Dream SMP (faction)


 * This article is about the faction. For the SMP server, see Dream SMP.

"I wanna see white flags, white flags, outside your base, by tomorrow, at dawn, or you are DEAD!"

Dream SMP, also known as the Greater Dream SMP, is the oldest faction on the server. Eret is the current King of Dream SMP. However, he is more of a figurehead than an actual leader, as Dream was considered by many to be the true leader of the Dream SMP, giving orders to the king on what he should do, very often superseding the king and giving orders directly, and appointing said kings in the first place. This changed when he was imprisoned, making Punz the acting leader. The faction use to be made up of a Kratocracy of the most powerful players on server, specifically Dream, Sapnap and Punz.

Prior to the Dream Team SMP vs. L'Manberg War, everything on the server was considered part of this faction. However, since the war, the faction’s territory has been defined as anything relatively close to spawn that is located outside of L'Manberg and later, El Rapids. The rest of the server is technically claimed by them but not enforced in any way. Both L'Manberg and El Rapids have since been dissolved and their lands, automatically absorbed by the Dream SMP. Since the Disc Confrontation, it has almost completely crumbled away, having lost almost all of its power following the imprisonment of Dream and many of its citizens abandoning the country.

History
The Dream SMP as a faction did not truly exist before the Dream SMP vs. L'Manberg War. To read more about the history of the server prior splitting into factions, visit Timeline of the Dream SMP/BT (Before Tommy) and Timeline of the Dream SMP/AT (After Tommy).

L'Manberg secession
After L'Manberg seceded, Dream recruited neutrals of the server and close friends into a loose federation with Dream as the leader. Dream, along with George, Sapnap, and Punz, declared war on L'Manberg and began their attack by bombing both the L'Manberg Embassy and L'Manberg itself. This, along with Eret betraying L'Manberg, causing them to lose a significant amount of resources, made it clear that the Dream SMP had won. However, after Tommy promised Dream the discs in exchange for independence, Dream decided to take the deal and grant them independence. The war resulted in the creation of two factions, L’Manberg and Dream SMP. After the war, Dream revealed that Eret had betrayed L'Manberg to be crowned King of the Dream SMP. However, this would turn out to be a figurehead title, with Dream holding true power in the country.

Peacetime
There was relative peace in both the Dream SMP and L'Manberg after the war, with occasional fighting or small conflicts such as the Railway Skirmish and the Pet War. Most people who joined during this time became part of L'Manberg rather than the Dream SMP, but builds were still being constructed in the Dream SMP, the most notable place being the Holy Land.

L'Manberg Election
Wilbur and Tommy decided to hold a one-party election in L'Manberg to legitimize their power. Surprisingly, Quackity, a citizen of the Dream SMP, decided that this was unfair and decided to run in the L'Manberg elections under the party name SWAG2020 with George as his running mate, meaning that Quackity and George would become citizens of L'Manberg if they won. This began the SWAG2020 vs POG2020 Election and many people in the Dream SMP took sides as to who should win. Schlatt eventually joined the server and managed to win the election.

Manberg Rebellion Arc
Throughout the period of the Manberg Rebellion, the Dream SMP acted as an area of neutrality with some conflicts occasionally breaking out. Many more builds were created in the Dream SMP during this period. On his inauguration day, Schlatt expressed the desire to conquer more land for Manberg. Eret, afraid of Schlatt's ambition, told him that he would spark another war if he continued down that path. Dream SMP eventually started leaning towards Pogtopia, supplying their members with resources.

Despite the massive loss of citizens and territory, the Dream SMP still remained powerful due to most of its citizens having acquired full netherite armor unlike most of the other factions, who had diminished power due to war efforts. Even so, the unification that had once been held in this faction was almost completely gone, with most citizens choosing to stay out of conflicts or just starting their own conflicts instead of working together. The amount of territory the Dream SMP had was moderately diminished by the creation of the Badlands. Sapnap was notorious for having caused conflicts during this time, notably sparking the Second Pet War.

Most of the citizens of the faction stayed neutral however most of the original citizens of the faction supported Schlatt, while the large majority of the server fought for Pogtopia's side in the Manberg vs Pogtopia War. Pogtopia was victorious, despite Wilbur and Technoblade blowing most of the reclaimed L’Manberg up. It was revealed that Dream and Wilbur had conspired to blow up L’Manberg regardless of who won the war. Dream did this to ensure that L'Manberg would be reclaimed by the Dream SMP (as he revealed to Eret) but this did not work, as L'Manberg drew up reconstruction plans immediately after the war.

Transition of power
Following Eret's siding with Pogtopia before the Manberg vs Pogtopia War, Eret was ousted just before the war, and George was officially crowned king due to the line of succession. Eret and HBomb were still allowed to live in the castle. Eret still owned every part of it except the throne room. George’s first act as king was to give the Badlands the same technical independence they gave L'Manberg in exchange for an alliance.

Exile Arc
The Dream Smp became reunited again after the war due to George becoming king and the edition of new server members. However after Tommy had burned down The kings vacation home, The Dream Smp’s leaders, primarily Dream, went head to head with tubbo’s cabinate to get justice for the act of war. The faction ended up getting their way when Tubbo exiled Tommy from L’manberg to avoid war with The Greater Dream Smp.

Dethronement Fallout
However during the Exile conflict Dream noticed that George didn't perform his duties as king very well and was constantly being attacked by different parties. Stating that he cared too much about George, Dream decided to transfer kingship back to Eret. Dream also noted that George was inattentive to his duties, and Eret had much better relations with the other nations of the server. On December 3, 2020, Eret was officially reinstated as King of the Greater Dream SMP, creating a conflict with George and with Mexican L'Manberg who would later attack Dream SMP to get the kingship back and get itself recognized. While Dream eventually agreed to recognize Mexican L'Manberg as a country, provided they met his conditions, George was not able to get his kingship back, which he lost interest in anyway.

Domination
On January 5, 2021, Technoblade and Dream declared war on L'Manberg. The next day, Dream arrived at Technoblade's cabin to finish preparing. Dream, Technoblade, and Philza headed out to L'Manberg with explosives, weapons, and other supplies. Most Dream SMP citizens fought for L'Manberg, but it wasn't enough. Technoblade distracted the L'Manbergian defense group, which provided a diversion for Dream to set up the rapid-fire TNT cannons above L'Manberg. After the fall of L'Manberg, the land was left a haunted and barren wasteland, finally reclaimed by the Dream SMP.

Dream had talked about the Dream SMP earlier with Punz, by then his most trusted ally. He said that he would do something that would make the entire server hate him and that he would have to go away during that time, passing on the position of leader to Punz. This event was most likely the Doomsday War.

Under A Foreign Dominion
Though the Greater Dream SMP has remained peaceful since then (except for the Disc Confrontation), the Egg is slowly spreading its vines through its territory. Acting leader Punz has done nothing to stop the blood vines due to his allegiance with the Eggpire. This may also lead to the Dream SMP eventually being absorbed by the Eggpire completely.

New Decrees
Eret has "overrode" permissions, believing himself to be the new head of state in the nation. He decided to take matters into his own hands, establishing a harsh tax system where some citizens of the Greater Dream SMP would have to pay an expensive tax. He then began to draw up plans for a new army of withers to "enforce" the law. Later, he seemingly abandoned all of his plans. He currently seems to be fine with the status quo and does not want to make any major decisions as of yet.

Current State
The Dream SMP, after the Doomsday War and the destruction of L'Manberg, seemed to lose its purpose. With the exception for its interference in the Disc Confrontation (in which it supported Tommy and Tubbo's side, although Punz would still be secretly on Dream’s side), the Dream SMP remained completely static in the following months as people slowly left. The imprisonment of Dream further accelerated this downfall. Ironically, only Eret, a former member of L'Manberg and the current king, is truly loyal to the Dream SMP, with Ponk and Punz formerly being corrupted by the Egg (which would cause for Punz to neglect the position of acting leader for a while, until Dream escaped), and Callahan being inactive in lore. In addition, all citizens have little to no loyalty to the faction as whole. This leaves the Dream SMP in a position of technically ruling over the entire server but having no power to enforce any of its claims if necessary. It was also, for a period of time, in grave danger of being subsumed by the Eggpire, due to the vines' growth accelerating with Punz formerly being a de jure double agent. Overall, despite its long history and its position of strength, the Dream SMP is currently, by far, the weakest faction on the server, with no true leader, a week military, and very few citizens. However, with new server members having been added and the Eggpire being defeated, the faction has grown in members. Not only that, but with Dream escaping prison (although he would go into hiding and have Punz go on his behalf), there is a possibility for the faction to regain its legitimacy and reunite.

Citizens

 * Punz - Acting leader, secretly on behalf of Dream
 * Eret - King of the Dream SMP
 * Callahan - Squire
 * Ponk
 * Hannahxxrose
 * BoomerNA
 * Eryn

Armory

 * Enchanted netherite armor and weapons - The Greater Dream SMP holds the most territory of any faction on the server, allowing them to acquire vast amounts of resources.
 * TNT - TNT remains as a stashed weapon by the king.
 * Tridents - Tridents are only to be used by officials and military personnel.
 * TNT siege engine - Only ever used once in the Dream Team SMP vs. L'Manberg War, the siege engine was used to break down L'Manberg's defenses. It was mobile enough to transfer across long distances.

Military
The Greater Dream Smp has had 3 military representations over its existence: However, despite how powerful its military used to be, the faction currently has none due to the lack of unity and power within it. Although with the possibility of Eryn becoming a Knight of Eret, there is still some chance of a new military being created.
 * 1. Dream Team SMP military alliance (Dream, George, Sapnap, and Punz) (created only following L’Manburg’s secession)
 * 2. Dream, George, Punz, and Callahan (temporarily)
 * 3. Dream, Punz, Eret, CaptainPuffy, and HBomb (under the Knights of Eret)

Alliance’s
Unofficial Manberg Pact- Before the Manberg vs Pogtopia war, Dream made a deal with Schlatt to supply with an army and resources, and that army included the key members of the Dream Smp.

Badlands Pact- After the first phase of the Manberg vs Pogtopia war ended, Dream took what was left of his army and allied with the Badlanda to form Team Chaos in opposition to the Newly formerd L’manbergian government.

L'Manberg- After Tommy’s exile, Dream official recognized L’manberg as a separate entity to the Dream SMP and even proposed trade between the factions along with the Dream SMP’s support in wars to come.

Snowchester- Due to Eret recognition of Snowchester, it is assumed that an alliance similar to the one with L’manberg was formed involving trade and more.

Trivia
• The purpose of the Greater Dream SMP was to be a neutral faction that all unaffiliated members of the server we’re automatically attached to.

• Ever since Dream was imprisoned in Pandora's Vault, unaffiliated members of the server (people who have either left their current faction/revoked their citizenship, are ghosts, or have left the mainland) would automatically be classified as neutral/factionless instead of being automatically attached to the Greater Dream SMP, mainly because the faction had lost it’s legitimacy following the imprisoning of Dream.

• Now that Dream has escaped, the legitimacy of the Greater Dream SMP as a neutral faction, all unaffiliated members were attached to, and as the faction that controls and claims the entire server has started to gradually come back to how it was before Dream’s imprisonment.

• Because of Dream’s reputation around the server as of now, he is currently in hiding and only using Punz to act on his behalf as acting leader and as a right-hand man for his plans.

• When members of the Greater Dream SMP, join organizations like the Eggpire, they end up forging a duel citizen ship by default seeing as organizations are not true factions.

Territory
The Greater Dream SMP claims power over the entire server, as the only two nations that it has recognized (L'Manberg and El Rapids) have both been dissolved. The reason for this power mainly has to do with the factions purpose. All unaffiliated players are considered a part of this faction by default, which is why the faction has so much territory. However, it only controls a small portion of it around the world spawn. The territory was only retained due to Dream waging numerous wars against factions outside of his, like Pogtopia and L'Manberg. However, the expansion of the Greater Dream SMP stalled with his imprisonment in Pandora's Vault. Since then, two other countries (Snowchester and Kinoko Kingdom) have seceded from the Dream SMP, taking a significant portion of their land and resources. The expansion of the Egg's vines also gives the Eggpire opportunity to claim a large chunk of its land.

Recognition of countries
The Dream SMP reserves the right to recognize any faction on the server as an official nation with separate territory unclaimed by the Dream SMP (i.e., grant a nation independence). This right is exercised by the leader, as well as the king in rare circumstances. While recognition by the Dream SMP is not necessary to make a thriving nation (eg: Snowchester and Kinoko Kingdom), it provides a sense of legitimacy to the nation. It may also lead to an alliance and trade deals with the Dream SMP as in the case of L'Manberg.

There are two types of recognition granted by the Dream SMP:

• Technical/partial independence: The Dream SMP still claims all territory of the said nation as their own, but to avoid conflict, will call the territory by the name of that nation. The Dream SMP will also cease any current military activity against the nation and will not attack the nation unless there is a very good reason to do so. This is essentially a ceasefire agreement deal. The Dream SMP will usually unofficially cede most control of said territory to the nation despite still claiming it as their own. Factions: Manberg, Badlands

• Full independence: The Dream SMP will recognize the nation as being fully independent and having successfully seceded. The Dream SMP will rescind all claims to the territory of the said nation and recognize the territory as fully part of that nation. The nation, thereby, assumes complete control over its claimed territory. The Dream SMP may also, if they wish to, back the nation in any related matters of sovereignty. Factions: L'Manberg, El Rapids

The Dream SMP has only ever recognized four factions in one of these manners. These factions are:

• L'Manberg: L'Manberg was the first faction to ever break away from the Dream SMP. On August 2, 2020, at the end of the Dream Team SMP vs. L'Manberg War, Tommy struck a trade deal with Dream. He traded his two most prized discs, Cat and Mellohi, for L'Manberg being granted technical independence. Nevertheless, L'Manberg was treated by most players, as a fully separate country. Dream even excepted Jack manifold as an ambassador to the Greater Dream Smp. On December 3, 2020, after Tommy was exiled from L'Manberg, Dream decided to fully recognize L'Manberg as an independent nation. L'Manberg was destroyed and dissolved on January 6, 2020.

• Manberg:  Manberg was already a partially recognized nation when it was created on September 22, 2020, due to being the continuation of L'Manberg. It was even backed up by several citizens of the Dream SMP during the Manberg vs Pogtopia War. It was, however, invaded and dissolved during the war on November 16, 2020.

• Badlands: In return for the Badlands recognizing George's kingship, Dream granted them technical independence on November 16, 2020, shortly after the Manberg vs Pogtopia War.

• El Rapids: Mexican L'Manberg was fully recognized as an independent nation by Eret on December 6, 2020, during the Mexican L'Manberg Conflict, on the condition that it would apologize, fix the damage to its own nation and the castle, restore Eret's throne, return Puffy's items and rename the nation to El Rapids. El Rapids was later dissolved on February 9, 2021.

Of these four nations, only the Badlands still stands (though it is inactive as of now), meaning that the Dream SMP still claims the entire server as its territory.

In addition, Snowchester has gained Eret's unofficial sanction, as he unofficially joined the nation and became a secret ambassador from Dream SMP. This may lead to Dream SMP officially recognizing Snowchester later on.