History of the Federation of Independent Sovereign Territories

Foundation
Originally, FIST was formed on the 3rd of October by Macktruck, Mooney, Starcraftmazter and The Red Cmorad, all of whom came from Atlantis, and were quite unhappy with it at the time. The reasons for FIST were their dislike of the way other alliances work and the treaties they pursue. The founders wanted to do things differently, and wanted an alliance which is much more friendly and fun to be in, than many others.

After deciding some basic things such as the name - FIST, work began on creating the alliance, creating ministries, departments, guides and procedures. Starcraftmazter did most of this work (and is the sole author of the guides), as Macktruck and Mooney were not in FIST yet during the very beginning. External work and diplomacy was handled by The Red Cmorad, whom established relations with numerous alliances during this period of time.

At the time all the founders arrived, recruiting began. A few members in FIST came from Liway Forums, but not a significant amount. Most people were recruited as newbies, having just joined the game. Recruiting was done mainly by Starcraftmazter.

The other founders however did contribute significantly to FIST, sending aid, organising ministries and helping new members. Mooney took over administrative forum tasks, for the duration of the NSW HSC, when Starcraftmazter was unavailable. In addition, all founders collaborated on the constitution of FIST.

A Mutual Defence Pact was signed between FIST and IPA almost at the very beginning, due to similar ideologies and friendships of The Red Cmorad and Fireguy - whom is the leader of IPA.

During this time, two rogues joined FIST, and after obtaining aid, proceeded to wage wars with members of other alliances and insult them. One such player was from NATO, and FIST's quick and decisive actions in dealing with the rogues, obtained them diplomatic respect from NATO.

Re-Formation
After a lot of work on the constitution, Starcraftmazter realised that it became the representation of every mistake many prominent democratic alliances have made in the past, and stated his intention to end his affiliation with FIST. His opinions were not necessarily shared by the other founders. At this time, FIST had 28 nations.

Because Starcraftmazter contributed the most time to FIST, the proposal of merging into IPA came up. On the 3rd of November Starcraftmazter thought that many of the people in FIST would prefer to remain independent and decided to reform FIST, from an democratic republic to an autocracy with democratic oversight, and slightly different goals. People were given the free choice of staying or going to IPA. Several members disagreed with both choices, and decided to form their own alliance called Pyrate Rebel Engine [ PRE ].

While most people stayed, the founders left to continue their pursuits in Cybernations. Macktruck went back to Atlantis, Mooney joined Old Guard and The Red Cmorad originally offering to help with PRE, reconsidered and joined IPA. The former FIST members whom started PRE are Spaceship9, Nanoer and Ajd. It remains in the planning stages. Significant FIST members whom stayed are MemoryLenin, Facetten and Daggarz, whom inherited governmental roles. There were 18 nations left in FIST, however one member went inactive and got deleted, leading to 17 nations being in FIST for a little while.

Despite all of this, all of the afore-mentioned people remain close friends, and many of them are friends outside of CN altogether.

After the Reformation
After the reformation, instead of recruiting, Starcraftmazter decided to solidify the alliance. After saving money for about two weeks, he did an infra jump, and the proceeded to aid the top members of the alliance. In addition, the forums were re-organised a bit.

While he was waiting for money to build up, Starcraftmazter took the opportunity to set up relations with many more alliances, including CPCN, with which he signed a PIAT.

Starcraftmazter also took this opportunity, to write a new constitution from scratch, which after some drafts and consultation with the members of FIST was ratified.

During this time, a player known as 'Desolation' joined FIST. He was on NATO's perma-ZI list (and later ended up on more ZI-lists of other alliances). This was a very nasty character, whom caused a lot of problems and drama for NATO. Those observing the CN forums regularly are probably familiar with his disgraceful behaviour and multiple anti-NATO threads which he created after banishment from FIST and his war with NATO. In the end, he was banned from the game and forums. FIST's assistance to NATO in dealing with this individual, strengthened the friendship between the two alliances.

Recruiting
After everything was in place, recruiting began at the very end of November. Members were recruited quite quickly, and the alliance membership soon doubled and tippled. New nations were offered incentives of 600k in addition to the usual benefits of being in an alliance.

Making Decisions
The membership of FIST was asked to make two important decisions, on the flag and the domain name. There were about a dozen flag entries and several domain suggestions, though only two domains were chosen as finalists and placed in a poll.

The most popular flag was one designed by Silent, and has been made official.

Domain voting is still going on.