Introductory article
This article is a work in progress. It will be edited in order to correct errors, fill in the gaps and perhaps modify the format. We invite all players with relevant information to contribute, by suggesting changes and reporting mistakes.
Writers’ discord for contact: https://discord.gg/MeaGZx2
Note: “notable factions” usually only include the ones with at least ~10 players on average, to keep the listing manageable. The nicknames of players are usually the most recent ones/the ones they are most known under. The date refers to the approximate launch date.
Special thanks to Lemon_Shot, Polsxa, and stryker123abc for helping to compile this list.
Legend:
? – unknown;
* – unverified;
-> – transition;
1.0
Owner: Autodonger; Head admin: Freddy -> Autodonger; Date: late March 2015;
Time period: 1000 BCE; Map: Old World; Plugin: Factions;
Notable factions(and their leaders): AMMH(Game_Tutorial), Babylon(?), Britain(confused2570, BeefTenderloin), Cimmeria(Cheshirelulcat), Helvetia(Swiss_Dave), Judaea(SkyZ0ne), Egypt(multiple leaders in succession), Poland(roguelich), Sapmi(NektarN), Uyghur(CYL), Yue(?), Zhou(CYL -> Flindark);
Major events: Fall of Uyghur, Hackening*, Viking War*, Cimmerian Wars, Continental Coalition Wars;
2.0
Owner: Autodonger; Head admin: Autodonger; Date: April 2015;
Time period: 550; Map: Old World; Plugin: Factions;
Notable Factions: Alamannia(Swiss_Dave), Byzantium(roguelich -> coup), Eranshahr(?), Hephtalities(?), Himyarites(?), Lhasa(?), Lombardy(Edrahil), Vandals(RedMajora), Yamato(bassu*);
Major Events: Byzantine Wars, Fall of Byzantium and Restoration;
3.0
Owner: Autodonger; Head admin: Swiss_Dave; Date: May 2015;
Time period: 300 BCE; Map: World; Plugin: Towny;
Notable factions: Carthage(roguelich and the council), Celtiberia -> Epirus(BeefTenderloin), Japan(drhorrorshow), Northmathr(Lucius_Buddha), Rome(matt1925, Edrahil), Teutonica(NektarN);
Major events: Punic War, Fall of Celtiberia, Punic-Teutonic War, Fall of Carthage, Norse-Japanese Wars, World War;
4.0
Owner: Autodonger; Head admin: RedMajora; Date: June 2015;
Time period: 1000-250 BCE; Map: Chien’s Old World; Plugin: Towny;
Notable factions: China(NektarN -> coup), Helvetia(Swiss_Dave), Narbo -> Ingria(drhorrorshow), Nok(ChienAndalou), Northmathr(Lucius_Buddha -> Pedro -> civil war), Rome(roguelich -> coup), Russia(tiramisuu), Slavia(Vespi3);
Major events: Nok-Norse War, Norse Civil War, Pony Crusade, Admin Coup;
5.0
Owner: ChienAndalou; Head admin: ChienAndalou; Date: early August 2015;
Time period: 1200; Map: Chien’s Old World; Plugin: Towny;
Notable factions: Fatimid-Khazars(roguelich), Holy Roman Empire(Vespi3), Papal States(matt1925);
Major events: Fatimid Crusade; Fall of Holy Roman Empire, Norse-Fatimid Split;
6.0
Owner: ChienAndalou; Head admin: BeefTenderloin; Date: mid-August 2015;
Time period: ?; Map: ?; Plugin: Factions;
Notable factions: Britons(?), Saba(Gamecrazy1);
Major events: ? – lasted only a week;
7.0
Owner: ChienAndalou; Head admin: ChienAndalou*; Date: mid-August 2015;
Time period: 1100-1600; Map: Chien’s Old World; Plugin: Towny;
Notable factions: Britain(Gamecrazy01), Netherlands -> Northmathr(Lemon_Shot), Holy Roman Empire(?), Roman Empire(?), Carthage(Vespi3);
Major events: anti-Norse Coalition Wars: Norse-German War, Norse-Roman War, Norse Punic War;
8.0
Owner: ChienAndalou; Head admin: ChienAndalou; Date: September 2015;
Time period: 1000 BCE; Map: Middle-East; Plugin: Towny;
Notable factions: Assyria(Bishie), Israel(Lemon_Shot), Mycenae(tiramisuu);
Major events: Israeli-Mycenae War;
9.0
Owner: ChienAndalou; Head admin: ChienAndalou; Date: October 2015;
Time period: ?; Map: TFC generated; Plugin: TFC;
Notable factions: Northmathr(Lemon_Shot), Verth(BeefTenderloin);
Major events: ?;
10.0
Owner: ChienAndalou; Head admin: ChienAndalou; Date: November 2015;
Time period: 15th cent.; Map: Chien’s World; Plugin: Towny;
Notable factions: African-Arab Union(Englavian), Britain(BiggestDeepVoice -> GodEmperorTrump), Helvetia(Swiss_Dave), Hungary(Vespi3), Mongols -> Ming(tiramisuu), Northmathr(Lemon_Shot), Sicily(Kirischir), Spain(drhorrorshow), United States(Onderzeeboot32);
Major events: Formation of Atlantic Federation, Spanish Wars, Fall of African-Arab Union;
11.0
Owner: ChienAndalou; Head admin: ChienAndalou; Date: December 2015;
Time period: 2015; Map: Chien’s World; Plugin: Towny;
Notable factions: France(NektarN), Germany(swim126), ISIS(stryker123abc), Netherlands(brogrammer); Norway(Lucius_Buddha), Poland(Vespi3), Russia(Lemon_Shot), United Kingdom(Gamecrazy01),
Major events: Battle of Frankfurt, War on Terror;
12.0
Owner: brogrammer*; Head admin: brogrammer; Date: mid-February 2016;
Time period: 17th cent.; Map: Chien’s Old World*; Plugin: ;
Notable factions: Britain(bassu), Bulgaria(XDA1), Prussia(stryker123abc);
Major events: Prussian-Bulgarian War, English Civil War;
14.0
Owner: Lemon_Shot; Head admin: Swiss_Dave; Date: late February 2016;
Time period: unspecified BC; Map: ; Plugin: Towny;
Notable factions: Carthage(roguelich), Northmathr(Brigand*);
Major events: Norse-Punic War;
15.0
Owner: Lemon_Shot; Head admin: Kirischir; Date: late April 2016;
Time period: 476; Map: Chien’s Europe; Plugin: Towny;
Notable factions: Arabia*(?), Scandia(Shyste), Byzantine Empire(roguelich), Persia(IronFE), SPQR(tiramisuu -> Lucius_Buddha);
Major events: Fall of Byzantium, Roman-Scandi War;
16.0
Owner: Lemon_Shot; Head admin: Lemon_Shot; Date: June 2016;
Time period: 1900; Map: Chien’s Europe; Plugin: Towny;
Notable factions: Austro-Hungary(drhorrorshow), Belgium(stryker123abc), Bulgaria(XDA1), France(TerribirdBBQ), Germany(Vespi3, ncordo), Poland(roguelich);
Major events: Battle of Berlin, Fall of Antwerp;
17.0
Owner: Lemon_Shot; Head admin: Lemon_Shot; Date: early July 2016;
Time period: 2016; Map: Chien’s World; Plugin: Towny*;
Notable factions: Croatia(Leskovar*), France(Qral -> Terribird), Japan(ncordo), the Norse*(Lemon_Shot*), Rhodesia(Vespi3), Switzerland(Polsxa), Texas(supernob);
Major events: Norse-Texan War, Rise of Japan;
18.0
Owner: Lemon_Shot; Head admin: ?; Date: late July 2016;
Time period: 1200; Map: ?; Plugin: Factions;
Notable factions: ?;
Major events: ?;
19.0
Owner: Lemon_Shot; Head admin: luna*; Date: late July 2016;
Time period: 1300*; Map: Chien’s World; Plugin: Factions;
Notable factions: Wroclaw(Polsxa);
Major events: Crimean Raid*;
20.0
Owner: Lemon_Shot; Head admin: Leskovar; Date: early August 2016;
Time period: 1880; Map: Chien’s World; Plugin: Towny;
Notable factions: Austria(Polsxa), England(Lemon_Shot*), France(Vespi3), Germany(stryker123abc), German Africa(Karling), Japan(ncordo), Korea(Firerest), Qing(Mordereth), Russia(niggum_killum*), United States(GodEmperorTrump*);
Major events: Karling Rebellion, Channel War, War on Japan;
21.0
Owner: Lemon_Shot; Head admin: roguelich; Date: late August 2016;
Time period: 800; Map: Chien’s World*; Plugin: Towny;
Notable factions: Byzantium(SchwimmelBlitz), Caliphate(Vasco de Gama), Norway(ncordo), Switzerland(Polsxa);
Major events: Swiss-Norwegian War, fall of the Caliphate – server lasted only a week;
22.0
Owner: Lemon_Shot; Head admin: Lemon_Shot; Date: late September 2016;
Time period: 300 BCE; Map: Chien’s Eurasia + North Africa; Plugin: Towny;
Notable factions: Aquilea -> Venice(Polsxa), Carthage(roguelich), Constantinople(Vernago), Crimea/Scythia(SchwimmelBlitz), Egypt(DonTrump), Gothia(Vespi3), Greece(?), Japan(ncordo), Korea(Leskovar), Roman Empire(Lemon_Shot), Samarkand*(?);
Major events: Sack of Rome, Growth of Rome, Rise of Japan, Sack of Crimea, The Banning of Japan;
23.0
Owner: Lemon_Shot; Head admin: Jinx; Date: late December 2016;
Time period: 600 BCE; Map: Chien’s World Map; Plugin: Towny;
Notable factions: Carthage(International_Jew), Japan(ncordo), Scythia(?), Troy(DonTrump);
Major events: ? – lasted only a few days;
24.0
Owner: Wakroy; Head admin: Nurse_Reno; Date: mid-January 2017;
Time period: 1945-1990; Map: Chien’s World; Plugin: Towny;
Notable factions: Finland(?), France(NektarN), Italy(drhorrorshow), Iraq -> Ba’athist League(stryker123abc), Japan(ncordo), Slovenia -> Montenegro(Lemon_Shot), United States(DonTrump);
Major events: Ba’athist Unification, Japanese-American War, Italian Split, Ba’athist-Italian War, Spanish-Japanese War, Formation of Grand Coalition, Fall of France, Fall of Japan, Fall of Iraq;
25.0
Owner: ?; Head admin: Nurse_Reno; Date: mid-November 2017;
Time period: 1914; Map: Chien’s Europe; Plugin: Towny;
Notable factions: Austro-Hungary(stryker123abc), Baku(ncordo), Germany(drhorrorshow), Greece(WoopWooper), Iceland(Kaz), Northmathr(tiramisuu), Russia(Mordereth), Spain(MrDaniel0);
Major events: German War, Battle of Osheim, German Rebellion, German-Baku War, Baku-Spanish merger, German-Spanish War;
26.0
Owner: ?; Head admin: Epicfaillord/Onions*; Date: late July 2018;
Time period: 1880; Map: Chien’s World; Plugin: Towny;
Notable factions: Japan(ncordo), Russia(Nurse Reno), United States(Mordereth), Scandinavia(stryker123abc);
Major events: Japanese-American War, Epicfaillord Drama – server lasted only 5 days;
27.0
Owner: ?; Head admin: Nurse_Reno; Date: September 2018;
Time period: 2030; Map: Chien’s World; Plugin: Towny;
Notable factions: Alaska(Mordereth), Confederate States(stryker123abc), Mongolia(ncordo), Vinland(drhorrorshow);
Major events: Vinland War;
28.0
Owner: Lemon_Shot; Head admin: uhFiliate; Date: June 2019;
Time period: 1870; Map: Americas Crop; Plugin: Towny;
Notable factions: Brazil(Leite), Britain(Itsame), Cascadia(Haan), Columbia(MrBeefy), Chile(Luepola), Deseret(stryker123abc), Dominica(Kaz), Mexico(uhFiliate), Spain(Crippo), United States(?);
Major events: Salt Lake City Accords, Fall of Colombia, Cuban War, Brazilian-Chilean War;
Playlist;
29.0
Owner: uhFiliate*; Head admin: uhFiliate; Date: early August 2019;
Time period: 1601; Map: Chien’s Europe Crop*; Plugin: Towny;
Notable factions: Britain(Jonathan), Ottoman Empire(FartingGamer), Spanish Empire/Sardinia(stryker123abc);
Major events: Anglo-Ottoman War;
Playlist;
30.0
Owner: Onions; Head admin: Onions; Date: mid October 2019;
Time period: 1990; Map: Balkan Crop; Plugin: Towny;
Notable factions: Bulgaria(drhorrorshow*), Cretins(Octavius), Croatia(Jonathan), Greece(gentlebud), Italy(Crippo), Macedonia(oveja), Romania(KimJongNut*), Russia(LeiteArts), Serbia(stryker123abc);
Major events: River Accords, Fall of Macedonia, Serbo-Croatian War, Fall of Italy, Partition of Greece;
Gallery; Playlist;
31.0
Owner: Onions; Head admin: Onions; Date: February 2020;
Time period: 2020; Map: Middle-East Crop; Plugin: Towny;
Notable factions: Defence Forces(ncordo), Egypt(Itsame), Iraq(Jonathan), ISIS(Onions), Israel(LeiteArts), Kurdistan(Kaz), Kuwait(brogrammer), Lebanon(Haan), Syria(stryker123abc), Sudan(Listkov), Turkey(TrenchByte);
Major events: Pan-Arab Conference, The Flying Pyramid, Arab-Israeli War[1],[2], Syrian Coalition War, Conquest of Sudan;
Gallery[1][2]; Playlist;
32.0
Owner: Onions; Head admin: Onions; Date: late May 2020;
Time period: 1700; Map: Europe + North America; Plugin: Xeth’s Nodes;
Notable factions: Basque -> Hispaniola(MrDaniel, ncordo), Crimeans(Octavius), Denmark-Norway(stryker123abc), Egypt(Vespi3), England(DonTrump), Estonia(TrenchByte), France(pingium*), Savoy -> Italy(Mike Loftus), Morocco(WoopWooper), Netherlands(LeiteArts), Papal States(Onions), Spain(PhamtomGuy*), Portugal(uma_delicia), Russia(Boyarsky), Sweden(brogrammer), Venice(Haan);
Major events: The trial of Phamtomguy and Fall of Spain, Danish-Swedish War, Italian Unification, Danish-Estonian Conflict, Danish-Dutch War;
Playlist;
33.0 / Epochcraft v1
Owner: uhFiliate*; Head admin: uhFiliate; Date: mid-December 2020;
Time period: 1200 BCE; Map: Middle-East Crop; Plugin: Towny;
Notable factions: Armenia(Ed-Vard), Egypt(Jebediah_McCoy), Ithaca(Octavius), Kassites(TheSpookyBones), Nabatea(Lemon_Shot), Phoenicia(g0ndola), Tripoli(DonTrump), Troy(Jrarrow);
Major events: Banning of Thrace, Battles of Petra, Sack of Armenia, Sack of Phoenicia, Kassite-Nabatean Showdown;
Playlist;
34.0
Owner: Xeth*; Head admin: Xeth; Date: mid-January 2021;
Time period: 1900-1914; Map: Stongduke’s Old World; Plugin: Xeth’s Nodes;
Notable factions: Britain(Jonathan), Serbia -> Byzantines(TheSpookyBones), Estonia(GavinGoodman), France(stryker123abc), Germany(LeiteArts -> Firerest), Italy(WARCORPtm), Japan(Danny Boy*), Kalmar Union(Lemon_Shot), Morocco(moroccan_king), Netherlands(?), Ottomans(Kaz) -> Byzantines, Qing(WoopWooper), Russia(TrenchByte), Switzerland(lim_brick), Yakutsk -> Mongolia(Andi)*;
Major events: Battle of Italy, Scramble for Africa, German Betrayal, Byzantine unification, British-Byzantine War, Franco-German War; Japanese invasion of Qing, Fall of Morocco, Fall of Italy, Miracle of Paris, Battle of Belgrade, Kalmar-Russian War, Wooper’s Long March;
Playlist; Summary;
35.0
Owner: Gazton*, Triage*; Head admin: Gazton*, Triage*; Date: mid-September 2021;
Time period: 1955-1975; Map: Stongduke’s East Asia; Plugin: Towny;
Notable factions: Cambodia(Polsxa), Colonel Kurtz(TheSpookyBones), Japan(ncordo), Laos(Fleepers*), Mongolia(Andi), North Vietnam(Vivian), South Vietnam(davidgaf);
Major events: Japanese expansion, Laos stand-off*, IP Leak Scandal;
36.0
Owner: Gazton*; Head Admin: Rurik; Date: mid-April 2022;
Time period: 1467-1615; Map: Japan Crop; Plugin: Nodes*;
Notable factions: Ainu(Karadzicu), Ashikaga-Takeda(Lemon_Shot/collective), Date(CaptainKamikaze), Miyoshi(Cvllectivist), Oda(Flat Melons), Portugal(Luey), Otomo(sabasko/the council);
Major events: Grace clashes, Coalition-Miyoshi War & Hokkaido War[1], [2], [3];
Gallery; Playlist;
37.0
Owner: Onions; Head Admin: Onions; Date: late May 2022;
Time period: 2022; Map: Ukraine Crop; Plugin: Xeth Nodes;
Notable factions: Azov(Luey), Crimea(Lemon_Shot), NATO*(?), Reddit Foreign Legion(Polsxa);
Major events: Rise of Dark Stryker, Boycott and Fall of Onions; server effectively lasted less than a single day;
38.0
Owner: Gazton; Head Admin: xeth; Date: mid February 2023;
Time period: World War 2; Map: stongduke’s World Map; Plugin: Xeth Nodes;
Notable factions: Brazil(JonasSSG), Confederate States of America(Voth), Ethiopia(Tokidoki), France(Harvey), British Raj(MrMintussy), Francoist Spain(PhamtomGuy), Finland(sabasko), Germany(krza), Greece(Red_Baron), Iran(?), Israel(Don_Sachmi), Italy(Bran34), Japan(Kozmus*), Portugal(Polsxa), Saudi Arabia(TicTacOverdose), Switzerland(kacp), Turkey(YogurtcuYcs), United Kingdom(Lemon_Shot), USSR(Prawicowa);
Major events: Spanish Civil War, Chinese-Japanese War, Fall of Estonia, Italosphere-Turkish Wars, Mojang Ban, Fall of France, Fall of England, Fall of the Caliphate, Portuguese Invasion of Germany;
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