USUV

United Settlements of UltraVanilla, or USUV, is a consortium of various towns and settlements on UltraVanilla. The headquarters are located near New Spawn at -2001951,-1995972, although meetings are often held in other locations.

It was formerly known as Allied Settlements of Ultra Vanilla (ASUV).

History

Early USUV

In early 2020, a collect of towns within the Old Spawn region founded what was then called the ASUV, or Allied Settlements of UltraVanilla, as an informal response to the at the time much larger Northern Alliance and Comrades Union.^[1] The original treaty was signed between the towns of Southern Hollow, Waterthon, WestHaven and The Swamp^[1], all of which had some issue with the latter two unions.

Later on, after the Nether Update came to the server, and then called Alliance City was founded, AC was chosen to be a neutral location to host the newly created USUV. During this period, the Battle of Alliance City took place at the first USUV meeting, being the first and only major military confrontation the USUV has taken a part in^{[note 1]}. The HQ was later moved away from AC to a more neutral location after AC became a large international city; the ocean east of New Spawn.

2020 through 2023

During this period 51 more members joined the bloc, including members that the USUV was supposed to fight against, turning the USUV from a bloc against other blocs, and instead into a UN-adjacent speaking platform.

The groups that the USUV was made to fight against, specifically the Northern Alliance and Murder Guild eventually went inactive and disbanded respectively.

USUV vs OPC

Main Article: USUV vs OPC

In early 2023, the OPC was founded on the basis of less bureaucracy and more cooperation with the people of the recently founded Outpost region, purposefully being a polar opposite of the USUV at this time. Discussions about how to handle the conflict between the USUV and OPC and make sure they dont "step on each others toes" so to speak dragged on for way too long.

During this time Rotherhythe assassinated the USUV chair during a meeting being held at Rotherythe's Copper Gatehouse venue.^{[note 2]}

2024 and Beyond

Due in part to Beeper's ban in early 2024, the Illyrian Diaspora, and the events that caused and occurred within the Second Dark Age, the USUV took a nose dive in the entirety of 2024, with whispers of dissolving the government starting.

Venues

We meet in different places all across the server, in spaces and they are all special in their own unique way. Here are a list of places where we meet now and where we met before.

Active

Venue	Image	Location	Meetings Held	Number of Desks	Notes
USUV HQ		North-East of Spawn	12	80	Also known as The Pearl.
AC USUV Building		Alliance City	9	27	Formerly the HQ of ASUV/USUV before being replaced by the new building. Auctioned on completion of the new headquarters. Repurchased by AC to be an active venue again.
WestHaven USUV Hall		WestHaven	2	24	Meetings at this venue have lead to multiple scandals.
Cara Union Capital Building		Cara Nova	3	25	The building also houses a library, ballroom and other amenities.
Caverns		Burzum	2	24	Permanently Halloween themed as both its meetings were in October.
Town Hall		Old Mann	2	26	The closest venue to Old Spawn.
Atlantis		EverFae	2	24	Uniquely located underwater, beneath an island.
Sewers		Waterthorn	2	24	Found in the maze of dark tunnels under the town.
USUV Dome		Southern Hollow	2	22	The only hall to feature a fully circular layout of desks.
Great Hall		Tidus	1	25	The building also acts as the city's Town Hall.
Ice Spikes Forest		Steamed Hams	2	20	Uniquely, it does not have named desks and is instead freeform seating.
Cyprus Hall		Cyprus	2	24	Features a lounge and bar area.
Capitol Building		Fort Dunbar	1	16	The building also features living areas, a grand hall, and a library.
Temple		Sosong	2	20	Also acts as the portal building and gateway to the town.
Grotto		Evergreen	2	20	Located within a large cavern terraformed as an extension of the town.
Jedi Temple		Cloud City	1	20	Inspired by the Jedi Council chamber from Star Wars.
HMS Spaceward		Alliance City	1	24	It's on a boat! It's on a boat! Everybody look at it cuz it's sailin' on a boat!
Araluen USUV Hall		Araluen	1	19	Located in the far north of the town across a valley. Also contains a library and embassy rooms.
Parthenon		Illyria	1	24	The first hall to include an automatic counting system. Notable for being pre-armed with a weapon system used during the Sand God incident
The Barn		Krill Lanka	1	24	Located in a farming area of the town with rural builds.
Dripstone Cave		Steambolt	1	24	Located far from the town in a cave with its own portal. Features minecarts and other decorative elements.
Catacombs		Malbork	1	22	Located in the maze of catacombs underneath the town. Very dark and has noteblock abmiance.
Civic Center		Aquileia	1	22	Located in the Duchy of Aquileia. There's a cool aquarium on top of the meeting Hall.
Rotherhythe Castle		Rotherhythe	1	12	Originally used as an OPC meeting venue, Converted for use when Rotherhythe regained it's membership to USUV. Brought in to retire the Gatehouse Hall out of respect for the grave within the old venue.

Retired

Venue	Image	Location	Meetings Held	Number of Desks	Notes
Convention Center		Cloud City	3	20	The first USUV venue other than the original HQ. Relocated to the Jedi Temple.
Copper Gatehouse		Rotherhythe	2	24	Built inside of Rotherhythe's oldest structure. Seats all members around a single table. Retired when Rotherhythe initially left USUV in December 2023. It was not recommissioned upon Rotherhythe's re-entry.
Le Carrière d'Argile		Banal-Witchita	1	18	An impromptu USUV hall built inside a decommissioned clay mine on the Third Witchita-City of Banalis border. It was decommissioned after one meeting due to the new Banal-Witchita Parlement Hall being designed, and eventually built. The clay mine was later used as a monument for those lost in the Lost Witchita burnings.

Condemned

Venue	Image	Location	Meetings Held	Number of Desks	Notes
"area"		Naval Detroit	1	None, seats only	First and only USUV venue to be condemned as unconstitutional at a meeting, lacking desks and overall safety standards.

Headquarters

Main article: USUV HQ

USUV's HQ, also known as The Pearl.

USUV HQ, or "The Pearl", is an enormous structure rising from the ocean near spawn. It provides a lobby, dozens of office spaces for members, a banquet chamber, official's quarters, a garden, and a grand chamber to host member meetings. The structure is a long-term project added to continuously.

Members voted to move the HQ to a neutral location from the then-called Alliance City, where the previous HQ resides.

Charter

To join the USUV, member states agree to the USUV Constitutional Charter, which outlines how the USUV should operate. There have been 12 versions as of writing this article, each with changes to one or more lines. Charter 12 was a near complete rework of the charter, to be simpler and less confusing to outisders.

USUV Charter V12

USUV CONSTITUTIONAL CHARTER
Version 12.0 February 2024

I

The organization is known as The United Settlements of UltraVanilla (USUV).
USUV is committed to hosting a vibrant community, focusing on community projects, events, and server-wide issues to support its members.
Discussions cover endorsed USUV projects, events, settlement matters (if brought before USUV by said members). And not staff issues
we don't get involved with members unless invited to

II
USUV members shall elect a chair to represent them. The chair's role is to :

Prepare meetings, sets agendas, and welcomes new members
Encourages community engagement and inclusivity during and outside meetings
Proposes initiatives with member approval and Seek public input regarding USUV matters

III
USUV aims to encourage open dialogues and collaborations between USUV members and nonmembers. Members shall decide on :

The term length of the chair
The meeting rotation duration
Every USUV member have the same voting power. being chair or in the official's of USUV doesn't change your voting privilege.

IV
USUV members may vote to invite new members if they meet the following criteria :

Respect the development scale (pinned on the usuv discord channel and on the wiki)
Have at least 3 members contribute to the settlement within the past month (This rule doesn't apply to Settlements consisting of 1 player)
Have been founded at least 30 days ago
Members that have been part of USUV for more than 3 months may vouch for new members, vouched members only have to respect the development scale to be eligible to join USUV. Settlements can only vouch for 1 settlements per chair rotation.

V

USUV members may vote and talk during meetings
Meetings shall take place in "compatible" halls
The criteria to be compatible is:

Having a minimum capacity of 15 voting chair for USUV members with a way for them to distinctly show a yes or no vote
Meeting observers may make a proposal in a meeting, but they cannot vote. Observers can agree amongst themselves to appoint up to 2 people to sit at the independent voters desk
Member states may send a representative to vote at each meeting
Players can only represent a maximum of 1 settlement per meeting
Players must have permission from settlement leaders to represent them at USUV
additionally There will be 2 independent voting chair and 1 desk for Community Settlements to vote for places that are not part of any settlement
Independent voters should be considered members with the same rights for that meeting.

- Meeting observers can make proposals in a meeting, but they cannot vote.
An agenda will be published at least 1 day before a meeting on both discord and the wiki

VI
A fund managed by voting members supports USUV endorsed projects.

Every donations towards USUV will go to this fund, called the USUV fund
Members must feel free to ask for fundings regarding projects, everything is to be considered during meetings
The Projects and Funds coordinator is in charge of encouraging donations towards USUV, he is also in charge of updating a record whenever a something is made or given

VII
USUV may elect officials into the USUV Cabinet (Cabinet) to oversee certain aspects of the organization.

The cabinet consists of a Chair and Vice-Chair. Judge, Head of Security, archivist and Projects and Funds coordinator
The role of the Vice-Chair is to assist the chair for their various missions
The role of Head of Security Is to protects members during meetings
The archivist should compile meeting reports, publish documentations regarding the meeting and maintain the accessibility of the USUV records
The projects and Funds coordinator will engage with public projects if they welcome USUV assistance, and will look for ways USUV can help for it to succeed then bring these suggestions to a meetings. The projects and Funds coordinator needs to manage and track funds as directed by meeting votes and should encourage donations to the fund
The role of the USUV Judge is to mediate disputes, interpret rules, and make decisions on issues regarding USUV.
Elected officials can be removed from their position with a “Vote of No Confidence” if it passes by a super-majority

VIII

The Charter is subject to updates as necessary; approved changes apply retroactively
Additions to the charter should be avoided if the same thing can be accomplished by Bill
No Bill or Local Bill can override this Charter
Charter changes require a super-majority vote
If a matter can't be resolved by referring to the charter or bills, points my be talked about during a meeting
Bills are to be documented and explained on a section of the wiki

Version 1 WRITTEN: SATURDAY 3 February 2020

Version 1 RATIFIED: SATURDAY 25 JULY 2020

CURRENT VERSION WRITTEN: SATURDAY 3 February 2024

Member States

Current member states of USUV are:

All members have a voting desk in meeting chambers.

† Cara Island, Cara Nova and Hana Reservoir share a single voting desk.

Provisional Members

Provisional members of USUV are locations which have not yet reached all the requirements outlined in the charter, and have limited voting powers.

Current provisional member states are:

Special Seats

Additionally, there are special voting desks:

Community Settlements (USUV)
Independent Voters (two desks)

Public Farms

Members can optionally open up their farms for use by the public.

Below is a list of farms that are free to use:

Farm	Member State	Location
Gunpowder Farm	Cloud City	Freedom Tower
Wool Farm	Cloud City	Freedom Tower

Meetings

Main article: USUV Meetings and Votes

We have meetings to talk and vote about things.

We meet on Saturdays every three weeks. Sometimes we change the date if something else is happening or we are busy. We go to USUV HQ for one out of three meetings. The other times we go to new and different places.

We tell you what we will talk about on the wiki, Discord and books at the place where we meet. We do this one day before the meeting. We also tell you what we said and decided after the meeting.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Beeper, February 9th, 2022; via the UV Discord

Notes

↑ This might be incorrect, though there are no references to the USUV taking part in the Terni-Southern Hollow Conflict outisde of mediating a treaty between them.
↑ i think i have the timeline wrong here?

Gallery

Former Headquarters at Night

Former HQ Lobby

Former HQ Meeting Chambers

[BeeperFeb9th-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Beeper, February 9th, 2022; via the UV Discord

[2] This might be incorrect, though there are no references to the USUV taking part in the Terni-Southern Hollow Conflict outisde of mediating a treaty between them.

[3] think i have the timeline wrong here?

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