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<div>The '''Grand Unified Micronational Calendar''', also referred to as the '''GUM Calendar''' is a project within the [[Grand Unified Micronational]] with the aim of easily displaying important dates for member states on a universal forum, so that every delegate may see them. The aim is to improve diplomatic relations between member states through an increase in shared celebrations of certain events.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
[[Vice-Chair of the Grand Unified Micronational|Vice-Chair]] [[Matthew S (Essexia)|Matthew of Essexia]] suggested a GUM calendar during an informal conversation in the politan on 26 October 2020. Following this, [[Dhrubajyoti Roy of Vishwamitra]] put forward the proposal to create a unified calendar "which would comprise of all important dates linked to the organization and all other member-nations" on 7 November 2020 in quorum. Both received positive responses, and the Development Secretary at the time [[Adam I, Emperor of Adammia|Adam Belcher]] offered to create it, however, nothing came about.<br />
<br />
The calendar proposal was brought up again on 7 December 2020 in [[Jack D (Essexia)|Jack Dean]]'s manifesto for the [[Grand Unified Micronational election, December 2020]] under 'a plan for fun' as "a way for us to learn more about each other, and enjoy the best and happiest days of each other's nations." Subsequently, the Chair had intended to hold a motion on the matter on 9 January 2021 (His second quorum) but decided against it as it was a matter which didn't necessitate such a vote, and the agenda was already rather long. As such, work began on 16 January 2021 to formalise the calendar.<br />
<br />
==Calendar==<br />
<br />
===January===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|3rd Jusin Flag.svg}} [[Jusin Republic]] - 1 January - Day of Establishment<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 5 January - Sonderan Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Saturday in January - Jam Day<br />
<br />
===February===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 2 February - Captain Sir Thomas Moore Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|3rd Jusin Flag.svg}} [[Jusin Republic]] - 20 Febuary - Foundation Day<br />
<br />
===March===<br />
<br />
===April===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 6 April - Grand Duke's Birthday<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 8 April - Independence Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 April - ANZAC Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 28 April - Ed Balls Day<br />
<br />
===May===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Sunday in May - Mother’s Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 15 May - Schneeebveland Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 28 May - Monarchy Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Poplar_Nerva_Colonies.png}} [[Poplar Nerva]] - 30 May - Foundation Day<br />
<br />
===June===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Saturday in June - Merry Fig Day<br />
<br />
===July===<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - July 1 - Formation Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - July 25 - Anthem Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - July 31 - Flag Day<br />
<br />
===August===<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - August 16 - Independence Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - 3<br />
August 30 - International Missy Barratt Day<br />
<br />
===September===<br />
*{{flag|Ikonia|name=Kingdom of Ikonia}} - September 1 - King's Birthday & Honours List<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Sunday in September - Father’s Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Saturday in September - Olewyddin Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - September 28 - National Talk like Mr Krabs Day<br />
<br />
===October===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd weekend in October until 1st Tuesday in November - Chicken Festival<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - October 20 - Foundation Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Vlasynia.png}} [[Vlasynian Despotate]] - October 24 - Despot's Day (the Birthday of [[Ned Vlăsceanu|HGM Despot Ned I]])<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 31 October - Camping Night<br />
<br />
===November===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Tuesday in November - Henry Mortlock Memorial Hat Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 13 November - World Kindness Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - November 22 - International Start your own Country Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 November until 5 January - Christmas Festival<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 November - Wizzypops Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 30 November - Salmon Pie Night<br />
<br />
===December===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Sunday in December - Pudding Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Vlasynia.png}} [[Vlasynian Despotate]] - December 21 - Vlasynian Independence Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 27 December - Founding of the Nation<br />
<br />
==Multinational holidays==<br />
Add micronations under the hoildays celebrated.<br />
===New Year’s Day : 1 January===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]]<br />
<br />
===Christmas Eve : 24 December===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]]<br />
<br />
===Christmas Day : 25 December===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]]<br />
<br />
===Boxing Day : 26 December===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]]<br />
<br />
===New Year's Eve : 31 December===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]]<br />
<br />
==Participants==<br />
<br />
*[[Commonwealth of Essexia]]<br />
*[[Poplar Nerva]]<br />
*[[Triumvirate of Sonderan]]<br />
*[[Jusin Republic]]<br />
*[[Empire of Aenopia]]<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
<br />
*[[Grand Unified Micronational]]<br />
<br />
{{GUM}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Grand Unified Micronational]]<br />
[[Category:Calendars]]</div>Sonderanhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=GUM_Calendar&diff=780693GUM Calendar2021-02-09T00:45:03Z<p>Sonderan: /* New Year’s Day : 1 January */</p>
<hr />
<div>The '''Grand Unified Micronational Calendar''', also referred to as the '''GUM Calendar''' is a project within the [[Grand Unified Micronational]] with the aim of easily displaying important dates for member states on a universal forum, so that every delegate may see them. The aim is to improve diplomatic relations between member states through an increase in shared celebrations of certain events.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
[[Vice-Chair of the Grand Unified Micronational|Vice-Chair]] [[Matthew S (Essexia)|Matthew of Essexia]] suggested a GUM calendar during an informal conversation in the politan on 26 October 2020. Following this, [[Dhrubajyoti Roy of Vishwamitra]] put forward the proposal to create a unified calendar "which would comprise of all important dates linked to the organization and all other member-nations" on 7 November 2020 in quorum. Both received positive responses, and the Development Secretary at the time [[Adam I, Emperor of Adammia|Adam Belcher]] offered to create it, however, nothing came about.<br />
<br />
The calendar proposal was brought up again on 7 December 2020 in [[Jack D (Essexia)|Jack Dean]]'s manifesto for the [[Grand Unified Micronational election, December 2020]] under 'a plan for fun' as "a way for us to learn more about each other, and enjoy the best and happiest days of each other's nations." Subsequently, the Chair had intended to hold a motion on the matter on 9 January 2021 (His second quorum) but decided against it as it was a matter which didn't necessitate such a vote, and the agenda was already rather long. As such, work began on 16 January 2021 to formalise the calendar.<br />
<br />
==Calendar==<br />
<br />
===January===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|3rd Jusin Flag.svg}} [[Jusin Republic]] - 1 January - Day of Establishment<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 5 January - Sonderan Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Saturday in January - Jam Day<br />
<br />
===February===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 2 February - Captain Sir Thomas Moore Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|3rd Jusin Flag.svg}} [[Jusin Republic]] - 20 Febuary - Foundation Day<br />
<br />
===March===<br />
<br />
===April===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 6 April - Grand Duke's Birthday<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 8 April - Independence Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 April - ANZAC Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 28 April - Ed Balls Day<br />
<br />
===May===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Sunday in May - Mother’s Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 15 May - Schneeebveland Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 28 May - Monarchy Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Poplar_Nerva_Colonies.png}} [[Poplar Nerva]] - 30 May - Foundation Day<br />
<br />
===June===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Saturday in June - Merry Fig Day<br />
<br />
===July===<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - July 1 - Formation Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - July 25 - Anthem Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - July 31 - Flag Day<br />
<br />
===August===<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - August 16 - Independence Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - 3<br />
August 30 - International Missy Barratt Day<br />
<br />
===September===<br />
*{{flag|Ikonia|name=Kingdom of Ikonia}} - September 1 - King's Birthday & Honours List<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Sunday in September - Father’s Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Saturday in September - Olewyddin Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - September 28 - National Talk like Mr Krabs Day<br />
<br />
===October===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd weekend in October until 1st Tuesday in November - Chicken Festival<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - October 20 - Foundation Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Vlasynia.png}} [[Vlasynian Despotate]] - October 24 - Despot's Day (the Birthday of [[Ned Vlăsceanu|HGM Despot Ned I]])<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 31 October - Camping Night<br />
<br />
===November===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Tuesday in November - Henry Mortlock Memorial Hat Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 13 November - World Kindness Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - November 22 - International Start your own Country Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 November until 5 January - Christmas Festival<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 November - Wizzypops Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 30 November - Salmon Pie Night<br />
<br />
===December===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Sunday in December - Pudding Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Vlasynia.png}} [[Vlasynian Despotate]] - December 21 - Vlasynian Independence Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 27 December - Founding of the Nation<br />
<br />
==Multinational holidays==<br />
Add micronations under the hoildays celebrated.<br />
===New Year’s Day : 1 January===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]]<br />
<br />
===Christmas Eve : 24 December===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]]<br />
<br />
===Christmas Day : 25 December===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]]<br />
<br />
===Boxing Day : 26 December===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]]<br />
<br />
===New year's Eve===<br />
<br />
==Participants==<br />
<br />
*[[Commonwealth of Essexia]]<br />
*[[Poplar Nerva]]<br />
*[[Triumvirate of Sonderan]]<br />
*[[Jusin Republic]]<br />
*[[Empire of Aenopia]]<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
<br />
*[[Grand Unified Micronational]]<br />
<br />
{{GUM}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Grand Unified Micronational]]<br />
[[Category:Calendars]]</div>Sonderanhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=GUM_Calendar&diff=780692GUM Calendar2021-02-09T00:44:47Z<p>Sonderan: /* Christmas Eve : 24 December */</p>
<hr />
<div>The '''Grand Unified Micronational Calendar''', also referred to as the '''GUM Calendar''' is a project within the [[Grand Unified Micronational]] with the aim of easily displaying important dates for member states on a universal forum, so that every delegate may see them. The aim is to improve diplomatic relations between member states through an increase in shared celebrations of certain events.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
[[Vice-Chair of the Grand Unified Micronational|Vice-Chair]] [[Matthew S (Essexia)|Matthew of Essexia]] suggested a GUM calendar during an informal conversation in the politan on 26 October 2020. Following this, [[Dhrubajyoti Roy of Vishwamitra]] put forward the proposal to create a unified calendar "which would comprise of all important dates linked to the organization and all other member-nations" on 7 November 2020 in quorum. Both received positive responses, and the Development Secretary at the time [[Adam I, Emperor of Adammia|Adam Belcher]] offered to create it, however, nothing came about.<br />
<br />
The calendar proposal was brought up again on 7 December 2020 in [[Jack D (Essexia)|Jack Dean]]'s manifesto for the [[Grand Unified Micronational election, December 2020]] under 'a plan for fun' as "a way for us to learn more about each other, and enjoy the best and happiest days of each other's nations." Subsequently, the Chair had intended to hold a motion on the matter on 9 January 2021 (His second quorum) but decided against it as it was a matter which didn't necessitate such a vote, and the agenda was already rather long. As such, work began on 16 January 2021 to formalise the calendar.<br />
<br />
==Calendar==<br />
<br />
===January===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|3rd Jusin Flag.svg}} [[Jusin Republic]] - 1 January - Day of Establishment<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 5 January - Sonderan Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Saturday in January - Jam Day<br />
<br />
===February===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 2 February - Captain Sir Thomas Moore Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|3rd Jusin Flag.svg}} [[Jusin Republic]] - 20 Febuary - Foundation Day<br />
<br />
===March===<br />
<br />
===April===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 6 April - Grand Duke's Birthday<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 8 April - Independence Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 April - ANZAC Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 28 April - Ed Balls Day<br />
<br />
===May===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Sunday in May - Mother’s Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 15 May - Schneeebveland Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 28 May - Monarchy Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Poplar_Nerva_Colonies.png}} [[Poplar Nerva]] - 30 May - Foundation Day<br />
<br />
===June===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Saturday in June - Merry Fig Day<br />
<br />
===July===<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - July 1 - Formation Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - July 25 - Anthem Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - July 31 - Flag Day<br />
<br />
===August===<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - August 16 - Independence Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - 3<br />
August 30 - International Missy Barratt Day<br />
<br />
===September===<br />
*{{flag|Ikonia|name=Kingdom of Ikonia}} - September 1 - King's Birthday & Honours List<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Sunday in September - Father’s Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Saturday in September - Olewyddin Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - September 28 - National Talk like Mr Krabs Day<br />
<br />
===October===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd weekend in October until 1st Tuesday in November - Chicken Festival<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - October 20 - Foundation Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Vlasynia.png}} [[Vlasynian Despotate]] - October 24 - Despot's Day (the Birthday of [[Ned Vlăsceanu|HGM Despot Ned I]])<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 31 October - Camping Night<br />
<br />
===November===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Tuesday in November - Henry Mortlock Memorial Hat Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 13 November - World Kindness Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - November 22 - International Start your own Country Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 November until 5 January - Christmas Festival<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 November - Wizzypops Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 30 November - Salmon Pie Night<br />
<br />
===December===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Sunday in December - Pudding Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Vlasynia.png}} [[Vlasynian Despotate]] - December 21 - Vlasynian Independence Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 27 December - Founding of the Nation<br />
<br />
==Multinational holidays==<br />
Add micronations under the hoildays celebrated.<br />
===New Year’s Day===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]]<br />
<br />
===Christmas Eve : 24 December===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]]<br />
<br />
===Christmas Day : 25 December===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]]<br />
<br />
===Boxing Day : 26 December===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]]<br />
<br />
===New year's Eve===<br />
<br />
==Participants==<br />
<br />
*[[Commonwealth of Essexia]]<br />
*[[Poplar Nerva]]<br />
*[[Triumvirate of Sonderan]]<br />
*[[Jusin Republic]]<br />
*[[Empire of Aenopia]]<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
<br />
*[[Grand Unified Micronational]]<br />
<br />
{{GUM}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Grand Unified Micronational]]<br />
[[Category:Calendars]]</div>Sonderanhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=GUM_Calendar&diff=780690GUM Calendar2021-02-09T00:44:26Z<p>Sonderan: /* Christmas Day : 25 December */</p>
<hr />
<div>The '''Grand Unified Micronational Calendar''', also referred to as the '''GUM Calendar''' is a project within the [[Grand Unified Micronational]] with the aim of easily displaying important dates for member states on a universal forum, so that every delegate may see them. The aim is to improve diplomatic relations between member states through an increase in shared celebrations of certain events.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
[[Vice-Chair of the Grand Unified Micronational|Vice-Chair]] [[Matthew S (Essexia)|Matthew of Essexia]] suggested a GUM calendar during an informal conversation in the politan on 26 October 2020. Following this, [[Dhrubajyoti Roy of Vishwamitra]] put forward the proposal to create a unified calendar "which would comprise of all important dates linked to the organization and all other member-nations" on 7 November 2020 in quorum. Both received positive responses, and the Development Secretary at the time [[Adam I, Emperor of Adammia|Adam Belcher]] offered to create it, however, nothing came about.<br />
<br />
The calendar proposal was brought up again on 7 December 2020 in [[Jack D (Essexia)|Jack Dean]]'s manifesto for the [[Grand Unified Micronational election, December 2020]] under 'a plan for fun' as "a way for us to learn more about each other, and enjoy the best and happiest days of each other's nations." Subsequently, the Chair had intended to hold a motion on the matter on 9 January 2021 (His second quorum) but decided against it as it was a matter which didn't necessitate such a vote, and the agenda was already rather long. As such, work began on 16 January 2021 to formalise the calendar.<br />
<br />
==Calendar==<br />
<br />
===January===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|3rd Jusin Flag.svg}} [[Jusin Republic]] - 1 January - Day of Establishment<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 5 January - Sonderan Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Saturday in January - Jam Day<br />
<br />
===February===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 2 February - Captain Sir Thomas Moore Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|3rd Jusin Flag.svg}} [[Jusin Republic]] - 20 Febuary - Foundation Day<br />
<br />
===March===<br />
<br />
===April===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 6 April - Grand Duke's Birthday<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 8 April - Independence Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 April - ANZAC Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 28 April - Ed Balls Day<br />
<br />
===May===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Sunday in May - Mother’s Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 15 May - Schneeebveland Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 28 May - Monarchy Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Poplar_Nerva_Colonies.png}} [[Poplar Nerva]] - 30 May - Foundation Day<br />
<br />
===June===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Saturday in June - Merry Fig Day<br />
<br />
===July===<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - July 1 - Formation Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - July 25 - Anthem Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - July 31 - Flag Day<br />
<br />
===August===<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - August 16 - Independence Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - 3<br />
August 30 - International Missy Barratt Day<br />
<br />
===September===<br />
*{{flag|Ikonia|name=Kingdom of Ikonia}} - September 1 - King's Birthday & Honours List<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Sunday in September - Father’s Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Saturday in September - Olewyddin Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - September 28 - National Talk like Mr Krabs Day<br />
<br />
===October===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd weekend in October until 1st Tuesday in November - Chicken Festival<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - October 20 - Foundation Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Vlasynia.png}} [[Vlasynian Despotate]] - October 24 - Despot's Day (the Birthday of [[Ned Vlăsceanu|HGM Despot Ned I]])<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 31 October - Camping Night<br />
<br />
===November===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Tuesday in November - Henry Mortlock Memorial Hat Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 13 November - World Kindness Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - November 22 - International Start your own Country Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 November until 5 January - Christmas Festival<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 November - Wizzypops Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 30 November - Salmon Pie Night<br />
<br />
===December===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Sunday in December - Pudding Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Vlasynia.png}} [[Vlasynian Despotate]] - December 21 - Vlasynian Independence Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 27 December - Founding of the Nation<br />
<br />
==Multinational holidays==<br />
Add micronations under the hoildays celebrated.<br />
===New Year’s Day===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]]<br />
<br />
===Christmas Eve===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]]<br />
<br />
===Christmas Day : 25 December===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]]<br />
<br />
===Boxing Day : 26 December===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]]<br />
<br />
===New year's Eve===<br />
<br />
==Participants==<br />
<br />
*[[Commonwealth of Essexia]]<br />
*[[Poplar Nerva]]<br />
*[[Triumvirate of Sonderan]]<br />
*[[Jusin Republic]]<br />
*[[Empire of Aenopia]]<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
<br />
*[[Grand Unified Micronational]]<br />
<br />
{{GUM}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Grand Unified Micronational]]<br />
[[Category:Calendars]]</div>Sonderanhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=GUM_Calendar&diff=780688GUM Calendar2021-02-09T00:44:03Z<p>Sonderan: /* Boxing Day : 26 December */</p>
<hr />
<div>The '''Grand Unified Micronational Calendar''', also referred to as the '''GUM Calendar''' is a project within the [[Grand Unified Micronational]] with the aim of easily displaying important dates for member states on a universal forum, so that every delegate may see them. The aim is to improve diplomatic relations between member states through an increase in shared celebrations of certain events.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
[[Vice-Chair of the Grand Unified Micronational|Vice-Chair]] [[Matthew S (Essexia)|Matthew of Essexia]] suggested a GUM calendar during an informal conversation in the politan on 26 October 2020. Following this, [[Dhrubajyoti Roy of Vishwamitra]] put forward the proposal to create a unified calendar "which would comprise of all important dates linked to the organization and all other member-nations" on 7 November 2020 in quorum. Both received positive responses, and the Development Secretary at the time [[Adam I, Emperor of Adammia|Adam Belcher]] offered to create it, however, nothing came about.<br />
<br />
The calendar proposal was brought up again on 7 December 2020 in [[Jack D (Essexia)|Jack Dean]]'s manifesto for the [[Grand Unified Micronational election, December 2020]] under 'a plan for fun' as "a way for us to learn more about each other, and enjoy the best and happiest days of each other's nations." Subsequently, the Chair had intended to hold a motion on the matter on 9 January 2021 (His second quorum) but decided against it as it was a matter which didn't necessitate such a vote, and the agenda was already rather long. As such, work began on 16 January 2021 to formalise the calendar.<br />
<br />
==Calendar==<br />
<br />
===January===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|3rd Jusin Flag.svg}} [[Jusin Republic]] - 1 January - Day of Establishment<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 5 January - Sonderan Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Saturday in January - Jam Day<br />
<br />
===February===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 2 February - Captain Sir Thomas Moore Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|3rd Jusin Flag.svg}} [[Jusin Republic]] - 20 Febuary - Foundation Day<br />
<br />
===March===<br />
<br />
===April===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 6 April - Grand Duke's Birthday<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 8 April - Independence Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 April - ANZAC Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 28 April - Ed Balls Day<br />
<br />
===May===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Sunday in May - Mother’s Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 15 May - Schneeebveland Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 28 May - Monarchy Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Poplar_Nerva_Colonies.png}} [[Poplar Nerva]] - 30 May - Foundation Day<br />
<br />
===June===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Saturday in June - Merry Fig Day<br />
<br />
===July===<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - July 1 - Formation Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - July 25 - Anthem Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - July 31 - Flag Day<br />
<br />
===August===<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - August 16 - Independence Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - 3<br />
August 30 - International Missy Barratt Day<br />
<br />
===September===<br />
*{{flag|Ikonia|name=Kingdom of Ikonia}} - September 1 - King's Birthday & Honours List<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Sunday in September - Father’s Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Saturday in September - Olewyddin Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - September 28 - National Talk like Mr Krabs Day<br />
<br />
===October===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd weekend in October until 1st Tuesday in November - Chicken Festival<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - October 20 - Foundation Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Vlasynia.png}} [[Vlasynian Despotate]] - October 24 - Despot's Day (the Birthday of [[Ned Vlăsceanu|HGM Despot Ned I]])<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 31 October - Camping Night<br />
<br />
===November===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Tuesday in November - Henry Mortlock Memorial Hat Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 13 November - World Kindness Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - November 22 - International Start your own Country Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 November until 5 January - Christmas Festival<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 November - Wizzypops Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 30 November - Salmon Pie Night<br />
<br />
===December===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Sunday in December - Pudding Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Vlasynia.png}} [[Vlasynian Despotate]] - December 21 - Vlasynian Independence Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 27 December - Founding of the Nation<br />
<br />
==Multinational holidays==<br />
Add micronations under the hoildays celebrated.<br />
===New Year’s Day===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]]<br />
<br />
===Christmas Eve===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]]<br />
<br />
===Christmas Day===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]]<br />
<br />
===Boxing Day : 26 December===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]]<br />
<br />
===New year's Eve===<br />
<br />
==Participants==<br />
<br />
*[[Commonwealth of Essexia]]<br />
*[[Poplar Nerva]]<br />
*[[Triumvirate of Sonderan]]<br />
*[[Jusin Republic]]<br />
*[[Empire of Aenopia]]<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
<br />
*[[Grand Unified Micronational]]<br />
<br />
{{GUM}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Grand Unified Micronational]]<br />
[[Category:Calendars]]</div>Sonderanhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=GUM_Calendar&diff=780687GUM Calendar2021-02-09T00:43:21Z<p>Sonderan: /* Christmas Day */</p>
<hr />
<div>The '''Grand Unified Micronational Calendar''', also referred to as the '''GUM Calendar''' is a project within the [[Grand Unified Micronational]] with the aim of easily displaying important dates for member states on a universal forum, so that every delegate may see them. The aim is to improve diplomatic relations between member states through an increase in shared celebrations of certain events.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
[[Vice-Chair of the Grand Unified Micronational|Vice-Chair]] [[Matthew S (Essexia)|Matthew of Essexia]] suggested a GUM calendar during an informal conversation in the politan on 26 October 2020. Following this, [[Dhrubajyoti Roy of Vishwamitra]] put forward the proposal to create a unified calendar "which would comprise of all important dates linked to the organization and all other member-nations" on 7 November 2020 in quorum. Both received positive responses, and the Development Secretary at the time [[Adam I, Emperor of Adammia|Adam Belcher]] offered to create it, however, nothing came about.<br />
<br />
The calendar proposal was brought up again on 7 December 2020 in [[Jack D (Essexia)|Jack Dean]]'s manifesto for the [[Grand Unified Micronational election, December 2020]] under 'a plan for fun' as "a way for us to learn more about each other, and enjoy the best and happiest days of each other's nations." Subsequently, the Chair had intended to hold a motion on the matter on 9 January 2021 (His second quorum) but decided against it as it was a matter which didn't necessitate such a vote, and the agenda was already rather long. As such, work began on 16 January 2021 to formalise the calendar.<br />
<br />
==Calendar==<br />
<br />
===January===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|3rd Jusin Flag.svg}} [[Jusin Republic]] - 1 January - Day of Establishment<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 5 January - Sonderan Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Saturday in January - Jam Day<br />
<br />
===February===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 2 February - Captain Sir Thomas Moore Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|3rd Jusin Flag.svg}} [[Jusin Republic]] - 20 Febuary - Foundation Day<br />
<br />
===March===<br />
<br />
===April===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 6 April - Grand Duke's Birthday<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 8 April - Independence Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 April - ANZAC Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 28 April - Ed Balls Day<br />
<br />
===May===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Sunday in May - Mother’s Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 15 May - Schneeebveland Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 28 May - Monarchy Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Poplar_Nerva_Colonies.png}} [[Poplar Nerva]] - 30 May - Foundation Day<br />
<br />
===June===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Saturday in June - Merry Fig Day<br />
<br />
===July===<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - July 1 - Formation Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - July 25 - Anthem Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - July 31 - Flag Day<br />
<br />
===August===<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - August 16 - Independence Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - 3<br />
August 30 - International Missy Barratt Day<br />
<br />
===September===<br />
*{{flag|Ikonia|name=Kingdom of Ikonia}} - September 1 - King's Birthday & Honours List<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Sunday in September - Father’s Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Saturday in September - Olewyddin Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - September 28 - National Talk like Mr Krabs Day<br />
<br />
===October===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd weekend in October until 1st Tuesday in November - Chicken Festival<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - October 20 - Foundation Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Vlasynia.png}} [[Vlasynian Despotate]] - October 24 - Despot's Day (the Birthday of [[Ned Vlăsceanu|HGM Despot Ned I]])<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 31 October - Camping Night<br />
<br />
===November===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Tuesday in November - Henry Mortlock Memorial Hat Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 13 November - World Kindness Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - November 22 - International Start your own Country Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 November until 5 January - Christmas Festival<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 November - Wizzypops Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 30 November - Salmon Pie Night<br />
<br />
===December===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Sunday in December - Pudding Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Vlasynia.png}} [[Vlasynian Despotate]] - December 21 - Vlasynian Independence Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 27 December - Founding of the Nation<br />
<br />
==Multinational holidays==<br />
Add micronations under the hoildays celebrated.<br />
===New Year’s Day===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]]<br />
<br />
===Christmas Eve===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]]<br />
<br />
===Christmas Day===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]]<br />
<br />
===Boxing Day===<br />
===New year's Eve===<br />
<br />
==Participants==<br />
<br />
*[[Commonwealth of Essexia]]<br />
*[[Poplar Nerva]]<br />
*[[Triumvirate of Sonderan]]<br />
*[[Jusin Republic]]<br />
*[[Empire of Aenopia]]<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
<br />
*[[Grand Unified Micronational]]<br />
<br />
{{GUM}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Grand Unified Micronational]]<br />
[[Category:Calendars]]</div>Sonderanhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=GUM_Calendar&diff=780686GUM Calendar2021-02-09T00:43:00Z<p>Sonderan: /* Christmas Eve */</p>
<hr />
<div>The '''Grand Unified Micronational Calendar''', also referred to as the '''GUM Calendar''' is a project within the [[Grand Unified Micronational]] with the aim of easily displaying important dates for member states on a universal forum, so that every delegate may see them. The aim is to improve diplomatic relations between member states through an increase in shared celebrations of certain events.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
[[Vice-Chair of the Grand Unified Micronational|Vice-Chair]] [[Matthew S (Essexia)|Matthew of Essexia]] suggested a GUM calendar during an informal conversation in the politan on 26 October 2020. Following this, [[Dhrubajyoti Roy of Vishwamitra]] put forward the proposal to create a unified calendar "which would comprise of all important dates linked to the organization and all other member-nations" on 7 November 2020 in quorum. Both received positive responses, and the Development Secretary at the time [[Adam I, Emperor of Adammia|Adam Belcher]] offered to create it, however, nothing came about.<br />
<br />
The calendar proposal was brought up again on 7 December 2020 in [[Jack D (Essexia)|Jack Dean]]'s manifesto for the [[Grand Unified Micronational election, December 2020]] under 'a plan for fun' as "a way for us to learn more about each other, and enjoy the best and happiest days of each other's nations." Subsequently, the Chair had intended to hold a motion on the matter on 9 January 2021 (His second quorum) but decided against it as it was a matter which didn't necessitate such a vote, and the agenda was already rather long. As such, work began on 16 January 2021 to formalise the calendar.<br />
<br />
==Calendar==<br />
<br />
===January===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|3rd Jusin Flag.svg}} [[Jusin Republic]] - 1 January - Day of Establishment<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 5 January - Sonderan Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Saturday in January - Jam Day<br />
<br />
===February===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 2 February - Captain Sir Thomas Moore Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|3rd Jusin Flag.svg}} [[Jusin Republic]] - 20 Febuary - Foundation Day<br />
<br />
===March===<br />
<br />
===April===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 6 April - Grand Duke's Birthday<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 8 April - Independence Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 April - ANZAC Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 28 April - Ed Balls Day<br />
<br />
===May===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Sunday in May - Mother’s Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 15 May - Schneeebveland Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 28 May - Monarchy Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Poplar_Nerva_Colonies.png}} [[Poplar Nerva]] - 30 May - Foundation Day<br />
<br />
===June===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Saturday in June - Merry Fig Day<br />
<br />
===July===<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - July 1 - Formation Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - July 25 - Anthem Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - July 31 - Flag Day<br />
<br />
===August===<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - August 16 - Independence Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - 3<br />
August 30 - International Missy Barratt Day<br />
<br />
===September===<br />
*{{flag|Ikonia|name=Kingdom of Ikonia}} - September 1 - King's Birthday & Honours List<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Sunday in September - Father’s Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Saturday in September - Olewyddin Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - September 28 - National Talk like Mr Krabs Day<br />
<br />
===October===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd weekend in October until 1st Tuesday in November - Chicken Festival<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - October 20 - Foundation Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Vlasynia.png}} [[Vlasynian Despotate]] - October 24 - Despot's Day (the Birthday of [[Ned Vlăsceanu|HGM Despot Ned I]])<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 31 October - Camping Night<br />
<br />
===November===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Tuesday in November - Henry Mortlock Memorial Hat Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 13 November - World Kindness Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - November 22 - International Start your own Country Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 November until 5 January - Christmas Festival<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 November - Wizzypops Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 30 November - Salmon Pie Night<br />
<br />
===December===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Sunday in December - Pudding Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Vlasynia.png}} [[Vlasynian Despotate]] - December 21 - Vlasynian Independence Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 27 December - Founding of the Nation<br />
<br />
==Multinational holidays==<br />
Add micronations under the hoildays celebrated.<br />
===New Year’s Day===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]]<br />
<br />
===Christmas Eve===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]]<br />
<br />
===Christmas===<br />
===Boxing Day===<br />
===New year's Eve===<br />
<br />
==Participants==<br />
<br />
*[[Commonwealth of Essexia]]<br />
*[[Poplar Nerva]]<br />
*[[Triumvirate of Sonderan]]<br />
*[[Jusin Republic]]<br />
*[[Empire of Aenopia]]<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
<br />
*[[Grand Unified Micronational]]<br />
<br />
{{GUM}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Grand Unified Micronational]]<br />
[[Category:Calendars]]</div>Sonderanhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=GUM_Calendar&diff=780685GUM Calendar2021-02-09T00:42:42Z<p>Sonderan: /* New Year’s Day */</p>
<hr />
<div>The '''Grand Unified Micronational Calendar''', also referred to as the '''GUM Calendar''' is a project within the [[Grand Unified Micronational]] with the aim of easily displaying important dates for member states on a universal forum, so that every delegate may see them. The aim is to improve diplomatic relations between member states through an increase in shared celebrations of certain events.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
[[Vice-Chair of the Grand Unified Micronational|Vice-Chair]] [[Matthew S (Essexia)|Matthew of Essexia]] suggested a GUM calendar during an informal conversation in the politan on 26 October 2020. Following this, [[Dhrubajyoti Roy of Vishwamitra]] put forward the proposal to create a unified calendar "which would comprise of all important dates linked to the organization and all other member-nations" on 7 November 2020 in quorum. Both received positive responses, and the Development Secretary at the time [[Adam I, Emperor of Adammia|Adam Belcher]] offered to create it, however, nothing came about.<br />
<br />
The calendar proposal was brought up again on 7 December 2020 in [[Jack D (Essexia)|Jack Dean]]'s manifesto for the [[Grand Unified Micronational election, December 2020]] under 'a plan for fun' as "a way for us to learn more about each other, and enjoy the best and happiest days of each other's nations." Subsequently, the Chair had intended to hold a motion on the matter on 9 January 2021 (His second quorum) but decided against it as it was a matter which didn't necessitate such a vote, and the agenda was already rather long. As such, work began on 16 January 2021 to formalise the calendar.<br />
<br />
==Calendar==<br />
<br />
===January===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|3rd Jusin Flag.svg}} [[Jusin Republic]] - 1 January - Day of Establishment<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 5 January - Sonderan Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Saturday in January - Jam Day<br />
<br />
===February===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 2 February - Captain Sir Thomas Moore Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|3rd Jusin Flag.svg}} [[Jusin Republic]] - 20 Febuary - Foundation Day<br />
<br />
===March===<br />
<br />
===April===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 6 April - Grand Duke's Birthday<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 8 April - Independence Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 April - ANZAC Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 28 April - Ed Balls Day<br />
<br />
===May===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Sunday in May - Mother’s Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 15 May - Schneeebveland Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 28 May - Monarchy Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Poplar_Nerva_Colonies.png}} [[Poplar Nerva]] - 30 May - Foundation Day<br />
<br />
===June===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Saturday in June - Merry Fig Day<br />
<br />
===July===<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - July 1 - Formation Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - July 25 - Anthem Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - July 31 - Flag Day<br />
<br />
===August===<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - August 16 - Independence Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - 3<br />
August 30 - International Missy Barratt Day<br />
<br />
===September===<br />
*{{flag|Ikonia|name=Kingdom of Ikonia}} - September 1 - King's Birthday & Honours List<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Sunday in September - Father’s Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Saturday in September - Olewyddin Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - September 28 - National Talk like Mr Krabs Day<br />
<br />
===October===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd weekend in October until 1st Tuesday in November - Chicken Festival<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - October 20 - Foundation Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Vlasynia.png}} [[Vlasynian Despotate]] - October 24 - Despot's Day (the Birthday of [[Ned Vlăsceanu|HGM Despot Ned I]])<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 31 October - Camping Night<br />
<br />
===November===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Tuesday in November - Henry Mortlock Memorial Hat Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 13 November - World Kindness Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - November 22 - International Start your own Country Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 November until 5 January - Christmas Festival<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 November - Wizzypops Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 30 November - Salmon Pie Night<br />
<br />
===December===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Sunday in December - Pudding Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Vlasynia.png}} [[Vlasynian Despotate]] - December 21 - Vlasynian Independence Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 27 December - Founding of the Nation<br />
<br />
==Multinational holidays==<br />
Add micronations under the hoildays celebrated.<br />
===New Year’s Day===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]]<br />
<br />
===Christmas Eve===<br />
===Christmas===<br />
===Boxing Day===<br />
===New year's Eve===<br />
<br />
==Participants==<br />
<br />
*[[Commonwealth of Essexia]]<br />
*[[Poplar Nerva]]<br />
*[[Triumvirate of Sonderan]]<br />
*[[Jusin Republic]]<br />
*[[Empire of Aenopia]]<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
<br />
*[[Grand Unified Micronational]]<br />
<br />
{{GUM}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Grand Unified Micronational]]<br />
[[Category:Calendars]]</div>Sonderanhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=GUM_Calendar&diff=780684GUM Calendar2021-02-09T00:42:22Z<p>Sonderan: /* New Year’s Eve */</p>
<hr />
<div>The '''Grand Unified Micronational Calendar''', also referred to as the '''GUM Calendar''' is a project within the [[Grand Unified Micronational]] with the aim of easily displaying important dates for member states on a universal forum, so that every delegate may see them. The aim is to improve diplomatic relations between member states through an increase in shared celebrations of certain events.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
[[Vice-Chair of the Grand Unified Micronational|Vice-Chair]] [[Matthew S (Essexia)|Matthew of Essexia]] suggested a GUM calendar during an informal conversation in the politan on 26 October 2020. Following this, [[Dhrubajyoti Roy of Vishwamitra]] put forward the proposal to create a unified calendar "which would comprise of all important dates linked to the organization and all other member-nations" on 7 November 2020 in quorum. Both received positive responses, and the Development Secretary at the time [[Adam I, Emperor of Adammia|Adam Belcher]] offered to create it, however, nothing came about.<br />
<br />
The calendar proposal was brought up again on 7 December 2020 in [[Jack D (Essexia)|Jack Dean]]'s manifesto for the [[Grand Unified Micronational election, December 2020]] under 'a plan for fun' as "a way for us to learn more about each other, and enjoy the best and happiest days of each other's nations." Subsequently, the Chair had intended to hold a motion on the matter on 9 January 2021 (His second quorum) but decided against it as it was a matter which didn't necessitate such a vote, and the agenda was already rather long. As such, work began on 16 January 2021 to formalise the calendar.<br />
<br />
==Calendar==<br />
<br />
===January===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|3rd Jusin Flag.svg}} [[Jusin Republic]] - 1 January - Day of Establishment<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 5 January - Sonderan Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Saturday in January - Jam Day<br />
<br />
===February===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 2 February - Captain Sir Thomas Moore Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|3rd Jusin Flag.svg}} [[Jusin Republic]] - 20 Febuary - Foundation Day<br />
<br />
===March===<br />
<br />
===April===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 6 April - Grand Duke's Birthday<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 8 April - Independence Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 April - ANZAC Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 28 April - Ed Balls Day<br />
<br />
===May===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Sunday in May - Mother’s Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 15 May - Schneeebveland Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 28 May - Monarchy Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Poplar_Nerva_Colonies.png}} [[Poplar Nerva]] - 30 May - Foundation Day<br />
<br />
===June===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Saturday in June - Merry Fig Day<br />
<br />
===July===<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - July 1 - Formation Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - July 25 - Anthem Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - July 31 - Flag Day<br />
<br />
===August===<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - August 16 - Independence Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - 3<br />
August 30 - International Missy Barratt Day<br />
<br />
===September===<br />
*{{flag|Ikonia|name=Kingdom of Ikonia}} - September 1 - King's Birthday & Honours List<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Sunday in September - Father’s Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Saturday in September - Olewyddin Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - September 28 - National Talk like Mr Krabs Day<br />
<br />
===October===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd weekend in October until 1st Tuesday in November - Chicken Festival<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - October 20 - Foundation Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Vlasynia.png}} [[Vlasynian Despotate]] - October 24 - Despot's Day (the Birthday of [[Ned Vlăsceanu|HGM Despot Ned I]])<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 31 October - Camping Night<br />
<br />
===November===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Tuesday in November - Henry Mortlock Memorial Hat Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 13 November - World Kindness Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Empire of Aenopia flag.png}} [[Aenopia]] - November 22 - International Start your own Country Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 November until 5 January - Christmas Festival<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 November - Wizzypops Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 30 November - Salmon Pie Night<br />
<br />
===December===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Sunday in December - Pudding Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Vlasynia.png}} [[Vlasynian Despotate]] - December 21 - Vlasynian Independence Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 27 December - Founding of the Nation<br />
<br />
==Multinational holidays==<br />
Add micronations under the hoildays celebrated.<br />
===New Year’s Eve===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]]<br />
<br />
===Christmas Eve===<br />
===Christmas===<br />
===Boxing Day===<br />
===New year's Eve===<br />
<br />
==Participants==<br />
<br />
*[[Commonwealth of Essexia]]<br />
*[[Poplar Nerva]]<br />
*[[Triumvirate of Sonderan]]<br />
*[[Jusin Republic]]<br />
*[[Empire of Aenopia]]<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
<br />
*[[Grand Unified Micronational]]<br />
<br />
{{GUM}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Grand Unified Micronational]]<br />
[[Category:Calendars]]</div>Sonderanhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=GUM_Calendar&diff=779741GUM Calendar2021-02-08T01:07:48Z<p>Sonderan: /* Participants */</p>
<hr />
<div>The '''Grand Unified Micronational Calendar''', also referred to as the '''GUM Calendar''' is a project within the [[Grand Unified Micronational]] with the aim of easily displaying important dates for member states on a universal forum, so that every delegate may see them. The aim is to improve diplomatic relations between member states through an increase in shared celebrations of certain events.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
[[Vice-Chair of the Grand Unified Micronational|Vice-Chair]] [[Matthew S (Essexia)|Matthew of Essexia]] suggested a GUM calendar during an informal conversation in the politan on 26 October 2020. Following this, [[Dhrubajyoti Roy of Vishwamitra]] put forward the proposal to create a unified calendar "which would comprise of all important dates linked to the organization and all other member-nations" on 7 November 2020 in quorum. Both received positive responses, and the Development Secretary at the time [[Adam I, Emperor of Adammia|Adam Belcher]] offered to create it, however, nothing came about.<br />
<br />
The calendar proposal was brought up again on 7 December 2020 in [[Jack D (Essexia)|Jack Dean]]'s manifesto for the [[Grand Unified Micronational election, December 2020]] under 'a plan for fun' as "a way for us to learn more about each other, and enjoy the best and happiest days of each other's nations." Subsequently, the Chair had intended to hold a motion on the matter on 9 January 2021 (His second quorum) but decided against it as it was a matter which didn't necessitate such a vote, and the agenda was already rather long. As such, work began on 16 January 2021 to formalise the calendar.<br />
<br />
==Calendar==<br />
<br />
===January===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|3rd Jusin Flag.svg}} [[Jusin Republic]] - 1 January - Day of Establishment<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1 January - New Year’s Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 5 January - Sonderan Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Saturday in January - Jam Day<br />
<br />
===February===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 2 February - Captain Sir Thomas Moore Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|3rd Jusin Flag.svg}} [[Jusin Republic]] - 1 January - Foundation Day<br />
<br />
===March===<br />
<br />
===April===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 6 April - Grand Duke's Birthday<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 8 April - Independence Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 April - ANZAC Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 28 April - Ed Balls Day<br />
<br />
===May===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Sunday in May - Mother’s Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 15 May - Schneeebveland Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 28 May - Monarchy Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Poplar_Nerva_Colonies.png}} [[Poplar Nerva]] - 30 May - Foundation Day<br />
<br />
===June===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Saturday in June - Merry Fig Day<br />
<br />
===July===<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - July 25 - Anthem Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - July 31 - Flag Day<br />
<br />
===August===<br />
<br />
===September===<br />
*{{flag|Ikonia|name=Kingdom of Ikonia}} - September 1 - King's Birthday & Honours List<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Sunday in September - Father’s Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Saturday in September - Olewyddin Day<br />
<br />
===October===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd weekend in October until 1st Tuesday in November - Chicken Festival<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - October 20 - Foundation Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Vlasynia.png}} [[Vlasynian Despotate]] - October 24 - Despot's Day (the Birthday of [[Ned Vlăsceanu|HGM Despot Ned I]])<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 31 October - Camping Night<br />
<br />
===November===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Tuesday in November - Henry Mortlock Memorial Hat Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 13 November - World Kindness Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 November until 5th January - Christmas Festival<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 November - Wizzypops Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 30 November - Salmon Pie Night<br />
<br />
===December===<br />
<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Sunday in December - Pudding Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Vlasynia.png}} [[Vlasynian Despotate]] - December 21 - Vlasynian Independence Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 24 December - Christmas Eve<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 25 December - Christmas Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 December - Boxing Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 27 December - Founding of the Nation<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 31 December - New Year’s Eve<br />
<br />
==Participants==<br />
<br />
*[[Commonwealth of Essexia]]<br />
*[[Poplar Nerva]]<br />
*[[Triumvirate of Sonderan]]<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
<br />
*[[Grand Unified Micronational]]<br />
<br />
{{GUM}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Grand Unified Micronational]]<br />
[[Category:Calendars]]</div>Sonderanhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=GUM_Calendar&diff=779740GUM Calendar2021-02-08T01:07:12Z<p>Sonderan: /* December */</p>
<hr />
<div>The '''Grand Unified Micronational Calendar''', also referred to as the '''GUM Calendar''' is a project within the [[Grand Unified Micronational]] with the aim of easily displaying important dates for member states on a universal forum, so that every delegate may see them. The aim is to improve diplomatic relations between member states through an increase in shared celebrations of certain events.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
[[Vice-Chair of the Grand Unified Micronational|Vice-Chair]] [[Matthew S (Essexia)|Matthew of Essexia]] suggested a GUM calendar during an informal conversation in the politan on 26 October 2020. Following this, [[Dhrubajyoti Roy of Vishwamitra]] put forward the proposal to create a unified calendar "which would comprise of all important dates linked to the organization and all other member-nations" on 7 November 2020 in quorum. Both received positive responses, and the Development Secretary at the time [[Adam I, Emperor of Adammia|Adam Belcher]] offered to create it, however, nothing came about.<br />
<br />
The calendar proposal was brought up again on 7 December 2020 in [[Jack D (Essexia)|Jack Dean]]'s manifesto for the [[Grand Unified Micronational election, December 2020]] under 'a plan for fun' as "a way for us to learn more about each other, and enjoy the best and happiest days of each other's nations." Subsequently, the Chair had intended to hold a motion on the matter on 9 January 2021 (His second quorum) but decided against it as it was a matter which didn't necessitate such a vote, and the agenda was already rather long. As such, work began on 16 January 2021 to formalise the calendar.<br />
<br />
==Calendar==<br />
<br />
===January===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|3rd Jusin Flag.svg}} [[Jusin Republic]] - 1 January - Day of Establishment<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1 January - New Year’s Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 5 January - Sonderan Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Saturday in January - Jam Day<br />
<br />
===February===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 2 February - Captain Sir Thomas Moore Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|3rd Jusin Flag.svg}} [[Jusin Republic]] - 1 January - Foundation Day<br />
<br />
===March===<br />
<br />
===April===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 6 April - Grand Duke's Birthday<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 8 April - Independence Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 April - ANZAC Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 28 April - Ed Balls Day<br />
<br />
===May===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Sunday in May - Mother’s Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 15 May - Schneeebveland Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 28 May - Monarchy Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Poplar_Nerva_Colonies.png}} [[Poplar Nerva]] - 30 May - Foundation Day<br />
<br />
===June===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Saturday in June - Merry Fig Day<br />
<br />
===July===<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - July 25 - Anthem Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - July 31 - Flag Day<br />
<br />
===August===<br />
<br />
===September===<br />
*{{flag|Ikonia|name=Kingdom of Ikonia}} - September 1 - King's Birthday & Honours List<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Sunday in September - Father’s Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Saturday in September - Olewyddin Day<br />
<br />
===October===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd weekend in October until 1st Tuesday in November - Chicken Festival<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - October 20 - Foundation Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Vlasynia.png}} [[Vlasynian Despotate]] - October 24 - Despot's Day (the Birthday of [[Ned Vlăsceanu|HGM Despot Ned I]])<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 31 October - Camping Night<br />
<br />
===November===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Tuesday in November - Henry Mortlock Memorial Hat Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 13 November - World Kindness Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 November until 5th January - Christmas Festival<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 November - Wizzypops Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 30 November - Salmon Pie Night<br />
<br />
===December===<br />
<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Sunday in December - Pudding Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Vlasynia.png}} [[Vlasynian Despotate]] - December 21 - Vlasynian Independence Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 24 December - Christmas Eve<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 25 December - Christmas Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 December - Boxing Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 27 December - Founding of the Nation<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 31 December - New Year’s Eve<br />
<br />
==Participants==<br />
<br />
*[[Commonwealth of Essexia]]<br />
*[[Poplar Nerva]]<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
<br />
*[[Grand Unified Micronational]]<br />
<br />
{{GUM}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Grand Unified Micronational]]<br />
[[Category:Calendars]]</div>Sonderanhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=GUM_Calendar&diff=779735GUM Calendar2021-02-08T01:05:13Z<p>Sonderan: /* December */</p>
<hr />
<div>The '''Grand Unified Micronational Calendar''', also referred to as the '''GUM Calendar''' is a project within the [[Grand Unified Micronational]] with the aim of easily displaying important dates for member states on a universal forum, so that every delegate may see them. The aim is to improve diplomatic relations between member states through an increase in shared celebrations of certain events.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
[[Vice-Chair of the Grand Unified Micronational|Vice-Chair]] [[Matthew S (Essexia)|Matthew of Essexia]] suggested a GUM calendar during an informal conversation in the politan on 26 October 2020. Following this, [[Dhrubajyoti Roy of Vishwamitra]] put forward the proposal to create a unified calendar "which would comprise of all important dates linked to the organization and all other member-nations" on 7 November 2020 in quorum. Both received positive responses, and the Development Secretary at the time [[Adam I, Emperor of Adammia|Adam Belcher]] offered to create it, however, nothing came about.<br />
<br />
The calendar proposal was brought up again on 7 December 2020 in [[Jack D (Essexia)|Jack Dean]]'s manifesto for the [[Grand Unified Micronational election, December 2020]] under 'a plan for fun' as "a way for us to learn more about each other, and enjoy the best and happiest days of each other's nations." Subsequently, the Chair had intended to hold a motion on the matter on 9 January 2021 (His second quorum) but decided against it as it was a matter which didn't necessitate such a vote, and the agenda was already rather long. As such, work began on 16 January 2021 to formalise the calendar.<br />
<br />
==Calendar==<br />
<br />
===January===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|3rd Jusin Flag.svg}} [[Jusin Republic]] - 1 January - Day of Establishment<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1 January - New Year’s Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 5 January - Sonderan Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Saturday in January - Jam Day<br />
<br />
===February===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 2 February - Captain Sir Thomas Moore Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|3rd Jusin Flag.svg}} [[Jusin Republic]] - 1 January - Foundation Day<br />
<br />
===March===<br />
<br />
===April===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 6 April - Grand Duke's Birthday<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 8 April - Independence Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 April - ANZAC Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 28 April - Ed Balls Day<br />
<br />
===May===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Sunday in May - Mother’s Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 15 May - Schneeebveland Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 28 May - Monarchy Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Poplar_Nerva_Colonies.png}} [[Poplar Nerva]] - 30 May - Foundation Day<br />
<br />
===June===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Saturday in June - Merry Fig Day<br />
<br />
===July===<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - July 25 - Anthem Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - July 31 - Flag Day<br />
<br />
===August===<br />
<br />
===September===<br />
*{{flag|Ikonia|name=Kingdom of Ikonia}} - September 1 - King's Birthday & Honours List<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Sunday in September - Father’s Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Saturday in September - Olewyddin Day<br />
<br />
===October===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd weekend in October until 1st Tuesday in November - Chicken Festival<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - October 20 - Foundation Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Vlasynia.png}} [[Vlasynian Despotate]] - October 24 - Despot's Day (the Birthday of [[Ned Vlăsceanu|HGM Despot Ned I]])<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 31 October - Camping Night<br />
<br />
===November===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Tuesday in November - Henry Mortlock Memorial Hat Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 13 November - World Kindness Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 November until 5th January - Christmas Festival<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 November - Wizzypops Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 30 November - Salmon Pie Night<br />
<br />
===December===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Vlasynia.png}} [[Vlasynian Despotate]] - December 21 - Vlasynian Independence Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 24 December - Christmas Eve<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 25 December - Christmas Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 December - Boxing Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 27 December - Founding of the Nation<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 31 December - New Year’s Eve<br />
<br />
==Participants==<br />
<br />
*[[Commonwealth of Essexia]]<br />
*[[Poplar Nerva]]<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
<br />
*[[Grand Unified Micronational]]<br />
<br />
{{GUM}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Grand Unified Micronational]]<br />
[[Category:Calendars]]</div>Sonderanhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=GUM_Calendar&diff=779734GUM Calendar2021-02-08T01:02:44Z<p>Sonderan: /* November */</p>
<hr />
<div>The '''Grand Unified Micronational Calendar''', also referred to as the '''GUM Calendar''' is a project within the [[Grand Unified Micronational]] with the aim of easily displaying important dates for member states on a universal forum, so that every delegate may see them. The aim is to improve diplomatic relations between member states through an increase in shared celebrations of certain events.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
[[Vice-Chair of the Grand Unified Micronational|Vice-Chair]] [[Matthew S (Essexia)|Matthew of Essexia]] suggested a GUM calendar during an informal conversation in the politan on 26 October 2020. Following this, [[Dhrubajyoti Roy of Vishwamitra]] put forward the proposal to create a unified calendar "which would comprise of all important dates linked to the organization and all other member-nations" on 7 November 2020 in quorum. Both received positive responses, and the Development Secretary at the time [[Adam I, Emperor of Adammia|Adam Belcher]] offered to create it, however, nothing came about.<br />
<br />
The calendar proposal was brought up again on 7 December 2020 in [[Jack D (Essexia)|Jack Dean]]'s manifesto for the [[Grand Unified Micronational election, December 2020]] under 'a plan for fun' as "a way for us to learn more about each other, and enjoy the best and happiest days of each other's nations." Subsequently, the Chair had intended to hold a motion on the matter on 9 January 2021 (His second quorum) but decided against it as it was a matter which didn't necessitate such a vote, and the agenda was already rather long. As such, work began on 16 January 2021 to formalise the calendar.<br />
<br />
==Calendar==<br />
<br />
===January===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|3rd Jusin Flag.svg}} [[Jusin Republic]] - 1 January - Day of Establishment<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1 January - New Year’s Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 5 January - Sonderan Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Saturday in January - Jam Day<br />
<br />
===February===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 2 February - Captain Sir Thomas Moore Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|3rd Jusin Flag.svg}} [[Jusin Republic]] - 1 January - Foundation Day<br />
<br />
===March===<br />
<br />
===April===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 6 April - Grand Duke's Birthday<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 8 April - Independence Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 April - ANZAC Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 28 April - Ed Balls Day<br />
<br />
===May===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Sunday in May - Mother’s Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 15 May - Schneeebveland Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 28 May - Monarchy Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Poplar_Nerva_Colonies.png}} [[Poplar Nerva]] - 30 May - Foundation Day<br />
<br />
===June===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Saturday in June - Merry Fig Day<br />
<br />
===July===<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - July 25 - Anthem Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - July 31 - Flag Day<br />
<br />
===August===<br />
<br />
===September===<br />
*{{flag|Ikonia|name=Kingdom of Ikonia}} - September 1 - King's Birthday & Honours List<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Sunday in September - Father’s Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Saturday in September - Olewyddin Day<br />
<br />
===October===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd weekend in October until 1st Tuesday in November - Chicken Festival<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - October 20 - Foundation Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Vlasynia.png}} [[Vlasynian Despotate]] - October 24 - Despot's Day (the Birthday of [[Ned Vlăsceanu|HGM Despot Ned I]])<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 31 October - Camping Night<br />
<br />
===November===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Tuesday in November - Henry Mortlock Memorial Hat Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 13 November - World Kindness Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 November until 5th January - Christmas Festival<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 November - Wizzypops Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 30 November - Salmon Pie Night<br />
<br />
===December===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Vlasynia.png}} [[Vlasynian Despotate]] - December 21 - Vlasynian Independence Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 27 December - Founding of the Nation<br />
<br />
==Participants==<br />
<br />
*[[Commonwealth of Essexia]]<br />
*[[Poplar Nerva]]<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
<br />
*[[Grand Unified Micronational]]<br />
<br />
{{GUM}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Grand Unified Micronational]]<br />
[[Category:Calendars]]</div>Sonderanhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=GUM_Calendar&diff=779733GUM Calendar2021-02-08T00:58:49Z<p>Sonderan: /* September */</p>
<hr />
<div>The '''Grand Unified Micronational Calendar''', also referred to as the '''GUM Calendar''' is a project within the [[Grand Unified Micronational]] with the aim of easily displaying important dates for member states on a universal forum, so that every delegate may see them. The aim is to improve diplomatic relations between member states through an increase in shared celebrations of certain events.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
[[Vice-Chair of the Grand Unified Micronational|Vice-Chair]] [[Matthew S (Essexia)|Matthew of Essexia]] suggested a GUM calendar during an informal conversation in the politan on 26 October 2020. Following this, [[Dhrubajyoti Roy of Vishwamitra]] put forward the proposal to create a unified calendar "which would comprise of all important dates linked to the organization and all other member-nations" on 7 November 2020 in quorum. Both received positive responses, and the Development Secretary at the time [[Adam I, Emperor of Adammia|Adam Belcher]] offered to create it, however, nothing came about.<br />
<br />
The calendar proposal was brought up again on 7 December 2020 in [[Jack D (Essexia)|Jack Dean]]'s manifesto for the [[Grand Unified Micronational election, December 2020]] under 'a plan for fun' as "a way for us to learn more about each other, and enjoy the best and happiest days of each other's nations." Subsequently, the Chair had intended to hold a motion on the matter on 9 January 2021 (His second quorum) but decided against it as it was a matter which didn't necessitate such a vote, and the agenda was already rather long. As such, work began on 16 January 2021 to formalise the calendar.<br />
<br />
==Calendar==<br />
<br />
===January===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|3rd Jusin Flag.svg}} [[Jusin Republic]] - 1 January - Day of Establishment<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1 January - New Year’s Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 5 January - Sonderan Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Saturday in January - Jam Day<br />
<br />
===February===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 2 February - Captain Sir Thomas Moore Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|3rd Jusin Flag.svg}} [[Jusin Republic]] - 1 January - Foundation Day<br />
<br />
===March===<br />
<br />
===April===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 6 April - Grand Duke's Birthday<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 8 April - Independence Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 April - ANZAC Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 28 April - Ed Balls Day<br />
<br />
===May===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Sunday in May - Mother’s Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 15 May - Schneeebveland Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 28 May - Monarchy Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Poplar_Nerva_Colonies.png}} [[Poplar Nerva]] - 30 May - Foundation Day<br />
<br />
===June===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Saturday in June - Merry Fig Day<br />
<br />
===July===<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - July 25 - Anthem Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - July 31 - Flag Day<br />
<br />
===August===<br />
<br />
===September===<br />
*{{flag|Ikonia|name=Kingdom of Ikonia}} - September 1 - King's Birthday & Honours List<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Sunday in September - Father’s Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Saturday in September - Olewyddin Day<br />
<br />
===October===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd weekend in October until 1st Tuesday in November - Chicken Festival<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - October 20 - Foundation Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Vlasynia.png}} [[Vlasynian Despotate]] - October 24 - Despot's Day (the Birthday of [[Ned Vlăsceanu|HGM Despot Ned I]])<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 31 October - Camping Night<br />
<br />
===November===<br />
<br />
===December===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Vlasynia.png}} [[Vlasynian Despotate]] - December 21 - Vlasynian Independence Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 27 December - Founding of the Nation<br />
<br />
==Participants==<br />
<br />
*[[Commonwealth of Essexia]]<br />
*[[Poplar Nerva]]<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
<br />
*[[Grand Unified Micronational]]<br />
<br />
{{GUM}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Grand Unified Micronational]]<br />
[[Category:Calendars]]</div>Sonderanhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=GUM_Calendar&diff=779731GUM Calendar2021-02-08T00:57:23Z<p>Sonderan: /* October */</p>
<hr />
<div>The '''Grand Unified Micronational Calendar''', also referred to as the '''GUM Calendar''' is a project within the [[Grand Unified Micronational]] with the aim of easily displaying important dates for member states on a universal forum, so that every delegate may see them. The aim is to improve diplomatic relations between member states through an increase in shared celebrations of certain events.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
[[Vice-Chair of the Grand Unified Micronational|Vice-Chair]] [[Matthew S (Essexia)|Matthew of Essexia]] suggested a GUM calendar during an informal conversation in the politan on 26 October 2020. Following this, [[Dhrubajyoti Roy of Vishwamitra]] put forward the proposal to create a unified calendar "which would comprise of all important dates linked to the organization and all other member-nations" on 7 November 2020 in quorum. Both received positive responses, and the Development Secretary at the time [[Adam I, Emperor of Adammia|Adam Belcher]] offered to create it, however, nothing came about.<br />
<br />
The calendar proposal was brought up again on 7 December 2020 in [[Jack D (Essexia)|Jack Dean]]'s manifesto for the [[Grand Unified Micronational election, December 2020]] under 'a plan for fun' as "a way for us to learn more about each other, and enjoy the best and happiest days of each other's nations." Subsequently, the Chair had intended to hold a motion on the matter on 9 January 2021 (His second quorum) but decided against it as it was a matter which didn't necessitate such a vote, and the agenda was already rather long. As such, work began on 16 January 2021 to formalise the calendar.<br />
<br />
==Calendar==<br />
<br />
===January===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|3rd Jusin Flag.svg}} [[Jusin Republic]] - 1 January - Day of Establishment<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1 January - New Year’s Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 5 January - Sonderan Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Saturday in January - Jam Day<br />
<br />
===February===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 2 February - Captain Sir Thomas Moore Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|3rd Jusin Flag.svg}} [[Jusin Republic]] - 1 January - Foundation Day<br />
<br />
===March===<br />
<br />
===April===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 6 April - Grand Duke's Birthday<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 8 April - Independence Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 April - ANZAC Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 28 April - Ed Balls Day<br />
<br />
===May===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Sunday in May - Mother’s Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 15 May - Schneeebveland Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 28 May - Monarchy Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Poplar_Nerva_Colonies.png}} [[Poplar Nerva]] - 30 May - Foundation Day<br />
<br />
===June===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Saturday in June - Merry Fig Day<br />
<br />
===July===<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - July 25 - Anthem Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - July 31 - Flag Day<br />
<br />
===August===<br />
<br />
===September===<br />
*{{flag|Ikonia|name=Kingdom of Ikonia}} - September 1 - King's Birthday & Honours List<br />
<br />
===October===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd weekend in October until 1st Tuesday in November - Chicken Festival<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - October 20 - Foundation Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Vlasynia.png}} [[Vlasynian Despotate]] - October 24 - Despot's Day (the Birthday of [[Ned Vlăsceanu|HGM Despot Ned I]])<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 31 October - Camping Night<br />
<br />
===November===<br />
<br />
===December===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Vlasynia.png}} [[Vlasynian Despotate]] - December 21 - Vlasynian Independence Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 27 December - Founding of the Nation<br />
<br />
==Participants==<br />
<br />
*[[Commonwealth of Essexia]]<br />
*[[Poplar Nerva]]<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
<br />
*[[Grand Unified Micronational]]<br />
<br />
{{GUM}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Grand Unified Micronational]]<br />
[[Category:Calendars]]</div>Sonderanhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=GUM_Calendar&diff=779728GUM Calendar2021-02-08T00:53:36Z<p>Sonderan: /* June */</p>
<hr />
<div>The '''Grand Unified Micronational Calendar''', also referred to as the '''GUM Calendar''' is a project within the [[Grand Unified Micronational]] with the aim of easily displaying important dates for member states on a universal forum, so that every delegate may see them. The aim is to improve diplomatic relations between member states through an increase in shared celebrations of certain events.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
[[Vice-Chair of the Grand Unified Micronational|Vice-Chair]] [[Matthew S (Essexia)|Matthew of Essexia]] suggested a GUM calendar during an informal conversation in the politan on 26 October 2020. Following this, [[Dhrubajyoti Roy of Vishwamitra]] put forward the proposal to create a unified calendar "which would comprise of all important dates linked to the organization and all other member-nations" on 7 November 2020 in quorum. Both received positive responses, and the Development Secretary at the time [[Adam I, Emperor of Adammia|Adam Belcher]] offered to create it, however, nothing came about.<br />
<br />
The calendar proposal was brought up again on 7 December 2020 in [[Jack D (Essexia)|Jack Dean]]'s manifesto for the [[Grand Unified Micronational election, December 2020]] under 'a plan for fun' as "a way for us to learn more about each other, and enjoy the best and happiest days of each other's nations." Subsequently, the Chair had intended to hold a motion on the matter on 9 January 2021 (His second quorum) but decided against it as it was a matter which didn't necessitate such a vote, and the agenda was already rather long. As such, work began on 16 January 2021 to formalise the calendar.<br />
<br />
==Calendar==<br />
<br />
===January===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|3rd Jusin Flag.svg}} [[Jusin Republic]] - 1 January - Day of Establishment<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1 January - New Year’s Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 5 January - Sonderan Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Saturday in January - Jam Day<br />
<br />
===February===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 2 February - Captain Sir Thomas Moore Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|3rd Jusin Flag.svg}} [[Jusin Republic]] - 1 January - Foundation Day<br />
<br />
===March===<br />
<br />
===April===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 6 April - Grand Duke's Birthday<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 8 April - Independence Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 April - ANZAC Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 28 April - Ed Balls Day<br />
<br />
===May===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Sunday in May - Mother’s Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 15 May - Schneeebveland Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 28 May - Monarchy Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Poplar_Nerva_Colonies.png}} [[Poplar Nerva]] - 30 May - Foundation Day<br />
<br />
===June===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1st Saturday in June - Merry Fig Day<br />
<br />
===July===<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - July 25 - Anthem Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - July 31 - Flag Day<br />
<br />
===August===<br />
<br />
===September===<br />
*{{flag|Ikonia|name=Kingdom of Ikonia}} - September 1 - King's Birthday & Honours List<br />
<br />
===October===<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - October 20 - Foundation Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Vlasynia.png}} [[Vlasynian Despotate]] - October 24 - Despot's Day (the Birthday of [[Ned Vlăsceanu|HGM Despot Ned I]])<br />
<br />
===November===<br />
<br />
===December===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Vlasynia.png}} [[Vlasynian Despotate]] - December 21 - Vlasynian Independence Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 27 December - Founding of the Nation<br />
<br />
==Participants==<br />
<br />
*[[Commonwealth of Essexia]]<br />
*[[Poplar Nerva]]<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
<br />
*[[Grand Unified Micronational]]<br />
<br />
{{GUM}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Grand Unified Micronational]]<br />
[[Category:Calendars]]</div>Sonderanhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=GUM_Calendar&diff=779727GUM Calendar2021-02-08T00:52:51Z<p>Sonderan: /* May */</p>
<hr />
<div>The '''Grand Unified Micronational Calendar''', also referred to as the '''GUM Calendar''' is a project within the [[Grand Unified Micronational]] with the aim of easily displaying important dates for member states on a universal forum, so that every delegate may see them. The aim is to improve diplomatic relations between member states through an increase in shared celebrations of certain events.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
[[Vice-Chair of the Grand Unified Micronational|Vice-Chair]] [[Matthew S (Essexia)|Matthew of Essexia]] suggested a GUM calendar during an informal conversation in the politan on 26 October 2020. Following this, [[Dhrubajyoti Roy of Vishwamitra]] put forward the proposal to create a unified calendar "which would comprise of all important dates linked to the organization and all other member-nations" on 7 November 2020 in quorum. Both received positive responses, and the Development Secretary at the time [[Adam I, Emperor of Adammia|Adam Belcher]] offered to create it, however, nothing came about.<br />
<br />
The calendar proposal was brought up again on 7 December 2020 in [[Jack D (Essexia)|Jack Dean]]'s manifesto for the [[Grand Unified Micronational election, December 2020]] under 'a plan for fun' as "a way for us to learn more about each other, and enjoy the best and happiest days of each other's nations." Subsequently, the Chair had intended to hold a motion on the matter on 9 January 2021 (His second quorum) but decided against it as it was a matter which didn't necessitate such a vote, and the agenda was already rather long. As such, work began on 16 January 2021 to formalise the calendar.<br />
<br />
==Calendar==<br />
<br />
===January===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|3rd Jusin Flag.svg}} [[Jusin Republic]] - 1 January - Day of Establishment<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1 January - New Year’s Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 5 January - Sonderan Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Saturday in January - Jam Day<br />
<br />
===February===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 2 February - Captain Sir Thomas Moore Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|3rd Jusin Flag.svg}} [[Jusin Republic]] - 1 January - Foundation Day<br />
<br />
===March===<br />
<br />
===April===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 6 April - Grand Duke's Birthday<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 8 April - Independence Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 April - ANZAC Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 28 April - Ed Balls Day<br />
<br />
===May===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Sunday in May - Mother’s Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 15 May - Schneeebveland Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 28 May - Monarchy Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Poplar_Nerva_Colonies.png}} [[Poplar Nerva]] - 30 May - Foundation Day<br />
<br />
===June===<br />
<br />
===July===<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - July 25 - Anthem Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - July 31 - Flag Day<br />
<br />
===August===<br />
<br />
===September===<br />
*{{flag|Ikonia|name=Kingdom of Ikonia}} - September 1 - King's Birthday & Honours List<br />
<br />
===October===<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - October 20 - Foundation Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Vlasynia.png}} [[Vlasynian Despotate]] - October 24 - Despot's Day (the Birthday of [[Ned Vlăsceanu|HGM Despot Ned I]])<br />
<br />
===November===<br />
<br />
===December===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Vlasynia.png}} [[Vlasynian Despotate]] - December 21 - Vlasynian Independence Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 27 December - Founding of the Nation<br />
<br />
==Participants==<br />
<br />
*[[Commonwealth of Essexia]]<br />
*[[Poplar Nerva]]<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
<br />
*[[Grand Unified Micronational]]<br />
<br />
{{GUM}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Grand Unified Micronational]]<br />
[[Category:Calendars]]</div>Sonderanhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=GUM_Calendar&diff=779726GUM Calendar2021-02-08T00:51:46Z<p>Sonderan: /* May */</p>
<hr />
<div>The '''Grand Unified Micronational Calendar''', also referred to as the '''GUM Calendar''' is a project within the [[Grand Unified Micronational]] with the aim of easily displaying important dates for member states on a universal forum, so that every delegate may see them. The aim is to improve diplomatic relations between member states through an increase in shared celebrations of certain events.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
[[Vice-Chair of the Grand Unified Micronational|Vice-Chair]] [[Matthew S (Essexia)|Matthew of Essexia]] suggested a GUM calendar during an informal conversation in the politan on 26 October 2020. Following this, [[Dhrubajyoti Roy of Vishwamitra]] put forward the proposal to create a unified calendar "which would comprise of all important dates linked to the organization and all other member-nations" on 7 November 2020 in quorum. Both received positive responses, and the Development Secretary at the time [[Adam I, Emperor of Adammia|Adam Belcher]] offered to create it, however, nothing came about.<br />
<br />
The calendar proposal was brought up again on 7 December 2020 in [[Jack D (Essexia)|Jack Dean]]'s manifesto for the [[Grand Unified Micronational election, December 2020]] under 'a plan for fun' as "a way for us to learn more about each other, and enjoy the best and happiest days of each other's nations." Subsequently, the Chair had intended to hold a motion on the matter on 9 January 2021 (His second quorum) but decided against it as it was a matter which didn't necessitate such a vote, and the agenda was already rather long. As such, work began on 16 January 2021 to formalise the calendar.<br />
<br />
==Calendar==<br />
<br />
===January===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|3rd Jusin Flag.svg}} [[Jusin Republic]] - 1 January - Day of Establishment<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1 January - New Year’s Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 5 January - Sonderan Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Saturday in January - Jam Day<br />
<br />
===February===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 2 February - Captain Sir Thomas Moore Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|3rd Jusin Flag.svg}} [[Jusin Republic]] - 1 January - Foundation Day<br />
<br />
===March===<br />
<br />
===April===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 6 April - Grand Duke's Birthday<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 8 April - Independence Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 April - ANZAC Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 28 April - Ed Balls Day<br />
<br />
===May===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Sunday in May - Mother’s Day<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 28 May - Monarchy Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Poplar_Nerva_Colonies.png}} [[Poplar Nerva]] - 30 May - Foundation Day<br />
<br />
===June===<br />
<br />
===July===<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - July 25 - Anthem Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - July 31 - Flag Day<br />
<br />
===August===<br />
<br />
===September===<br />
*{{flag|Ikonia|name=Kingdom of Ikonia}} - September 1 - King's Birthday & Honours List<br />
<br />
===October===<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - October 20 - Foundation Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Vlasynia.png}} [[Vlasynian Despotate]] - October 24 - Despot's Day (the Birthday of [[Ned Vlăsceanu|HGM Despot Ned I]])<br />
<br />
===November===<br />
<br />
===December===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Vlasynia.png}} [[Vlasynian Despotate]] - December 21 - Vlasynian Independence Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 27 December - Founding of the Nation<br />
<br />
==Participants==<br />
<br />
*[[Commonwealth of Essexia]]<br />
*[[Poplar Nerva]]<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
<br />
*[[Grand Unified Micronational]]<br />
<br />
{{GUM}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Grand Unified Micronational]]<br />
[[Category:Calendars]]</div>Sonderanhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=GUM_Calendar&diff=779724GUM Calendar2021-02-08T00:50:16Z<p>Sonderan: /* April */</p>
<hr />
<div>The '''Grand Unified Micronational Calendar''', also referred to as the '''GUM Calendar''' is a project within the [[Grand Unified Micronational]] with the aim of easily displaying important dates for member states on a universal forum, so that every delegate may see them. The aim is to improve diplomatic relations between member states through an increase in shared celebrations of certain events.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
[[Vice-Chair of the Grand Unified Micronational|Vice-Chair]] [[Matthew S (Essexia)|Matthew of Essexia]] suggested a GUM calendar during an informal conversation in the politan on 26 October 2020. Following this, [[Dhrubajyoti Roy of Vishwamitra]] put forward the proposal to create a unified calendar "which would comprise of all important dates linked to the organization and all other member-nations" on 7 November 2020 in quorum. Both received positive responses, and the Development Secretary at the time [[Adam I, Emperor of Adammia|Adam Belcher]] offered to create it, however, nothing came about.<br />
<br />
The calendar proposal was brought up again on 7 December 2020 in [[Jack D (Essexia)|Jack Dean]]'s manifesto for the [[Grand Unified Micronational election, December 2020]] under 'a plan for fun' as "a way for us to learn more about each other, and enjoy the best and happiest days of each other's nations." Subsequently, the Chair had intended to hold a motion on the matter on 9 January 2021 (His second quorum) but decided against it as it was a matter which didn't necessitate such a vote, and the agenda was already rather long. As such, work began on 16 January 2021 to formalise the calendar.<br />
<br />
==Calendar==<br />
<br />
===January===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|3rd Jusin Flag.svg}} [[Jusin Republic]] - 1 January - Day of Establishment<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1 January - New Year’s Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 5 January - Sonderan Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Saturday in January - Jam Day<br />
<br />
===February===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 2 February - Captain Sir Thomas Moore Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|3rd Jusin Flag.svg}} [[Jusin Republic]] - 1 January - Foundation Day<br />
<br />
===March===<br />
<br />
===April===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 6 April - Grand Duke's Birthday<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 8 April - Independence Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 26 April - ANZAC Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 28 April - Ed Balls Day<br />
<br />
===May===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 28 May - Monarchy Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Poplar_Nerva_Colonies.png}} [[Poplar Nerva]] - 30 May - Foundation Day<br />
<br />
===June===<br />
<br />
===July===<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - July 25 - Anthem Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - July 31 - Flag Day<br />
<br />
===August===<br />
<br />
===September===<br />
*{{flag|Ikonia|name=Kingdom of Ikonia}} - September 1 - King's Birthday & Honours List<br />
<br />
===October===<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - October 20 - Foundation Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Vlasynia.png}} [[Vlasynian Despotate]] - October 24 - Despot's Day (the Birthday of [[Ned Vlăsceanu|HGM Despot Ned I]])<br />
<br />
===November===<br />
<br />
===December===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Vlasynia.png}} [[Vlasynian Despotate]] - December 21 - Vlasynian Independence Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 27 December - Founding of the Nation<br />
<br />
==Participants==<br />
<br />
*[[Commonwealth of Essexia]]<br />
*[[Poplar Nerva]]<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
<br />
*[[Grand Unified Micronational]]<br />
<br />
{{GUM}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Grand Unified Micronational]]<br />
[[Category:Calendars]]</div>Sonderanhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=GUM_Calendar&diff=779722GUM Calendar2021-02-08T00:48:59Z<p>Sonderan: /* January */Added content</p>
<hr />
<div>The '''Grand Unified Micronational Calendar''', also referred to as the '''GUM Calendar''' is a project within the [[Grand Unified Micronational]] with the aim of easily displaying important dates for member states on a universal forum, so that every delegate may see them. The aim is to improve diplomatic relations between member states through an increase in shared celebrations of certain events.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
[[Vice-Chair of the Grand Unified Micronational|Vice-Chair]] [[Matthew S (Essexia)|Matthew of Essexia]] suggested a GUM calendar during an informal conversation in the politan on 26 October 2020. Following this, [[Dhrubajyoti Roy of Vishwamitra]] put forward the proposal to create a unified calendar "which would comprise of all important dates linked to the organization and all other member-nations" on 7 November 2020 in quorum. Both received positive responses, and the Development Secretary at the time [[Adam I, Emperor of Adammia|Adam Belcher]] offered to create it, however, nothing came about.<br />
<br />
The calendar proposal was brought up again on 7 December 2020 in [[Jack D (Essexia)|Jack Dean]]'s manifesto for the [[Grand Unified Micronational election, December 2020]] under 'a plan for fun' as "a way for us to learn more about each other, and enjoy the best and happiest days of each other's nations." Subsequently, the Chair had intended to hold a motion on the matter on 9 January 2021 (His second quorum) but decided against it as it was a matter which didn't necessitate such a vote, and the agenda was already rather long. As such, work began on 16 January 2021 to formalise the calendar.<br />
<br />
==Calendar==<br />
<br />
===January===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|3rd Jusin Flag.svg}} [[Jusin Republic]] - 1 January - Day of Establishment<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 1 January - New Year’s Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 5 January - Sonderan Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Sonderian Flag.jpeg}} [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]] - 2nd Saturday in January - Jam Day<br />
<br />
===February===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 2 February - Captain Sir Thomas Moore Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|3rd Jusin Flag.svg}} [[Jusin Republic]] - 1 January - Foundation Day<br />
<br />
===March===<br />
<br />
===April===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 6 April - Grand Duke's Birthday<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 8 April - Independence Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 28 April - Ed Balls Day<br />
<br />
===May===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag_of_Australis.svg}} [[Unified Royal States of Australis]] - 28 May - Monarchy Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Poplar_Nerva_Colonies.png}} [[Poplar Nerva]] - 30 May - Foundation Day<br />
<br />
===June===<br />
<br />
===July===<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - July 25 - Anthem Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - July 31 - Flag Day<br />
<br />
===August===<br />
<br />
===September===<br />
*{{flag|Ikonia|name=Kingdom of Ikonia}} - September 1 - King's Birthday & Honours List<br />
<br />
===October===<br />
*{{flagiconstart|PlushuniaFlag2.png}} [[Plushunia]] - October 20 - Foundation Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Vlasynia.png}} [[Vlasynian Despotate]] - October 24 - Despot's Day (the Birthday of [[Ned Vlăsceanu|HGM Despot Ned I]])<br />
<br />
===November===<br />
<br />
===December===<br />
<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Flag of Vlasynia.png}} [[Vlasynian Despotate]] - December 21 - Vlasynian Independence Day<br />
*{{flagiconstart|Essexian reich.png}} [[Commonwealth of Essexia]] - 27 December - Founding of the Nation<br />
<br />
==Participants==<br />
<br />
*[[Commonwealth of Essexia]]<br />
*[[Poplar Nerva]]<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
<br />
*[[Grand Unified Micronational]]<br />
<br />
{{GUM}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Grand Unified Micronational]]<br />
[[Category:Calendars]]</div>Sonderanhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=List_of_micronations_by_country&diff=779687List of micronations by country2021-02-07T23:15:35Z<p>Sonderan: /* Australia */Added foundation date for Sonderan</p>
<hr />
<div>[[Abilene|The]] following is a '''list of [[micronation]]s by the [[w:Member states of the United Nations|macronation]] from which they declared independence''':<br />
=={{Flaglist|Algeria}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Jailavera flag 2020.png|25px]] [[Jailavera]] (Jailaverian Autonomous Province of Jezicosiumia)<br />
|18 June 2017 (micronation) September 5 2020 (Province)<br />
|Vallier-le-Touret (micronation) Al-qaṣabah Massinissa (Province)<br />
|7 (micronation) 2 (Province)<br />
|{{active}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|Antarctica}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:IMP-CELTC-flag-Piccola.jpg|25x25px]] [[CELTIC]]<br />
|November 11, 2008<br />
|Miklania<br />
|¿?<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Kaemiran Flag.jpeg|25x25px]] [[Empire of Kaemira]]<br />
|September 12, 2017<br />
|Novajitaku<br />
|52<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Official_Flag_Westarctica.jpg|25x25px]] [[Grand Duchy of Westarctica]]<br />
|2 November 2001<br />
|[[N/A]]<br />
|400-600<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|Argentina}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|{{Flaglist|Sabia and Verona}}<br />
|28 February 2016<br />
|[[Alios]]<br />
|125<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|Australia}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|[[Abilene]]<br />
|1 February 2021<br />
|Ellsworth<br />
|6<br />
|Active<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag of Arkovia.svg|23x23px]] [[Arkovia]]<br />
|<br />
|Novia<br />
|185<br />
| {{dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{Flaglist|Australis}}<br />
|8 April 2020<br />
|[[New Yera]]/[[Jarrahview]]<br />
|70<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:People’s Republic Of Titan flag.jpg|23x23px]] [[People’s Republic Of Titan]]<br />
|6 December 2020<br />
|Titan City<br />
|125<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:D1A38DEC-C1D3-409D-80DE-7D8FF2A45551.jpeg|25x25px]] [[Crascia]]<br />
|<br />
|Yokoto<br />
|4<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Etukan.png|23x23px]] [[Empire of Etukan|Etukan]]<br />
|<br />
|Rocky Point Island<br />
|333<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flagfalcar2019.png|23x23px]] [[Falcar]]<br />
|<br />
|[[Arbonia]]<br />
|11<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Matthewopia Flag.png|25x25px]] [[Matthewopia]]<br />
|<br />
|[[Queentown]]<br />
|4<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag of Lehmark.png|25x25px]] [[Empire of Lehmark]]<br />
|19 April 2019<br />
|Lehmark City<br />
|36<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag The Republic of Macéyon.jpg|25x25px]] [[Republic of Macéyon|Macéyon]]<br />
|<br />
|unknown<br />
|1<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[The New Roman Empire|New Roman Empire]]<br />
|<br />
|New Rome<br />
|15<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Razerkaikstania_flag.JPG|23x23px]] [[Most Noble Federation of Razerkaikstania|Razerkaikstania]]<br />
|<br />
|Nylbjorn<br />
|1<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{Flaglist|Sonderan}}<br />
|5 January 2018<br />
|Merindarra<br />
|25<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{Flaglist|Uskor}}<br />
|<br />
|[[Tyrshavn]]<br />
|20<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Xahastanflag.png|25x25px]] [[Popular and Democratic Republic of Xahastan|Xahastan]]<br />
|<br />
|Reqqen<br />
|7<br />
| {{dissolved}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|Austria}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:White Flag.jpeg|frameless|22x22px]] Artopia<br />
|August 1979<br />
|?<br />
|?<br />
|{{dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Balkonian Flag.jpg|frameless|23x23px]] [[Balkony]]<br />
|3 May 2020<br />
|''Blu City''<br />
|3<br />
|{{dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Bartonian Eco Flag.jpg|frameless|24x24px]] [[Bartonia]]<br />
|27 May 2020<br />
|[[Bartonowo]]<br />
|26<br />
|{{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:East-Ramenatian Flag.png|frameless|25x25px]] East-Ramenatia<br />
|11 August 2020<br />
|Pun Watta-City<br />
|?<br />
|{{dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Erenianrepublicflag.png|frameless|25x25px]] [[Erenian Republic|Erenia]]<br />
|26 May 2019<br />
|Friedstatt<br />
|4<br />
|{{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag of Felsbrunn.jpg|frameless|24x24px]] [[Felsbrunn]]<br />
|16 May 2020<br />
|Bruck am Bach<br />
|3<br />
|{{dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Hugoland Flag.png|frameless|27x27px]] [[Hugoland]]<br />
|2017<br />
|''Tauglgries''<br />
|500<br />
|{{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Kugelmugel flag.png|frameless|28x28px]] [[Kugelmugel]]<br />
|1976<br />
|''None''<br />
|0/650 worldwide<br />
|{{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Prlmflag.png|frameless|29x29px]] [[People's Republic of Linian-Marksovka|Linian-Marksovka]]<br />
|3 January 2015<br />
|Prizakh<br />
|?<br />
| {{inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|Oberhügel<br />
|2019<br />
|Großbaum<br />
|?<br />
|{{dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Pangavianpdrflag.png|frameless|25x25px]] [[Pangawische Volksdemokratische Republik|Pangawia]]<br />
|5 August 2017<br />
|[[Bischofshofen|Bischofshofen]]<br />
|68.<br />
|{{inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Rabenberg Flag.svg|frameless|26x26px]] [[Grand Duchy of Rabenberg|Rabenberg]]<br />
|19 November 2019<br />
|Oberwald<br />
|9<br />
|{{dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Rastolian-Ramenatic-Flag.png|frameless|24x24px]] [[United Rastolian Duchies and Ramenatic Free States|Rastolia-Ramenatia]]<br />
|2020<br />
|Unterbruckenstadt<br />
|?<br />
|{{dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flagstalmanndorf.png|frameless|26x26px]] [[Stalmanndorf]]<br />
|2014<br />
|[[Alpenberg]]<br />
|1<br />
|{{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|Thomaland<br />
|10 January 2018<br />
|Thornhof<br />
|7<br />
|{{dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag of Zubey.png|frameless|27x27px]] [[Kingdom of Zubey|Zubey]]<br />
|14 May 1985 (as Mudor)<br />
6 May 2015 (as Zubey)<br />
|Teus<br />
|10<br />
|{{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|Azerbaijan}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|{{Flaglist|Drakonberg}}<br />
|May 11, 2014<br />
|Arbor<br />
|5<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{Flaglist|Irevan}}<br />
|8 August 2017<br />
|Irevan<br />
|16<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Ensia flag 2 (Updated).jpg|frameless|24x24px]] [[Res Publica Ensia|Res Publica de Ensia]]<br />
|14 December 2018<br />
|Ansys<br />
|3<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|Belarus}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Skuliyaflag.png|25px]] [[Republic of Skuliya|Skuliya]]<br />
|9 February 2015<br />
|Nieharelaje<br />
| style="text-align: {{{align|center}}}" |~60<br />
|{{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag of Romanian Republic.png|25px]] Romanian Republic<br />
|2018<br />
|Romany<br />
| style="text-align: {{{align|center}}}" |Unknown<br />
|{{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag_of_Viejšnoryja_(Veyshnoria).png|25px]] [[Republic of Veyshnoria]]<br />
|30 August 2017<br />
|Harodnia<br />
| style="text-align: {{{align|center}}}" |17 500 [https://vie.today]<br />
|{{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag of Loneyard.png|25px]] Kingdom of Loneyard<br />
|2018<br />
|Baravoje<br />
| style="text-align: {{{align|center}}}" |Unknown<br />
|{{active}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|Belgium}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|{{Flaglist|Flandrensis}}<br />
|4 September 2008<br />
|[[Giddis]]<br />
|427<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{Flaglist|Heist-op-den-Berg}}<br />
|17 September 2010<br />
|[[Heist-op-den-Berg]]<br />
|43.418 {{citation needed}}<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Principauté de Deux-Acren]]<br />
|12 September 2019<br />
|[http://www.deuxacren.be Deux-Acren]<br />
|3847<br />
|Active<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|Brazil}}==<br />
{{Main|Brazilian sector}}<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag_Estados-Hanseaticos-de-Achsen.png|22x22px]] [[Hanseatic and Confederate States of Achsen|Achsen]]<br />
|10 January 2020<br />
|Kanuweg<br />
|3<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Oke.png|22x22px]] [[Republic of Aracmo|Aracmo]]<br />
|20 March 2020<br />
|Formosa<br />
|4<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Bandeirabadakhshan.png|22x22px]] [[Imperial State of Badakhshan|Badakhshan]]<br />
|03 May 2014<br />
|Fayzabad<br />
|10<br />
| {{dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:BrasporFlag2.png|22x22px]] [[Braspor]]<br />
|02 September 2018<br />
|[[Braspor]]<br />
|14<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:BugolaviaFlag.jpg|22x22px]] [[Bugolavia]]<br />
|<br />
|Dara<br />
|10 <small>(circa)</small><br />
| {{inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:DeltariaFlag.png|22x22px]] [[Deltaria]]<br />
|27 August 2015<br />
|Vitorinopla<br />
|220<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:KOEbenthal Flag Test4.png|22x22px]] [[Ebenthal]]<br />
|11 August 2014<br />
|[[Gillisburgh]]<br />
|169<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:GardenlandFlag2.png|22x22px]] [[Gardenland]]<br />
|26 December 2020<br />
|Royal District<br />
|2<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Bandeira DEFINITIVA.png|22x22px]] [[Kingdom of Gaston|Gastón]]<br />
|<br />
|Nekane<br />
|50 <small>(circa)</small><br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Bandeira Guanabara.png|22x22px]] [[Guanabara]]<br />
|16 December 2018<br />
|[[Rio de Janeiro]]<br />
|4<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag of Hallgrenia.png|25x25px]] Hallgrenia<br />
|<br />
|Great Hallgrenia<br />
|3<br />
| {{inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{Flaglist|Karnia-Ruthenia}}<br />
|19 November 2014<br />
|[[Persenburg]]<br />
|285<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{Flaglist|Koss}}<br />
|15 June 2010<br />
|[[Arceu]]<br />
|4<br />
| {{inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag Lifreia 2018.png|22x22px]] [[Empire of Lifréia|Lifréia]]<br />
|08 May 2015<br />
|Lamburgrad<br />
|2<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag-Luna.png|22x22px]] [[Kingdom of Luna|Luna]]<br />
|01 March 2020<br />
|Nova Roma<br />
|3<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Bandeira Manso.png|22x22px]] [[Reino do Manso|Manso]]<br />
|<br />
|Royal District<br />
|30 <small>(circa)</small><br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Mauricia.png|22x22px]] [[United Provinces of Mauritia|Mauritia]]<br />
|03 July 2013<br />
|Mauritsstaad<br />
|100 <small>(circa)</small><br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:New Munaland Flag 2.png|22x22px]] [[Principado de Munaland/es|Munaland]]<br />
|15 February 2019<br />
|Munaland-Ville<br />
|27<br />
| {{inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Bandeira Visigoda.png|22x22px]] [[New Visigothland]]<br />
|<br />
|Wyrms<br />
|23<br />
| {{inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Bandeira de Nossia - 2018.png|22x22px]] [[Principality of Nossia|Nossia]]<br />
|05 February 2016<br />
|Palco<br />
|5<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flagpas.jpg|22x22px]] [[Free Community of Pasargada|Pasargada]]<br />
|07 April 2001<br />
|Non-territorial<br />
|90<br />
| {{inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Band pcoc 200.jpg|22x22px]] [[Republic of Porto Claro|Porto Claro]]<br />
|25 September 1992<br />
|Saint Herculaine<br />
|40<br />
| {{inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:QuintaVelhaFlag.png|22x22px]] [[Kingdom of Quinta Velha|Quinta Velha]]<br />
|05 November 2018<br />
|Quinta Velha<br />
|11<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Reunionfl.gif|22x22px]] [[Holy Empire of Reunion|Reunion]]<br />
|28 August 1997<br />
|Saint-Denis<br />
|800 <small>(circa)</small><br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Rhenish Flag.png|22x22px]] [[Independent State of the Rhine|Rhine]]<br />
|06 January 2021<br />
|Barbarossa<br />
|26<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Roschfallen Flag.png|22x22px]] [[Roschfallen]]<br />
|28 January 2014<br />
|[[Triunphus]]<br />
|199<br />
| {{inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag_São_Guimarães.png]] [[São Guimarães]]<br />
|<br />
|São Valeur<br />
|56<br />
| {{inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:New Sotovia's flag.jpg|22x22px]] [[Sotóvia]]<br />
|09 July 2018<br />
|<br />
|7<br />
| {{inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag of Tarumã.png|22x22px]] [[Tarumã]]<br />
|04 December 2020<br />
|<br />
|1<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:TaslaviaFlag3.png|22x22px]] [[Taslavia]]<br />
|14 December 2020<br />
|<br />
|5<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:BandeiraOficialTakia.png|22x22px]] [[Emirate of Takia|Takia]]<br />
|11 February 2015<br />
|Masbahá<br />
|10<br />
| {{dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Wurdigeland Flag.jpg|22x22px]] [[Technocratic Capital of Würdigeland|Würdigeland]]<br />
|27 April 2012<br />
|[[South Würdigestadt]]<br />
|23<br />
| {{inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag of Zalissia.svg|22x22px]] [[Republic of Zalissia|Zalissia]]<br />
|31 August 2019<br />
|[[Tana'wa]]<br />
|20 <small>(circa)</small><br />
| {{inactivity}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|Bulgaria}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|{{Flaglist|Ongal}}<br />
|25 November 2014<br />
|Camp Rid<br />
|1200 {{citation needed}}<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Daugavpivia flag 2020.png|border|22px]] [[Daugavpivia]]<br />
|13 May 2016<br />
|<br />
|Unknown<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|Canada}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:AendereseFlag.png|25px]] [[Fifth Aenderian Republic|Aenderia]]<br />
|<br />
|Noyan<br />
|30-50<br />
| {{inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Grey.jpg|25px]] [[Alaurentia]]<br />
|<br />
|undecided<br />
|50+<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|Baustralia|size=25x25px}}<br />
|<br />
|[[Cascadia, Holderton]]<br />
|55<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File: Elba_flag.png|25x25px]] [[Elba Empire|Elba]]<br />
|<br />
|[[Lympstone]]<br />
|20<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag of Humberlea.png|25x25px]] [[Kingdom of Humberlea|Humberlea]]<br />
|December 14th 2019<br />
|Fort Emery<br />
| 39-70 |{{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Kaemiran Flag.jpeg|25x25px]] [[Empire of Kaemira|Kaemira]]<br />
|<br />
|Novajitaku<br />
|52<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag of Iustus 2.png|25x25px]] [[Empire of Iustus|Iustus]]<br />
|<br />
|[[Curtis City]]<br />
|70<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Matachewanian Grand Flag.png|25x25px]] [[Grand Kingdom of Matachewan|Matachewan]]<br />
|June 30th 2015<br />
|[[Oblate City]]<br />
| 92 |{{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor (after 1400).png|25x25px]] [[Pacific Roman Empire|Pacific Roman Empire]]<br />
|<br />
|[[w:Vancouver|Vancouver]]<br />
|21<br />
| {{inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:New_Great_Lawl_Reich_Flag.png|25px|border]] [[Great Lawl Reich]]<br />
|<br />
|Officially None<br />
|1<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Rowangel_Flag.png|25px]] [[Queendom of Rowangel|Rowangel]]<br />
|<br />
|Nobility<br />
|10<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:2020_Suverska_Flag.png|25px]] [[Republic of Suverska|Suverska]]<br />
|<br />
|Veskrai<br />
|39<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag of the Vancouver Island Socialist Republic.png|25px]] [[Vancouver Island Socialist Republic|VISR]]<br />
|<br />
|[[w:Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]]<br />
|21<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag_of_the_Principality_of_Woodlandia.jpg|25px]] [[Principality of Woodlandia|Woodlandia]]<br />
|<br />
|Freedom<br />
|60<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Hoffenland.png|25x25px]] [[Hoffenland|Hoffenland]]<br />
|<br />
|[[Pond City]]<br />
|11<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|Atiera|size=25x25px}}<br />
|<br />
|Alexander<br />
|8<br />
|{{active}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|Chile}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccc00"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Rino-Island-flag.jpg|25px]] [[Rino Island]]<br />
|2009<br />
|Santiago de Chile<br />
|20<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|Croatia}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccc00"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:BonumlandFlag.png|25px]] [[Republic of Bonumland|Bonumland]]<br />
|23 May 2015<br />
|Bonumis<br />
|2<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag of Kingdom of Brienia.jpg|25px]] [[Brienia]]<br />
|1.2.2018<br />
|Ivanstone<br />
|42<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Dhr.jpg|25px]] Dalmatia-Herzegovina<br />
|<br />
|?<br />
|<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:FlagKapr.PNG|25px]] Kapronca<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|2<br />
| {{inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:NovaAttica.jpg|25px]] Nova Attica<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|1<br />
| {{inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Croatianflag.png|25px]] Glagolithic Empire<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|8<br />
| {{inactivity}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|Czech Republic}}==<br />
{{Main|Czech sector}}<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag of Estuaria.svg|25px]] [[Estuaria]]<br />
|<br />
|Tenurra<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag of Fyrinia.svg|25px]] [[Fyrinia]]<br />
|<br />
|Benešov<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag of the Gymnasium State.svg|25px]] [[Gymnasium State]]<br />
|<br />
|[[Sušice-Gympl]]<br />
|34<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag of Karamial.jpg|25px]] Karamial<br />
|<br />
|Arcadia<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Vlajka Klitziburgu.svg|25px]] [[Grand Duchy of Klitzibürg|Klitzibürg]]<br />
|<br />
|Brüm<br />
|13<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Kybistánská republika.png|25px]] [[Kybistani National Republic|Kybistan]]<br />
|<br />
|Skuteč<br />
|43<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:KMV2.png|25px]] [[Mekniy]]<br />
|<br />
|Yeoju<br />
|184 047{{citation needed}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:BelaU.png|25px]] [[Erzikian Union]]<br />
|February 2019<br />
|Ústí nad Labem<br />
|227<br />
|{{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag_of_Mercia.svg|25px]] [[Mercia]]<br />
|<br />
|Redwood<br />
|45<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|Polabia<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|3<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Radoslavianflag.png|25px]] [[Radoslavia]]<br />
|<br />
|Bruntál<br />
|132 979{{citation needed}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag of the Rednecks Republic (2020).svg|25px]] [[Rednecks Republic]]<br />
|<br />
|Vidlákov<br />
|33<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Vlajka RIH.png|25px]] [[Duchy of Rivuletingham|Rivuletingham]]<br />
|<br />
|Beechbury<br />
|8<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flagsn.png|25px]] [[Snowy plains|Snowy Plains]]<br />
|<br />
|Eastern Province<br />
|32<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Strakonice-Nový Jičín vlajka.png|25px]] Wistonia<br />
|<br />
|Strakonice<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Multavia-flag.svg|25px]] Multavia<br />
|<br />
|Kampa<br />
|7<br />
|{{active}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|Denmark}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|[[Kingdom of Vatolean|Vatolean]]<br />
|13 July 2012<br />
|Copenhagen<br />
|11<br />
|{{inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:FlagofVendsyssel.JPG|25px]] [[Kingdom of Vendsyssel|Vendsyssel]]<br />
|13 December 2018<br />
|Hjørring<br />
|1<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|Finland}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Empire-of-birchland.png|25px]] [[Empire of Birchland|Birchland]]<br />
|9 September 2019<br />
|West Kaurakuja<br />
|11<br />
| {{dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Alhonmaan lippu korjatut värit (2).png|25px]][[Alhonmaa]]<br />
|December 5, 2017<br />
|Central Alhonmaa<br />
|6<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:LillholmiaFlag.jpg|25px]][[The Empire of Lillholmia|Lillholmia]]<br />
|17 August 2020<br />
|<br />
|<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|France}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|{{Flaglist|Occitania}}<br />
|15 September 2015<br />
|[[Babougrad]]<br />
|80<br />
|{{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:EminiaFlag.png|25px]] [[Eminia]]<br />
|13 December 2020<br />
|TBA<br />
|5<br />
|{{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Jailavera flag 2020.png|25px]] [[Jailavera]]<br />
|18 June 2017<br />
|Vallier-le-Touret<br />
|7<br />
|{{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
[[File:RSPX.png|25px]] [[People's Socialist Republic of Xarbarstan|Xabarstan]]<br />
|11 March 2020<br />
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys]<br />
|5<br />
|{{active}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|Estonia}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Slitronia Flag.png|25px]] [[Great Kingdom of Slitronia]]<br />
|April 11, 2020<br />
|Parva Navale<br />
|2<br />
|{{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|Revalian Kingdom<br />
|September 21, 2020<br />
|Trumpetburgh<br />
|17<br />
|{{active}}<br />
|-<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|Greece}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:1570200106940.png|25x25px]] [[Imperium Aquilae]]<br />
|October 4, 2019<br />
|Cladarchia<br />
|11<br />
|{{inactivity}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|Hungary}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Nána.jpeg|25x25px]] [[Kingdom of Nána]]<br />
|<br />
|Atlinta<br />
|7<br />
|{{dissolved}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=={{flaglist|India}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Vishwamitra-National Flag-NEW.svg|25px]] [[State of Vishwamitra]]<br />
|April 15, 2007 <small>(actual foundation)</small> <br>June 8, 2020 <small>(current system)</small><br />
|National Capital Region<br />
|76<br />
|{{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|Indonesia}}==<br />
{{See also|Indonesian sector#Micronations inside Indonesian sector}}<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:A1flag2.png|22x22px]] [[A1]]<br />
|2008<br />
|Astolbia<br />
|40<br />
| {{dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:The_State_Flag_of_Al-Muqaddimah.jpg|22x22px]] [[Al-Muqaddimah]]<br />
|2014<br />
|Al Hijrah<br />
|24<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag of ARD.jpg|22x22px]] [[Al Rasyid Darussalam]]<br />
|2008<br />
|Bandar Rasyidin<br />
|2<br />
| {{dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:yoloyinyangflag.jpg|22x22px]] [[Republic of Asassin|Asassin]]<br />
|2006<br />
|Rangsedok<br />
|278<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Alonia_republic.gif|22x22px]] [[Republic of Alonia Berdikari|Alonia Berdikari]]<br />
|2014<br />
|Varnufi City<br />
| -<br />
| {{dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{Flaglist|Arkapura}}<br />
|2014<br />
|[[Kleinstaad Hill|Ciptahegar]]<br />
|63<br />
| {{dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:astnf.jpg|22x22px]] Astanesia<br />
|2019<br />
|Muara Pulau<br />
| -<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:IMG 4856.jpg|22x22px]] [[Confederacy Of Ausiania|Ausiania]]<br />
|2017<br />
|Zuiden Zemlya<br />
| -<br />
| {{dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Bksf.jpg|22x22px]] [[Republic of Berakistan|Berakistan]]<br />
|2018<br />
|Gemparingrad<br />
|15<br />
| {{dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Concordianflag.jpeg|22x22px]] [[Republic of Concordia|Concordia]]<br />
|2018<br />
|Altenbuergs<br />
|15<br />
| {{inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Newcutlavanianflag1.png|22x22px]] [[Kingship of Cutlavania|Cutlavania]]<br />
|2020<br />
|Dathkara<br />
|17<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Drasthaflag.jpg|22x22px]] [[Drastharaya]]<br />
|2014<br />
|Drasthapura<br />
|290<br />
| {{dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Ekaslv.png|22x22px]] [[Republic of Ekaslavia|Ekaslavia]]<br />
|2015<br />
| -<br />
| -<br />
| {{dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{Flaglist|Excellent}}<br />
|2008<br />
|Mosswiss<br />
|30<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Bendera_Falalia.jpg|22x22px]] [[Democratic Kingdom of Falalia|Falalia]]<br />
|2017<br />
|Rikhlaant<br />
|175<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:New Flag of Fiharaya.jpg|22x22px]] [[Fihanesia]]<br />
|2006<br />
|Kebon Belakang<br />
|±1<br />
| {{inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:noflag.png|22x22px]] Freenlandia<br />
| -<br />
| -<br />
| -<br />
|{{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Yess.png|22x22px]] [[Halenesia]]<br />
|2015<br />
|Klentsvrij<br />
| -<br />
| {{dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Kyai royo landhep.png|22x22px]] [[Harjakarta]]<br />
|2015<br />
|Narisworo City<br />
|5<br />
| {{dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{Flaglist|Indokistan}}<br />
|2010<br />
|[[Suwarnakarta]]<br />
|34<br />
| {{dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Inesia Army.jpg|22x22px]] [[Principality of Inesia|Inesia]]<br />
|2011<br />
|West Lidah<br />
|200<br />
| {{dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:noflag.png|22x22px]] Inmerado<br />
|2018<br />
|Kievta<br />
| -<br />
| {{dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Rois.png|22x22px]] [[Republic of Islamkistan|Islamkistan]]<br />
|2012<br />
|Baitul Ilmi<br />
|20<br />
| {{dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:jblf.jpg|22x22px]] [[Jomblonisme]]<br />
|2017<br />
|Bengkuring City<br />
| -<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{Flaglist|Los Bay Petros}}<br />
|2008<br />
|[[Bayrschtein]]<br />
|210<br />
| {{dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Bendera_Litania.jpg|22x22px]] [[Litania]]<br />
|2018<br />
|Litania City<br />
|65<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:noflag.png|22x22px]] [[Democratic Kingdom of Love Mainland|Love Mainland]]<br />
|2015<br />
|Glowland<br />
| -<br />
| {{dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Bendera nauli.jpg|22x22px]] [[Nauli]]<br />
|2013<br />
|DT Town<br />
| -<br />
| {{dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Screen Shot 2018-04-14 at 07.17.4s9.png|22x22px]] [[Neuborrnia-Merientalia]]<br />
|2020<br />
|[[Strada (Pejaten)|Strada]]<br />
|4<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Canrianflag.png|22x22px]] Pacatia<br />
|2018<br />
|Skoejettenland<br />
| -<br />
| {{dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:RFSUpdatedFlag.PNG|22x22px]] [[Raflesinesia]]<br />
|2012<br />
|Rethels<br />
|13<br />
|{{dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:IMG_3711.jpg|22x22px]] [[People's Republic of Ruslandia|Ruslandia]]<br />
|2018<br />
|Greenlandia<br />
| -<br />
| {{inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{Flaglist|St. John}}<br />
|2013<br />
|[[Vredesstad]]<br />
|2<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:noflag.png|22x22px]] Salam<br />
|2020<br />
|Salampolis<br />
|86<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:srlnd.jpg|22x22px]] Sierraland<br />
| -<br />
| -<br />
| -<br />
|{{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:SvgFileService.svg|22x22px]] [[Sofidelonia]]<br />
|2019<br />
|Ramdon<br />
|93<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:DRSR.png|22x22px]] [[Sunda Raya]]<br />
|2014<br />
|[[w:Bandung|Bandung Raya]]<br />
|40<br />
| {{dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:HhAb.jpg|22x22px]] Tanagogo<br />
|2017<br />
|Nogo<br />
| -<br />
| {{dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:noflag.png|22x22px]] Uhud<br />
|2020<br />
|Vassati<br />
| -<br />
| {{dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flaggyflag.png|22x22px]] [[Union of Micronational Soviet Socialist Republics|UMSSR]]<br />
|2012<br />
|[[Fidelgrad]]<br />
| -<br />
| {{dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Bendera Warung China.png|22x22px]] [[Warung China]]<br />
|2016<br />
|Kota Warung China<br />
| -<br />
| {{dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:noflag.png|22x22px]] [[Kingdom of Wirasena|Wirasena]]<br />
|2012<br />
|Kota Wirasena<br />
|20<br />
| {{dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Ybnf.jpg|22x22px]] Yourbenia<br />
| -<br />
|Bandar Karya<br />
| -<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Internet==<br />
{| class="wikitable " cellspacing="1" cellpadding="5" border="2"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flagsamisdat.jpg|27x27px|State of Samizdat]] [[State of Samizdat]]<br />
|2019<br />
|<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|Ireland}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="5" border="2"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag_scoria.png|27x27px|Republic of Scoria]] [[Republic of Scoria]]<br />
|2018<br />
|Riverstown<br />
|24<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|Israel}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="5" border="2"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:125px-Flag of Akhzivland.png|27x27px|Akhzivland]] [[Akhzivland]]<br />
|1971<br />
|[[Akhzivland]]<br />
|4<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Territory Mound flag.png|27x27px|]] [[Countries & territories belonging to the Blue Army|The Mound]]<br />
|2017<br />
|Mound top<br />
|N\A<br />
| {{inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Akkoflag.png|27x27px]] [[Islamic Emirate of Acre]]<br />
|2020<br />
|[[w:Acre, Israel|Acre]]<br />
|<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|Italy}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flagofvilthia.png|25x25px]][[Decracy of Vilthia]]<br />
|<br />
|[[Vignetia]]<br />
|137<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Rebera.jpg|25x25px]][[Sacro Regno di Reberia/it|Sacro Regno di Reberia]]<br />
|<br />
|[[Reberia]]<br />
|61<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Luxeflag.svg|25x25px]][[Repubblica democratica di Luxe]]<br />
|<br />
|[[Luxe]]<br />
|70<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flagledoff2.png|25x25px]][[Principality of Ledilia]]<br />
|<br />
|[[New Gandolfo]]<br />
|32<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:FranciCity.png|25x25px]] [[Franci City]]<br />
|<br />
|[[Franci City]]<br />
|3<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Fabroland.png|25x25px]] [[Fabroland]]<br />
|<br />
|[[Fabboa]]<br />
|7<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:StatodiAlux.png|25x25px]] [[Stato di Alux]]<br />
|<br />
|[[Grando]]<br />
|8<br />
| {{Inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Franzlandia.png|27x27px]] [[Franzlandia]]<br />
|<br />
|[[Città di Franzlandia]]<br />
|3<br />
| {{Dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Elendors-kingdom-flag.jpeg|27x27px]] [[Regno di Elendor]]<br />
|<br />
|[[N/A]]<br />
|4<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Bandiera_principato.jpg|25x25px]][[Principato dei Presìdi Marazzini]]<br />
|<br />
|[[Cà di Crose]]<br />
|6<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Bandiera di Matthew City.png|25x25px]][[Kingdom of Matthew City]]<br />
|<br />
|[[Matthew City]]<br />
|32<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{flaglist|Belcity}}<br />
|[[2019]]<br />
|[[Belcity (City)|Belcity]]<br />
|44<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Kingdom of Latvania]]<br />
|<br />
|[[Azalea]]<br />
|42<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Earth's Kingdom Firts Flag.png|25x25px]] [[Earth's Kingdom]]<br />
|<br />
|[[Duchy of Martinopoli (E.K.)|Martinopoli]]<br />
|29<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Vae.jpg|25x25px]] [[Kingdom of Vae]]<br />
|[[2020]]<br />
|[[Montorio, RBM]]<br />
|[[Kingdom of Vae|See page]]<br />
|{{Active}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|Japan}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag_of_Woodland_Patchwork.png|27x27px]] [[Woodland Patchwork]]<br />
|23 October 2013<br />
|Yakozue<br />
|37<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Conzorica United Flag .jpg|27x27px]] [[Fukuoka Republic, Federal Republics of Conzorica]]<br />
|2016 (Join Conzorica)<br />
|Fukuoka<br />
|2<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
=={{Flaglist|Latvia}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag of Waldreich.jpg|27x27px]] Empire of Waldreich<br />
|1 September 2018<br />
|Alexeyevgrad<br />
|41<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==[[File:Flag of Liechtenstein.png|frameless|25x25px]] [[w:Liechtenstein|Liechtenstein]]==<br />
{{empty section}}<br />
<br />
==[[File:Flag of Luxembourg.png|frameless|22x22px]] [[w:Luxembourg|Luxembourg]]==<br />
{{empty section}}<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|Lithuania}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
| {{Flaglist |[[Republic of Užupis|Užupis]]<br />
|1 April 1997<br />
|Užupis Square<br />
|7000 {{citation needed}}<br />
|{{inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
| {{Flaglist |[[Republic of Herpitlion]]<br />
|<br />
|Maženiai<br />
|16<br />
|{{inactivity}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|Mexico}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Chernivflag.png|29x29px]] [[Republic of Cherniv|Cherniv]]<br />
|21 May 2015<br />
|[[Capital State of Zaratev]]<br />
|15<br />
|{{active}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|Malaysia}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Conzorica United Flag .jpg|25px]] [[Federal Republics of Conzorica]]<br />
|<br />
|[[Ipoh Federal Capital]]<br />
|100+-<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|Netherlands}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Vlag Matyár.png|25px]] [[Empire of Matyár]]<br />
|<br />
|[[Szegás]]<br />
|3<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{flaglist|Confederation of Mahuset}}<br />
|<br />
|Lazia<br />
|23<br />
| {{inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{flaglist|Empire of Pavlov}}<br />
|<br />
|Aleksandropol<br />
|274<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:VrijstaatLandvanRavestein.jpg|25px]] [[Freestate of Ravenstein]]<br />
|<br />
|Oss<br />
|90,848 {{citation needed}}<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Bataviaflag.png|25px]] [[Duchy of Batavia]]<br />
|<br />
|Ottonia<br />
|0<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|New Zealand}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc" https: / micronations.wiki wiki File:DeshestanFlag.png<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:DeshestanFlag.png|25px]] [[Principality of Deshestan]]<br />
|<br />
|TBD<br />
|~20<br />
|{{Active}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|Norway}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|{{Flaglist|Paravia}}<br />
|29 November 2014<br />
|[[Nyros]]<br />
|203<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag_of_Kekia.png|25px]] [[Kekia]]<br />
|1 February 2019<br />
|Skitnes (Eng: Kekburg)<br />
|19<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|Philippines}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Curimae.jpg|25x25px]] [[Curimae]]<br />
|16 October 2004<br />
|[[New Curimae City]]<br />
|15<br />
|{{inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Sabini national flag.jpg|25px]] [[Free State of Sabini]]<br />
|January 11, 2020<br />
|Gema<br />
|11<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Okasakawa.jpg|thumb|25px]] [[Democratic-Republic of Okasakawa]]<br />
|August 2013<br />
|Silahis<br />
|Unsure<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|Portugal}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:RUPA.png|25x25px]] [[Reino Unido de Portugal e Algarves]]<br />
|June 22, 2002<br />
|Lisboa<br />
|8<br />
|{{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:UKBKTHG-_flag_kingdom.jpg|25x25px]] [[United Holy Kingdom of Beaulosagñe and the Knights Templar of the Holy Grail|Beaulosagñe]]<br />
|1980<br />
|Tomar<br />
|800+/-<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|}<br />
=={{Flaglist|Romania}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:SNAGOVIANFEDERALREPUBLICFLAG.jpg|25px]] [[Snagovian Federal Republic]]<br />
|18 June 2020<br />
|[[Dăchileni]]<br />
|50<br />
|{{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|Russia}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|Barkalian People's Jamahiriya<br />
|2013<br />
|Sosnovsk<br />
|Unknown<br />
|{{inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|Democratic Amuria<br />
|25 March 2015<br />
|Blagoveshchensk<br />
|Unknown<br />
|{{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|Cornburgian Republic<br />
|2006<br />
|Cornburg<br />
|Unknown<br />
|{{inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag of USC.png|25px]] [[Konakia|United State of Konakia]]<br />
|5 November 2014<br />
|Zimbertangart<br />
|62<br />
|{{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag of Laugrasia.png|25px]] Laugrasian Empire<br />
|7 January 2018<br />
|Salinkyrjfën<br />
|48<br />
|{{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag of Esgeldia.png|25px]] The Holy Esgeldian Tsardom<br />
|5 December 2017<br />
|Trokhino<br />
|Unknown<br />
|{{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|Khabarovsk SSR<br />
|January 2019<br />
|Khabarovsk<br />
|Unknown<br />
|{{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|Gorlandian Empire<br />
|7 January 2018<br />
|none<br />
|Unknown<br />
|{{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Azalistan|Azalian Empire]]<br />
|24 August 2016<br />
|Sotskoye<br />
|15 000<br />
|{{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|Kingdom of Zelesia<br />
|2018<br />
|Prugn<br />
|Unknown<br />
|{{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|Republic of Svetlorussia<br />
|20 February 2015<br />
|Petersburg<br />
|Unknown<br />
|{{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|SSR of Snelandia<br />
|October 2017<br />
|Ulan-Tenger<br />
|Unknown<br />
|{{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|Republic of Gorodishche<br />
|31 July 2019<br />
|Chashin Kurgan<br />
|Unknown<br />
|{{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|Empire of Arandia<br />
|2017<br />
|Tangazoria<br />
|Unknown<br />
|{{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|Velansian Federation/<br>Republic of Velansia<br />
|2015<br />
|Velansiysk<br />
|Unknown<br />
|{{Active}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|Serbia}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Liberland vlajka.png|25px]][[Liberland]]<br />
|13 April 2015<br />
|<br />
|55.000<br />
|{{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag of ISTER.jpg|25px]] [[懿德公國|ISTER Princedom]]<br />
|12 September 2019<br />
|North District<br />
|above 3500<br />
|{{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|Singapore}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|[[Koldova|Plurinational State of Richensland]]<br />
|3 November 2020<br />
|[[W:Woodlands,Singapore|Sjerelyslau]]<br />
|557,830 (as of 2018)<br />
|{{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|Slovakia}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag of Baránok.svg|25px]] [[Federal Republic of Baránok]]<br />
|April 2018<br />
|[[Gyögiszertár]]<br />
|13<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Hilbert dimension.png|25px]] [[The republic of Hilbert Dimension]]<br />
|November 23rd, 2019<br />
|[[Malaja]]<br />
|14<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|South Africa}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Kwazulu-Natal.png|25x25px]] [[Republic of IKwaZulu-Natali]]<br />
|27 April 1994<br />
|AmGungundlovu<br />
|11,289,086 {{citation needed}}<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|South Korea}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
| {{Flaglist |[[Jusin Republic]]<br />
|<br />
|(unnamed)<br />
|5<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
| {{Flaglist |[[Freetown Socialist Federal Republic|Freetown Federation]]<br />
|<br />
|Fortona<br />
|32<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
| {{Flaglist |[[Pyeongweol Socialist Federal Republic|Pyeongweol]]<br />
|<br />
|(unknown)<br />
|3<br />
| {{inactivity}}<br />
|- <br />
|[[File:Lululandian_flago.png|22px]] [[Lulunia]]<br />
|<br />
|[[Urb der Ribeltuum]]<br />
|11<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:The_flag_of_Lawean.png|22px]] [[Republic of Lawean|Lawean]]<br />
|<br />
|[[Seegrad]]<br />
|2<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Space==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc" <br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag of Asgardia.jpg|25x25px]] [[Asgardia]]<br />
|12 October 2016<br />
|[[Asgardia-1]]<br />
|1,400,000 {{citation needed}}<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:BailliumFlag.png|25x25px]] [[The Baillium Empire]]<br />
|12 February 2019<br />
|[[Bailly Crater]]<br />
|4<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|Spain}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:2ADC6941-0AD0-430F-8010-5BFBCBE3D49B.jpg|25px]] [[Republic of The Great Canary Glory]]<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|12<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:UKBKTHG-_flag_kingdom.jpg|25x25px]] [[United Holy Kingdom of Beaulosagñe and the Knights Templar of the Holy Grail|Beaulosagñe]]<br />
|1980<br />
|Peñiscola<br />
|800+/-<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Sabinalinkflag.png|25x25px]] [[Sabina|The Sabinese Republic]]<br />
|2016<br />
|La Litera<br />
|13<br />
| {{active}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|Sweden}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag_ladonia.png|25px]] [[Ladonia]]<br />
|<br />
|[[Wotan City]]<br />
|0<br />
|{{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flagofsunland.jpeg|22px]] [[Sunland]]<br />
|<br />
|Sunby<br />
|64<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|- <br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Escandinavia.jpg|22px]] [[Terranova]]<br />
|<br />
|Estocolmo<br />
|11<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|- <br />
|}<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|Turkey}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Bayrak.png.jpg|25x25px|Flag]][[Kaluçya Empire]]<br />
|December 2020<br />
|[[1.Kaluçya]]<br />
|13<br />
|{{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Iska_Akaliazen.png|25x25px]] [[Republic of Iska Akaliazen|Iska Akaliazen]]<br />
|20 August 2018<br />
|[[Lepistes]]<br />
| style="text-align: {{{align|center}}}" |31<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flagalperia.png|25x25px]] <br />
[[Empire of Alperia|Alperia]]<br />
|12 January 2018<br />
|Uchtaç<br />
| style="text-align: {{{align|center}}}" |10<br />
| {{Dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Aden bayragi.jpg|25x25px]] [[Kingdom of Aden|Aden]]<br />
|4 March 2013<br />
|Aden Town<br />
| style="text-align: {{{align|center}}}" |''N/A''<br />
| {{inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:thessa_flag.png|25x25px]] [[The Great Kingdom of Thessania|Thessania]]<br />
|29 March 2018<br />
|Sojdan<br />
| style="text-align: {{{align|center}}}" |271<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Red Flag of Country.png|25x25px]] [[Turkish Colonial Empire]]<br />
|5 October 2014<br />
|West Istanbul<br />
| style="text-align: {{{align|center}}}" |45<br />
| {{Dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag of haldia.png|25x25px]] [[Kingdom of Haldia|Haldia]]<br />
|18 July 2016<br />
|Sojdan<br />
| style="text-align: {{{align|center}}}" |40<br />
| {{inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Principality of kievan yegin new flag.jpg|25x25px]] [[Principality of Kievan Yegin|Kievan Yegin]]<br />
|''Unknown''<br />
|Kiev-Sviatoshyn Raion<br />
| style="text-align: {{{align|center}}}" |''N/A''<br />
| {{inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Buralflag.png|25x25px]] [[Kingdom of Buralia|Buralia]]<br />
|''Unknown''<br />
|Buralay<br />
| style="text-align: {{{align|center}}}" |10<br />
| {{Dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Alperenista.jpg|25x25px]] [[Cırbülay Republic|Cırbülay]]<br />
|14 December 2016<br />
|[[Aegeia]]<br />
| style="text-align: {{{align|center}}}" |7<br />
| {{Dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Sanjakistan Flag today.png|25x25px]] [[Theocracy of Suladar|Suladar]]<br />
|6 August 2015<br />
|Antakya<br />
| style="text-align: {{{align|center}}}" |4<br />
| {{inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Timur Flag.png|25x25px]] [[Republic of Timur|Timur]]<br />
|4 February 2015<br />
|Foxania<br />
| style="text-align: {{{align|center}}}" |11<br />
| {{inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Sılaristan.png|25x25px]] [[Sılaristan]]<br />
|28 October 2015<br />
|Erzurum<br />
| style="text-align: {{{align|center}}}" |2<br />
| {{inactivity}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|Ukraine}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Founding date<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:New_flag_of_the_Principality_of_Conotopy.png|25px]] [[Principality of Conotopy]]<br />
|25 June 2013<br />
|[[w:Konotop|Conotopy]]<br />
| style="text-align: {{{align|center}}}" |6<br />
|{{inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Lubenia_Nova.png|25px]] [[Principality of New Lubenia]]<br />
|30 August 2017<br />
|[[Principality of New Lubenia#Administrative divisions|Jupiter]]<br />
| style="text-align: {{{align|center}}}" |29<br />
|{{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag_of_the_United_States_of_Akkerman.svg|25px]] [[United States of Akkerman]]<br />
|2 January 2018<br />
|[[New Whiteyard]]<br />
| style="text-align: {{{align|center}}}" |5<br />
|{{inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag_KCA.png|25px]] [[Oceanic-Antarctic Micronational Commonwealth|Kingdom of Central Antarctica]]<br />
|19 December 2019<br />
|Amundsen-Scott<br />
| style="text-align: {{{align|center}}}" |6<br />
|{{active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag of Sidoria.jpg|25px]] Great Sidorian Empire<br />
|18 March 2018<br />
|Svetlosidorec (former Saint Sidor)<br />
| style="text-align: {{{align|center}}}" |33<br />
|{{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|Kingdom of Greencountry<br />
|30 March 2015<br />
|Fortes City<br />
| style="text-align: {{{align|center}}}" |Unknown<br />
|{{inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|Republic of Witoldia (Fesalion)<br />
|2011/2020<br />
|Palmir<br />
| style="text-align: {{{align|center}}}" |Unknown<br />
|{{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag of Levedia.png|25px]] Kingdom of Levedia<br />
|2019<br />
|Eternopolis<br />
| style="text-align: {{{align|center}}}" |Unknown<br />
|{{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|Zurd Evgelar<br />
|2020<br />
|none<br />
| style="text-align: {{{align|center}}}" |Unknown<br />
|{{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|Karfyaria (former Andilonia)<br />
|2014/2020<br />
|Kolpets<br />
| style="text-align: {{{align|center}}}" |~20<br />
|{{inactivity}}<br />
|}<br />
===Lugansk People's Republic===<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="5" border="2"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|Republic of New Christiania<br />
|none<br />
|40<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|United Kingdom}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="5" border="2"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation<br />
!Capital<br />
!Population<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
|{{Flaglist|Austenasia}}<br />
|[[Wrythe]]<br />
|82<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:DoshevikanFlag.png|25px]] [[Principality of Domanglia]]<br />
|[[Domum]]<br />
|46<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:FlagofIreland.png|25px]] [[Ireland|Kingdom of Ireland]]<br />
|[[w:Dublin|Dublin]]<br />
|4.81 Million {{citation needed}}<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag of Uniland.svg|25px]] [[The Republic of Uniland]]<br />
|[[Hillview]]<br />
|15<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Da308f42ff936ba49bff9d70a6be8ddd.png|23x23px]] [[Democratic Union of British States]]<br />
|[[N/A]]<br />
|7<br />
| {{dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{Flaglist|Florian Republic}}<br />
|[[Penlee]]<br />
|21<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:New Eiffel Flag.jpeg|25px]] [[The Principality of New Eiffel|Principality of New Eiffel]]<br />
|[[Új Repülő]]<br />
|12<br />
| {{dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{Flaglist|Princess Anne Land}}<br />
|[[The Den]]<br />
|30<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Edenian flag.png|25px]] [[Imperial Union of Edenia]]<br />
|[[N/A]]<br />
|1<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag of the Free City of Seapolis.png|25px|border]] [[Free City of Seapolis]]<br />
|Seapolis (proposed [[w:City-state|city-state]])<br />
|No official statistics<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Kingdom of sitiland]]<br />
|[[shedville]]<br />
|8<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|- <br />
|[[File:Sorreniaflagnew.png|25px]] [[Kingdom of Sorrenia]]<br />
|[[w:Durham, England|Durham]]<br />
|30<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:New Cymru Flag.jpg|25px]] [[New Cymru]]<br />
|[[Terra]]<br />
|1<br />
| {{dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{flaglist|Commonwealth of Essexia}}<br />
|[[w:Chelmsford, England|Chelmsford]]<br />
|169<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:ChrononianFlag.png|25px]] [[United Chrononian Emirates]]<br />
|[[Sylphson]]<br />
|73,500 {{citation needed}}<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Fakeflag-mh2-au5.png|25px]] [[Republic of Ellesmere]]<br />
|[[Ellesmere Hamlet]]<br />
|4<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:2634m6u5aif41.png|25px]][[Provisional Witenagemot of East Saxons]]<br />
|[[w:Colchester, England|Colchester]]<br />
|6<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:PazistanFlag.png|25px]] [[United Commonwealth of Pazistan and Cianistan]]<br />
|[[Pazistan City]]<br />
|12<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag of the Free City of Leamouth.png|25px]] [[Leamouth|Free City of Leamouth]]<br />
|Leamouth ([[wikipedia:City-state|city-state]])<br />
|N/A<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Lytera_flag.png|25px]] [[Kingdom of Lytera]]<br />
|[[St. Cavendish]]<br />
|18<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Arnerea flag.png|25px]] [[Republic of Arnerea]]<br />
|[[Hart City]]<br />
|5<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag-OG.svg|25px]] [[Baffin Republic]]<br />
|Lagoa Island<br />
|2<br />
|{{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Empire of Aenopia flag.png|25px]] [[Empire of Aenopia]]<br />
|[[New Aberdare]]<br />
|19<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag of the Free City of Whitby.png|25px]] [[Free City of Whitby]]<br />
|[[Free City of Whitby|Whitby]] ([[wikipedia:City-state|city-state]])<br />
|13,213 {{citation needed}}<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:New Flag of Centralia.png|25px]] [[Kingdom of Centralia]]<br />
|Brabandy<br />
|8 (residents) 7 (online)<br />
| {{Dissolved}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Hjalskflag.png|25px]] [[Jarldom of Hjalvik]]<br />
|[[Hamarsey]]<br />
|15<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=={{Flaglist|United States}}==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1"<br />
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"<br />
!Micronation: Socialist Republic of North Bausman<br />
!Capital North Bausman<br />
!Population 130+<br />
!Status active<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Aleutian_Islands_.jpeg|25px]] [[Aleutian Islands]]<br />
|[[w:Adak, Alaska|Adak]]<br />
|3014 {{citation needed}}<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[file:npl_flag.jpg|23px]] [[Federal Republic of New Potato Land]]<br />
|[[Draig Tatws, New Potato Land]]<br />
|7<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|Nottingham Empire<br />
|Nottingham City<br />
|10<br />
|{{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{Flaglist|Aariania}}<br />
|[[Yapton]]<br />
|85<br />
| {{Inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:AaronlandFlag.png|25x25px]] [[Empire of Aaronland|Aaronland]]<br />
|[[Imperial Throne of Aaronland]]<br />
|8<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{Flaglist|Atovia}}<br />
|Theolonia<br />
|15<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{Flaglist|Aynvaul}}<br />
|[[N/A]]<br />
|4<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:AuvFlag2.png|25x25px]] [[Kingdom of Auvenum|Auvenum]]<br />
|[[Jyilzyem]]<br />
|15<br />
| {{Inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:BabikiriaFlag.PNG|25x25px]] [[Empire of Babikiria|Babikiria]]<br />
|[[Capitalcoco]]<br />
|17<br />
| {{Inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Begonian-Kaiserreich-Flag.png|25x25px]] [[The Begonian Kaiserreich|Begonia]]<br />
|Lindon<br />
|34<br />
|{{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Calcontsmall.png|25x25px]] [[Calcont]]<br />
|[[N/A]]<br />
|1<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag of Caudonia.png|25px]] [[Caudonia]]<br />
|[[Salisbury, Caudonia|Salisbury]]<br />
|54<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Emosia.png|25x25px]] [[Kingdom of Emosia]]<br />
|[[Kyber]]<br />
|6<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{Flaglist|Custosia}}<br />
|[[Edwardia]]<br />
|20<br />
| {{Inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{Flaglist|Esse}}<br />
|[[Rema]]<br />
|12<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Holloway]]<br />
|[[Crestan]]<br />
|9<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{Flaglist|Florenia}}<br />
|[[Dominion of Afula|Afula]]<br />
|5<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:GaplaFlag.png|25px]] [[Federated States of Gapla]]<br />
|Irvine, California<br />
|120+<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|Garf Nation<br />
|Garf City<br />
|6<br />
|Dissolved<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Gendaraniaflag.png|25px]] [[Gendarania]]<br />
|New Phoenix ([[w:City-state|city-state]])<br />
|3<br />
| {{Inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{flag|Gradonia}}<br />
|Charlington<br />
|3<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Graustark.png|25px]] [[Graustark]]<br />
|Edelweiss<br />
|10<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:EarldomOfHosamiaFlag.png|25x25px]] [[Earldom of Hosamia|Hosamia]]<br />
|[[Kinhos]]<br />
|2<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:HER Flag.jpg|25x25px]] [[Humanitarian Empire and Realm|Humanitarian Empire and Realm (H.E.R.)]]<br />
|[[Sierratown]]<br />
|32 (DEC 2020)<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:NNG.png|25x25px]] [[Republic of Kaion|Kaion]]<br />
|[[District of Slavalia]]<br />
|12<br />
|{{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag of Kapreburg.svg|25x25px]] [[Kapreburg]]<br />
|[[Charriot'sVille]]<br />
|487<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Kaz Flag.jpg|25x25px]] [[Kaz]]<br />
|[[The City of Kaz]]<br />
|8<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[file:sphinxflag3.png|25x25px]] [[Serene Republic of Lemuria|Lemurian Republic]]<br />
|[[Hetairapolis]]<br />
|3<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{Flaglist|Mackinac}}<br />
|[[Engadine]]<br />
|56,264 {{citation needed}}<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:MalinoviaFlag.png|25px]] [[State of Malinovia]]<br />
|[[Auroris]]<br />
|6<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{Flaglist|Molossia}}<br />
|[[Baughston]]<br />
|32<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:National Standard - KOL.jpg|25px]] [[The Kingdom of Liahonia]]<br />
|N/A<br />
|[https://sites.google.com/view/liahonia-gov/about-us/national-database?authuser=0]<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag of the Memeistry.png|25px]] [[Kingdom of Memeistry]]<br />
|Memeistrum<br />
|8<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Untitled146 20200514194704.png|25px]] [[Kingdom of Mivland]]<br />
|St. Jessesburg<br />
|5<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{Flaglist|Nedland}}<br />
|[[Palazu]]<br />
|242<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:FlagNZRE.jpeg|25x25px]] [[Republic of NZRE|NZRE, Republic of]]<br />
|[[Zulus, NZRE|Zulus]]<br />
|36<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:NACFlag2019.png|25x25px]] [[Occidian Empire]]<br />
|Greenedge<br />
|14<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Http---i0.kym-cdn.com-photos-images-original-001-267-464-e49.png|25x25px]] [[Ohio Republic]]<br />
|[[w:Canton, Ohio|Canton]]<br />
|3<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:IKONflag.png|25x25px]] [[Kingdom of Ikonia]]<br />
|[[Uvenia]]<br />
|15<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Tsurasian Flag.jpg|frameless|25x25px]] [[Kingdom of Tsurasia]]<br />
|Tsuri<br />
|13<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Oprflag.jpg|25x25px]] [[Ozark Stream Republic]]<br />
|[[Bailemor]]<br />
|0<br />
| Dissolved<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Fyrstendømmet af de Nordlige Skove.jpg|25x25px]] [[Principality of the Northern Forests]]<br />
|[[Northern Village]]<br />
|50<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:FlagofCaddia3.png|23x23px]] [[Federal Republic of Caddia]]<br />
|[[Caddia City]]<br />
|28<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{Flaglist|Second Empire of Pacem}}<br />
|[[Town of Con]]<br />
|12<br />
| {{Inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{Flaglist|Posaf}}<br />
|[[Turtle City]]<br />
|57<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Regelis_flag.png|25x25px]] [[Regelis]]<br />
|Regelia<br />
|49<br />
|{{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Sabini national flag.jpg|25px]] [[Free State of Sabini]]<br />
|Gema<br />
|18<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{Flaglist|Sandus}}<br />
|[[Kremlum Sandus]]<br />
|12<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Republic of Silikia|Silikia]]<br />
|[[Riverside]]<br />
|11<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{Flaglist|Sonora}}<br />
|[[Herman]]<br />
|60<br />
| {{Inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:SaspearianFlag.jpg|25x25px]] [[Saspearian]]<br />
|[[Unueco]]<br />
|12<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:AenderiaFlag.png|25x25px]] [[Republic of Aenderia]]<br />
|[[Port Charbonneau]]<br />
|0<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{Flaglist|Überstadt}}<br />
|[[Rosewood]]<br />
|4<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Th Flag National 0.png|25x25px]] [[Theodia]]<!-- Flaglist doesn't like vertical flags, so this has to be done manually --><br />
|[[ʼImil]]<br />
|15<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Pitchfork Union]]<br />
|[[Unionion]]<br />
|45<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Phoklandflag2.svg|25x25px]] [[Realm of Kyland]]<br />
|[[Seansberg]]<br />
|4<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{Flaglist|West Who}}<br />
|[[Whoville]]<br />
|60<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{Flaglist|Ponderosa Hills|25x25px}}<br />
|[[Arsenal]]<br />
|10<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:KOL_Flag.png|25x25px]] [[Kingdom of Loveland]]<br />
|[[Loveland]]<br />
|389,085 {{citation needed}}<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Libondor.png|25x25px]] [[The Monarchial Micronation of Libondor]]<br />
|[[Perrysburg]]<br />
|10<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Meowempire.png|25x25px]] [[The Meow Kingdom]]<br />
|[[PurrTopia]]<br />
|4<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Seybold_Flag.jpeg|25x25px]] [[Democratic Republic of Seybold]]<br />
|[[New Springfield]]<br />
|1<br />
| {{Inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:*Sawgrassia_Flag.png|25x25px]] [[The Great Nation of Sawgrassia]]<br />
|[[N/A]]<br />
|1<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:SunRepublic.png|25px]] [[The Sun Republic]]<br />
|[[Essen City Capital Region]]<br />
|43<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Screen_Shot_2018-11-24_at_11.59.40_PM.png|border|25x25px]] [[Palm Republic]]<br />
|[[Paradise City]]<br />
|1<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:landtnationalflag.jpg|25x25px]] [[Landt Republic]]<br />
|[[Astoria]]<br />
|7<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Calzechlian flag.png|25x25px]] [[Calzechia]]<br />
|[[Calzech]]<br />
|42<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag of BSSR.png|25x25px]] [[Bryanian Soviet Socalist Republic]]<br />
|[[Bryan]]<br />
|8,434 {{citation needed}}<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:FlagOfAbrelandOfficial.jpeg|25x25px]] [[The Official Kingdom of Arbreland]]<br />
|[[N/A]]<br />
|<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag of Nelm.png|25x25px]] [[The Kingdom Of Nelm]]<br />
|[[Hillsdale]]<br />
|8,141 {{citation needed}}<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Safington Flag.png|25x25px]] [[Safington]]<br />
|[[Safington City]]<br />
|400+<br />
|{{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Hudsionania.png|25x25px]] [[The Kingdom Of Wabashleem]]<br />
|[[Trail Wabash]]<br />
|6 (2019)<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|-<br />
|{{Flaglist|Grand Republic of Cycoldia}}<br />
|Houston<br />
|154<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Newnatlinflag.png|25x25px]] [[United Provinces of Natlin]]<br />
|[[Wasusu]]<br />
|27<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag of the Norfolk Empire.jpg|25x25px]] [[Norfolk Empire]]<br />
|[[New Tenochtitlan]]<br />
|7<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Wegmatflag.jpeg|25x25px]] [[Kingdom of Wegmat|Wegmat]]<br />
|[[Two Pine]]<br />
|106<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Misberia Flag.png|frameless|25x25px]] [[Directive of Misberia]]<br />
|[[Naples & Machias]]<br />
|23<br />
|{{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Theban Cross.jpg|25x25px]] [[The Micronational Empire of Thebes]]<br />
|[[New Thebes]]<br />
|111<br />
|{{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Firefly National Flag.png|25x25px]] [[Firefly Kingdom]]<br />
|[[Pax]]<br />
|164<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[The Republic of Usky]]<br />
|[[Nuham]]<br />
|6<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Flag v2.png|25x25px]] [[The Free Nation of New Athens]]<br />
|[[The Free Nation of New Athens#Geography|Kennesaw Province]]<br />
|20<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{Flaglist|Roskya}}<br />
|Fox Ridge<br />
|40<br />
| {{Active}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Rov-flag.png|25x25px]] [[Republic of Venstral]]<br />
|[[Upton]]<br />
|18<br />
| {{Inactivity}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Federation of Kuro-Denaku]]<br />
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[[Category:Micronations]]</div>Sonderanhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=Triumvirate_of_Sonderan&diff=754166Triumvirate of Sonderan2021-01-07T01:09:40Z<p>Sonderan: </p>
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<div>'''Sonderan''', officially the '''Triumvirate of Sonderan''', is a small, self-declared country, commonly known as a [[micronation]], founded on 5 January 2018 on the Mornington Peninsula in [[w:Victoria, Australia|Victoria]], [[w:Australia|Australia]]. A [[w:Secularism|secular]], constitutional triumvirate, the nation has three, ostensibly equal, [[head of state|heads of state]] known as 'the Triumvirs'.<br />
<br />
Founded on a 'conviction in the transcendental value of human kindness', the government has a constitutional obligation to work towards enhancing the happiness, wellbeing and safety of its citizens and people everywhere whilst promoting international communication, transparency and freedom of movement. <br />
{{Infobox nation<br />
|name = Triumvirate of Sonderan<br />
|image1 = [[File:Sonderian Flag.jpeg|150px]]<br />
|motto = ‘Always Kindness’<br />
|location = Enclaved by the state of Victoria, Australia<br />
|capital = Merindarra, meaning ‘strength’ <br />
|languages = Sonderian; Australian English<br />
|religions = Secular state<br />
|shortname = Sonderan<br />
|demonym = Sonderians<br />
|government = Secular, sovereign, constitutional triumvirate<br />
|head of government and state = The Triumvirs: the Monarch (Queen/King), the President, and the Chancellor<br />
|legislature = Parliament<br />
|established = [[2018]]<br />
|population = 25<br />
|population_notes = (as of 2019 census)<br />
|currency = Sonderian Lyra<br />
|time_zone = UTC+10:00<br />
|nat_animal = Silver gull<br />
<br />
}}<br />
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==Etymology==<br />
Sonderan takes its name from the word ‘sonder’ as defined in the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig:<br />
''The realisation that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own - populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness - an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk.'''<br />
<br />
Within the nation itself, the name places particular emphasis on the significance of individual community contributions, encouraging citizens to identify their own worth and the value of the people around them in order to build meaningful societal connections.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
[[File:Stephenbeach1.jpg|thumb|left|Members of the Royal Family visit the Special Territory of Stephen Beach.]]<br />
The Triumvirate of Sonderan was founded after a two year research and consultation process. <br />
<br />
Initially fuelled as a protest against the human rights abuses perpetuated by successive Australian Governments against asylum seekers in the name of ‘national security’, the founders were influenced by an insistence by deposed Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott that new citizens of Australia could not be considered legal citizens unless they had sworn a formal oath of allegiance. It was extrapolated that, this being so, oaths of allegiance were transferable and extendable to both external citizenship claims and property rights. <br />
<br />
Prior to its foundation, the underlying emphasis of the nation morphed from one of protest into a push for change in community attitudes. At the time of its declaration of independence it was conceptually a kindness movement, seeking to promote tolerance and individual/community happiness through culture and targeted initiatives.<br />
<br />
The nation of Sonderan was formally declared on 5 January 2018, with Cedar as ‘Monarch Apparent’ heading the caretaker government. It would take twelve months for the Sonderian constitution to be drafted, reviewed and ratified. During this time the state was declared a triumvirate and the Sonderian flag commissioned.<br />
<br />
The Constitution of the Triumvirate of Sonderan was officially signed into law on 5 January 2019, with Cedar ascending the throne as Monarch and head of a, now constitutionally sanctioned, caretaker government.<br />
<br />
==Government and politics==<br />
[[File:QueenCedar.jpg|thumb|left|HM Cedar, Queen of Sonderan.]]<br />
<br />
''As a constitutional triumvirate, Sonderan has three heads of state, the ‘Triumvirs’.''<br />
<br />
The role of the Monarch is a hereditary position and represents the executive functions of the nation. The Monarch is responsible for international relations and for the day to day running of the nation. This is achieved with assistance of the Royal Council, an administrative group made up of representatives from each of the nation’s provinces.<br />
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The role of the President is an elected position and represents the legislative functions of the nation. The President coordinates the National Parliament.<br />
<br />
The role of the Chancellor is also an elected position, although the candidates are initially sorted into eligibility for the role. The Chancellor represents the judicial functions of the nation.<br />
<br />
The National Parliament is made up of two houses. <br />
<br />
The Lower House, known as the National Assembly, has two deputations: the Primary Deputation and the Secondary Deputation. The Primary Deputation is democratically elected in national elections overseen by the Chancellor’s office. Once elected, the President and the Vice President are elected by the Primary Deputation from among their members. <br />
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The Secondary Deputation is selected by sortition based on fair representation. Once sorted into the Secondary Deputation, they elect the new Chancellor and Vice Chancellor from among their members. As neither the Chancellor nor the Vice Chancellor hold a vote in the National Assembly once elected, the Secondary Deputation will always have two less seated members than the Primary Deputation. <br />
<br />
The Upper House, known as the Senate, is made up of senators selected on the basis of merit, each representing the most qualified/experienced Sonderian citizen in each of the following fields: Arts and Culture, Economics, Education, Environment, Health, Information Technology, Law, Science, Social Sciences. There are also constitutional provisions for up to three extra senators selected from fields identified by the Triumvirs as representing specific areas of need.<br />
<br />
Legislation must be passed by both houses before being signed by the President into law.<br />
<br />
The Sonderian Constitution has particular articles devoted to the expected growth of the nation within realistic timeframes. The Caretaker Government is currently administrating all governmental functions until the citizen threshold for the activation of the Triumvirate Government is triggered.<br />
<br />
==Law and order==<br />
The Chancellor is responsible for ensuring the transparency and integrity of the judicial system, although they have no jurisdiction over individual judgments. The Chancellor’s office is responsible for overseeing national elections, the sortition process and coordinating the selection of Judges and the Chief Justice of the Sonderian Supreme Court.<br />
<br />
''It is illegal in Sonderan to negatively discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, gender, nationality, age, ability/disability, origin, sex, health, creed, faith, marital status or spoken language, however needs based asset distribution may be employed in order to address regional deficits in accessibility to state services.''<br />
<br />
Citizens of Sonderian are not required to renounce pre-existing citizenships they may hold and Sonderian citizenship is compatible with all other forms of micronational and macronational citizenship. Citizens are required to pay taxes within the countries in which they earned their wages - ie. duel Sonderian/Australian citizens working in Australia are still required to pay taxes to the Australian government.<br />
<br />
Voting in national elections is compulsory unless an exemption has been granted.<br />
Non-sexual/violent criminal convictions are considered spent after 5 years.<br />
<br />
==Foreign relations==<br />
<br />
[[File:KeeperSpoon.jpg|thumb|left|The Queen presents the Royal Spoon to the Keeper of the Spoon]]<br />
<br />
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The Monarch is the symbol of the nation and represents the nation abroad. They have the power to send delegates and nominate ambassadors to international posts and to engage in foreign diplomacy, including the signing of international agreements, protocols and treaties. However, treaties and binding agreements not ratified by the National Parliament within six months of the Monarch’s acceptance are revoked by the President. <br />
<br />
''The Triumvirate’s general foreign policy is one of tolerance and mutually beneficial intermicronational discourse, however the nation’s motto is ‘Always Kindness’, and there is a cultural understanding that, on particular issues, certain political stances are incompatible with satisfactory foreign relations. Nations proactively seeking to incite hate through the proliferation of racist, mysoginist, misandrist, homophobic, or ableist viewpoints are generally understood to be incompatible with the Sonderian world view.''<br />
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The Triumvirate of Sonderan has been a member of the [[Grand Unified Micronational]] since 2019.<br />
<br />
==Military==<br />
The State of Sonderan is committed to peace and amity in the world. Acts undertaken to prepare war or otherwise disturb the peaceful relations between nations are unconstitutional. Whilst the Monarch is the symbolic Commander in Chief of the Self Defence Force, and is empowered to protect Sonderian citizens in a crisis, Sonderan has no standing army and would rely on expert citizens and international assistance in a disaster.<br />
<br />
==Geography and climate==<br />
[[File:Seagull.jpg|thumb|left|The silver gull is the national animal of Sonderan.]]<br />
''Sonderan is divided into Regions, which are themselves divided into Provinces. Within each Province, self governing Households submit to the national government under the constitution, while Special Territories are maintained and managed by the Triumvirs and members of the Royal Family. Households must have permanent residents, but Special Territories do not have this requirement.''<br />
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From a geographic standpoint, the State currently consists of one major Region, ‘Fyrstir’, encompassing the western half of the Mornington Peninsula, containing the Provinces of <br />
Merindarra - administering the Households of Merindarra (the national capital), Vandertilly, Tralorin, Zeneglyn and Halahope, as well as the Special Territories of Mountain and Treasure Beach), and;<br />
Olewyddin - administering the Households of Olewyddin and Elskercott, and the Special Territory of Stephen Beach. <br />
Both the Special Territories of Treasure Beach and Stephen Beach are shallow, safe beaches permitting access to Port Philip Bay and are the source of one of Sonderan’s most exported commodities - Sonderian seaglass. The Special Mountain Territory is the highest point in the nation at 305m above sea level.<br />
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[[File:TreasureBeach.jpg|thumb|left|Winter seaglass harvest at the Special Territory of Treasure Beach.]]<br />
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Fyrstir’s cool, maritime climate provides an ideal environment for the growing of produce, and the nation produces regular crops of a range of fruits and vegetables including lemons, tomatoes, olives, figs, loquats, strawberries, snow peas and passionfruit. The capital also produces yoghurt and mushrooms.<br />
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An additional Household, Schneeebveland, is an isolated enclave in the Australian Capital Territory. Schneeebveland is subject to a harsher climate than its southern counterparts, with significantly colder winters and harsher summer temperatures.<br />
<br />
==Economy==<br />
The Sonderian currency, the Sonderian Lyra is divided into ten pennies and is utilised as the primary currency within the nation’s borders. The Sonderian Lyra is tied to the national fruit production, with two Sonderian Lyra being roughly worth two kilograms of harvested fruit, or one jar of jam (or other type of processed fruit).<br />
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[[File:Lemons.jpg|thumb|left|Merindarra lemons are prized for their sweetness and are an integral ingredient of Sonderian cordial and lemon curd.]]<br />
While the nation relies primarily on international imports in order to survive, the government has pledged to invest in cottage industries and boost exports by 2022. Most citizens work internationally and the economy is almost entirely supported by remittances. <br />
<br />
Sonderian Jam is currently produced from a blend of local and imported ingredients.<br />
<br />
==Culture==<br />
[[File:Fanfare.jpg|thumb|left|The Jam Day parade 2019.]]<br />
<br />
''Happiness through Kindness''<br />
<br />
Sonderian citizens strive to be both happy and to develop happiness in others through acts of kindness. These acts of kindness are rewarded through a system of honorary titles bestowed upon those who achieve predetermined ranked milestones. Acts of service are valued more than administrative titles, with hereditary titles considered of least value.<br />
<br />
The Monarchy, while ostensibly noble, performs a subservient role within the national psyche, with the prevalent attitude of both the citizens and the Royal Family focusing on what the Royals can do for the general citizenship.<br />
<br />
The development of culture is a valued responsibility of the National Government and Article 8 of the Constitution enshrines the necessity to both preserve existing cultural practises and facilitate the continued evolution of new ones to enrich the society and cultural life of Sonderian citizens. While individual households are encouraged to develop individualised cultures, outright cultural appropriation of previously oppressed minorities (without reasonably established historical lineage) is not acceptable.<br />
<br />
Sonderians in national dress wear a scarf, shawl, stole or other length of fabric over their left shoulder. Shawls can be representative of rank, clan, or simply citizenship.<br />
<br />
In general, Sonderians prefer to avoid photographs and favour images rendered in watercolour where time permits.<br />
<br />
==Cuisine==<br />
[[File:SonderJam.jpg|thumb|left|Preparation of Jam Day deliveries.]]<br />
<br />
While each Household is encouraged to develop their own unique dishes, the National food is the pancake. Pancakes are eaten for breakfast on both Sonderan Day and Pancake Day.<br />
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Jam holds particular significance: each citizen has a constitutional right to a share of state made jam. Each year ‘Jam Day’ is declared by the Monarch and shares of jam distributed with much fanfare on the day.<br />
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==Benefits of Citizenship==<br />
Citizens of Sonderan are entitled to a number of concrete benefits, aside from the more standard constitutional rights. Citizens of Sonderan are entitled to:<br />
<br />
1. An annual audience with the Queen to discuss ways in which the government might help them to accomplish their own goals. This forms the basis of a somewhat unique take on the Bhutanese concept and implementation of Gross National Happiness policies<br />
<br />
2. At least one story published and archived in the State Chronicles. The State Chronicles honour the etymology of the Sonderian national name and seek to preserve and share the stories of Sonderian citizens in an assertion that each individual is uniquely important and worthy of attention.<br />
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3. A piece of Sonderian Sea Glass from the Royal Treasury<br />
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4. A jar of jam, preserved fruit, or baked good per citizen from the Bank of Sonderan, tri-annually, or more frequently depending on the quantity of fruit produced nationally. <br />
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5. Assume a pseudonym when applying for citizenship. This entitlement links in with a Sonderan preoccupation with anonymity, which is highly sought after and valued. Balancing impact with anonymity remains a strong governmental focus of the Monarchy in particular.<br />
<br />
==National Holidays==<br />
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[[File:JamParade2020.jpg|thumb|left|Jam Parade 2020]]<br />
<br />
''Sonderan observes the following national holidays:''<br />
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'''January 1''': New Year’s Day<br />
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'''January 5''': Sonderan Day - on this day the Monarch customarily announces the type of jam to be distributed on Jam Day. In a special ceremony, the Royal Spoon is presented to the Keeper of the Spoon. Pancakes are eaten for dinner.<br />
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'''Second Saturday in January''': Jam Day - on this day each eligible citizen receives their jar of Sonderian Jam from the Bank of Sonderan. Citizens wear red and a parade is held in the Capital.<br />
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'''January 21''': Hugging Day<br />
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'''March 5''': Pancake Tuesday<br />
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'''April 19''': Good Friday<br />
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'''April 20''': Easter Saturday<br />
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'''April 21''': Easter Sunday<br />
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'''April 25''': ANZAC Day<br />
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'''Second Sunday in May''': Mother’s Day<br />
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'''First Saturday in June''': Merry Fig Day - on this day citizens gather in groups to share warm foods, such as soup and casseroles, and to exchange cards of friendship and thanks. Candles are lit, there is music and dancing and citizens wear blue. Whoever finds the fig in their Merry fig Day biscuit leads the dance.<br />
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'''First Sunday in September''': Father’s Day<br />
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'''Second weekend in October''': Chicken Festival - on this day citizens wear white and participate in a festival celebrating spring. Coloured water is thrown, murals are painted and picnics held. Over the course of the day the previously white clothes donned by citizens become increasingly colourful. This is also Census Day and the day on which ‘chickens are counted’.<br />
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'''First Tuesday in November''': Henry Mortlock Memorial Hat Day - on this day, citizens are encouraged to make their own hats from household materials and wear their creations with pride<br />
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'''November 11''': Remembrance Day<br />
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'''November 13''': World Kindness Day<br />
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'''November 26''': Wizzypops Day - Christmas begins and all Christmas Trees in the nation are erected<br />
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'''November 30''': Salmon Pie Day - on which salmon pie is consumed<br />
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'''December 24''': Christmas Eve<br />
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'''December 25''': Christmas Day<br />
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'''December 26''': Boxing Day<br />
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'''December 31''': New Year’s Day<br />
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==Media==<br />
The Sonder Alamanac is the official annual publication of the Triumvirate, distributed internally to citizens on Jam Day each year.<br />
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<div>'''Sonderan''', officially the '''Triumvirate of Sonderan''', is a small, self-declared country, commonly known as a [[micronation]], founded on 5 January 2018 on the Mornington Peninsula in [[w:Victoria, Australia|Victoria]], [[w:Australia|Australia]]. A [[w:Secularism|secular]], constitutional triumvirate, the nation has three, ostensibly equal, [[head of state|heads of state]] known as 'the Triumvirs'.<br />
<br />
Founded on a 'conviction in the transcendental value of human kindness', the government has a constitutional obligation to work towards enhancing the happiness, wellbeing and safety of its citizens and people everywhere whilst promoting international communication, transparency and freedom of movement. <br />
{{Infobox nation<br />
|name = Triumvirate of Sonderan<br />
|image1 = [[File:Sonderian Flag.jpeg|150px]]<br />
|motto = ‘Always Kindness’<br />
|location = Enclaved by the state of Victoria, Australia<br />
|capital = Merindarra, meaning ‘strength’ <br />
|languages = Sonderian; Australian English<br />
|religions = Secular state<br />
|shortname = Sonderan<br />
|demonym = Sonderians<br />
|government = Secular, sovereign, constitutional triumvirate<br />
|head of government and state = The Triumvirs: the Monarch (Queen/King), the President, and the Chancellor<br />
|legislature = Parliament<br />
|established = [[2018]]<br />
|population = 25<br />
|population_notes = (as of 2019 census)<br />
|currency = Sonderian Lyra<br />
|time_zone = UTC+10:00<br />
|nat_animal = Silver gull<br />
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}}<br />
<br />
==Etymology==<br />
Sonderan takes its name from the word ‘sonder’ as defined in the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig:<br />
''The realisation that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own - populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness - an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk.'''<br />
<br />
Within the nation itself, the name places particular emphasis on the significance of individual community contributions, encouraging citizens to identify their own worth and the value of the people around them in order to build meaningful societal connections.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
[[File:Stephenbeach1.jpg|thumb|left|Members of the Royal Family visit the Special Territory of Stephen Beach.]]<br />
The Triumvirate of Sonderan was founded after a two year research and consultation process. <br />
<br />
Initially fuelled as a protest against the human rights abuses perpetuated by successive Australian Governments against asylum seekers in the name of ‘national security’, the founders were influenced by an insistence by deposed Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott that new citizens of Australia could not be considered legal citizens unless they had sworn a formal oath of allegiance. It was extrapolated that, this being so, oaths of allegiance were transferable and extendable to both external citizenship claims and property rights. <br />
<br />
Prior to its foundation, the underlying emphasis of the nation morphed from one of protest into a push for change in community attitudes. At the time of its declaration of independence it was conceptually a kindness movement, seeking to promote tolerance and individual/community happiness through culture and targeted initiatives.<br />
<br />
The nation of Sonderan was formally declared on 5 January 2018, with Cedar as ‘Monarch Apparent’ heading the caretaker government. It would take twelve months for the Sonderian constitution to be drafted, reviewed and ratified. During this time the state was declared a triumvirate and the Sonderian flag commissioned.<br />
<br />
The Constitution of the Triumvirate of Sonderan was officially signed into law on 5 January 2019, with Cedar ascending the throne as Monarch and head of a, now constitutionally sanctioned, caretaker government.<br />
<br />
==Government and politics==<br />
[[File:QueenCedar.jpg|thumb|left|HM Cedar, Queen of Sonderan.]]<br />
<br />
''As a constitutional triumvirate, Sonderan has three heads of state, the ‘Triumvirs’.''<br />
<br />
The role of the Monarch is a hereditary position and represents the executive functions of the nation. The Monarch is responsible for international relations and for the day to day running of the nation. This is achieved with assistance of the Royal Council, an administrative group made up of representatives from each of the nation’s provinces.<br />
<br />
The role of the President is an elected position and represents the legislative functions of the nation. The President coordinates the National Parliament.<br />
<br />
The role of the Chancellor is also an elected position, although the candidates are initially sorted into eligibility for the role. The Chancellor represents the judicial functions of the nation.<br />
<br />
The National Parliament is made up of two houses. <br />
<br />
The Lower House, known as the National Assembly, has two deputations: the Primary Deputation and the Secondary Deputation. The Primary Deputation is democratically elected in national elections overseen by the Chancellor’s office. Once elected, the President and the Vice President are elected by the Primary Deputation from among their members. <br />
<br />
The Secondary Deputation is selected by sortition based on fair representation. Once sorted into the Secondary Deputation, they elect the new Chancellor and Vice Chancellor from among their members. As neither the Chancellor nor the Vice Chancellor hold a vote in the National Assembly once elected, the Secondary Deputation will always have two less seated members than the Primary Deputation. <br />
<br />
The Upper House, known as the Senate, is made up of senators selected on the basis of merit, each representing the most qualified/experienced Sonderian citizen in each of the following fields: Arts and Culture, Economics, Education, Environment, Health, Information Technology, Law, Science, Social Sciences. There are also constitutional provisions for up to three extra senators selected from fields identified by the Triumvirs as representing specific areas of need.<br />
<br />
Legislation must be passed by both houses before being signed by the President into law.<br />
<br />
The Sonderian Constitution has particular articles devoted to the expected growth of the nation within realistic timeframes. The Caretaker Government is currently administrating all governmental functions until the citizen threshold for the activation of the Triumvirate Government is triggered.<br />
<br />
==Law and order==<br />
The Chancellor is responsible for ensuring the transparency and integrity of the judicial system, although they have no jurisdiction over individual judgments. The Chancellor’s office is responsible for overseeing national elections, the sortition process and coordinating the selection of Judges and the Chief Justice of the Sonderian Supreme Court.<br />
<br />
''It is illegal in Sonderan to negatively discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, gender, nationality, age, ability/disability, origin, sex, health, creed, faith, marital status or spoken language, however needs based asset distribution may be employed in order to address regional deficits in accessibility to state services.''<br />
<br />
Citizens of Sonderian are not required to renounce pre-existing citizenships they may hold and Sonderian citizenship is compatible with all other forms of micronational and macronational citizenship. Citizens are required to pay taxes within the countries in which they earned their wages - ie. duel Sonderian/Australian citizens working in Australia are still required to pay taxes to the Australian government.<br />
<br />
Voting in national elections is compulsory unless an exemption has been granted.<br />
Non-sexual/violent criminal convictions are considered spent after 5 years.<br />
<br />
==Foreign relations==<br />
<br />
[[File:KeeperSpoon.jpg|thumb|left|The Queen presents the Royal Spoon to the Keeper of the Spoon]]<br />
<br />
<br />
The Monarch is the symbol of the nation and represents the nation abroad. They have the power to send delegates and nominate ambassadors to international posts and to engage in foreign diplomacy, including the signing of international agreements, protocols and treaties. However, treaties and binding agreements not ratified by the National Parliament within six months of the Monarch’s acceptance are revoked by the President. <br />
<br />
''The Triumvirate’s general foreign policy is one of tolerance and mutually beneficial intermicronational discourse, however the nation’s motto is ‘Always Kindness’, and there is a cultural understanding that, on particular issues, certain political stances are incompatible with satisfactory foreign relations. Nations proactively seeking to incite hate through the proliferation of racist, mysoginist, misandrist, homophobic, or ableist viewpoints are generally understood to be incompatible with the Sonderian world view.''<br />
<br />
The Triumvirate of Sonderan has been a member of the [[Grand Unified Micronational]] since 2019.<br />
<br />
==Military==<br />
The State of Sonderan is committed to peace and amity in the world. Acts undertaken to prepare war or otherwise disturb the peaceful relations between nations are unconstitutional. Whilst the Monarch is the symbolic Commander in Chief of the Self Defence Force, and is empowered to protect Sonderian citizens in a crisis, Sonderan has no standing army and would rely on expert citizens and international assistance in a disaster.<br />
<br />
==Geography and climate==<br />
[[File:Seagull.jpg|thumb|left|The silver gull is the national animal of Sonderan.]]<br />
''Sonderan is divided into Regions, which are themselves divided into Provinces. Within each Province, self governing Households submit to the national government under the constitution, while Special Territories are maintained and managed by the Triumvirs and members of the Royal Family. Households must have permanent residents, but Special Territories do not have this requirement.''<br />
<br />
From a geographic standpoint, the State currently consists of one major Region, ‘Fyrstir’, encompassing the western half of the Mornington Peninsula, containing the Provinces of <br />
Merindarra - administering the Households of Merindarra (the national capital), Vandertilly, Tralorin, Zeneglyn and Halahope, as well as the Special Territories of Mountain and Treasure Beach), and;<br />
Olewyddin - administering the Households of Olewyddin and Elskercott, and the Special Territory of Stephen Beach. <br />
Both the Special Territories of Treasure Beach and Stephen Beach are shallow, safe beaches permitting access to Port Philip Bay and are the source of one of Sonderan’s most exported commodities - Sonderian seaglass. The Special Mountain Territory is the highest point in the nation at 305m above sea level.<br />
<br />
[[File:TreasureBeach.jpg|thumb|left|Winter seaglass harvest at the Special Territory of Treasure Beach.]]<br />
<br />
Fyrstir’s cool, maritime climate provides an ideal environment for the growing of produce, and the nation produces regular crops of a range of fruits and vegetables including lemons, tomatoes, olives, figs, loquats, strawberries, snow peas and passionfruit. The capital also produces yoghurt and mushrooms.<br />
<br />
An additional Household, Schneeebveland, is an isolated enclave in the Australian Capital Territory. Schneeebveland is subject to a harsher climate than its southern counterparts, with significantly colder winters and harsher summer temperatures.<br />
<br />
==Economy==<br />
The Sonderian currency, the Sonderian Lyra is divided into ten pennies and is utilised as the primary currency within the nation’s borders. The Sonderian Lyra is tied to the national fruit production, with two Sonderian Lyra being roughly worth two kilograms of harvested fruit, or one jar of jam (or other type of processed fruit).<br />
<br />
[[File:Lemons.jpg|thumb|left|Merindarra lemons are prized for their sweetness and are an integral ingredient of Sonderian cordial and lemon curd.]]<br />
While the nation relies primarily on international imports in order to survive, the government has pledged to invest in cottage industries and boost exports by 2022. Most citizens work internationally and the economy is almost entirely supported by remittances. <br />
<br />
Sonderian Jam is currently produced from a blend of local and imported ingredients.<br />
<br />
==Culture==<br />
[[File:Fanfare.jpg|thumb|left|The Jam Day parade 2019.]]<br />
<br />
''Happiness through Kindness''<br />
<br />
Sonderian citizens strive to be both happy and to develop happiness in others through acts of kindness. These acts of kindness are rewarded through a system of honorary titles bestowed upon those who achieve predetermined ranked milestones. Acts of service are valued more than administrative titles, with hereditary titles considered of least value.<br />
<br />
The Monarchy, while ostensibly noble, performs a subservient role within the national psyche, with the prevalent attitude of both the citizens and the Royal Family focusing on what the Royals can do for the general citizenship.<br />
<br />
The development of culture is a valued responsibility of the National Government and Article 8 of the Constitution enshrines the necessity to both preserve existing cultural practises and facilitate the continued evolution of new ones to enrich the society and cultural life of Sonderian citizens. While individual households are encouraged to develop individualised cultures, outright cultural appropriation of previously oppressed minorities (without reasonably established historical lineage) is not acceptable.<br />
<br />
Sonderians in national dress wear a scarf, shawl, stole or other length of fabric over their left shoulder. Shawls can be representative of rank, clan, or simply citizenship.<br />
<br />
In general, Sonderians prefer to avoid photographs and favour images rendered in watercolour where time permits.<br />
<br />
==Cuisine==<br />
[[File:SonderJam.jpg|thumb|left|Preparation of Jam Day deliveries.]]<br />
<br />
While each Household is encouraged to develop their own unique dishes, the National food is the pancake. Pancakes are eaten for breakfast on both Sonderan Day and Pancake Day.<br />
<br />
Jam holds particular significance: each citizen has a constitutional right to a share of state made jam. Each year ‘Jam Day’ is declared by the Monarch and shares of jam distributed with much fanfare on the day.<br />
<br />
==Benefits of Citizenship==<br />
Citizens of Sonderan are entitled to a number of concrete benefits, aside from the more standard constitutional rights. Citizens of Sonderan are entitled to:<br />
<br />
1. An annual audience with the Queen to discuss ways in which the government might help them to accomplish their own goals. This forms the basis of a somewhat unique take on the Bhutanese concept and implementation of Gross National Happiness policies<br />
<br />
2. At least one story published and archived in the State Chronicles. The State Chronicles honour the etymology of the Sonderian national name and seek to preserve and share the stories of Sonderian citizens in an assertion that each individual is uniquely important and worthy of attention.<br />
<br />
3. A piece of Sonderian Sea Glass from the Royal Treasury<br />
<br />
4. A jar of jam, preserved fruit, or baked good per citizen from the Bank of Sonderan, tri-annually, or more frequently depending on the quantity of fruit produced nationally. <br />
<br />
5. Assume a pseudonym when applying for citizenship. This entitlement links in with a Sonderan preoccupation with anonymity, which is highly sought after and valued. Balancing impact with anonymity remains a strong governmental focus of the Monarchy in particular.<br />
<br />
==National Holidays==<br />
<br />
[[File:JamParade2020.jpg|thumb|left|Jam Parade 2020]]<br />
<br />
''Sonderan observes the following national holidays:''<br />
<br />
'''January 1''': New Year’s Day<br />
<br />
'''January 5''': Sonderan Day - on this day the Monarch customarily announces the type of jam to be distributed on Jam Day. In a special ceremony, the Royal Spoon is presented to the Keeper of the Spoon. Pancakes are eaten for dinner.<br />
<br />
'''Second Sunday in January''': Jam Day - on this day each eligible citizen receives their jar of Sonderian Jam from the Bank of Sonderan. Citizens wear red and a parade is held in the Capital.<br />
<br />
'''January 21''': Hugging Day<br />
<br />
'''March 5''': Pancake Tuesday<br />
<br />
'''April 19''': Good Friday<br />
<br />
'''April 20''': Easter Saturday<br />
<br />
'''April 21''': Easter Sunday<br />
<br />
'''April 25''': ANZAC Day<br />
<br />
'''Second Sunday in May''': Mother’s Day<br />
<br />
'''First Saturday in June''': Merry Fig Day - on this day citizens gather in groups to share warm foods, such as soup and casseroles, and to exchange cards of friendship and thanks. Candles are lit, there is music and dancing and citizens wear blue. Whoever finds the fig in their Merry fig Day biscuit leads the dance.<br />
<br />
'''First Sunday in September''': Father’s Day<br />
<br />
'''Second weekend in October''': Chicken Festival - on this day citizens wear white and participate in a festival celebrating spring. Coloured water is thrown, murals are painted and picnics held. Over the course of the day the previously white clothes donned by citizens become increasingly colourful. This is also Census Day and the day on which ‘chickens are counted’.<br />
<br />
'''First Tuesday in November''': Henry Mortlock Memorial Hat Day - on this day, citizens are encouraged to make their own hats from household materials and wear their creations with pride<br />
<br />
'''November 11''': Remembrance Day<br />
<br />
'''November 13''': World Kindness Day<br />
<br />
'''November 26''': Wizzypops Day - Christmas begins and all Christmas Trees in the nation are erected<br />
<br />
'''November 30''': Salmon Pie Day - on which salmon pie is consumed<br />
<br />
'''December 24''': Christmas Eve<br />
<br />
'''December 25''': Christmas Day<br />
<br />
'''December 26''': Boxing Day<br />
<br />
'''December 31''': New Year’s Day<br />
<br />
==Media==<br />
The Sonder Alamanac is the official annual publication of the Triumvirate, distributed internally to citizens on Jam Day each year.<br />
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[[Category:Grand Unified Micronational member states]]<br />
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<div>'''Sonderan''', officially the '''Triumvirate of Sonderan''', is a small, self-declared country, commonly known as a [[micronation]], founded on 5 January 2018 on the Mornington Peninsula in [[w:Victoria, Australia|Victoria]], [[w:Australia|Australia]]. A [[w:Secularism|secular]], constitutional triumvirate, the nation has three, ostensibly equal, [[head of state|heads of state]] known as 'the Triumvirs'.<br />
<br />
Founded on a 'conviction in the transcendental value of human kindness', the government has a constitutional obligation to work towards enhancing the happiness, wellbeing and safety of its citizens and people everywhere whilst promoting international communication, transparency and freedom of movement. <br />
{{Infobox nation<br />
|name = Triumvirate of Sonderan<br />
|image1 = [[File:Sonderian Flag.jpeg|150px]]<br />
|motto = ‘Always Kindness’<br />
|location = Enclaved by the state of Victoria, Australia<br />
|capital = Merindarra, meaning ‘strength’ <br />
|languages = Sonderian; Australian English<br />
|religions = Secular state<br />
|shortname = Sonderan<br />
|demonym = Sonderians<br />
|government = Secular, sovereign, constitutional triumvirate<br />
|head of government and state = The Triumvirs: the Monarch (Queen/King), the President, and the Chancellor<br />
|legislature = Parliament<br />
|established = [[2018]]<br />
|population = 25<br />
|population_notes = (as of 2019 census)<br />
|currency = Sonderian Lyra<br />
|time_zone = UTC+10:00<br />
|nat_animal = Silver gull<br />
<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Etymology==<br />
Sonderan takes its name from the word ‘sonder’ as defined in the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig:<br />
''The realisation that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own - populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness - an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk.'''<br />
<br />
Within the nation itself, the name places particular emphasis on the significance of individual community contributions, encouraging citizens to identify their own worth and the value of the people around them in order to build meaningful societal connections.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
[[File:Stephenbeach1.jpg|thumb|left|Members of the Royal Family visit the Special Territory of Stephen Beach.]]<br />
The Triumvirate of Sonderan was founded after a two year research and consultation process. <br />
<br />
Initially fuelled as a protest against the human rights abuses perpetuated by successive Australian Governments against asylum seekers in the name of ‘national security’, the founders were influenced by an insistence by deposed Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott that new citizens of Australia could not be considered legal citizens unless they had sworn a formal oath of allegiance. It was extrapolated that, this being so, oaths of allegiance were transferable and extendable to both external citizenship claims and property rights. <br />
<br />
Prior to its foundation, the underlying emphasis of the nation morphed from one of protest into a push for change in community attitudes. At the time of its declaration of independence it was conceptually a kindness movement, seeking to promote tolerance and individual/community happiness through culture and targeted initiatives.<br />
<br />
The nation of Sonderan was formally declared on 5 January 2018, with Cedar as ‘Monarch Apparent’ heading the caretaker government. It would take twelve months for the Sonderian constitution to be drafted, reviewed and ratified. During this time the state was declared a triumvirate and the Sonderian flag commissioned.<br />
<br />
The Constitution of the Triumvirate of Sonderan was officially signed into law on 5 January 2019, with Cedar ascending the throne as Monarch and head of a, now constitutionally sanctioned, caretaker government.<br />
<br />
==Government and politics==<br />
[[File:QueenCedar.jpg|thumb|left|HM Cedar, Queen of Sonderan.]]<br />
<br />
''As a constitutional triumvirate, Sonderan has three heads of state, the ‘Triumvirs’.''<br />
<br />
The role of the Monarch is a hereditary position and represents the executive functions of the nation. The Monarch is responsible for international relations and for the day to day running of the nation. This is achieved with assistance of the Royal Council, an administrative group made up of representatives from each of the nation’s provinces.<br />
<br />
The role of the President is an elected position and represents the legislative functions of the nation. The President coordinates the National Parliament.<br />
<br />
The role of the Chancellor is also an elected position, although the candidates are initially sorted into eligibility for the role. The Chancellor represents the judicial functions of the nation.<br />
<br />
The National Parliament is made up of two houses. <br />
<br />
The Lower House, known as the National Assembly, has two deputations: the Primary Deputation and the Secondary Deputation. The Primary Deputation is democratically elected in national elections overseen by the Chancellor’s office. Once elected, the President and the Vice President are elected by the Primary Deputation from among their members. <br />
<br />
The Secondary Deputation is selected by sortition based on fair representation. Once sorted into the Secondary Deputation, they elect the new Chancellor and Vice Chancellor from among their members. As neither the Chancellor nor the Vice Chancellor hold a vote in the National Assembly once elected, the Secondary Deputation will always have two less seated members than the Primary Deputation. <br />
<br />
The Upper House, known as the Senate, is made up of senators selected on the basis of merit, each representing the most qualified/experienced Sonderian citizen in each of the following fields: Arts and Culture, Economics, Education, Environment, Health, Information Technology, Law, Science, Social Sciences. There are also constitutional provisions for up to three extra senators selected from fields identified by the Triumvirs as representing specific areas of need.<br />
<br />
Legislation must be passed by both houses before being signed by the President into law.<br />
<br />
The Sonderian Constitution has particular articles devoted to the expected growth of the nation within realistic timeframes. The Caretaker Government is currently administrating all governmental functions until the citizen threshold for the activation of the Triumvirate Government is triggered.<br />
<br />
==Law and order==<br />
The Chancellor is responsible for ensuring the transparency and integrity of the judicial system, although they have no jurisdiction over individual judgments. The Chancellor’s office is responsible for overseeing national elections, the sortition process and coordinating the selection of Judges and the Chief Justice of the Sonderian Supreme Court.<br />
<br />
''It is illegal in Sonderan to negatively discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, gender, nationality, age, ability/disability, origin, sex, health, creed, faith, marital status or spoken language, however needs based asset distribution may be employed in order to address regional deficits in accessibility to state services.''<br />
<br />
Citizens of Sonderian are not required to renounce pre-existing citizenships they may hold and Sonderian citizenship is compatible with all other forms of micronational and macronational citizenship. Citizens are required to pay taxes within the countries in which they earned their wages - ie. duel Sonderian/Australian citizens working in Australia are still required to pay taxes to the Australian government.<br />
<br />
Voting in national elections is compulsory unless an exemption has been granted.<br />
Non-sexual/violent criminal convictions are considered spent after 5 years.<br />
<br />
==Foreign relations==<br />
<br />
[[File:KeeperSpoon.jpg|thumb|left|The Queen presents the Royal Spoon to the Keeper of the Spoon]]<br />
<br />
<br />
The Monarch is the symbol of the nation and represents the nation abroad. They have the power to send delegates and nominate ambassadors to international posts and to engage in foreign diplomacy, including the signing of international agreements, protocols and treaties. However, treaties and binding agreements not ratified by the National Parliament within six months of the Monarch’s acceptance are revoked by the President. <br />
<br />
''The Triumvirate’s general foreign policy is one of tolerance and mutually beneficial intermicronational discourse, however the nation’s motto is ‘Always Kindness’, and there is a cultural understanding that, on particular issues, certain political stances are incompatible with satisfactory foreign relations. Nations proactively seeking to incite hate through the proliferation of racist, mysoginist, misandrist, homophobic, or ableist viewpoints are generally understood to be incompatible with the Sonderian world view.''<br />
<br />
The Triumvirate of Sonderan has been a member of the [[Grand Unified Micronational]] since 2019.<br />
<br />
==Military==<br />
The State of Sonderan is committed to peace and amity in the world. Acts undertaken to prepare war or otherwise disturb the peaceful relations between nations are unconstitutional. Whilst the Monarch is the symbolic Commander in Chief of the Self Defence Force, and is empowered to protect Sonderian citizens in a crisis, Sonderan has no standing army and would rely on expert citizens and international assistance in a disaster.<br />
<br />
==Geography and climate==<br />
[[File:Seagull.jpg|thumb|left|The silver gull is the national animal of Sonderan.]]<br />
''Sonderan is divided into Regions, which are themselves divided into Provinces. Within each Province, self governing Households submit to the national government under the constitution, while Special Territories are maintained and managed by the Triumvirs and members of the Royal Family. Households must have permanent residents, but Special Territories do not have this requirement.''<br />
<br />
From a geographic standpoint, the State currently consists of one major Region, ‘Fyrstir’, encompassing the western half of the Mornington Peninsula, containing the Provinces of <br />
Merindarra - administering the Households of Merindarra (the national capital), Vandertilly, Tralorin, Zeneglyn and Halahope, as well as the Special Territories of Mountain and Treasure Beach), and;<br />
Olewyddin - administering the Households of Olewyddin and Elskercott, and the Special Territory of Stephen Beach. <br />
Both the Special Territories of Treasure Beach and Stephen Beach are shallow, safe beaches permitting access to Port Philip Bay and are the source of one of Sonderan’s most exported commodities - Sonderian seaglass. The Special Mountain Territory is the highest point in the nation at 305m above sea level.<br />
<br />
[[File:TreasureBeach.jpg|thumb|left|Winter seaglass harvest at the Special Territory of Treasure Beach.]]<br />
<br />
Fyrstir’s cool, maritime climate provides an ideal environment for the growing of produce, and the nation produces regular crops of a range of fruits and vegetables including lemons, tomatoes, olives, figs, loquats, strawberries, snow peas and passionfruit. The capital also produces yoghurt and mushrooms.<br />
<br />
An additional Household, Schneeebveland, is an isolated enclave in the Australian Capital Territory. Schneeebveland is subject to a harsher climate than its southern counterparts, with significantly colder winters and harsher summer temperatures.<br />
<br />
==Economy==<br />
The Sonderian currency, the Sonderian Lyra is divided into ten pennies and is utilised as the primary currency within the nation’s borders. The Sonderian Lyra is tied to the national fruit production, with two Sonderian Lyra being roughly worth two kilograms of harvested fruit, or one jar of jam (or other type of processed fruit).<br />
<br />
[[File:Lemons.jpg|thumb|left|Merindarra lemons are prized for their sweetness and are an integral ingredient of Sonderian cordial and lemon curd.]]<br />
While the nation relies primarily on international imports in order to survive, the government has pledged to invest in cottage industries and boost exports by 2022. Most citizens work internationally and the economy is almost entirely supported by remittances. <br />
<br />
Sonderian Jam is currently produced from a blend of local and imported ingredients.<br />
<br />
==Culture==<br />
[[File:Fanfare.jpg|thumb|left|The Jam Day parade 2019.]]<br />
<br />
''Happiness through Kindness''<br />
<br />
Sonderian citizens strive to be both happy and to develop happiness in others through acts of kindness. These acts of kindness are rewarded through a system of honorary titles bestowed upon those who achieve predetermined ranked milestones. Acts of service are valued more than administrative titles, with hereditary titles considered of least value.<br />
<br />
The Monarchy, while ostensibly noble, performs a subservient role within the national psyche, with the prevalent attitude of both the citizens and the Royal Family focusing on what the Royals can do for the general citizenship.<br />
<br />
The development of culture is a valued responsibility of the National Government and Article 8 of the Constitution enshrines the necessity to both preserve existing cultural practises and facilitate the continued evolution of new ones to enrich the society and cultural life of Sonderian citizens. While individual households are encouraged to develop individualised cultures, outright cultural appropriation of previously oppressed minorities (without reasonably established historical lineage) is not acceptable.<br />
<br />
Sonderians in national dress wear a scarf, shawl, stole or other length of fabric over their left shoulder. Shawls can be representative of rank, clan, or simply citizenship.<br />
<br />
In general, Sonderians prefer to avoid photographs and favour images rendered in watercolour where time permits.<br />
<br />
==Cuisine==<br />
[[File:SonderJam.jpg|thumb|left|Preparation of Jam Day deliveries.]]<br />
<br />
While each Household is encouraged to develop their own unique dishes, the National food is the pancake. Pancakes are eaten for breakfast on both Sonderan Day and Pancake Day.<br />
<br />
Jam holds particular significance: each citizen has a constitutional right to a share of state made jam. Each year ‘Jam Day’ is declared by the Monarch and shares of jam distributed with much fanfare on the day.<br />
<br />
==Benefits of Citizenship==<br />
Citizens of Sonderan are entitled to a number of concrete benefits, aside from the more standard constitutional rights. Citizens of Sonderan are entitled to:<br />
<br />
1. An annual audience with the Queen to discuss ways in which the government might help them to accomplish their own goals. This forms the basis of a somewhat unique take on the Bhutanese concept and implementation of Gross National Happiness policies<br />
<br />
2. At least one story published and archived in the State Chronicles. The State Chronicles honour the etymology of the Sonderian national name and seek to preserve and share the stories of Sonderian citizens in an assertion that each individual is uniquely important and worthy of attention.<br />
<br />
3. A piece of Sonderian Sea Glass from the Royal Treasury<br />
<br />
4. A jar of jam, preserved fruit, or baked good per citizen from the Bank of Sonderan, tri-annually, or more frequently depending on the quantity of fruit produced nationally. <br />
<br />
5. Assume a pseudonym when applying for citizenship. This entitlement links in with a Sonderan preoccupation with anonymity, which is highly sought after and valued. Balancing impact with anonymity remains a strong governmental focus of the Monarchy in particular.<br />
<br />
==National Holidays==<br />
<br />
[[File:JamParade2020.jpg|thumb|left|Jam Parade 2020]]<br />
<br />
''Sonderan observes the following national holidays:''<br />
<br />
'''January 1''': New Year’s Day<br />
<br />
'''January 5''': Sonderan Day - on this day the Monarch customarily announces the type of jam to be distributed on Jam Day. In a special ceremony, the Royal Spoon is presented to the Keeper of the Spoon. Pancakes are eaten for dinner.<br />
<br />
'''Second Sunday in January''': Jam Day - on this day each eligible citizen receives their jar of Sonderian Jam from the Bank of Sonderan. Citizens wear red and a parade is held in the Capital.<br />
<br />
'''January 21''': Hugging Day<br />
<br />
'''March 5''': Pancake Tuesday<br />
<br />
'''April 19''': Good Friday<br />
<br />
'''April 20''': Easter Saturday<br />
<br />
'''April 21''': Easter Sunday<br />
<br />
'''April 25''': ANZAC Day<br />
<br />
'''Second Sunday in May''': Mother’s Day<br />
<br />
'''First Saturday in June''': Merry Fig Day - on this day citizens gather in groups to share warm foods, such as soup and casseroles, and to exchange cards of friendship and thanks. Candles are lit, there is music and dancing and citizens wear blue. Whoever finds the fig in their Merry fig Day biscuit leads the dance.<br />
<br />
'''First Sunday in September''': Father’s Day<br />
<br />
'''Second weekend in October''': Chicken Festival - on this day citizens wear white and participate in a festival celebrating spring. Coloured water is thrown, murals are painted and picnics held. Over the course of the day the previously white clothes donned by citizens become increasingly colourful. This is also Census Day and the day on which ‘chickens are counted’.<br />
<br />
'''First Tuesday in November''': Henry Mortlock Memorial Hat Day - on this day, citizens are encouraged to make their own hats from household materials and wear their creations with pride<br />
<br />
'''November 11''': Remembrance Day<br />
<br />
'''November 13''': World Kindness Day<br />
<br />
'''November 26''': Wizzypops Day - Christmas begins and all Christmas Trees in the nation are erected<br />
<br />
'''November 30''': Salmon Pie Day - on which salmon pie is consumed<br />
<br />
'''December 24''': Christmas Eve<br />
<br />
'''December 25''': Christmas Day<br />
<br />
'''December 26''': Boxing Day<br />
<br />
'''December 31''': New Year’s Day<br />
<br />
==Media==<br />
The Sonderian Gazette is a government funded news service initially set up to broadcast twitter updates on important news within the Triumvirate for an international audience.<br />
<br />
As the number of citizens and territories begin to grow, the Gazette’s activities will expand to include internal news publications which, in turn, will provide content for the news section of the official government website.<br />
<br />
The government funded Sonderian Radio Service will broadcast a monthly program aimed primarily at a local audience, although international listeners will be able to tune in. This service will be launched on Sonderan Day 2020.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Grand Unified Micronational member states]]<br />
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<div>==Resources==<br />
<br />
*[[GUM/Charter2016|The GUM Charter]]<br />
*[[Statutory Code of the Grand Unified Micronational|Resolutions]]<br />
*[[GUM/Ratifications|Applications]]<br />
*[[GUM/Delegates|List of Delegates]]<br />
*[[GUM/CountryCodes|Country Codes]]<br />
<br />
===Micronationalism Guide drafts===<br />
Readers are invited to suggest edits.<br />
*[https://docs.google.com/document/d/13pDZs9RWqAOeWzEl3WTOikhO4jtihXnFXBR6IQM7ggE/edit?usp=sharing Constitutions and forms of government], primary author [[Adam I of Überstadt]]<br />
*[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ku6xu5jWwSvLPrBaFfMnNnLoYTjCGXD2La2kzMKgXdc/edit?usp=sharing Guide to legislation], primary author [[Horatio Eden]] of the Edenic Compact<br />
<br />
The [https://amerstonpost.wordpress.com/amerston-law-project/ Amerston Law Project] has useful guides on legislative drafting. These are being steadily published in parts.<br />
*[https://amerstonpost.wordpress.com/introduction/ Introduction]<br />
*[https://amerstonpost.wordpress.com/part-1-language/ Part 1: Language]<br />
**This explains the principles of ''plain English'', which is a communications policy adopted by many macronational governments. It is applicable to all formal writing, not just legislation.<br />
<br />
===Projects===<br />
*[https://docs.google.com/document/d/14BUvS5yJKJjWtYhLy6Oi21tUOQVmbZ8pc4VhuZiGrEE/edit?usp=sharing Diplomabear host rota]<br />
*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4q6OFW3sAPCQW94R0pydS1XWGc/view?usp=sharing I GUM Quarterly Statistical Report] (May - June 2017)<br />
*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4q6OFW3sAPCNmxOY01odkFzX1U/view?usp=sharing II GUM Quarterly Statistical Report] (July - September 2017)<br />
*[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s7aRlFH04pMBAs5DjFuGq7zDuoKHd3YCnMFzrS5Qd1o/edit?usp=sharing III GUM Quarterly Statistical Report] (May - June 2018)<br />
*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3kDclQVCBphaGhJcDVYTWxKa2RMaThSUVhNeFVrSTY2a2lB/view?usp=sharing IV GUM Quarterly Statistical Report] (July - September 2019)<br />
*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3kDclQVCBphMHVJWmNCZ05ieXdGdzJjSWNtT0o0RmFfRHZz/view?usp=sharing V GUM Quarterly Statistical Report] (October - December 2019)<br />
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==Chair elections, December 2020==<br />
<br />
===Electoral Calendar:===<br />
<br />
*'''11th December''' - Nominations open<br />
*'''18th December''' - Nominations close; campaigning starts<br />
*'''25th December''' - Campaigning ends; voting starts<br />
*'''1st January''' - Voting ends; winner takes office as 30th Chair.<br />
<br />
===Rules===<br />
<br />
The rules for nominations and voting, as always, are as follows:<br />
<br />
*Only registered delegates may stand for Chair - not nations.<br />
*Voting may be done publicly or by private ballot to the Chairman.<br />
*Any delegate is entitled to run for Chair.<br />
*Only delegations of full members may vote.<br />
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<div>'''Sonderan''', officially the '''Triumvirate of Sonderan''', is a small, self-declared country, commonly known as a [[micronation]], founded on 5 January 2018 on the Mornington Peninsula in [[w:Victoria, Australia|Victoria]], [[w:Australia|Australia]]. A [[w:Secularism|secular]], constitutional triumvirate, the nation has three, ostensibly equal, [[head of state|heads of state]] known as 'the Triumvirs'.<br />
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Founded on a 'conviction in the transcendental value of human kindness', the government has a constitutional obligation to work towards enhancing the happiness, wellbeing and safety of its citizens and people everywhere whilst promoting international communication, transparency and freedom of movement. <br />
{{Infobox nation<br />
|name = Triumvirate of Sonderan<br />
|image1 = [[File:Sonderian Flag.jpeg|150px]]<br />
|motto = ‘Always Kindness’<br />
|location = Enclaved by the state of Victoria, Australia<br />
|capital = Merindarra, meaning ‘strength’ <br />
|languages = Sonderian; Australian English<br />
|religions = Secular state<br />
|shortname = Sonderan<br />
|demonym = Sonderians<br />
|government = Secular, sovereign, constitutional triumvirate<br />
|head of government and state = The Triumvirs: the Monarch (Queen/King), the President, and the Chancellor<br />
|legislature = Parliament<br />
|established = [[2018]]<br />
|population = 25<br />
|population_notes = (as of 2019 census)<br />
|currency = Sonderian Lyra<br />
|time_zone = UTC+10:00<br />
|nat_animal = Silver gull<br />
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}}<br />
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==Etymology==<br />
Sonderan takes its name from the word ‘sonder’ as defined in the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig:<br />
''The realisation that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own - populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness - an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk.'''<br />
<br />
Within the nation itself, the name places particular emphasis on the significance of individual community contributions, encouraging citizens to identify their own worth and the value of the people around them in order to build meaningful societal connections.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
[[File:Stephenbeach1.jpg|thumb|left|Members of the Royal Family visit the Special Territory of Stephen Beach.]]<br />
The Triumvirate of Sonderan was founded after a two year research and consultation process. <br />
<br />
Initially fuelled as a protest against the human rights abuses perpetuated by successive Australian Governments against asylum seekers in the name of ‘national security’, the founders were influenced by an insistence by deposed Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott that new citizens of Australia could not be considered legal citizens unless they had sworn a formal oath of allegiance. It was extrapolated that, this being so, oaths of allegiance were transferable and extendable to both external citizenship claims and property rights. <br />
<br />
Prior to its foundation, the underlying emphasis of the nation morphed from one of protest into a push for change in community attitudes. At the time of its declaration of independence it was conceptually a kindness movement, seeking to promote tolerance and individual/community happiness through culture and targeted initiatives.<br />
<br />
The nation of Sonderan was formally declared on 5 January 2018, with Cedar as ‘Monarch Apparent’ heading the caretaker government. It would take twelve months for the Sonderian constitution to be drafted, reviewed and ratified. During this time the state was declared a triumvirate and the Sonderian flag commissioned.<br />
<br />
The Constitution of the Triumvirate of Sonderan was officially signed into law on 5 January 2019, with Cedar ascending the throne as Monarch and head of a, now constitutionally sanctioned, caretaker government.<br />
<br />
==Government and politics==<br />
[[File:QueenCedar.jpg|thumb|left|HM Cedar, Queen of Sonderan.]]<br />
<br />
''As a constitutional triumvirate, Sonderan has three heads of state, the ‘Triumvirs’.''<br />
<br />
The role of the Monarch is a hereditary position and represents the executive functions of the nation. The Monarch is responsible for international relations and for the day to day running of the nation. This is achieved with assistance of the Royal Council, an administrative group made up of representatives from each of the nation’s provinces.<br />
<br />
The role of the President is an elected position and represents the legislative functions of the nation. The President coordinates the National Parliament.<br />
<br />
The role of the Chancellor is also an elected position, although the candidates are initially sorted into eligibility for the role. The Chancellor represents the judicial functions of the nation.<br />
<br />
The National Parliament is made up of two houses. <br />
<br />
The Lower House, known as the National Assembly, has two deputations: the Primary Deputation and the Secondary Deputation. The Primary Deputation is democratically elected in national elections overseen by the Chancellor’s office. Once elected, the President and the Vice President are elected by the Primary Deputation from among their members. <br />
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The Secondary Deputation is selected by sortition based on fair representation. Once sorted into the Secondary Deputation, they elect the new Chancellor and Vice Chancellor from among their members. As neither the Chancellor nor the Vice Chancellor hold a vote in the National Assembly once elected, the Secondary Deputation will always have two less seated members than the Primary Deputation. <br />
<br />
The Upper House, known as the Senate, is made up of senators selected on the basis of merit, each representing the most qualified/experienced Sonderian citizen in each of the following fields: Arts and Culture, Economics, Education, Environment, Health, Information Technology, Law, Science, Social Sciences. There are also constitutional provisions for up to three extra senators selected from fields identified by the Triumvirs as representing specific areas of need.<br />
<br />
Legislation must be passed by both houses before being signed by the President into law.<br />
<br />
The Sonderian Constitution has particular articles devoted to the expected growth of the nation within realistic timeframes. The Caretaker Government is currently administrating all governmental functions until the citizen threshold for the activation of the Triumvirate Government is triggered.<br />
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==Law and order==<br />
The Chancellor is responsible for ensuring the transparency and integrity of the judicial system, although they have no jurisdiction over individual judgments. The Chancellor’s office is responsible for overseeing national elections, the sortition process and coordinating the selection of Judges and the Chief Justice of the Sonderian Supreme Court.<br />
<br />
''It is illegal in Sonderan to negatively discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, gender, nationality, age, ability/disability, origin, sex, health, creed, faith, marital status or spoken language, however needs based asset distribution may be employed in order to address regional deficits in accessibility to state services.''<br />
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Citizens of Sonderian are not required to renounce pre-existing citizenships they may hold and Sonderian citizenship is compatible with all other forms of micronational and macronational citizenship. Citizens are required to pay taxes within the countries in which they earned their wages - ie. duel Sonderian/Australian citizens working in Australia are still required to pay taxes to the Australian government.<br />
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Voting in national elections is compulsory unless an exemption has been granted.<br />
Non-sexual/violent criminal convictions are considered spent after 5 years.<br />
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==Foreign relations==<br />
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[[File:KeeperSpoon.jpg|thumb|left|The Queen presents the Royal Spoon to the Keeper of the Spoon]]<br />
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The Monarch is the symbol of the nation and represents the nation abroad. They have the power to send delegates and nominate ambassadors to international posts and to engage in foreign diplomacy, including the signing of international agreements, protocols and treaties. However, treaties and binding agreements not ratified by the National Parliament within six months of the Monarch’s acceptance are revoked by the President. <br />
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''The Triumvirate’s general foreign policy is one of tolerance and mutually beneficial intermicronational discourse, however the nation’s motto is ‘Always Kindness’, and there is a cultural understanding that, on particular issues, certain political stances are incompatible with satisfactory foreign relations. Nations proactively seeking to incite hate through the proliferation of racist, mysoginist, misandrist, homophobic, or ableist viewpoints are generally understood to be incompatible with the Sonderian world view.''<br />
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The Triumvirate of Sonderan has been a member of the [[Grand Unified Micronational]] since 2019.<br />
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==Military==<br />
The State of Sonderan is committed to peace and amity in the world. Acts undertaken to prepare war or otherwise disturb the peaceful relations between nations are unconstitutional. Whilst the Monarch is the symbolic Commander in Chief of the Self Defence Force, and is empowered to protect Sonderian citizens in a crisis, Sonderan has no standing army and would rely on expert citizens and international assistance in a disaster.<br />
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==Geography and climate==<br />
[[File:Seagull.jpg|thumb|left|The silver gull is the national animal of Sonderan.]]<br />
''Sonderan is divided into Regions, which are themselves divided into Provinces. Within each Province, self governing Households submit to the national government under the constitution, while Special Territories are maintained and managed by the Triumvirs and members of the Royal Family. Households must have permanent residents, but Special Territories do not have this requirement.''<br />
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From a geographic standpoint, the State currently consists of one major Region, ‘Fyrstir’, encompassing the western half of the Mornington Peninsula, containing the Provinces of <br />
Merindarra - administering the Households of Merindarra (the national capital), Vandertilly, Tralorin, and Halehope, as well as the Special Territories of Mountain and Treasure Beach), and;<br />
Olewyddin - administering the Households of Olewyddin and Elskercott, and the Special Territory of Stephen Beach. <br />
Both the Special Territories of Treasure Beach and Stephen Beach are shallow, safe beaches permitting access to Port Philip Bay and are the source of one of Sonderan’s most exported commodities - Sonderian seaglass. The Special Mountain Territory is the highest point in the nation at 305m above sea level.<br />
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[[File:TreasureBeach.jpg|thumb|left|Winter seaglass harvest at the Special Territory of Treasure Beach.]]<br />
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Fyrstir’s cool, maritime climate provides an ideal environment for the growing of produce, and the nation produces regular crops of a range of fruits and vegetables including lemons, tomatoes, olives, figs, loquats, strawberries, snow peas and passionfruit. The capital also produces yoghurt and mushrooms.<br />
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An additional Household, Schneeebveland, is an isolated enclave in the Australian Capital Territory. Schneeebveland is subject to a harsher climate than its southern counterparts, with significantly colder winters and harsher summer temperatures.<br />
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==Economy==<br />
The Sonderian currency, the Sonderian Lyra is divided into ten pennies and is utilised as the primary currency within the nation’s borders. The Sonderian Lyra is tied to the national fruit production, with two Sonderian Lyra being roughly worth two kilograms of harvested fruit, or one jar of jam (or other type of processed fruit).<br />
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[[File:Lemons.jpg|thumb|left|Merindarra lemons are prized for their sweetness and are an integral ingredient of Sonderian cordial and lemon curd.]]<br />
While the nation relies primarily on international imports in order to survive, the government has pledged to invest in cottage industries and boost exports by 2022. Most citizens work internationally and the economy is almost entirely supported by remittances. <br />
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Sonderian Jam is currently produced from a blend of local and imported ingredients.<br />
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==Culture==<br />
[[File:Fanfare.jpg|thumb|left|The Jam Day parade 2019.]]<br />
<br />
''Happiness through Kindness''<br />
<br />
Sonderian citizens strive to be both happy and to develop happiness in others through acts of kindness. These acts of kindness are rewarded through a system of honorary titles bestowed upon those who achieve predetermined ranked milestones. Acts of service are valued more than administrative titles, with hereditary titles considered of least value.<br />
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The Monarchy, while ostensibly noble, performs a subservient role within the national psyche, with the prevalent attitude of both the citizens and the Royal Family focusing on what the Royals can do for the general citizenship.<br />
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The development of culture is a valued responsibility of the National Government and Article 8 of the Constitution enshrines the necessity to both preserve existing cultural practises and facilitate the continued evolution of new ones to enrich the society and cultural life of Sonderian citizens. While individual households are encouraged to develop individualised cultures, outright cultural appropriation of previously oppressed minorities (without reasonably established historical lineage) is not acceptable.<br />
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Sonderians in national dress wear a scarf, shawl, stole or other length of fabric over their left shoulder. Shawls can be representative of rank, clan, or simply citizenship.<br />
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In general, Sonderians prefer to avoid photographs and favour images rendered in watercolour where time permits.<br />
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==Cuisine==<br />
[[File:SonderJam.jpg|thumb|left|Preparation of Jam Day deliveries.]]<br />
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While each Household is encouraged to develop their own unique dishes, the National food is the pancake. Pancakes are eaten for breakfast on both Sonderan Day and Pancake Day.<br />
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Jam holds particular significance: each citizen has a constitutional right to a share of state made jam. Each year ‘Jam Day’ is declared by the Monarch and shares of jam distributed with much fanfare on the day.<br />
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==Benefits of Citizenship==<br />
Citizens of Sonderan are entitled to a number of concrete benefits, aside from the more standard constitutional rights. Citizens of Sonderan are entitled to:<br />
<br />
1. An annual audience with the Queen to discuss ways in which the government might help them to accomplish their own goals. This forms the basis of a somewhat unique take on the Bhutanese concept and implementation of Gross National Happiness policies<br />
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2. At least one story published and archived in the State Chronicles. The State Chronicles honour the etymology of the Sonderian national name and seek to preserve and share the stories of Sonderian citizens in an assertion that each individual is uniquely important and worthy of attention.<br />
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3. A piece of Sonderian Sea Glass from the Royal Treasury<br />
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4. A jar of jam, preserved fruit, or baked good per citizen from the Bank of Sonderan, tri-annually, or more frequently depending on the quantity of fruit produced nationally. <br />
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5. Assume a pseudonym when applying for citizenship. This entitlement links in with a Sonderan preoccupation with anonymity, which is highly sought after and valued. Balancing impact with anonymity remains a strong governmental focus of the Monarchy in particular.<br />
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==National Holidays==<br />
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[[File:JamParade2020.jpg|thumb|left|Jam Parade 2020]]<br />
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''Sonderan observes the following national holidays:''<br />
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'''January 1''': New Year’s Day<br />
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'''January 5''': Sonderan Day - on this day the Monarch customarily announces the type of jam to be distributed on Jam Day. In a special ceremony, the Royal Spoon is presented to the Keeper of the Spoon. Pancakes are eaten for dinner.<br />
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'''Second Sunday in January''': Jam Day - on this day each eligible citizen receives their jar of Sonderian Jam from the Bank of Sonderan. Citizens wear red and a parade is held in the Capital.<br />
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'''January 21''': Hugging Day<br />
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'''March 5''': Pancake Tuesday<br />
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'''April 19''': Good Friday<br />
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'''April 20''': Easter Saturday<br />
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'''April 21''': Easter Sunday<br />
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'''April 25''': ANZAC Day<br />
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'''Second Sunday in May''': Mother’s Day<br />
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'''First Saturday in June''': Merry Fig Day - on this day citizens gather in groups to share warm foods, such as soup and casseroles, and to exchange cards of friendship and thanks. Candles are lit, there is music and dancing and citizens wear blue. Whoever finds the fig in their Merry fig Day biscuit leads the dance.<br />
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'''First Sunday in September''': Father’s Day<br />
<br />
'''Second weekend in October''': Chicken Festival - on this day citizens wear white and participate in a festival celebrating spring. Coloured water is thrown, murals are painted and picnics held. Over the course of the day the previously white clothes donned by citizens become increasingly colourful. This is also Census Day and the day on which ‘chickens are counted’.<br />
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'''First Tuesday in November''': Henry Mortlock Memorial Hat Day - on this day, citizens are encouraged to make their own hats from household materials and wear their creations with pride<br />
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'''November 11''': Remembrance Day<br />
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'''November 13''': World Kindness Day<br />
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'''November 26''': Wizzypops Day - Christmas begins and all Christmas Trees in the nation are erected<br />
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'''November 30''': Salmon Pie Day - on which salmon pie is consumed<br />
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'''December 24''': Christmas Eve<br />
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'''December 25''': Christmas Day<br />
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'''December 26''': Boxing Day<br />
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'''December 31''': New Year’s Day<br />
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==Media==<br />
The Sonderian Gazette is a government funded news service initially set up to broadcast twitter updates on important news within the Triumvirate for an international audience.<br />
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As the number of citizens and territories begin to grow, the Gazette’s activities will expand to include internal news publications which, in turn, will provide content for the news section of the official government website.<br />
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The government funded Sonderian Radio Service will broadcast a monthly program aimed primarily at a local audience, although international listeners will be able to tune in. This service will be launched on Sonderan Day 2020.<br />
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<div>'''Sonderan''', officially the '''Triumvirate of Sonderan''', is a small, self-declared country, commonly known as a [[micronation]], founded on 5 January 2018 on the Mornington Peninsula in [[w:Victoria, Australia|Victoria]], [[w:Australia|Australia]]. A [[w:Secularism|secular]], constitutional triumvirate, the nation has three, ostensibly equal, [[head of state|heads of state]] known as 'the Triumvirs'.<br />
<br />
Founded on a 'conviction in the transcendental value of human kindness', the government has a constitutional obligation to work towards enhancing the happiness, wellbeing and safety of its citizens and people everywhere whilst promoting international communication, transparency and freedom of movement. <br />
{{Infobox nation<br />
|name = Triumvirate of Sonderan<br />
|image1 = [[File:Sonderian Flag.jpeg|150px]]<br />
|motto = ‘Always Kindness’<br />
|location = Enclaved by the state of Victoria, Australia<br />
|capital = Merindarra, meaning ‘strength’ <br />
|languages = Sonderian; Australian English<br />
|religions = Secular state<br />
|shortname = Sonderan<br />
|demonym = Sonderians<br />
|government = Secular, sovereign, constitutional triumvirate<br />
|head of government and state = The Triumvirs: the Monarch (Queen/King), the President, and the Chancellor<br />
|legislature = Parliament<br />
|established = [[2018]]<br />
|population = 25<br />
|population_notes = (as of 2019 census)<br />
|currency = Sonderian Lyra<br />
|time_zone = UTC+10:00<br />
|nat_animal = Silver gull<br />
<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Etymology==<br />
Sonderan takes its name from the word ‘sonder’ as defined in the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig:<br />
''The realisation that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own - populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness - an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk.'''<br />
<br />
Within the nation itself, the name places particular emphasis on the significance of individual community contributions, encouraging citizens to identify their own worth and the value of the people around them in order to build meaningful societal connections.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
[[File:Stephenbeach1.jpg|thumb|left|Members of the Royal Family visit the Special Territory of Stephen Beach.]]<br />
The Triumvirate of Sonderan was founded after a two year research and consultation process. <br />
<br />
Initially fuelled as a protest against the human rights abuses perpetuated by successive Australian Governments against asylum seekers in the name of ‘national security’, the founders were influenced by an insistence by deposed Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott that new citizens of Australia could not be considered legal citizens unless they had sworn a formal oath of allegiance. It was extrapolated that, this being so, oaths of allegiance were transferable and extendable to both external citizenship claims and property rights. <br />
<br />
Prior to its foundation, the underlying emphasis of the nation morphed from one of protest into a push for change in community attitudes. At the time of its declaration of independence it was conceptually a kindness movement, seeking to promote tolerance and individual/community happiness through culture and targeted initiatives.<br />
<br />
The nation of Sonderan was formally declared on 5 January 2018, with Cedar as ‘Monarch Apparent’ heading the caretaker government. It would take twelve months for the Sonderian constitution to be drafted, reviewed and ratified. During this time the state was declared a triumvirate and the Sonderian flag commissioned.<br />
<br />
The Constitution of the Triumvirate of Sonderan was officially signed into law on 5 January 2019, with Cedar ascending the throne as Monarch and head of a, now constitutionally sanctioned, caretaker government.<br />
<br />
==Government and politics==<br />
[[File:QueenCedar.jpg|thumb|left|HM Cedar, Queen of Sonderan.]]<br />
<br />
''As a constitutional triumvirate, Sonderan has three heads of state, the ‘Triumvirs’.''<br />
<br />
The role of the Monarch is a hereditary position and represents the executive functions of the nation. The Monarch is responsible for international relations and for the day to day running of the nation. This is achieved with assistance of the Royal Council, an administrative group made up of representatives from each of the nation’s provinces.<br />
<br />
The role of the President is an elected position and represents the legislative functions of the nation. The President coordinates the National Parliament.<br />
<br />
The role of the Chancellor is also an elected position, although the candidates are initially sorted into eligibility for the role. The Chancellor represents the judicial functions of the nation.<br />
<br />
The National Parliament is made up of two houses. <br />
<br />
The Lower House, known as the National Assembly, has two deputations: the Primary Deputation and the Secondary Deputation. The Primary Deputation is democratically elected in national elections overseen by the Chancellor’s office. Once elected, the President and the Vice President are elected by the Primary Deputation from among their members. <br />
<br />
The Secondary Deputation is selected by sortition based on fair representation. Once sorted into the Secondary Deputation, they elect the new Chancellor and Vice Chancellor from among their members. As neither the Chancellor nor the Vice Chancellor hold a vote in the National Assembly once elected, the Secondary Deputation will always have two less seated members than the Primary Deputation. <br />
<br />
The Upper House, known as the Senate, is made up of senators selected on the basis of merit, each representing the most qualified/experienced Sonderian citizen in each of the following fields: Arts and Culture, Economics, Education, Environment, Health, Information Technology, Law, Science, Social Sciences. There are also constitutional provisions for up to three extra senators selected from fields identified by the Triumvirs as representing specific areas of need.<br />
<br />
Legislation must be passed by both houses before being signed by the President into law.<br />
<br />
The Sonderian Constitution has particular articles devoted to the expected growth of the nation within realistic timeframes. The Caretaker Government is currently administrating all governmental functions until the citizen threshold for the activation of the Triumvirate Government is triggered.<br />
<br />
==Law and order==<br />
The Chancellor is responsible for ensuring the transparency and integrity of the judicial system, although they have no jurisdiction over individual judgments. The Chancellor’s office is responsible for overseeing national elections, the sortition process and coordinating the selection of Judges and the Chief Justice of the Sonderian Supreme Court.<br />
<br />
''It is illegal in Sonderan to negatively discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, gender, nationality, age, ability/disability, origin, sex, health, creed, faith, marital status or spoken language, however needs based asset distribution may be employed in order to address regional deficits in accessibility to state services.''<br />
<br />
Citizens of Sonderian are not required to renounce pre-existing citizenships they may hold and Sonderian citizenship is compatible with all other forms of micronational and macronational citizenship. Citizens are required to pay taxes within the countries in which they earned their wages - ie. duel Sonderian/Australian citizens working in Australia are still required to pay taxes to the Australian government.<br />
<br />
Voting in national elections is compulsory unless an exemption has been granted.<br />
Non-sexual/violent criminal convictions are considered spent after 5 years.<br />
<br />
==Foreign relations==<br />
<br />
[[File:KeeperSpoon.jpg|thumb|left|The Queen presents the Royal Spoon to the Keeper of the Spoon]]<br />
<br />
<br />
The Monarch is the symbol of the nation and represents the nation abroad. They have the power to send delegates and nominate ambassadors to international posts and to engage in foreign diplomacy, including the signing of international agreements, protocols and treaties. However, treaties and binding agreements not ratified by the National Parliament within six months of the Monarch’s acceptance are revoked by the President. <br />
<br />
''The Triumvirate’s general foreign policy is one of tolerance and mutually beneficial intermicronational discourse, however the nation’s motto is ‘Always Kindness’, and there is a cultural understanding that, on particular issues, certain political stances are incompatible with satisfactory foreign relations. Nations proactively seeking to incite hate through the proliferation of racist, mysoginist, misandrist, homophobic, or ableist viewpoints are generally understood to be incompatible with the Sonderian world view.<br />
<br />
==Military==<br />
The State of Sonderan is committed to peace and amity in the world. Acts undertaken to prepare war or otherwise disturb the peaceful relations between nations are unconstitutional. Whilst the Monarch is the symbolic Commander in Chief of the Self Defence Force, and is empowered to protect Sonderian citizens in a crisis, Sonderan has no standing army and would rely on expert citizens and international assistance in a disaster.<br />
<br />
==Geography and climate==<br />
[[File:Seagull.jpg|thumb|left|The silver gull is the national animal of Sonderan.]]<br />
''Sonderan is divided into Regions, which are themselves divided into Provinces. Within each Province, self governing Households submit to the national government under the constitution, while Special Territories are maintained and managed by the Triumvirs and members of the Royal Family. Households must have permanent residents, but Special Territories do not have this requirement.''<br />
<br />
From a geographic standpoint, the State currently consists of one major Region, ‘Fyrstir’, encompassing the western half of the Mornington Peninsula, containing the Provinces of <br />
Merindarra - administering the Households of Merindarra (the national capital), Vandertilly, Tralorin, and Halehope, as well as the Special Territories of Mountain and Treasure Beach), and;<br />
Olewyddin - administering the Households of Olewyddin and Elskercott, and the Special Territory of Stephen Beach. <br />
Both the Special Territories of Treasure Beach and Stephen Beach are shallow, safe beaches permitting access to Port Philip Bay and are the source of one of Sonderan’s most exported commodities - Sonderian seaglass. The Special Mountain Territory is the highest point in the nation at 305m above sea level.<br />
<br />
[[File:TreasureBeach.jpg|thumb|left|Winter seaglass harvest at the Special Territory of Treasure Beach.]]<br />
<br />
Fyrstir’s cool, maritime climate provides an ideal environment for the growing of produce, and the nation produces regular crops of a range of fruits and vegetables including lemons, tomatoes, olives, figs, loquats, strawberries, snow peas and passionfruit. The capital also produces yoghurt and mushrooms.<br />
<br />
An additional Household, Schneeebveland, is an isolated enclave in the Australian Capital Territory. Schneeebveland is subject to a harsher climate than its southern counterparts, with significantly colder winters and harsher summer temperatures.<br />
<br />
==Economy==<br />
The Sonderian currency, the Sonderian Lyra is divided into ten pennies and is utilised as the primary currency within the nation’s borders. The Sonderian Lyra is tied to the national fruit production, with two Sonderian Lyra being roughly worth two kilograms of harvested fruit, or one jar of jam (or other type of processed fruit).<br />
<br />
[[File:Lemons.jpg|thumb|left|Merindarra lemons are prized for their sweetness and are an integral ingredient of Sonderian cordial and lemon curd.]]<br />
While the nation relies primarily on international imports in order to survive, the government has pledged to invest in cottage industries and boost exports by 2022. Most citizens work internationally and the economy is almost entirely supported by remittances. <br />
<br />
Sonderian Jam is currently produced from a blend of local and imported ingredients.<br />
<br />
==Culture==<br />
[[File:Fanfare.jpg|thumb|left|The Jam Day parade 2019.]]<br />
<br />
''Happiness through Kindness''<br />
<br />
Sonderian citizens strive to be both happy and to develop happiness in others through acts of kindness. These acts of kindness are rewarded through a system of honorary titles bestowed upon those who achieve predetermined ranked milestones. Acts of service are valued more than administrative titles, with hereditary titles considered of least value.<br />
<br />
The Monarchy, while ostensibly noble, performs a subservient role within the national psyche, with the prevalent attitude of both the citizens and the Royal Family focusing on what the Royals can do for the general citizenship.<br />
<br />
The development of culture is a valued responsibility of the National Government and Article 8 of the Constitution enshrines the necessity to both preserve existing cultural practises and facilitate the continued evolution of new ones to enrich the society and cultural life of Sonderian citizens. While individual households are encouraged to develop individualised cultures, outright cultural appropriation of previously oppressed minorities (without reasonably established historical lineage) is not acceptable.<br />
<br />
Sonderians in national dress wear a scarf, shawl, stole or other length of fabric over their left shoulder. Shawls can be representative of rank, clan, or simply citizenship.<br />
<br />
In general, Sonderians prefer to avoid photographs and favour images rendered in watercolour where time permits.<br />
<br />
==Cuisine==<br />
[[File:SonderJam.jpg|thumb|left|Preparation of Jam Day deliveries.]]<br />
<br />
While each Household is encouraged to develop their own unique dishes, the National food is the pancake. Pancakes are eaten for breakfast on both Sonderan Day and Pancake Day.<br />
<br />
Jam holds particular significance: each citizen has a constitutional right to a share of state made jam. Each year ‘Jam Day’ is declared by the Monarch and shares of jam distributed with much fanfare on the day.<br />
<br />
==Benefits of Citizenship==<br />
Citizens of Sonderan are entitled to a number of concrete benefits, aside from the more standard constitutional rights. Citizens of Sonderan are entitled to:<br />
<br />
1. An annual audience with the Queen to discuss ways in which the government might help them to accomplish their own goals. This forms the basis of a somewhat unique take on the Bhutanese concept and implementation of Gross National Happiness policies<br />
<br />
2. At least one story published and archived in the State Chronicles. The State Chronicles honour the etymology of the Sonderian national name and seek to preserve and share the stories of Sonderian citizens in an assertion that each individual is uniquely important and worthy of attention.<br />
<br />
3. A piece of Sonderian Sea Glass from the Royal Treasury<br />
<br />
4. A jar of jam, preserved fruit, or baked good per citizen from the Bank of Sonderan, tri-annually, or more frequently depending on the quantity of fruit produced nationally. <br />
<br />
5. Assume a pseudonym when applying for citizenship. This entitlement links in with a Sonderan preoccupation with anonymity, which is highly sought after and valued. Balancing impact with anonymity remains a strong governmental focus of the Monarchy in particular.<br />
<br />
==National Holidays==<br />
<br />
[[File:JamParade2020.jpg|thumb|left|Jam Parade 2020]]<br />
<br />
''Sonderan observes the following national holidays:''<br />
<br />
'''January 1''': New Year’s Day<br />
<br />
'''January 5''': Sonderan Day - on this day the Monarch customarily announces the type of jam to be distributed on Jam Day. In a special ceremony, the Royal Spoon is presented to the Keeper of the Spoon. Pancakes are eaten for dinner.<br />
<br />
'''Second Sunday in January''': Jam Day - on this day each eligible citizen receives their jar of Sonderian Jam from the Bank of Sonderan. Citizens wear red and a parade is held in the Capital.<br />
<br />
'''January 21''': Hugging Day<br />
<br />
'''March 5''': Pancake Tuesday<br />
<br />
'''April 19''': Good Friday<br />
<br />
'''April 20''': Easter Saturday<br />
<br />
'''April 21''': Easter Sunday<br />
<br />
'''April 25''': ANZAC Day<br />
<br />
'''Second Sunday in May''': Mother’s Day<br />
<br />
'''First Saturday in June''': Merry Fig Day - on this day citizens gather in groups to share warm foods, such as soup and casseroles, and to exchange cards of friendship and thanks. Candles are lit, there is music and dancing and citizens wear blue. Whoever finds the fig in their Merry fig Day biscuit leads the dance.<br />
<br />
'''First Sunday in September''': Father’s Day<br />
<br />
'''Second weekend in October''': Chicken Festival - on this day citizens wear white and participate in a festival celebrating spring. Coloured water is thrown, murals are painted and picnics held. Over the course of the day the previously white clothes donned by citizens become increasingly colourful. This is also Census Day and the day on which ‘chickens are counted’.<br />
<br />
'''First Tuesday in November''': Henry Mortlock Memorial Hat Day - on this day, citizens are encouraged to make their own hats from household materials and wear their creations with pride<br />
<br />
'''November 11''': Remembrance Day<br />
<br />
'''November 13''': World Kindness Day<br />
<br />
'''November 26''': Wizzypops Day - Christmas begins and all Christmas Trees in the nation are erected<br />
<br />
'''November 30''': Salmon Pie Day - on which salmon pie is consumed<br />
<br />
'''December 24''': Christmas Eve<br />
<br />
'''December 25''': Christmas Day<br />
<br />
'''December 26''': Boxing Day<br />
<br />
'''December 31''': New Year’s Day<br />
<br />
==Media==<br />
The Sonderian Gazette is a government funded news service initially set up to broadcast twitter updates on important news within the Triumvirate for an international audience.<br />
<br />
As the number of citizens and territories begin to grow, the Gazette’s activities will expand to include internal news publications which, in turn, will provide content for the news section of the official government website.<br />
<br />
The government funded Sonderian Radio Service will broadcast a monthly program aimed primarily at a local audience, although international listeners will be able to tune in. This service will be launched on Sonderan Day 2020.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Grand Unified Micronational member states]]<br />
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<div>'''Sonderan''', officially the '''Triumvirate of Sonderan''', is a small, self-declared country, commonly known as a [[micronation]], founded on 5 January 2018 on the Mornington Peninsula in [[w:Victoria, Australia|Victoria]], [[w:Australia|Australia]]. A [[w:Secularism|secular]], constitutional triumvirate, the nation has three, ostensibly equal, [[head of state|heads of state]] known as 'the Triumvirs'.<br />
<br />
Founded on a 'conviction in the transcendental value of human kindness', the government has a constitutional obligation to work towards enhancing the happiness, wellbeing and safety of its citizens and people everywhere whilst promoting international communication, transparency and freedom of movement. <br />
{{Infobox nation<br />
|name = Triumvirate of Sonderan<br />
|image1 = [[File:Sonderian Flag.jpeg|150px]]<br />
|motto = ‘Always Kindness’<br />
|location = Enclaved by the state of Victoria, Australia<br />
|capital = Merindarra, meaning ‘strength’ <br />
|languages = Sonderian; Australian English<br />
|religions = Secular state<br />
|shortname = Sonderan<br />
|demonym = Sonderians<br />
|government = Secular, sovereign, constitutional triumvirate<br />
|head of government and state = The Triumvirs: the Monarch (Queen/King), the President, and the Chancellor<br />
|legislature = Parliament<br />
|established = [[2018]]<br />
|population = 25<br />
|population_notes = (as of 2019 census)<br />
|currency = Sonderian Lyra<br />
|time_zone = UTC+10:00<br />
|nat_animal = Silver gull<br />
<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Etymology==<br />
Sonderan takes its name from the word ‘sonder’ as defined in the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig:<br />
''The realisation that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own - populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness - an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk.'''<br />
<br />
Within the nation itself, the name places particular emphasis on the significance of individual community contributions, encouraging citizens to identify their own worth and the value of the people around them in order to build meaningful societal connections.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
[[File:Stephenbeach1.jpg|thumb|left|Members of the Royal Family visit the Special Territory of Stephen Beach.]]<br />
The Triumvirate of Sonderan was founded after a two year research and consultation process. <br />
<br />
Initially fuelled as a protest against the human rights abuses perpetuated by successive Australian Governments against asylum seekers in the name of ‘national security’, the founders were influenced by an insistence by deposed Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott that new citizens of Australia could not be considered legal citizens unless they had sworn a formal oath of allegiance. It was extrapolated that, this being so, oaths of allegiance were transferable and extendable to both external citizenship claims and property rights. <br />
<br />
Prior to its foundation, the underlying emphasis of the nation morphed from one of protest into a push for change in community attitudes. At the time of its declaration of independence it was conceptually a kindness movement, seeking to promote tolerance and individual/community happiness through culture and targeted initiatives.<br />
<br />
The nation of Sonderan was formally declared on 5 January 2018, with Cedar as ‘Monarch Apparent’ heading the caretaker government. It would take twelve months for the Sonderian constitution to be drafted, reviewed and ratified. During this time the state was declared a triumvirate and the Sonderian flag commissioned.<br />
<br />
The Constitution of the Triumvirate of Sonderan was officially signed into law on 5 January 2019, with Cedar ascending the throne as Monarch and head of a, now constitutionally sanctioned, caretaker government.<br />
<br />
==Government and politics==<br />
[[File:QueenCedar.jpg|thumb|left|HM Cedar, Queen of Sonderan.]]<br />
<br />
''As a constitutional triumvirate, Sonderan has three heads of state, the ‘Triumvirs’.''<br />
<br />
The role of the Monarch is a hereditary position and represents the executive functions of the nation. The Monarch is responsible for international relations and for the day to day running of the nation. This is achieved with assistance of the Royal Council, an administrative group made up of representatives from each of the nation’s provinces.<br />
<br />
The role of the President is an elected position and represents the legislative functions of the nation. The President coordinates the National Parliament.<br />
<br />
The role of the Chancellor is also an elected position, although the candidates are initially sorted into eligibility for the role. The Chancellor represents the judicial functions of the nation.<br />
<br />
The National Parliament is made up of two houses. <br />
<br />
The Lower House, known as the National Assembly, has two deputations: the Primary Deputation and the Secondary Deputation. The Primary Deputation is democratically elected in national elections overseen by the Chancellor’s office. Once elected, the President and the Vice President are elected by the Primary Deputation from among their members. <br />
<br />
The Secondary Deputation is selected by sortition based on fair representation. Once sorted into the Secondary Deputation, they elect the new Chancellor and Vice Chancellor from among their members. As neither the Chancellor nor the Vice Chancellor hold a vote in the National Assembly once elected, the Secondary Deputation will always have two less seated members than the Primary Deputation. <br />
<br />
The Upper House, known as the Senate, is made up of senators selected on the basis of merit, each representing the most qualified/experienced Sonderian citizen in each of the following fields: Arts and Culture, Economics, Education, Environment, Health, Information Technology, Law, Science, Social Sciences. There are also constitutional provisions for up to three extra senators selected from fields identified by the Triumvirs as representing specific areas of need.<br />
<br />
Legislation must be passed by both houses before being signed by the President into law.<br />
<br />
The Sonderian Constitution has particular articles devoted to the expected growth of the nation within realistic timeframes. The Caretaker Government is currently administrating all governmental functions until the citizen threshold for the activation of the Triumvirate Government is triggered.<br />
<br />
==Law and order==<br />
The Chancellor is responsible for ensuring the transparency and integrity of the judicial system, although they have no jurisdiction over individual judgments. The Chancellor’s office is responsible for overseeing national elections, the sortition process and coordinating the selection of Judges and the Chief Justice of the Sonderian Supreme Court.<br />
<br />
''It is illegal in Sonderan to negatively discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, gender, nationality, age, ability/disability, origin, sex, health, creed, faith, marital status or spoken language, however needs based asset distribution may be employed in order to address regional deficits in accessibility to state services.''<br />
<br />
Citizens of Sonderian are not required to renounce pre-existing citizenships they may hold and Sonderian citizenship is compatible with all other forms of micronational and macronational citizenship. Citizens are required to pay taxes within the countries in which they earned their wages - ie. duel Sonderian/Australian citizens working in Australia are still required to pay taxes to the Australian government.<br />
<br />
Voting in national elections is compulsory unless an exemption has been granted.<br />
Non-sexual/violent criminal convictions are considered spent after 5 years.<br />
<br />
==Foreign relations==<br />
<br />
[[File:KeeperSpoon.jpg|thumb|left|The Queen presents the Royal Spoon to the Keeper of the Spoon]]<br />
<br />
<br />
The Monarch is the symbol of the nation and represents the nation abroad. They have the power to send delegates and nominate ambassadors to international posts and to engage in foreign diplomacy, including the signing of international agreements, protocols and treaties. However, treaties and binding agreements not ratified by the National Parliament within six months of the Monarch’s acceptance are revoked by the President. <br />
<br />
''The Triumvirate’s general foreign policy is one of tolerance and mutually beneficial intermicronational discourse, however the nation’s motto is ‘Always Kindness’, and there is a cultural understanding that, on particular issues, certain political stances are incompatible with satisfactory foreign relations. Nations proactively seeking to incite hate through the proliferation of racist, mysoginist, misandrist, homophobic, or ableist viewpoints are generally understood to be incompatible with the Sonderian world view.<br />
<br />
==Military==<br />
The State of Sonderan is committed to peace and amity in the world. Acts undertaken to prepare war or otherwise disturb the peaceful relations between nations are unconstitutional. Whilst the Monarch is the symbolic Commander in Chief of the Self Defence Force, and is empowered to protect Sonderian citizens in a crisis, Sonderan has no standing army and would rely on expert citizens and international assistance in a disaster.<br />
<br />
==Geography and climate==<br />
[[File:Seagull.jpg|thumb|left|The silver gull is the national animal of Sonderan.]]<br />
''Sonderan is divided into Regions, which are themselves divided into Provinces. Within each Province, self governing Households submit to the national government under the constitution, while Special Territories are maintained and managed by the Triumvirs and members of the Royal Family. Households must have permanent residents, but Special Territories do not have this requirement.''<br />
<br />
From a geographic standpoint, the State currently consists of one major Region, ‘Fyrstir’, encompassing the western half of the Mornington Peninsula, containing the Provinces of <br />
Merindarra - administering the Households of Merindarra (the national capital), Vandertilly, Tralorin, and Halehope, as well as the Special Territories of Mountain and Treasure Beach), and;<br />
Olewyddin - administering the Households of Olewyddin and Elskercott, and the Special Territory of Stephen Beach. <br />
Both the Special Territories of Treasure Beach and Stephen Beach are shallow, safe beaches permitting access to Port Philip Bay and are the source of one of Sonderan’s most exported commodities - Sonderian seaglass. The Special Mountain Territory is the highest point in the nation at 305m above sea level.<br />
<br />
[[File:TreasureBeach.jpg|thumb|left|Winter seaglass harvest at the Special Territory of Treasure Beach.]]<br />
<br />
Fyrstir’s cool, maritime climate provides an ideal environment for the growing of produce, and the nation produces regular crops of a range of fruits and vegetables including lemons, tomatoes, olives, figs, loquats, strawberries, snow peas and passionfruit. The capital also produces yoghurt and mushrooms.<br />
<br />
An additional Household, Schneeebveland, is an isolated enclave in the Australian Capital Territory. Schneeebveland is subject to a harsher climate than its southern counterparts, with significantly colder winters and harsher summer temperatures.<br />
<br />
==Economy==<br />
The Sonderian currency, the Sonderian Lyra is divided into ten pennies and is utilised as the primary currency within the nation’s borders. The Sonderian Lyra is tied to the national fruit production, with two Sonderian Lyra being roughly worth two kilograms of harvested fruit, or one jar of jam (or other type of processed fruit).<br />
<br />
[[File:Lemons.jpg|thumb|left|Merindarra lemons are prized for their sweetness and are an integral ingredient of Sonderian cordial and lemon curd.]]<br />
While the nation relies primarily on international imports in order to survive, the government has pledged to invest in cottage industries and boost exports by 2022. Most citizens work internationally and the economy is almost entirely supported by remittances. <br />
<br />
Sonderian Jam is currently produced from a blend of local and imported ingredients.<br />
<br />
==Culture==<br />
[[File:Fanfare.jpg|thumb|left|The Jam Day parade 2019.]]<br />
<br />
''Happiness through Kindness''<br />
<br />
Sonderian citizens strive to be both happy and to develop happiness in others through acts of kindness. These acts of kindness are rewarded through a system of honorary titles bestowed upon those who achieve predetermined ranked milestones. Acts of service are valued more than administrative titles, with hereditary titles considered of least value.<br />
<br />
The Monarchy, while ostensibly noble, performs a subservient role within the national psyche, with the prevalent attitude of both the citizens and the Royal Family focusing on what the Royals can do for the general citizenship.<br />
<br />
The development of culture is a valued responsibility of the National Government and Article 8 of the Constitution enshrines the necessity to both preserve existing cultural practises and facilitate the continued evolution of new ones to enrich the society and cultural life of Sonderian citizens. While individual households are encouraged to develop individualised cultures, outright cultural appropriation of previously oppressed minorities (without reasonably established historical lineage) is not acceptable.<br />
<br />
Sonderians in national dress wear a scarf, shawl, stole or other length of fabric over their left shoulder. Shawls can be representative of rank, clan, or simply citizenship.<br />
<br />
In general, Sonderians prefer to avoid photographs and favour images rendered in watercolour where time permits.<br />
<br />
==Cuisine==<br />
[[File:SonderJam.jpg|thumb|left|Preparation of Jam Day deliveries.]]<br />
<br />
While each Household is encouraged to develop their own unique dishes, the National food is the pancake. Pancakes are eaten for breakfast on both Sonderan Day and Pancake Day.<br />
<br />
Jam holds particular significance: each citizen has a constitutional right to a share of state made jam. Each year ‘Jam Day’ is declared by the Monarch and shares of jam distributed with much fanfare on the day.<br />
<br />
==Benefits of Citizenship==<br />
Citizens of Sonderan are entitled to a number of concrete benefits, aside from the more standard constitutional rights. Citizens of Sonderan are entitled to:<br />
<br />
1. An annual audience with the Queen to discuss ways in which the government might help them to accomplish their own goals. This forms the basis of a somewhat unique take on the Bhutanese concept and implementation of Gross National Happiness policies<br />
<br />
2. At least one story published and archived in the State Chronicles. The State Chronicles honour the etymology of the Sonderian national name and seek to preserve and share the stories of Sonderian citizens in an assertion that each individual is uniquely important and worthy of attention.<br />
<br />
3. A piece of Sonderian Sea Glass from the Royal Treasury<br />
<br />
4. A jar of jam, preserved fruit, or baked good per citizen from the Bank of Sonderan, tri-annually, or more frequently depending on the quantity of fruit produced nationally. <br />
<br />
5. Assume a pseudonym when applying for citizenship. This entitlement links in with a Sonderan preoccupation with anonymity, which is highly sought after and valued. Balancing impact with anonymity remains a strong governmental focus of the Monarchy in particular.<br />
<br />
==National Holidays==<br />
<br />
[[File:JamParade2020.jpg|thumb|left|Jam Parade 2020]]<br />
<br />
''Sonderan observes the following national holidays:''<br />
<br />
'''January 1''': New Year’s Day<br />
<br />
'''January 5''': Sonderan Day - on this day the Monarch customarily announces the type of jam to be distributed on Jam Day. In a special ceremony, the Royal Spoon is presented to the Keeper of the Spoon. Pancakes are eaten for dinner.<br />
<br />
'''Second Sunday in January''': Jam Day - on this day each eligible citizen receives their jar of Sonderian Jam from the Bank of Sonderan. Citizens wear red and a parade is held in the Capital.<br />
<br />
'''January 21''': Hugging Day<br />
<br />
'''March 5''': Pancake Tuesday<br />
<br />
'''April 19''': Good Friday<br />
<br />
'''April 20''': Easter Saturday<br />
<br />
'''April 21''': Easter Sunday<br />
<br />
'''April 25''': ANZAC Day<br />
<br />
'''Second Sunday in May''': Mother’s Day<br />
<br />
'''First Saturday in June''': Merry Fig Day - on this day citizens gather in groups to share warm foods, such as soup and casseroles, and to exchange cards of friendship and thanks. Candles are lit, there is music and dancing and citizens wear blue. Whoever finds the fig in their Merry fig Day biscuit leads the dance.<br />
<br />
'''First Sunday in September''': Father’s Day<br />
<br />
'''September 19''': Talk Like a Pirate Day<br />
<br />
'''Second weekend in October''': Chicken Festival - on this day citizens wear white and participate in a festival celebrating spring. Coloured water is thrown, murals are painted and picnics held. Over the course of the day the previously white clothes donned by citizens become increasingly colourful. This is also Census Day and the day on which ‘chickens are counted’.<br />
<br />
'''First Tuesday in November''': Henry Mortlock Memorial Hat Day - on this day, citizens are encouraged to make their own hats from household materials and wear their creations with pride<br />
<br />
'''November 11''': Remembrance Day<br />
<br />
'''November 13''': World Kindness Day<br />
<br />
'''November 26''': Wizzypops Day - Christmas begins and all Christmas Trees in the nation are erected<br />
<br />
'''November 30''': Salmon Pie Day - on which salmon pie is consumed<br />
<br />
'''December 24''': Christmas Eve<br />
<br />
'''December 25''': Christmas Day<br />
<br />
'''December 26''': Boxing Day<br />
<br />
'''December 31''': New Year’s Day<br />
<br />
==Media==<br />
The Sonderian Gazette is a government funded news service initially set up to broadcast twitter updates on important news within the Triumvirate for an international audience.<br />
<br />
As the number of citizens and territories begin to grow, the Gazette’s activities will expand to include internal news publications which, in turn, will provide content for the news section of the official government website.<br />
<br />
The government funded Sonderian Radio Service will broadcast a monthly program aimed primarily at a local audience, although international listeners will be able to tune in. This service will be launched on Sonderan Day 2020.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Grand Unified Micronational member states]]<br />
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<div>'''Sonderan''', officially the '''Triumvirate of Sonderan''', is a small, self-declared country, commonly known as a [[micronation]], founded on 5 January 2018 on the Mornington Peninsula in [[w:Victoria, Australia|Victoria]], [[w:Australia|Australia]]. A [[w:Secularism|secular]], constitutional triumvirate, the nation has three, ostensibly equal, [[head of state|heads of state]] known as 'the Triumvirs'.<br />
<br />
Founded on a 'conviction in the transcendental value of human kindness', the government has a constitutional obligation to work towards enhancing the happiness, wellbeing and safety of its citizens and people everywhere whilst promoting international communication, transparency and freedom of movement. <br />
{{Infobox nation<br />
|name = Triumvirate of Sonderan<br />
|image1 = [[File:Sonderian Flag.jpeg|150px]]<br />
|motto = ‘Always Kindness’<br />
|location = Enclaved by the state of Victoria, Australia<br />
|capital = Merindarra, meaning ‘strength’ <br />
|languages = Sonderian; Australian English<br />
|religions = Secular state<br />
|shortname = Sonderan<br />
|demonym = Sonderians<br />
|government = Secular, sovereign, constitutional triumvirate<br />
|head of government and state = The Triumvirs: the Monarch (Queen/King), the President, and the Chancellor<br />
|legislature = Parliament<br />
|established = [[2018]]<br />
|population = 25<br />
|population_notes = (as of 2019 census)<br />
|currency = Sonderian Lyra<br />
|time_zone = UTC+10:00<br />
|nat_animal = Silver gull<br />
<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Etymology==<br />
Sonderan takes its name from the word ‘sonder’ as defined in the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig:<br />
''The realisation that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own - populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness - an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk.'''<br />
<br />
Within the nation itself, the name places particular emphasis on the significance of individual community contributions, encouraging citizens to identify their own worth and the value of the people around them in order to build meaningful societal connections.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
[[File:Stephenbeach1.jpg|thumb|left|Members of the Royal Family visit the Special Territory of Stephen Beach.]]<br />
The Triumvirate of Sonderan was founded after a two year research and consultation process. <br />
<br />
Initially fuelled as a protest against the human rights abuses perpetuated by successive Australian Governments against asylum seekers in the name of ‘national security’, the founders were influenced by an insistence by deposed Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott that new citizens of Australia could not be considered legal citizens unless they had sworn a formal oath of allegiance. It was extrapolated that, this being so, oaths of allegiance were transferable and extendable to both external citizenship claims and property rights. <br />
<br />
Prior to its foundation, the underlying emphasis of the nation morphed from one of protest into a push for change in community attitudes. At the time of its declaration of independence it was conceptually a kindness movement, seeking to promote tolerance and individual/community happiness through culture and targeted initiatives.<br />
<br />
The nation of Sonderan was formally declared on 5 January 2018, with Cedar as ‘Monarch Apparent’ heading the caretaker government. It would take twelve months for the Sonderian constitution to be drafted, reviewed and ratified. During this time the state was declared a triumvirate and the Sonderian flag commissioned.<br />
<br />
The Constitution of the Triumvirate of Sonderan was officially signed into law on 5 January 2019, with Cedar ascending the throne as Monarch and head of a, now constitutionally sanctioned, caretaker government.<br />
<br />
==Government and politics==<br />
[[File:QueenCedar.jpg|thumb|left|HM Cedar, Queen of Sonderan.]]<br />
<br />
''As a constitutional triumvirate, Sonderan has three heads of state, the ‘Triumvirs’.''<br />
<br />
The role of the Monarch is a hereditary position and represents the executive functions of the nation. The Monarch is responsible for international relations and for the day to day running of the nation. This is achieved with assistance of the Royal Council, an administrative group made up of representatives from each of the nation’s provinces.<br />
<br />
The role of the President is an elected position and represents the legislative functions of the nation. The President coordinates the National Parliament.<br />
<br />
The role of the Chancellor is also an elected position, although the candidates are initially sorted into eligibility for the role. The Chancellor represents the judicial functions of the nation.<br />
<br />
The National Parliament is made up of two houses. <br />
<br />
The Lower House, known as the National Assembly, has two deputations: the Primary Deputation and the Secondary Deputation. The Primary Deputation is democratically elected in national elections overseen by the Chancellor’s office. Once elected, the President and the Vice President are elected by the Primary Deputation from among their members. <br />
<br />
The Secondary Deputation is selected by sortition based on fair representation. Once sorted into the Secondary Deputation, they elect the new Chancellor and Vice Chancellor from among their members. As neither the Chancellor nor the Vice Chancellor hold a vote in the National Assembly once elected, the Secondary Deputation will always have two less seated members than the Primary Deputation. <br />
<br />
The Upper House, known as the Senate, is made up of senators selected on the basis of merit, each representing the most qualified/experienced Sonderian citizen in each of the following fields: Arts and Culture, Economics, Education, Environment, Health, Information Technology, Law, Science, Social Sciences. There are also constitutional provisions for up to three extra senators selected from fields identified by the Triumvirs as representing specific areas of need.<br />
<br />
Legislation must be passed by both houses before being signed by the President into law.<br />
<br />
The Sonderian Constitution has particular articles devoted to the expected growth of the nation within realistic timeframes. The Caretaker Government is currently administrating all governmental functions until the citizen threshold for the activation of the Triumvirate Government is triggered.<br />
<br />
==Law and order==<br />
The Chancellor is responsible for ensuring the transparency and integrity of the judicial system, although they have no jurisdiction over individual judgments. The Chancellor’s office is responsible for overseeing national elections, the sortition process and coordinating the selection of Judges and the Chief Justice of the Sonderian Supreme Court.<br />
<br />
''It is illegal in Sonderan to negatively discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, gender, nationality, age, ability/disability, origin, sex, health, creed, faith, marital status or spoken language, however needs based asset distribution may be employed in order to address regional deficits in accessibility to state services.''<br />
<br />
Citizens of Sonderian are not required to renounce pre-existing citizenships they may hold and Sonderian citizenship is compatible with all other forms of micronational and macronational citizenship. Citizens are required to pay taxes within the countries in which they earned their wages - ie. duel Sonderian/Australian citizens working in Australia are still required to pay taxes to the Australian government.<br />
<br />
Voting in national elections is compulsory unless an exemption has been granted.<br />
Non-sexual/violent criminal convictions are considered spent after 5 years.<br />
<br />
==Foreign relations==<br />
<br />
[[File:KeeperSpoon.jpg|thumb|left|The Queen presents the Royal Spoon to the Keeper of the Spoon]]<br />
<br />
<br />
The Monarch is the symbol of the nation and represents the nation abroad. They have the power to send delegates and nominate ambassadors to international posts and to engage in foreign diplomacy, including the signing of international agreements, protocols and treaties. However, treaties and binding agreements not ratified by the National Parliament within six months of the Monarch’s acceptance are revoked by the President. <br />
<br />
''The Triumvirate’s general foreign policy is one of tolerance and mutually beneficial intermicronational discourse, however the nation’s motto is ‘Always Kindness’, and there is a cultural understanding that, on particular issues, certain political stances are incompatible with satisfactory foreign relations. Nations proactively seeking to incite hate through the proliferation of racist, mysoginist, misandrist, homophobic, or ableist viewpoints are generally understood to be incompatible with the Sonderian world view.<br />
<br />
==Military==<br />
The State of Sonderan is committed to peace and amity in the world. Acts undertaken to prepare war or otherwise disturb the peaceful relations between nations are unconstitutional. Whilst the Monarch is the symbolic Commander in Chief of the Self Defence Force, and is empowered to protect Sonderian citizens in a crisis, Sonderan has no standing army and would rely on expert citizens and international assistance in a disaster.<br />
<br />
==Geography and climate==<br />
[[File:Seagull.jpg|thumb|left|The silver gull is the national animal of Sonderan.]]<br />
''Sonderan is divided into Regions, which are themselves divided into Provinces. Within each Province, self governing Households submit to the national government under the constitution, while Special Territories are maintained and managed by the Triumvirs and members of the Royal Family. Households must have permanent residents, but Special Territories do not have this requirement.''<br />
<br />
From a geographic standpoint, the State currently consists of one major Region, ‘Fyrstir’, encompassing the western half of the Mornington Peninsula, containing the Provinces of <br />
Merindarra - administering the Households of Merindarra (the national capital), Vandertilly, Tralorin, and Halehope, as well as the Special Territories of Mountain and Treasure Beach), and;<br />
Olewyddin - administering the Households of Olewyddin and Elskercott, and the Special Territory of Stephen Beach. <br />
Both the Special Territories of Treasure Beach and Stephen Beach are shallow, safe beaches permitting access to Port Philip Bay and are the source of one of Sonderan’s most exported commodities - Sonderian seaglass. The Special Mountain Territory is the highest point in the nation at 305m above sea level.<br />
<br />
[[File:TreasureBeach.jpg|thumb|left|Winter seaglass harvest at the Special Territory of Treasure Beach.]]<br />
<br />
Fyrstir’s cool, maritime climate provides an ideal environment for the growing of produce, and the nation produces regular crops of a range of fruits and vegetables including lemons, tomatoes, olives, figs, loquats, strawberries, snow peas and passionfruit. The capital also produces yoghurt and mushrooms.<br />
<br />
An additional Household, Schneeebveland, is an isolated enclave in the Australian Capital Territory. Schneeebveland is subject to a harsher climate than its southern counterparts, with significantly colder winters and harsher summer temperatures.<br />
<br />
==Economy==<br />
The Sonderian currency, the Sonderian Lyra is divided into ten pennies and is utilised as the primary currency within the nation’s borders. The Sonderian Lyra is tied to the national fruit production, with two Sonderian Lyra being roughly worth two kilograms of harvested fruit, or one jar of jam (or other type of processed fruit).<br />
<br />
[[File:Lemons.jpg|thumb|left|Merindarra lemons are prized for their sweetness and are an integral ingredient of Sonderian cordial and lemon curd.]]<br />
While the nation relies primarily on international imports in order to survive, the government has pledged to invest in cottage industries and boost exports by 2022. Most citizens work internationally and the economy is almost entirely supported by remittances. <br />
<br />
Sonderian Jam is currently produced from a blend of local and imported ingredients.<br />
<br />
==Culture==<br />
[[File:Fanfare.jpg|thumb|left|The Jam Day parade 2019.]]<br />
<br />
''Happiness through Kindness''<br />
<br />
Sonderian citizens strive to be both happy and to develop happiness in others through acts of kindness. These acts of kindness are rewarded through a system of honorary titles bestowed upon those who achieve predetermined ranked milestones. Acts of service are valued more than administrative titles, with hereditary titles considered of least value.<br />
<br />
The Monarchy, while ostensibly noble, performs a subservient role within the national psyche, with the prevalent attitude of both the citizens and the Royal Family focusing on what the Royals can do for the general citizenship.<br />
<br />
The development of culture is a valued responsibility of the National Government and Article 8 of the Constitution enshrines the necessity to both preserve existing cultural practises and facilitate the continued evolution of new ones to enrich the society and cultural life of Sonderian citizens. While individual households are encouraged to develop individualised cultures, outright cultural appropriation of previously oppressed minorities (without reasonably established historical lineage) is not acceptable.<br />
<br />
Sonderians in national dress wear a scarf, shawl, stole or other length of fabric over their left shoulder. Shawls can be representative of rank, clan, or simply citizenship.<br />
<br />
In general, Sonderians prefer to avoid photographs and favour images rendered in watercolour where time permits.<br />
<br />
==Cuisine==<br />
[[File:SonderJam.jpg|thumb|left|Preparation of Jam Day deliveries.]]<br />
<br />
While each Household is encouraged to develop their own unique dishes, the National food is the pancake. Pancakes are eaten for breakfast on both Sonderan Day and Pancake Day.<br />
<br />
Jam holds particular significance: each citizen has a constitutional right to a share of state made jam. Each year ‘Jam Day’ is declared by the Monarch and shares of jam distributed with much fanfare on the day.<br />
<br />
==Benefits of Citizenship==<br />
Citizens of Sonderan are entitled to a number of concrete benefits, aside from the more standard constitutional rights. Citizens of Sonderan are entitled to:<br />
<br />
1. An annual audience with the Queen to discuss ways in which the government might help them to accomplish their own goals. This forms the basis of a somewhat unique take on the Bhutanese concept and implementation of Gross National Happiness policies<br />
<br />
2. At least one story published and archived in the State Chronicles. The State Chronicles honour the etymology of the Sonderian national name and seek to preserve and share the stories of Sonderian citizens in an assertion that each individual is uniquely important and worthy of attention.<br />
<br />
3. A piece of Sonderian Sea Glass from the Royal Treasury<br />
<br />
4. A jar of jam, preserved fruit, or baked good per citizen from the Bank of Sonderan, tri-annually, or more frequently depending on the quantity of fruit produced nationally. <br />
<br />
5. Assume a pseudonym when applying for citizenship. This entitlement links in with a Sonderan preoccupation with anonymity, which is highly sought after and valued. Balancing impact with anonymity remains a strong governmental focus of the Monarchy in particular.<br />
<br />
==National Holidays==<br />
<br />
[[File:JamParade2020.jpg|thumb|left|Jam Parade 2020]]<br />
<br />
''Sonderan observes the following national holidays:''<br />
<br />
'''January 1''': New Year’s Day<br />
<br />
'''January 5''': Sonderan Day - on this day the Monarch customarily announces the type of jam to be distributed on Jam Day. In a special ceremony, the Royal Spoon is presented to the Keeper of the Spoon. Pancakes are eaten for dinner.<br />
<br />
'''Second Sunday in January''': Jam Day - on this day each eligible citizen receives their jar of Sonderian Jam from the Bank of Sonderan. Citizens wear red and a parade is held in the Capital.<br />
<br />
'''January 21''': Hugging Day<br />
<br />
'''March 5''': Pancake Tuesday<br />
<br />
'''April 19''': Good Friday<br />
<br />
'''April 20''': Easter Saturday<br />
<br />
'''April 21''': Easter Sunday<br />
<br />
'''April 25''': ANZAC Day<br />
<br />
'''Second Sunday in May''': Mother’s Day<br />
<br />
'''First Saturday in May''': Merry Fig Day - on this day citizens gather in groups to share warm foods, such as soup and casseroles, and to exchange cards of friendship and thanks. Candles are lit, there is music and dancing and citizens wear blue. Whoever finds the fig in their Merry fig Day biscuit leads the dance.<br />
<br />
'''First Sunday in September''': Father’s Day<br />
<br />
'''September 19''': Talk Like a Pirate Day<br />
<br />
'''Second weekend in October''': Chicken Festival - on this day citizens wear white and participate in a festival celebrating spring. Coloured water is thrown, murals are painted and picnics held. Over the course of the day the previously white clothes donned by citizens become increasingly colourful. This is also Census Day and the day on which ‘chickens are counted’.<br />
<br />
'''First Tuesday in November''': Henry Mortlock Memorial Hat Day - on this day, citizens are encouraged to make their own hats from household materials and wear their creations with pride<br />
<br />
'''November 11''': Remembrance Day<br />
<br />
'''November 13''': World Kindness Day<br />
<br />
'''November 26''': Wizzypops Day - Christmas begins and all Christmas Trees in the nation are erected<br />
<br />
'''November 30''': Salmon Pie Day - on which salmon pie is consumed<br />
<br />
'''December 24''': Christmas Eve<br />
<br />
'''December 25''': Christmas Day<br />
<br />
'''December 26''': Boxing Day<br />
<br />
'''December 31''': New Year’s Day<br />
<br />
==Media==<br />
The Sonderian Gazette is a government funded news service initially set up to broadcast twitter updates on important news within the Triumvirate for an international audience.<br />
<br />
As the number of citizens and territories begin to grow, the Gazette’s activities will expand to include internal news publications which, in turn, will provide content for the news section of the official government website.<br />
<br />
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<div>'''Sonderan''', officially the '''Triumvirate of Sonderan''', is a small, self-declared country, commonly known as a [[micronation]], founded on 5 January 2018 on the Mornington Peninsula in [[w:Victoria, Australia|Victoria]], [[w:Australia|Australia]]. A [[w:Secularism|secular]], constitutional triumvirate, the nation has three, ostensibly equal, [[head of state|heads of state]] known as 'the Triumvirs'.<br />
<br />
Founded on a 'conviction in the transcendental value of human kindness', the government has a constitutional obligation to work towards enhancing the happiness, wellbeing and safety of its citizens and people everywhere whilst promoting international communication, transparency and freedom of movement. <br />
{{Infobox nation<br />
|name = Triumvirate of Sonderan<br />
|image1 = [[File:Sonderian Flag.jpeg|150px]]<br />
|motto = ‘Always Kindness’<br />
|location = Enclaved by the state of Victoria, Australia<br />
|capital = Merindarra, meaning ‘strength’ <br />
|languages = Sonderian; Australian English<br />
|religions = Secular state<br />
|shortname = Sonderan<br />
|demonym = Sonderians<br />
|government = Secular, sovereign, constitutional triumvirate<br />
|head of government and state = The Triumvirs: the Monarch (Queen/King), the President, and the Chancellor<br />
|legislature = Parliament<br />
|established = [[2018]]<br />
|population = 25<br />
|population_notes = (as of 2019 census)<br />
|currency = Sonderian Lyra<br />
|time_zone = UTC+10:00<br />
|nat_animal = Silver gull<br />
<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Etymology==<br />
Sonderan takes its name from the word ‘sonder’ as defined in the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig:<br />
''The realisation that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own - populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness - an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk.'''<br />
<br />
Within the nation itself, the name places particular emphasis on the significance of individual community contributions, encouraging citizens to identify their own worth and the value of the people around them in order to build meaningful societal connections.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
[[File:Stephenbeach1.jpg|thumb|left|Members of the Royal Family visit the Special Territory of Stephen Beach.]]<br />
The Triumvirate of Sonderan was founded after a two year research and consultation process. <br />
<br />
Initially fuelled as a protest against the human rights abuses perpetuated by successive Australian Governments against asylum seekers in the name of ‘national security’, the founders were influenced by an insistence by deposed Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott that new citizens of Australia could not be considered legal citizens unless they had sworn a formal oath of allegiance. It was extrapolated that, this being so, oaths of allegiance were transferable and extendable to both external citizenship claims and property rights. <br />
<br />
Prior to its foundation, the underlying emphasis of the nation morphed from one of protest into a push for change in community attitudes. At the time of its declaration of independence it was conceptually a kindness movement, seeking to promote tolerance and individual/community happiness through culture and targeted initiatives.<br />
<br />
The nation of Sonderan was formally declared on 5 January 2018, with Cedar as ‘Monarch Apparent’ heading the caretaker government. It would take twelve months for the Sonderian constitution to be drafted, reviewed and ratified. During this time the state was declared a triumvirate and the Sonderian flag commissioned.<br />
<br />
The Constitution of the Triumvirate of Sonderan was officially signed into law on 5 January 2019, with Cedar ascending the throne as Monarch and head of a, now constitutionally sanctioned, caretaker government.<br />
<br />
==Government and politics==<br />
[[File:QueenCedar.jpg|thumb|left|HM Cedar, Queen of Sonderan.]]<br />
<br />
''As a constitutional triumvirate, Sonderan has three heads of state, the ‘Triumvirs’.''<br />
<br />
The role of the Monarch is a hereditary position and represents the executive functions of the nation. The Monarch is responsible for international relations and for the day to day running of the nation. This is achieved with assistance of the Royal Council, an administrative group made up of representatives from each of the nation’s provinces.<br />
<br />
The role of the President is an elected position and represents the legislative functions of the nation. The President coordinates the National Parliament.<br />
<br />
The role of the Chancellor is also an elected position, although the candidates are initially sorted into eligibility for the role. The Chancellor represents the judicial functions of the nation.<br />
<br />
The National Parliament is made up of two houses. <br />
<br />
The Lower House, known as the National Assembly, has two deputations: the Primary Deputation and the Secondary Deputation. The Primary Deputation is democratically elected in national elections overseen by the Chancellor’s office. Once elected, the President and the Vice President are elected by the Primary Deputation from among their members. <br />
<br />
The Secondary Deputation is selected by sortition based on fair representation. Once sorted into the Secondary Deputation, they elect the new Chancellor and Vice Chancellor from among their members. As neither the Chancellor nor the Vice Chancellor hold a vote in the National Assembly once elected, the Secondary Deputation will always have two less seated members than the Primary Deputation. <br />
<br />
The Upper House, known as the Senate, is made up of senators selected on the basis of merit, each representing the most qualified/experienced Sonderian citizen in each of the following fields: Arts and Culture, Economics, Education, Environment, Health, Information Technology, Law, Science, Social Sciences. There are also constitutional provisions for up to three extra senators selected from fields identified by the Triumvirs as representing specific areas of need.<br />
<br />
Legislation must be passed by both houses before being signed by the President into law.<br />
<br />
The Sonderian Constitution has particular articles devoted to the expected growth of the nation within realistic timeframes. The Caretaker Government is currently administrating all governmental functions until the citizen threshold for the activation of the Triumvirate Government is triggered.<br />
<br />
==Law and order==<br />
The Chancellor is responsible for ensuring the transparency and integrity of the judicial system, although they have no jurisdiction over individual judgments. The Chancellor’s office is responsible for overseeing national elections, the sortition process and coordinating the selection of Judges and the Chief Justice of the Sonderian Supreme Court.<br />
<br />
''It is illegal in Sonderan to negatively discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, gender, nationality, age, ability/disability, origin, sex, health, creed, faith, marital status or spoken language, however needs based asset distribution may be employed in order to address regional deficits in accessibility to state services.''<br />
<br />
Citizens of Sonderian are not required to renounce pre-existing citizenships they may hold and Sonderian citizenship is compatible with all other forms of micronational and macronational citizenship. Citizens are required to pay taxes within the countries in which they earned their wages - ie. duel Sonderian/Australian citizens working in Australia are still required to pay taxes to the Australian government.<br />
<br />
Voting in national elections is compulsory unless an exemption has been granted.<br />
Non-sexual/violent criminal convictions are considered spent after 5 years.<br />
<br />
==Foreign relations==<br />
<br />
[[File:KeeperSpoon.jpg|thumb|left|The Queen presents the Royal Spoon to the Keeper of the Spoon]]<br />
<br />
<br />
The Monarch is the symbol of the nation and represents the nation abroad. They have the power to send delegates and nominate ambassadors to international posts and to engage in foreign diplomacy, including the signing of international agreements, protocols and treaties. However, treaties and binding agreements not ratified by the National Parliament within six months of the Monarch’s acceptance are revoked by the President. <br />
<br />
''The Triumvirate’s general foreign policy is one of tolerance and mutually beneficial intermicronational discourse, however the nation’s motto is ‘Always Kindness’, and there is a cultural understanding that, on particular issues, certain political stances are incompatible with satisfactory foreign relations. Nations proactively seeking to incite hate through the proliferation of racist, mysoginist, misandrist, homophobic, or ableist viewpoints are generally understood to be incompatible with the Sonderian world view.<br />
<br />
==Military==<br />
The State of Sonderan is committed to peace and amity in the world. Acts undertaken to prepare war or otherwise disturb the peaceful relations between nations are unconstitutional. Whilst the Monarch is the symbolic Commander in Chief of the Self Defence Force, and is empowered to protect Sonderian citizens in a crisis, Sonderan has no standing army and would rely on expert citizens and international assistance in a disaster.<br />
<br />
==Geography and climate==<br />
[[File:Seagull.jpg|thumb|left|The silver gull is the national animal of Sonderan.]]<br />
''Sonderan is divided into Regions, which are themselves divided into Provinces. Within each Province, self governing Households submit to the national government under the constitution, while Special Territories are maintained and managed by the Triumvirs and members of the Royal Family. Households must have permanent residents, but Special Territories do not have this requirement.''<br />
<br />
From a geographic standpoint, the State currently consists of one major Region, ‘Fyrstir’, encompassing the western half of the Mornington Peninsula, containing the Provinces of <br />
Merindarra - administering the Households of Merindarra (the national capital), as well as the Special Territories of Mountain and Treasure Beach), and;<br />
Olewyddin - administering the Households of Olewyddin and Elskercott, and the Special Territory of Stephen Beach. <br />
Both the Special Territories of Treasure Beach and Stephen Beach are shallow, safe beaches permitting access to Port Philip Bay and are the source of one of Sonderan’s most exported commodities - Sonderian seaglass. The Special Mountain Territory is the highest point in the nation at 305m above sea level.<br />
<br />
[[File:TreasureBeach.jpg|thumb|left|Winter seaglass harvest at the Special Territory of Treasure Beach.]]<br />
<br />
Fyrstir’s cool, maritime climate provides an ideal environment for the growing of produce, and the nation produces regular crops of a range of fruits and vegetables including lemons, tomatoes, olives, figs, loquats, strawberries, snow peas and passionfruit. The capital also produces yoghurt and mushrooms.<br />
<br />
An additional Household, Schneeebveland, is an isolated enclave in the Australian Capital Territory. Schneeebveland is subject to a harsher climate than its southern counterparts, with significantly colder winters and harsher summer temperatures.<br />
<br />
==Economy==<br />
The Sonderian currency, the Sonderian Lyra is divided into ten pennies and is utilised as the primary currency within the nation’s borders. The Sonderian Lyra is tied to the national fruit production, with two Sonderian Lyra being roughly worth two kilograms of harvested fruit, or one jar of jam (or other type of processed fruit).<br />
<br />
[[File:Lemons.jpg|thumb|left|Merindarra lemons are prized for their sweetness and are an integral ingredient of Sonderian cordial and lemon curd.]]<br />
While the nation relies primarily on international imports in order to survive, the government has pledged to invest in cottage industries and boost exports by 2022. Most citizens work internationally and the economy is almost entirely supported by remittances. <br />
<br />
Sonderian Jam is currently produced from a blend of local and imported ingredients.<br />
<br />
==Culture==<br />
[[File:Fanfare.jpg|thumb|left|The Jam Day parade 2019.]]<br />
<br />
''Happiness through Kindness''<br />
<br />
Sonderian citizens strive to be both happy and to develop happiness in others through acts of kindness. These acts of kindness are rewarded through a system of honorary titles bestowed upon those who achieve predetermined ranked milestones. Acts of service are valued more than administrative titles, with hereditary titles considered of least value.<br />
<br />
The Monarchy, while ostensibly noble, performs a subservient role within the national psyche, with the prevalent attitude of both the citizens and the Royal Family focusing on what the Royals can do for the general citizenship.<br />
<br />
The development of culture is a valued responsibility of the National Government and Article 8 of the Constitution enshrines the necessity to both preserve existing cultural practises and facilitate the continued evolution of new ones to enrich the society and cultural life of Sonderian citizens. While individual households are encouraged to develop individualised cultures, outright cultural appropriation of previously oppressed minorities (without reasonably established historical lineage) is not acceptable.<br />
<br />
Sonderians in national dress wear a scarf, shawl, stole or other length of fabric over their left shoulder. Shawls can be representative of rank, clan, or simply citizenship.<br />
<br />
In general, Sonderians prefer to avoid photographs and favour images rendered in watercolour where time permits.<br />
<br />
==Cuisine==<br />
[[File:SonderJam.jpg|thumb|left|Preparation of Jam Day deliveries.]]<br />
<br />
While each Household is encouraged to develop their own unique dishes, the National food is the pancake. Pancakes are eaten for breakfast on both Sonderan Day and Pancake Day.<br />
<br />
Jam holds particular significance: each citizen has a constitutional right to a share of state made jam. Each year ‘Jam Day’ is declared by the Monarch and shares of jam distributed with much fanfare on the day.<br />
<br />
==Benefits of Citizenship==<br />
Citizens of Sonderan are entitled to a number of concrete benefits, aside from the more standard constitutional rights. Citizens of Sonderan are entitled to:<br />
<br />
1. An annual audience with the Queen to discuss ways in which the government might help them to accomplish their own goals. This forms the basis of a somewhat unique take on the Bhutanese concept and implementation of Gross National Happiness policies<br />
<br />
2. At least one story published and archived in the State Chronicles. The State Chronicles honour the etymology of the Sonderian national name and seek to preserve and share the stories of Sonderian citizens in an assertion that each individual is uniquely important and worthy of attention.<br />
<br />
3. A piece of Sonderian Sea Glass from the Royal Treasury<br />
<br />
4. A jar of jam, preserved fruit, or baked good per citizen from the Bank of Sonderan, tri-annually, or more frequently depending on the quantity of fruit produced nationally. <br />
<br />
5. Assume a pseudonym when applying for citizenship. This entitlement links in with a Sonderan preoccupation with anonymity, which is highly sought after and valued. Balancing impact with anonymity remains a strong governmental focus of the Monarchy in particular.<br />
<br />
==National Holidays==<br />
<br />
[[File:JamParade2020.jpg|thumb|left|Jam Parade 2020]]<br />
<br />
''Sonderan observes the following national holidays:''<br />
<br />
'''January 1''': New Year’s Day<br />
<br />
'''January 5''': Sonderan Day - on this day the Monarch customarily announces the type of jam to be distributed on Jam Day. In a special ceremony, the Royal Spoon is presented to the Keeper of the Spoon. Pancakes are eaten for dinner.<br />
<br />
'''Second Sunday in January''': Jam Day - on this day each eligible citizen receives their jar of Sonderian Jam from the Bank of Sonderan. Citizens wear red and a parade is held in the Capital.<br />
<br />
'''January 21''': Hugging Day<br />
<br />
'''March 5''': Pancake Tuesday<br />
<br />
'''April 19''': Good Friday<br />
<br />
'''April 20''': Easter Saturday<br />
<br />
'''April 21''': Easter Sunday<br />
<br />
'''April 25''': ANZAC Day<br />
<br />
'''Second Sunday in May''': Mother’s Day<br />
<br />
'''First Saturday in May''': Merry Fig Day - on this day citizens gather in groups to share warm foods, such as soup and casseroles, and to exchange cards of friendship and thanks. Candles are lit, there is music and dancing and citizens wear blue. Whoever finds the fig in their Merry fig Day biscuit leads the dance.<br />
<br />
'''First Sunday in September''': Father’s Day<br />
<br />
'''September 19''': Talk Like a Pirate Day<br />
<br />
'''Second weekend in October''': Chicken Festival - on this day citizens wear white and participate in a festival celebrating spring. Coloured water is thrown, murals are painted and picnics held. Over the course of the day the previously white clothes donned by citizens become increasingly colourful. This is also Census Day and the day on which ‘chickens are counted’.<br />
<br />
'''First Tuesday in November''': Henry Mortlock Memorial Hat Day - on this day, citizens are encouraged to make their own hats from household materials and wear their creations with pride<br />
<br />
'''November 11''': Remembrance Day<br />
<br />
'''November 13''': World Kindness Day<br />
<br />
'''November 26''': Wizzypops Day - Christmas begins and all Christmas Trees in the nation are erected<br />
<br />
'''November 30''': Salmon Pie Day - on which salmon pie is consumed<br />
<br />
'''December 24''': Christmas Eve<br />
<br />
'''December 25''': Christmas Day<br />
<br />
'''December 26''': Boxing Day<br />
<br />
'''December 31''': New Year’s Day<br />
<br />
==Media==<br />
The Sonderian Gazette is a government funded news service initially set up to broadcast twitter updates on important news within the Triumvirate for an international audience.<br />
<br />
As the number of citizens and territories begin to grow, the Gazette’s activities will expand to include internal news publications which, in turn, will provide content for the news section of the official government website.<br />
<br />
The government funded Sonderian Radio Service will broadcast a monthly program aimed primarily at a local audience, although international listeners will be able to tune in. This service will be launched on Sonderan Day 2020.</div>Sonderanhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=Triumvirate_of_Sonderan&diff=536905Triumvirate of Sonderan2020-01-17T13:28:07Z<p>Sonderan: /* National Holidays */Added content</p>
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<div>'''Sonderan''', officially the '''Triumvirate of Sonderan''', is a small, self-declared country, commonly known as a [[micronation]], founded on 5 January 2018 on the Mornington Peninsula in [[w:Victoria, Australia|Victoria]], [[w:Australia|Australia]]. A [[w:Secularism|secular]], constitutional triumvirate, the nation has three, ostensibly equal, [[head of state|heads of state]] known as 'the Triumvirs'.<br />
<br />
Founded on a 'conviction in the transcendental value of human kindness', the government has a constitutional obligation to work towards enhancing the happiness, wellbeing and safety of its citizens and people everywhere whilst promoting international communication, transparency and freedom of movement. <br />
{{Infobox nation<br />
|name = Triumvirate of Sonderan<br />
|image1 = [[File:Sonderian Flag.jpeg|150px]]<br />
|motto = ‘Always Kindness’<br />
|location = Enclaved by the state of Victoria, Australia<br />
|capital = Merindarra, meaning ‘strength’ <br />
|languages = Sonderian; Australian English<br />
|religions = Secular state<br />
|shortname = Sonderan<br />
|demonym = Sonderians<br />
|government = Secular, sovereign, constitutional triumvirate<br />
|head of government and state = The Triumvirs: the Monarch (Queen/King), the President, and the Chancellor<br />
|legislature = Parliament<br />
|established = [[2018]]<br />
|population = 25<br />
|population_notes = (as of 2019 census)<br />
|currency = Sonderian Lyra<br />
|time_zone = UTC+10:00<br />
|nat_animal = Silver gull<br />
<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Etymology==<br />
Sonderan takes its name from the word ‘sonder’ as defined in the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig:<br />
''The realisation that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own - populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness - an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk.'''<br />
<br />
Within the nation itself, the name places particular emphasis on the significance of individual community contributions, encouraging citizens to identify their own worth and the value of the people around them in order to build meaningful societal connections.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
[[File:Stephenbeach1.jpg|thumb|left|Members of the Royal Family visit the Special Territory of Stephen Beach.]]<br />
The Triumvirate of Sonderan was founded after a two year research and consultation process. <br />
<br />
Initially fuelled as a protest against the human rights abuses perpetuated by successive Australian Governments against asylum seekers in the name of ‘national security’, the founders were influenced by an insistence by deposed Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott that new citizens of Australia could not be considered legal citizens unless they had sworn a formal oath of allegiance. It was extrapolated that, this being so, oaths of allegiance were transferable and extendable to both external citizenship claims and property rights. <br />
<br />
Prior to its foundation, the underlying emphasis of the nation morphed from one of protest into a push for change in community attitudes. At the time of its declaration of independence it was conceptually a kindness movement, seeking to promote tolerance and individual/community happiness through culture and targeted initiatives.<br />
<br />
The nation of Sonderan was formally declared on 5 January 2018, with Cedar as ‘Monarch Apparent’ heading the caretaker government. It would take twelve months for the Sonderian constitution to be drafted, reviewed and ratified. During this time the state was declared a triumvirate and the Sonderian flag commissioned.<br />
<br />
The Constitution of the Triumvirate of Sonderan was officially signed into law on 5 January 2019, with Cedar ascending the throne as Monarch and head of a, now constitutionally sanctioned, caretaker government.<br />
<br />
==Government and politics==<br />
[[File:QueenCedar.jpg|thumb|left|HM Cedar, Queen of Sonderan.]]<br />
<br />
''As a constitutional triumvirate, Sonderan has three heads of state, the ‘Triumvirs’.''<br />
<br />
The role of the Monarch is a hereditary position and represents the executive functions of the nation. The Monarch is responsible for international relations and for the day to day running of the nation. This is achieved with assistance of the Royal Council, an administrative group made up of representatives from each of the nation’s provinces.<br />
<br />
The role of the President is an elected position and represents the legislative functions of the nation. The President coordinates the National Parliament.<br />
<br />
The role of the Chancellor is also an elected position, although the candidates are initially sorted into eligibility for the role. The Chancellor represents the judicial functions of the nation.<br />
<br />
The National Parliament is made up of two houses. <br />
<br />
The Lower House, known as the National Assembly, has two deputations: the Primary Deputation and the Secondary Deputation. The Primary Deputation is democratically elected in national elections overseen by the Chancellor’s office. Once elected, the President and the Vice President are elected by the Primary Deputation from among their members. <br />
<br />
The Secondary Deputation is selected by sortition based on fair representation. Once sorted into the Secondary Deputation, they elect the new Chancellor and Vice Chancellor from among their members. As neither the Chancellor nor the Vice Chancellor hold a vote in the National Assembly once elected, the Secondary Deputation will always have two less seated members than the Primary Deputation. <br />
<br />
The Upper House, known as the Senate, is made up of senators selected on the basis of merit, each representing the most qualified/experienced Sonderian citizen in each of the following fields: Arts and Culture, Economics, Education, Environment, Health, Information Technology, Law, Science, Social Sciences. There are also constitutional provisions for up to three extra senators selected from fields identified by the Triumvirs as representing specific areas of need.<br />
<br />
Legislation must be passed by both houses before being signed by the President into law.<br />
<br />
The Sonderian Constitution has particular articles devoted to the expected growth of the nation within realistic timeframes. The Caretaker Government is currently administrating all governmental functions until the citizen threshold for the activation of the Triumvirate Government is triggered.<br />
<br />
==Law and order==<br />
The Chancellor is responsible for ensuring the transparency and integrity of the judicial system, although they have no jurisdiction over individual judgments. The Chancellor’s office is responsible for overseeing national elections, the sortition process and coordinating the selection of Judges and the Chief Justice of the Sonderian Supreme Court.<br />
<br />
''It is illegal in Sonderan to negatively discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, gender, nationality, age, ability/disability, origin, sex, health, creed, faith, marital status or spoken language, however needs based asset distribution may be employed in order to address regional deficits in accessibility to state services.''<br />
<br />
Citizens of Sonderian are not required to renounce pre-existing citizenships they may hold and Sonderian citizenship is compatible with all other forms of micronational and macronational citizenship. Citizens are required to pay taxes within the countries in which they earned their wages - ie. duel Sonderian/Australian citizens working in Australia are still required to pay taxes to the Australian government.<br />
<br />
Voting in national elections is compulsory unless an exemption has been granted.<br />
Non-sexual/violent criminal convictions are considered spent after 5 years.<br />
<br />
==Foreign relations==<br />
The Monarch is the symbol of the nation and represents the nation abroad. They have the power to send delegates and nominate ambassadors to international posts and to engage in foreign diplomacy, including the signing of international agreements, protocols and treaties. However, treaties and binding agreements not ratified by the National Parliament within six months of the Monarch’s acceptance are revoked by the President. <br />
<br />
''The Triumvirate’s general foreign policy is one of tolerance and mutually beneficial intermicronational discourse, however the nation’s motto is ‘Always Kindness’, and there is a cultural understanding that, on particular issues, certain political stances are incompatible with satisfactory foreign relations. Nations proactively seeking to incite hate through the proliferation of racist, mysoginist, misandrist, homophobic, or ableist viewpoints are generally understood to be incompatible with the Sonderian world view.<br />
<br />
==Military==<br />
The State of Sonderan is committed to peace and amity in the world. Acts undertaken to prepare war or otherwise disturb the peaceful relations between nations are unconstitutional. Whilst the Monarch is the symbolic Commander in Chief of the Self Defence Force, and is empowered to protect Sonderian citizens in a crisis, Sonderan has no standing army and would rely on expert citizens and international assistance in a disaster.<br />
<br />
==Geography and climate==<br />
[[File:Seagull.jpg|thumb|left|The silver gull is the national animal of Sonderan.]]<br />
''Sonderan is divided into Regions, which are themselves divided into Provinces. Within each Province, self governing Households submit to the national government under the constitution, while Special Territories are maintained and managed by the Triumvirs and members of the Royal Family. Households must have permanent residents, but Special Territories do not have this requirement.''<br />
<br />
From a geographic standpoint, the State currently consists of one major Region, ‘Fyrstir’, encompassing the western half of the Mornington Peninsula, containing the Provinces of <br />
Merindarra - administering the Households of Merindarra (the national capital), as well as the Special Territories of Mountain and Treasure Beach), and;<br />
Olewyddin - administering the Households of Olewyddin and Elskercott, and the Special Territory of Stephen Beach. <br />
Both the Special Territories of Treasure Beach and Stephen Beach are shallow, safe beaches permitting access to Port Philip Bay and are the source of one of Sonderan’s most exported commodities - Sonderian seaglass. The Special Mountain Territory is the highest point in the nation at 305m above sea level.<br />
<br />
[[File:TreasureBeach.jpg|thumb|left|Winter seaglass harvest at the Special Territory of Treasure Beach.]]<br />
<br />
Fyrstir’s cool, maritime climate provides an ideal environment for the growing of produce, and the nation produces regular crops of a range of fruits and vegetables including lemons, tomatoes, olives, figs, loquats, strawberries, snow peas and passionfruit. The capital also produces yoghurt and mushrooms.<br />
<br />
An additional Household, Schneeebveland, is an isolated enclave in the Australian Capital Territory. Schneeebveland is subject to a harsher climate than its southern counterparts, with significantly colder winters and harsher summer temperatures.<br />
<br />
==Economy==<br />
The Sonderian currency, the Sonderian Lyra is divided into ten pennies and is utilised as the primary currency within the nation’s borders. The Sonderian Lyra is tied to the national fruit production, with two Sonderian Lyra being roughly worth two kilograms of harvested fruit, or one jar of jam (or other type of processed fruit).<br />
<br />
[[File:Lemons.jpg|thumb|left|Merindarra lemons are prized for their sweetness and are an integral ingredient of Sonderian cordial and lemon curd.]]<br />
While the nation relies primarily on international imports in order to survive, the government has pledged to invest in cottage industries and boost exports by 2022. Most citizens work internationally and the economy is almost entirely supported by remittances. <br />
<br />
Sonderian Jam is currently produced from a blend of local and imported ingredients.<br />
<br />
==Culture==<br />
[[File:Fanfare.jpg|thumb|left|The Jam Day parade 2019.]]<br />
<br />
''Happiness through Kindness''<br />
<br />
Sonderian citizens strive to be both happy and to develop happiness in others through acts of kindness. These acts of kindness are rewarded through a system of honorary titles bestowed upon those who achieve predetermined ranked milestones. Acts of service are valued more than administrative titles, with hereditary titles considered of least value.<br />
<br />
The Monarchy, while ostensibly noble, performs a subservient role within the national psyche, with the prevalent attitude of both the citizens and the Royal Family focusing on what the Royals can do for the general citizenship.<br />
<br />
The development of culture is a valued responsibility of the National Government and Article 8 of the Constitution enshrines the necessity to both preserve existing cultural practises and facilitate the continued evolution of new ones to enrich the society and cultural life of Sonderian citizens. While individual households are encouraged to develop individualised cultures, outright cultural appropriation of previously oppressed minorities (without reasonably established historical lineage) is not acceptable.<br />
<br />
Sonderians in national dress wear a scarf, shawl, stole or other length of fabric over their left shoulder. Shawls can be representative of rank, clan, or simply citizenship.<br />
<br />
In general, Sonderians prefer to avoid photographs and favour images rendered in watercolour where time permits.<br />
<br />
==Cuisine==<br />
[[File:SonderJam.jpg|thumb|left|Preparation of Jam Day deliveries.]]<br />
<br />
While each Household is encouraged to develop their own unique dishes, the National food is the pancake. Pancakes are eaten for breakfast on both Sonderan Day and Pancake Day.<br />
<br />
Jam holds particular significance: each citizen has a constitutional right to a share of state made jam. Each year ‘Jam Day’ is declared by the Monarch and shares of jam distributed with much fanfare on the day.<br />
<br />
==Benefits of Citizenship==<br />
Citizens of Sonderan are entitled to a number of concrete benefits, aside from the more standard constitutional rights. Citizens of Sonderan are entitled to:<br />
<br />
1. An annual audience with the Queen to discuss ways in which the government might help them to accomplish their own goals. This forms the basis of a somewhat unique take on the Bhutanese concept and implementation of Gross National Happiness policies<br />
<br />
2. At least one story published and archived in the State Chronicles. The State Chronicles honour the etymology of the Sonderian national name and seek to preserve and share the stories of Sonderian citizens in an assertion that each individual is uniquely important and worthy of attention.<br />
<br />
3. A piece of Sonderian Sea Glass from the Royal Treasury<br />
<br />
4. A jar of jam, preserved fruit, or baked good per citizen from the Bank of Sonderan, tri-annually, or more frequently depending on the quantity of fruit produced nationally. <br />
<br />
5. Assume a pseudonym when applying for citizenship. This entitlement links in with a Sonderan preoccupation with anonymity, which is highly sought after and valued. Balancing impact with anonymity remains a strong governmental focus of the Monarchy in particular.<br />
<br />
==National Holidays==<br />
<br />
[[File:JamParade2020.jpg|thumb|left|Jam Parade 2020]]<br />
<br />
''Sonderan observes the following national holidays:''<br />
<br />
'''January 1''': New Year’s Day<br />
<br />
'''January 5''': Sonderan Day - on this day the Monarch customarily announces the type of jam to be distributed on Jam Day. In a special ceremony, the Royal Spoon is presented to the Keeper of the Spoon. Pancakes are eaten for dinner.<br />
<br />
'''Second Sunday in January''': Jam Day - on this day each eligible citizen receives their jar of Sonderian Jam from the Bank of Sonderan. Citizens wear red and a parade is held in the Capital.<br />
<br />
'''January 21''': Hugging Day<br />
<br />
'''March 5''': Pancake Tuesday<br />
<br />
'''April 19''': Good Friday<br />
<br />
'''April 20''': Easter Saturday<br />
<br />
'''April 21''': Easter Sunday<br />
<br />
'''April 25''': ANZAC Day<br />
<br />
'''Second Sunday in May''': Mother’s Day<br />
<br />
'''First Saturday in May''': Merry Fig Day - on this day citizens gather in groups to share warm foods, such as soup and casseroles, and to exchange cards of friendship and thanks. Candles are lit, there is music and dancing and citizens wear blue. Whoever finds the fig in their Merry fig Day biscuit leads the dance.<br />
<br />
'''First Sunday in September''': Father’s Day<br />
<br />
'''September 19''': Talk Like a Pirate Day<br />
<br />
'''Second weekend in October''': Chicken Festival - on this day citizens wear white and participate in a festival celebrating spring. Coloured water is thrown, murals are painted and picnics held. Over the course of the day the previously white clothes donned by citizens become increasingly colourful. This is also Census Day and the day on which ‘chickens are counted’.<br />
<br />
'''First Tuesday in November''': Henry Mortlock Memorial Hat Day - on this day, citizens are encouraged to make their own hats from household materials and wear their creations with pride<br />
<br />
'''November 11''': Remembrance Day<br />
<br />
'''November 13''': World Kindness Day<br />
<br />
'''November 26''': Wizzypops Day - Christmas begins and all Christmas Trees in the nation are erected<br />
<br />
'''November 30''': Salmon Pie Day - on which salmon pie is consumed<br />
<br />
'''December 24''': Christmas Eve<br />
<br />
'''December 25''': Christmas Day<br />
<br />
'''December 26''': Boxing Day<br />
<br />
'''December 31''': New Year’s Day<br />
<br />
==Media==<br />
The Sonderian Gazette is a government funded news service initially set up to broadcast twitter updates on important news within the Triumvirate for an international audience.<br />
<br />
As the number of citizens and territories begin to grow, the Gazette’s activities will expand to include internal news publications which, in turn, will provide content for the news section of the official government website.<br />
<br />
The government funded Sonderian Radio Service will broadcast a monthly program aimed primarily at a local audience, although international listeners will be able to tune in. This service will be launched on Sonderan Day 2020.</div>Sonderanhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=File:JamParade2020.jpg&diff=536904File:JamParade2020.jpg2020-01-17T13:23:52Z<p>Sonderan: The Jam Day Parade 2020</p>
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<div>== Summary ==<br />
The Jam Day Parade 2020</div>Sonderanhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=Triumvirate_of_Sonderan&diff=536903Triumvirate of Sonderan2020-01-17T13:22:26Z<p>Sonderan: /* National Holidays */Added an image</p>
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<div>'''Sonderan''', officially the '''Triumvirate of Sonderan''', is a small, self-declared country, commonly known as a [[micronation]], founded on 5 January 2018 on the Mornington Peninsula in [[w:Victoria, Australia|Victoria]], [[w:Australia|Australia]]. A [[w:Secularism|secular]], constitutional triumvirate, the nation has three, ostensibly equal, [[head of state|heads of state]] known as 'the Triumvirs'.<br />
<br />
Founded on a 'conviction in the transcendental value of human kindness', the government has a constitutional obligation to work towards enhancing the happiness, wellbeing and safety of its citizens and people everywhere whilst promoting international communication, transparency and freedom of movement. <br />
{{Infobox nation<br />
|name = Triumvirate of Sonderan<br />
|image1 = [[File:Sonderian Flag.jpeg|150px]]<br />
|motto = ‘Always Kindness’<br />
|location = Enclaved by the state of Victoria, Australia<br />
|capital = Merindarra, meaning ‘strength’ <br />
|languages = Sonderian; Australian English<br />
|religions = Secular state<br />
|shortname = Sonderan<br />
|demonym = Sonderians<br />
|government = Secular, sovereign, constitutional triumvirate<br />
|head of government and state = The Triumvirs: the Monarch (Queen/King), the President, and the Chancellor<br />
|legislature = Parliament<br />
|established = [[2018]]<br />
|population = 25<br />
|population_notes = (as of 2019 census)<br />
|currency = Sonderian Lyra<br />
|time_zone = UTC+10:00<br />
|nat_animal = Silver gull<br />
<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Etymology==<br />
Sonderan takes its name from the word ‘sonder’ as defined in the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig:<br />
''The realisation that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own - populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness - an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk.'''<br />
<br />
Within the nation itself, the name places particular emphasis on the significance of individual community contributions, encouraging citizens to identify their own worth and the value of the people around them in order to build meaningful societal connections.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
[[File:Stephenbeach1.jpg|thumb|left|Members of the Royal Family visit the Special Territory of Stephen Beach.]]<br />
The Triumvirate of Sonderan was founded after a two year research and consultation process. <br />
<br />
Initially fuelled as a protest against the human rights abuses perpetuated by successive Australian Governments against asylum seekers in the name of ‘national security’, the founders were influenced by an insistence by deposed Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott that new citizens of Australia could not be considered legal citizens unless they had sworn a formal oath of allegiance. It was extrapolated that, this being so, oaths of allegiance were transferable and extendable to both external citizenship claims and property rights. <br />
<br />
Prior to its foundation, the underlying emphasis of the nation morphed from one of protest into a push for change in community attitudes. At the time of its declaration of independence it was conceptually a kindness movement, seeking to promote tolerance and individual/community happiness through culture and targeted initiatives.<br />
<br />
The nation of Sonderan was formally declared on 5 January 2018, with Cedar as ‘Monarch Apparent’ heading the caretaker government. It would take twelve months for the Sonderian constitution to be drafted, reviewed and ratified. During this time the state was declared a triumvirate and the Sonderian flag commissioned.<br />
<br />
The Constitution of the Triumvirate of Sonderan was officially signed into law on 5 January 2019, with Cedar ascending the throne as Monarch and head of a, now constitutionally sanctioned, caretaker government.<br />
<br />
==Government and politics==<br />
[[File:QueenCedar.jpg|thumb|left|HM Cedar, Queen of Sonderan.]]<br />
<br />
''As a constitutional triumvirate, Sonderan has three heads of state, the ‘Triumvirs’.''<br />
<br />
The role of the Monarch is a hereditary position and represents the executive functions of the nation. The Monarch is responsible for international relations and for the day to day running of the nation. This is achieved with assistance of the Royal Council, an administrative group made up of representatives from each of the nation’s provinces.<br />
<br />
The role of the President is an elected position and represents the legislative functions of the nation. The President coordinates the National Parliament.<br />
<br />
The role of the Chancellor is also an elected position, although the candidates are initially sorted into eligibility for the role. The Chancellor represents the judicial functions of the nation.<br />
<br />
The National Parliament is made up of two houses. <br />
<br />
The Lower House, known as the National Assembly, has two deputations: the Primary Deputation and the Secondary Deputation. The Primary Deputation is democratically elected in national elections overseen by the Chancellor’s office. Once elected, the President and the Vice President are elected by the Primary Deputation from among their members. <br />
<br />
The Secondary Deputation is selected by sortition based on fair representation. Once sorted into the Secondary Deputation, they elect the new Chancellor and Vice Chancellor from among their members. As neither the Chancellor nor the Vice Chancellor hold a vote in the National Assembly once elected, the Secondary Deputation will always have two less seated members than the Primary Deputation. <br />
<br />
The Upper House, known as the Senate, is made up of senators selected on the basis of merit, each representing the most qualified/experienced Sonderian citizen in each of the following fields: Arts and Culture, Economics, Education, Environment, Health, Information Technology, Law, Science, Social Sciences. There are also constitutional provisions for up to three extra senators selected from fields identified by the Triumvirs as representing specific areas of need.<br />
<br />
Legislation must be passed by both houses before being signed by the President into law.<br />
<br />
The Sonderian Constitution has particular articles devoted to the expected growth of the nation within realistic timeframes. The Caretaker Government is currently administrating all governmental functions until the citizen threshold for the activation of the Triumvirate Government is triggered.<br />
<br />
==Law and order==<br />
The Chancellor is responsible for ensuring the transparency and integrity of the judicial system, although they have no jurisdiction over individual judgments. The Chancellor’s office is responsible for overseeing national elections, the sortition process and coordinating the selection of Judges and the Chief Justice of the Sonderian Supreme Court.<br />
<br />
''It is illegal in Sonderan to negatively discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, gender, nationality, age, ability/disability, origin, sex, health, creed, faith, marital status or spoken language, however needs based asset distribution may be employed in order to address regional deficits in accessibility to state services.''<br />
<br />
Citizens of Sonderian are not required to renounce pre-existing citizenships they may hold and Sonderian citizenship is compatible with all other forms of micronational and macronational citizenship. Citizens are required to pay taxes within the countries in which they earned their wages - ie. duel Sonderian/Australian citizens working in Australia are still required to pay taxes to the Australian government.<br />
<br />
Voting in national elections is compulsory unless an exemption has been granted.<br />
Non-sexual/violent criminal convictions are considered spent after 5 years.<br />
<br />
==Foreign relations==<br />
The Monarch is the symbol of the nation and represents the nation abroad. They have the power to send delegates and nominate ambassadors to international posts and to engage in foreign diplomacy, including the signing of international agreements, protocols and treaties. However, treaties and binding agreements not ratified by the National Parliament within six months of the Monarch’s acceptance are revoked by the President. <br />
<br />
''The Triumvirate’s general foreign policy is one of tolerance and mutually beneficial intermicronational discourse, however the nation’s motto is ‘Always Kindness’, and there is a cultural understanding that, on particular issues, certain political stances are incompatible with satisfactory foreign relations. Nations proactively seeking to incite hate through the proliferation of racist, mysoginist, misandrist, homophobic, or ableist viewpoints are generally understood to be incompatible with the Sonderian world view.<br />
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==Military==<br />
The State of Sonderan is committed to peace and amity in the world. Acts undertaken to prepare war or otherwise disturb the peaceful relations between nations are unconstitutional. Whilst the Monarch is the symbolic Commander in Chief of the Self Defence Force, and is empowered to protect Sonderian citizens in a crisis, Sonderan has no standing army and would rely on expert citizens and international assistance in a disaster.<br />
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==Geography and climate==<br />
[[File:Seagull.jpg|thumb|left|The silver gull is the national animal of Sonderan.]]<br />
''Sonderan is divided into Regions, which are themselves divided into Provinces. Within each Province, self governing Households submit to the national government under the constitution, while Special Territories are maintained and managed by the Triumvirs and members of the Royal Family. Households must have permanent residents, but Special Territories do not have this requirement.''<br />
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From a geographic standpoint, the State currently consists of one major Region, ‘Fyrstir’, encompassing the western half of the Mornington Peninsula, containing the Provinces of <br />
Merindarra - administering the Households of Merindarra (the national capital), as well as the Special Territories of Mountain and Treasure Beach), and;<br />
Olewyddin - administering the Households of Olewyddin and Elskercott, and the Special Territory of Stephen Beach. <br />
Both the Special Territories of Treasure Beach and Stephen Beach are shallow, safe beaches permitting access to Port Philip Bay and are the source of one of Sonderan’s most exported commodities - Sonderian seaglass. The Special Mountain Territory is the highest point in the nation at 305m above sea level.<br />
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[[File:TreasureBeach.jpg|thumb|left|Winter seaglass harvest at the Special Territory of Treasure Beach.]]<br />
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Fyrstir’s cool, maritime climate provides an ideal environment for the growing of produce, and the nation produces regular crops of a range of fruits and vegetables including lemons, tomatoes, olives, figs, loquats, strawberries, snow peas and passionfruit. The capital also produces yoghurt and mushrooms.<br />
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An additional Household, Schneeebveland, is an isolated enclave in the Australian Capital Territory. Schneeebveland is subject to a harsher climate than its southern counterparts, with significantly colder winters and harsher summer temperatures.<br />
<br />
==Economy==<br />
The Sonderian currency, the Sonderian Lyra is divided into ten pennies and is utilised as the primary currency within the nation’s borders. The Sonderian Lyra is tied to the national fruit production, with two Sonderian Lyra being roughly worth two kilograms of harvested fruit, or one jar of jam (or other type of processed fruit).<br />
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[[File:Lemons.jpg|thumb|left|Merindarra lemons are prized for their sweetness and are an integral ingredient of Sonderian cordial and lemon curd.]]<br />
While the nation relies primarily on international imports in order to survive, the government has pledged to invest in cottage industries and boost exports by 2022. Most citizens work internationally and the economy is almost entirely supported by remittances. <br />
<br />
Sonderian Jam is currently produced from a blend of local and imported ingredients.<br />
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==Culture==<br />
[[File:Fanfare.jpg|thumb|left|The Jam Day parade 2019.]]<br />
<br />
''Happiness through Kindness''<br />
<br />
Sonderian citizens strive to be both happy and to develop happiness in others through acts of kindness. These acts of kindness are rewarded through a system of honorary titles bestowed upon those who achieve predetermined ranked milestones. Acts of service are valued more than administrative titles, with hereditary titles considered of least value.<br />
<br />
The Monarchy, while ostensibly noble, performs a subservient role within the national psyche, with the prevalent attitude of both the citizens and the Royal Family focusing on what the Royals can do for the general citizenship.<br />
<br />
The development of culture is a valued responsibility of the National Government and Article 8 of the Constitution enshrines the necessity to both preserve existing cultural practises and facilitate the continued evolution of new ones to enrich the society and cultural life of Sonderian citizens. While individual households are encouraged to develop individualised cultures, outright cultural appropriation of previously oppressed minorities (without reasonably established historical lineage) is not acceptable.<br />
<br />
Sonderians in national dress wear a scarf, shawl, stole or other length of fabric over their left shoulder. Shawls can be representative of rank, clan, or simply citizenship.<br />
<br />
In general, Sonderians prefer to avoid photographs and favour images rendered in watercolour where time permits.<br />
<br />
==Cuisine==<br />
[[File:SonderJam.jpg|thumb|left|Preparation of Jam Day deliveries.]]<br />
<br />
While each Household is encouraged to develop their own unique dishes, the National food is the pancake. Pancakes are eaten for breakfast on both Sonderan Day and Pancake Day.<br />
<br />
Jam holds particular significance: each citizen has a constitutional right to a share of state made jam. Each year ‘Jam Day’ is declared by the Monarch and shares of jam distributed with much fanfare on the day.<br />
<br />
==Benefits of Citizenship==<br />
Citizens of Sonderan are entitled to a number of concrete benefits, aside from the more standard constitutional rights. Citizens of Sonderan are entitled to:<br />
<br />
1. An annual audience with the Queen to discuss ways in which the government might help them to accomplish their own goals. This forms the basis of a somewhat unique take on the Bhutanese concept and implementation of Gross National Happiness policies<br />
<br />
2. At least one story published and archived in the State Chronicles. The State Chronicles honour the etymology of the Sonderian national name and seek to preserve and share the stories of Sonderian citizens in an assertion that each individual is uniquely important and worthy of attention.<br />
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3. A piece of Sonderian Sea Glass from the Royal Treasury<br />
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4. A jar of jam, preserved fruit, or baked good per citizen from the Bank of Sonderan, tri-annually, or more frequently depending on the quantity of fruit produced nationally. <br />
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5. Assume a pseudonym when applying for citizenship. This entitlement links in with a Sonderan preoccupation with anonymity, which is highly sought after and valued. Balancing impact with anonymity remains a strong governmental focus of the Monarchy in particular.<br />
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==National Holidays==<br />
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[[File:JamParade2020.jpg|thumb|left|Jam Parade 2020]]<br />
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''Sonderan observes the following national holidays:''<br />
<br />
'''January 1''': New Year’s Day<br />
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'''January 5''': Sonderan Day - on this day the Monarch customarily announces the type of jam to be distributed on Jam Day. Pancakes are eaten for dinner.<br />
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'''Second Sunday in January''': Jam Day - on this day each eligible citizen receives their jar of Sonderian Jam from the Bank of Sonderan. Citizens wear red and a parade is held in the Capital.<br />
<br />
'''January 21''': Hugging Day<br />
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'''March 5''': Pancake Tuesday<br />
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'''April 19''': Good Friday<br />
<br />
'''April 20''': Easter Saturday<br />
<br />
'''April 21''': Easter Sunday<br />
<br />
'''April 25''': ANZAC Day<br />
<br />
'''Second Sunday in May''': Mother’s Day<br />
<br />
'''First Saturday in May''': Merry Fig Day - on this day citizens gather in groups to share warm foods, such as soup and casseroles, and to exchange cards of friendship and thanks. Candles are lit, there is music and dancing and citizens wear blue. Whoever finds the fig in their Merry fig Day biscuit leads the dance.<br />
<br />
'''First Sunday in September''': Father’s Day<br />
<br />
'''September 19''': Talk Like a Pirate Day<br />
<br />
'''Second weekend in October''': Chicken Festival - on this day citizens wear white and participate in a festival celebrating spring. Coloured water is thrown, murals are painted and picnics held. Over the course of the day the previously white clothes donned by citizens become increasingly colourful. This is also Census Day and the day on which ‘chickens are counted’.<br />
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'''First Tuesday in November''': Henry Mortlock Memorial Hat Day - on this day, citizens are encouraged to make their own hats from household materials and wear their creations with pride<br />
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'''November 11''': Remembrance Day<br />
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'''November 13''': World Kindness Day<br />
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'''November 26''': Wizzypops Day - Christmas begins and all Christmas Trees in the nation are erected<br />
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'''November 30''': Salmon Pie Day - on which salmon pie is consumed<br />
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'''December 24''': Christmas Eve<br />
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'''December 25''': Christmas Day<br />
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'''December 26''': Boxing Day<br />
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'''December 31''': New Year’s Day<br />
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==Media==<br />
The Sonderian Gazette is a government funded news service initially set up to broadcast twitter updates on important news within the Triumvirate for an international audience.<br />
<br />
As the number of citizens and territories begin to grow, the Gazette’s activities will expand to include internal news publications which, in turn, will provide content for the news section of the official government website.<br />
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The government funded Sonderian Radio Service will broadcast a monthly program aimed primarily at a local audience, although international listeners will be able to tune in. This service will be launched on Sonderan Day 2020.</div>Sonderanhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=Talk:Grand_Unified_Micronational&diff=528058Talk:Grand Unified Micronational2019-12-27T21:57:05Z<p>Sonderan: /* VOTING (opens 00:00 UTC on 25 December) */</p>
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<div>==Resources==<br />
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*[[GUM/Charter2016|The GUM Charter]]<br />
*[[Statutory Code of the Grand Unified Micronational|Resolutions]]<br />
*[[GUM/Ratifications|Applications]]<br />
*[[GUM/Delegates|List of Delegates]]<br />
*[[GUM/CountryCodes|Country Codes]]<br />
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===Micronationalism Guide drafts===<br />
Readers are invited to suggest edits.<br />
*[https://docs.google.com/document/d/13pDZs9RWqAOeWzEl3WTOikhO4jtihXnFXBR6IQM7ggE/edit?usp=sharing Constitutions and forms of government], primary author [[Adam I of Überstadt]]<br />
*[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ku6xu5jWwSvLPrBaFfMnNnLoYTjCGXD2La2kzMKgXdc/edit?usp=sharing Guide to legislation], primary author [[Horatio Eden]] of the Edenic Compact<br />
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===Projects===<br />
*[https://docs.google.com/document/d/14BUvS5yJKJjWtYhLy6Oi21tUOQVmbZ8pc4VhuZiGrEE/edit?usp=sharing Diplomabear host rota]<br />
*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4q6OFW3sAPCQW94R0pydS1XWGc/view?usp=sharing I GUM Quarterly Statistical Report] (May - July 2017)<br />
*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4q6OFW3sAPCNmxOY01odkFzX1U/view?usp=sharing II GUM Quarterly Statistical Report] (July - September 2017)<br />
*[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s7aRlFH04pMBAs5DjFuGq7zDuoKHd3YCnMFzrS5Qd1o/edit?usp=sharing III GUM Quarterly Statistical Report] (May-July 2018)<br />
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==Chair elections, December 2019==<br />
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===Electoral Calendar:===<br />
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*'''11th December''' - Nominations open<br />
*'''18th December''' - Nominations close; campaigning starts<br />
*'''25th December''' - Campaigning ends; voting starts<br />
*'''1st January''' - Voting ends; winner takes office as 30th Chair.<br />
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===Rules=== <br />
The rules for nominations and voting, as always, are as follows:<br />
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*Only registered delegates may stand for Chair - '''not''' nations. <br />
*Voting may be done publicly or by private ballot to the Chairman. <br />
*Any delegate is entitled to run for Chair. <br />
*Only delegations of full members may vote. <br />
*Member states have '''one''' vote.<br />
*Any candidate can withdraw their nomination at any time. <br />
*Candidates '''must nominate themselves''', or '''must have been nominated by the sitting Chairman at their request'''. <br />
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*Elections use the [[w:First Past the Post|first past the post]] voting system. The candidate with the highest number of votes wins. If the election goes to deadlock, a run-off is held between the tied candidates. The winner takes office at 00:01 UTC on 1 January 2020.<br />
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*The Vice-Chair shall be appointed in the following way: the newly elected Chair shall select a delegate, who must be confirmed as Vice-Chair by the Quorum to be appointed as such. If the Quorum does not, then the Chair shall select other delegates until the Quorum accepts one. In this way, the holder of the office shall enjoy the confidence both of the Chair and of the Quorum as a whole.<br />
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If you wish to nominate a candidate for election, either: <br />
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*Put the '''name of your candidate''' under the nomination heading below ('''new''' names always go at the '''bottom''' of the list) <br />
*Message the '''name of your candidate''' to Bradley, Duke of Dullahan (via Discord).<br><br />
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===NOMINATIONS (CLOSED)===<br />
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Example: <br />
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*Name, Republic of Example<br />
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Nominations:<br />
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* [[Thomas Bainbridge|His Imperial & Royal Majesty, High King Thomas I]], [[Kingdom of Hrafnarfjall]]<br />
* [[Lord Dionisiy Tezdzhan-Smahin|HSH Sovereign Prince Dionisiy I]], [[Principality of Montescano]]<br />
* [[Alexander I, King of Lytera|His Holy Royal Highness King Alexander I]], [[Kingdom of Lytera]]<br />
* [[Emperor Logan I|HRH Emperor Logan I]], [[Empire of Aenopia]]<br />
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===VOTING (opens 00:00 UTC on 25 December)===<br />
Example:<br />
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Name, Republic of Example<br />
*Kingdom of Vote-example<br />
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Candidates:<br />
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'''[[Thomas Bainbridge|His Imperial & Royal Majesty, High King Thomas I]]''', [[Kingdom of Hrafnarfjall]]<br />
*[[Kingdom of Wyvern]]<br />
*[[Commonwealth of Essexia]]<br />
*[[Republic of New Westphalia]]<br />
*[[Empire of Adammia]]<br />
*[[United Kingdoms of Misberia and Caloudonum]]<br />
*[[Kingdom of Hrafnarfjall]]<br />
*[[Zenrax|State of Zenrax]]<br />
*[[Kingdom of Atovia]]<br />
*[[Principality of Posaf]]<br />
*[[Empire of Iustus]]<br />
*[[Palatinate of Uberquiesenberg]]<br />
*[[Union of Millania and New Granada|Union of Millania and New Granada and Lands Represented by the Crowns of the Council of Four]]<br />
*[[Grand Republic of Cycoldia]]<br />
*[[Republic of New Rizalia]]<br />
*[[Commonwealth of Uskor]]<br />
*[[Nemkhav Federation]]<br />
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'''[[Lord Dionisiy Tezdzhan-Smahin|HSH Sovereign Prince Dionisiy I]]''', [[Principality of Montescano]]<br />
*[[Empire of Austenasia]]<br />
*[[Gymnasium State]] <br />
*[[Principality of Montescano]]<br />
*[[Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Council of the Diarchal Crowns of the Disciples]]<br />
*[[Plushunia]]<br />
*[[Juclandia]]<br />
<br />
'''[[Alexander I, King of Lytera|His Holy Royal Highness King Alexander I]]''', [[Kingdom of Lytera]]<br />
*[[Empire of Aenopia]]<br />
*[[Triumvirate of Sonderan]]<br />
<br />
'''[[Emperor Logan I|HRH Emperor Logan I]]''', [[Empire of Aenopia]]<br />
*[[Kingdom of Lytera]]<br />
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'''''None of the above'''''<br />
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<div>The '''capital''' of a nation is usually defined as the city within that nation that the functions of government are centralised. For nations with tiers of government, where some measure of authority is delegated to units smaller than the national level, these units may themselves have capitals. The word may also be used in a less restrictive sense, to denote a city or other locale which a center of some industry or activity; an economic capital, a fishing capital, etc. <br />
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In [[micronation]]s, especially those that are mostly online and that have no secessionist ambitions, the idea of having a capital is less related to an actual need for centralisation in a single place than to the idea that nations naturally have capitals. As such, many online micronations, especially if they're not averse to creating a little fictional background, will claim to have a capital.<br />
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== List of capitals of micronations ==<br />
This is a list of capitals in various micronations.<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"<br />
|-<br />
! style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(239, 239, 239); border-bottom: 2px solid gray;" | Micronation <br />
! style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(239, 239, 239); border-bottom: 2px solid gray;" | Capital <br />
! style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(239, 239, 239); border-bottom: 2px solid gray;" | State/Territory/Province/District<br />
|-<br />
| {{Flaglist|Aariania}}<br />
| [[Yapton]]<br />
| [https://aarianianunion.weebly.com/aldonia.html Aldonia]<br />
|-<br />
| {{Flaglist|The Republic of Iska Akaliazen}}<br />
| [[Lepisteas]]<br />
| [https://iskaakaliazen.tr.gg Iska Akaliazen]<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:New Munaland Flag 2.png|border|25px]] [[Principado de Munaland|Principality of Munaland]]<br />
|[[Principado de Munaland|Munaland-Ville]] (Munaland is a city and a State)<br />
|Munalandian Federal Central District<br />
|-<br />
| {{Flaglist|Abelden}}<br />
| [[Pleston]] and [[Alexton]]<br />
| [[Alenshka]]<br />
|-<br />
| {{Flaglist|Adammia}}<br />
| [[Imperial City]]<br />
| [[Tytannia]]<br />
|-<br />
| {{Flaglist|Andany}}<br />
| [[District of Floriano]]<br />
| [[District of Floriano]]<br />
|-<br />
| {{Flaglist|Apollo}}<br />
| Luna<br />
| Lime<br />
|-<br />
| [[File:Flag_of_Asgard.png|25px]] [[Asgard]]<br />
| Frederiksborg<br />
| Frederiksborg<br />
|-<br />
| [[File:Npl_flag.jpg|25px]] [[Federal Republic of New Potato Land]]<br />
| The Offical<br />
| [[Draig Tatws, New Potato Land]]<br />
|-<br />
| {{Flaglist|Austenasia}} <br />
| [[Wrythe]] <br />
| Greater Wrythe, Royton<br />
|-<br />
| [[File:AuvFlag2.png|25x25px]] [[Kingdom of Auvenum|Auvenum]]<br />
| [[Jyilzyem]]<br />
| Jyilzyem<br />
|-<br />
| {{Flaglist|Azzurria}}<br />
| [[Azzurria]]<br />
| [[Most Serene Empire of Azzurria]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[File:Barbettian_flag.PNG|25px]][[Empire of Barbettia]]<br />
| [[Barbettia]]<br />
| [[Barbettia]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[File:BailliumFlag.png|25px]][[The Baillium Empire]]<br />
| [[Bailly A]]<br />
| [[Federal District of Bailly Crater]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[File:FlagofBørge.jpeg|24px]] [[Republic of Børge]]<br />
| [[Fictiondom]]<br />
| [[New York]]<br />
|-<br />
| {{Flaglist|Adammia}}<br />
| [[Imperial City]]<br />
| [[Tytannia]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[File:TheBirchRepublic.png|25px]][[The Birch Republic]]<br />
| [[Birch]]<br />
| [[North West England]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Uniland Flag.png|border|25px]] [[The Republic of Uniland]]<br />
|[[Hillview City]]<br />
|[[Mojocoyo Province|Mojocoyo]]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| {{Flaglist|Campinia}} <br />
| Campinopolis<br />
| North Campinopolis, South Campinopolis<br />
|-<br />
| [[File:Http---i0.kym-cdn.com-photos-images-original-001-267-464-e49.png|25x25px]] [[Ohio Republic]]<br />
| [[w:Canton, Ohio|Canton]]<br />
| [[w:Stark County, Ohio|Stark]]<br />
|-<br />
| {{Flaglist|Coleraine}}<br />
| Cathair Cánsas <br />
| [[Archduchy of Noamh Séamus]], [[Duchies of Ulaidh Thair Nhua|Duchies of Noamh Peadar and Noamh Pádraig]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[File:Commonweath_of_dracul2.png|25px]] [[Commonwealth of Dracul]]<br />
| [[Houston]]<br />
| [[Texas]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[File:Capi Flag.jpg|25px]][[Capi]]<br />
| [[Capipopolus]]<br />
| [[Capi]]<br />
|- <br />
| [[File:FlagofCaddia3.png|25px]] [[Federal Republic of Caddia]]<br />
| [[Caddia City]]<br />
| [[Charileville]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[File:Crascflg.png|25x25px]] [[Crascia]]<br />
| [[Yokoto]]<br />
| [[Brisbane]], [[Qld Australia]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[File:Curimae.jpg|150px|25x25px]] [[The Royal Kingdom of Curimae]]<br />
| [[New Curimae City]] <br />
| N/A<br />
|-<br />
| {{Flaglist|Dale Republic}} <br />
| [[Woking City]] <br />
| Woking<br />
|-<br />
| {{Flaglist|Delvera}}<br />
| [[Lavrada]]<br />
| [[Lavrasia]]<br />
|-<br />
| {{Flaglist|DES Senya}} <br />
| [[Cat's Corner]] <br />
| [[Cat's Corner|Cat's Corner Province]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[File:Flagledoff2.png|30px]][[Principality of Ledilia]]<br />
| [[New Gandolfo]] <br />
| [[Ledilian Districts Administration]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[File:Luxe.jpg|20px]][[Repubblica democratica di Luxe]]<br />
| [[Luxe]] <br />
| [[Governatorato di Luxe]]<br />
|-<br />
| {{Flaglist|Deseret}}<br />
| [[Nauvoo, Deseret|Nauvoo]]<br />
| [[Nauvoo, Deseret|Nauvoo]]<br />
|-<br />
| {{Flaglist|Egtavia}}<br />
| [[Prad]] <br />
| Capital Province<br />
|-<br />
| [[File:Fakeflag-mh2-au5.png|27x27px]] [[Republic of Ellesmere]]<br />
| [[Ellesmere Hamlet]]<br />
| Capital Province<br />
|-<br />
| [[File:Seybold_Flag.jpeg|27x27px]] [[Democratic Republic of Seybold]]<br />
| [[New Springfield]]<br />
| [[Federal District of New Springfield]]<br />
|-<br />
| {{Flaglist|Eniarku}}<br />
| [[Vicis]]<br />
| District 1, Sector 1, Greater Vicis<br />
|-<br />
| {{Flaglist|Erephisia}}<br />
| [[Hauptstadt]] <br />
| [[Sedna]]<br />
|- <br />
| {{Flaglist|Esse}}<br />
| [[Réma]] <br />
| [[Réma]] <br />
|-<br />
| [[File:Flag of Klitzibürg.png|25px]] [[Grand Duchy of Klitzibürg]]<br />
| [[Brüm]]<br />
| [[Province of Körpenque]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[File:Queendom of Essexia.jpg|27x27px]] [[Essexia|Queendom of Essexia]]<br />
| Chelmsford<br />
| Federal District of Chelmsford<br />
|- <br />
| [[Confederation of Flevelt]]<br />
| Pavia (city) <br />
| Grand Duchy of Pavia <br />
|-<br />
| [[File:Flagoffalcar2018.jpg|25px]] [[Kingdom of Falcar|Falcar]]<br />
| [[Arbonia|Sunin]]<br />
| [[Arbonia]]<br />
|-<br />
| {{Flaglist|Florenia}}<br />
| [[Dominion of Afula|Afula]]<br />
| [[Dominion of Afula]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[file:Galiria.png|25x25px]] [[Galiria]]<br />
| ''Galiriópolis''<br />
| internet/red<br />
|-<br />
| {{Flaglist|Gishabrun}}<br />
| [[Kravat Oblast|Kravat]] <br />
| [[Kravat Oblast]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[File:Goldenstein.flag.jpg|25x25px]] [[Goldenstein]]<br />
| [[Freddietown]]<br />
| Mainland<br />
|-<br />
| [[File:Bandeira_Guanabara.png|25px|border|Estado Virtual da Guanabara]] [[Guanabara]]<br />
| [[Rio de Janeiro]]<br />
| [[Rio de Janeiro]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[File:Guanduania_flag.png|23x23px]] [[Empire of Guanduania|Guanduania]]<br />
| [[Guanduanis]]<br />
| [[Guanduanis Province]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[File:Gymnasium flag standartized.png|23x23px]] [[Gymnasium State]]<br />
| Sušice<br />
| N/A<br />
|-<br />
| [[File:VlagHeist.png|23x23px]] | [[Heist-op-den-Berg]]<br />
| [[City of Heist-op-den-Berg]]<br />
|-<br />
| {{Flaglist|Hodiny}}<br />
| New Rouen<br />
| New Rouen Province<br />
|-<br />
| [[File:MyFlag2.svg|23x23px]] [[Principality of Hosamia|Hosamia]]<br />
| [[Imperial Throne of Hosamia]]<br />
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| [[File:Sabinalinkflag.png|25x25px]] [[Sabina|Sabinese Republic]]<br />
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| [[Sabina]]<br />
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| [[File:NPNG.png|25x25px]] [[Republic of Slavistonia|Slavistonia]]<br />
| [[Slavalia]]<br />
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| {{flag|Kingdom of Tarvit}}<br />
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| [[File:Kaz Flag.jpg|23x23px]] [[Kaz]]<br />
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| Kaz Province<br />
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| [[file: Sycamore_kingdom.jpg|25x25px]] [[Kingdom of Sycamore]]<br />
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| [[file:Kocistanflag.jpg|25x25px]] [[Republic of Kocistan|Kocistan]]<br />
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| [[file:sphinxflag3.png|25x25px]] [[Serene Republic of Lemuria|Most Serene Republic of Lemuria]] <br />
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|[[File:maselinny.png|border|25px]] [[Republic of Maselin]]<br />
|[[Lindgreensville]]<br />
|Europe [https://sites.google.com/view/micronation-maselin] '''Maselin's page'''<br />
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| [[File:sketch-1540953393549.png|25px]] [[The Republic of Malinovia|Republic of Malinovia]]<br />
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| {{Flaglist|New Eiffel}} [[The Principality of New Eiffel]]<br />
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| Kingston (de jure), Holly South (de facto)<br />
| Kingston (formerly North Prittlewell), Holly<br />
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| Archduchy of Georgetown<br />
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| [[File:Razerkaikstanian flag smaller.png|22x22px]] [[The Grand Duchy of Razerkaikstania]]<br />
| Nylbjorn<br />
| The Province of Nylbjorn<br />
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| [[File:Roschfallen Flag.png|22x22px]] [[Roschfallen]]<br />
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| Capital District<br />
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| {{Flaglist|Sandus}}<br />
| Kremlum Sandus<br />
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| [[File:Flag_scoria.png|25x25px]] [[Republic of Scoria|Scoria]]<br />
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| [[File:Sollena_flag.png|25x25px]] [[Kingdom of Sollena|Sollena]] <br />
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| [[Triumvirate of Sonderan]]<br />
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| Fyrstir<br />
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| [[file:6F36F0B8-F863-457E-A45F-434DFA6FD68A.png|25x25px]] [[Southern Cross Union]]<br />
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| [[File:Sorreniaflagnew.png|25x25px]] [[Kingdom of Sorrenia]]<br />
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| [[file: xxxx.png|25x25px]] The Dominion of the [[Republic of Jadoraria]]<br />
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| [[File:AenderiaFlag.png|25x25px]] [[Republic of Aenderia]]<br />
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| {{Flaglist|Usian Republic}}<br />
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| [[Usian Republic#List of territories and provinces|Province of Usipolis]]<br />
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| [[File:Flag of Lopezia.jpg|25x25px]] [[Kingdom of Lopezia]]<br />
| Lopezia<br />
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| Weillin<br />
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| Wasusu<br />
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| [[File:olislelia_flag.png|25px]] [[Baronato di Olislelia]]<br />
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| [[File:Flag of the Buckeye Republic.jpeg|25x25px]] [[The Buckeye Republic]]<br />
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|-<br />
| [[File:Flag of the Norfolk Empire.jpg|25x25px]] [[Norfolk Empire]]<br />
| [[New Tenochtitlan]]<br />
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| [[File:ธงจักรวรรดิห้วยเสี้ยว.jpg|25x25px]] [[Empire Huai Siao]]<br />
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|-<br />
|[[File:Wegmatflag.jpeg|25x25px]] [[Kingdom of Wegmat]]<br />
| [[Two Pine]]<br />
| [https://wegmatkingdom.wixsite.com/government/glifork Glifork]<br />
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|[[File:PREFlag.png|25x25px]] [[People's Republic of Elmshorn]]<br />
| Elmshorn<br />
| None</div>Sonderanhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=Micronationalism_in_Australia&diff=480803Micronationalism in Australia2019-07-31T05:02:36Z<p>Sonderan: Removed defunct nations from list</p>
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<div>Compared to some places in the world Australia has a good number of notable [[micronations]]. Some might say that Australian micronations are unique in ways that may warrant attention.<br />
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==History==<br />
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===Foundations===<br />
Many of the first micronations to appear on the continent came into existence independently of those in other parts of the world. In the mid-20th century, there was no internet so they were formed mainly from conventional means. The Hutt River Province, for example, declared its independence in 1970 after Prince Leonard had a dispute over wheat quotas on his farming property. Many early micronations in Australia were formed for similar reasons.<br />
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===Modern===<br />
Today micronations are formed in Australia for a variety of reasons just like in other areas of the world. This is mainly because of the advent of the internet. Communicating over the internet has allowed an exchange of ideas which has resulted in many different types of micronations.<br />
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==Australian Micronations==<br />
*[[Empire of Atlantium]]<br />
*[[Falcar|Kingdom of Falcar and the Rottnest]]<br />
*[[Hutt River Province]]<br />
*[[Lavalon]]<br />
*[[Saripesia]]<br />
*[[Republic of Macéyon]]<br />
*[[Triumvirate of Sonderan]]<br />
[[Category:Oceanian micronations]]<br />
[[Category:Australian micronations]]</div>Sonderanhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=Micronationalism_in_Australia&diff=480802Micronationalism in Australia2019-07-31T05:00:26Z<p>Sonderan: Added the Triumvirate of Sonderan to the list of Australian Micronations</p>
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<div>Compared to some places in the world Australia has a good number of notable [[micronations]]. Some might say that Australian micronations are unique in ways that may warrant attention.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
<br />
===Foundations===<br />
Many of the first micronations to appear on the continent came into existence independently of those in other parts of the world. In the mid-20th century, there was no internet so they were formed mainly from conventional means. The Hutt River Province, for example, declared its independence in 1970 after Prince Leonard had a dispute over wheat quotas on his farming property. Many early micronations in Australia were formed for similar reasons.<br />
<br />
===Modern===<br />
Today micronations are formed in Australia for a variety of reasons just like in other areas of the world. This is mainly because of the advent of the internet. Communicating over the internet has allowed an exchange of ideas which has resulted in many different types of micronations.<br />
<br />
==Australian Micronations==<br />
*[[Empire of Atlantium]]<br />
*[[Empire of Bethonia]]<br />
*[[Falcar|Kingdom of Falcar and the Rottnest]]<br />
*[[Empire of Førvania]]<br />
*[[Hutt River Province]]<br />
*[[Colony of Iego]]<br />
*[[Lavalon]]<br />
*[[Optima]]<br />
*[[Saripesia]]<br />
*[[Republic of Macéyon]]<br />
*[[Triumvirate of Sonderan]]<br />
[[Category:Oceanian micronations]]<br />
[[Category:Australian micronations]]</div>Sonderanhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=Triumvirate_of_Sonderan&diff=479147Triumvirate of Sonderan2019-07-27T03:08:46Z<p>Sonderan: /* Etymology */</p>
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<div>Sonderan, officially the Triumvirate of Sonderan, is a small, self declared country, commonly known as a micronation, founded on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia in January, 2018. A secular, constitutional triumvirate, the nation has three, ostensibly equal, heads of state known as ‘the Triumvirs’.<br />
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Founded on a ‘conviction in the transcendental value of human kindness’, the government has a constitutional obligation to work towards enhancing the happiness, wellbeing and safety of its citizens and ‘people everywhere’ whilst promoting international communication, transparency and freedom of movement. <br />
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{{Infobox nation<br />
|name = Triumvirate of Sonderan<br />
|image1 = [[File:Sonderian Flag.jpeg|150px]]<br />
|motto = ‘Always Kindness’<br />
|location = Enclaved by the state of Victoria, Australia<br />
|capital = Merindarra, meaning ‘strength’ <br />
|languages = Sonderian; Australian English<br />
|religions = Secular state<br />
|shortname = Sonderan<br />
|demonym = Sonderians<br />
|government = Secular, sovereign, constitutional triumvirate<br />
|head of government and state = The Triumvirs: the Monarch (Queen/King), the President, and the Chancellor<br />
|legislature = Parliament<br />
|established = [[2018]]<br />
|population = 25<br />
|population_notes = (as of 2019 census)<br />
|currency = Sonderian Lyra<br />
|time_zone = UTC+10:00<br />
|nat_animal = Silver gull<br />
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}}<br />
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The '''Triumvirate of Sonderan''' is a [[micronation]] founded on 5 January 2018.<br />
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==Etymology==<br />
Sonderan takes its name from the word ‘sonder’ as defined in the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig:<br />
''The realisation that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own - populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness - an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk.'''<br />
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Within the nation itself, the name places particular emphasis on the significance of individual community contributions, encouraging citizens to identify their own worth and the value of the people around them in order to build meaningful societal connections.<br />
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==History==<br />
[[File:Stephenbeach1.jpg|thumb|left|Members of the Royal Family visit the Special Territory of Stephen Beach.]]<br />
The Triumvirate of Sonderan was founded after a two year research and consultation process. <br />
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Initially fuelled as a protest against the human rights abuses perpetuated by successive Australian Governments against asylum seekers in the name of ‘national security’, the founders were influenced by an insistence by deposed Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott that new citizens of Australia could not be considered legal citizens unless they had sworn a formal oath of allegiance. It was extrapolated that, this being so, oaths of allegiance were transferable and extendable to both external citizenship claims and property rights. <br />
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Prior to its foundation, the underlying emphasis of the nation morphed from one of protest into a push for change in community attitudes. At the time of its declaration of independence it was conceptually a kindness movement, seeking to promote tolerance and individual/community happiness through culture and targeted initiatives.<br />
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The nation of Sonderan was formally declared on 5 January 2018, with Cedar as ‘Monarch Apparent’ heading the caretaker government. It would take twelve months for the Sonderian constitution to be drafted, reviewed and ratified. During this time the state was declared a triumvirate and the Sonderian flag commissioned.<br />
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The Constitution of the Triumvirate of Sonderan was officially signed into law on 5 January 2019, with Cedar ascending the throne as Monarch and head of a, now constitutionally sanctioned, caretaker government.<br />
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==Government and politics==<br />
[[File:QueenCedar.jpg|thumb|left|HM Cedar, Queen of Sonderan.]]<br />
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''As a constitutional triumvirate, Sonderan has three heads of state, the ‘Triumvirs’.''<br />
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The role of the Monarch is a hereditary position and represents the executive functions of the nation. The Monarch is responsible for international relations and for the day to day running of the nation. This is achieved with assistance of the Royal Council, an administrative group made up of representatives from each of the nation’s provinces.<br />
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The role of the President is an elected position and represents the legislative functions of the nation. The President coordinates the National Parliament.<br />
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The role of the Chancellor is also an elected position, although the candidates are initially sorted into eligibility for the role. The Chancellor represents the judicial functions of the nation.<br />
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The National Parliament is made up of two houses. <br />
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The Lower House, known as the National Assembly, has two deputations: the Primary Deputation and the Secondary Deputation. The Primary Deputation is democratically elected in national elections overseen by the Chancellor’s office. Once elected, the President and the Vice President are elected by the Primary Deputation from among their members. <br />
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The Secondary Deputation is selected by sortition based on fair representation. Once sorted into the Secondary Deputation, they elect the new Chancellor and Vice Chancellor from among their members. As neither the Chancellor nor the Vice Chancellor hold a vote in the National Assembly once elected, the Secondary Deputation will always have two less seated members than the Primary Deputation. <br />
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The Upper House, known as the Senate, is made up of senators selected on the basis of merit, each representing the most qualified/experienced Sonderian citizen in each of the following fields: Arts and Culture, Economics, Education, Environment, Health, Information Technology, Law, Science, Social Sciences. There are also constitutional provisions for up to three extra senators selected from fields identified by the Triumvirs as representing specific areas of need.<br />
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Legislation must be passed by both houses before being signed by the President into law.<br />
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The Sonderian Constitution has particular articles devoted to the expected growth of the nation within realistic timeframes. The Caretaker Government is currently administrating all governmental functions until the citizen threshold for the activation of the Triumvirate Government is triggered.<br />
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==Law and order==<br />
The Chancellor is responsible for ensuring the transparency and integrity of the judicial system, although they have no jurisdiction over individual judgments. The Chancellor’s office is responsible for overseeing national elections, the sortition process and coordinating the selection of Judges and the Chief Justice of the Sonderian Supreme Court.<br />
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''It is illegal in Sonderan to negatively discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, gender, nationality, age, ability/disability, origin, sex, health, creed, faith, marital status or spoken language, however needs based asset distribution may be employed in order to address regional deficits in accessibility to state services.''<br />
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Citizens of Sonderian are not required to renounce pre-existing citizenships they may hold and Sonderian citizenship is compatible with all other forms of micronational and macronational citizenship. Citizens are required to pay taxes within the countries in which they earned their wages - ie. duel Sonderian/Australian citizens working in Australia are still required to pay taxes to the Australian government.<br />
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Voting in national elections is compulsory unless an exemption has been granted.<br />
Non-sexual/violent criminal convictions are considered spent after 5 years.<br />
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==Foreign relations==<br />
The Monarch is the symbol of the nation and represents the nation abroad. They have the power to send delegates and nominate ambassadors to international posts and to engage in foreign diplomacy, including the signing of international agreements, protocols and treaties. However, treaties and binding agreements not ratified by the National Parliament within six months of the Monarch’s acceptance are revoked by the President. <br />
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''The Triumvirate’s general foreign policy is one of tolerance and mutually beneficial intermicronational discourse, however the nation’s motto is ‘Always Kindness’, and there is a cultural understanding that, on particular issues, certain political stances are incompatible with satisfactory foreign relations. Nations proactively seeking to incite hate through the proliferation of racist, mysoginist, misandrist, homophobic, or ableist viewpoints are generally understood to be incompatible with the Sonderian world view.<br />
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==Military==<br />
The State of Sonderan is committed to peace and amity in the world. Acts undertaken to prepare war or otherwise disturb the peaceful relations between nations are unconstitutional. Whilst the Monarch is the symbolic Commander in Chief of the Self Defence Force, and is empowered to protect Sonderian citizens in a crisis, Sonderan has no standing army and would rely on expert citizens and international assistance in a disaster.<br />
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==Geography and climate==<br />
[[File:Seagull.jpg|thumb|left|The silver gull is the national animal of Sonderan.]]<br />
''Sonderan is divided into Regions, which are themselves divided into Provinces. Within each Province, self governing Households submit to the national government under the constitution, while Special Territories are maintained and managed by the Triumvirs and members of the Royal Family. Households must have permanent residents, but Special Territories do not have this requirement.''<br />
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From a geographic standpoint, the State currently consists of one major Region, ‘Fyrstir’, encompassing the western half of the Mornington Peninsula, containing the Provinces of <br />
Merindarra - administering the Households of Merindarra (the national capital), as well as the Special Territories of Mountain and Treasure Beach), and;<br />
Olewyddin - administering the Households of Olewyddin and Elskercott, and the Special Territory of Stephen Beach. <br />
Both the Special Territories of Treasure Beach and Stephen Beach are shallow, safe beaches permitting access to Port Philip Bay and are the source of one of Sonderan’s most exported commodities - Sonderian seaglass. The Special Mountain Territory is the highest point in the nation at 305m above sea level.<br />
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[[File:TreasureBeach.jpg|thumb|left|Winter seaglass harvest at the Special Territory of Treasure Beach.]]<br />
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Fyrstir’s cool, maritime climate provides an ideal environment for the growing of produce, and the nation produces regular crops of a range of fruits and vegetables including lemons, tomatoes, olives, figs, loquats, strawberries, snow peas and passionfruit. The capital also produces yoghurt and mushrooms.<br />
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An additional Household, Schneeebveland, is an isolated enclave in the Australian Capital Territory. Schneeebveland is subject to a harsher climate than its southern counterparts, with significantly colder winters and harsher summer temperatures.<br />
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==Economy==<br />
The Sonderian currency, the Sonderian Lyra is divided into ten pennies and is utilised as the primary currency within the nation’s borders. The Sonderian Lyra is tied to the national fruit production, with two Sonderian Lyra being roughly worth two kilograms of harvested fruit, or one jar of jam (or other type of processed fruit).<br />
<br />
[[File:Lemons.jpg|thumb|left|Merindarra lemons are prized for their sweetness and are an integral ingredient of Sonderian cordial and lemon curd.]]<br />
While the nation relies primarily on international imports in order to survive, the government has pledged to invest in cottage industries and boost exports by 2022. Most citizens work internationally and the economy is almost entirely supported by remittances. <br />
<br />
Sonderian Jam is currently produced from a blend of local and imported ingredients.<br />
<br />
==Culture==<br />
[[File:Fanfare.jpg|thumb|left|The Jam Day parade 2019.]]<br />
<br />
''Happiness through Kindness''<br />
<br />
Sonderian citizens strive to be both happy and to develop happiness in others through acts of kindness. These acts of kindness are rewarded through a system of honorary titles bestowed upon those who achieve predetermined ranked milestones. Acts of service are valued more than administrative titles, with hereditary titles considered of least value.<br />
<br />
The Monarchy, while ostensibly noble, performs a subservient role within the national psyche, with the prevalent attitude of both the citizens and the Royal Family focusing on what the Royals can do for the general citizenship.<br />
<br />
The development of culture is a valued responsibility of the National Government and Article 8 of the Constitution enshrines the necessity to both preserve existing cultural practises and facilitate the continued evolution of new ones to enrich the society and cultural life of Sonderian citizens. While individual households are encouraged to develop individualised cultures, outright cultural appropriation of previously oppressed minorities (without reasonably established historical lineage) is not acceptable.<br />
<br />
Sonderians in national dress wear a scarf, shawl, stole or other length of fabric over their left shoulder. Shawls can be representative of rank, clan, or simply citizenship.<br />
<br />
In general, Sonderians prefer to avoid photographs and favour images rendered in watercolour where time permits.<br />
<br />
==Cuisine==<br />
[[File:SonderJam.jpg|thumb|left|Preparation of Jam Day deliveries.]]<br />
<br />
While each Household is encouraged to develop their own unique dishes, the National food is the pancake. Pancakes are eaten for breakfast on both Sonderan Day and Pancake Day.<br />
<br />
Jam holds particular significance: each citizen has a constitutional right to a share of state made jam. Each year ‘Jam Day’ is declared by the Monarch and shares of jam distributed with much fanfare on the day.<br />
<br />
==Benefits of Citizenship==<br />
Citizens of Sonderan are entitled to a number of concrete benefits, aside from the more standard constitutional rights. Citizens of Sonderan are entitled to:<br />
<br />
1. An annual audience with the Queen to discuss ways in which the government might help them to accomplish their own goals. This forms the basis of a somewhat unique take on the Bhutanese concept and implementation of Gross National Happiness policies<br />
<br />
2. At least one story published and archived in the State Chronicles. The State Chronicles honour the etymology of the Sonderian national name and seek to preserve and share the stories of Sonderian citizens in an assertion that each individual is uniquely important and worthy of attention.<br />
<br />
3. A piece of Sonderian Sea Glass from the Royal Treasury<br />
<br />
4. A jar of jam, preserved fruit, or baked good per citizen from the Bank of Sonderan, tri-annually, or more frequently depending on the quantity of fruit produced nationally. <br />
<br />
5. Assume a pseudonym when applying for citizenship. This entitlement links in with a Sonderan preoccupation with anonymity, which is highly sought after and valued. Balancing impact with anonymity remains a strong governmental focus of the Monarchy in particular.<br />
<br />
==National Holidays==<br />
''Sonderan observes the following national holidays:''<br />
<br />
'''January 1''': New Year’s Day<br />
<br />
'''January 5''': Sonderan Day - on this day the Monarch customarily announces the type of jam to be distributed on Jam Day. Pancakes are eaten for dinner.<br />
<br />
'''Second Sunday in January''': Jam Day - on this day each eligible citizen receives their jar of Sonderian Jam from the Bank of Sonderan. Citizens wear red and a parade is held in the Capital.<br />
<br />
'''January 21''': Hugging Day<br />
<br />
'''March 5''': Pancake Tuesday<br />
<br />
'''April 19''': Good Friday<br />
<br />
'''April 20''': Easter Saturday<br />
<br />
'''April 21''': Easter Sunday<br />
<br />
'''April 25''': ANZAC Day<br />
<br />
'''Second Sunday in May''': Mother’s Day<br />
<br />
'''First Saturday in May''': Merry Fig Day - on this day citizens gather in groups to share warm foods, such as soup and casseroles, and to exchange cards of friendship and thanks. Candles are lit, there is music and dancing and citizens wear blue. Whoever finds the fig in their Merry fig Day biscuit leads the dance.<br />
<br />
'''First Sunday in September''': Father’s Day<br />
<br />
'''September 19''': Talk Like a Pirate Day<br />
<br />
'''Second weekend in October''': Chicken Festival - on this day citizens wear white and participate in a festival celebrating spring. Coloured water is thrown, murals are painted and picnics held. Over the course of the day the previously white clothes donned by citizens become increasingly colourful. This is also Census Day and the day on which ‘chickens are counted’.<br />
<br />
'''First Tuesday in November''': Henry Mortlock Memorial Hat Day - on this day, citizens are encouraged to make their own hats from household materials and wear their creations with pride<br />
<br />
'''November 11''': Remembrance Day<br />
<br />
'''November 13''': World Kindness Day<br />
<br />
'''November 26''': Wizzypops Day - Christmas begins and all Christmas Trees in the nation are erected<br />
<br />
'''November 30''': Salmon Pie Day - on which salmon pie is consumed<br />
<br />
'''December 24''': Christmas Eve<br />
<br />
'''December 25''': Christmas Day<br />
<br />
'''December 26''': Boxing Day<br />
<br />
'''December 31''': New Year’s Day<br />
<br />
==Media==<br />
The Sonderian Gazette is a government funded news service initially set up to broadcast twitter updates on important news within the Triumvirate for an international audience.<br />
<br />
As the number of citizens and territories begin to grow, the Gazette’s activities will expand to include internal news publications which, in turn, will provide content for the news section of the official government website.<br />
<br />
The government funded Sonderian Radio Service will broadcast a monthly program aimed primarily at a local audience, although international listeners will be able to tune in. This service will be launched on Sonderan Day 2020.</div>Sonderanhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=Triumvirate_of_Sonderan&diff=479145Triumvirate of Sonderan2019-07-27T03:06:00Z<p>Sonderan: /* National Holidays */</p>
<hr />
<div>Sonderan, officially the Triumvirate of Sonderan, is a small, self declared country, commonly known as a micronation, founded on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia in January, 2018. A secular, constitutional triumvirate, the nation has three, ostensibly equal, heads of state known as ‘the Triumvirs’.<br />
<br />
Founded on a ‘conviction in the transcendental value of human kindness’, the government has a constitutional obligation to work towards enhancing the happiness, wellbeing and safety of its citizens and ‘people everywhere’ whilst promoting international communication, transparency and freedom of movement. <br />
<br />
{{Infobox nation<br />
|name = Triumvirate of Sonderan<br />
|image1 = [[File:Sonderian Flag.jpeg|150px]]<br />
|motto = ‘Always Kindness’<br />
|location = Enclaved by the state of Victoria, Australia<br />
|capital = Merindarra, meaning ‘strength’ <br />
|languages = Sonderian; Australian English<br />
|religions = Secular state<br />
|shortname = Sonderan<br />
|demonym = Sonderians<br />
|government = Secular, sovereign, constitutional triumvirate<br />
|head of government and state = The Triumvirs: the Monarch (Queen/King), the President, and the Chancellor<br />
|legislature = Parliament<br />
|established = [[2018]]<br />
|population = 25<br />
|population_notes = (as of 2019 census)<br />
|currency = Sonderian Lyra<br />
|time_zone = UTC+10:00<br />
|nat_animal = Silver gull<br />
<br />
}}<br />
<br />
The '''Triumvirate of Sonderan''' is a [[micronation]] founded on 5 January 2018.<br />
<br />
==Etymology==<br />
Sonderan takes its name from the word ‘sonder’ as defined in the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig:<br />
''The realisation that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own - populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness - an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk.'''<br />
<br />
Within the nation itself, the name places particular emphasis on the significance of individual community contributions, encouraging citizens to identify their own worth and the value of the people around them, in order to build meaningful societal connections.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
[[File:Stephenbeach1.jpg|thumb|left|Members of the Royal Family visit the Special Territory of Stephen Beach.]]<br />
The Triumvirate of Sonderan was founded after a two year research and consultation process. <br />
<br />
Initially fuelled as a protest against the human rights abuses perpetuated by successive Australian Governments against asylum seekers in the name of ‘national security’, the founders were influenced by an insistence by deposed Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott that new citizens of Australia could not be considered legal citizens unless they had sworn a formal oath of allegiance. It was extrapolated that, this being so, oaths of allegiance were transferable and extendable to both external citizenship claims and property rights. <br />
<br />
Prior to its foundation, the underlying emphasis of the nation morphed from one of protest into a push for change in community attitudes. At the time of its declaration of independence it was conceptually a kindness movement, seeking to promote tolerance and individual/community happiness through culture and targeted initiatives.<br />
<br />
The nation of Sonderan was formally declared on 5 January 2018, with Cedar as ‘Monarch Apparent’ heading the caretaker government. It would take twelve months for the Sonderian constitution to be drafted, reviewed and ratified. During this time the state was declared a triumvirate and the Sonderian flag commissioned.<br />
<br />
The Constitution of the Triumvirate of Sonderan was officially signed into law on 5 January 2019, with Cedar ascending the throne as Monarch and head of a, now constitutionally sanctioned, caretaker government.<br />
<br />
==Government and politics==<br />
[[File:QueenCedar.jpg|thumb|left|HM Cedar, Queen of Sonderan.]]<br />
<br />
''As a constitutional triumvirate, Sonderan has three heads of state, the ‘Triumvirs’.''<br />
<br />
The role of the Monarch is a hereditary position and represents the executive functions of the nation. The Monarch is responsible for international relations and for the day to day running of the nation. This is achieved with assistance of the Royal Council, an administrative group made up of representatives from each of the nation’s provinces.<br />
<br />
The role of the President is an elected position and represents the legislative functions of the nation. The President coordinates the National Parliament.<br />
<br />
The role of the Chancellor is also an elected position, although the candidates are initially sorted into eligibility for the role. The Chancellor represents the judicial functions of the nation.<br />
<br />
The National Parliament is made up of two houses. <br />
<br />
The Lower House, known as the National Assembly, has two deputations: the Primary Deputation and the Secondary Deputation. The Primary Deputation is democratically elected in national elections overseen by the Chancellor’s office. Once elected, the President and the Vice President are elected by the Primary Deputation from among their members. <br />
<br />
The Secondary Deputation is selected by sortition based on fair representation. Once sorted into the Secondary Deputation, they elect the new Chancellor and Vice Chancellor from among their members. As neither the Chancellor nor the Vice Chancellor hold a vote in the National Assembly once elected, the Secondary Deputation will always have two less seated members than the Primary Deputation. <br />
<br />
The Upper House, known as the Senate, is made up of senators selected on the basis of merit, each representing the most qualified/experienced Sonderian citizen in each of the following fields: Arts and Culture, Economics, Education, Environment, Health, Information Technology, Law, Science, Social Sciences. There are also constitutional provisions for up to three extra senators selected from fields identified by the Triumvirs as representing specific areas of need.<br />
<br />
Legislation must be passed by both houses before being signed by the President into law.<br />
<br />
The Sonderian Constitution has particular articles devoted to the expected growth of the nation within realistic timeframes. The Caretaker Government is currently administrating all governmental functions until the citizen threshold for the activation of the Triumvirate Government is triggered.<br />
<br />
==Law and order==<br />
The Chancellor is responsible for ensuring the transparency and integrity of the judicial system, although they have no jurisdiction over individual judgments. The Chancellor’s office is responsible for overseeing national elections, the sortition process and coordinating the selection of Judges and the Chief Justice of the Sonderian Supreme Court.<br />
<br />
''It is illegal in Sonderan to negatively discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, gender, nationality, age, ability/disability, origin, sex, health, creed, faith, marital status or spoken language, however needs based asset distribution may be employed in order to address regional deficits in accessibility to state services.''<br />
<br />
Citizens of Sonderian are not required to renounce pre-existing citizenships they may hold and Sonderian citizenship is compatible with all other forms of micronational and macronational citizenship. Citizens are required to pay taxes within the countries in which they earned their wages - ie. duel Sonderian/Australian citizens working in Australia are still required to pay taxes to the Australian government.<br />
<br />
Voting in national elections is compulsory unless an exemption has been granted.<br />
Non-sexual/violent criminal convictions are considered spent after 5 years.<br />
<br />
==Foreign relations==<br />
The Monarch is the symbol of the nation and represents the nation abroad. They have the power to send delegates and nominate ambassadors to international posts and to engage in foreign diplomacy, including the signing of international agreements, protocols and treaties. However, treaties and binding agreements not ratified by the National Parliament within six months of the Monarch’s acceptance are revoked by the President. <br />
<br />
''The Triumvirate’s general foreign policy is one of tolerance and mutually beneficial intermicronational discourse, however the nation’s motto is ‘Always Kindness’, and there is a cultural understanding that, on particular issues, certain political stances are incompatible with satisfactory foreign relations. Nations proactively seeking to incite hate through the proliferation of racist, mysoginist, misandrist, homophobic, or ableist viewpoints are generally understood to be incompatible with the Sonderian world view.<br />
<br />
==Military==<br />
The State of Sonderan is committed to peace and amity in the world. Acts undertaken to prepare war or otherwise disturb the peaceful relations between nations are unconstitutional. Whilst the Monarch is the symbolic Commander in Chief of the Self Defence Force, and is empowered to protect Sonderian citizens in a crisis, Sonderan has no standing army and would rely on expert citizens and international assistance in a disaster.<br />
<br />
==Geography and climate==<br />
[[File:Seagull.jpg|thumb|left|The silver gull is the national animal of Sonderan.]]<br />
''Sonderan is divided into Regions, which are themselves divided into Provinces. Within each Province, self governing Households submit to the national government under the constitution, while Special Territories are maintained and managed by the Triumvirs and members of the Royal Family. Households must have permanent residents, but Special Territories do not have this requirement.''<br />
<br />
From a geographic standpoint, the State currently consists of one major Region, ‘Fyrstir’, encompassing the western half of the Mornington Peninsula, containing the Provinces of <br />
Merindarra - administering the Households of Merindarra (the national capital), as well as the Special Territories of Mountain and Treasure Beach), and;<br />
Olewyddin - administering the Households of Olewyddin and Elskercott, and the Special Territory of Stephen Beach. <br />
Both the Special Territories of Treasure Beach and Stephen Beach are shallow, safe beaches permitting access to Port Philip Bay and are the source of one of Sonderan’s most exported commodities - Sonderian seaglass. The Special Mountain Territory is the highest point in the nation at 305m above sea level.<br />
<br />
[[File:TreasureBeach.jpg|thumb|left|Winter seaglass harvest at the Special Territory of Treasure Beach.]]<br />
<br />
Fyrstir’s cool, maritime climate provides an ideal environment for the growing of produce, and the nation produces regular crops of a range of fruits and vegetables including lemons, tomatoes, olives, figs, loquats, strawberries, snow peas and passionfruit. The capital also produces yoghurt and mushrooms.<br />
<br />
An additional Household, Schneeebveland, is an isolated enclave in the Australian Capital Territory. Schneeebveland is subject to a harsher climate than its southern counterparts, with significantly colder winters and harsher summer temperatures.<br />
<br />
==Economy==<br />
The Sonderian currency, the Sonderian Lyra is divided into ten pennies and is utilised as the primary currency within the nation’s borders. The Sonderian Lyra is tied to the national fruit production, with two Sonderian Lyra being roughly worth two kilograms of harvested fruit, or one jar of jam (or other type of processed fruit).<br />
<br />
[[File:Lemons.jpg|thumb|left|Merindarra lemons are prized for their sweetness and are an integral ingredient of Sonderian cordial and lemon curd.]]<br />
While the nation relies primarily on international imports in order to survive, the government has pledged to invest in cottage industries and boost exports by 2022. Most citizens work internationally and the economy is almost entirely supported by remittances. <br />
<br />
Sonderian Jam is currently produced from a blend of local and imported ingredients.<br />
<br />
==Culture==<br />
[[File:Fanfare.jpg|thumb|left|The Jam Day parade 2019.]]<br />
<br />
''Happiness through Kindness''<br />
<br />
Sonderian citizens strive to be both happy and to develop happiness in others through acts of kindness. These acts of kindness are rewarded through a system of honorary titles bestowed upon those who achieve predetermined ranked milestones. Acts of service are valued more than administrative titles, with hereditary titles considered of least value.<br />
<br />
The Monarchy, while ostensibly noble, performs a subservient role within the national psyche, with the prevalent attitude of both the citizens and the Royal Family focusing on what the Royals can do for the general citizenship.<br />
<br />
The development of culture is a valued responsibility of the National Government and Article 8 of the Constitution enshrines the necessity to both preserve existing cultural practises and facilitate the continued evolution of new ones to enrich the society and cultural life of Sonderian citizens. While individual households are encouraged to develop individualised cultures, outright cultural appropriation of previously oppressed minorities (without reasonably established historical lineage) is not acceptable.<br />
<br />
Sonderians in national dress wear a scarf, shawl, stole or other length of fabric over their left shoulder. Shawls can be representative of rank, clan, or simply citizenship.<br />
<br />
In general, Sonderians prefer to avoid photographs and favour images rendered in watercolour where time permits.<br />
<br />
==Cuisine==<br />
[[File:SonderJam.jpg|thumb|left|Preparation of Jam Day deliveries.]]<br />
<br />
While each Household is encouraged to develop their own unique dishes, the National food is the pancake. Pancakes are eaten for breakfast on both Sonderan Day and Pancake Day.<br />
<br />
Jam holds particular significance: each citizen has a constitutional right to a share of state made jam. Each year ‘Jam Day’ is declared by the Monarch and shares of jam distributed with much fanfare on the day.<br />
<br />
==Benefits of Citizenship==<br />
Citizens of Sonderan are entitled to a number of concrete benefits, aside from the more standard constitutional rights. Citizens of Sonderan are entitled to:<br />
<br />
1. An annual audience with the Queen to discuss ways in which the government might help them to accomplish their own goals. This forms the basis of a somewhat unique take on the Bhutanese concept and implementation of Gross National Happiness policies<br />
<br />
2. At least one story published and archived in the State Chronicles. The State Chronicles honour the etymology of the Sonderian national name and seek to preserve and share the stories of Sonderian citizens in an assertion that each individual is uniquely important and worthy of attention.<br />
<br />
3. A piece of Sonderian Sea Glass from the Royal Treasury<br />
<br />
4. A jar of jam, preserved fruit, or baked good per citizen from the Bank of Sonderan, tri-annually, or more frequently depending on the quantity of fruit produced nationally. <br />
<br />
5. Assume a pseudonym when applying for citizenship. This entitlement links in with a Sonderan preoccupation with anonymity, which is highly sought after and valued. Balancing impact with anonymity remains a strong governmental focus of the Monarchy in particular.<br />
<br />
==National Holidays==<br />
''Sonderan observes the following national holidays:''<br />
<br />
'''January 1''': New Year’s Day<br />
<br />
'''January 5''': Sonderan Day - on this day the Monarch customarily announces the type of jam to be distributed on Jam Day. Pancakes are eaten for dinner.<br />
<br />
'''Second Sunday in January''': Jam Day - on this day each eligible citizen receives their jar of Sonderian Jam from the Bank of Sonderan. Citizens wear red and a parade is held in the Capital.<br />
<br />
'''January 21''': Hugging Day<br />
<br />
'''March 5''': Pancake Tuesday<br />
<br />
'''April 19''': Good Friday<br />
<br />
'''April 20''': Easter Saturday<br />
<br />
'''April 21''': Easter Sunday<br />
<br />
'''April 25''': ANZAC Day<br />
<br />
'''Second Sunday in May''': Mother’s Day<br />
<br />
'''First Saturday in May''': Merry Fig Day - on this day citizens gather in groups to share warm foods, such as soup and casseroles, and to exchange cards of friendship and thanks. Candles are lit, there is music and dancing and citizens wear blue. Whoever finds the fig in their Merry fig Day biscuit leads the dance.<br />
<br />
'''First Sunday in September''': Father’s Day<br />
<br />
'''September 19''': Talk Like a Pirate Day<br />
<br />
'''Second weekend in October''': Chicken Festival - on this day citizens wear white and participate in a festival celebrating spring. Coloured water is thrown, murals are painted and picnics held. Over the course of the day the previously white clothes donned by citizens become increasingly colourful. This is also Census Day and the day on which ‘chickens are counted’.<br />
<br />
'''First Tuesday in November''': Henry Mortlock Memorial Hat Day - on this day, citizens are encouraged to make their own hats from household materials and wear their creations with pride<br />
<br />
'''November 11''': Remembrance Day<br />
<br />
'''November 13''': World Kindness Day<br />
<br />
'''November 26''': Wizzypops Day - Christmas begins and all Christmas Trees in the nation are erected<br />
<br />
'''November 30''': Salmon Pie Day - on which salmon pie is consumed<br />
<br />
'''December 24''': Christmas Eve<br />
<br />
'''December 25''': Christmas Day<br />
<br />
'''December 26''': Boxing Day<br />
<br />
'''December 31''': New Year’s Day<br />
<br />
==Media==<br />
The Sonderian Gazette is a government funded news service initially set up to broadcast twitter updates on important news within the Triumvirate for an international audience.<br />
<br />
As the number of citizens and territories begin to grow, the Gazette’s activities will expand to include internal news publications which, in turn, will provide content for the news section of the official government website.<br />
<br />
The government funded Sonderian Radio Service will broadcast a monthly program aimed primarily at a local audience, although international listeners will be able to tune in. This service will be launched on Sonderan Day 2020.</div>Sonderanhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=Triumvirate_of_Sonderan&diff=479143Triumvirate of Sonderan2019-07-27T03:00:31Z<p>Sonderan: /* National Holidays */</p>
<hr />
<div>Sonderan, officially the Triumvirate of Sonderan, is a small, self declared country, commonly known as a micronation, founded on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia in January, 2018. A secular, constitutional triumvirate, the nation has three, ostensibly equal, heads of state known as ‘the Triumvirs’.<br />
<br />
Founded on a ‘conviction in the transcendental value of human kindness’, the government has a constitutional obligation to work towards enhancing the happiness, wellbeing and safety of its citizens and ‘people everywhere’ whilst promoting international communication, transparency and freedom of movement. <br />
<br />
{{Infobox nation<br />
|name = Triumvirate of Sonderan<br />
|image1 = [[File:Sonderian Flag.jpeg|150px]]<br />
|motto = ‘Always Kindness’<br />
|location = Enclaved by the state of Victoria, Australia<br />
|capital = Merindarra, meaning ‘strength’ <br />
|languages = Sonderian; Australian English<br />
|religions = Secular state<br />
|shortname = Sonderan<br />
|demonym = Sonderians<br />
|government = Secular, sovereign, constitutional triumvirate<br />
|head of government and state = The Triumvirs: the Monarch (Queen/King), the President, and the Chancellor<br />
|legislature = Parliament<br />
|established = [[2018]]<br />
|population = 25<br />
|population_notes = (as of 2019 census)<br />
|currency = Sonderian Lyra<br />
|time_zone = UTC+10:00<br />
|nat_animal = Silver gull<br />
<br />
}}<br />
<br />
The '''Triumvirate of Sonderan''' is a [[micronation]] founded on 5 January 2018.<br />
<br />
==Etymology==<br />
Sonderan takes its name from the word ‘sonder’ as defined in the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig:<br />
''The realisation that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own - populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness - an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk.'''<br />
<br />
Within the nation itself, the name places particular emphasis on the significance of individual community contributions, encouraging citizens to identify their own worth and the value of the people around them, in order to build meaningful societal connections.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
[[File:Stephenbeach1.jpg|thumb|left|Members of the Royal Family visit the Special Territory of Stephen Beach.]]<br />
The Triumvirate of Sonderan was founded after a two year research and consultation process. <br />
<br />
Initially fuelled as a protest against the human rights abuses perpetuated by successive Australian Governments against asylum seekers in the name of ‘national security’, the founders were influenced by an insistence by deposed Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott that new citizens of Australia could not be considered legal citizens unless they had sworn a formal oath of allegiance. It was extrapolated that, this being so, oaths of allegiance were transferable and extendable to both external citizenship claims and property rights. <br />
<br />
Prior to its foundation, the underlying emphasis of the nation morphed from one of protest into a push for change in community attitudes. At the time of its declaration of independence it was conceptually a kindness movement, seeking to promote tolerance and individual/community happiness through culture and targeted initiatives.<br />
<br />
The nation of Sonderan was formally declared on 5 January 2018, with Cedar as ‘Monarch Apparent’ heading the caretaker government. It would take twelve months for the Sonderian constitution to be drafted, reviewed and ratified. During this time the state was declared a triumvirate and the Sonderian flag commissioned.<br />
<br />
The Constitution of the Triumvirate of Sonderan was officially signed into law on 5 January 2019, with Cedar ascending the throne as Monarch and head of a, now constitutionally sanctioned, caretaker government.<br />
<br />
==Government and politics==<br />
[[File:QueenCedar.jpg|thumb|left|HM Cedar, Queen of Sonderan.]]<br />
<br />
''As a constitutional triumvirate, Sonderan has three heads of state, the ‘Triumvirs’.''<br />
<br />
The role of the Monarch is a hereditary position and represents the executive functions of the nation. The Monarch is responsible for international relations and for the day to day running of the nation. This is achieved with assistance of the Royal Council, an administrative group made up of representatives from each of the nation’s provinces.<br />
<br />
The role of the President is an elected position and represents the legislative functions of the nation. The President coordinates the National Parliament.<br />
<br />
The role of the Chancellor is also an elected position, although the candidates are initially sorted into eligibility for the role. The Chancellor represents the judicial functions of the nation.<br />
<br />
The National Parliament is made up of two houses. <br />
<br />
The Lower House, known as the National Assembly, has two deputations: the Primary Deputation and the Secondary Deputation. The Primary Deputation is democratically elected in national elections overseen by the Chancellor’s office. Once elected, the President and the Vice President are elected by the Primary Deputation from among their members. <br />
<br />
The Secondary Deputation is selected by sortition based on fair representation. Once sorted into the Secondary Deputation, they elect the new Chancellor and Vice Chancellor from among their members. As neither the Chancellor nor the Vice Chancellor hold a vote in the National Assembly once elected, the Secondary Deputation will always have two less seated members than the Primary Deputation. <br />
<br />
The Upper House, known as the Senate, is made up of senators selected on the basis of merit, each representing the most qualified/experienced Sonderian citizen in each of the following fields: Arts and Culture, Economics, Education, Environment, Health, Information Technology, Law, Science, Social Sciences. There are also constitutional provisions for up to three extra senators selected from fields identified by the Triumvirs as representing specific areas of need.<br />
<br />
Legislation must be passed by both houses before being signed by the President into law.<br />
<br />
The Sonderian Constitution has particular articles devoted to the expected growth of the nation within realistic timeframes. The Caretaker Government is currently administrating all governmental functions until the citizen threshold for the activation of the Triumvirate Government is triggered.<br />
<br />
==Law and order==<br />
The Chancellor is responsible for ensuring the transparency and integrity of the judicial system, although they have no jurisdiction over individual judgments. The Chancellor’s office is responsible for overseeing national elections, the sortition process and coordinating the selection of Judges and the Chief Justice of the Sonderian Supreme Court.<br />
<br />
''It is illegal in Sonderan to negatively discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, gender, nationality, age, ability/disability, origin, sex, health, creed, faith, marital status or spoken language, however needs based asset distribution may be employed in order to address regional deficits in accessibility to state services.''<br />
<br />
Citizens of Sonderian are not required to renounce pre-existing citizenships they may hold and Sonderian citizenship is compatible with all other forms of micronational and macronational citizenship. Citizens are required to pay taxes within the countries in which they earned their wages - ie. duel Sonderian/Australian citizens working in Australia are still required to pay taxes to the Australian government.<br />
<br />
Voting in national elections is compulsory unless an exemption has been granted.<br />
Non-sexual/violent criminal convictions are considered spent after 5 years.<br />
<br />
==Foreign relations==<br />
The Monarch is the symbol of the nation and represents the nation abroad. They have the power to send delegates and nominate ambassadors to international posts and to engage in foreign diplomacy, including the signing of international agreements, protocols and treaties. However, treaties and binding agreements not ratified by the National Parliament within six months of the Monarch’s acceptance are revoked by the President. <br />
<br />
''The Triumvirate’s general foreign policy is one of tolerance and mutually beneficial intermicronational discourse, however the nation’s motto is ‘Always Kindness’, and there is a cultural understanding that, on particular issues, certain political stances are incompatible with satisfactory foreign relations. Nations proactively seeking to incite hate through the proliferation of racist, mysoginist, misandrist, homophobic, or ableist viewpoints are generally understood to be incompatible with the Sonderian world view.<br />
<br />
==Military==<br />
The State of Sonderan is committed to peace and amity in the world. Acts undertaken to prepare war or otherwise disturb the peaceful relations between nations are unconstitutional. Whilst the Monarch is the symbolic Commander in Chief of the Self Defence Force, and is empowered to protect Sonderian citizens in a crisis, Sonderan has no standing army and would rely on expert citizens and international assistance in a disaster.<br />
<br />
==Geography and climate==<br />
[[File:Seagull.jpg|thumb|left|The silver gull is the national animal of Sonderan.]]<br />
''Sonderan is divided into Regions, which are themselves divided into Provinces. Within each Province, self governing Households submit to the national government under the constitution, while Special Territories are maintained and managed by the Triumvirs and members of the Royal Family. Households must have permanent residents, but Special Territories do not have this requirement.''<br />
<br />
From a geographic standpoint, the State currently consists of one major Region, ‘Fyrstir’, encompassing the western half of the Mornington Peninsula, containing the Provinces of <br />
Merindarra - administering the Households of Merindarra (the national capital), as well as the Special Territories of Mountain and Treasure Beach), and;<br />
Olewyddin - administering the Households of Olewyddin and Elskercott, and the Special Territory of Stephen Beach. <br />
Both the Special Territories of Treasure Beach and Stephen Beach are shallow, safe beaches permitting access to Port Philip Bay and are the source of one of Sonderan’s most exported commodities - Sonderian seaglass. The Special Mountain Territory is the highest point in the nation at 305m above sea level.<br />
<br />
[[File:TreasureBeach.jpg|thumb|left|Winter seaglass harvest at the Special Territory of Treasure Beach.]]<br />
<br />
Fyrstir’s cool, maritime climate provides an ideal environment for the growing of produce, and the nation produces regular crops of a range of fruits and vegetables including lemons, tomatoes, olives, figs, loquats, strawberries, snow peas and passionfruit. The capital also produces yoghurt and mushrooms.<br />
<br />
An additional Household, Schneeebveland, is an isolated enclave in the Australian Capital Territory. Schneeebveland is subject to a harsher climate than its southern counterparts, with significantly colder winters and harsher summer temperatures.<br />
<br />
==Economy==<br />
The Sonderian currency, the Sonderian Lyra is divided into ten pennies and is utilised as the primary currency within the nation’s borders. The Sonderian Lyra is tied to the national fruit production, with two Sonderian Lyra being roughly worth two kilograms of harvested fruit, or one jar of jam (or other type of processed fruit).<br />
<br />
[[File:Lemons.jpg|thumb|left|Merindarra lemons are prized for their sweetness and are an integral ingredient of Sonderian cordial and lemon curd.]]<br />
While the nation relies primarily on international imports in order to survive, the government has pledged to invest in cottage industries and boost exports by 2022. Most citizens work internationally and the economy is almost entirely supported by remittances. <br />
<br />
Sonderian Jam is currently produced from a blend of local and imported ingredients.<br />
<br />
==Culture==<br />
[[File:Fanfare.jpg|thumb|left|The Jam Day parade 2019.]]<br />
<br />
''Happiness through Kindness''<br />
<br />
Sonderian citizens strive to be both happy and to develop happiness in others through acts of kindness. These acts of kindness are rewarded through a system of honorary titles bestowed upon those who achieve predetermined ranked milestones. Acts of service are valued more than administrative titles, with hereditary titles considered of least value.<br />
<br />
The Monarchy, while ostensibly noble, performs a subservient role within the national psyche, with the prevalent attitude of both the citizens and the Royal Family focusing on what the Royals can do for the general citizenship.<br />
<br />
The development of culture is a valued responsibility of the National Government and Article 8 of the Constitution enshrines the necessity to both preserve existing cultural practises and facilitate the continued evolution of new ones to enrich the society and cultural life of Sonderian citizens. While individual households are encouraged to develop individualised cultures, outright cultural appropriation of previously oppressed minorities (without reasonably established historical lineage) is not acceptable.<br />
<br />
Sonderians in national dress wear a scarf, shawl, stole or other length of fabric over their left shoulder. Shawls can be representative of rank, clan, or simply citizenship.<br />
<br />
In general, Sonderians prefer to avoid photographs and favour images rendered in watercolour where time permits.<br />
<br />
==Cuisine==<br />
[[File:SonderJam.jpg|thumb|left|Preparation of Jam Day deliveries.]]<br />
<br />
While each Household is encouraged to develop their own unique dishes, the National food is the pancake. Pancakes are eaten for breakfast on both Sonderan Day and Pancake Day.<br />
<br />
Jam holds particular significance: each citizen has a constitutional right to a share of state made jam. Each year ‘Jam Day’ is declared by the Monarch and shares of jam distributed with much fanfare on the day.<br />
<br />
==Benefits of Citizenship==<br />
Citizens of Sonderan are entitled to a number of concrete benefits, aside from the more standard constitutional rights. Citizens of Sonderan are entitled to:<br />
<br />
1. An annual audience with the Queen to discuss ways in which the government might help them to accomplish their own goals. This forms the basis of a somewhat unique take on the Bhutanese concept and implementation of Gross National Happiness policies<br />
<br />
2. At least one story published and archived in the State Chronicles. The State Chronicles honour the etymology of the Sonderian national name and seek to preserve and share the stories of Sonderian citizens in an assertion that each individual is uniquely important and worthy of attention.<br />
<br />
3. A piece of Sonderian Sea Glass from the Royal Treasury<br />
<br />
4. A jar of jam, preserved fruit, or baked good per citizen from the Bank of Sonderan, tri-annually, or more frequently depending on the quantity of fruit produced nationally. <br />
<br />
5. Assume a pseudonym when applying for citizenship. This entitlement links in with a Sonderan preoccupation with anonymity, which is highly sought after and valued. Balancing impact with anonymity remains a strong governmental focus of the Monarchy in particular.<br />
<br />
==National Holidays==<br />
''Sonderan observes the following national holidays:''<br />
<br />
January 1: New Year’s Day<br />
<br />
January 5: Sonderan Day - on this day the Monarch customarily announces the type of jam to be distributed on Jam Day. Pancakes are eaten for dinner.<br />
<br />
Second Sunday in January: Jam Day - on this day each eligible citizen receives their jar of Sonderian Jam from the Bank of Sonderan. Citizens wear red and a parade is held in the Capital.<br />
<br />
January 21: Hugging Day<br />
<br />
March 5: Pancake Tuesday<br />
<br />
April 19: Good Friday<br />
<br />
April 20: Easter Saturday<br />
<br />
April 21: Easter Sunday<br />
<br />
April 25: ANZAC Day<br />
<br />
Second Sunday in May: Mother’s Day<br />
<br />
First Saturday in May: Merry Fig Day - on this day citizens gather in groups to share warm foods, such as soup and casseroles, and to exchange cards of friendship and thanks. Candles are lit, there is music and dancing and citizens wear blue. Whoever finds the fig in their Merry fig Day biscuit leads the dance.<br />
<br />
First Sunday in September: Father’s Day<br />
<br />
September 19: Talk Like a Pirate Day<br />
<br />
Second weekend in October: Chicken Festival - on this day citizens wear white and participate in a festival celebrating spring. Coloured water is thrown, murals are painted and picnics held. Over the course of the day the previously white clothes donned by citizens become increasingly colourful. This is also Census Day and the day on which ‘chickens are counted’.<br />
<br />
First Tuesday in November: Henry Mortlock Memorial Hat Day - on this day, citizens are encouraged to make their own hats from household materials and wear their creations with pride<br />
<br />
November 11: Remembrance Day<br />
<br />
November 13: World Kindness Day<br />
<br />
Wizzypops Day: Christmas begins and all Christmas Trees in the nation are erected<br />
<br />
November 30: Salmon Pie Day - on which salmon pie is consumed<br />
<br />
December 24: Christmas Eve<br />
<br />
December 25: Christmas Day<br />
<br />
December 26: Boxing Day<br />
<br />
December 31: New Year’s Day<br />
<br />
==Media==<br />
The Sonderian Gazette is a government funded news service initially set up to broadcast twitter updates on important news within the Triumvirate for an international audience.<br />
<br />
As the number of citizens and territories begin to grow, the Gazette’s activities will expand to include internal news publications which, in turn, will provide content for the news section of the official government website.<br />
<br />
The government funded Sonderian Radio Service will broadcast a monthly program aimed primarily at a local audience, although international listeners will be able to tune in. This service will be launched on Sonderan Day 2020.</div>Sonderanhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=Triumvirate_of_Sonderan&diff=479142Triumvirate of Sonderan2019-07-27T02:58:27Z<p>Sonderan: /* National Holidays */</p>
<hr />
<div>Sonderan, officially the Triumvirate of Sonderan, is a small, self declared country, commonly known as a micronation, founded on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia in January, 2018. A secular, constitutional triumvirate, the nation has three, ostensibly equal, heads of state known as ‘the Triumvirs’.<br />
<br />
Founded on a ‘conviction in the transcendental value of human kindness’, the government has a constitutional obligation to work towards enhancing the happiness, wellbeing and safety of its citizens and ‘people everywhere’ whilst promoting international communication, transparency and freedom of movement. <br />
<br />
{{Infobox nation<br />
|name = Triumvirate of Sonderan<br />
|image1 = [[File:Sonderian Flag.jpeg|150px]]<br />
|motto = ‘Always Kindness’<br />
|location = Enclaved by the state of Victoria, Australia<br />
|capital = Merindarra, meaning ‘strength’ <br />
|languages = Sonderian; Australian English<br />
|religions = Secular state<br />
|shortname = Sonderan<br />
|demonym = Sonderians<br />
|government = Secular, sovereign, constitutional triumvirate<br />
|head of government and state = The Triumvirs: the Monarch (Queen/King), the President, and the Chancellor<br />
|legislature = Parliament<br />
|established = [[2018]]<br />
|population = 25<br />
|population_notes = (as of 2019 census)<br />
|currency = Sonderian Lyra<br />
|time_zone = UTC+10:00<br />
|nat_animal = Silver gull<br />
<br />
}}<br />
<br />
The '''Triumvirate of Sonderan''' is a [[micronation]] founded on 5 January 2018.<br />
<br />
==Etymology==<br />
Sonderan takes its name from the word ‘sonder’ as defined in the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig:<br />
''The realisation that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own - populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness - an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk.'''<br />
<br />
Within the nation itself, the name places particular emphasis on the significance of individual community contributions, encouraging citizens to identify their own worth and the value of the people around them, in order to build meaningful societal connections.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
[[File:Stephenbeach1.jpg|thumb|left|Members of the Royal Family visit the Special Territory of Stephen Beach.]]<br />
The Triumvirate of Sonderan was founded after a two year research and consultation process. <br />
<br />
Initially fuelled as a protest against the human rights abuses perpetuated by successive Australian Governments against asylum seekers in the name of ‘national security’, the founders were influenced by an insistence by deposed Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott that new citizens of Australia could not be considered legal citizens unless they had sworn a formal oath of allegiance. It was extrapolated that, this being so, oaths of allegiance were transferable and extendable to both external citizenship claims and property rights. <br />
<br />
Prior to its foundation, the underlying emphasis of the nation morphed from one of protest into a push for change in community attitudes. At the time of its declaration of independence it was conceptually a kindness movement, seeking to promote tolerance and individual/community happiness through culture and targeted initiatives.<br />
<br />
The nation of Sonderan was formally declared on 5 January 2018, with Cedar as ‘Monarch Apparent’ heading the caretaker government. It would take twelve months for the Sonderian constitution to be drafted, reviewed and ratified. During this time the state was declared a triumvirate and the Sonderian flag commissioned.<br />
<br />
The Constitution of the Triumvirate of Sonderan was officially signed into law on 5 January 2019, with Cedar ascending the throne as Monarch and head of a, now constitutionally sanctioned, caretaker government.<br />
<br />
==Government and politics==<br />
[[File:QueenCedar.jpg|thumb|left|HM Cedar, Queen of Sonderan.]]<br />
<br />
''As a constitutional triumvirate, Sonderan has three heads of state, the ‘Triumvirs’.''<br />
<br />
The role of the Monarch is a hereditary position and represents the executive functions of the nation. The Monarch is responsible for international relations and for the day to day running of the nation. This is achieved with assistance of the Royal Council, an administrative group made up of representatives from each of the nation’s provinces.<br />
<br />
The role of the President is an elected position and represents the legislative functions of the nation. The President coordinates the National Parliament.<br />
<br />
The role of the Chancellor is also an elected position, although the candidates are initially sorted into eligibility for the role. The Chancellor represents the judicial functions of the nation.<br />
<br />
The National Parliament is made up of two houses. <br />
<br />
The Lower House, known as the National Assembly, has two deputations: the Primary Deputation and the Secondary Deputation. The Primary Deputation is democratically elected in national elections overseen by the Chancellor’s office. Once elected, the President and the Vice President are elected by the Primary Deputation from among their members. <br />
<br />
The Secondary Deputation is selected by sortition based on fair representation. Once sorted into the Secondary Deputation, they elect the new Chancellor and Vice Chancellor from among their members. As neither the Chancellor nor the Vice Chancellor hold a vote in the National Assembly once elected, the Secondary Deputation will always have two less seated members than the Primary Deputation. <br />
<br />
The Upper House, known as the Senate, is made up of senators selected on the basis of merit, each representing the most qualified/experienced Sonderian citizen in each of the following fields: Arts and Culture, Economics, Education, Environment, Health, Information Technology, Law, Science, Social Sciences. There are also constitutional provisions for up to three extra senators selected from fields identified by the Triumvirs as representing specific areas of need.<br />
<br />
Legislation must be passed by both houses before being signed by the President into law.<br />
<br />
The Sonderian Constitution has particular articles devoted to the expected growth of the nation within realistic timeframes. The Caretaker Government is currently administrating all governmental functions until the citizen threshold for the activation of the Triumvirate Government is triggered.<br />
<br />
==Law and order==<br />
The Chancellor is responsible for ensuring the transparency and integrity of the judicial system, although they have no jurisdiction over individual judgments. The Chancellor’s office is responsible for overseeing national elections, the sortition process and coordinating the selection of Judges and the Chief Justice of the Sonderian Supreme Court.<br />
<br />
''It is illegal in Sonderan to negatively discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, gender, nationality, age, ability/disability, origin, sex, health, creed, faith, marital status or spoken language, however needs based asset distribution may be employed in order to address regional deficits in accessibility to state services.''<br />
<br />
Citizens of Sonderian are not required to renounce pre-existing citizenships they may hold and Sonderian citizenship is compatible with all other forms of micronational and macronational citizenship. Citizens are required to pay taxes within the countries in which they earned their wages - ie. duel Sonderian/Australian citizens working in Australia are still required to pay taxes to the Australian government.<br />
<br />
Voting in national elections is compulsory unless an exemption has been granted.<br />
Non-sexual/violent criminal convictions are considered spent after 5 years.<br />
<br />
==Foreign relations==<br />
The Monarch is the symbol of the nation and represents the nation abroad. They have the power to send delegates and nominate ambassadors to international posts and to engage in foreign diplomacy, including the signing of international agreements, protocols and treaties. However, treaties and binding agreements not ratified by the National Parliament within six months of the Monarch’s acceptance are revoked by the President. <br />
<br />
''The Triumvirate’s general foreign policy is one of tolerance and mutually beneficial intermicronational discourse, however the nation’s motto is ‘Always Kindness’, and there is a cultural understanding that, on particular issues, certain political stances are incompatible with satisfactory foreign relations. Nations proactively seeking to incite hate through the proliferation of racist, mysoginist, misandrist, homophobic, or ableist viewpoints are generally understood to be incompatible with the Sonderian world view.<br />
<br />
==Military==<br />
The State of Sonderan is committed to peace and amity in the world. Acts undertaken to prepare war or otherwise disturb the peaceful relations between nations are unconstitutional. Whilst the Monarch is the symbolic Commander in Chief of the Self Defence Force, and is empowered to protect Sonderian citizens in a crisis, Sonderan has no standing army and would rely on expert citizens and international assistance in a disaster.<br />
<br />
==Geography and climate==<br />
[[File:Seagull.jpg|thumb|left|The silver gull is the national animal of Sonderan.]]<br />
''Sonderan is divided into Regions, which are themselves divided into Provinces. Within each Province, self governing Households submit to the national government under the constitution, while Special Territories are maintained and managed by the Triumvirs and members of the Royal Family. Households must have permanent residents, but Special Territories do not have this requirement.''<br />
<br />
From a geographic standpoint, the State currently consists of one major Region, ‘Fyrstir’, encompassing the western half of the Mornington Peninsula, containing the Provinces of <br />
Merindarra - administering the Households of Merindarra (the national capital), as well as the Special Territories of Mountain and Treasure Beach), and;<br />
Olewyddin - administering the Households of Olewyddin and Elskercott, and the Special Territory of Stephen Beach. <br />
Both the Special Territories of Treasure Beach and Stephen Beach are shallow, safe beaches permitting access to Port Philip Bay and are the source of one of Sonderan’s most exported commodities - Sonderian seaglass. The Special Mountain Territory is the highest point in the nation at 305m above sea level.<br />
<br />
[[File:TreasureBeach.jpg|thumb|left|Winter seaglass harvest at the Special Territory of Treasure Beach.]]<br />
<br />
Fyrstir’s cool, maritime climate provides an ideal environment for the growing of produce, and the nation produces regular crops of a range of fruits and vegetables including lemons, tomatoes, olives, figs, loquats, strawberries, snow peas and passionfruit. The capital also produces yoghurt and mushrooms.<br />
<br />
An additional Household, Schneeebveland, is an isolated enclave in the Australian Capital Territory. Schneeebveland is subject to a harsher climate than its southern counterparts, with significantly colder winters and harsher summer temperatures.<br />
<br />
==Economy==<br />
The Sonderian currency, the Sonderian Lyra is divided into ten pennies and is utilised as the primary currency within the nation’s borders. The Sonderian Lyra is tied to the national fruit production, with two Sonderian Lyra being roughly worth two kilograms of harvested fruit, or one jar of jam (or other type of processed fruit).<br />
<br />
[[File:Lemons.jpg|thumb|left|Merindarra lemons are prized for their sweetness and are an integral ingredient of Sonderian cordial and lemon curd.]]<br />
While the nation relies primarily on international imports in order to survive, the government has pledged to invest in cottage industries and boost exports by 2022. Most citizens work internationally and the economy is almost entirely supported by remittances. <br />
<br />
Sonderian Jam is currently produced from a blend of local and imported ingredients.<br />
<br />
==Culture==<br />
[[File:Fanfare.jpg|thumb|left|The Jam Day parade 2019.]]<br />
<br />
''Happiness through Kindness''<br />
<br />
Sonderian citizens strive to be both happy and to develop happiness in others through acts of kindness. These acts of kindness are rewarded through a system of honorary titles bestowed upon those who achieve predetermined ranked milestones. Acts of service are valued more than administrative titles, with hereditary titles considered of least value.<br />
<br />
The Monarchy, while ostensibly noble, performs a subservient role within the national psyche, with the prevalent attitude of both the citizens and the Royal Family focusing on what the Royals can do for the general citizenship.<br />
<br />
The development of culture is a valued responsibility of the National Government and Article 8 of the Constitution enshrines the necessity to both preserve existing cultural practises and facilitate the continued evolution of new ones to enrich the society and cultural life of Sonderian citizens. While individual households are encouraged to develop individualised cultures, outright cultural appropriation of previously oppressed minorities (without reasonably established historical lineage) is not acceptable.<br />
<br />
Sonderians in national dress wear a scarf, shawl, stole or other length of fabric over their left shoulder. Shawls can be representative of rank, clan, or simply citizenship.<br />
<br />
In general, Sonderians prefer to avoid photographs and favour images rendered in watercolour where time permits.<br />
<br />
==Cuisine==<br />
[[File:SonderJam.jpg|thumb|left|Preparation of Jam Day deliveries.]]<br />
<br />
While each Household is encouraged to develop their own unique dishes, the National food is the pancake. Pancakes are eaten for breakfast on both Sonderan Day and Pancake Day.<br />
<br />
Jam holds particular significance: each citizen has a constitutional right to a share of state made jam. Each year ‘Jam Day’ is declared by the Monarch and shares of jam distributed with much fanfare on the day.<br />
<br />
==Benefits of Citizenship==<br />
Citizens of Sonderan are entitled to a number of concrete benefits, aside from the more standard constitutional rights. Citizens of Sonderan are entitled to:<br />
<br />
1. An annual audience with the Queen to discuss ways in which the government might help them to accomplish their own goals. This forms the basis of a somewhat unique take on the Bhutanese concept and implementation of Gross National Happiness policies<br />
<br />
2. At least one story published and archived in the State Chronicles. The State Chronicles honour the etymology of the Sonderian national name and seek to preserve and share the stories of Sonderian citizens in an assertion that each individual is uniquely important and worthy of attention.<br />
<br />
3. A piece of Sonderian Sea Glass from the Royal Treasury<br />
<br />
4. A jar of jam, preserved fruit, or baked good per citizen from the Bank of Sonderan, tri-annually, or more frequently depending on the quantity of fruit produced nationally. <br />
<br />
5. Assume a pseudonym when applying for citizenship. This entitlement links in with a Sonderan preoccupation with anonymity, which is highly sought after and valued. Balancing impact with anonymity remains a strong governmental focus of the Monarchy in particular.<br />
<br />
==National Holidays==<br />
''Sonderan observes the following national holidays:''<br />
<br />
January 1: New Year’s Day<br />
<br />
January 5: Sonderan Day - on this day the Monarch customarily announces the type of jam to be distributed on Jam Day. Pancakes are eaten for dinner.<br />
<br />
Second Sunday in January: Jam Day - on this day each eligible citizen receives their jar of Sonderian Jam from the Bank of Sonderan. Citizens wear red and a parade is held in the Capital.<br />
<br />
January 21: Hugging Day<br />
<br />
March 5: Pancake Tuesday<br />
<br />
April 19: Good Friday<br />
<br />
April 20: Easter Saturday<br />
<br />
April 21: Easter Sunday<br />
<br />
April 25: ANZAC Day<br />
<br />
Second Sunday in May: Mother’s Day<br />
<br />
First Saturday in May: Merry Fig Day - on this day citizens gather in groups to share warm foods, such as soup and casseroles, and to exchange cards of friendship and thanks. Candles are lit, there is music and dancing and citizens wear blue. Whoever finds the fig in their Merry fig Day biscuit leads the dance.<br />
<br />
First Sunday in September: Father’s Day<br />
<br />
September 19: Talk Like a Pirate Day<br />
<br />
Second weekend in October: Chicken Festival - on this day citizens wear white and participate in a festival celebrating spring. Coloured water is thrown, murals are painted and picnics held. Over the course This is also Census Day and the day on which ‘chickens are counted’.<br />
<br />
First Tuesday in November: Henry Mortlock Memorial Hat Day - on this day, citizens are encouraged to make their own hats from household materials and wear their creations with pride<br />
<br />
November 11: Remembrance Day<br />
<br />
November 13: World Kindness Day<br />
<br />
Wizzypops Day: Christmas begins and all Christmas Trees in the nation are erected<br />
<br />
November 30: Salmon Pie Day - on which salmon pie is consumed<br />
<br />
December 24: Christmas Eve<br />
<br />
December 25: Christmas Day<br />
<br />
December 26: Boxing Day<br />
<br />
December 31: New Year’s Day<br />
<br />
==Media==<br />
The Sonderian Gazette is a government funded news service initially set up to broadcast twitter updates on important news within the Triumvirate for an international audience.<br />
<br />
As the number of citizens and territories begin to grow, the Gazette’s activities will expand to include internal news publications which, in turn, will provide content for the news section of the official government website.<br />
<br />
The government funded Sonderian Radio Service will broadcast a monthly program aimed primarily at a local audience, although international listeners will be able to tune in. This service will be launched on Sonderan Day 2020.</div>Sonderanhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=Triumvirate_of_Sonderan&diff=477430Triumvirate of Sonderan2019-07-22T12:45:39Z<p>Sonderan: /* Culture */</p>
<hr />
<div>Sonderan, officially the Triumvirate of Sonderan, is a small, self declared country, commonly known as a micronation, founded on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia in January, 2018. A secular, constitutional triumvirate, the nation has three, ostensibly equal, heads of state known as ‘the Triumvirs’.<br />
<br />
Founded on a ‘conviction in the transcendental value of human kindness’, the government has a constitutional obligation to work towards enhancing the happiness, wellbeing and safety of its citizens and ‘people everywhere’ whilst promoting international communication, transparency and freedom of movement. <br />
<br />
{{Infobox nation<br />
|name = Triumvirate of Sonderan<br />
|image1 = [[File:Sonderian Flag.jpeg|150px]]<br />
|motto = ‘Always Kindness’<br />
|location = Enclaved by the state of Victoria, Australia<br />
|capital = Merindarra, meaning ‘strength’ <br />
|languages = Sonderian; Australian English<br />
|religions = Secular state<br />
|shortname = Sonderan<br />
|demonym = Sonderians<br />
|government = Secular, sovereign, constitutional triumvirate<br />
|head of government and state = The Triumvirs: the Monarch (Queen/King), the President, and the Chancellor<br />
|legislature = Parliament<br />
|established = [[2018]]<br />
|population = 25<br />
|population_notes = (as of 2019 census)<br />
|currency = Sonderian Lyra<br />
|time_zone = UTC+10:00<br />
|nat_animal = Silver gull<br />
<br />
}}<br />
<br />
The '''Triumvirate of Sonderan''' is a [[micronation]] founded on 5 January 2018.<br />
<br />
==Etymology==<br />
Sonderan takes its name from the word ‘sonder’ as defined in the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig:<br />
''The realisation that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own - populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness - an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk.'''<br />
<br />
Within the nation itself, the name places particular emphasis on the significance of individual community contributions, encouraging citizens to identify their own worth and the value of the people around them, in order to build meaningful societal connections.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
[[File:Stephenbeach1.jpg|thumb|left|Members of the Royal Family visit the Special Territory of Stephen Beach.]]<br />
The Triumvirate of Sonderan was founded after a two year research and consultation process. <br />
<br />
Initially fuelled as a protest against the human rights abuses perpetuated by successive Australian Governments against asylum seekers in the name of ‘national security’, the founders were influenced by an insistence by deposed Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott that new citizens of Australia could not be considered legal citizens unless they had sworn a formal oath of allegiance. It was extrapolated that, this being so, oaths of allegiance were transferable and extendable to both external citizenship claims and property rights. <br />
<br />
Prior to its foundation, the underlying emphasis of the nation morphed from one of protest into a push for change in community attitudes. At the time of its declaration of independence it was conceptually a kindness movement, seeking to promote tolerance and individual/community happiness through culture and targeted initiatives.<br />
<br />
The nation of Sonderan was formally declared on 5 January 2018, with Cedar as ‘Monarch Apparent’ heading the caretaker government. It would take twelve months for the Sonderian constitution to be drafted, reviewed and ratified. During this time the state was declared a triumvirate and the Sonderian flag commissioned.<br />
<br />
The Constitution of the Triumvirate of Sonderan was officially signed into law on 5 January 2019, with Cedar ascending the throne as Monarch and head of a, now constitutionally sanctioned, caretaker government.<br />
<br />
==Government and politics==<br />
[[File:QueenCedar.jpg|thumb|left|HM Cedar, Queen of Sonderan.]]<br />
<br />
''As a constitutional triumvirate, Sonderan has three heads of state, the ‘Triumvirs’.''<br />
<br />
The role of the Monarch is a hereditary position and represents the executive functions of the nation. The Monarch is responsible for international relations and for the day to day running of the nation. This is achieved with assistance of the Royal Council, an administrative group made up of representatives from each of the nation’s provinces.<br />
<br />
The role of the President is an elected position and represents the legislative functions of the nation. The President coordinates the National Parliament.<br />
<br />
The role of the Chancellor is also an elected position, although the candidates are initially sorted into eligibility for the role. The Chancellor represents the judicial functions of the nation.<br />
<br />
The National Parliament is made up of two houses. <br />
<br />
The Lower House, known as the National Assembly, has two deputations: the Primary Deputation and the Secondary Deputation. The Primary Deputation is democratically elected in national elections overseen by the Chancellor’s office. Once elected, the President and the Vice President are elected by the Primary Deputation from among their members. <br />
<br />
The Secondary Deputation is selected by sortition based on fair representation. Once sorted into the Secondary Deputation, they elect the new Chancellor and Vice Chancellor from among their members. As neither the Chancellor nor the Vice Chancellor hold a vote in the National Assembly once elected, the Secondary Deputation will always have two less seated members than the Primary Deputation. <br />
<br />
The Upper House, known as the Senate, is made up of senators selected on the basis of merit, each representing the most qualified/experienced Sonderian citizen in each of the following fields: Arts and Culture, Economics, Education, Environment, Health, Information Technology, Law, Science, Social Sciences. There are also constitutional provisions for up to three extra senators selected from fields identified by the Triumvirs as representing specific areas of need.<br />
<br />
Legislation must be passed by both houses before being signed by the President into law.<br />
<br />
The Sonderian Constitution has particular articles devoted to the expected growth of the nation within realistic timeframes. The Caretaker Government is currently administrating all governmental functions until the citizen threshold for the activation of the Triumvirate Government is triggered.<br />
<br />
==Law and order==<br />
The Chancellor is responsible for ensuring the transparency and integrity of the judicial system, although they have no jurisdiction over individual judgments. The Chancellor’s office is responsible for overseeing national elections, the sortition process and coordinating the selection of Judges and the Chief Justice of the Sonderian Supreme Court.<br />
<br />
''It is illegal in Sonderan to negatively discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, gender, nationality, age, ability/disability, origin, sex, health, creed, faith, marital status or spoken language, however needs based asset distribution may be employed in order to address regional deficits in accessibility to state services.''<br />
<br />
Citizens of Sonderian are not required to renounce pre-existing citizenships they may hold and Sonderian citizenship is compatible with all other forms of micronational and macronational citizenship. Citizens are required to pay taxes within the countries in which they earned their wages - ie. duel Sonderian/Australian citizens working in Australia are still required to pay taxes to the Australian government.<br />
<br />
Voting in national elections is compulsory unless an exemption has been granted.<br />
Non-sexual/violent criminal convictions are considered spent after 5 years.<br />
<br />
==Foreign relations==<br />
The Monarch is the symbol of the nation and represents the nation abroad. They have the power to send delegates and nominate ambassadors to international posts and to engage in foreign diplomacy, including the signing of international agreements, protocols and treaties. However, treaties and binding agreements not ratified by the National Parliament within six months of the Monarch’s acceptance are revoked by the President. <br />
<br />
''The Triumvirate’s general foreign policy is one of tolerance and mutually beneficial intermicronational discourse, however the nation’s motto is ‘Always Kindness’, and there is a cultural understanding that, on particular issues, certain political stances are incompatible with satisfactory foreign relations. Nations proactively seeking to incite hate through the proliferation of racist, mysoginist, misandrist, homophobic, or ableist viewpoints are generally understood to be incompatible with the Sonderian world view.<br />
<br />
==Military==<br />
The State of Sonderan is committed to peace and amity in the world. Acts undertaken to prepare war or otherwise disturb the peaceful relations between nations are unconstitutional. Whilst the Monarch is the symbolic Commander in Chief of the Self Defence Force, and is empowered to protect Sonderian citizens in a crisis, Sonderan has no standing army and would rely on expert citizens and international assistance in a disaster.<br />
<br />
==Geography and climate==<br />
[[File:Seagull.jpg|thumb|left|The silver gull is the national animal of Sonderan.]]<br />
''Sonderan is divided into Regions, which are themselves divided into Provinces. Within each Province, self governing Households submit to the national government under the constitution, while Special Territories are maintained and managed by the Triumvirs and members of the Royal Family. Households must have permanent residents, but Special Territories do not have this requirement.''<br />
<br />
From a geographic standpoint, the State currently consists of one major Region, ‘Fyrstir’, encompassing the western half of the Mornington Peninsula, containing the Provinces of <br />
Merindarra - administering the Households of Merindarra (the national capital), as well as the Special Territories of Mountain and Treasure Beach), and;<br />
Olewyddin - administering the Households of Olewyddin and Elskercott, and the Special Territory of Stephen Beach. <br />
Both the Special Territories of Treasure Beach and Stephen Beach are shallow, safe beaches permitting access to Port Philip Bay and are the source of one of Sonderan’s most exported commodities - Sonderian seaglass. The Special Mountain Territory is the highest point in the nation at 305m above sea level.<br />
<br />
[[File:TreasureBeach.jpg|thumb|left|Winter seaglass harvest at the Special Territory of Treasure Beach.]]<br />
<br />
Fyrstir’s cool, maritime climate provides an ideal environment for the growing of produce, and the nation produces regular crops of a range of fruits and vegetables including lemons, tomatoes, olives, figs, loquats, strawberries, snow peas and passionfruit. The capital also produces yoghurt and mushrooms.<br />
<br />
An additional Household, Schneeebveland, is an isolated enclave in the Australian Capital Territory. Schneeebveland is subject to a harsher climate than its southern counterparts, with significantly colder winters and harsher summer temperatures.<br />
<br />
==Economy==<br />
The Sonderian currency, the Sonderian Lyra is divided into ten pennies and is utilised as the primary currency within the nation’s borders. The Sonderian Lyra is tied to the national fruit production, with two Sonderian Lyra being roughly worth two kilograms of harvested fruit, or one jar of jam (or other type of processed fruit).<br />
<br />
[[File:Lemons.jpg|thumb|left|Merindarra lemons are prized for their sweetness and are an integral ingredient of Sonderian cordial and lemon curd.]]<br />
While the nation relies primarily on international imports in order to survive, the government has pledged to invest in cottage industries and boost exports by 2022. Most citizens work internationally and the economy is almost entirely supported by remittances. <br />
<br />
Sonderian Jam is currently produced from a blend of local and imported ingredients.<br />
<br />
==Culture==<br />
[[File:Fanfare.jpg|thumb|left|The Jam Day parade 2019.]]<br />
<br />
''Happiness through Kindness''<br />
<br />
Sonderian citizens strive to be both happy and to develop happiness in others through acts of kindness. These acts of kindness are rewarded through a system of honorary titles bestowed upon those who achieve predetermined ranked milestones. Acts of service are valued more than administrative titles, with hereditary titles considered of least value.<br />
<br />
The Monarchy, while ostensibly noble, performs a subservient role within the national psyche, with the prevalent attitude of both the citizens and the Royal Family focusing on what the Royals can do for the general citizenship.<br />
<br />
The development of culture is a valued responsibility of the National Government and Article 8 of the Constitution enshrines the necessity to both preserve existing cultural practises and facilitate the continued evolution of new ones to enrich the society and cultural life of Sonderian citizens. While individual households are encouraged to develop individualised cultures, outright cultural appropriation of previously oppressed minorities (without reasonably established historical lineage) is not acceptable.<br />
<br />
Sonderians in national dress wear a scarf, shawl, stole or other length of fabric over their left shoulder. Shawls can be representative of rank, clan, or simply citizenship.<br />
<br />
In general, Sonderians prefer to avoid photographs and favour images rendered in watercolour where time permits.<br />
<br />
==Cuisine==<br />
[[File:SonderJam.jpg|thumb|left|Preparation of Jam Day deliveries.]]<br />
<br />
While each Household is encouraged to develop their own unique dishes, the National food is the pancake. Pancakes are eaten for breakfast on both Sonderan Day and Pancake Day.<br />
<br />
Jam holds particular significance: each citizen has a constitutional right to a share of state made jam. Each year ‘Jam Day’ is declared by the Monarch and shares of jam distributed with much fanfare on the day.<br />
<br />
==Benefits of Citizenship==<br />
Citizens of Sonderan are entitled to a number of concrete benefits, aside from the more standard constitutional rights. Citizens of Sonderan are entitled to:<br />
<br />
1. An annual audience with the Queen to discuss ways in which the government might help them to accomplish their own goals. This forms the basis of a somewhat unique take on the Bhutanese concept and implementation of Gross National Happiness policies<br />
<br />
2. At least one story published and archived in the State Chronicles. The State Chronicles honour the etymology of the Sonderian national name and seek to preserve and share the stories of Sonderian citizens in an assertion that each individual is uniquely important and worthy of attention.<br />
<br />
3. A piece of Sonderian Sea Glass from the Royal Treasury<br />
<br />
4. A jar of jam, preserved fruit, or baked good per citizen from the Bank of Sonderan, tri-annually, or more frequently depending on the quantity of fruit produced nationally. <br />
<br />
5. Assume a pseudonym when applying for citizenship. This entitlement links in with a Sonderan preoccupation with anonymity, which is highly sought after and valued. Balancing impact with anonymity remains a strong governmental focus of the Monarchy in particular.<br />
<br />
==National Holidays==<br />
''Sonderan observes the following national holidays:''<br />
<br />
January 1: New Year’s Day<br />
<br />
January 5: Sonderan Day - on this day the Monarch customarily announces the type of jam to be distributed on Jam Day<br />
<br />
January 12: Jam Day - on this day each eligible citizen receives their jar of Sonderian Jam from the Bank of Sonderan<br />
<br />
January 21: Hugging Day<br />
<br />
March 5: Pancake Tuesday<br />
<br />
April 19: Good Friday<br />
<br />
April 20: Easter Saturday<br />
<br />
April 21: Easter Sunday<br />
<br />
April 25: ANZAC Day<br />
<br />
Second Sunday in May: Mother’s Day<br />
<br />
First Sunday in September: Father’s Day<br />
<br />
September 19: Talk Like a Pirate Day<br />
<br />
First Tuesday in November: Henry Mortlock Memorial Hat Day - on this day, citizens are encouraged to make their own hats from household materials and wear their creations with pride<br />
<br />
November 11: Remembrance Day<br />
<br />
November 13: World Kindness Day<br />
<br />
November 26: Christmas begins and all Christmas Trees in the nation are erected<br />
<br />
November 30: Salmon Pie Day - on which salmon pie is consumed<br />
<br />
December 24: Christmas Eve<br />
<br />
December 25: Christmas Day<br />
<br />
December 26: Boxing Day<br />
<br />
December 31: New Year’s Day<br />
<br />
==Media==<br />
The Sonderian Gazette is a government funded news service initially set up to broadcast twitter updates on important news within the Triumvirate for an international audience.<br />
<br />
As the number of citizens and territories begin to grow, the Gazette’s activities will expand to include internal news publications which, in turn, will provide content for the news section of the official government website.<br />
<br />
The government funded Sonderian Radio Service will broadcast a monthly program aimed primarily at a local audience, although international listeners will be able to tune in. This service will be launched on Sonderan Day 2020.</div>Sonderanhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=Triumvirate_of_Sonderan&diff=477429Triumvirate of Sonderan2019-07-22T12:42:43Z<p>Sonderan: </p>
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<div>Sonderan, officially the Triumvirate of Sonderan, is a small, self declared country, commonly known as a micronation, founded on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia in January, 2018. A secular, constitutional triumvirate, the nation has three, ostensibly equal, heads of state known as ‘the Triumvirs’.<br />
<br />
Founded on a ‘conviction in the transcendental value of human kindness’, the government has a constitutional obligation to work towards enhancing the happiness, wellbeing and safety of its citizens and ‘people everywhere’ whilst promoting international communication, transparency and freedom of movement. <br />
<br />
{{Infobox nation<br />
|name = Triumvirate of Sonderan<br />
|image1 = [[File:Sonderian Flag.jpeg|150px]]<br />
|motto = ‘Always Kindness’<br />
|location = Enclaved by the state of Victoria, Australia<br />
|capital = Merindarra, meaning ‘strength’ <br />
|languages = Sonderian; Australian English<br />
|religions = Secular state<br />
|shortname = Sonderan<br />
|demonym = Sonderians<br />
|government = Secular, sovereign, constitutional triumvirate<br />
|head of government and state = The Triumvirs: the Monarch (Queen/King), the President, and the Chancellor<br />
|legislature = Parliament<br />
|established = [[2018]]<br />
|population = 25<br />
|population_notes = (as of 2019 census)<br />
|currency = Sonderian Lyra<br />
|time_zone = UTC+10:00<br />
|nat_animal = Silver gull<br />
<br />
}}<br />
<br />
The '''Triumvirate of Sonderan''' is a [[micronation]] founded on 5 January 2018.<br />
<br />
==Etymology==<br />
Sonderan takes its name from the word ‘sonder’ as defined in the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig:<br />
''The realisation that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own - populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness - an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk.'''<br />
<br />
Within the nation itself, the name places particular emphasis on the significance of individual community contributions, encouraging citizens to identify their own worth and the value of the people around them, in order to build meaningful societal connections.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
[[File:Stephenbeach1.jpg|thumb|left|Members of the Royal Family visit the Special Territory of Stephen Beach.]]<br />
The Triumvirate of Sonderan was founded after a two year research and consultation process. <br />
<br />
Initially fuelled as a protest against the human rights abuses perpetuated by successive Australian Governments against asylum seekers in the name of ‘national security’, the founders were influenced by an insistence by deposed Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott that new citizens of Australia could not be considered legal citizens unless they had sworn a formal oath of allegiance. It was extrapolated that, this being so, oaths of allegiance were transferable and extendable to both external citizenship claims and property rights. <br />
<br />
Prior to its foundation, the underlying emphasis of the nation morphed from one of protest into a push for change in community attitudes. At the time of its declaration of independence it was conceptually a kindness movement, seeking to promote tolerance and individual/community happiness through culture and targeted initiatives.<br />
<br />
The nation of Sonderan was formally declared on 5 January 2018, with Cedar as ‘Monarch Apparent’ heading the caretaker government. It would take twelve months for the Sonderian constitution to be drafted, reviewed and ratified. During this time the state was declared a triumvirate and the Sonderian flag commissioned.<br />
<br />
The Constitution of the Triumvirate of Sonderan was officially signed into law on 5 January 2019, with Cedar ascending the throne as Monarch and head of a, now constitutionally sanctioned, caretaker government.<br />
<br />
==Government and politics==<br />
[[File:QueenCedar.jpg|thumb|left|HM Cedar, Queen of Sonderan.]]<br />
<br />
''As a constitutional triumvirate, Sonderan has three heads of state, the ‘Triumvirs’.''<br />
<br />
The role of the Monarch is a hereditary position and represents the executive functions of the nation. The Monarch is responsible for international relations and for the day to day running of the nation. This is achieved with assistance of the Royal Council, an administrative group made up of representatives from each of the nation’s provinces.<br />
<br />
The role of the President is an elected position and represents the legislative functions of the nation. The President coordinates the National Parliament.<br />
<br />
The role of the Chancellor is also an elected position, although the candidates are initially sorted into eligibility for the role. The Chancellor represents the judicial functions of the nation.<br />
<br />
The National Parliament is made up of two houses. <br />
<br />
The Lower House, known as the National Assembly, has two deputations: the Primary Deputation and the Secondary Deputation. The Primary Deputation is democratically elected in national elections overseen by the Chancellor’s office. Once elected, the President and the Vice President are elected by the Primary Deputation from among their members. <br />
<br />
The Secondary Deputation is selected by sortition based on fair representation. Once sorted into the Secondary Deputation, they elect the new Chancellor and Vice Chancellor from among their members. As neither the Chancellor nor the Vice Chancellor hold a vote in the National Assembly once elected, the Secondary Deputation will always have two less seated members than the Primary Deputation. <br />
<br />
The Upper House, known as the Senate, is made up of senators selected on the basis of merit, each representing the most qualified/experienced Sonderian citizen in each of the following fields: Arts and Culture, Economics, Education, Environment, Health, Information Technology, Law, Science, Social Sciences. There are also constitutional provisions for up to three extra senators selected from fields identified by the Triumvirs as representing specific areas of need.<br />
<br />
Legislation must be passed by both houses before being signed by the President into law.<br />
<br />
The Sonderian Constitution has particular articles devoted to the expected growth of the nation within realistic timeframes. The Caretaker Government is currently administrating all governmental functions until the citizen threshold for the activation of the Triumvirate Government is triggered.<br />
<br />
==Law and order==<br />
The Chancellor is responsible for ensuring the transparency and integrity of the judicial system, although they have no jurisdiction over individual judgments. The Chancellor’s office is responsible for overseeing national elections, the sortition process and coordinating the selection of Judges and the Chief Justice of the Sonderian Supreme Court.<br />
<br />
''It is illegal in Sonderan to negatively discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, gender, nationality, age, ability/disability, origin, sex, health, creed, faith, marital status or spoken language, however needs based asset distribution may be employed in order to address regional deficits in accessibility to state services.''<br />
<br />
Citizens of Sonderian are not required to renounce pre-existing citizenships they may hold and Sonderian citizenship is compatible with all other forms of micronational and macronational citizenship. Citizens are required to pay taxes within the countries in which they earned their wages - ie. duel Sonderian/Australian citizens working in Australia are still required to pay taxes to the Australian government.<br />
<br />
Voting in national elections is compulsory unless an exemption has been granted.<br />
Non-sexual/violent criminal convictions are considered spent after 5 years.<br />
<br />
==Foreign relations==<br />
The Monarch is the symbol of the nation and represents the nation abroad. They have the power to send delegates and nominate ambassadors to international posts and to engage in foreign diplomacy, including the signing of international agreements, protocols and treaties. However, treaties and binding agreements not ratified by the National Parliament within six months of the Monarch’s acceptance are revoked by the President. <br />
<br />
''The Triumvirate’s general foreign policy is one of tolerance and mutually beneficial intermicronational discourse, however the nation’s motto is ‘Always Kindness’, and there is a cultural understanding that, on particular issues, certain political stances are incompatible with satisfactory foreign relations. Nations proactively seeking to incite hate through the proliferation of racist, mysoginist, misandrist, homophobic, or ableist viewpoints are generally understood to be incompatible with the Sonderian world view.<br />
<br />
==Military==<br />
The State of Sonderan is committed to peace and amity in the world. Acts undertaken to prepare war or otherwise disturb the peaceful relations between nations are unconstitutional. Whilst the Monarch is the symbolic Commander in Chief of the Self Defence Force, and is empowered to protect Sonderian citizens in a crisis, Sonderan has no standing army and would rely on expert citizens and international assistance in a disaster.<br />
<br />
==Geography and climate==<br />
[[File:Seagull.jpg|thumb|left|The silver gull is the national animal of Sonderan.]]<br />
''Sonderan is divided into Regions, which are themselves divided into Provinces. Within each Province, self governing Households submit to the national government under the constitution, while Special Territories are maintained and managed by the Triumvirs and members of the Royal Family. Households must have permanent residents, but Special Territories do not have this requirement.''<br />
<br />
From a geographic standpoint, the State currently consists of one major Region, ‘Fyrstir’, encompassing the western half of the Mornington Peninsula, containing the Provinces of <br />
Merindarra - administering the Households of Merindarra (the national capital), as well as the Special Territories of Mountain and Treasure Beach), and;<br />
Olewyddin - administering the Households of Olewyddin and Elskercott, and the Special Territory of Stephen Beach. <br />
Both the Special Territories of Treasure Beach and Stephen Beach are shallow, safe beaches permitting access to Port Philip Bay and are the source of one of Sonderan’s most exported commodities - Sonderian seaglass. The Special Mountain Territory is the highest point in the nation at 305m above sea level.<br />
<br />
[[File:TreasureBeach.jpg|thumb|left|Winter seaglass harvest at the Special Territory of Treasure Beach.]]<br />
<br />
Fyrstir’s cool, maritime climate provides an ideal environment for the growing of produce, and the nation produces regular crops of a range of fruits and vegetables including lemons, tomatoes, olives, figs, loquats, strawberries, snow peas and passionfruit. The capital also produces yoghurt and mushrooms.<br />
<br />
An additional Household, Schneeebveland, is an isolated enclave in the Australian Capital Territory. Schneeebveland is subject to a harsher climate than its southern counterparts, with significantly colder winters and harsher summer temperatures.<br />
<br />
==Economy==<br />
The Sonderian currency, the Sonderian Lyra is divided into ten pennies and is utilised as the primary currency within the nation’s borders. The Sonderian Lyra is tied to the national fruit production, with two Sonderian Lyra being roughly worth two kilograms of harvested fruit, or one jar of jam (or other type of processed fruit).<br />
<br />
[[File:Lemons.jpg|thumb|left|Merindarra lemons are prized for their sweetness and are an integral ingredient of Sonderian cordial and lemon curd.]]<br />
While the nation relies primarily on international imports in order to survive, the government has pledged to invest in cottage industries and boost exports by 2022. Most citizens work internationally and the economy is almost entirely supported by remittances. <br />
<br />
Sonderian Jam is currently produced from a blend of local and imported ingredients.<br />
<br />
==Culture==<br />
''Happiness through Kindness''<br />
<br />
[[File:Fanfare.jpg|thumb|left|The Jam Day parade 2019.]]<br />
<br />
Sonderian citizens strive to be both happy and to develop happiness in others through acts of kindness. These acts of kindness are rewarded through a system of honorary titles bestowed upon those who achieve predetermined ranked milestones. Acts of service are valued more than administrative titles, with hereditary titles considered of least value.<br />
<br />
The Monarchy, while ostensibly noble, performs a subservient role within the national psyche, with the prevalent attitude of both the citizens and the Royal Family focusing on what the Royals can do for the general citizenship.<br />
<br />
The development of culture is a valued responsibility of the National Government and Article 8 of the Constitution enshrines the necessity to both preserve existing cultural practises and facilitate the continued evolution of new ones to enrich the society and cultural life of Sonderian citizens. While individual households are encouraged to develop individualised cultures, outright cultural appropriation of previously oppressed minorities (without reasonably established historical lineage) is not acceptable.<br />
<br />
Sonderians in national dress wear a scarf, shawl, stole or other length of fabric over their left shoulder. Shawls can be representative of rank, clan, or simply citizenship.<br />
<br />
In general, Sonderians prefer to avoid photographs and favour images rendered in watercolour where time permits.<br />
<br />
==Cuisine==<br />
[[File:SonderJam.jpg|thumb|left|Preparation of Jam Day deliveries.]]<br />
<br />
While each Household is encouraged to develop their own unique dishes, the National food is the pancake. Pancakes are eaten for breakfast on both Sonderan Day and Pancake Day.<br />
<br />
Jam holds particular significance: each citizen has a constitutional right to a share of state made jam. Each year ‘Jam Day’ is declared by the Monarch and shares of jam distributed with much fanfare on the day.<br />
<br />
==Benefits of Citizenship==<br />
Citizens of Sonderan are entitled to a number of concrete benefits, aside from the more standard constitutional rights. Citizens of Sonderan are entitled to:<br />
<br />
1. An annual audience with the Queen to discuss ways in which the government might help them to accomplish their own goals. This forms the basis of a somewhat unique take on the Bhutanese concept and implementation of Gross National Happiness policies<br />
<br />
2. At least one story published and archived in the State Chronicles. The State Chronicles honour the etymology of the Sonderian national name and seek to preserve and share the stories of Sonderian citizens in an assertion that each individual is uniquely important and worthy of attention.<br />
<br />
3. A piece of Sonderian Sea Glass from the Royal Treasury<br />
<br />
4. A jar of jam, preserved fruit, or baked good per citizen from the Bank of Sonderan, tri-annually, or more frequently depending on the quantity of fruit produced nationally. <br />
<br />
5. Assume a pseudonym when applying for citizenship. This entitlement links in with a Sonderan preoccupation with anonymity, which is highly sought after and valued. Balancing impact with anonymity remains a strong governmental focus of the Monarchy in particular.<br />
<br />
==National Holidays==<br />
''Sonderan observes the following national holidays:''<br />
<br />
January 1: New Year’s Day<br />
<br />
January 5: Sonderan Day - on this day the Monarch customarily announces the type of jam to be distributed on Jam Day<br />
<br />
January 12: Jam Day - on this day each eligible citizen receives their jar of Sonderian Jam from the Bank of Sonderan<br />
<br />
January 21: Hugging Day<br />
<br />
March 5: Pancake Tuesday<br />
<br />
April 19: Good Friday<br />
<br />
April 20: Easter Saturday<br />
<br />
April 21: Easter Sunday<br />
<br />
April 25: ANZAC Day<br />
<br />
Second Sunday in May: Mother’s Day<br />
<br />
First Sunday in September: Father’s Day<br />
<br />
September 19: Talk Like a Pirate Day<br />
<br />
First Tuesday in November: Henry Mortlock Memorial Hat Day - on this day, citizens are encouraged to make their own hats from household materials and wear their creations with pride<br />
<br />
November 11: Remembrance Day<br />
<br />
November 13: World Kindness Day<br />
<br />
November 26: Christmas begins and all Christmas Trees in the nation are erected<br />
<br />
November 30: Salmon Pie Day - on which salmon pie is consumed<br />
<br />
December 24: Christmas Eve<br />
<br />
December 25: Christmas Day<br />
<br />
December 26: Boxing Day<br />
<br />
December 31: New Year’s Day<br />
<br />
==Media==<br />
The Sonderian Gazette is a government funded news service initially set up to broadcast twitter updates on important news within the Triumvirate for an international audience.<br />
<br />
As the number of citizens and territories begin to grow, the Gazette’s activities will expand to include internal news publications which, in turn, will provide content for the news section of the official government website.<br />
<br />
The government funded Sonderian Radio Service will broadcast a monthly program aimed primarily at a local audience, although international listeners will be able to tune in. This service will be launched on Sonderan Day 2020.</div>Sonderanhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=File:Lemons.jpg&diff=477428File:Lemons.jpg2019-07-22T12:40:17Z<p>Sonderan: </p>
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<div></div>Sonderanhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=Triumvirate_of_Sonderan&diff=477427Triumvirate of Sonderan2019-07-22T12:38:07Z<p>Sonderan: /* Economy */</p>
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<div>Sonderan, officially the Triumvirate of Sonderan, is a small, self declared country, commonly known as a micronation, founded on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia in January, 2018. A secular, constitutional triumvirate, the nation has three, ostensibly equal, heads of state known as ‘the Triumvirs’.<br />
<br />
Founded on a ‘conviction in the transcendental value of human kindness’, the government has a constitutional obligation to work towards enhancing the happiness, wellbeing and safety of its citizens and ‘people everywhere’ whilst promoting international communication, transparency and freedom of movement. <br />
<br />
{{Infobox nation<br />
|name = Triumvirate of Sonderan<br />
|image1 = [[File:Sonderian Flag.jpeg|150px]]<br />
|motto = ‘Always Kindness’<br />
|location = Enclaved by the state of Victoria, Australia<br />
|capital = Merindarra, meaning ‘strength’ <br />
|languages = Sonderian; Australian English<br />
|religions = Secular state<br />
|shortname = Sonderan<br />
|demonym = Sonderians<br />
|government = Secular, sovereign, constitutional triumvirate<br />
|head of government and state = The Triumvirs: the Monarch (Queen/King), the President, and the Chancellor<br />
|legislature = Parliament<br />
|established = [[2018]]<br />
|population = 10<br />
|population_notes = (as of 2018 census)<br />
|currency = Sonderian Lyra<br />
|time_zone = UTC+10:00<br />
|nat_animal = Silver gull<br />
<br />
}}<br />
<br />
The '''Triumvirate of Sonderan''' is a [[micronation]] founded on 5 January 2018.<br />
<br />
==Etymology==<br />
Sonderan takes its name from the word ‘sonder’ as defined in the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig:<br />
''The realisation that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own - populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness - an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk.'''<br />
<br />
Within the nation itself, the name places particular emphasis on the significance of individual community contributions, encouraging citizens to identify their own worth and the value of the people around them, in order to build meaningful societal connections.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
[[File:Stephenbeach1.jpg|thumb|left|Members of the Royal Family visit the Special Territory of Stephen Beach.]]<br />
The Triumvirate of Sonderan was founded after a two year research and consultation process. <br />
<br />
Initially fuelled as a protest against the human rights abuses perpetuated by successive Australian Governments against asylum seekers in the name of ‘national security’, the founders were influenced by an insistence by deposed Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott that new citizens of Australia could not be considered legal citizens unless they had sworn a formal oath of allegiance. It was extrapolated that, this being so, oaths of allegiance were transferable and extendable to both external citizenship claims and property rights. <br />
<br />
Prior to its foundation, the underlying emphasis of the nation morphed from one of protest into a push for change in community attitudes. At the time of its declaration of independence it was conceptually a kindness movement, seeking to promote tolerance and individual/community happiness through culture and targeted initiatives.<br />
<br />
The nation of Sonderan was formally declared on 5 January 2018, with Cedar as ‘Monarch Apparent’ heading the caretaker government. It would take twelve months for the Sonderian constitution to be drafted, reviewed and ratified. During this time the state was declared a triumvirate and the Sonderian flag commissioned.<br />
<br />
The Constitution of the Triumvirate of Sonderan was officially signed into law on 5 January 2019, with Cedar ascending the throne as Monarch and head of a, now constitutionally sanctioned, caretaker government.<br />
<br />
==Government and politics==<br />
[[File:QueenCedar.jpg|thumb|left|HM Cedar, Queen of Sonderan.]]<br />
<br />
''As a constitutional triumvirate, Sonderan has three heads of state, the ‘Triumvirs’.''<br />
<br />
The role of the Monarch is a hereditary position and represents the executive functions of the nation. The Monarch is responsible for international relations and for the day to day running of the nation. This is achieved with assistance of the Royal Council, an administrative group made up of representatives from each of the nation’s provinces.<br />
<br />
The role of the President is an elected position and represents the legislative functions of the nation. The President coordinates the National Parliament.<br />
<br />
The role of the Chancellor is also an elected position, although the candidates are initially sorted into eligibility for the role. The Chancellor represents the judicial functions of the nation.<br />
<br />
The National Parliament is made up of two houses. <br />
<br />
The Lower House, known as the National Assembly, has two deputations: the Primary Deputation and the Secondary Deputation. The Primary Deputation is democratically elected in national elections overseen by the Chancellor’s office. Once elected, the President and the Vice President are elected by the Primary Deputation from among their members. <br />
<br />
The Secondary Deputation is selected by sortition based on fair representation. Once sorted into the Secondary Deputation, they elect the new Chancellor and Vice Chancellor from among their members. As neither the Chancellor nor the Vice Chancellor hold a vote in the National Assembly once elected, the Secondary Deputation will always have two less seated members than the Primary Deputation. <br />
<br />
The Upper House, known as the Senate, is made up of senators selected on the basis of merit, each representing the most qualified/experienced Sonderian citizen in each of the following fields: Arts and Culture, Economics, Education, Environment, Health, Information Technology, Law, Science, Social Sciences. There are also constitutional provisions for up to three extra senators selected from fields identified by the Triumvirs as representing specific areas of need.<br />
<br />
Legislation must be passed by both houses before being signed by the President into law.<br />
<br />
The Sonderian Constitution has particular articles devoted to the expected growth of the nation within realistic timeframes. The Caretaker Government is currently administrating all governmental functions until the citizen threshold for the activation of the Triumvirate Government is triggered.<br />
<br />
==Law and order==<br />
The Chancellor is responsible for ensuring the transparency and integrity of the judicial system, although they have no jurisdiction over individual judgments. The Chancellor’s office is responsible for overseeing national elections, the sortition process and coordinating the selection of Judges and the Chief Justice of the Sonderian Supreme Court.<br />
<br />
''It is illegal in Sonderan to negatively discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, gender, nationality, age, ability/disability, origin, sex, health, creed, faith, marital status or spoken language, however needs based asset distribution may be employed in order to address regional deficits in accessibility to state services.''<br />
<br />
Citizens of Sonderian are not required to renounce pre-existing citizenships they may hold and Sonderian citizenship is compatible with all other forms of micronational and macronational citizenship. Citizens are required to pay taxes within the countries in which they earned their wages - ie. duel Sonderian/Australian citizens working in Australia are still required to pay taxes to the Australian government.<br />
<br />
Voting in national elections is compulsory unless an exemption has been granted.<br />
Non-sexual/violent criminal convictions are considered spent after 5 years.<br />
<br />
==Foreign relations==<br />
The Monarch is the symbol of the nation and represents the nation abroad. They have the power to send delegates and nominate ambassadors to international posts and to engage in foreign diplomacy, including the signing of international agreements, protocols and treaties. However, treaties and binding agreements not ratified by the National Parliament within six months of the Monarch’s acceptance are revoked by the President. <br />
<br />
''The Triumvirate’s general foreign policy is one of tolerance and mutually beneficial intermicronational discourse, however the nation’s motto is ‘Always Kindness’, and there is a cultural understanding that, on particular issues, certain political stances are incompatible with satisfactory foreign relations. Nations proactively seeking to incite hate through the proliferation of racist, mysoginist, misandrist, homophobic, or ableist viewpoints are generally understood to be incompatible with the Sonderian world view.<br />
<br />
==Military==<br />
The State of Sonderan is committed to peace and amity in the world. Acts undertaken to prepare war or otherwise disturb the peaceful relations between nations are unconstitutional. Whilst the Monarch is the symbolic Commander in Chief of the Self Defence Force, and is empowered to protect Sonderian citizens in a crisis, Sonderan has no standing army and would rely on expert citizens and international assistance in a disaster.<br />
<br />
==Geography and climate==<br />
[[File:Seagull.jpg|thumb|left|The silver gull is the national animal of Sonderan.]]<br />
''Sonderan is divided into Regions, which are themselves divided into Provinces. Within each Province, self governing Households submit to the national government under the constitution, while Special Territories are maintained and managed by the Triumvirs and members of the Royal Family. Households must have permanent residents, but Special Territories do not have this requirement.''<br />
<br />
From a geographic standpoint, the State currently consists of one major Region, ‘Fyrstir’, encompassing the western half of the Mornington Peninsula, containing the Provinces of <br />
Merindarra - administering the Households of Merindarra (the national capital), as well as the Special Territories of Mountain and Treasure Beach), and;<br />
Olewyddin - administering the Households of Olewyddin and Elskercott, and the Special Territory of Stephen Beach. <br />
Both the Special Territories of Treasure Beach and Stephen Beach are shallow, safe beaches permitting access to Port Philip Bay and are the source of one of Sonderan’s most exported commodities - Sonderian seaglass. The Special Mountain Territory is the highest point in the nation at 305m above sea level.<br />
<br />
[[File:TreasureBeach.jpg|thumb|left|Winter seaglass harvest at the Special Territory of Treasure Beach.]]<br />
<br />
Fyrstir’s cool, maritime climate provides an ideal environment for the growing of produce, and the nation produces regular crops of a range of fruits and vegetables including lemons, tomatoes, olives, figs, loquats, strawberries, snow peas and passionfruit. The capital also produces yoghurt and mushrooms.<br />
<br />
An additional Household, Schneeebveland, is an isolated enclave in the Australian Capital Territory. Schneeebveland is subject to a harsher climate than its southern counterparts, with significantly colder winters and harsher summer temperatures.<br />
<br />
==Economy==<br />
The Sonderian currency, the Sonderian Lyra is divided into ten pennies and is utilised as the primary currency within the nation’s borders. The Sonderian Lyra is tied to the national fruit production, with two Sonderian Lyra being roughly worth two kilograms of harvested fruit, or one jar of jam (or other type of processed fruit).<br />
<br />
[[File:Lemons.jpg|thumb|left|Merindarra lemons are prized for their sweetness and are an integral ingredient of Sonderian cordial and lemon curd.]]<br />
While the nation relies primarily on international imports in order to survive, the government has pledged to invest in cottage industries and boost exports by 2022. Most citizens work internationally and the economy is almost entirely supported by remittances. <br />
<br />
Sonderian Jam is currently produced from a blend of local and imported ingredients.<br />
<br />
==Culture==<br />
''Happiness through Kindness''<br />
<br />
[[File:Fanfare.jpg|thumb|left|The Jam Day parade 2019.]]<br />
<br />
Sonderian citizens strive to be both happy and to develop happiness in others through acts of kindness. These acts of kindness are rewarded through a system of honorary titles bestowed upon those who achieve predetermined ranked milestones. Acts of service are valued more than administrative titles, with hereditary titles considered of least value.<br />
<br />
The Monarchy, while ostensibly noble, performs a subservient role within the national psyche, with the prevalent attitude of both the citizens and the Royal Family focusing on what the Royals can do for the general citizenship.<br />
<br />
The development of culture is a valued responsibility of the National Government and Article 8 of the Constitution enshrines the necessity to both preserve existing cultural practises and facilitate the continued evolution of new ones to enrich the society and cultural life of Sonderian citizens. While individual households are encouraged to develop individualised cultures, outright cultural appropriation of previously oppressed minorities (without reasonably established historical lineage) is not acceptable.<br />
<br />
Sonderians in national dress wear a scarf, shawl, stole or other length of fabric over their left shoulder. Shawls can be representative of rank, clan, or simply citizenship.<br />
<br />
In general, Sonderians prefer to avoid photographs and favour images rendered in watercolour where time permits.<br />
<br />
==Cuisine==<br />
[[File:SonderJam.jpg|thumb|left|Preparation of Jam Day deliveries.]]<br />
<br />
While each Household is encouraged to develop their own unique dishes, the National food is the pancake. Pancakes are eaten for breakfast on both Sonderan Day and Pancake Day.<br />
<br />
Jam holds particular significance: each citizen has a constitutional right to a share of state made jam. Each year ‘Jam Day’ is declared by the Monarch and shares of jam distributed with much fanfare on the day.<br />
<br />
==Benefits of Citizenship==<br />
Citizens of Sonderan are entitled to a number of concrete benefits, aside from the more standard constitutional rights. Citizens of Sonderan are entitled to:<br />
<br />
1. An annual audience with the Queen to discuss ways in which the government might help them to accomplish their own goals. This forms the basis of a somewhat unique take on the Bhutanese concept and implementation of Gross National Happiness policies<br />
<br />
2. At least one story published and archived in the State Chronicles. The State Chronicles honour the etymology of the Sonderian national name and seek to preserve and share the stories of Sonderian citizens in an assertion that each individual is uniquely important and worthy of attention.<br />
<br />
3. A piece of Sonderian Sea Glass from the Royal Treasury<br />
<br />
4. A jar of jam, preserved fruit, or baked good per citizen from the Bank of Sonderan, tri-annually, or more frequently depending on the quantity of fruit produced nationally. <br />
<br />
5. Assume a pseudonym when applying for citizenship. This entitlement links in with a Sonderan preoccupation with anonymity, which is highly sought after and valued. Balancing impact with anonymity remains a strong governmental focus of the Monarchy in particular.<br />
<br />
==National Holidays==<br />
''Sonderan observes the following national holidays:''<br />
<br />
January 1: New Year’s Day<br />
<br />
January 5: Sonderan Day - on this day the Monarch customarily announces the type of jam to be distributed on Jam Day<br />
<br />
January 12: Jam Day - on this day each eligible citizen receives their jar of Sonderian Jam from the Bank of Sonderan<br />
<br />
January 21: Hugging Day<br />
<br />
March 5: Pancake Tuesday<br />
<br />
April 19: Good Friday<br />
<br />
April 20: Easter Saturday<br />
<br />
April 21: Easter Sunday<br />
<br />
April 25: ANZAC Day<br />
<br />
Second Sunday in May: Mother’s Day<br />
<br />
First Sunday in September: Father’s Day<br />
<br />
September 19: Talk Like a Pirate Day<br />
<br />
First Tuesday in November: Henry Mortlock Memorial Hat Day - on this day, citizens are encouraged to make their own hats from household materials and wear their creations with pride<br />
<br />
November 11: Remembrance Day<br />
<br />
November 13: World Kindness Day<br />
<br />
November 26: Christmas begins and all Christmas Trees in the nation are erected<br />
<br />
November 30: Salmon Pie Day - on which salmon pie is consumed<br />
<br />
December 24: Christmas Eve<br />
<br />
December 25: Christmas Day<br />
<br />
December 26: Boxing Day<br />
<br />
December 31: New Year’s Day<br />
<br />
==Media==<br />
The Sonderian Gazette is a government funded news service initially set up to broadcast twitter updates on important news within the Triumvirate for an international audience.<br />
<br />
As the number of citizens and territories begin to grow, the Gazette’s activities will expand to include internal news publications which, in turn, will provide content for the news section of the official government website.<br />
<br />
The government funded Sonderian Radio Service will broadcast a monthly program aimed primarily at a local audience, although international listeners will be able to tune in. This service will be launched on Sonderan Day 2020.</div>Sonderanhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=Triumvirate_of_Sonderan&diff=477425Triumvirate of Sonderan2019-07-22T12:32:14Z<p>Sonderan: /* Culture */</p>
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<div>Sonderan, officially the Triumvirate of Sonderan, is a small, self declared country, commonly known as a micronation, founded on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia in January, 2018. A secular, constitutional triumvirate, the nation has three, ostensibly equal, heads of state known as ‘the Triumvirs’.<br />
<br />
Founded on a ‘conviction in the transcendental value of human kindness’, the government has a constitutional obligation to work towards enhancing the happiness, wellbeing and safety of its citizens and ‘people everywhere’ whilst promoting international communication, transparency and freedom of movement. <br />
<br />
{{Infobox nation<br />
|name = Triumvirate of Sonderan<br />
|image1 = [[File:Sonderian Flag.jpeg|150px]]<br />
|motto = ‘Always Kindness’<br />
|location = Enclaved by the state of Victoria, Australia<br />
|capital = Merindarra, meaning ‘strength’ <br />
|languages = Sonderian; Australian English<br />
|religions = Secular state<br />
|shortname = Sonderan<br />
|demonym = Sonderians<br />
|government = Secular, sovereign, constitutional triumvirate<br />
|head of government and state = The Triumvirs: the Monarch (Queen/King), the President, and the Chancellor<br />
|legislature = Parliament<br />
|established = [[2018]]<br />
|population = 10<br />
|population_notes = (as of 2018 census)<br />
|currency = Sonderian Lyra<br />
|time_zone = UTC+10:00<br />
|nat_animal = Silver gull<br />
<br />
}}<br />
<br />
The '''Triumvirate of Sonderan''' is a [[micronation]] founded on 5 January 2018.<br />
<br />
==Etymology==<br />
Sonderan takes its name from the word ‘sonder’ as defined in the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig:<br />
''The realisation that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own - populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness - an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk.'''<br />
<br />
Within the nation itself, the name places particular emphasis on the significance of individual community contributions, encouraging citizens to identify their own worth and the value of the people around them, in order to build meaningful societal connections.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
[[File:Stephenbeach1.jpg|thumb|left|Members of the Royal Family visit the Special Territory of Stephen Beach.]]<br />
The Triumvirate of Sonderan was founded after a two year research and consultation process. <br />
<br />
Initially fuelled as a protest against the human rights abuses perpetuated by successive Australian Governments against asylum seekers in the name of ‘national security’, the founders were influenced by an insistence by deposed Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott that new citizens of Australia could not be considered legal citizens unless they had sworn a formal oath of allegiance. It was extrapolated that, this being so, oaths of allegiance were transferable and extendable to both external citizenship claims and property rights. <br />
<br />
Prior to its foundation, the underlying emphasis of the nation morphed from one of protest into a push for change in community attitudes. At the time of its declaration of independence it was conceptually a kindness movement, seeking to promote tolerance and individual/community happiness through culture and targeted initiatives.<br />
<br />
The nation of Sonderan was formally declared on 5 January 2018, with Cedar as ‘Monarch Apparent’ heading the caretaker government. It would take twelve months for the Sonderian constitution to be drafted, reviewed and ratified. During this time the state was declared a triumvirate and the Sonderian flag commissioned.<br />
<br />
The Constitution of the Triumvirate of Sonderan was officially signed into law on 5 January 2019, with Cedar ascending the throne as Monarch and head of a, now constitutionally sanctioned, caretaker government.<br />
<br />
==Government and politics==<br />
[[File:QueenCedar.jpg|thumb|left|HM Cedar, Queen of Sonderan.]]<br />
<br />
''As a constitutional triumvirate, Sonderan has three heads of state, the ‘Triumvirs’.''<br />
<br />
The role of the Monarch is a hereditary position and represents the executive functions of the nation. The Monarch is responsible for international relations and for the day to day running of the nation. This is achieved with assistance of the Royal Council, an administrative group made up of representatives from each of the nation’s provinces.<br />
<br />
The role of the President is an elected position and represents the legislative functions of the nation. The President coordinates the National Parliament.<br />
<br />
The role of the Chancellor is also an elected position, although the candidates are initially sorted into eligibility for the role. The Chancellor represents the judicial functions of the nation.<br />
<br />
The National Parliament is made up of two houses. <br />
<br />
The Lower House, known as the National Assembly, has two deputations: the Primary Deputation and the Secondary Deputation. The Primary Deputation is democratically elected in national elections overseen by the Chancellor’s office. Once elected, the President and the Vice President are elected by the Primary Deputation from among their members. <br />
<br />
The Secondary Deputation is selected by sortition based on fair representation. Once sorted into the Secondary Deputation, they elect the new Chancellor and Vice Chancellor from among their members. As neither the Chancellor nor the Vice Chancellor hold a vote in the National Assembly once elected, the Secondary Deputation will always have two less seated members than the Primary Deputation. <br />
<br />
The Upper House, known as the Senate, is made up of senators selected on the basis of merit, each representing the most qualified/experienced Sonderian citizen in each of the following fields: Arts and Culture, Economics, Education, Environment, Health, Information Technology, Law, Science, Social Sciences. There are also constitutional provisions for up to three extra senators selected from fields identified by the Triumvirs as representing specific areas of need.<br />
<br />
Legislation must be passed by both houses before being signed by the President into law.<br />
<br />
The Sonderian Constitution has particular articles devoted to the expected growth of the nation within realistic timeframes. The Caretaker Government is currently administrating all governmental functions until the citizen threshold for the activation of the Triumvirate Government is triggered.<br />
<br />
==Law and order==<br />
The Chancellor is responsible for ensuring the transparency and integrity of the judicial system, although they have no jurisdiction over individual judgments. The Chancellor’s office is responsible for overseeing national elections, the sortition process and coordinating the selection of Judges and the Chief Justice of the Sonderian Supreme Court.<br />
<br />
''It is illegal in Sonderan to negatively discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, gender, nationality, age, ability/disability, origin, sex, health, creed, faith, marital status or spoken language, however needs based asset distribution may be employed in order to address regional deficits in accessibility to state services.''<br />
<br />
Citizens of Sonderian are not required to renounce pre-existing citizenships they may hold and Sonderian citizenship is compatible with all other forms of micronational and macronational citizenship. Citizens are required to pay taxes within the countries in which they earned their wages - ie. duel Sonderian/Australian citizens working in Australia are still required to pay taxes to the Australian government.<br />
<br />
Voting in national elections is compulsory unless an exemption has been granted.<br />
Non-sexual/violent criminal convictions are considered spent after 5 years.<br />
<br />
==Foreign relations==<br />
The Monarch is the symbol of the nation and represents the nation abroad. They have the power to send delegates and nominate ambassadors to international posts and to engage in foreign diplomacy, including the signing of international agreements, protocols and treaties. However, treaties and binding agreements not ratified by the National Parliament within six months of the Monarch’s acceptance are revoked by the President. <br />
<br />
''The Triumvirate’s general foreign policy is one of tolerance and mutually beneficial intermicronational discourse, however the nation’s motto is ‘Always Kindness’, and there is a cultural understanding that, on particular issues, certain political stances are incompatible with satisfactory foreign relations. Nations proactively seeking to incite hate through the proliferation of racist, mysoginist, misandrist, homophobic, or ableist viewpoints are generally understood to be incompatible with the Sonderian world view.<br />
<br />
==Military==<br />
The State of Sonderan is committed to peace and amity in the world. Acts undertaken to prepare war or otherwise disturb the peaceful relations between nations are unconstitutional. Whilst the Monarch is the symbolic Commander in Chief of the Self Defence Force, and is empowered to protect Sonderian citizens in a crisis, Sonderan has no standing army and would rely on expert citizens and international assistance in a disaster.<br />
<br />
==Geography and climate==<br />
[[File:Seagull.jpg|thumb|left|The silver gull is the national animal of Sonderan.]]<br />
''Sonderan is divided into Regions, which are themselves divided into Provinces. Within each Province, self governing Households submit to the national government under the constitution, while Special Territories are maintained and managed by the Triumvirs and members of the Royal Family. Households must have permanent residents, but Special Territories do not have this requirement.''<br />
<br />
From a geographic standpoint, the State currently consists of one major Region, ‘Fyrstir’, encompassing the western half of the Mornington Peninsula, containing the Provinces of <br />
Merindarra - administering the Households of Merindarra (the national capital), as well as the Special Territories of Mountain and Treasure Beach), and;<br />
Olewyddin - administering the Households of Olewyddin and Elskercott, and the Special Territory of Stephen Beach. <br />
Both the Special Territories of Treasure Beach and Stephen Beach are shallow, safe beaches permitting access to Port Philip Bay and are the source of one of Sonderan’s most exported commodities - Sonderian seaglass. The Special Mountain Territory is the highest point in the nation at 305m above sea level.<br />
<br />
[[File:TreasureBeach.jpg|thumb|left|Winter seaglass harvest at the Special Territory of Treasure Beach.]]<br />
<br />
Fyrstir’s cool, maritime climate provides an ideal environment for the growing of produce, and the nation produces regular crops of a range of fruits and vegetables including lemons, tomatoes, olives, figs, loquats, strawberries, snow peas and passionfruit. The capital also produces yoghurt and mushrooms.<br />
<br />
An additional Household, Schneeebveland, is an isolated enclave in the Australian Capital Territory. Schneeebveland is subject to a harsher climate than its southern counterparts, with significantly colder winters and harsher summer temperatures.<br />
<br />
==Economy==<br />
The Sonderian currency, the Sonderian Lyra is divided into ten pennies and is utilised as the primary currency within the nation’s borders. The Sonderian Lyra is tied to the national fruit production, with two Sonderian Lyra being roughly worth two kilograms of harvested fruit, or one jar of jam (or other type of processed fruit).<br />
<br />
While the nation relies primarily on international imports in order to survive, the government has pledged to invest in cottage industries and boost exports by 2022. Most citizens work internationally and the economy is almost entirely supported by remittances. <br />
<br />
Sonderian Jam is currently produced from a blend of local and imported ingredients. <br />
<br />
==Culture==<br />
''Happiness through Kindness''<br />
<br />
[[File:Fanfare.jpg|thumb|left|The Jam Day parade 2019.]]<br />
<br />
Sonderian citizens strive to be both happy and to develop happiness in others through acts of kindness. These acts of kindness are rewarded through a system of honorary titles bestowed upon those who achieve predetermined ranked milestones. Acts of service are valued more than administrative titles, with hereditary titles considered of least value.<br />
<br />
The Monarchy, while ostensibly noble, performs a subservient role within the national psyche, with the prevalent attitude of both the citizens and the Royal Family focusing on what the Royals can do for the general citizenship.<br />
<br />
The development of culture is a valued responsibility of the National Government and Article 8 of the Constitution enshrines the necessity to both preserve existing cultural practises and facilitate the continued evolution of new ones to enrich the society and cultural life of Sonderian citizens. While individual households are encouraged to develop individualised cultures, outright cultural appropriation of previously oppressed minorities (without reasonably established historical lineage) is not acceptable.<br />
<br />
Sonderians in national dress wear a scarf, shawl, stole or other length of fabric over their left shoulder. Shawls can be representative of rank, clan, or simply citizenship.<br />
<br />
In general, Sonderians prefer to avoid photographs and favour images rendered in watercolour where time permits.<br />
<br />
==Cuisine==<br />
[[File:SonderJam.jpg|thumb|left|Preparation of Jam Day deliveries.]]<br />
<br />
While each Household is encouraged to develop their own unique dishes, the National food is the pancake. Pancakes are eaten for breakfast on both Sonderan Day and Pancake Day.<br />
<br />
Jam holds particular significance: each citizen has a constitutional right to a share of state made jam. Each year ‘Jam Day’ is declared by the Monarch and shares of jam distributed with much fanfare on the day.<br />
<br />
==Benefits of Citizenship==<br />
Citizens of Sonderan are entitled to a number of concrete benefits, aside from the more standard constitutional rights. Citizens of Sonderan are entitled to:<br />
<br />
1. An annual audience with the Queen to discuss ways in which the government might help them to accomplish their own goals. This forms the basis of a somewhat unique take on the Bhutanese concept and implementation of Gross National Happiness policies<br />
<br />
2. At least one story published and archived in the State Chronicles. The State Chronicles honour the etymology of the Sonderian national name and seek to preserve and share the stories of Sonderian citizens in an assertion that each individual is uniquely important and worthy of attention.<br />
<br />
3. A piece of Sonderian Sea Glass from the Royal Treasury<br />
<br />
4. A jar of jam, preserved fruit, or baked good per citizen from the Bank of Sonderan, tri-annually, or more frequently depending on the quantity of fruit produced nationally. <br />
<br />
5. Assume a pseudonym when applying for citizenship. This entitlement links in with a Sonderan preoccupation with anonymity, which is highly sought after and valued. Balancing impact with anonymity remains a strong governmental focus of the Monarchy in particular.<br />
<br />
==National Holidays==<br />
''Sonderan observes the following national holidays:''<br />
<br />
January 1: New Year’s Day<br />
<br />
January 5: Sonderan Day - on this day the Monarch customarily announces the type of jam to be distributed on Jam Day<br />
<br />
January 12: Jam Day - on this day each eligible citizen receives their jar of Sonderian Jam from the Bank of Sonderan<br />
<br />
January 21: Hugging Day<br />
<br />
March 5: Pancake Tuesday<br />
<br />
April 19: Good Friday<br />
<br />
April 20: Easter Saturday<br />
<br />
April 21: Easter Sunday<br />
<br />
April 25: ANZAC Day<br />
<br />
Second Sunday in May: Mother’s Day<br />
<br />
First Sunday in September: Father’s Day<br />
<br />
September 19: Talk Like a Pirate Day<br />
<br />
First Tuesday in November: Henry Mortlock Memorial Hat Day - on this day, citizens are encouraged to make their own hats from household materials and wear their creations with pride<br />
<br />
November 11: Remembrance Day<br />
<br />
November 13: World Kindness Day<br />
<br />
November 26: Christmas begins and all Christmas Trees in the nation are erected<br />
<br />
November 30: Salmon Pie Day - on which salmon pie is consumed<br />
<br />
December 24: Christmas Eve<br />
<br />
December 25: Christmas Day<br />
<br />
December 26: Boxing Day<br />
<br />
December 31: New Year’s Day<br />
<br />
==Media==<br />
The Sonderian Gazette is a government funded news service initially set up to broadcast twitter updates on important news within the Triumvirate for an international audience.<br />
<br />
As the number of citizens and territories begin to grow, the Gazette’s activities will expand to include internal news publications which, in turn, will provide content for the news section of the official government website.<br />
<br />
The government funded Sonderian Radio Service will broadcast a monthly program aimed primarily at a local audience, although international listeners will be able to tune in. This service will be launched on Sonderan Day 2020.</div>Sonderanhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=Triumvirate_of_Sonderan&diff=477423Triumvirate of Sonderan2019-07-22T12:27:53Z<p>Sonderan: </p>
<hr />
<div>Sonderan, officially the Triumvirate of Sonderan, is a small, self declared country, commonly known as a micronation, founded on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia in January, 2018. A secular, constitutional triumvirate, the nation has three, ostensibly equal, heads of state known as ‘the Triumvirs’.<br />
<br />
Founded on a ‘conviction in the transcendental value of human kindness’, the government has a constitutional obligation to work towards enhancing the happiness, wellbeing and safety of its citizens and ‘people everywhere’ whilst promoting international communication, transparency and freedom of movement. <br />
<br />
{{Infobox nation<br />
|name = Triumvirate of Sonderan<br />
|image1 = [[File:Sonderian Flag.jpeg|150px]]<br />
|motto = ‘Always Kindness’<br />
|location = Enclaved by the state of Victoria, Australia<br />
|capital = Merindarra, meaning ‘strength’ <br />
|languages = Sonderian; Australian English<br />
|religions = Secular state<br />
|shortname = Sonderan<br />
|demonym = Sonderians<br />
|government = Secular, sovereign, constitutional triumvirate<br />
|head of government and state = The Triumvirs: the Monarch (Queen/King), the President, and the Chancellor<br />
|legislature = Parliament<br />
|established = [[2018]]<br />
|population = 10<br />
|population_notes = (as of 2018 census)<br />
|currency = Sonderian Lyra<br />
|time_zone = UTC+10:00<br />
|nat_animal = Silver gull<br />
<br />
}}<br />
<br />
The '''Triumvirate of Sonderan''' is a [[micronation]] founded on 5 January 2018.<br />
<br />
==Etymology==<br />
Sonderan takes its name from the word ‘sonder’ as defined in the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig:<br />
''The realisation that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own - populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness - an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk.'''<br />
<br />
Within the nation itself, the name places particular emphasis on the significance of individual community contributions, encouraging citizens to identify their own worth and the value of the people around them, in order to build meaningful societal connections.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
[[File:Stephenbeach1.jpg|thumb|left|Members of the Royal Family visit the Special Territory of Stephen Beach.]]<br />
The Triumvirate of Sonderan was founded after a two year research and consultation process. <br />
<br />
Initially fuelled as a protest against the human rights abuses perpetuated by successive Australian Governments against asylum seekers in the name of ‘national security’, the founders were influenced by an insistence by deposed Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott that new citizens of Australia could not be considered legal citizens unless they had sworn a formal oath of allegiance. It was extrapolated that, this being so, oaths of allegiance were transferable and extendable to both external citizenship claims and property rights. <br />
<br />
Prior to its foundation, the underlying emphasis of the nation morphed from one of protest into a push for change in community attitudes. At the time of its declaration of independence it was conceptually a kindness movement, seeking to promote tolerance and individual/community happiness through culture and targeted initiatives.<br />
<br />
The nation of Sonderan was formally declared on 5 January 2018, with Cedar as ‘Monarch Apparent’ heading the caretaker government. It would take twelve months for the Sonderian constitution to be drafted, reviewed and ratified. During this time the state was declared a triumvirate and the Sonderian flag commissioned.<br />
<br />
The Constitution of the Triumvirate of Sonderan was officially signed into law on 5 January 2019, with Cedar ascending the throne as Monarch and head of a, now constitutionally sanctioned, caretaker government.<br />
<br />
==Government and politics==<br />
[[File:QueenCedar.jpg|thumb|left|HM Cedar, Queen of Sonderan.]]<br />
<br />
''As a constitutional triumvirate, Sonderan has three heads of state, the ‘Triumvirs’.''<br />
<br />
The role of the Monarch is a hereditary position and represents the executive functions of the nation. The Monarch is responsible for international relations and for the day to day running of the nation. This is achieved with assistance of the Royal Council, an administrative group made up of representatives from each of the nation’s provinces.<br />
<br />
The role of the President is an elected position and represents the legislative functions of the nation. The President coordinates the National Parliament.<br />
<br />
The role of the Chancellor is also an elected position, although the candidates are initially sorted into eligibility for the role. The Chancellor represents the judicial functions of the nation.<br />
<br />
The National Parliament is made up of two houses. <br />
<br />
The Lower House, known as the National Assembly, has two deputations: the Primary Deputation and the Secondary Deputation. The Primary Deputation is democratically elected in national elections overseen by the Chancellor’s office. Once elected, the President and the Vice President are elected by the Primary Deputation from among their members. <br />
<br />
The Secondary Deputation is selected by sortition based on fair representation. Once sorted into the Secondary Deputation, they elect the new Chancellor and Vice Chancellor from among their members. As neither the Chancellor nor the Vice Chancellor hold a vote in the National Assembly once elected, the Secondary Deputation will always have two less seated members than the Primary Deputation. <br />
<br />
The Upper House, known as the Senate, is made up of senators selected on the basis of merit, each representing the most qualified/experienced Sonderian citizen in each of the following fields: Arts and Culture, Economics, Education, Environment, Health, Information Technology, Law, Science, Social Sciences. There are also constitutional provisions for up to three extra senators selected from fields identified by the Triumvirs as representing specific areas of need.<br />
<br />
Legislation must be passed by both houses before being signed by the President into law.<br />
<br />
The Sonderian Constitution has particular articles devoted to the expected growth of the nation within realistic timeframes. The Caretaker Government is currently administrating all governmental functions until the citizen threshold for the activation of the Triumvirate Government is triggered.<br />
<br />
==Law and order==<br />
The Chancellor is responsible for ensuring the transparency and integrity of the judicial system, although they have no jurisdiction over individual judgments. The Chancellor’s office is responsible for overseeing national elections, the sortition process and coordinating the selection of Judges and the Chief Justice of the Sonderian Supreme Court.<br />
<br />
''It is illegal in Sonderan to negatively discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, gender, nationality, age, ability/disability, origin, sex, health, creed, faith, marital status or spoken language, however needs based asset distribution may be employed in order to address regional deficits in accessibility to state services.''<br />
<br />
Citizens of Sonderian are not required to renounce pre-existing citizenships they may hold and Sonderian citizenship is compatible with all other forms of micronational and macronational citizenship. Citizens are required to pay taxes within the countries in which they earned their wages - ie. duel Sonderian/Australian citizens working in Australia are still required to pay taxes to the Australian government.<br />
<br />
Voting in national elections is compulsory unless an exemption has been granted.<br />
Non-sexual/violent criminal convictions are considered spent after 5 years.<br />
<br />
==Foreign relations==<br />
The Monarch is the symbol of the nation and represents the nation abroad. They have the power to send delegates and nominate ambassadors to international posts and to engage in foreign diplomacy, including the signing of international agreements, protocols and treaties. However, treaties and binding agreements not ratified by the National Parliament within six months of the Monarch’s acceptance are revoked by the President. <br />
<br />
''The Triumvirate’s general foreign policy is one of tolerance and mutually beneficial intermicronational discourse, however the nation’s motto is ‘Always Kindness’, and there is a cultural understanding that, on particular issues, certain political stances are incompatible with satisfactory foreign relations. Nations proactively seeking to incite hate through the proliferation of racist, mysoginist, misandrist, homophobic, or ableist viewpoints are generally understood to be incompatible with the Sonderian world view.<br />
<br />
==Military==<br />
The State of Sonderan is committed to peace and amity in the world. Acts undertaken to prepare war or otherwise disturb the peaceful relations between nations are unconstitutional. Whilst the Monarch is the symbolic Commander in Chief of the Self Defence Force, and is empowered to protect Sonderian citizens in a crisis, Sonderan has no standing army and would rely on expert citizens and international assistance in a disaster.<br />
<br />
==Geography and climate==<br />
[[File:Seagull.jpg|thumb|left|The silver gull is the national animal of Sonderan.]]<br />
''Sonderan is divided into Regions, which are themselves divided into Provinces. Within each Province, self governing Households submit to the national government under the constitution, while Special Territories are maintained and managed by the Triumvirs and members of the Royal Family. Households must have permanent residents, but Special Territories do not have this requirement.''<br />
<br />
From a geographic standpoint, the State currently consists of one major Region, ‘Fyrstir’, encompassing the western half of the Mornington Peninsula, containing the Provinces of <br />
Merindarra - administering the Households of Merindarra (the national capital), as well as the Special Territories of Mountain and Treasure Beach), and;<br />
Olewyddin - administering the Households of Olewyddin and Elskercott, and the Special Territory of Stephen Beach. <br />
Both the Special Territories of Treasure Beach and Stephen Beach are shallow, safe beaches permitting access to Port Philip Bay and are the source of one of Sonderan’s most exported commodities - Sonderian seaglass. The Special Mountain Territory is the highest point in the nation at 305m above sea level.<br />
<br />
[[File:TreasureBeach.jpg|thumb|left|Winter seaglass harvest at the Special Territory of Treasure Beach.]]<br />
<br />
Fyrstir’s cool, maritime climate provides an ideal environment for the growing of produce, and the nation produces regular crops of a range of fruits and vegetables including lemons, tomatoes, olives, figs, loquats, strawberries, snow peas and passionfruit. The capital also produces yoghurt and mushrooms.<br />
<br />
An additional Household, Schneeebveland, is an isolated enclave in the Australian Capital Territory. Schneeebveland is subject to a harsher climate than its southern counterparts, with significantly colder winters and harsher summer temperatures.<br />
<br />
==Economy==<br />
The Sonderian currency, the Sonderian Lyra is divided into ten pennies and is utilised as the primary currency within the nation’s borders. The Sonderian Lyra is tied to the national fruit production, with two Sonderian Lyra being roughly worth two kilograms of harvested fruit, or one jar of jam (or other type of processed fruit).<br />
<br />
While the nation relies primarily on international imports in order to survive, the government has pledged to invest in cottage industries and boost exports by 2022. Most citizens work internationally and the economy is almost entirely supported by remittances. <br />
<br />
Sonderian Jam is currently produced from a blend of local and imported ingredients. <br />
<br />
==Culture==<br />
''Happiness through Kindness''<br />
<br />
[[File:Fanfare.jpg|thumb|left|The Jam Day parade 2019.]]<br />
<br />
Sonderian citizens strive to be both happy and to develop happiness in others through acts of kindness. These acts of kindness are rewarded through a system of honorary titles bestowed upon those who achieve predetermined ranked milestones. Acts of service are valued more than administrative titles, with hereditary titles considered of least value.<br />
<br />
The Monarchy, while ostensibly noble, performs a subservient role within the national psyche, with the prevalent attitude of both the citizens and the Royal Family focusing on what the Royals can do for the general citizenship.<br />
<br />
The development of culture is a valued responsibility of the National Government and Article 8 of the Constitution enshrines the necessity to both preserve existing cultural practises and facilitate the continued evolution of new ones to enrich the society and cultural life of Sonderian citizens. While individual households are encouraged to develop individualised cultures, outright cultural appropriation of previously oppressed minorities (without reasonably established historical lineage) is not acceptable.<br />
<br />
==Cuisine==<br />
[[File:SonderJam.jpg|thumb|left|Preparation of Jam Day deliveries.]]<br />
<br />
While each Household is encouraged to develop their own unique dishes, the National food is the pancake. Pancakes are eaten for breakfast on both Sonderan Day and Pancake Day.<br />
<br />
Jam holds particular significance: each citizen has a constitutional right to a share of state made jam. Each year ‘Jam Day’ is declared by the Monarch and shares of jam distributed with much fanfare on the day.<br />
<br />
==Benefits of Citizenship==<br />
Citizens of Sonderan are entitled to a number of concrete benefits, aside from the more standard constitutional rights. Citizens of Sonderan are entitled to:<br />
<br />
1. An annual audience with the Queen to discuss ways in which the government might help them to accomplish their own goals. This forms the basis of a somewhat unique take on the Bhutanese concept and implementation of Gross National Happiness policies<br />
<br />
2. At least one story published and archived in the State Chronicles. The State Chronicles honour the etymology of the Sonderian national name and seek to preserve and share the stories of Sonderian citizens in an assertion that each individual is uniquely important and worthy of attention.<br />
<br />
3. A piece of Sonderian Sea Glass from the Royal Treasury<br />
<br />
4. A jar of jam, preserved fruit, or baked good per citizen from the Bank of Sonderan, tri-annually, or more frequently depending on the quantity of fruit produced nationally. <br />
<br />
5. Assume a pseudonym when applying for citizenship. This entitlement links in with a Sonderan preoccupation with anonymity, which is highly sought after and valued. Balancing impact with anonymity remains a strong governmental focus of the Monarchy in particular.<br />
<br />
==National Holidays==<br />
''Sonderan observes the following national holidays:''<br />
<br />
January 1: New Year’s Day<br />
<br />
January 5: Sonderan Day - on this day the Monarch customarily announces the type of jam to be distributed on Jam Day<br />
<br />
January 12: Jam Day - on this day each eligible citizen receives their jar of Sonderian Jam from the Bank of Sonderan<br />
<br />
January 21: Hugging Day<br />
<br />
March 5: Pancake Tuesday<br />
<br />
April 19: Good Friday<br />
<br />
April 20: Easter Saturday<br />
<br />
April 21: Easter Sunday<br />
<br />
April 25: ANZAC Day<br />
<br />
Second Sunday in May: Mother’s Day<br />
<br />
First Sunday in September: Father’s Day<br />
<br />
September 19: Talk Like a Pirate Day<br />
<br />
First Tuesday in November: Henry Mortlock Memorial Hat Day - on this day, citizens are encouraged to make their own hats from household materials and wear their creations with pride<br />
<br />
November 11: Remembrance Day<br />
<br />
November 13: World Kindness Day<br />
<br />
November 26: Christmas begins and all Christmas Trees in the nation are erected<br />
<br />
November 30: Salmon Pie Day - on which salmon pie is consumed<br />
<br />
December 24: Christmas Eve<br />
<br />
December 25: Christmas Day<br />
<br />
December 26: Boxing Day<br />
<br />
December 31: New Year’s Day<br />
<br />
==Media==<br />
The Sonderian Gazette is a government funded news service initially set up to broadcast twitter updates on important news within the Triumvirate for an international audience.<br />
<br />
As the number of citizens and territories begin to grow, the Gazette’s activities will expand to include internal news publications which, in turn, will provide content for the news section of the official government website.<br />
<br />
The government funded Sonderian Radio Service will broadcast a monthly program aimed primarily at a local audience, although international listeners will be able to tune in. This service will be launched on Sonderan Day 2020.</div>Sonderanhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=Triumvirate_of_Sonderan&diff=477422Triumvirate of Sonderan2019-07-22T12:27:24Z<p>Sonderan: </p>
<hr />
<div>Sonderan, officially the Triumvirate of Sonderan, is a small, self declared country, commonly known as a micronation, founded on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia in January, 2018. A secular, constitutional triumvirate, the nation has three, ostensibly equal, heads of state known as ‘the Triumvirs’.<br />
<br />
Founded on a ‘conviction in the transcendental value of human kindness’, the government has a constitutional obligation to work towards enhancing the happiness, wellbeing and safety of its citizens and ‘people everywhere’ whilst promoting international communication, transparency and freedom of movement. <br />
<br />
{{Infobox nation<br />
|name = Triumvirate of Sonderan<br />
|image1 = [[File:Sonderian Flag.jpeg|150px]]<br />
|motto = ‘Always Kindness’<br />
|location = Enclaved by the state of Victoria, Australia<br />
|capital = Merindarra, meaning ‘strength’ <br />
|languages = Sonderian; Australian English<br />
|religions = Secular state<br />
|shortname = Sonderan<br />
|demonym = Sonderians<br />
|government = Secular, sovereign, constitutional triumvirate<br />
|head of government and state = The Triumvirs: the Monarch (Queen/King), the President, and the Chancellor<br />
|legislature = Parliament<br />
|established = [[2018]]<br />
|population = 10<br />
|population_notes = (as of 2018 census)<br />
|currency = Sonderian Lyra<br />
|time_zone = UTC+10:00<br />
|nat_animal = Silver gull<br />
<br />
}}<br />
<br />
The '''Triumvirate of Sonderan''' is a [[micronation]] founded on 5 January 2018.<br />
<br />
==Etymology==<br />
Sonderan takes its name from the word ‘sonder’ as defined in the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig:<br />
''The realisation that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own - populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness - an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk.'''<br />
<br />
Within the nation itself, the name places particular emphasis on the significance of individual community contributions, encouraging citizens to identify their own worth and the value of the people around them, in order to build meaningful societal connections.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
[[File:Stephenbeach1.jpg|thumb|left|Members of the Royal Family visit the Special Territory of Stephen Beach.]]<br />
The Triumvirate of Sonderan was founded after a two year research and consultation process. <br />
<br />
Initially fuelled as a protest against the human rights abuses perpetuated by successive Australian Governments against asylum seekers in the name of ‘national security’, the founders were influenced by an insistence by deposed Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott that new citizens of Australia could not be considered legal citizens unless they had sworn a formal oath of allegiance. It was extrapolated that, this being so, oaths of allegiance were transferable and extendable to both external citizenship claims and property rights. <br />
<br />
Prior to its foundation, the underlying emphasis of the nation morphed from one of protest into a push for change in community attitudes. At the time of its declaration of independence it was conceptually a kindness movement, seeking to promote tolerance and individual/community happiness through culture and targeted initiatives.<br />
<br />
The nation of Sonderan was formally declared on 5 January 2018, with Cedar as ‘Monarch Apparent’ heading the caretaker government. It would take twelve months for the Sonderian constitution to be drafted, reviewed and ratified. During this time the state was declared a triumvirate and the Sonderian flag commissioned.<br />
<br />
The Constitution of the Triumvirate of Sonderan was officially signed into law on 5 January 2019, with Cedar ascending the throne as Monarch and head of a, now constitutionally sanctioned, caretaker government.<br />
<br />
==Government and politics==<br />
[[File:QueenCedar.jpg|thumb|left|HM Cedar, Queen of Sonderan.]]<br />
<br />
''As a constitutional triumvirate, Sonderan has three heads of state, the ‘Triumvirs’.''<br />
<br />
The role of the Monarch is a hereditary position and represents the executive functions of the nation. The Monarch is responsible for international relations and for the day to day running of the nation. This is achieved with assistance of the Royal Council, an administrative group made up of representatives from each of the nation’s provinces.<br />
<br />
The role of the President is an elected position and represents the legislative functions of the nation. The President coordinates the National Parliament.<br />
<br />
The role of the Chancellor is also an elected position, although the candidates are initially sorted into eligibility for the role. The Chancellor represents the judicial functions of the nation.<br />
<br />
The National Parliament is made up of two houses. <br />
<br />
The Lower House, known as the National Assembly, has two deputations: the Primary Deputation and the Secondary Deputation. The Primary Deputation is democratically elected in national elections overseen by the Chancellor’s office. Once elected, the President and the Vice President are elected by the Primary Deputation from among their members. <br />
<br />
The Secondary Deputation is selected by sortition based on fair representation. Once sorted into the Secondary Deputation, they elect the new Chancellor and Vice Chancellor from among their members. As neither the Chancellor nor the Vice Chancellor hold a vote in the National Assembly once elected, the Secondary Deputation will always have two less seated members than the Primary Deputation. <br />
<br />
The Upper House, known as the Senate, is made up of senators selected on the basis of merit, each representing the most qualified/experienced Sonderian citizen in each of the following fields: Arts and Culture, Economics, Education, Environment, Health, Information Technology, Law, Science, Social Sciences. There are also constitutional provisions for up to three extra senators selected from fields identified by the Triumvirs as representing specific areas of need.<br />
<br />
Legislation must be passed by both houses before being signed by the President into law.<br />
<br />
The Sonderian Constitution has particular articles devoted to the expected growth of the nation within realistic timeframes. The Caretaker Government is currently administrating all governmental functions until the citizen threshold for the activation of the Triumvirate Government is triggered.<br />
<br />
==Law and order==<br />
The Chancellor is responsible for ensuring the transparency and integrity of the judicial system, although they have no jurisdiction over individual judgments. The Chancellor’s office is responsible for overseeing national elections, the sortition process and coordinating the selection of Judges and the Chief Justice of the Sonderian Supreme Court.<br />
<br />
''It is illegal in Sonderan to negatively discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, gender, nationality, age, ability/disability, origin, sex, health, creed, faith, marital status or spoken language, however needs based asset distribution may be employed in order to address regional deficits in accessibility to state services.''<br />
<br />
Citizens of Sonderian are not required to renounce pre-existing citizenships they may hold and Sonderian citizenship is compatible with all other forms of micronational and macronational citizenship. Citizens are required to pay taxes within the countries in which they earned their wages - ie. duel Sonderian/Australian citizens working in Australia are still required to pay taxes to the Australian government.<br />
<br />
Voting in national elections is compulsory unless an exemption has been granted.<br />
Non-sexual/violent criminal convictions are considered spent after 5 years.<br />
<br />
==Foreign relations==<br />
The Monarch is the symbol of the nation and represents the nation abroad. They have the power to send delegates and nominate ambassadors to international posts and to engage in foreign diplomacy, including the signing of international agreements, protocols and treaties. However, treaties and binding agreements not ratified by the National Parliament within six months of the Monarch’s acceptance are revoked by the President. <br />
<br />
''The Triumvirate’s general foreign policy is one of tolerance and mutually beneficial intermicronational discourse, however the nation’s motto is ‘Always Kindness’, and there is a cultural understanding that, on particular issues, certain political stances are incompatible with satisfactory foreign relations. Nations proactively seeking to incite hate through the proliferation of racist, mysoginist, misandrist, homophobic, or ableist viewpoints are generally understood to be incompatible with the Sonderian world view. '<br />
<br />
==Military==<br />
The State of Sonderan is committed to peace and amity in the world. Acts undertaken to prepare war or otherwise disturb the peaceful relations between nations are unconstitutional. Whilst the Monarch is the symbolic Commander in Chief of the Self Defence Force, and is empowered to protect Sonderian citizens in a crisis, Sonderan has no standing army and would rely on expert citizens and international assistance in a disaster.<br />
<br />
==Geography and climate==<br />
[[File:Seagull.jpg|thumb|left|The silver gull is the national animal of Sonderan.]]<br />
''Sonderan is divided into Regions, which are themselves divided into Provinces. Within each Province, self governing Households submit to the national government under the constitution, while Special Territories are maintained and managed by the Triumvirs and members of the Royal Family. Households must have permanent residents, but Special Territories do not have this requirement.''<br />
<br />
From a geographic standpoint, the State currently consists of one major Region, ‘Fyrstir’, encompassing the western half of the Mornington Peninsula, containing the Provinces of <br />
Merindarra - administering the Households of Merindarra (the national capital), as well as the Special Territories of Mountain and Treasure Beach), and;<br />
Olewyddin - administering the Households of Olewyddin and Elskercott, and the Special Territory of Stephen Beach. <br />
Both the Special Territories of Treasure Beach and Stephen Beach are shallow, safe beaches permitting access to Port Philip Bay and are the source of one of Sonderan’s most exported commodities - Sonderian seaglass. The Special Mountain Territory is the highest point in the nation at 305m above sea level.<br />
<br />
[[File:TreasureBeach.jpg|thumb|left|Winter seaglass harvest at the Special Territory of Treasure Beach.]]<br />
<br />
Fyrstir’s cool, maritime climate provides an ideal environment for the growing of produce, and the nation produces regular crops of a range of fruits and vegetables including lemons, tomatoes, olives, figs, loquats, strawberries, snow peas and passionfruit. The capital also produces yoghurt and mushrooms.<br />
<br />
An additional Household, Schneeebveland, is an isolated enclave in the Australian Capital Territory. Schneeebveland is subject to a harsher climate than its southern counterparts, with significantly colder winters and harsher summer temperatures.<br />
<br />
==Economy==<br />
The Sonderian currency, the Sonderian Lyra is divided into ten pennies and is utilised as the primary currency within the nation’s borders. The Sonderian Lyra is tied to the national fruit production, with two Sonderian Lyra being roughly worth two kilograms of harvested fruit, or one jar of jam (or other type of processed fruit).<br />
<br />
While the nation relies primarily on international imports in order to survive, the government has pledged to invest in cottage industries and boost exports by 2022. Most citizens work internationally and the economy is almost entirely supported by remittances. <br />
<br />
Sonderian Jam is currently produced from a blend of local and imported ingredients. <br />
<br />
==Culture==<br />
''Happiness through Kindness''<br />
<br />
[[File:Fanfare.jpg|thumb|left|The Jam Day parade 2019.]]<br />
<br />
Sonderian citizens strive to be both happy and to develop happiness in others through acts of kindness. These acts of kindness are rewarded through a system of honorary titles bestowed upon those who achieve predetermined ranked milestones. Acts of service are valued more than administrative titles, with hereditary titles considered of least value.<br />
<br />
The Monarchy, while ostensibly noble, performs a subservient role within the national psyche, with the prevalent attitude of both the citizens and the Royal Family focusing on what the Royals can do for the general citizenship.<br />
<br />
The development of culture is a valued responsibility of the National Government and Article 8 of the Constitution enshrines the necessity to both preserve existing cultural practises and facilitate the continued evolution of new ones to enrich the society and cultural life of Sonderian citizens. While individual households are encouraged to develop individualised cultures, outright cultural appropriation of previously oppressed minorities (without reasonably established historical lineage) is not acceptable.<br />
<br />
==Cuisine==<br />
[[File:SonderJam.jpg|thumb|left|Preparation of Jam Day deliveries.]]<br />
<br />
While each Household is encouraged to develop their own unique dishes, the National food is the pancake. Pancakes are eaten for breakfast on both Sonderan Day and Pancake Day.<br />
<br />
Jam holds particular significance: each citizen has a constitutional right to a share of state made jam. Each year ‘Jam Day’ is declared by the Monarch and shares of jam distributed with much fanfare on the day.<br />
<br />
==Benefits of Citizenship==<br />
Citizens of Sonderan are entitled to a number of concrete benefits, aside from the more standard constitutional rights. Citizens of Sonderan are entitled to:<br />
<br />
1. An annual audience with the Queen to discuss ways in which the government might help them to accomplish their own goals. This forms the basis of a somewhat unique take on the Bhutanese concept and implementation of Gross National Happiness policies<br />
<br />
2. At least one story published and archived in the State Chronicles. The State Chronicles honour the etymology of the Sonderian national name and seek to preserve and share the stories of Sonderian citizens in an assertion that each individual is uniquely important and worthy of attention.<br />
<br />
3. A piece of Sonderian Sea Glass from the Royal Treasury<br />
<br />
4. A jar of jam, preserved fruit, or baked good per citizen from the Bank of Sonderan, tri-annually, or more frequently depending on the quantity of fruit produced nationally. <br />
<br />
5. Assume a pseudonym when applying for citizenship. This entitlement links in with a Sonderan preoccupation with anonymity, which is highly sought after and valued. Balancing impact with anonymity remains a strong governmental focus of the Monarchy in particular.<br />
<br />
==National Holidays==<br />
''Sonderan observes the following national holidays:''<br />
<br />
January 1: New Year’s Day<br />
<br />
January 5: Sonderan Day - on this day the Monarch customarily announces the type of jam to be distributed on Jam Day<br />
<br />
January 12: Jam Day - on this day each eligible citizen receives their jar of Sonderian Jam from the Bank of Sonderan<br />
<br />
January 21: Hugging Day<br />
<br />
March 5: Pancake Tuesday<br />
<br />
April 19: Good Friday<br />
<br />
April 20: Easter Saturday<br />
<br />
April 21: Easter Sunday<br />
<br />
April 25: ANZAC Day<br />
<br />
Second Sunday in May: Mother’s Day<br />
<br />
First Sunday in September: Father’s Day<br />
<br />
September 19: Talk Like a Pirate Day<br />
<br />
First Tuesday in November: Henry Mortlock Memorial Hat Day - on this day, citizens are encouraged to make their own hats from household materials and wear their creations with pride<br />
<br />
November 11: Remembrance Day<br />
<br />
November 13: World Kindness Day<br />
<br />
November 26: Christmas begins and all Christmas Trees in the nation are erected<br />
<br />
November 30: Salmon Pie Day - on which salmon pie is consumed<br />
<br />
December 24: Christmas Eve<br />
<br />
December 25: Christmas Day<br />
<br />
December 26: Boxing Day<br />
<br />
December 31: New Year’s Day<br />
<br />
==Media==<br />
The Sonderian Gazette is a government funded news service initially set up to broadcast twitter updates on important news within the Triumvirate for an international audience.<br />
<br />
As the number of citizens and territories begin to grow, the Gazette’s activities will expand to include internal news publications which, in turn, will provide content for the news section of the official government website.<br />
<br />
The government funded Sonderian Radio Service will broadcast a monthly program aimed primarily at a local audience, although international listeners will be able to tune in. This service will be launched on Sonderan Day 2020.</div>Sonderanhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=Triumvirate_of_Sonderan&diff=477421Triumvirate of Sonderan2019-07-22T12:26:38Z<p>Sonderan: /* Etymology */</p>
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<div>Sonderan, officially the Triumvirate of Sonderan, is a small, self declared country, commonly known as a micronation, founded on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia in January, 2018. A secular, constitutional triumvirate, the nation has three, ostensibly equal, heads of state known as ‘the Triumvirs’.<br />
<br />
Founded on a ‘conviction in the transcendental value of human kindness’, the government has a constitutional obligation to work towards enhancing the happiness, wellbeing and safety of its citizens and ‘people everywhere’ whilst promoting international communication, transparency and freedom of movement. <br />
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{{Infobox nation<br />
|name = Triumvirate of Sonderan<br />
|image1 = [[File:Sonderian Flag.jpeg|150px]]<br />
|motto = ‘Always Kindness’<br />
|location = Enclaved by the state of Victoria, Australia<br />
|capital = Merindarra, meaning ‘strength’ <br />
|languages = Sonderian; Australian English<br />
|religions = Secular state<br />
|shortname = Sonderan<br />
|demonym = Sonderians<br />
|government = Secular, sovereign, constitutional triumvirate<br />
|head of government and state = The Triumvirs: the Monarch (Queen/King), the President, and the Chancellor<br />
|legislature = Parliament<br />
|established = [[2018]]<br />
|population = 10<br />
|population_notes = (as of 2018 census)<br />
|currency = Sonderian Lyra<br />
|time_zone = UTC+10:00<br />
|nat_animal = Silver gull<br />
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}}<br />
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The '''Triumvirate of Sonderan''' is a [[micronation]] founded on 5 January 2018.<br />
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==Etymology==<br />
Sonderan takes its name from the word ‘sonder’ as defined in the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig:<br />
''The realisation that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own - populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness - an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk.'''<br />
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Within the nation itself, the name places particular emphasis on the significance of individual community contributions, encouraging citizens to identify their own worth and the value of the people around them, in order to build meaningful societal connections.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
[[File:Stephenbeach1.jpg|thumb|left|Members of the Royal Family visit the Special Territory of Stephen Beach.]]<br />
The Triumvirate of Sonderan was founded after a two year research and consultation process. <br />
<br />
Initially fuelled as a protest against the human rights abuses perpetuated by successive Australian Governments against asylum seekers in the name of ‘national security’, the founders were influenced by an insistence by deposed Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott that new citizens of Australia could not be considered legal citizens unless they had sworn a formal oath of allegiance. It was extrapolated that, this being so, oaths of allegiance were transferable and extendable to both external citizenship claims and property rights. <br />
<br />
Prior to its foundation, the underlying emphasis of the nation morphed from one of protest into a push for change in community attitudes. At the time of its declaration of independence it was conceptually a kindness movement, seeking to promote tolerance and individual/community happiness through culture and targeted initiatives.<br />
<br />
The nation of Sonderan was formally declared on 5 January 2018, with Cedar as ‘Monarch Apparent’ heading the caretaker government. It would take twelve months for the Sonderian constitution to be drafted, reviewed and ratified. During this time the state was declared a triumvirate and the Sonderian flag commissioned.<br />
<br />
The Constitution of the Triumvirate of Sonderan was officially signed into law on 5 January 2019, with Cedar ascending the throne as Monarch and head of a, now constitutionally sanctioned, caretaker government.<br />
<br />
==Government and politics==<br />
[[File:QueenCedar.jpg|thumb|left|HM Cedar, Queen of Sonderan.]]<br />
<br />
''As a constitutional triumvirate, Sonderan has three heads of state, the ‘Triumvirs’.''<br />
<br />
The role of the Monarch is a hereditary position and represents the executive functions of the nation. The Monarch is responsible for international relations and for the day to day running of the nation. This is achieved with assistance of the Royal Council, an administrative group made up of representatives from each of the nation’s provinces.<br />
<br />
The role of the President is an elected position and represents the legislative functions of the nation. The President coordinates the National Parliament.<br />
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The role of the Chancellor is also an elected position, although the candidates are initially sorted into eligibility for the role. The Chancellor represents the judicial functions of the nation.<br />
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The National Parliament is made up of two houses. <br />
<br />
The Lower House, known as the National Assembly, has two deputations: the Primary Deputation and the Secondary Deputation. The Primary Deputation is democratically elected in national elections overseen by the Chancellor’s office. Once elected, the President and the Vice President are elected by the Primary Deputation from among their members. <br />
<br />
The Secondary Deputation is selected by sortition based on fair representation. Once sorted into the Secondary Deputation, they elect the new Chancellor and Vice Chancellor from among their members. As neither the Chancellor nor the Vice Chancellor hold a vote in the National Assembly once elected, the Secondary Deputation will always have two less seated members than the Primary Deputation. <br />
<br />
The Upper House, known as the Senate, is made up of senators selected on the basis of merit, each representing the most qualified/experienced Sonderian citizen in each of the following fields: Arts and Culture, Economics, Education, Environment, Health, Information Technology, Law, Science, Social Sciences. There are also constitutional provisions for up to three extra senators selected from fields identified by the Triumvirs as representing specific areas of need.<br />
<br />
Legislation must be passed by both houses before being signed by the President into law.<br />
<br />
The Sonderian Constitution has particular articles devoted to the expected growth of the nation within realistic timeframes. The Caretaker Government is currently administrating all governmental functions until the citizen threshold for the activation of the Triumvirate Government is triggered.<br />
<br />
==Law and order==<br />
The Chancellor is responsible for ensuring the transparency and integrity of the judicial system, although they have no jurisdiction over individual judgments. The Chancellor’s office is responsible for overseeing national elections, the sortition process and coordinating the selection of Judges and the Chief Justice of the Sonderian Supreme Court.<br />
<br />
''It is illegal in Sonderan to negatively discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, gender, nationality, age, ability/disability, origin, sex, health, creed, faith, marital status or spoken language, however needs based asset distribution may be employed in order to address regional deficits in accessibility to state services.''<br />
<br />
Citizens of Sonderian are not required to renounce pre-existing citizenships they may hold and Sonderian citizenship is compatible with all other forms of micronational and macronational citizenship. Citizens are required to pay taxes within the countries in which they earned their wages - ie. duel Sonderian/Australian citizens working in Australia are still required to pay taxes to the Australian government.<br />
<br />
Voting in national elections is compulsory unless an exemption has been granted.<br />
Non-sexual/violent criminal convictions are considered spent after 5 years.<br />
<br />
==Foreign relations==<br />
The Monarch is the symbol of the nation and represents the nation abroad. They have the power to send delegates and nominate ambassadors to international posts and to engage in foreign diplomacy, including the signing of international agreements, protocols and treaties. However, treaties and binding agreements not ratified by the National Parliament within six months of the Monarch’s acceptance are revoked by the President. <br />
<br />
''The Triumvirate’s general foreign policy is one of tolerance and mutually beneficial intermicronational discourse, however the nation’s motto is ‘Always Kindness’, and there is a cultural understanding that, on particular issues, certain political stances are incompatible with satisfactory foreign relations. Nations proactively seeking to incite hate through the proliferation of racist, mysoginist, misandrist, homophobic, or ableist viewpoints are generally understood to be incompatible with the Sonderian world view. ''<br />
<br />
<br />
==Military==<br />
The State of Sonderan is committed to peace and amity in the world. Acts undertaken to prepare war or otherwise disturb the peaceful relations between nations are unconstitutional. Whilst the Monarch is the symbolic Commander in Chief of the Self Defence Force, and is empowered to protect Sonderian citizens in a crisis, Sonderan has no standing army and would rely on expert citizens and international assistance in a disaster.<br />
<br />
==Geography and climate==<br />
[[File:Seagull.jpg|thumb|left|The silver gull is the national animal of Sonderan.]]<br />
''Sonderan is divided into Regions, which are themselves divided into Provinces. Within each Province, self governing Households submit to the national government under the constitution, while Special Territories are maintained and managed by the Triumvirs and members of the Royal Family. Households must have permanent residents, but Special Territories do not have this requirement.''<br />
<br />
From a geographic standpoint, the State currently consists of one major Region, ‘Fyrstir’, encompassing the western half of the Mornington Peninsula, containing the Provinces of <br />
Merindarra - administering the Households of Merindarra (the national capital), as well as the Special Territories of Mountain and Treasure Beach), and;<br />
Olewyddin - administering the Households of Olewyddin and Elskercott, and the Special Territory of Stephen Beach. <br />
Both the Special Territories of Treasure Beach and Stephen Beach are shallow, safe beaches permitting access to Port Philip Bay and are the source of one of Sonderan’s most exported commodities - Sonderian seaglass. The Special Mountain Territory is the highest point in the nation at 305m above sea level.<br />
<br />
[[File:TreasureBeach.jpg|thumb|left|Winter seaglass harvest at the Special Territory of Treasure Beach.]]<br />
<br />
Fyrstir’s cool, maritime climate provides an ideal environment for the growing of produce, and the nation produces regular crops of a range of fruits and vegetables including lemons, tomatoes, olives, figs, loquats, strawberries, snow peas and passionfruit. The capital also produces yoghurt and mushrooms.<br />
<br />
An additional Household, Schneeebveland, is an isolated enclave in the Australian Capital Territory. Schneeebveland is subject to a harsher climate than its southern counterparts, with significantly colder winters and harsher summer temperatures.<br />
<br />
==Economy==<br />
The Sonderian currency, the Sonderian Lyra is divided into ten pennies and is utilised as the primary currency within the nation’s borders. The Sonderian Lyra is tied to the national fruit production, with two Sonderian Lyra being roughly worth two kilograms of harvested fruit, or one jar of jam (or other type of processed fruit).<br />
<br />
While the nation relies primarily on international imports in order to survive, the government has pledged to invest in cottage industries and boost exports by 2022. Most citizens work internationally and the economy is almost entirely supported by remittances. <br />
<br />
Sonderian Jam is currently produced from a blend of local and imported ingredients. <br />
<br />
==Culture==<br />
''Happiness through Kindness''<br />
<br />
[[File:Fanfare.jpg|thumb|left|The Jam Day parade 2019.]]<br />
<br />
Sonderian citizens strive to be both happy and to develop happiness in others through acts of kindness. These acts of kindness are rewarded through a system of honorary titles bestowed upon those who achieve predetermined ranked milestones. Acts of service are valued more than administrative titles, with hereditary titles considered of least value.<br />
<br />
The Monarchy, while ostensibly noble, performs a subservient role within the national psyche, with the prevalent attitude of both the citizens and the Royal Family focusing on what the Royals can do for the general citizenship.<br />
<br />
The development of culture is a valued responsibility of the National Government and Article 8 of the Constitution enshrines the necessity to both preserve existing cultural practises and facilitate the continued evolution of new ones to enrich the society and cultural life of Sonderian citizens. While individual households are encouraged to develop individualised cultures, outright cultural appropriation of previously oppressed minorities (without reasonably established historical lineage) is not acceptable.<br />
<br />
==Cuisine==<br />
[[File:SonderJam.jpg|thumb|left|Preparation of Jam Day deliveries.]]<br />
<br />
While each Household is encouraged to develop their own unique dishes, the National food is the pancake. Pancakes are eaten for breakfast on both Sonderan Day and Pancake Day.<br />
<br />
Jam holds particular significance: each citizen has a constitutional right to a share of state made jam. Each year ‘Jam Day’ is declared by the Monarch and shares of jam distributed with much fanfare on the day.<br />
<br />
==Benefits of Citizenship==<br />
Citizens of Sonderan are entitled to a number of concrete benefits, aside from the more standard constitutional rights. Citizens of Sonderan are entitled to:<br />
<br />
1. An annual audience with the Queen to discuss ways in which the government might help them to accomplish their own goals. This forms the basis of a somewhat unique take on the Bhutanese concept and implementation of Gross National Happiness policies<br />
<br />
2. At least one story published and archived in the State Chronicles. The State Chronicles honour the etymology of the Sonderian national name and seek to preserve and share the stories of Sonderian citizens in an assertion that each individual is uniquely important and worthy of attention.<br />
<br />
3. A piece of Sonderian Sea Glass from the Royal Treasury<br />
<br />
4. A jar of jam, preserved fruit, or baked good per citizen from the Bank of Sonderan, tri-annually, or more frequently depending on the quantity of fruit produced nationally. <br />
<br />
5. Assume a pseudonym when applying for citizenship. This entitlement links in with a Sonderan preoccupation with anonymity, which is highly sought after and valued. Balancing impact with anonymity remains a strong governmental focus of the Monarchy in particular.<br />
<br />
==National Holidays==<br />
''Sonderan observes the following national holidays:''<br />
<br />
January 1: New Year’s Day<br />
<br />
January 5: Sonderan Day - on this day the Monarch customarily announces the type of jam to be distributed on Jam Day<br />
<br />
January 12: Jam Day - on this day each eligible citizen receives their jar of Sonderian Jam from the Bank of Sonderan<br />
<br />
January 21: Hugging Day<br />
<br />
March 5: Pancake Tuesday<br />
<br />
April 19: Good Friday<br />
<br />
April 20: Easter Saturday<br />
<br />
April 21: Easter Sunday<br />
<br />
April 25: ANZAC Day<br />
<br />
Second Sunday in May: Mother’s Day<br />
<br />
First Sunday in September: Father’s Day<br />
<br />
September 19: Talk Like a Pirate Day<br />
<br />
First Tuesday in November: Henry Mortlock Memorial Hat Day - on this day, citizens are encouraged to make their own hats from household materials and wear their creations with pride<br />
<br />
November 11: Remembrance Day<br />
<br />
November 13: World Kindness Day<br />
<br />
November 26: Christmas begins and all Christmas Trees in the nation are erected<br />
<br />
November 30: Salmon Pie Day - on which salmon pie is consumed<br />
<br />
December 24: Christmas Eve<br />
<br />
December 25: Christmas Day<br />
<br />
December 26: Boxing Day<br />
<br />
December 31: New Year’s Day<br />
<br />
==Media==<br />
The Sonderian Gazette is a government funded news service initially set up to broadcast twitter updates on important news within the Triumvirate for an international audience.<br />
<br />
As the number of citizens and territories begin to grow, the Gazette’s activities will expand to include internal news publications which, in turn, will provide content for the news section of the official government website.<br />
<br />
The government funded Sonderian Radio Service will broadcast a monthly program aimed primarily at a local audience, although international listeners will be able to tune in. This service will be launched on Sonderan Day 2020.</div>Sonderan