“Middle East”
i44's Map and Crop

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Launch date	August 15th, 2026
Historical era	2026
Map	Polsxa's Europe + MENA Crop
Host	Fedward
Length	TBD
Peak playercount	100
Plugin	Nodes

Iteration chronology
i43	i44	i45

“Middle East” is an iteration that was launched on the 15th of August. Shilled and previously teased as a dedicated Middle East/Iran War server, effectively a more modern redux of i31, many members of the community have expressed confusion at what looks more like a Euro-centric server than anything else¹⁾. i44 will be the first /int/craft of 2026, and the first one in over a year since jeetcraft.

i44's development likely started as a merger of two separate projects in their infancy, being headed by Ghoul and Fedward respectively. Intended to originally be a modern day server set in the Middle East, lobbying by Fedward turned it into the current crop seen above. Most of the dev work was handled by INSPECTOR_OF_EUNUCHS, with configging done by Fedward.

i44's entire plugin suit was updated to 1.21.11, including nodes, xc, and xv. A number of new features were added to these plugins for this server, like drones and humvees. Other planned features, like town buffs and nerfs based on build quality or data centers, were scrapped due to community pushback. Nodes painting was handled by jammy_nutrient, and the map was done by Goaboa/Falklands, updating the Europe + MENA region of Stongduke's Earth map, which was previously used for i34 and i38.

Most factions that played i43 have announced their intent to play again, with the Wojcrafters of i40's AEMG and i43's Jaffna in Italy, remnants of Strykergang in Spain, Fedward in France, and Cyprus in Ukraine. Other groups that were absent from the last iteration returned as well, the most notable of these being the Civcrafters in Tunisia and Randemists in Crete.

While not much has happened in the way of pre-diplo (so far, at least), there does seem to be conflicts shaping up in some parts of the map. Newfag factions in Ireland are likely to come to blows, the Tunisians have announced their intent to restore the Caliphates of old, and another Wojcrafter faction in Chechnya seems set on /warring the nearest Slavic country.