Pine island Republic

Repubblica di Pine Island

The Pine Island Republic is the formal government of Pine Island founded originally in the 1842 A.D. and rectified in the later 1866.

First Union
There are four settlements in Pine Island: Cape Dun, Fisher Bay, Byroad and Pine Lake. Before 1842 A.D. these four settlements didn't have a official government. That year Cape Dun and Pine Lake decided to make a Republic union with Cape Dun as the capital. This union was established under the still residing heir to Lord Dun, who owned the city of Cape Dun. The royal state of Lord Dun was probably the reason why the latter city was chosen as the capital.

Cow Wars
In 1865 a plague, which affected all cows in the region, spread around the island making their steak inedible. During that time a man named Barley Raddish took control over Byroad. Due to a lack of steak and a lust for more power Barley decided to attack the other settlements of Pine Island.

Fisher Bay was quickly overrun. Cape Dun was besieged and cut from the rest of the world, with local Pirates blocking the sea way, leaving Pine Lake alone against Byroad. Only a group named "The Generals" defended the town against the ongoing assault. The decisive battle happened on October 21st 1866, precisely at the 3 o' clock in the afternoon Barley released a great army of crazed cows as cannon fodder during his last and most daring assault. Thanks to the deeds of Clint Westwood, who lured the cows into the higher mountains, was Barley's army defeated.

Second Union
Immediately after the war a new union between all the settlements was established with Pine Lake as the capital. The capital was changed because all the official administrative management places, like the Courthouse and the Police Department (at the time the command post of the "Generals") was located in Pine Lake. Clint Westwood became the local sheriff of Pine Lake thanks to his bravery in the war, however he turned down the offer to become mayor.

Flag
The flag of the Pine Island Republic had two versions. Both of them showing symbolic features that represent Pine Island.

The flag has in the center a Coconut Crab which is the predominant pest animal of the island. In the bottom right (looking from the front) there is a drawing of trees to represent the Old Forest, a forest that covers much of the southern area of the island. The top left had two stars before the war, and four ater all cities joined in the new republic. The number of stars signify the number of settlements being part of the union. A blue line at the bottom signifies the ocean, with the title "Pine Island Republic". In the older version it was titled "Pineland Republic" and the line is a much darker blue.

Behind the scenes
The flag was chosen by Erathor through a contest run on the game's discord server on August 2022. The winning flag was made by (Sarantos) Σαράντος. Here is the changelog featuring the other submitted flags.

Trivia
The friendly natives have their own banners which kind of resemble the pine island flag, also including a blue line trees as well as a coconut crab, scribbled on a piece of leather.