History WebVideo / IshStateExperiments

* {{Irony}}: The [[spoiler: center island]] was originally [[spoiler: added]] by Ish to try and create a source of conflict. Instead, it became a place of peace and unity, with many nations coexisting on the island together, [[spoiler: culminating in the invasion of Aculon]].

* SelfFulfillingProphecy: Elanuelo, emperor of the Aculon Empire, constantly feared that his people were plotting against him, so he decided to fix that and make his kingdom the most united nation through controlling means, including spying on his own people. [[spoiler:Even his right-hand man [=AFreakinTurkey=] was not spared, with Elanuelo killing the duke both out of envy of his popularity ''and'' a paranoiac belief that Turkey was plotting to usurp his power for himself. The result: majority of the other nations, including those who formed the Alliance of Democratic Nations, ''actually'' rose up to end his reign of terror and demolish his empire immediately upon hearing of Turkey's death at the emperor's hand.]]

--> ''"That does not look like a wooden fence."''

* ChekhovsGun: You know that [[PitTrap sand trap]] [=Wozz0k=] built in his town? Well, [[spoiler: guess what he used to [[ZeroApprovalGambit defuse]] the Jungle civil war?]]

* FinalSpeech: Just before [=Wozz0k=] is [[spoiler: executed]], he gives one wherein he states that "I've made lots of mistakes," and that "Time can never be your trusted friend," before saying "It's now my time to go" just before [[spoiler: being pushed off of the Monkey Cult's tree to his death.]]

* TeamSwitzerland: The Tavern, a group solely dedicated to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin running a tavern]], chose to not be involved directly in any wars between different nations, including [[spoiler: between [[TheEmpire Acculon]] and the [[TheAlliance Alliance of Democratic Nations]]]].

* WhamShot:
** Just as Elanuelo [[spoiler: aims his bow from [[TheTower the Iron Torch]]'s overhang, [[TheMole somebody]] runs up from behind and mines the floor out from under him.]]

* SelfFulfillingProphecy: Elanuelo, emperor of the Aculon Empire, aimed to make his kingdom the strongest and most united of all the nations, ruling over his people with an iron fist and having zero tolerance for dissenters, constantly fearing that his people were plotting against him. [[spoiler:Even his right-hand man [=AFreakinTurkey=] was not spared, with Elanuelo killing him both out of envy of his popularity ''and'' a paranoiac belief that Turkey was plotting to usurp his power for himself. The result: majority of the other nations, including those who formed the Alliance of Democratic Nations, ''actually'' rose up to end his reign of terror and demolish his empire immediately upon hearing of Turkey's death at the emperor's hand.]]

* WhamShot:
** [[spoiler: [=BoyJedi=] punching warden Jawunleashed off the speaking balcony.]]

* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: [[HistoryRepeats Yet again.]] How was [=Wozz0k=] [[spoiler: executed]]? "fell from a high place" How was [[spoiler:Elanuelo killed?]] "fell from a high place," [[spoiler: which was also a [[TheTower tower]]]].

* MeaningfulEcho: Just before [=Wozz0k=] gets [[spoiler:executed]], he laments that "time can never be your trusted friend." What are the opening lines of the song that plays during [[spoiler:The Battle for Aculon]]? "Time can never be your trusted friend..."

** Also happened to [[spoiler: [=Wozz0k=]]] after [[spoiler: he set off his [[PitTrap sand trap]] beneath the Sea Peoples and Seth's nation when their negotiations on his territory fell apart]].

* TruceZone: In addition to remaining neutral, they often mediated diplomacy between different factions (such as when the plains [[spoiler: almost]] broke out into war) while selling their beer to whoever was visiting, including during the [[spoiler: battle for Aculon]].

* ZeroApprovalGambit: [=Wozz0k=], after the peace talks between [=SethHyphen=] and yeetspeak broke down, [[spoiler: decided to use his trap to focus their grievances on him first so as to delay the inevitable war within the jungle. Ultimately, after evading capture for a while, he willingly turns himself in, and is executed. While it did allow for reconciliation to happen eventually, the factions still went to war due to siding with opposing factions during the Aculon war.]]

-->-- Ish13, "200 Players Build a MASSIVE Civilization in Minecraft"

First released on October 16th, 2021, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR3rK25u-EI 200 Players Build a MASSIVE Civilization in]] VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}" by Ish13 was an alternate take to MagicGum’s [[WebVideo/MagicGumCivilizationExperiments "100 Players Simulate Civilizations in Minecraft."]] Taking interest in the core concept of the aforementioned video, Ish introduced the concept of seperating civilizations into separate islands, each with their own environment, landmarks, and culture, which would slowly come together and interact over the course of a week and a half of real time. Featuring the environments of Snow, Desert, Plains and Jungle, Ish and the 200 players he gathered simulated a tale about government conspiracies, civil war, and international diplomacy, culminating in a FinalBattle that would decide the fate of the world.

As Ish13's BreakthroughHit, Ish was able to piece together two more social experiements, "200 Players Simulate Survival Island in VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}" and "1000 Players Simulate Prison in VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}". In "200 Players Simulate Survival Island in Minecraft", 200 players were stranded on a undiscovered island in the middle of the ocean, where they would have to survive by living off the land, cooperating, competing, and finally withstand the whims of the island itself. In "1000 Players Simulate Prison in Minecraft", 1000 players were instead placed in a high security prison located on a small island, where they would be watched over by a organization of wardens, where they would try to survive the event via any means necessary, including treachery, forming gangs, creating contraband, or escaping the prison entirely.

Finally, on May 27th, 2023, Ish released, after a 10 month hiatus, "1000 Players Simulate Civilizations in VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}", where, once again, players would be divided into the 4 islands of Snow, Desert, Plains, and Jungle, but with more people and more space to build, thus allowing for many more nations. In a tale of diplomacy, unrest, conspiracies, and war, the players worked to build their civilizations and survive the conflicts that would arise.

* ArabianNightsDays: The desert factions both chose to adhere with this aesthetic using sandstone houses and pyramids, with [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the Sultanate]] especially setting rules in place such as daily prayers, the forbidding of pork, prescribed ways to slaughter animals, and punishments for blasphemy [[spoiler: such as [[BestialityIsDepraved bestiality]]]].

** Ewaj was the target of two assasination attempts. [[AssassinOutclassin The first one failed and was defeated by his subordinates,]] but the second one, [[spoiler: made by [=HitoriKage=] of Smilechump's village on the orders of Solev and Smilechump, was successful, leaving the Plains without strong leadership causing them to collapse into civil war.]]

* CapitalOffensive: [[spoiler: In order to capture Solev and end the war as quickly as possible, the United Sands decides to focus all of their efforts in invading the snow state first. To this end, they send infiltrators and spies to sow discord and disrupt Solev's forces, while the main army concentrated itself at the base proper. This plan partailly works, as most of the snow state, including the members of smilechump's village, are killed in the ensuing chaos, but Solev barely manages to escape with his life, his kingdom [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs no more]].]]

* TheTower: [[NonIndicativeName The Wooden Fence]], the Jungle's last line of defense, [[spoiler: poesessing [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machicolation machicolations]] and arrow slits designed to rain arrow fire and drop lava at enemy attackers, while the interior is flooded with lava to make the ladder up dangerous to climb]]. [[spoiler: Falls in the FinalBattle.]]

** [[spoiler: Ewaj's assasination, which completely collapses the plains state, leading to the evacuation and destruction of Smilechump's village as well as the fleeing of other refugees, severely weakening the plains and raising world tensions tremendously.]]

** [[spoiler: After ewaj kills his first assassin, Ish takes time to focus the camera on one [[ChekhovsGunman HitoriKage]] just beind his back.]]

** [[spoiler: The hunger event on day 2. The first scripted event in any of Ish's civilization experiments, the hunger event caught many people off guard; while the Sanctuary managed to survive without many casulties, many smaller settlements suffered, not least of which was Coloursss's jungle base, which descended into chaos due to the merchant _Thorn monopolizing their [[{{Panacea}} milk]] production, causing many to starve.]]

** [[spoiler: The final event, where the central tower opened up to reveal a funnel down to an escape plane, but only to those who had killed another player, while those who didn't reach it in time would be struck by lightning and killed. This caused the remaining factions to descend into chaos, while those who could rushed to both kill others and reach the center in time to be evacuated, destroying friendships and societies while leading to great tragedy.]]

* FinalBattle: [[spoiler: The final sponsor, Creator/{{MagicGum}}, ordered Solev to try and recreate the first state experiment using the prison as a battleground. The prisoners, however, chose to instead attack the guards, leading to an all out riot that was barely contained by the [[EliteArmy elite team]]. [[FromBadToWorse Then]], the escapees returned to the prison armed and geared up, alongside the defecting guards, and turned the tide on the elite team and took over the building, blowing a hole in the wall to allow the rest of the prisoners to escape, who killed both Solev and Creator/{{MagicGum}} in the process.]]
* GentleTouchVsFirmHand: What the dichotomy between Warden Jawunleashed and the leader of the elite team, Solev, boils down too. Warden Jawunleashed wanted to use "Rehabilitation over Punishment," trying to peacefully address the issues of the prisoners over using the torture chambers [[spoiler: hidden within the basement]], which made him popular with the normal prisoners. However, this left him blindsided when [[spoiler: Boyjedi pushed him off the speaking balcony after seemingly being rehabilitated, causing Solev to take control]]. Solev, on the other hand, was willing to use force to quell any potential uprisings, dealing harsh punishments to people such as those suspected of causing [[spoiler: The Riot on day 2]]. However, while these harsh punishments were enough to keep the prisoners in check [[spoiler: such as when the doors failed on day 3]], their indiscriminate nature angered many otherwise neutral prisoners [[spoiler: and guards, leading to guards [[DefectorFromDecadence defecting]] and letting out prisoners to escape into the wild, while they were armed with guard gear provided by the defecting guards]]. [[spoiler: This led to the prison revolting against Solev on day 4, causing the prison to fail as Solev and the last sponsor died.]]

* PrisonRiot: It wouldn't be prison without somebody trying to make a ruckus:
** [[spoiler: On day 2, just as [=ST0RMINGHELL=], leader of the El Bozo Mafia was trying to convince the El Cheese Market gang to not snitch, a guard walked in on their conversation. The Cheese Market gang promptly launched an all out attack on the guard and those who came to assist him, killing several before Solev's elite team was able to arrive and contain the riot by killing many of the rioters. Due to [=ST0RMINGHELL=] being present, they wrongfully suspected him of instigating the riot, imprisoning and torturing several El Bozo members alongside those from the El Cheese Market, which angered not only the members of El Bozo Mafia, but also several prison guards who knew they were innocent.]]
** [[spoiler: On day 4, instead of fighting each other like Solev had ordered on behalf of Creator/{{MagicGum}}, the prisoners instead turned their anger onto Solev and his remaining guards, attacking them and forcing them back to Solev's main tower. Solev then managed to contain them with his elite team; however, the escapees joined in the attack, using Creator/{{MagicGum}}'s faltering support for Solev to break in via the underfunded walls, finally defeated Solev's Elite Team. With the warden having lost control, {{MagicGum}} pushed him off of the central tower's balcony, before being tracked down and killed by some of the escaped prisoners.]]

** [[spoiler: The death of warden Jawunleashed at the end of day 2 to [=BoyJedi=], which led to the rise of Solev and his zero tolerance policy, as well as a large amount of the prison funders pulling out.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The Alliance of Democratic Nations successfully kills Elaneulo and forces his forces to surrender; [[HeWhoFightsMonsters however, in the process they manage to kill many innocent and surrendering soldiers who fought for him, many of whom had no part in or had justified reasons for partaking in Elaneulo's atrocities.]] [[DownplayedTrope Fortunately]], the alliance eventually stops the massacre and pardons all those who survived the event, setting up a United Nations and going back to living their lives. In honor of the person who inspired them all, [=AFreakinTurkey=], a graveyard for all of the fallen warriors were set up at the location of the now demolished [[TheTower Iron Torch]] and Elanuefort, including a statue of the Turkey himself, looking over the area for ages to come.]]

* ColorCodedCharacters: The player's in-game nationality is represented by the color of their name tags. Red represents the plains island, [[BlueMeansCold blue]] represent the snow island, yellow represents the desert island, and [[GreenMeansNatural green]] represent the jungle island.

* HungryJungle: The jungle, similar to the jungle in [[HistoryRepeats [=MagicGum=]'s civilization event]], was a decentralized, chaotic state, with multiple civilizations choosing to raid each other over limited resources, mostly due to the dense foliage hampering long distance travel and communication. In addition, mobs would commonly spawn in and harrass the Jungle people, further disrupting coordination and leading to many further deaths, mostly at the hands of creepers.

* PoorCommunicationKills: Due to in game communication being restricted to within 100 blocks, many misunderstandings occurred, some of which blossomed into all out wars.
** [[HungryJungle The Jungle]] was incredibly hard to govern due to this trope, as the dense foliage made getting close to any other player a hard task, leading to many skirmishes over resources, conflicts between states, [[spoiler:and an all out CivilWar between the two largest Jungle factions]].

* TheTower: [[NonIndicativeName The Iron Torch]], the Aculon Empire's last line of defense, based on the Wooden Torch from season 1. [[spoiler: Once again poesesses [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machicolation machicolations]] and arrow slits designed to rain arrow fire and drop lava at enemy attackers, while the interior ''and roof'' this time are both flooded with lava to make climbing over and/or inside the base much harder]]. [[spoiler: Falls in the FinalBattle [[HistoryRepeats yet again]], though this time via [[TheMole subterfuge]].]]

* TruceZone: In addition to remaining neutral, they often mediated diplomacy between different factions (such as when the plains [[spoiler: almost]] broke out into war) while selling their beer to whomever was visiting, including during the [[spoiler: battle for Aculon]].

** [[spoiler: davarit's attempted assasination attempt on [=ST0RMINGHELL=], which resulted in him, the sultan, and saparata, the leader of Theria, dying in a series of related incidents that collapsed the Sultanate, sent Zombta into exile, and allowed Theria to become the dominant desert faction.]]

* BestialityIsDepraved: How [[spoiler: Arvine]] was exiled. He was caught in the sheep pen making out with them, causing the others to immediately assume this trope, leading to his [[spoiler: deposition]] and exile.

* LavaPit: [[spoiler: Elaneulo had Turkey executed by being dropped into one beneath his throne,]] though WordOfSaitPaul states that this was an embellishment.