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==History==
Archaeological evidence shows that Sims have been living around the area of SimVille since 8000 BC, but it was not until 250 AD that the Acirema peoples emerged from several unified warring tribes. Originating in the east, they swept west across the interior of the continent, constructing settlements, planting crops, and raising llamas. The vast empire was persistently at war with its neighbours, constantly trying to expand its borders and building roads and towns as a form of "civilizing the west". By 1000, the Aciremian empire stretched from the east coast all the way to the west, and was connected by a vast network of roads.
In 561, the Aciremas constructed a settlement called Kaleovich in what is now Old SimVille. The geography of Kaleovich made it easy to defend, but as the Aciremas never developed good boats, trade with the settlement was difficult, and Kaleovich was mostly isolated from the rest of the empire.
[[File:Abandoned temple in SimVille.png|thumb|An abandoned temple, located on the north side of Lake SimVille, built by the Aciremas.]]
The Aciremas were polytheistic and worshipped an array of about fifty gods, each of which had its own assigned priests and its own figurine. All of these gods were housed together in a sacred religious temple that only leaders and priests could enter. These temples were often built away from population centers, which explains why the temple in Kaleovich was located across the lake. Although the climate in SimVille was generally sunny and warm, save for the rainy season, the poor Aciremian boats meant that it was not uncommon for priests and leaders to find themselves swimming to shore after their boats capsized or leaked. During an annual religious holiday in 1005, a surviving document writes:
{{Quote|The weather was fair and square, not a cloud in the sky, and the temperature was warm enough for men and boys to go shirtless. There in the procession were ten boats, all of them filled with priests, village leaders, and all the offerings that were to be made once they got there—goats, sheep, maize (corn), llamas—[...] They were making their way across the Tasman [River] to the sacred temple when a strong wind over the water picked up, sending waves splashing over the gunwale into the boats. Four of the boats quickly began to sink. The priests, leaders, and rowers all hastily jumped overboard and swam to the remaining boats, scrambling onboard. The extra weight and unbalance caused those boats to list and sway unsettlingly, and as the waves lapped over the gunwale, they too began to sink. All the priests and leaders knew how to swim, but all that was left for the offering were a few bananas and three goats that managed not to drown. [...] The gods were angry and punished Kaleovich with an extended rainy season, drowning some fields and causing flooding in the settlement.}}
By 1100, the empire was beginning to crumble as numerous tribes appeared from the north and south, attacking settlements and raiding farms and temples. The Aciremas had initially attempted to pacify the tribes with bribes and payments, but this quickly bankrupted the empire. The Aciremian empire was engulfed in civil war, and by 1110, it had broken up into six different kingdoms, all of them too weak to defend against the invaders. There is no official date as to when the Aciremian empire collapsed, though, as the local governments were frequently assimilated into their new rulers rather than simply being overthrown. The last of these wars ended around 1141, which some say marked the official end of the Aciremian empire. After the war ended, many of the tribes adopted the Aciremian religion, which helped foster peace and unity amongst the drastically different groups, although they remained separate for the most part.
Kaleovich was captured in 1139, although it was not renamed. The attackers—the Ocixems— had seiged the settlement for ten months straight, finding the geography extraordinarily difficult to navigate. The water and the cliffs provided a natural defense that, combined with the palisade, made it seem almost impossible to defeat. However, this natural defense also imprisoned the Aciremians inside, rendering them unable to escape. The Ocixem were eventually able to construct better canoes and boats that were fast and easy to maneuver, allowing them to quickly attack fishermen and soldiers along the coast, and brought archers within range of the palisade. Around 11pm on August 30, 1139, several Ocixem boats rowed silently towards the island where Kaleovich stood. Ocixem archers lit their arrows on fire and launched them towards the wooden palisade, which burned down quickly. Having nowhere to go, the Aciremians surrendered, and at least one hundred of them were beheaded and thrown into the water. Like many of the other tribes, the Ocixem adopted the Aciremian religion, and the temple was not damaged by the fighting.
The Ocixem lived in the area for several hundred years until 1861, when Admiral Landgraab, on a government-sponsored expedition to spread the borders of SimNation westward, conquered the Ocixems, whom he considered "barbaric" and "in need of civilization". The Ocixem, having established Kaleovich as a vital trading and military post, fought to the bitter end; in the resultant fighting, the entire town was burned to the ground. Admiral Landgraab assigned a governor to rebuild the settlement and continued westward, having no interest in attacking the Aciremian temple. The governor—a John Simovitch—renamed the settlement SimVille and began rebuilding it. In 1862, Landgraab County was created, and SimVille became part of the county in 1864.
SimVille was a small, quiet, almost idyllic town for much of the 1900s. In 2001, several private developers saw interest in SimVille and began constructing several apartment buildings and commercial lots there, much to the protest of the locals. Frustrated, most SimVille residents left the town, paving the way for new Sims—whom the developers found to be "more cooperative"—to move in. It was during this time that many of the lots in present day Old SimVille were constructed.
In 2006, the [[Fanon:Newbie family|Newbie family]], consisting of [[Fanon:Dan Newbie|Dan]], [[Fanon:Betty Newbie|Betty]], and their [[Servo]] [[Fanon:Amar Newbie|Amar]], moved into a house at 1 Greystone Court (later renamed Newbie Court). They quickly found the house inadequate and had the entire house demolished, building their present [[Fanon:1 Newbie Court|loft house]] in its place. Dan and Betty reached the top of their career tracks, but it was Amar who would bring the family even more fame and wealth than it already had. He founded [[Fanon:Amar's Hangout|Amar's Hangout]], which became an instant success, and later went on to start several new businesses around SimVille. He later activated five more Servos and invited [[Fanon:Alec Bigfoot|Alec Bigfoot]] from [[Three Lakes]] to live with them, making the Newbies the largest and wealthiest family in SimVille.
In 2015, the boundaries of SimVille were expanded across the New Guinea bridge, permitting development west of the bridge. The area developed rapidly within the course of a few years.
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