Mapperdonia

Mapperdonia, also known as The Mapping Community, is the colloquial name used to refer to the communities about Mapping. It was first used by Batran99 to refer to TheFutureofEuropes Wiki, but it applies to any other community on other platforms. Mapperdonia is often represented as a country.

History
Main articles: Timeline of Mapperdonia 

The history of Mapperdonia began in July 2008, when a YouTuber named MervueMeringue uploaded a video, the first prototype of mapping. On October 7th, 2012, 99batran, the third mapper, created a wiki named TheFutureOfEuropesWiki (TFOE), which was the very first Mapperdonian settlement. Until October 2013, TFOE was the only Mapperdonian settlement when other wikis were created as other settlements. In 2014, the 'Mapperdonians Wiki' was created by Sunburn9000, a user who was blocked on the TFOE Wiki in August 2014. The two wikis caused tensions between August and October 2014, when the Anniversary War was declared between both settlements. It eventually led to the abandonment of the Mapperdonians Wiki, and TFOE Wiki became the dominant settlement. During the summer of 2016, Google+ became a popular platform for Mapperdonian communities, and in August 2016, The Mapping Community (TMC). TMC's population rapidly grew throughout 2016 and 2017, surpassing the wiki in terms of members and activity at an unknown point in time. However, another platform for Mapperdonian communities appeared in the same year, which was Discord. It grew in activity and soon became the dominant platform for Mapperdonia in 2018 and 2019 after Google+ was shut down.

TheFutureOfEuropesWiki
TheFutureOfEuropesWiki, better known as TFOE wiki, was the first settlement established in Mapperdonia.

Google+ communities
After June 2016, many popular mappers moved to Google+ and grew large communities of their own, such as TMC, Countryball Universe, Mapperverse, BSMF, and NMC. With the involvement of popular mappers using it as a form of communication, Google+ experienced an influx of mappers, causing many large communities to develop and leading to Google+ experience a golden age, becoming the new capital of Mapperdonia. However, in 2019, Google+ shut down, leading to the end of the Google+ communities.

Skype/Discord communities
Although origins of its use has dated to 2013, the widespread community use of Skype starting in 2015. Skype was used as a platform for communications in the Mapperdonian community, with several chats dedicated to general Mapperdonian discussion and some for administration. Since it was effective in terms of uses, it was often, alongisde the TFOE Chat, a popular place of interaction. In 2017, Skype was less and less used as users migrated to Discord as a platform, and the official Mapperdonian channel, Mapping Channel 6.0, was shut down, alongside other chats.

Discord emerged as the dominant platform for communications in 2017, with features like multiple channels, voice chat, and custom emojis attracting many Mapperdonians. On the fifth anniversary of the creation of the TFOE Wiki, Batran99 announced the creation of a Discord channel for Mapperdonia. A large amount of users joined it, quickly making it one of the most populous places in Mapperdonia for a period of time. Other communities have also moved to Discord from Skype beforehand, as well. After Google+ shut down in 2019, Discord became the dominant location in Mapperdonia.

Demographics
The majority of Mappers are from North America, Asia and Europe with few from South America, The Middle East and Africa.

Administration
Main article: TFOE Wiki Adminstration (Mapperdonian Armed Forces) The administration of Mapperdonia is led on the Wiki by administrators, content/discussion moderators, and chat moderators.