Sapian (guild legacy)

Sapian, generally speaking, or as a legacy, was a guild that lasted from 2007 to 2010, encompassing and influencing the histories of many individual guilds and persons throughout its many rises and falls. Despite its name, Sapian was not called 'Sapian' until the terms use to describe the nationalism Sapian Impire ; the subsequently unique status of the guild-legacy is represented by Sapianism. The guild website (www.sapian.webs.com) is a good source from which to draw information, and gives itself a good summary that will be restated here:

What is now defined as 'Sapian' includes that which came before and after the name's first use in 'Sapian Impire '. Therefore, it represents the spirit of freedom and equality embodied by the Sacred Freedom Underground , as it sought a balance in power of guild governments and held a stout disregard for factional or professional differences. In DUKES and SapIA, it embodied the principles of meritocracy, wherein leaders and members should be judged by their genuine thoughts and actions, or more importantly, by their drive onward; and it learned how to grow and make a name for itself on the server. In Sapian Forever , Sapian was self-aware of its nationality with uniformity, organization, and a loyal player base. In the United Systems of Bloodfin , Sapian tried out representative democracy, but it was short-lived and easily corrupted by a bad choice in leadership; so the Kingship was added with the Sapian Imperial Republic , lasting long enough to see its greatest rivals become part of its reign. In SIRE, Sapian enjoyed an emphasis of roleplay by acting as an independent nation, holding onto dreams of both future and past that, even though they didn't come to pass, represented the Sapian will to dream big. Overall, the Sapian ideal (Sapianism) was to include and encompass everything and everyone into one glorious, all-pervasive community of splendid personalities. Such a principle is so universal and versatile that Sapian will always live on, and never die, so long as its nature remains int he minds and hearts of us all