One might wonder why Jasonia are flying islands. Indeed, it has a story. The story is more diplomatic then technological, and will explain why the island exists rather then how it flies above the clouds.
 

    Everything started in the AIN, the Audentior Independent Nation. A citizen by the name of Rainbow started a new political party named AFTP (Automatic For the People). This party called for drastic reforms in freedom and rights of the AIN citizens. Rainbow was a very vocal party leader, and the AIN started to despise him quickly.

    After several days, a conflict broke out, and the AIN threatened to declare war on their own political party. The conflict was negotiated away by an inexperienced diplomat named Jasonian, but the hostilities were not and tension remained high.

    Soon, the rebellious citizens simply could not stand the unfair AIN government any longer. The AFTP broke away, taking a considerable amount of AIN population with it. Jasonian went as well due to his loyalties to the party.

    In the new nation, Jasonian had gained quite a bit of fame for his work preventing war. He was promoted to Head of the Ministry of Diplomacy for his work, and set out to negotiate further and find allies for the new nation.

    Despite the declaration of war by the United Demesos and their ally (to be later known as Ceres), the growing tension between the AIN and the AFTP, and the lack of civil order in the nation, things progressed. It seemed the wars would end and the nation would see peace for the first time since it's birth.

    That was when the United Demesos (UD) launched an assault into AFTP territory. Simultaneously, the head of the secret police, Djugashvili, began a People's rebellion against the government headed by Rainbow. The military was cut in half: The loyal troops began resisting the UD forces while the rebel troops let the invaders pass.

    The United Demesos forces eventually signed a truce with the rebel forces, promising to evacuate the country once it was in the hands of the rebels. This combined might, along with a rebel sympathizer group from the AIN, made the future of Rainbow's reign look bleak. Jasonian sided openly with the rebels, as it seemed to be the best way to keep the country intact.

    As the rebels closed in, Jasonian began to panic. What if the UD didn't back off? What if Djugashvili was a worse leader then Rainbow? He made his decision: he would leave, but he was taking part of the country he vowed to protect with him!

    With technology being developed to raise Mao's Coffee Shop into the sky, but on a much larger scale, Jasonian began to search for an ample piece of land. He found it near the south-eastern part of the country: a grassy mountain area. Using the antigrav technology, along with controlled explosives, he wretched the mountain from the ground and pulled it into the sky, to remain free from the chaos of the world below.
 

        After the FIoJ raising above the ground, the UD backed out of the AFTP, which had split. Djugashvili ruled the AFTP Communist Party (AFTPCP), while RainbowJDS rules the new Automatic Republic (AR). A peacekeeping garrison was established in the AR to maintain peace, naturally, by Cersean and Purple Bunny Federation peace keepers.

    During the period of peace in the Apolyton Sector, there were seven nations. Listed about in order of population and activity, they were: the AIN, AR, RoC (Republic of Ceres), UD, FIoJ, AFTPCP, and MyNation. MyNation was a joke against micronations, but it was counted none-the-less as one of the Apolyton Sector.

    As Jasonian nurtured the islands, increasing it's population and improving it's infrastructure, the Apollo Confederacy was formed. This United Nations-like union attempted to keep peace between the seven nations. During it's time, two nations disappeared. AR and AFTP recombined into the new superpower GAPR. MyNation was expelled from the Confederacy and conquered by the RoC and UD. However, on a whole, the union was unable to enforce it's decisions. It died a sad death.

    Nearing the end of the era, the economy and research departments of the FIoJ flourished. JASO was formed, as was the stock exchange. Jasonia was making a name for itself in the Apolyton Sector.

    Then, crisis erupted. EvC abolished the AIN democracy and declared himself Emperor. All citizens of the AIN that were also citizens of any other nation were expelled, including Jasonian. AIN's activity dropped. Giant Squid, one of the main leader of the nation, grew sick of it and left AIN. Even after the protesters regained power, AIN still has lost a lot of it's key members and influence.

    Apparently tired of GAPR threats of annexation, the UD surprised us all by attacking and conquering the GAPR's forums. The GAPR and FIoJ led a counteroffensive that ended when Rainbow regained his forums AND took over the UD-controlled ones. With the UD down to almost zero members and support, UD has been dealt a severe blow.

    RoC (now named the Republic of Blackrock) has decided to exit the Apolyton Sector. With AIN down, RoB gone, and UD mortally wounded, only the FIoJ and GAPR remain active. This was the end of the Golden Age. The FIoJ was in a dying sector with an excellent reputation and formidable support.
 

       Shortly after the UD crisis, with the FIoJ still booming from the war frenzy, a previously unheard of nation named RoI (Republic of Istvanistan) made itself known on the Jasonian forums. This nation, led by Tomislav Trpimirovic, had watched the AIN for some time. They used the AIN as a basis for the new nation, and grew it in secret. Satisfied with it's growth, they contacted the FIoJ first. FIoJ and RoI recognized each other, and hoped to be forever at peace.

    Also, a mysterious person posted on all the major forums. After reading all the posts, it was clear that there was a new nation around. Calling itself Hyperborea, it gave away only mysterious clues about itself. All that was known is that is was to the far north and the citizens lived like Gods. Sure enough, the nation went public about a week later, and the details were known. Hyperborea didn't allow dual citizenship or relations with other countries. The leader was none other then Giant Squid, who was working on the project since he left AIN.

    After these events, FIoJ fell into a short period of inactivity. On April 21st, just over two months since it was created, the nation regained it's activity and continued to be an active player in the coming events.
 

    Shortly afterward, two new nations appeared on the scene. The first was the Republic of Shireroth. UEC, disgusted by the workings of the sector but feeling unable to change things, started this nation on April 24th in order to get his ideas out more efficiently. He remained a citizen of the FIoJ, and Shireroth and FIoJ soon signed a powerful peace treaty.

    The second nation was the Demesosian Republic of Tapfer. Using graphics from the old Republic of Demesos, Bill returned to the scene with his new nation. Despite comments against the name, the nation began to slowly grow.

    At this point, the number of obsolete and current nations began to become staggering. Simply remembering names was a problem, and the diplomacy between them was more then anyone should have to handle. Many leaders of the sector realized this, and Giant Squid launched plan to deal with it.

    Rebuilding the ancient ruins of the AIN site, he proposed a grand unity there. Hyperborea joined up first, followed quickly by Shireroth and Tapfer. GAPR promptly refused; their hatred of the AIN still boiling. Istvanistan also refused after a great debate with UEC that has gone down in their history. FIoJ was next up, and it was put to a vote for four days. With 100% yea/nay required, any nay vote would stop the vote. Pinky voted nay, but decided to abstain later. Finally, after the four days, FIoJ became a province of the AIN on 5/15/00, 5 days short of it's 3 month Independence day.

    At this time, the crosswinds server crashed and Jasonian locked the forums. After about half a month, the nation was rebuilt as a complex monument to honor the successful project known as the Flying Islands of Jasonia, which was thought of as finished.
 

    Several weeks after the FIoJ Museum was started, several citizens began to become upset in the AIN. The AIN's republic voting system, known as the Tetrapole, was found to be inefficient and corrupt. A riot was started to burn off frustration, and a "smiley bomb" was detonated in a thread clearly marked as bombed. This caused the forum administrators to lock all forums besides the general discussion one. Enraged by this action, the riot became serious, and AIN was flooded with protest threads. After threatening to bomb another thread, UEC was banned. He returned with a double login and bombed several more threads before that too was banned. A chat was called to discuss this matter; it was decided that both UEC and GSquid would be fined 5@ and the matter would be dropped. Both paid up, another peaceful riot thread was started, and operations continued as normal.

    The frustration caused by the Tetrapole remained, however. Several ICQ chats and debate threads were called to peacefully discuss possible replacements for the Tetrapole. Two systems were created, and both were presented to the Tetrapole. They both passed. Infuriated by the Tetrapole's lack of decision, a Direct Democracy revolution was started. The Tetrapole was declared disbanded, and it was replaced by the Omnipole - a place where all Audentes could vote. After some brief troubles with site and forum management, things continued once more towards the elections of July 10th.

    Ironically, the democratic elections that the Audentes has striven so long to establish were to be a death blow to the AIN. Bill3000, running for President, got several more people to join the nation just before the elections. These, along with some inactive citizens, all voted for Bill3000 and the other members of the Demesosian Party that were running. As a result, in every position that had more then one candidate running, a Demesosian won. An immediate investigation was called, but it turned out that Bill didn't miscount the votes: he simply gathered enough inactive support to win. Frustrated and angry with Bill for misusing the Direct Democracy system so blatantly, Shireroth seceded from the AIN. Bill launched an invasion of Shireroth and quickly moved to make any further defections illegal.

    Seeing a closing door of opportunity before them, FIoJ quickly voted to secede themselves. After 5 votes were received in favor, it was clear that there would be no opposition. FIoJ too declared their secession, and AIN made no action to force them back. Stodlum then launched a coup and seized control of the AIN, disbanding the Omnipole and President position. Feeling totally betrayed, Tapfer seceded as well.
 

    In the days after the secessions from the AIN, FIoJ managed to stabalize a great amount of activity. The government was re-established, the economic system started up again, and relations with nearby nations were secured. The FIoJ's recovery was swift.

    In the AIN, however, things were not so pleasant. The remaining people of the AIN demanded that Stodlum give up his power he had over the AIN. In response, Stodlum revoked his and Bill's administrator powers, declared WarVoid the 'king' in jest, and fled the country. Taking Stodlum seriously, WarVoid assumed control over the nation.

    EvC, historic leader of the nation, returned after saying he wouldn't ever come back. He began a plan to make the AIN an "RPG nation" with more focus on people and less on the government. He also asked the former provinces to return, which they refused. Most citizens of the Apolyton Sector scoffed at this idea, especially Giant Squid. Hyperborea, last of the nations to join in AIN in The Unity, seceded to escape the chaos there and GSquid launched "Operation D", a Direct Democracy Audentior to compete with the RPG Audentior, which was renamed Apolyton Independent Nation: it's historic name.

    Meanwhile, the Apolyton Sector was filled with nations once again. Along with the former provinces of the AIN, the Republic of Antarctica and Hau'oli 'Ena gained popularity. This was not to last. Shireroth opted to merge fully with the FIoJ, which it did. Next came Tapfer, which was inactive and unpopular after Bill's elections that caused the AIN to collapse. Hyperborea followed, and GSquid's "Operation D" Audentior was disbanded. FIoJ had managed to bring the nations under peaceful unity, a goal the AIN never truly managed.

    The mergers didn't stop there. The Republic of Antarctic under WarVoid opted to merge so that WarVoid would have more time to work on Apolyton Independent Nation with EvC. Shortly afterward, Hau'oli 'Ena joined the FIoJ because their citizens were unwilling to continue the nation.

    With over forty citizens and a host of active and contrasting people, the FIoJ experienced further development, economic growth, and activity levels. The Golden Age of the FIoJ had began.