huge issue. With an insane amount of nations, it became difficult to keep track of whether or not the people in the Cult were even from PCHS (our password at the time was 'pchs', very effective as you can imagine). This all culminated in the creation of the Cult blacklist. The blacklist was essentially a Google Document of every nation and the person they corresponded with. It was used as a way to keep track of who was and wasn't allowed in the Cult. Although effective at keeping track of nations, most of the trustworthy nations who had access to the blacklist never followed through with kicking anybody from the Cult. As a result of this, and the fact that regional security isn't much of an issue anymore, the blacklist is almost totally dormant. It was discontinued for the most part by June of 2020.

The beginning of the Cult was also marked by confusion as to who would take power as delegate. Whilst The new north republic was delegate, it was thought that a regional election should be held to elect a delegate. As a result, the first regional election was held sometime around May of 2020. Even though The sexy legged republic had technically been elected, the election process had been so messy and corrupt that it ended up being a total failure, and thus The new north republic remained in power despite great opposition from The ranch high council and The sexy legged republic for a temporary period of time.

The Cult progressed into a large period of inactivity during the summer of 2020 when only about 12 nations stayed online enough to not go extinct. It was almost totally uneventful and progressed largely with peace and stability, as there were not enough nations to make any instability possible. No delegate changes occurred either.

By the end of August, the Cult had regrown significantly but wasn't able to match the same population it once had. However, the most significant part of this time period is what happened on September 10th, where The sexy legged republic and The Democratic Unionist Cool Kids got bored and decided to remove The new north republic as delegate for the region, starting a period of instability that wouldn't be resolved until the end of December.

During the time, many complexities happened that cannot be fully explained here, so I'll direct you here.

The basics of The Very Very Tricky Time are as follows:

1. (September 10th - November 11th) Nations constantly flip flop between each other and time as delegate for each nation is extremely short.

2. (November 11th - December 27th) Multiple coups occur to push other nations out, which eventually allows Bing chow and his alternates to cheat into power. By the end of the chaos, The new north republic is restored to being delegate.

During this long and troubled period came some interesting events, such as the invasion of BCHS and the creation of the antichrist of the Cult, The New Democratic League of PCHS. TheseThe New Democratic League of PCHS was founded in November of 2020. The rivalry with The New Democratic League of PCHS would last for approximately 11 months from this point. These events, along with many other less notable failed invasions, made the Cult very imperialist.

When the chaos eventually folded, the Cult started attempting to push in a less isolationist direction. They attempted invading multiple regions, most of which failed miserably, and also voted to repeal the password protections that had kept the Cult isolated for a long period of time.

By December of 2020, The new north republic restabilized the region by becoming delegate and allowing for stability. From here, major events in the cult begin to decline for awhile, and the cult becomes peaceful and dormant of major activity.

2021 (MMXXI)

Early 2021 was fairly uneventful due to the stability, and most nations continued to exist as normal. However, the cult's interest in trading cards diminished when NationStates Card Season 3 didn't begin in November of 2020 as predicted by many. Eventually, the original Cult card farm, Let me trade and friends, faded into obscurity and ceased to exist sometime around mid-March of 2021.

On April 1st, 2021, Strawville carried the torch for the Cult in the Best Nation Competition, getting as high as the 1st Best Nation in the World at one point. He became the Best Nation in the Cult as a result of his stellar performance. He finished the competition in an astounding 8th place out of over 235,000 nations.

April 22nd, 2021 saw the start of the great Chess War, in which War broke out between Cult nations over a game of chess. Initially, it was meant as a joke, but most people eventually started taking it seriously and conflict arose around the world. Birb bois united front, one of the starters of the conflict, quickly backed out when it became serious.

By May 17th, 2021, The third american reich, the fascist nation with 1.416 billion citizens that spied on The New Democratic League of PCHS was banned from the region by The democratic republic of development and was likely reported to NationStates moderators as well. The third american reich was subsequently banned from NationStates by a moderator for its fascist ways and the genius plan came to an end. It would be succeeded by its new feudalist successor, The fourth american reich.

The summer of 2021 was expected to be uneventful, and that it was. Most nations who weren’t in Vacation Mode had ceased to exist by the 6th of July. Only the most active and important nations were kept alive in the Cult over the summer (this unintentionally pissed off The sexy legged republic who was hoping to get the Easter Egg Issue tied to a nation going extinct and accidentally opened NationStates before it happened). Although the cult remained dormant, embassies were still opened in some cases, and certain nations still participated in World Assembly votes.

In late September, it was announced that the inaugural Cult World Cup would take place and countries began to prepare for the qualifiers.

The 4th of October marked the exchange of the "Final Telegrams" between The Cult of PCHS and The New Democratic League of PCHS. As the New Democratic League began to diminish and only two officers remained, a telegram sent to the officers requested them to return to the Cult. The emotionally charged "Final Telegrams", which were sent between the two regions later, marked the ending of conflict between the two regions, and the sudden and abrupt collapse of The New Democratic League of PCHS.

The slow and steady decline of the Cult became more pronounced between October and the end of the year. Only a very small portion of the nations would still do issues on a daily basis, with most nations becoming mainly inactive and some nations going as far as becoming Postmaster-General in order to prevent them from going extinct. Chat messages in the Cult were mostly consisted of other regions commenting and advertising in the Cult.

Of the few major highlights that occurred during this period, one giant exception happened on the 27th of November, when the Cult was granted status as Featured Region of the Day in NationStates. Despite such a historical event, only a select few nations were around to see it happen. It did benefit the Cult by advertising it on a worldwide level. However, by New Year’s Eve, only 17 nations remained in the Cult.

2022 (MMXXII)

Early January consisted of almost nothing, just usual nations voting in the World Assembly and only 6 Officers remaining in The Cult of PCHS. The only major event to occur in January was the ending of a 233-day reign of Birb bois united front as Cult delegate and his ultimate replacement by Government problems, ending an era of over a half-year of stability under the great Pimp Chimp III. With the appointment of Government problems also came the appointment of new nations to officer positions, increasing the total officer count to 8.

On the 3rd of February, a longtime nation and Cult founder, Birb bois united front, went extinct. The region was now founderless and from here forward relied completely on WA Delegates for control. The Cult continued its slow and steady decline.

A few days later, the "Affair of the 5th" took place, in which over 30 nations began meddling in Cult affairs by constantly endorsing and unendorsing members, and eventually left behind numerous card farms and random non-WA affiliated nations in the Cult. Due to these nations breaking Cult Proposition 1.6 (The Ban on Card Farms) numerous suspected card farms were subsequently ejected and banned from the Cult. It would mark the first time that Cult laws ever had to be imposed on certain nations by force. Initially, most nations that were not thought to be card farms were allowed to remain in the Cult.

From February to September, the Cult declined into obscurity. By the end of summer, only one active nation remained in the Cult, Ching boy, who locked the region and prevented anyone else from joining. Therefore, in a last-ditch effort to save the PCHS NationStates community, and new region would be founded on September 12th, 2022.

The Confederacy of PCHS had a short and sweet rise before quickly falling due to a severe lack of membership from previous Cult members. Although The Democratic Unionist Cool Kids made a valiant attempt at writing a Constitution, the Confederacy quickly fizzled into a shadow of its former self. Invading regions pulverized the new confederacy as nations went extinct left, right, and center. Many invading regions were suppressed by moderators and returned the Confederacy to the few who still remained. By the end of 2022, the Confederacy consisted of only a handful of nations.

2023 (MMXXIII)

The Confederacy collapsed in the period between Christmas 2022 and June 18th, 2023. The nations that had intended to revive other Cult members quickly became inactive and went extinct within only a month of the Confederacy's creation. In the end, the death of the Confederacy and the Cult was a long and steady decline where apathy reigned and the nations that created the original Cult had long since been bored by it. With all Cult members now graduated from High School, The Cult of PCHS and The Confederacy of PCHS have long since vanished. Gone are the days of 90+ nations securing the stability and influence of the region, or the Very Very Tricky Time. It all came to naught.

Legacy

While the Cult only lasted for 4 years, it was an incredible amount of fun. Getting to share my passion for geo-politics with many of my friends is something I will forever cherish. As of the time I write this factbook, I am the only one of the original Cult nations left. It's very lonely, almost terrifying. However, the memory of what I once had will always be with me. We tried to make allies, we tried to invade others (and failed miserably), and we had a ton of fun in the process. Nobody will ever take the fun we had away from us. Perhaps one day when I have long forgotten about this region, somebody will randomly search up my nation's name and discover a treasure trove of stories about the crazy world of faux-geopolitics. For now, this is The Democratic Unionist Cool Kids finishing off. Thank you for reading and for the memories.
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Hall of Fame: The Main Nations

Birb bois united front
The new north republic
The sexy legged republic
Strawville
Japan 69
The Democratic Unionist Cool Kids
The ranch high council
Oldzealand
Summitaria
Greaseia
Stoned people
Tanks
Bing chow 4
Government problems

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