A few days ago, the Commonwealth of Socialist Republics posted our claims to this subreddit– at that point we had been settled along the Gelie Delta since the first few hours of CivEx's first day and had already begun massive developments in the mouth of the river that could not be missed including bridging together multiple islands in the delta with a large platform of stone brick and wood in preparation for our city, as well as signs that dotted the mouth of the river announcing it as our territory

The next day, we felt that we had built up enough to post our claims to the subreddit. We were contacted by a group of players known as Bastion, lead by a player Edward_Renhorn/oldalbert with a message saying that they had not only settled that region of the map but the same exact mouth of the delta that we have begun. The group itself was massive– 20 or so members (many of whom I know) compared to our humble three members. When we logged on, it was discovered that someone had broken into our storehouse, stole our crops, and built an outpost around ten blocks next to our developments which they at first had denied was theres. Bastion member NoxVS later threatened me when I entered the outpost, admitting that it belonged to Bastion.

They settled the exact land that we were on without even checking to see who was already building there or even the signs that marked the territory as ours, giving us the impression that they had would have no intention to recognize our borders nonetheless. They then forced us to the negotiation table, making it clear that them leaving our sovereign territory that they were occupying was not an option.

The Commonwealth of Socialist Republics was then forced into an involuntary exchange (some might even call this conquest) with Bastion with the threat of violence, where they claimed that "might makes right" in this situation if we would not subject ourselves to their whims. Despite this being a clear violation of the Commonwealth of Socialist Republic's national sovereignty, we had little other choice than to agree on their terms and were almost immediately told to leave the land by Bastion members as soon as the transaction was completed.

While Basion had given us a small amount of compensation (to which they beforehand bragged about their wealth which gave us the impression that we were receiving cushion change from them), we had little care for compensation, the Commonwealth of Socialist Republics only wanted our land which we were among the first (if not the first) to tread on, to develop this land, and our right to exercise our national sovereignty. It is also important to add that they wanted to "hide" in our claims, wanting us to act as if the Commonwealth of Socialist Republics was still an existing sovereign nation, using our claim as a façade before they publicly announced their existence to the world.

Thus, the Commonwealth of Socialist Republics has dissolved and our sovereign lands has been transferred to Bastion. Although Outkast, Rocketboy, and myself (mop/MasterOfParadox) have been driven off of our native lands, we have since moved on to other nations who had been kind enough to allow us in as citizens.

We thus strongly encourage all players and sovereign nations of the world to avoid Bastion as an aggressive group. It is us today, it could be you tomorrow!