2019

2019 (also known as Two Thousand and Nineteen) is the nineteenth year after the beginning of the third millennium AD.

Summary
The year had a very unstable start as the Achadia Crisis had just finished a month earlier and the fallout from the Attempted Assassination of Lavender was still felt. The international community's pressure to force Acadia to democratize has succeeded as Acadia began a lengthy democratization process that ultimately resulted in the addition of penguin rights into the country's constitution, as well as the rapprochement in relations with East Pengolia, Dorkugal and, in particular, the United States of Antarctica, with the democratization process culminating in President Brant Esser deciding not to seek reelection as his country's president.

Meanwhile, however, as Acadia was making strides towards mending relations with former rivals, the political union it was in, the Western Union, was facing a crisis. Amataria left the union in February, and Margate and Tropicalis were thought to be preparing to follow suit in March. Negotiations between the Western Union and those two member states, however, effectively succeeded in getting Margate and Tropicalis to remain fully committed to the Western Union project, and an agreement reached between them is thought to have secured the stability and existence of the Western Union for the years to come. Simon McClark, the United Provinces' pro-WU president, was also reelected to a second term in office in a victory many had considered unlikely.

2019 also saw the founding of the controversial nation of Achadia, run by Hockey Manlet, a self-proclaimed "cool dude" and vocal opponent of Brant Esser and Acadia. The country drew even more attention after a group of prominent Shoppers traveled to Achadia for a vacation.

The year also saw the rise of the concept of scrubs' rights, largely thanks to the growing influence of the newly-founded Penstubal Post news organization, particularly on certain countries, in Antarctica.

January

 * 4: Hockey Manlet begins setting up Achadia.
 * The Destruction Gems scatter across Antarctica following the defeat of Constantine.

February

 * 10: Achadia is opened to the general public.
 * 14: The Acadian "Valentine's Day Blockade" of Achadia takes place.
 * 18: Amataria withdraws from the Western Union.

March

 * 2: The Achadian Space Program is launched to little success.
 * 8: Acadian President Brant Esser meets with Shopper President Lavender for the first time since the attempt on his life.

May

 * 3: Marches across Antarctica on the 6th anniversary of the Great Yowien War for the liberation of Yow Kingdom from foreign occupation.
 * 9: Marches across Antarctica for scrubs' rights, for democracy and against imperialism.

June

 * 1: Simon McClark reelected to a second term as president of the United Provinces.
 * 8: Brant Esser announces his intention not to seek reelection to a second term as president of Acadia.
 * 15: The Shocktopus Parade is held in Achadia, accidentally ending with Achadia's beaches becoming infested with shocktopi.

August

 * 5: The Ed's birthday and the first The Roast of The Ed.

Unspecified date

 * Formation of the New Protectors.

Deaths

 * March 14: Ben 100022
 * June 27: TurtleShroom
 * October 13: Theangol Anator