Because of how many people were whitelisted on SMPEarth, this list does not include all members. You are free to add other members if you have a good description for them and tropes for them.
Antarctic Empire
The Antarctic Empire is a faction formed by Technoblade, located in Antarctica, and one of the most powerful on the server. It is highly militaristic and aims to take over as much of the server as possible, successfully executing a plan for world domination by claiming a large majority of the map, before a law was set in place foiling their plans post-Saint-Malo Trials. Even after the trial, they still lay claim to a large chunk of the server, and are a feared entity.
Their rival faction is Business Bay.
- Badass Crew: The Antarctic Empire are feared and known for their power, and end up taking over the world on Day 8, by overtaking a large amount of the map.
- Big Bad: The Antarctic Empire can be considered this, especially if you watch from Business Bay's POV. The entire server fears them, and they go as far as to claim nearly the entire map as their territory at one point.
- Big Fancy Castle: The giant, intricate castle in the heart of the nation's capital, Port-aux-Francais.
- Color Motif: Blue, representing ice.
- Courtroom Episode: One takes place when the Antarctic Empire was put on trial for taking over the world with Wilbur Soot as the Judge and many players voluntarily taking Jury Duty.
- Take Over the World: The Antarctic Empire's goal... which they temporarily succeed in doing when Techno discovers he can exploit the faction claim plugin in order to claim without using faction power by claiming the perimeter, causing the game to treat everything inside that perimeter as part of the claim.
Preferred name: Techno
"When have I ever branded myself as a nice guy? I am the Blood God. I take no prisoners. I am the cyberbully. I just got off from stealing presents from orphans on Hypixel... I have NEVER been a nice guy."
His goals include going to war with as many factions as possible, take over both the worldnote and the moonnote , and turning all of France into a giant chunk error.
- Big Bad: As the leader of the dreaded Antarctic Empire, and his PVP skills, Techno is terrifying to the rest of the server, with many considering him the main villain.
- Card-Carrying Villain: Technoblade qualifies with this monologue.Techno: When have I ever branded myself as a nice guy? I am the Blood God. I take no prisoners. I am the cyberbully. I just got off from stealing presents from orphans on Hypixel... I have NEVER been a nice guy.
- Character Catchphrase: "Blood for the Blood God."
- Cool Crown: He wears a crown on his skin and is one of the scariest players on the server.
- The Dreaded: Technoblade is one of the server's most feared players, due to his PVP skills and wealth.
- I Call It "Vera": His weapon of choice? The "Technogun".
- Pig Man: Technoblade's skin is an anthropomorphic pig.
- Red Baron: "The Blood God", "The Blade", "Emperor of Ice", "World Conqueror".
- Villain Protagonist: You can choose to watch from his point of view, viewing his tyranny firsthand.
Preferred name: Phil
- Color Motif: Green, from his outfit.
- Disproportionate Retribution: A recurring trend with him.
- He kills Spifey for seemingly no reason, other than him flying around a stronghold that Phil's faction had claimed.
- Kara invites Phil to her faction after he dies to an airstrike, saying "Trouble in paradise?". He retaliates by nuking the Villager Adoption Agency.
- Phil, frustrated after Wilbur tricks him multiple times, proceeds to kidnap Wilbur's dog and use it as a hostage.
- When Phil loses a bet for just one diamond in Business Bay's casino, he threatens to steal all of the casino's diamonds, and then placed another bet, this time on Tommy's life. After a long stalemate fight with TimeDeo, Tommy finally joins in to try to stop the fight, and Phil nukes him.
- The Dragon: He serves as this to Technoblade's Big Bad, being basically the Antarctic Empire's second-in-command, and being just as destructive and chaotic.
- Green and Mean: Philza wears a green outfit, and kidnaps Wilbur's dog and blackmails Sophietexas.
- Hypocrite: He once claimed he intended to prevent conflict on the server... while being a major instigator of unnecessary conflicts.
- Nuke 'em: Philza has used nuclear weapons for unjustified reasons in multiple instances, including nuking the Villager Adoption Agency over a faction invite, and Business Bay over losing a single diamond to their casino.
- Red Baron: "Angel of Death" and "The Hardcore God".
- Shout-Out: Philza's skin is Kisuke Urahara from Bleach.
Preferred name: Calvin
- Secret Weapon: Brought in to help the Empire in their conflicts, Calvin's identity is kept a secret for a good while, to the point that fans speculated on who the secret member of the Antarctic is.
Preferred name: Wisp
- Color Motif: Blue, from his mask and outfit. It matches the nation he defects to.
- Defector from Decadence: Wisp leaves Business Bay because he sees Tommy as incompetent and thinks he picks too many battles.
- Evil Former Friend: To Tommy, post-betrayal. Wisp still wishes to be friends with Tommy, however, Tommy is extremely hurt by his actions and views him as an enemy.
- Heel–Face Turn: Wisp betrays Business Bay. However, this might be more of a Hazy-Feel Turn, since neither Business Bay or the Antarctic Empire are really... "good guys".
- Nice Guy: Despite his betrayal, Wisp is generally a kind person and ultimately just wants to help his faction the best he can.
- Regretful Traitor: Near the end of the server, he makes up with TommyInnit after betraying his faction for the Antarctic Empire.
Business Bay
Their rival faction is the Antarctic Empire.
- Broken Win/Loss Streak: Nearly every battle Business Bay takes part in is a loss... that is, until they defeat JoshA20 in the God War.
- Color Motif: Red. It is present in the country's flag and all of its members save for Bitzel wear red neckties.
- Sharp-Dressed Man: Their uniform is a suit and tie.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: Tommy and TimeDeo are best friends and factionmates, but often get into petty squabbles.
Preferred name: Tommy
His goals are somewhat vague, though it is likely his main goal is just to win all of the wars he takes part in. He also wants to build a casino in Business Bay, which he succeeds in doing.
- Accent Upon The Wrong Syllable: When he says "Cumin Squad".
- The Baby of the Bunch: Tommy is one of the server's youngest members, and he uses this to his advantage, especially against his faction-mate TimeDeo. He dislikes being treated like a child, yet enjoys using his age to make others look bad.
- Cannot Talk to Women: This is a Running Gag with Tommy, especially since he was only 15 at the time.
- Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Tommy is an inverted example. He just can't seem to stop getting betrayed, with his ally Wisp leaving him for the Antarctic Empire, and other potential allies betraying him at the first chance they get.
- Con Man: Tommy builds a casino with the intention of scamming players out of valuable items.
- Disproportionate Retribution: Icebomb calls Tommy "stupid and poop", prompting Tommy to say he's going to kill him.
- The Gadfly: He seems to love annoying people from other factions and causing problems.
- Hot-Blooded: He has a serious problem with getting mad over silly things, including but not limited to being slightly insulted in any way. This usually results in a petty war, or Disproportionate Retribution.
- Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: Tommy was perhaps one of the most hostile, yet also one of the weakest players on the server, constantly antagonizing everyone around him and getting absolutely trounced on the regular. His faction, Business Bay, followed a similar pattern of behavior. Tommy was also fifteen years old, so him trying to bully the adults of the server around ended up being endearingly ineffective. Out-of-universe, Techno actually praised him for this behavior, saying that a server like this needed a villain to keep things interesting, and he was very glad Tommy took that role upon himself.
- Karmic Butt-Monkey: Tommy almost always deserves what comes his way due to his tendency to go out of his way to cause problems for other players. He never learns from his consequences and just continues doing the same things anyways.
- Kill the God: TommyInnit kills JoshA20 and then receives a command block, which he first uses to be a Gravity Master.
- Minor Insult Meltdown: Icebomb calls Tommy "stupid and poop", which Tommy reacts to by telling Icebomb he'll kill him, getting out a plane, and telling Deo to get in.
- Small Name, Big Ego: Tommy considers himself to be great, despite his faction constantly losing wars, and people not taking him seriously due to his age.
- Young and in Charge: Tommy is 15 during SMPEarth, and is the leader of the Business Bay faction.
Preferred name: Deo
His primary goal on the server is to kill as many players as he can, but especially Grunk and Techno. He often kills Icebomb for no reason other than it's funny and that Icebomb is easy to kill.
- Always Second Best: TimeDeo has an infamous "curse" that invokes this trope.
- Berserk Button: Insulting his Skyblock skills seems to be his one major anger trigger, which makes sense given how much his real-life counterpart plays it — having the highest hour count of any Skyblock player multiple years in a row.
- The Big Guy: Deo serves as this to Business Bay, which is known as one of the weaker factions. Deo is one of the strongest and most feared members on the server, and often is the one to threaten or intimidate people who cause problems for the Bay.
- Blood Knight: TimeDeo's self-admitted main goal on the server is to kill everyone, particularly Grunk and Techno.
- Character Catchphrase: "Kill."
- Color Motif: Orange, from his casual outfit.
- Crazy-Prepared: One of the reasons TimeDeo is so feared on the server is his massive amount of wealth in regards to items. He's potentially one of the richest players, and has the most golden apples on the server.
- The Dreaded: Deo is one of the server's most feared players, due to his PVP skills and wealth.
- Genius Bruiser: In addition to being an extremely capable fighter, he's also very intelligent when it comes to planning and strategy.
- Hot-Blooded: Deo usually won't get visibly angry or upset, but he will kill just about any player who annoys or provokes him, no matter how minor.
- Kick the Dog: He has killed Icebomb over a hundred times, with no real reasoning other than he thinks it's fun and easy to be mean to him.
- Kill Tally: He keeps track of how many times he's killed Icebomb and Quig.
- Minor Insult Meltdown: Wisp calls TimeDeo bad at Skyblock, leading to the beginning of the New Year's Day War.
- Number Two: He serves as this to Business Bay. Despite joining later than Luke, he is treated as an authority figure by the other faction members, and his status as The Big Guy makes him tend to serve as the person in the faction that others actually fear and listen to, despite Tommy's status as leader. Tommy seems to have no issue with this.
- Red Baron: "Epic Slayer".
- Token Adult: Deo is the only adult member of Business Bay, which may be part of the reason why he's viewed as the second-in-command despite not actually being the second member to join.
Preferred name: Luke
His main goal is to take down the Antarctic Empire.
- Nice Guy: Luke is one of the calmer and kinder members of Business Bay, alongside Bitzel.
- Pals with Jesus: He is allies with Chip, one of the server's admins.
Preferred name: Bitzel
His main goal is to eventually catch someone with one of his traps, which he eventually succeeds in doing. Ironically, however, he gets trapped more often than he succeeds in trapping other people.
- Color Motif: Blue, like his tie and shield.
- Gadgeteer Genius: Bitzel often makes intricate contraptions, particularly traps.
- Lured into a Trap: Bitzel's main goal is to trap someone. He later successfully kills SalC1 in a trap.
- Nice Guy: Bitzel is one of the calmer and kinder members of Business Bay, alongside Luke.
Log Lagoon
Log Lagoon is a faction formed by InkTea, and is located in Russia. They claim to be the best, yet have no allies, only enemies. They are religious, following a deity known as Slam.- Color Motif: Brown, like logs.
- Fantasy Counterpart Religion: Braphogism, a religion following the deity Slam. It is best known for its odd fixation on fecal matter.
Preferred name: Grunk
He has no known goals, though it is presumed that he wishes to expand his faction.
- Shout-Out: One of Grunk's skins is a green Power Ranger.
Newfoundland
Newfoundland is a faction formed by Wilbur Soot, and is located in Canada. It is best known for having a wide variety of flowers, leading traders to often visit. People often like the flowers so much that they give them to Wilbur as a gift. A Dutch-style city is planned to be built at the heart of the faction's territory, along with a train station, intending to be welcoming to anyone who wishes to visit.The faction boasts many myths and pieces of folklore, such as the Mushroom Stew story. They have quite a few allies, but are an enemy to both Business Bay and the Antarctic Empire.
- Animal Motifs: Dogs, as they make up a majority of the nation's residents!
- Nature Lover: The nation is known for its nature, especially flowers, and the residents love it.
- Take a Third Option: Despite most wars involving factions taking either the side of the Bay or the Empire, Newfoundland considers both of them its enemies.
Preferred name: Wilbur
One of his goals is building the Transatlantic Median Railroad to connect Newfoundland to France in order to sell in-game advertising, with the intent on making it his primary source of income on the server. His primary goal is to be a man of the law, as he regrets the crimes he committed on SMPLive.
- Black Bead Eyes: When comparing to his other servermates' skins, Wilbur's simple bead-like eyes allows him to stand out the most.
- Unfortunate Names: He tends to be one of the main culprits of this.
- Wilbur named his dog Pee Dog. His other dogs were called Poo Dog and Cum Dog.
- Wilbur also suggested the name "Cummie Squad" for his alliance with Charlie Soot and TommyInnit. It was changed to "Cumin Squad".note Tommy: Wilbur, when my mum asks me what I was doing tonight, and I say "I was participating in "Cummie Squad" with a 23-year-old man", how do you think she'll feel, then?
- Undignified Death: During the battle with Big Bertha, the upgraded Ender Dragon, Wilbur died to a random enderman away from the battle.
Preferred name: Sophie
Her main goals are to make Brittany a powerful and gorgeous colony, befriend as many people as she can on the server, and have an abundance of pets.
- Animal Lover: Particularly dogs, though she has all kinds of pets.
- Color Motif: Rainbow, as is shown all over her skin.
- Cope by Creating: In the post-SMP short stories, it is said that Sophie builds to cope with her loneliness.
- I Choose to Stay: Supplementary short stories reveal that after the end of SMPEarth, Sophie stays behind to take care of Newfoundland's dogs after everyone else has moved on. It is stated that she makes her temporary home in the former headquarters of the Antarctic Empire.
- I Just Want to Have Friends: Sophie has little interest in the server's conflicts and would rather just make friends.
- Nice Guy: Sophie is generally kind and wants to befriend as many people as she can.
San Diego
San Diego is a faction founded by cscoop in the California area. It borders several other nations, including Packle (north) and Pen Island (south). Tommy at one point succeeds in making a deal with the faction, before backfiring when he kills Travis. Because of this, Tommy is banned from the country. The nation features a large wall along the border with Packle, which Cooper claims is to protect the nearby farmland.Preferred name: Cooper
- Adaptation Species Change: While his skin is an anthropomorphic fish, most fans tend to draw him as a humanoid with fins and a fishy tail.
- Animal Motifs: Cooper is associated with fish as a result of his branding.
- Fish People: His skin is an anthropomorphic fish.
Preferred name: Travis
- Adaptation Species Change: Travis's skin is a monkey, but he's usually drawn as a human, a humanoid with dog ears and a tail, or as his thumbnails have him: an anthropomorphic shiba inu.
- Angry Guard Dog: Played for Laughs when Tommy shows up in San Diego, with Cooper threatening to sic Travis on him, who aggressively barks at him through the window.
- Animal Motifs: Travis is associated with both dogs and monkeys, from his branding and skin respectively.
- Gosh Dang It to Heck!: Travis doesn't like to swear, and usually will substitute swear words with something else.
Single-member & Minor Factions
This section contains server members that are not part of any major faction.Preferred name: Jordan or Sparklez
- Mythology Gag: CaptainSparklez founds the Kingdom of Jordan, later renamed Fallen Kingdomnote , with the capital called "Creeper, Amman"note .
Preferred name: Charlie
- Cloudcuckoolander: Charlie Soot forms a faction themed around and named after K-Pop, and even builds an airport named the "BTS International Airport", after the K-Pop boy band.
- Nice Guy: Charlie is generally kind to others, and would prefer to keep peace on the server.
Preferred name: Eret
His goals on the server include forming a company known as the Eret Corporation, and establishing colonies in Asia, among others.
- Adoptive Peer Parent: He adopts AllanahVAFitzy, who is close in age to him.
- Prophet Eyes: He has all-white eyes, covered by sunglasses.
Preferred name: Icebomb
- Butt-Monkey: Icebomb is very often mistreated for laughs, particularly by Business Bay and especially Deo, who has killed him over a hundred times.
- Color Motif: Blue, from his skin.
- Hated by All: And not really for any justified reason — people tend to just find him annoying and easy to push around. While he does have a few allies, they're vastly outnumbered by his many, many enemies.
- Pals with Jesus: One of his only allies is Chip, one of the server admins.
- They Killed Kenny Again: TimeDeo has killed Icebomb around a hundred times.
Preferred name: Tubbo
- Cloudcuckoolander: Tubbo's main goal is to build a plastic volcano, for whatever reason. He also goes out of his way to help set up a date for Kara Corvus and Wisp, making food for them to eat in McDonald's.
- The Scapegoat: Tubbo ends up being this when Quig finds the trap that TimeDeo built and confronts him about it.
- Shout-Out: Tubbo's skin is Tweek Tweak from South Park.
Admins
Preferred name: Chip
"I'll see you in Laramie."
- Physical God: Being one of the server's admins means that Chip has abilities that no other player has, barring Josh. While they typically don't get involved unless they have to, they can and will put a stop to certain behavior from players using these abilities if need be.
Preferred name: Josh
- Physical God: Similarly to Chip, he has special abilities due to being a server admin. Unlike Chip, however, he is not above using them to bother other players for his amusement.