Editing (section) Créole 0 You are not logged in. ==History== Créole's founding members are ex-[[Fifth Column Confederation|FCC]] government dating back to the pre-[[Citadel]] era. Despite several of these members being an active part of the bloc's founding, internal disagreements within both the alliance and bloc eventually led to their departure to [[Farkistan]] where they had close ties and several had served previously as ambassadors. As a result Créole has strong roots and cultural heritage borrowed from both alliances, and eventually become the home to a majority of members from the now defunct FCC. It is worth noting that talks within this core group concerning the creation of a new small neutral alliance can be traced back as far as August 2007. During formation Créole came together under the heavily ex-Fark [[Aloha]] alliance affiliation, operating separate forums and some level of a dual membership system before launching out of their own officially on August 3 under independent protective edicts from both [[the Liquor Cabinet]] and Farkistan. This decision was reached to take advantage of Aloha's earlier launch date and was seen as mutually beneficial due to the close ties between members of both alliances. This chapter of history however has somewhat blurred the creation date of Créole, which may be taken as early as May 1 when the alliance's first forums were launched; notably as Aloha later went into decline with several members coming to join Créole. The alliance accepts August 3, 2009 as its true genesis despite having officially received diplomats for months beforehand, as it marks the first clear and unambiguous moment Créole existed in its proper form. On September 18, 2009 the Liquor Cabinet's protective edict concerning Créole was quietly transferred over to the [[New Polar Order]], making Créole one of few, if not the first, alliances in [[Cyber Nations]] to be protected by two un-allied top ten (and later, before the [[PB-NpO War]], two top five) alliances simultaneously. On December 28, 2009 Créole confirmed its tenth member while maintaining an average nation strength of just over 81,000 (at the time the ~3.8% of all nations) to close out the new year. On January 28, 2010 Créole approved its second charter and crossed the million nation strength mark with an average nation strength of just over 93,000 (at the time the ~2.14% mark of all nations), placing it in the top 120 alliances by strength. On August 3, 2010 Créole confirmed its fifteenth member having peaked at nearly 107,000 average nation strength (at the time the ~1.25% mark of all nations). Shortly after the alliance rose to #78 out of all alliances as rated by nation strength. On November 28, 2010 Créole confirmed its twentieth member simultaneously pushing the alliance past two million nation strength and entering the alliance on the All Alliances list at #68 in total strength and with the highest average strength of any alliance at 102,000 (at the time the ~2.59% mark of all nations). It is considered by some that Créole played a small role in the [[NEW-DF War]] as several of its members temporally joined Farkistan, as a counter to a number of [[Poison Clan|Poison Clan's]] upper tier nations joining NEW for the duration of the war, and later returned to the alliance without incident. Créole as an alliance explicitly never joined the war and maintained normal and friendly relations with members of [[Pandora's Box]] throughout and after the incident. Créole originally formed under the precept of neutrality but has altered itself over the years with changes in its goals and membership. As of January 13, 2011 Créole officially decided to drop the usage of the word "neutral" in its language in place of "autonomous" which it felt more accurately reflected the reality of its endeavors. On April 25, 2011 the unilateral declarations of protection by both Farkistan and the New Polar Order were retired at Créole's request in recognition of the alliance's ability to exist independently of the protection of external powers. On June 5, 2011 with nearly 2.5 million NS Créole entered the top 50 alliances (#50) as rated by strength, #37 in total technology, and with a world leading average nation strength of 107,500 NS (at the time the ~2.65% mark of all nations). On September 7, 2011 Créole issued a joint announcement with the [[Rosular Kingdom]] concerning the specific targeting of independent alliances, serving as a public declaration that an unprovoked attack on one would be viewed as a direct threat to the other. While Créole is forbidden by charter from signing treaties, the announcement was unanimously considered within the alliance to be a public clarification of its views as to specific circumstances that may lead the alliance to trigger its universal right to defend its friends. 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