History Lessons: What Makes eThailand eThailand

Day 497, 19:06 • Published in Thailand USA • by Callagan

Hey eThailand. My name is Callagan. With the influx of new players coming in, I figure I better put out some sort of history lesson so you won't be completely confused by some of the terms we use.

Back in the days of beta, back before the major parties formed up, when dinosaurs roamed the new world, eThailand was pretty damn unorganized. Almost no one remains from this period of time, and so history is sketchy. Before the formation of the Thai Nation Together, there was Admiral Ackbar of Uno Di Noi (the predecessor of Nobelis, which was the predecessor of the MLFC). Ackbar stole much of Thailand's treasury blantly, by donating all of it to himself. But history really began with the creation of the Thai Nation Together party.

Thai Nation Together (more commonly known as TNT) was a group of Brazilian players who had decided to come to Thailand for the lulz. They took over the government pretty quickly, being able to outvote the split natives. However, a party soon came up and challenged the zombie might: the Thai Reform Party (also known as TRP).

TRP was originally started by another Brazilian, Luis Carlos Prestes. However, the party was quickly taken over by a group of players coming from a certain unnamed outside forum (which certainly has nothing to do with dwarfs or fortresses). In TRP's quick rise to power, they made enemies with TNT, who were the only party able to match their numbers.

However, it was in October where the process began that would launch TRP (now PUP) into its position of power it holds today.

On that fateful congressional election, a bug caused TNT to win more than 2/3 of the congress seats, even with less than half the votes for their candidates. During this time, many scandals happened, including the hospital purchase and Rockman's infamous declaration of his rule over Thailand. In November, the united forces of every other party in Thailand managed to vote Jack Roberts into office over the corrupt leader.

Rockman later said it was all a joke and got banned.

Anyway, after Jack's term in office, we had Korbin King take an interest in our country. He was selected by what is known to some as the Coalition (TRP, the Sabai Unity Party, and other smaller parties) to be the president of Thailand. However, he ran against the most difficult opponent to beat: Antonio Salgado, the head of TNT after Rockman's overthrow. In a very close election, it was a tie: 66 to 66 each. Only his experience made Korbin King president.

After a rather uneventful term (even by eThai standards), Korbin decided not to run for president again. Stepping up to fill his place was the head of the Sabai Unity Party (SUP), Guy Kilmore. He ran against Antonio, and seemed doomed to loss until the sudden exodus of TNT's leader and player base to Brazil. Guy became president over the time when TRP and SUP combined to make the PUP. He disappeared without a trace towards the end of his term.

During Guy's term, a young new player rose in the decimated ranks of TNT. His name was Defenestration. He laid down an ambitious new plan for TNT. Unfortunately, most players were committed to the plans of the current administration. He still gained many supporters, though, and decided to run for country president.

In PUP, the story was much different. Their main leaders and extremely loyal members had become to lose interest in the game. Ealb, their unofficial leader, had decided to run for president, but later had to pull out due to RL issues. In his place, Jack Roberts once again took the torch. His run against Defenestration was close, but not enough for him to lose.

Jack, however, proved something that most eRepublik members across the world can attest to (at least in the eUSA): that the second term is almost always worst than the first. In his second term, one of Thailand's biggest political upsets occurre😛 Indonesia's use of "war games" to gain access to India. Jack had kept it a secret in order to protect the nation, but waves of members began to call for his head. It calmed down a lot, but some tension remained. Jack now travels the world (I think).

After Jack's eventful term, another empty spot was left. Jack was determined not to run again, Gentyle (now the official head of PUP) expressed his will not to run, and almost all of the old TRP and SUP members had left the game. To fill in the void, two members appeare😛 Bl1ndn3ss (the current president) and yours truly. Bl1ndn3ss had the experience of being in eRepublik for far longer than I have, and I had a drive to put out articles about my plans. Eventually, our primary was split down the middle: 3-3. Gentyle made the decision to choose bl1ndn3ss for the position. He won, needless to say.

Then Gentyle stepped down and Albert became head of PUP.



...Wew, that was a lot of typing. If anyone else has anything to add, please do so. I'm not the best when it comes to remembering stuff like this.

Callagan
Chief of Staff of Thailand (lol)