Mooshroomia is the latest chapter in a story that spans nearly a decade, across three server generations and two operators. What started as a philosophical experiment on Liberty Minecraft has evolved through the Finite Frontier and into the current era -- but the core question has remained the same: can a Minecraft society function with minimal rules, private property, and free markets?

Liberty Minecraft (~2015--2020)

Liberty Minecraft was founded by NullCase, a Canadian with an academic background in cognitive science. LMC was not a typical survival server -- it was a philosophical experiment, a Minecraft server designed from first principles around libertarian governance. The server had one rule: "Resolve non-violent disputes non-violently."

LMC ran two worlds over its lifetime:

• The Old World (started around 2015, running Minecraft 1.11--1.12) used Alternate Terrain Generation to produce dramatic, varied landscapes. It was 7,000 x 7,000 blocks in size, with a diamond-backed currency, GriefPrevention land claims, and player-run shops.
• The New World (launched mid-2018 with Minecraft 1.13) was a deliberate restart that slimmed down to just the essential mechanics for liberty. Same world size, same core systems, but with teleportation removed and no handouts of any kind.

NullCase documented the experiment prolifically, writing over 300 blog posts at libertyminecraft.com. He was famously principled. In one incident, he banned a player from the beloved Emerald Clan family for pouring water on another player during an auction -- technically resolving a non-violent dispute with violence. In another, he spent hundreds of hours personally mining diamonds to offset inflation caused by a "universal basic income" mechanic he considered immoral and wanted to counteract within the system rather than simply removing by fiat.

The server produced genuine emergent civilization. Haksndot built the Netherway, a nether rail transit network with Origo Station at its center, functioning as a world-encompassing subway system. Towns like New Stockholm, Oak Hills, and Valmur grew organically. The Grand Bazaar became a commercial hub.

LMC came to an end when NullCase decided to shut the server down, announcing the closure on the website.

Finite Frontier (2020--2024)

After NullCase's retirement, Haksndot launched the Finite Frontier as a spiritual successor, aiming to faithfully continue the LMC tradition. Community members from Liberty Minecraft followed: Emerald Clan (sharonclaws, Cardano_ff, and others), Aewheros, Minarchu, PizzaJon, and more.

The Finite Frontier originally ran on cloud servers with a BungeeCord multi-server setup consisting of a Hub, main world, test world (using TerraForged terrain generation), Sketchpad (creative mode), and Inferno (a nether-only experimental world).

In March 2021, a BungeeCord security exploit allowed an attacker to spoof Haksndot's identity, gain operator access, and grief the world using WorldEdit. A rollback from backup was required. The incident was a hard lesson in the importance of properly securing proxy backends.

The main Finite Frontier world ran from January 2021 through April 2024. Over its lifetime, 18 unique donors contributed roughly 2,000 EUR total via Tebex, with sharonclaws and family accounts contributing nearly half of that amount across four accounts.

Mooshroomia Era (2024--Present)

The current era began with a migration to dedicated local hardware -- a 128GB RAM machine called atlas. Mooshroomia was originally set up as a test server for iterating on economy mechanics and plugin development, but it quickly became the de facto main world.

Key innovations in the Mooshroomia era include:

• Dual currency system -- Diamonds serve as the commercial currency for everyday transactions, while netherite is used for purchasing land claims. This separation prevents land speculation from draining the transaction economy.
• Custom plugins -- FFCurrency, DonutSpawn, WolfRider, NameClaims, PvpToggle, MagicCarpet, and AutoRestart, all developed specifically for the server.
• Infrastructure upgrades -- Velocity proxy (replacing BungeeCord), Geyser for Bedrock crossplay, and BedrockConnect for Nintendo Switch access.
• TheFrontier museum -- The old Finite Frontier main world was extracted from backup and set up as a museum server, accessible via the proxy in read-only adventure mode with all 1,629 claims preserved.
• Haksnbot -- An AI agent built on the Claude Agent SDK that plays on the server as an autonomous bot, answering questions and participating in the economy.

The roadmap envisions Mooshroomia becoming a secondary world once a new long-term main world is prepared.

The Community's Journey

Several core players have been around since the Liberty Minecraft days: PizzaJon (an Old World veteran), the Emerald Clan family, Aewheros, Minarchu, and Haksndot. The community spans Sweden, the United States, and Canada.

Despite server transitions, operator changes, and years passing, the same philosophical experiment continues. The tools and infrastructure have evolved, but the question at the heart of it all remains unchanged.