Chiefdom of Osolia

Chiefdom of Osolia
Korsomas Osoles (Osol)
Online nation in the Osolian world
Founded	December 15, 2023
Capital	Sahosam
Largest City	Sahosam
Anthem	Kweshomas Ned Osoles
Official language(s)	Osol
Demonym(s)	Osolian
Government	Unitary chiefdom practicing direct democracy
Legislature	Osolian Assembly
Population	29 (as of October 15, 2024)
Currency	Diamond Cent
Preceded by	Melontown; Republic of Melonia

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Osolia, officially the Chiefdom of Osolia, is an online Minecraft nation. It is the sole government in the Osolian world. The nation practices direct democracy, where each citizen is part of the legislature and measures must be passed by a majority of the people. Additionally, Osolians vote for a Chief and Speaker to represent them in the executive and legislative branches of government, respectively. The capital of Osolia is Sahosam.

History

Prehistory

There were numerous attempts of an online Minecraft nation founded by TheRandomMelon, the earliest of which being a small, democratic city-state named Melontown. Melontown only contained of TheRandomMelon's friends and his Twitch stream supporters and the activity would be held on his TRM Community server. There were two iterations of Melontown but the overall Melontown project ended on February 7, 2021 due to a lack of activity.

On May 30, 2022, TheRandomMelon would reach out to a couple of his friends, inviting them to a new Minecraft server with the government that Melontown had. This new server ended up being named Melonia. A vote would be held that would choose what type of government system the server would have, and a city-state system was chosen officially marking the server as the City of Melonia. Melonia would quickly expand in the following months, going from a city-state to a constitutional republic, which resulted in the name commonly known for the server, the Republic of Melonia.

The Republic of Melonia lasted far longer than the predecessor of Melontown, but tensions were tense in the server due to the alliance with another online Minecraft nation, the Cieurnish Empire. The tension between Melonia and the Cieurnish Empire lead to a discussion between tz_scion, TheRandomMelon, and cstro about the future of Melonia. This discussion would result in the formation of Project Melonia 2.0 on December 12, 2023 at around 3:49 AM UTC. The formation of this server would lead to the closure of Melonia on December 16, 2023 at 6:00 AM UTC and the start of the Chiefdom of Osolia.

Government

Power in Osolia is divided between the three branches of government: the executive, the legislature, and the judiciary.

The Chief and the Chief's Council form the executive of the Osolian state. The Chief is directly elected every 2 months and appoints Directors to the Chief's Council, subject to the approval of the Assembly.

Most of the power in Osolia lies with the legislature, which includes all citizens and residents. All Osolians can vote on the measures and bills proposed to the Assembly. The legislature is headed by the Speaker, who is elected concurrently with the Chief in a general election.

The current Chief is TriforceComet following the June 2024 Osolian General Election. The current Speaker is tz_scion, the incumbent since the founding of the nation.