Squid Peaks
| Squid Peaks | |||
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| Owner | |||
 Shampooboots | |||
| Town Members | |||
| 10 | |||
| Assistants | |||
| 4
 Villager263 | |||
| General information | |||
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filthydog1220
minecrafter2145
TellTheL
Squid Peaks is a town that was created and is owned by
Shampooboots. It was established as a town on April 17, 2024, although its history dates back nearly eight months prior. The village is located on Mt. Squidra, extending to the shore below. The name is inspired by Squidward Q. Tentacles from hit TV series SpongeBob SquarePants, and is worshiped as a god.
Early History
Squid Peaks originally started as a hole for Shampooboots to survive the night in, sometime around August 2023. Soon enough, this became a settlement for him. He extended out a grass platform to make more for land in the high altitudes. One day, he'd hope that he would create the highest village in the RetroMC server. He showed his settlement off to a couple of people, who would then build a town hall and some houses down Mt. Squidra. They had even created a constitution, as shown later. The Founding Fathers of Squid Peaks are: Shampooboots, minecrafter2145, filfthydog1220, everyman, TellTheL, and Principal Skinner. On April 17th, 2024, Squid Peaks was officially incorporated as a village by Shampooboots, marking an end to the early era of Squid Peaks.
Territorial Disintegration
In mid-November, 2024, {{user-nonwiki|Villager263 } accepted the invitation to Squid Peaks citizenship. Upon joining, Shampooboots instructed
Villager263 to build along the outskirts of the town. However, after constructing his base,
Villager263 realised that the area in which he was instructed to build was not protected under Squid Peak's claimed territory.
Villager263 thus argued that the Squid Peaks state had violated the Social Contract as espoused by John Locke in "Two Treatises of Government," a foundational theory for modern Western political theory and governmental institutions. Since Squid Peaks had failed to protect and uphold the rights of its Northern Citizens, according to John Locke, the state had forgone its legitimacy and right to govern.
On this basis,
Villager263 declared independence from Squid Peaks on November 19th, 2024, and established the independent town of North Squid Peaks. With no opposition,
Villager263 was free to declare himself Caesar. A demilitarised zone was quickly erected to define the borders of the two sovereign nations.
Rise of North Squid Peaks
Immediately following Independence, North Squid Peaks went on to form a colonial empire. North Squid Peaks has a particularly close relationship with the town of Valencia and their King,
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Reunification
On January 5th, 2025, Caesar Villager263 accepted an invitation to meet with Shampooboots in the North Squid Peaks Independence building to negotiate terms for reunification. The meeting lasted throughout the night. Multiple proposals were raised and rejected, many shots of the finest aged whiskey were consumed, and haters grew increasingly skeptical of the prospect of unification. However, at daybreak, as the rosy-fingered dawn appeared, with her came not only the sun, bringing light to all the world, but also an agreement finally struck between the two leaders. It was agreed that North Squid Peaks' territory was to be claimed by Shampooboots, absorbing the land into Squid Peaks. However, North Squid Peaks would maintain absolute autonomy and would not be bound by the Constitution of Squid Peaks. However, on Jan 29th, 2025, Villager263 recognized the greater power of Squid Peaks, and the two states had completely reunified. North Squid Peaks is now simply a district of the state of Squid Peaks, with Villager263 still holding power. (Just not as much as Shampooboots)
The (Former) Constitutions and Political Systems of the Two Sister States
Squid Peaks claims to be a democracy and its leader, Shampooboots, does not style himself as a King nor tyrannise his subjects. The Squid Peaks Constitution is as follows:
1. No Griefing
2. No RDM
3. Love thy neighbour
4. Squid Peaks is democratic
5. Squidward is your only God
North Squid Peaks, by contrast, is a constitutional monarchy which finely blends elements of both democracy and monarchy. The North Squid Peaks Constitution is as follows:
1. The sovereignty of the North Squid Peaks and her Parliament shall not be impeded
2. The executive Power shall be vested in Caesar, and he shall hold his office for life.
3. All legislative and judicial powers shall be vested in Parliament
4. Caesar shall reserve the right to call upon or dissolve the parliament at will
5. All citizens of Squid Peaks have the right to participate in sessions of parliament, with each citizen being granted equal vote. A Simple Majority is required for a bill or ruling to proceed to the desk of Caesar
6. All motions of parliament must be ratified by Caesar, who reserves the Power to veto.
According to Caesar Villager263, this constitution ensures that the voices of the people are heard and recognised, but safeguards against tyranny of the majority through its use of an enlightened monarch who protects against irrational enactments.
Moreover, there exist two political parties within the North Squid Peaks Parliament, the Squid Peaks National Party (SPNP) and the North Squid Peaks Independence Party (NSPIP). The SPNP, which sits to the right of Caesar Villager263's throne during Parliamentary sessions, is regarded as the more conservative of the two parties, as expressed through their more traditional building style and resistance to North Squid Peaks independence. The NSPIP, stationed to the left of Caesar's throne, is regarded as more progressive, as expressed by their defiance of traditional authority structures, their avant-garde building style, and their radical party platform.
As of January 29th, 2025, North Squid Peaks now follows the same constitution of Squid Peaks following it's complete reunification.
Alliances
Since the initial reunification, Squid Peaks as a whole has made a few alliances. Official ones include the alliances with the towns of NorthBerth and Aero. Embassies have also been built in the towns of Cactus, NorthBerth, and Valencia.
Structures
Ever since the foundation of North Squid Peaks, both nations have ramped up in production of impressive buildings. Including two embassies (in the towns Cactus and Valencia,) a library, and the Church of Squidward.
