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| motto = ''Deus iudex meus''<br />
| anthem = [[List of micronations by national anthem|Forest Rhapsody]]<br />
| capital = Novurbo<br />
| largest_city = Leto<br />
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| demonym = Schwanian (''Cignolaga'')<br />
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'''Schwanensee''' ('''Swan Lake'''), officially in Esperanto '''la Libera Respubliko de Cignolago''' (Free Republic of Schwanensee'','' formerly ''la Sendependa Libera Kosmopolitisma Respubliko de Cignolago''), was a cosmopolitan meritocracy which declared its main territory on a virtual platform supposedly located in the Arctic Ocean along with several peripheral territories around the globe. As of 2019, the country had a population of 13 and claimed a total area of roughly 750 sqm., with its capital city in ''Novurbo'' (in English: New City).<br />
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Schwanensee was a cosmopolitan meritocracy: its citizens scattered in different parts of the world, meanwhile strictly classified into three social classes: ''Clerici'' (the Scholars), ''Guverans'' (the Administrators), and ''la Popolo'' (the People). These social classes were mainly based on their skills and their own choices on occupation, since every social class would be designated specified occupations or professions. Social class did not depend on one's origin, and every citizen had two opportunities after having acquired their Schwanian citizenship to alter the social class they belonged to. Some of the Schwanian territories, however, chose not to implement the social class system, such as the Autonomous Communist Region of Ruĝflago and the utopian settlements of Elysia.<br />
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The country adopted three universal languages as its official languages, namely Esperanto, Volapük, and Latin, while German, Chinese, and Japanese were some of the unofficial but recognized languages used more widely in daily life among citizens. Each official language was assigned to a specific social class as its sole language, and a language examination (no longer mandatory since October 2019) would be given before a new citizen could be assigned to any of the three social classes. In general, Esperanto served as the language of the people (also for foreign affairs, etc.), Volapük as the language of administration, and Latin as the language of academic research.<br />
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On 25 Dec. 2019, the 4th President of Schwanensee formally declared the dissolution of the country. A possible revival was proposed in late 2023 but was not yet ratified as of yet.<br />
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==History==<br />
===Republic of Ceskonia (2009 - 2011)===<br />
[[File:Ceskonia.PNG|thumb|National flag of Ceskonia|200x200px]]<br />
The history of Schwanensee began with a whimsical idea of its President, Richard C., who created the predecessor of Schwanensee, a cyberstate known as the ''Republic of Ceskonia'', on 26 June 2009 while he was studying abroad in Osnarbrück, Germany. Richard had been well aware of the famous micronations around the globe, yet he was against such hard successionism, which he personally deemed problematic. The booming development of Internet-based micronations at the time, however, had facilitated his creation of a similar simulationist cyberstate, which would not claim any physical territories.<br />
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Hoping to achieve more interested participants, Richard chose to launch the project of the new cyberstate both on a Chinese blogging site similar to Blogspot (now already defunct) and separately on a German webhosting platform - both of which he spoke fluently. To his surprise, he noticed that the Chinese blogging site had already hosted a number of similar cyberstates (known as virtual states). The first cyberstate with which Ceskonia pursued diplomatic relationship was Goryeo Federation, on the same day when Ceskonia was founded (26 June 2009). During the 2-year lifespan of Ceskonia, Richard C., representing the Republic of Ceskonia, eventually built friendly diplomatic relations with more than a hundred of such cyberstates.<br />
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During this time period, most background information on Ceskonia was based purely on fantasy rather than on reality - a typical trend for Chinese virtual states and German-speaking simulationist μnations. Based on the Internet Archive, Ceskonia had its capital city named ''Syldavia'', and Richard also designed national symbols as well as postage stamps and banknotes for his cyberstate. Despite the fact that the latter were never materialized, Ceskonia founded the ''Online Numismatic Museum for Virtual States'' as a separate blog, which was inspired by the ''Finanzmuseum'' of [https://freistaat-fuchsen.de/ Freistaat Fuchsen], a German-speaking μnation. Ceskonia also hosted the 2nd ''CyberOlympics'' and became a founding member of Liberal Union, one of the three international organizations among virtual states at the time.<br />
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As Daniel C. joined Ceskonia as its Prime Minister in 2011, both of the citizens eventually agreed to expand its influence in the sense that Ceskonia should pay more attention to international communication outside of its original platforms in Chinese and German, partly due to a previous notification from the blogging site that its service would soon be suspended. The message had been catastrophic to many virtual states that utilized its service (blogging and message board, etc.), and attempts had been made in prior as to how Ceskonia could survive this: President Richard, who intended to stay connected with other virtual states, launched an Internet forum, whose service was supported by the same company of the blogging site, yet the environment there was quite hostile; Prime Minister Daniel, who favored an international solution, tried on the [https://www.nationstates.net/ NationStates] forum, which led him discovering the [[MicroWiki]] Forum, a platform both of them regarded friendly and feasible.<br />
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===Free Republic of Schwanensee (2011 - 2019)===<br />
[[File:Schwanensee emergencyflag.png|thumb|The upside down national flag used in case of mourning or emergency|200x200px]]<br />
On 10 September 2011, Ceskonia officially renamed itself to ''Zwanenmeer'' (later to its German equivalent ''Schwanensee'') with newly designed national symbols and joined MicroWiki, gradually bidding farewell to its completely simulationist, Internet-based past. Nonetheless, Schwanensee in its early days was still inevitably partly related to personal fantasy (the legacy of which was the Schwanian ''Lomiän'', the virtual platform on which the Schwanian capital was supposed to exist), though reality had also come to play a role in it - It also claimed physical territories in Germany and USA, etc., where its citizens actually lived at the time, and proclaimed German, Chinese, and Schwanian, at first only a script, but later also a separate constructed language, to be its three official languages. Furthermore, banknotes, stamps, and documents were also prepared and produced, with the hope that Schwanensee could more resemble a "real" micronation.<br />
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Before President Richard quit the project unexpectedly in 2013, he and Prime Minister Daniel had attempted to interact with micronations around the globe, not only on MicroWiki forum but also on [[Micras]] and [https://www.mn-marktplatz.de/ MN-Marktplatz], participating in the Micras Expo 2012 and the [[2012 MicroWiki Cup]], etc. Such activity gradually disappeared as more citizens became inactive, resulting in the implementation of the Emergency Act in 2014 dissolving the Schwanian parliament and extending the presidential term indefinitely. The inertia was also accompanied by a halt to the service provided by the Chinese blogging site in 2015, on which the predecessor of Schwanensee, Ceskonia, had been established.<br />
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The country became rather dormant until 2017, when President Daniel reformed the country by implementing uniform and standardizing policies over all of its territories around the globe, meanwhile adopting newly designed national symbols, etc. The social class system was implemented during this time period, followed by the change of official languages to Esperanto, Volapük, and Latin. Furthermore, national paraphernalia were manufactured with much higher quality and issued accordingly: all active citizens could receive their own identity cards and passports - on which they would be given a valid visa once they entered any Schwanian territories - for free as long as they applied for them, and salaries were distributed in [[Schwanian krone|kronen]] as banknotes and coins, which they could use within Schwanian territories for goods. In addition, professionally made Schwanian postage stamps were issued and used on domestic stationeries and international letters sent from Schwanensee to other micronations. The two special regions, ''Elysia'' and ''Ruĝflago'', were also planned at this time in order to test the viability of other possible ideologies.<br />
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Such activity, however, was not accompanied by any increase in population. The population of Schwanensee had decreased to approximately 13 by the year of 2019, while only 3~5 of them remained active in daily affairs. An attempt to revive the country, namely the ''Cyrillization Movement'', occurred in October 2019, during which the country underwent a pro-Soviet transformation: introducing the new coat of arms, adopting liberation theology as its guiding ideology, abolishing many of its meritocratic policies, meanwhile having its official languages written entirely in Cyrillic instead of the Latin alphabet (it was also planned at the time to promote Esperanto as the only official language of the country). The movement ultimately failed, with the remaining few active citizens reaching an accord in Lespedezo to formally dissolve the country on Christmas Day 2019.<br />
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=== Proposed revival (2023) ===<br />
While Schwanensee as a micronation was formally declared as dissolved in 2019, its culture continues to have an important role within its former territories and among some of the former citizens. In late 2023, there have been several propositions to revive the micronation as a simulationist one, but no detailed plans have been published as of yet.<br />
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==Geography==<br />
[[File:Schwanensee micras.png|thumb|Former Schwanian territory on [[Micras]] (map version 14.7.5)]]<br />
The country was divided into four ''Provincoj'' or ''Provins'' (provinces: ''Lomiän, Rubainiän, Smaragainiän, Safirainiän'') and two ''Regionoj'' or ''Ziläks'' (special regions: ''Elysia, Ruĝflago''). The four provinces were further divided into two ''Urboj'' or ''Zifs'' (cities) and seven ''Kantonoj'' or ''Kantons'' (counties). Unlike most countries in the world, Schwanian citizens were not permitted to enter any other Schwanian territories apart from the one that they belong to, unless they had been issued an internal entry visa valid for their destination on their Schwanian passport prior to their journey.<br />
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From February to December 2012, Schwanensee also participated in the [[Micras]] world and claimed a rather small piece of land on the planet. Its territory on Micras resembled the virtual platform of ''Lomiän'' and claimed to have three cities, namely Neustadt (capital city of the Micras territory), Schwarzenfels, and Wessenfels.<br />
===Cities, counties, and regions===<br />
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*'''Novurbo''' was the capital city of the country. It was located on the virtual platform ''Lomiän'', and was the only city within this province. The city had a population of 0.<br />
*'''Leto''' was the largest city of the country. It was located in ''Rubainiän''. As of 2019, it had a population of 3~4, thus the largest city of the country. It was also the former headquarter of Schwanian government (''Bevünetaguveranef'') from 2011 to 2017.<br />
*'''Varenko''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Ravnhaŭso''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' with a population of 2.<br />
*'''Acerrivero''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' in Tokyo, Japan with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Aŭznŝtato''' was located in ''Smaragainiän'' in London, UK with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Sororiso''' was located in ''Smaragainiän'' in Münich, Germany with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Hojro''' was located in ''Safirainiän'' in New York, USA with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Lespedezo''' was located in ''Safirainiän'' in the Midwest of USA with a population of 2~3. It served as the headquarter of Schwanian ''Bevünetaguveranef'' and the Schwanian embassy in USA from 2017 until the dissolution of the country.<br />
*'''Elysia''' was a combination of planned autonomous utopian settlements (also known as phalansteries) within the country. It adopted Elysian, a constructed language, as its sole official language.<br />
*'''Ruĝflago''' was a planned autonomous communist region in which communism with agriculture-based economy would be implemented. Esperanto was the sole official language of the region.<br />
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==Politics==<br />
[[File:Seal schwanensee.png|thumb|Great Seal of the ''Bevünetaguveranef'', the government body of Schwanensee|150x150px]]<br />
[[File:Neuschwanenplatz.png|thumb|2013 elections seats|200x200px]]<br />
[[File:2011 parliament.png|thumb|2011 elections seats|200x200px]]<br />
A cosmopolitan meritocracy, Schwanensee had previously been a parliamentary republic. The country had had a left–right multi-party system: following the 2013 parliamentary election, the biggest parties were the centre-right National Party and the centrist Green Party. Other political parties with seats in the Schwanian parliament (originally named ''Neuschwanenplatz'', now known as ''Nulasvanadail''), were the centre-left Bolshevik Party, etc., while other parties existed on the municipal level. According to the Constitution, parties promoting racism were strictly prohibited in the country.<br />
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Starting from late 2014, the parliament system had been temporarily abandoned due to the Emergency Act in action, which was proposed because of a lack of active citizens for a long time. Since then, the presidential term had been prolonged indefinitely, and the office of Prime Minister was also left unoccupied until a new candidate was appointed in late 2018 by the President. Under the Emergency Act, President also served as Minister for Foreign Affairs, whereas Prime Minister served as Minister for Internal Affairs. The Emergency Act was planned to be lifted during the Cyrillization Movement starting from October 2019, which resulted in the establishment of the '''Provisional Supreme Soviet''' (Cyrillic Esperanto: ''Провизора Супера Совето'') in Lespedezo, yet the attempt ultimately failed due to the dissolution of the country.<br />
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===List of parliamentary parties===<br />
[[File:Flag Schwanian Green Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Green Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag Bolshevik.jpg|border|25px]] '''Bolshevik Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag KMT.jpg|border|25px]] '''National Party'''<br> <br />
[[File:Flag Universalism Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Universalist Party''' <br><br />
[[File:Flag POP.jpg|border|25px]] '''Public Opinion Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag Democratic.PNG|border|25px]] '''Democratic-Libertarian Party'''(1) <br><br />
[[File:Flag Donghak.PNG|border|25px]] '''Cheondoist Party'''(1)<br><br />
[[File:Flag Schwanian Green Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition'''(2)<br><br />
(1): Banned due to their Fascist ideology.<br><br />
(2): Split into two different parties.<br />
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===List of Presidents (''Prezidantoj'' or ''Presidals'')===<br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"<br />
! style="width:3%;" |#<br />
! style="width:20%;" |Picture<br />
!Name<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Took office<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Left office<br />
! style="width:30%;" |Party<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#6495ED"<br />
| bgcolor="#223AA8" |<font color="white">'''1'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Richard C.'''<br />
|11 September 2011<br />
|10 September 2012<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#6495ED"<br />
| bgcolor="#223AA8" |<font color="white">'''2'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Richard C.'''<br />
|11 September 2012<br />
|10 September 2013<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#82D900"<br />
| bgcolor="#548C00" |<font color="white">'''3'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|11 September 2013<br />
|2014<br />
|Green Party<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#D0D0D0"<br />
| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''4'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|2014<br />
|25 December 2019<br />
|''All parties disestablished''<br />
|}<br />
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===List of Prime Ministers (''Kancelieroj'' or ''Lebürals'')===<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"<br />
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! style="width:20%;" |Picture<br />
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! style="width:13%;" |Left office<br />
! style="width:30%;" |Party<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#82D900"<br />
| bgcolor="#548C00" |<font color="white">'''1'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|11 September 2011<br />
|10 September 2012<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#D0D0D0"<br />
| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''2'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Henry C.'''<br />
|11 September 2012<br />
|10 September 2013<br />
|Nonpartisan<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#FF7575"<br />
| bgcolor="#750000" |<font color="white">'''3'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Wolfgang S.'''<br />
|11 September 2013<br />
|2014<br />
|Bolshevik Party<br />
|- bgcolor="#D0D0D0"<br />
| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''4'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Margaret C.'''<br />
|1 September 2018<br />
|25 December 2019<br />
|''All parties disestablished''<br />
|}<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Flag leto.jpg|National flag displayed in Leto, the largest city of Schwanensee<br />
File:Flag lespedezo.jpg|National flag displayed in Lespedezo, headquarter of the ''Bevünetaguveranef''<br />
File:Schwanian border.jpg|Warning sign on Schwanian border with USA (Lespedezo)<br />
File:Elysia flag.png|Flag of Elysia (obverse) - reverse bearing the regional coat of arms<br />
File:Rugxflago flag.png|Flag of the Autonomous Communist Region of Ruĝflago<br />
File:Nordiccrossdb sch var.png|Flag of Schwanian Mainland, ''Lomiän''<br />
File:Nordiccross sch var.png|Flag of the government of Schwanian Mainland, ''Lomiänaguveranef''<br />
File:Army sch.png|Proposed emblem of the Schwanian Armed Forces<br />
File:Coin1obv.PNG|Coins and banknotes of the [[Schwanian krone]]<br />
File:Banklibro.jpg|Bankbook issued by the Schwanian central bank, [[Schwanian krone|KosmoBanko de Cignolago]]<br />
File:Cignolago stamp.jpg|Schwanian postage stamps featuring Albert Anker's paintings<br />
File:Envelope.jpg|Used envelope bearing a Schwanian stamp and the postmark of Lespedezo<br />
File:Lrc passport.jpg|Four types of Schwanian passports: Official, Diplomatic, Ordinary, Temporary<br />
File:Entryexit stamps lrc.jpg|Entry and exit stamps of Schwanensee stamped on a Schwanian passport<br />
</gallery><br />
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==Foreign relations==<br />
[[File:Cignolago passport.JPG|thumb|Diplomatic and ordinary passports of Schwanensee bearing the old coat of arms|200x200px]]<br />
[[File:Cignolago passport 2.JPG|thumb|First page of a Schwanian passport|200x200px]]<br />
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*[[File:Vetriaflagdesign1.png|border|25px]] [[Vetria]]<br />
*[[File:WUSSR.png|border|25px]] [[Western Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|WUSSR]]<br />
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[[Category:Asian micronations]]</div>Ufkprhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=User_talk:Romgov93&diff=1735568User talk:Romgov932024-02-09T17:58:34Z<p>Ufkpr: /* Regarding the Republic of Matt */ Reply</p>
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<div>== Regarding the Republic of Matt ==<br />
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Hi there! Sorry for my message! I am a former micronationalist and an active banknote collector who collects mainly banknotes of micronations (Please feel free to visit my online museum - Facebook page "Micronational Banknote Museum"). I am so surprised when I noticed that the Republic of Matt is still around here on MicroWiki, as I remember seeing it on the Micronation Index made by the Kingdom of Bannesled almost fifteen years ago when I first encountered micronationalism. I am also quite surprised to know that it has issued banknotes in the past - If possible, may I ask if any of the banknotes are still available, perhaps for purchase? I am very interested in getting a few for my collection and display them in my museum! Thank you in advance for your help! <br> Please feel free to respond via email to: dannyzhang99@yahoo.com! [[User:Ufkpr|Ufkpr]] ([[User talk:Ufkpr|talk]]) 13:13, 20 December 2023 (UTC)<br />
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:Hello and thank you for your inquiry!<br />
:Apologies for the belated response—this account is only accessed when the Wiki is updated. To answer your answer your question, yes—we can send you a bank note from The Late Republic of Matt. Please provide mailing address.<br />
:Regards,<br />
:Kendra Lopez<br />
:Custodian of Records Pertaining to The Late Republic of Matt<br />
:romgov93@yahoo.com [[User:Romgov93|Romgov93]] ([[User talk:Romgov93|talk]]) 15:38, 9 February 2024 (UTC)<br />
::Thank you so much for the response!! I have just sent my mailing address to you via email - I will be very looking forward to having it in my collection! [[User:Ufkpr|Ufkpr]] ([[User talk:Ufkpr|talk]]) 17:58, 9 February 2024 (UTC)</div>Ufkprhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=User_talk:Gishabrun&diff=1707120User talk:Gishabrun2024-01-02T17:53:41Z<p>Ufkpr: /* Regarding Renasian pecune */ Reply</p>
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<div>==Concerning the [[Rakwiktrab Language]]==<br />
Dear Chancellor Kabanov, Regarding your message on the Rakwiktrab Language, all the Information you need can be found at [[Rakwiktrab Language|this page]]. A Comprehensive Dictionary is Under Construction and the Date of Completion has yet to be set. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask me on my talk page, or message me at my skype account, which is "Huro-Atlantica". Thank you for your interest in the language that I have worked so hard on to make, and still working hard on every day. I hope you have a very good day. <br/><br />[[File:Huro-AtlanticaCoat.gif|30px]] ''Sincerely, President [[Bin Stü'òrd]] of the [[Huro-Atlantica|Huro-Atlantic]] Republic'' 16:33, 24 June 2014 (BST)<br />
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== Request of diplomatic relations from the Republic of USI ==<br />
Greetings, <br><br />
<br><br />
On behalf of my nation, the [[Republic of USI]], I, Gabriel N. Pelger, Foreign Minister and Head of Executive, would like to most humbly request mutual recognition and diplomatic correspondence between your and my nation. I am of the opinion that this would benefit both the Republic of USI and the Free State of Renasia.<br><br />
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I hope you agree and am eager to see your response. I hope also I am writing to the right person.<br><br />
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Most cordially,<br><br />
<br><br />
[[User talk:RepubicOfUSI|Gabriel N. Pelger]]<br><br />
Foreign Minister<br><br />
Head of Executive<br><br />
Republic of USI<br />
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=== Reply ===<br />
The Republic of USI is most definitley still interested in diplomatic relations. However, do to my travelling to some of the Usian Provinces away from the seat of government, I will be unable to compose a treaty until at the earliest 6 September.<br><br />
I will in future refer to the treaty as 'DMRPT-2A', which is the Usian coding for such a treaty. It is an acronym for 'Deed of Mutual Recognition and Political Trust 2A'. Please note that, to ensure continued diplomatic relations, the treaty will have to be renewed every two years (thus the ''A'' in the coding).<br />
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I thank you for your patience.<br />
<br />
Sincerely,<br><br />
[[User talk:RepubicOfUSI|Gabriel N. Pelger]]<br><br />
Foreign Minister<br><br />
[[Republic of USI#Government|Head of Executive]]<br><br />
Republic of USI<br />
<br />
=== DMRPT-2A ===<br />
Greetings,<br />
<br />
I would just like to assure you that the treaty is now being made and also have a question: What do you think the treaty should contain?<br />
<br />
Sincerely,<br><br />
[[User talk:RepubicOfUSI|Gabriel N. Pelger]]<br><br />
Foreign Minister<br><br />
Head of Executive<br><br />
[[Republic of USI]]<br />
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== Regarding Renasian pecune ==<br />
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Hi there - Sorry for the message! I am the banknote collector who bought banknotes of Erephisian Graaff & Gishabruni Brun from you quite a long time ago! I was recently checking my old correspondence and found out that we also arranged to trade Renasian banknotes at that time, but for some reason it was never materialized. I was wondering if you still have any of the old Renasian banknotes perhaps? I would love to purchase them for my collection & display them in my online Micronational Banknote Museum. Thank you in advance for your help! [[User:Ufkpr|Ufkpr]] ([[User talk:Ufkpr|talk]]) 18:30, 29 December 2023 (UTC)<br />
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:Hello!<br />
:We are glad to hear you are happy with your purchase of currencies printed by the Bank of Gishabrun. Regarding the Pecune, the planned Free State coins to be produced by KleinZav in Kravat Oblast were never created. It is possible that some Renasian banknotes from the 2011 or 2012 series still exist in the hands of Jacob Valentine (ne Tierney), the former Meritarch. You would have to find his contact information and ask him. [[User:Gishabrun|Gishabrun]] ([[User talk:Gishabrun|talk]]) 16:41, 1 January 2024 (UTC)<br />
::Thank you so much for the clarification! :) [[User:Ufkpr|Ufkpr]] ([[User talk:Ufkpr|talk]]) 17:53, 2 January 2024 (UTC)</div>Ufkprhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=Free_Republic_of_Schwanensee&diff=1704986Free Republic of Schwanensee2023-12-31T17:07:56Z<p>Ufkpr: /* Micronational foreign relations */</p>
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'''Schwanensee''' ('''Swan Lake'''), officially in Esperanto '''la Libera Respubliko de Cignolago''' (Free Republic of Schwanensee'','' formerly ''la Sendependa Libera Kosmopolitisma Respubliko de Cignolago''), was a cosmopolitan meritocracy which declared its main territory on a virtual platform supposedly located in the Arctic Ocean along with several peripheral territories around the globe. As of 2019, the country had a population of 13 and claimed a total area of roughly 750 sqm., with its capital city in ''Novurbo'' (in English: New City).<br />
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Schwanensee was a cosmopolitan meritocracy: its citizens scattered in different parts of the world, meanwhile strictly classified into three social classes: ''Clerici'' (the Scholars), ''Guverans'' (the Administrators), and ''la Popolo'' (the People). These social classes were mainly based on their skills and their own choices on occupation, since every social class would be designated specified occupations or professions. Social class did not depend on one's origin, and every citizen had two opportunities after having acquired their Schwanian citizenship to alter the social class they belonged to. Some of the Schwanian territories, however, chose not to implement the social class system, such as the Autonomous Communist Region of Ruĝflago and the utopian settlements of Elysia.<br />
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The country adopted three universal languages as its official languages, namely Esperanto, Volapük, and Latin, while German, Chinese, and Japanese were some of the unofficial but recognized languages used more widely in daily life among citizens. Each official language was assigned to a specific social class as its sole language, and a language examination (no longer mandatory since October 2019) would be given before a new citizen could be assigned to any of the three social classes. In general, Esperanto served as the language of the people (also for foreign affairs, etc.), Volapük as the language of administration, and Latin as the language of academic research.<br />
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On 25 Dec. 2019, the 4th President of Schwanensee formally declared the dissolution of the country. A possible revival was proposed in late 2023 but was not yet ratified as of yet.<br />
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==History==<br />
===Republic of Ceskonia (2009 - 2011)===<br />
[[File:Ceskonia.PNG|thumb|National flag of Ceskonia|200x200px]]<br />
The history of Schwanensee began with a whimsical idea of its President, Richard C., who created the predecessor of Schwanensee, a cyberstate known as the ''Republic of Ceskonia'', on 26 June 2009 while he was studying abroad in Osnarbrück, Germany. Richard had been well aware of the famous micronations around the globe, yet he was against such hard successionism, which he personally deemed problematic. The booming development of Internet-based micronations at the time, however, had facilitated his creation of a similar simulationist cyberstate, which would not claim any physical territories.<br />
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Hoping to achieve more interested participants, Richard chose to launch the project of the new cyberstate both on a Chinese blogging site similar to Blogspot (now already defunct) and separately on a German webhosting platform - both of which he spoke fluently. To his surprise, he noticed that the Chinese blogging site had already hosted a number of similar cyberstates (known as virtual states). The first cyberstate with which Ceskonia pursued diplomatic relationship was Goryeo Federation, on the same day when Ceskonia was founded (26 June 2009). During the 2-year lifespan of Ceskonia, Richard C., representing the Republic of Ceskonia, eventually built friendly diplomatic relations with more than a hundred of such cyberstates.<br />
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During this time period, most background information on Ceskonia was based purely on fantasy rather than on reality - a typical trend for Chinese virtual states and German-speaking simulationist μnations. Based on the Internet Archive, Ceskonia had its capital city named ''Syldavia'', and Richard also designed national symbols as well as postage stamps and banknotes for his cyberstate. Despite the fact that the latter were never materialized, Ceskonia founded the ''Online Numismatic Museum for Virtual States'' as a separate blog, which was inspired by the ''Finanzmuseum'' of [https://freistaat-fuchsen.de/ Freistaat Fuchsen], a German-speaking μnation. Ceskonia also hosted the 2nd ''CyberOlympics'' and became a founding member of Liberal Union, one of the three international organizations among virtual states at the time.<br />
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As Daniel C. joined Ceskonia as its Prime Minister in 2011, both of the citizens eventually agreed to expand its influence in the sense that Ceskonia should pay more attention to international communication outside of its original platforms in Chinese and German, partly due to a previous notification from the blogging site that its service would soon be suspended. The message had been catastrophic to many virtual states that utilized its service (blogging and message board, etc.), and attempts had been made in prior as to how Ceskonia could survive this: President Richard, who intended to stay connected with other virtual states, launched an Internet forum, whose service was supported by the same company of the blogging site, yet the environment there was quite hostile; Prime Minister Daniel, who favored an international solution, tried on the [https://www.nationstates.net/ NationStates] forum, which led him discovering the [[MicroWiki]] Forum, a platform both of them regarded friendly and feasible.<br />
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===Free Republic of Schwanensee (2011 - 2019)===<br />
[[File:Schwanensee emergencyflag.png|thumb|The upside down national flag used in case of mourning or emergency|200x200px]]<br />
On 10 September 2011, Ceskonia officially renamed itself to ''Zwanenmeer'' (later to its German equivalent ''Schwanensee'') with newly designed national symbols and joined MicroWiki, gradually bidding farewell to its completely simulationist, Internet-based past. Nonetheless, Schwanensee in its early days was still inevitably partly related to personal fantasy (the legacy of which was the Schwanian ''Lomiän'', the virtual platform on which the Schwanian capital was supposed to exist), though reality had also come to play a role in it - It also claimed physical territories in Germany and USA, etc., where its citizens actually lived at the time, and proclaimed German, Chinese, and Schwanian, at first only a script, but later also a separate constructed language, to be its three official languages. Furthermore, banknotes, stamps, and documents were also prepared and produced, with the hope that Schwanensee could more resemble a "real" micronation.<br />
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Before President Richard quit the project unexpectedly in 2013, he and Prime Minister Daniel had attempted to interact with micronations around the globe, not only on MicroWiki forum but also on [[Micras]] and [https://www.mn-marktplatz.de/ MN-Marktplatz], participating in the Micras Expo 2012 and the [[2012 MicroWiki Cup]], etc. Such activity gradually disappeared as more citizens became inactive, resulting in the implementation of the Emergency Act in 2014 dissolving the Schwanian parliament and extending the presidential term indefinitely. The inertia was also accompanied by a halt to the service provided by the Chinese blogging site in 2015, on which the predecessor of Schwanensee, Ceskonia, had been established.<br />
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The country became rather dormant until 2017, when President Daniel reformed the country by implementing uniform and standardizing policies over all of its territories around the globe, meanwhile adopting newly designed national symbols, etc. The social class system was implemented during this time period, followed by the change of official languages to Esperanto, Volapük, and Latin. Furthermore, national paraphernalia were manufactured with much higher quality and issued accordingly: all active citizens could receive their own identity cards and passports - on which they would be given a valid visa once they entered any Schwanian territories - for free as long as they applied for them, and salaries were distributed in [[Schwanian krone|kronen]] as banknotes and coins, which they could use within Schwanian territories for goods. In addition, professionally made Schwanian postage stamps were issued and used on domestic stationeries and international letters sent from Schwanensee to other micronations. The two special regions, ''Elysia'' and ''Ruĝflago'', were also planned at this time in order to test the viability of other possible ideologies.<br />
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Such activity, however, was not accompanied by any increase in population. The population of Schwanensee had decreased to approximately 13 by the year of 2019, while only 3~5 of them remained active in daily affairs. An attempt to revive the country, namely the ''Cyrillization Movement'', occurred in October 2019, during which the country underwent a pro-Soviet transformation: introducing the new coat of arms, adopting liberation theology as its guiding ideology, abolishing many of its meritocratic policies, meanwhile having its official languages written entirely in Cyrillic instead of the Latin alphabet (it was also planned at the time to promote Esperanto as the only official language of the country). The movement ultimately failed, with the remaining few active citizens reaching an accord in Lespedezo to formally dissolve the country on Christmas Day 2019.<br />
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=== Proposed revival (2023) ===<br />
While Schwanensee as a micronation was formally declared as dissolved in 2019, its culture continues to have an important role within its former territories and among some of the former citizens. In late 2023, there have been several propositions to revive the micronation as a simulationist one, but no detailed plans have been published as of yet.<br />
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==Geography==<br />
[[File:Schwanensee micras.png|thumb|Former Schwanian territory on [[Micras]] (map version 14.7.5)]]<br />
The country was divided into four ''Provincoj'' or ''Provins'' (provinces: ''Lomiän, Rubainiän, Smaragainiän, Safirainiän'') and two ''Regionoj'' or ''Ziläks'' (special regions: ''Elysia, Ruĝflago''). The four provinces were further divided into two ''Urboj'' or ''Zifs'' (cities) and seven ''Kantonoj'' or ''Kantons'' (counties). Unlike most countries in the world, Schwanian citizens were not permitted to enter any other Schwanian territories apart from the one that they belong to, unless they had been issued an internal entry visa valid for their destination on their Schwanian passport prior to their journey.<br />
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From February to December 2012, Schwanensee also participated in the [[Micras]] world and claimed a rather small piece of land on the planet. Its territory on Micras resembled the virtual platform of ''Lomiän'' and claimed to have three cities, namely Neustadt (capital city of the Micras territory), Schwarzenfels, and Wessenfels.<br />
===Cities, counties, and regions===<br />
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*'''Novurbo''' was the capital city of the country. It was located on the virtual platform ''Lomiän'', and was the only city within this province. The city had a population of 0.<br />
*'''Leto''' was the largest city of the country. It was located in ''Rubainiän''. As of 2019, it had a population of 3~4, thus the largest city of the country. It was also the former headquarter of Schwanian government (''Bevünetaguveranef'') from 2011 to 2017.<br />
*'''Varenko''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Ravnhaŭso''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' with a population of 2.<br />
*'''Acerrivero''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' in Tokyo, Japan with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Aŭznŝtato''' was located in ''Smaragainiän'' in London, UK with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Sororiso''' was located in ''Smaragainiän'' in Münich, Germany with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Hojro''' was located in ''Safirainiän'' in New York, USA with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Lespedezo''' was located in ''Safirainiän'' in the Midwest of USA with a population of 2~3. It served as the headquarter of Schwanian ''Bevünetaguveranef'' and the Schwanian embassy in USA from 2017 until the dissolution of the country.<br />
*'''Elysia''' was a combination of planned autonomous utopian settlements (also known as phalansteries) within the country. It adopted Elysian, a constructed language, as its sole official language.<br />
*'''Ruĝflago''' was a planned autonomous communist region in which communism with agriculture-based economy would be implemented. Esperanto was the sole official language of the region.<br />
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==Politics==<br />
[[File:Seal schwanensee.png|thumb|Great Seal of the ''Bevünetaguveranef'', the government body of Schwanensee|150x150px]]<br />
[[File:Neuschwanenplatz.png|thumb|2013 elections seats|200x200px]]<br />
[[File:2011 parliament.png|thumb|2011 elections seats|200x200px]]<br />
A cosmopolitan meritocracy, Schwanensee had previously been a parliamentary republic. The country had had a left–right multi-party system: following the 2013 parliamentary election, the biggest parties were the centre-right National Party and the centrist Green Party. Other political parties with seats in the Schwanian parliament (originally named ''Neuschwanenplatz'', now known as ''Nulasvanadail''), were the centre-left Bolshevik Party, etc., while other parties existed on the municipal level. According to the Constitution, parties promoting racism were strictly prohibited in the country.<br />
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Starting from late 2014, the parliament system had been temporarily abandoned due to the Emergency Act in action, which was proposed because of a lack of active citizens for a long time. Since then, the presidential term had been prolonged indefinitely, and the office of Prime Minister was also left unoccupied until a new candidate was appointed in late 2018 by the President. Under the Emergency Act, President also served as Minister for Foreign Affairs, whereas Prime Minister served as Minister for Internal Affairs. The Emergency Act was planned to be lifted during the Cyrillization Movement starting from October 2019, which resulted in the establishment of the '''Provisional Supreme Soviet''' (Cyrillic Esperanto: ''Провизора Супера Совето'') in Lespedezo, yet the attempt ultimately failed due to the dissolution of the country.<br />
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===List of parliamentary parties===<br />
[[File:Flag Schwanian Green Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Green Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag Bolshevik.jpg|border|25px]] '''Bolshevik Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag KMT.jpg|border|25px]] '''National Party'''<br> <br />
[[File:Flag Universalism Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Universalist Party''' <br><br />
[[File:Flag POP.jpg|border|25px]] '''Public Opinion Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag Democratic.PNG|border|25px]] '''Democratic-Libertarian Party'''(1) <br><br />
[[File:Flag Donghak.PNG|border|25px]] '''Cheondoist Party'''(1)<br><br />
[[File:Flag Schwanian Green Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition'''(2)<br><br />
(1): Banned due to their Fascist ideology.<br><br />
(2): Split into two different parties.<br />
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===List of Presidents (''Prezidantoj'' or ''Presidals'')===<br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"<br />
! style="width:3%;" |#<br />
! style="width:20%;" |Picture<br />
!Name<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Took office<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Left office<br />
! style="width:30%;" |Party<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#6495ED"<br />
| bgcolor="#223AA8" |<font color="white">'''1'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Richard C.'''<br />
|11 September 2011<br />
|10 September 2012<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#6495ED"<br />
| bgcolor="#223AA8" |<font color="white">'''2'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Richard C.'''<br />
|11 September 2012<br />
|10 September 2013<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#82D900"<br />
| bgcolor="#548C00" |<font color="white">'''3'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|11 September 2013<br />
|2014<br />
|Green Party<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#D0D0D0"<br />
| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''4'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|2014<br />
|25 December 2019<br />
|''All parties disestablished''<br />
|}<br />
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===List of Prime Ministers (''Kancelieroj'' or ''Lebürals'')===<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"<br />
! style="width:3%;" |#<br />
! style="width:20%;" |Picture<br />
!Name<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Took office<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Left office<br />
! style="width:30%;" |Party<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#82D900"<br />
| bgcolor="#548C00" |<font color="white">'''1'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|11 September 2011<br />
|10 September 2012<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#D0D0D0"<br />
| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''2'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Henry C.'''<br />
|11 September 2012<br />
|10 September 2013<br />
|Nonpartisan<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#FF7575"<br />
| bgcolor="#750000" |<font color="white">'''3'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Wolfgang S.'''<br />
|11 September 2013<br />
|2014<br />
|Bolshevik Party<br />
|- bgcolor="#D0D0D0"<br />
| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''4'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Margaret C.'''<br />
|1 September 2018<br />
|25 December 2019<br />
|''All parties disestablished''<br />
|}<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Flag leto.jpg|National flag displayed in Leto, the largest city of Schwanensee<br />
File:Flag lespedezo.jpg|National flag displayed in Lespedezo, headquarter of the ''Bevünetaguveranef''<br />
File:Schwanian border.jpg|Warning sign on Schwanian border with USA (Lespedezo)<br />
File:Elysia flag.png|Flag of Elysia (obverse) - reverse bearing the regional coat of arms<br />
File:Rugxflago flag.png|Flag of the Autonomous Communist Region of Ruĝflago<br />
File:Nordiccrossdb sch var.png|Flag of Schwanian Mainland, ''Lomiän''<br />
File:Nordiccross sch var.png|Flag of the government of Schwanian Mainland, ''Lomiänaguveranef''<br />
File:Army sch.png|Proposed emblem of the Schwanian Armed Forces<br />
File:Coin1obv.PNG|Coins and banknotes of the [[Schwanian krone]]<br />
File:Banklibro.jpg|Bankbook issued by the Schwanian central bank, [[Schwanian krone|KosmoBanko de Cignolago]]<br />
File:Cignolago stamp.jpg|Schwanian postage stamps featuring Albert Anker's paintings<br />
File:Envelope.jpg|Used envelope bearing a Schwanian stamp and the postmark of Lespedezo<br />
File:Lrc passport.jpg|Four types of Schwanian passports: Official, Diplomatic, Ordinary, Temporary<br />
File:Entryexit stamps lrc.jpg|Entry and exit stamps of Schwanensee stamped on a Schwanian passport<br />
</gallery><br />
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==Foreign relations==<br />
[[File:Cignolago passport.JPG|thumb|Diplomatic and ordinary passports of Schwanensee bearing the old coat of arms|200x200px]]<br />
[[File:Cignolago passport 2.JPG|thumb|First page of a Schwanian passport|200x200px]]<br />
===Micronational foreign relations===<br />
''Note: excluding virtual states and μnations''<br />
<br />
*[[File:Flag_of_the_Union_of_Artaghe.png|border|25px]] [[Artaghe]]<br />
*[[File:Bascal_flag.jpg|border|25px]] [[Flag of Bascal|Bascal]]<br />
*[[File:Image.jpg|border|25px]] [[United Kingdom of Chanserly|Chanserly]]<br />
*[[File:Flag of Choseon.png|border|25px]] [[Choseon|Empire of Choseon]]<br />
*[[File:Flag of Duke.png|25px]] [[People's Republic of Duke|Duke]]<br />
*[[File:Bendera Indokistan 3.png|border|25px]] [[Indokistan]]<br />
*{{flag|Juclandia}}<br />
*{{flag|Karnia-Ruthenia}}<br />
*[[File:Republic of Kuhugstan.png|border|25px]] [[Kuhugstan]]<br />
*[[File:Source.png|border|25px]] [[Leylandiistan]]<br />
*[[File:LPRoR Flag.png|25px]] [[Labronic People's Republic of Rosignano|LPRoR]]<br />
*[[File:Kingdom_of_Mahuset_Flag.png|25px]] [[Kingdom of Mahuset|Mahuset]]<br />
*[[File:Mjolnir.png|25px]] [[Volksrepublik Mjölnir|Mjölnir]]<br />
*[[File:Myrotania-flag.jpg|border|25px]] [[Myrotania]]<br />
*[[File:Nova Troie drapeau.jpg|25px]] [https://novatroie.wixsite.com/novatroie NovaTroie]<br />
*[[File:Drapeau 3.png|border|25px]] [[Republic of Padrhom|Padrhom]]<br />
*{{flag|Quixotica|size=25px}}<br />
*[[File:Flag_of_Safiria.png|border|25px]] [[Flag of Safiria|Safiria]]<br />
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<div>==Concerning the [[Rakwiktrab Language]]==<br />
Dear Chancellor Kabanov, Regarding your message on the Rakwiktrab Language, all the Information you need can be found at [[Rakwiktrab Language|this page]]. A Comprehensive Dictionary is Under Construction and the Date of Completion has yet to be set. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask me on my talk page, or message me at my skype account, which is "Huro-Atlantica". Thank you for your interest in the language that I have worked so hard on to make, and still working hard on every day. I hope you have a very good day. <br/><br />[[File:Huro-AtlanticaCoat.gif|30px]] ''Sincerely, President [[Bin Stü'òrd]] of the [[Huro-Atlantica|Huro-Atlantic]] Republic'' 16:33, 24 June 2014 (BST)<br />
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== Request of diplomatic relations from the Republic of USI ==<br />
Greetings, <br><br />
<br><br />
On behalf of my nation, the [[Republic of USI]], I, Gabriel N. Pelger, Foreign Minister and Head of Executive, would like to most humbly request mutual recognition and diplomatic correspondence between your and my nation. I am of the opinion that this would benefit both the Republic of USI and the Free State of Renasia.<br><br />
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I hope you agree and am eager to see your response. I hope also I am writing to the right person.<br><br />
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Most cordially,<br><br />
<br><br />
[[User talk:RepubicOfUSI|Gabriel N. Pelger]]<br><br />
Foreign Minister<br><br />
Head of Executive<br><br />
Republic of USI<br />
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=== Reply ===<br />
The Republic of USI is most definitley still interested in diplomatic relations. However, do to my travelling to some of the Usian Provinces away from the seat of government, I will be unable to compose a treaty until at the earliest 6 September.<br><br />
I will in future refer to the treaty as 'DMRPT-2A', which is the Usian coding for such a treaty. It is an acronym for 'Deed of Mutual Recognition and Political Trust 2A'. Please note that, to ensure continued diplomatic relations, the treaty will have to be renewed every two years (thus the ''A'' in the coding).<br />
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I thank you for your patience.<br />
<br />
Sincerely,<br><br />
[[User talk:RepubicOfUSI|Gabriel N. Pelger]]<br><br />
Foreign Minister<br><br />
[[Republic of USI#Government|Head of Executive]]<br><br />
Republic of USI<br />
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=== DMRPT-2A ===<br />
Greetings,<br />
<br />
I would just like to assure you that the treaty is now being made and also have a question: What do you think the treaty should contain?<br />
<br />
Sincerely,<br><br />
[[User talk:RepubicOfUSI|Gabriel N. Pelger]]<br><br />
Foreign Minister<br><br />
Head of Executive<br><br />
[[Republic of USI]]<br />
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== Regarding Renasian pecune ==<br />
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Hi there - Sorry for the message! I am the banknote collector who bought banknotes of Erephisian Graaff & Gishabruni Brun from you quite a long time ago! I was recently checking my old correspondence and found out that we also arranged to trade Renasian banknotes at that time, but for some reason it was never materialized. I was wondering if you still have any of the old Renasian banknotes perhaps? I would love to purchase them for my collection & display them in my online Micronational Banknote Museum. Thank you in advance for your help! [[User:Ufkpr|Ufkpr]] ([[User talk:Ufkpr|talk]]) 18:30, 29 December 2023 (UTC)</div>Ufkprhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=User_talk:Drip_Tarts&diff=1703312User talk:Drip Tarts2023-12-28T13:58:35Z<p>Ufkpr: /* Regarding Tartistan banknotes */ new section</p>
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-- [[User:Andrew|Andrew]] ([[User talk:Andrew|talk]]) 10:16, 12 August 2023 (UTC)<br />
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== Regarding Tartistan banknotes ==<br />
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Hi there! Sorry for the message - I am a former micronationalist and currently a banknote collector focusing on micronation banknotes (Please feel free to check out my online museum: www.facebook.com/mnbanknotes). I was checking MicroWiki and Reddit and noticed your posts regarding Tartistan banknotes. May I ask if it is possible to buy a complete set of the banknotes for my personal collection? Thank you!<br />
<br> Please feel free to contact me via email to dannyzhang99@yahoo.com! [[User:Ufkpr|Ufkpr]] ([[User talk:Ufkpr|talk]]) 13:58, 28 December 2023 (UTC)</div>Ufkprhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=Free_Republic_of_Schwanensee&diff=1701367Free Republic of Schwanensee2023-12-24T13:52:50Z<p>Ufkpr: </p>
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'''Schwanensee''' ('''Swan Lake'''), officially in Esperanto '''la Libera Respubliko de Cignolago''' (Free Republic of Schwanensee'','' formerly ''la Sendependa Libera Kosmopolitisma Respubliko de Cignolago''), was a cosmopolitan meritocracy which declared its main territory on a virtual platform supposedly located in the Arctic Ocean along with several peripheral territories around the globe. As of 2019, the country had a population of 13 and claimed a total area of roughly 750 sqm., with its capital city in ''Novurbo'' (in English: New City).<br />
<br />
Schwanensee was a cosmopolitan meritocracy: its citizens scattered in different parts of the world, meanwhile strictly classified into three social classes: ''Clerici'' (the Scholars), ''Guverans'' (the Administrators), and ''la Popolo'' (the People). These social classes were mainly based on their skills and their own choices on occupation, since every social class would be designated specified occupations or professions. Social class did not depend on one's origin, and every citizen had two opportunities after having acquired their Schwanian citizenship to alter the social class they belonged to. Some of the Schwanian territories, however, chose not to implement the social class system, such as the Autonomous Communist Region of Ruĝflago and the utopian settlements of Elysia.<br />
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The country adopted three universal languages as its official languages, namely Esperanto, Volapük, and Latin, while German, Chinese, and Japanese were some of the unofficial but recognized languages used more widely in daily life among citizens. Each official language was assigned to a specific social class as its sole language, and a language examination (no longer mandatory since October 2019) would be given before a new citizen could be assigned to any of the three social classes. In general, Esperanto served as the language of the people (also for foreign affairs, etc.), Volapük as the language of administration, and Latin as the language of academic research.<br />
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On 25 Dec. 2019, the 4th President of Schwanensee formally declared the dissolution of the country. A possible revival was proposed in late 2023 but was not yet ratified as of yet.<br />
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==History==<br />
===Republic of Ceskonia (2009 - 2011)===<br />
[[File:Ceskonia.PNG|thumb|National flag of Ceskonia|200x200px]]<br />
The history of Schwanensee began with a whimsical idea of its President, Richard C., who created the predecessor of Schwanensee, a cyberstate known as the ''Republic of Ceskonia'', on 26 June 2009 while he was studying abroad in Osnarbrück, Germany. Richard had been well aware of the famous micronations around the globe, yet he was against such hard successionism, which he personally deemed problematic. The booming development of Internet-based micronations at the time, however, had facilitated his creation of a similar simulationist cyberstate, which would not claim any physical territories.<br />
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Hoping to achieve more interested participants, Richard chose to launch the project of the new cyberstate both on a Chinese blogging site similar to Blogspot (now already defunct) and separately on a German webhosting platform - both of which he spoke fluently. To his surprise, he noticed that the Chinese blogging site had already hosted a number of similar cyberstates (known as virtual states). The first cyberstate with which Ceskonia pursued diplomatic relationship was Goryeo Federation, on the same day when Ceskonia was founded (26 June 2009). During the 2-year lifespan of Ceskonia, Richard C., representing the Republic of Ceskonia, eventually built friendly diplomatic relations with more than a hundred of such cyberstates.<br />
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During this time period, most background information on Ceskonia was based purely on fantasy rather than on reality - a typical trend for Chinese virtual states and German-speaking simulationist μnations. Based on the Internet Archive, Ceskonia had its capital city named ''Syldavia'', and Richard also designed national symbols as well as postage stamps and banknotes for his cyberstate. Despite the fact that the latter were never materialized, Ceskonia founded the ''Online Numismatic Museum for Virtual States'' as a separate blog, which was inspired by the ''Finanzmuseum'' of [https://freistaat-fuchsen.de/ Freistaat Fuchsen], a German-speaking μnation. Ceskonia also hosted the 2nd ''CyberOlympics'' and became a founding member of Liberal Union, one of the three international organizations among virtual states at the time.<br />
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As Daniel C. joined Ceskonia as its Prime Minister in 2011, both of the citizens eventually agreed to expand its influence in the sense that Ceskonia should pay more attention to international communication outside of its original platforms in Chinese and German, partly due to a previous notification from the blogging site that its service would soon be suspended. The message had been catastrophic to many virtual states that utilized its service (blogging and message board, etc.), and attempts had been made in prior as to how Ceskonia could survive this: President Richard, who intended to stay connected with other virtual states, launched an Internet forum, whose service was supported by the same company of the blogging site, yet the environment there was quite hostile; Prime Minister Daniel, who favored an international solution, tried on the [https://www.nationstates.net/ NationStates] forum, which led him discovering the [[MicroWiki]] Forum, a platform both of them regarded friendly and feasible.<br />
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===Free Republic of Schwanensee (2011 - 2019)===<br />
[[File:Schwanensee emergencyflag.png|thumb|The upside down national flag used in case of mourning or emergency|200x200px]]<br />
On 10 September 2011, Ceskonia officially renamed itself to ''Zwanenmeer'' (later to its German equivalent ''Schwanensee'') with newly designed national symbols and joined MicroWiki, gradually bidding farewell to its completely simulationist, Internet-based past. Nonetheless, Schwanensee in its early days was still inevitably partly related to personal fantasy (the legacy of which was the Schwanian ''Lomiän'', the virtual platform on which the Schwanian capital was supposed to exist), though reality had also come to play a role in it - It also claimed physical territories in Germany and USA, etc., where its citizens actually lived at the time, and proclaimed German, Chinese, and Schwanian, at first only a script, but later also a separate constructed language, to be its three official languages. Furthermore, banknotes, stamps, and documents were also prepared and produced, with the hope that Schwanensee could more resemble a "real" micronation.<br />
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Before President Richard quit the project unexpectedly in 2013, he and Prime Minister Daniel had attempted to interact with micronations around the globe, not only on MicroWiki forum but also on [[Micras]] and [https://www.mn-marktplatz.de/ MN-Marktplatz], participating in the Micras Expo 2012 and the [[2012 MicroWiki Cup]], etc. Such activity gradually disappeared as more citizens became inactive, resulting in the implementation of the Emergency Act in 2014 dissolving the Schwanian parliament and extending the presidential term indefinitely. The inertia was also accompanied by a halt to the service provided by the Chinese blogging site in 2015, on which the predecessor of Schwanensee, Ceskonia, had been established.<br />
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The country became rather dormant until 2017, when President Daniel reformed the country by implementing uniform and standardizing policies over all of its territories around the globe, meanwhile adopting newly designed national symbols, etc. The social class system was implemented during this time period, followed by the change of official languages to Esperanto, Volapük, and Latin. Furthermore, national paraphernalia were manufactured with much higher quality and issued accordingly: all active citizens could receive their own identity cards and passports - on which they would be given a valid visa once they entered any Schwanian territories - for free as long as they applied for them, and salaries were distributed in [[Schwanian krone|kronen]] as banknotes and coins, which they could use within Schwanian territories for goods. In addition, professionally made Schwanian postage stamps were issued and used on domestic stationeries and international letters sent from Schwanensee to other micronations. The two special regions, ''Elysia'' and ''Ruĝflago'', were also planned at this time in order to test the viability of other possible ideologies.<br />
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Such activity, however, was not accompanied by any increase in population. The population of Schwanensee had decreased to approximately 13 by the year of 2019, while only 3~5 of them remained active in daily affairs. An attempt to revive the country, namely the ''Cyrillization Movement'', occurred in October 2019, during which the country underwent a pro-Soviet transformation: introducing the new coat of arms, adopting liberation theology as its guiding ideology, abolishing many of its meritocratic policies, meanwhile having its official languages written entirely in Cyrillic instead of the Latin alphabet (it was also planned at the time to promote Esperanto as the only official language of the country). The movement ultimately failed, with the remaining few active citizens reaching an accord in Lespedezo to formally dissolve the country on Christmas Day 2019.<br />
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=== Proposed revival (2023) ===<br />
While Schwanensee as a micronation was formally declared as dissolved in 2019, its culture continues to have an important role within its former territories and among some of the former citizens. In late 2023, there have been several propositions to revive the micronation as a simulationist one, but no detailed plans have been published as of yet.<br />
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==Geography==<br />
[[File:Schwanensee micras.png|thumb|Former Schwanian territory on [[Micras]] (map version 14.7.5)]]<br />
The country was divided into four ''Provincoj'' or ''Provins'' (provinces: ''Lomiän, Rubainiän, Smaragainiän, Safirainiän'') and two ''Regionoj'' or ''Ziläks'' (special regions: ''Elysia, Ruĝflago''). The four provinces were further divided into two ''Urboj'' or ''Zifs'' (cities) and seven ''Kantonoj'' or ''Kantons'' (counties). Unlike most countries in the world, Schwanian citizens were not permitted to enter any other Schwanian territories apart from the one that they belong to, unless they had been issued an internal entry visa valid for their destination on their Schwanian passport prior to their journey.<br />
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From February to December 2012, Schwanensee also participated in the [[Micras]] world and claimed a rather small piece of land on the planet. Its territory on Micras resembled the virtual platform of ''Lomiän'' and claimed to have three cities, namely Neustadt (capital city of the Micras territory), Schwarzenfels, and Wessenfels.<br />
===Cities, counties, and regions===<br />
<br />
*'''Novurbo''' was the capital city of the country. It was located on the virtual platform ''Lomiän'', and was the only city within this province. The city had a population of 0.<br />
*'''Leto''' was the largest city of the country. It was located in ''Rubainiän''. As of 2019, it had a population of 3~4, thus the largest city of the country. It was also the former headquarter of Schwanian government (''Bevünetaguveranef'') from 2011 to 2017.<br />
*'''Varenko''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Ravnhaŭso''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' with a population of 2.<br />
*'''Acerrivero''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' in Tokyo, Japan with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Aŭznŝtato''' was located in ''Smaragainiän'' in London, UK with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Sororiso''' was located in ''Smaragainiän'' in Münich, Germany with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Hojro''' was located in ''Safirainiän'' in New York, USA with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Lespedezo''' was located in ''Safirainiän'' in the Midwest of USA with a population of 2~3. It served as the headquarter of Schwanian ''Bevünetaguveranef'' and the Schwanian embassy in USA from 2017 until the dissolution of the country.<br />
*'''Elysia''' was a combination of planned autonomous utopian settlements (also known as phalansteries) within the country. It adopted Elysian, a constructed language, as its sole official language.<br />
*'''Ruĝflago''' was a planned autonomous communist region in which communism with agriculture-based economy would be implemented. Esperanto was the sole official language of the region.<br />
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==Politics==<br />
[[File:Seal schwanensee.png|thumb|Great Seal of the ''Bevünetaguveranef'', the government body of Schwanensee|150x150px]]<br />
[[File:Neuschwanenplatz.png|thumb|2013 elections seats|200x200px]]<br />
[[File:2011 parliament.png|thumb|2011 elections seats|200x200px]]<br />
A cosmopolitan meritocracy, Schwanensee had previously been a parliamentary republic. The country had had a left–right multi-party system: following the 2013 parliamentary election, the biggest parties were the centre-right National Party and the centrist Green Party. Other political parties with seats in the Schwanian parliament (originally named ''Neuschwanenplatz'', now known as ''Nulasvanadail''), were the centre-left Bolshevik Party, etc., while other parties existed on the municipal level. According to the Constitution, parties promoting racism were strictly prohibited in the country.<br />
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Starting from late 2014, the parliament system had been temporarily abandoned due to the Emergency Act in action, which was proposed because of a lack of active citizens for a long time. Since then, the presidential term had been prolonged indefinitely, and the office of Prime Minister was also left unoccupied until a new candidate was appointed in late 2018 by the President. Under the Emergency Act, President also served as Minister for Foreign Affairs, whereas Prime Minister served as Minister for Internal Affairs. The Emergency Act was planned to be lifted during the Cyrillization Movement starting from October 2019, which resulted in the establishment of the '''Provisional Supreme Soviet''' (Cyrillic Esperanto: ''Провизора Супера Совето'') in Lespedezo, yet the attempt ultimately failed due to the dissolution of the country.<br />
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===List of parliamentary parties===<br />
[[File:Flag Schwanian Green Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Green Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag Bolshevik.jpg|border|25px]] '''Bolshevik Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag KMT.jpg|border|25px]] '''National Party'''<br> <br />
[[File:Flag Universalism Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Universalist Party''' <br><br />
[[File:Flag POP.jpg|border|25px]] '''Public Opinion Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag Democratic.PNG|border|25px]] '''Democratic-Libertarian Party'''(1) <br><br />
[[File:Flag Donghak.PNG|border|25px]] '''Cheondoist Party'''(1)<br><br />
[[File:Flag Schwanian Green Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition'''(2)<br><br />
(1): Banned due to their Fascist ideology.<br><br />
(2): Split into two different parties.<br />
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===List of Presidents (''Prezidantoj'' or ''Presidals'')===<br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"<br />
! style="width:3%;" |#<br />
! style="width:20%;" |Picture<br />
!Name<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Took office<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Left office<br />
! style="width:30%;" |Party<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#6495ED"<br />
| bgcolor="#223AA8" |<font color="white">'''1'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Richard C.'''<br />
|11 September 2011<br />
|10 September 2012<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#6495ED"<br />
| bgcolor="#223AA8" |<font color="white">'''2'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Richard C.'''<br />
|11 September 2012<br />
|10 September 2013<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#82D900"<br />
| bgcolor="#548C00" |<font color="white">'''3'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|11 September 2013<br />
|2014<br />
|Green Party<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#D0D0D0"<br />
| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''4'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|2014<br />
|25 December 2019<br />
|''All parties disestablished''<br />
|}<br />
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===List of Prime Ministers (''Kancelieroj'' or ''Lebürals'')===<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"<br />
! style="width:3%;" |#<br />
! style="width:20%;" |Picture<br />
!Name<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Took office<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Left office<br />
! style="width:30%;" |Party<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#82D900"<br />
| bgcolor="#548C00" |<font color="white">'''1'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|11 September 2011<br />
|10 September 2012<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#D0D0D0"<br />
| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''2'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Henry C.'''<br />
|11 September 2012<br />
|10 September 2013<br />
|Nonpartisan<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#FF7575"<br />
| bgcolor="#750000" |<font color="white">'''3'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Wolfgang S.'''<br />
|11 September 2013<br />
|2014<br />
|Bolshevik Party<br />
|- bgcolor="#D0D0D0"<br />
| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''4'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Margaret C.'''<br />
|1 September 2018<br />
|25 December 2019<br />
|''All parties disestablished''<br />
|}<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Flag leto.jpg|National flag displayed in Leto, the largest city of Schwanensee<br />
File:Flag lespedezo.jpg|National flag displayed in Lespedezo, headquarter of the ''Bevünetaguveranef''<br />
File:Schwanian border.jpg|Warning sign on Schwanian border with USA (Lespedezo)<br />
File:Elysia flag.png|Flag of Elysia (obverse) - reverse bearing the regional coat of arms<br />
File:Rugxflago flag.png|Flag of the Autonomous Communist Region of Ruĝflago<br />
File:Nordiccrossdb sch var.png|Flag of Schwanian Mainland, ''Lomiän''<br />
File:Nordiccross sch var.png|Flag of the government of Schwanian Mainland, ''Lomiänaguveranef''<br />
File:Army sch.png|Proposed emblem of the Schwanian Armed Forces<br />
File:Coin1obv.PNG|Coins and banknotes of the [[Schwanian krone]]<br />
File:Banklibro.jpg|Bankbook issued by the Schwanian central bank, [[Schwanian krone|KosmoBanko de Cignolago]]<br />
File:Cignolago stamp.jpg|Schwanian postage stamps featuring Albert Anker's paintings<br />
File:Envelope.jpg|Used envelope bearing a Schwanian stamp and the postmark of Lespedezo<br />
File:Lrc passport.jpg|Four types of Schwanian passports: Official, Diplomatic, Ordinary, Temporary<br />
File:Entryexit stamps lrc.jpg|Entry and exit stamps of Schwanensee stamped on a Schwanian passport<br />
</gallery><br />
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==Foreign relations==<br />
[[File:Cignolago passport.JPG|thumb|Diplomatic and ordinary passports of Schwanensee bearing the old coat of arms|200x200px]]<br />
[[File:Cignolago passport 2.JPG|thumb|First page of a Schwanian passport|200x200px]]<br />
===Micronational foreign relations===<br />
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*[[File:Flag_of_the_Union_of_Artaghe.png|border|25px]] [[Artaghe]]<br />
*[[File:Image.jpg|border|25px]] [[United Kingdom of Chanserly|Chanserly]]<br />
*[[File:Flag of Choseon.png|border|25px]] [[Choseon|Empire of Choseon]]<br />
*[[File:Flag of Duke.png|25px]] [[People's Republic of Duke|Duke]]<br />
*[[File:Bendera Indokistan 3.png|border|25px]] [[Indokistan]]<br />
*{{flag|Juclandia}}<br />
*{{flag|Karnia-Ruthenia}}<br />
*[[File:Republic of Kuhugstan.png|border|25px]] [[Kuhugstan]]<br />
*[[File:Source.png|border|25px]] [[Leylandiistan]]<br />
*[[File:LPRoR Flag.png|25px]] [[Labronic People's Republic of Rosignano|LPRoR]]<br />
*[[File:Kingdom_of_Mahuset_Flag.png|25px]] [[Kingdom of Mahuset|Mahuset]]<br />
*[[File:Mjolnir.png|25px]] [[Volksrepublik Mjölnir|Mjölnir]]<br />
*[[File:Myrotania-flag.jpg|border|25px]] [[Myrotania]]<br />
*[[File:Nova Troie drapeau.jpg|25px]] [https://novatroie.wixsite.com/novatroie NovaTroie]<br />
*[[File:Drapeau 3.png|border|25px]] [[Republic of Padrhom|Padrhom]]<br />
*{{flag|Quixotica|size=25px}}<br />
*[[File:Flag_of_Safiria.png|border|25px]] [[Flag of Safiria|Safiria]]<br />
*[[File:Flag of Shurigawa.png|25px]] [[Shurigawa]]<br />
*{{flag|Sirocco}}<br />
*[[File:Smorabandieronaverdescu.png|border|25px]] [[Sovereign Military Roman Hadrian Order|SMORA]]<br />
*[[File:Flag of NKSC.png|border|25px]] [[New Kingdom of Southern California|Southern California]]<br />
*[[File:Sunset Micronation.jpg|25px]] [https://sunset-micronation.webs.com/ Sunset Micronation]<br />
*[[File:UTSHflag.webp|25px]] [https://utsh-govt.yolasite.com/ UTSH]<br />
*[[File:Flag of Varina.png|border|25px]] [[Kingdom of Varina|Varina]]<br />
*[[File:Vetriaflagdesign1.png|border|25px]] [[Vetria]]<br />
*[[File:WUSSR.png|border|25px]] [[Western Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|WUSSR]]<br />
*{{flag|Wyvern}}<br />
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'''Schwanensee''' ('''Swan Lake'''), officially in Esperanto '''la Libera Respubliko de Cignolago''' (Free Republic of Schwanensee'','' formerly ''la Sendependa Libera Kosmopolitisma Respubliko de Cignolago''), was a cosmopolitan meritocracy which declared its main territory on a virtual platform supposedly located in the Arctic Ocean along with several peripheral territories around the globe. As of 2019, the country had a population of 13 and claimed a total area of roughly 750 sqm., with its capital city in ''Novurbo'' (in English: New City).<br />
<br />
Schwanensee was a cosmopolitan meritocracy: its citizens scattered in different parts of the world, meanwhile strictly classified into three social classes: ''Clerici'' (the Scholars), ''Guverans'' (the Administrators), and ''la Popolo'' (the People). These social classes were mainly based on their skills and their own choices on occupation, since every social class would be designated specified occupations or professions. Social class did not depend on one's origin, and every citizen had two opportunities after having acquired their Schwanian citizenship to alter the social class they belonged to. Some of the Schwanian territories, however, chose not to implement the social class system, such as the Autonomous Communist Region of Ruĝflago and the utopian settlements of Elysia.<br />
<br />
The country adopted three universal languages as its official languages, namely Esperanto, Volapük, and Latin, while German, Chinese, and Japanese were some of the unofficial but recognized languages used more widely in daily life among citizens. Each official language was assigned to a specific social class as its sole language, and a language examination (no longer mandatory since October 2019) would be given before a new citizen could be assigned to any of the three social classes. In general, Esperanto served as the language of the people (also for foreign affairs, etc.), Volapük as the language of administration, and Latin as the language of academic research.<br />
<br />
On 25 Dec. 2019, the 4th President of Schwanensee formally declared the dissolution of the country. A possible revival was proposed in late 2023 but was not yet ratified as of yet.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
===Republic of Ceskonia (2009 - 2011)===<br />
[[File:Ceskonia.PNG|thumb|National flag of Ceskonia|200x200px]]<br />
The history of Schwanensee began with a whimsical idea of its President, Richard C., who created the predecessor of Schwanensee, a cyberstate known as the ''Republic of Ceskonia'', on 26 June 2009 while he was studying abroad in Osnarbrück, Germany. Richard had been well aware of the famous micronations around the globe, yet he was against such hard successionism, which he personally deemed problematic. The booming development of Internet-based micronations at the time, however, had facilitated his creation of a similar simulationist cyberstate, which would not claim any physical territories.<br />
<br />
Hoping to achieve more interested participants, Richard chose to launch the project of the new cyberstate both on a Chinese blogging site similar to Blogspot (now already defunct) and separately on a German webhosting platform - both of which he spoke fluently. To his surprise, he noticed that the Chinese blogging site had already hosted a number of similar cyberstates (known as virtual states). The first cyberstate with which Ceskonia pursued diplomatic relationship was Goryeo Federation, on the same day when Ceskonia was founded (26 June 2009). During the 2-year lifespan of Ceskonia, Richard C., representing the Republic of Ceskonia, eventually built friendly diplomatic relations with more than a hundred of such cyberstates.<br />
<br />
During this time period, most background information on Ceskonia was based purely on fantasy rather than on reality - a typical trend for Chinese virtual states and German-speaking simulationist μnations. Based on the Internet Archive, Ceskonia had its capital city named ''Syldavia'', and Richard also designed national symbols as well as postage stamps and banknotes for his cyberstate. Despite the fact that the latter were never materialized, Ceskonia founded the ''Online Numismatic Museum for Virtual States'' as a separate blog, which was inspired by the ''Finanzmuseum'' of [https://freistaat-fuchsen.de/ Freistaat Fuchsen], a German-speaking μnation. Ceskonia also hosted the 2nd ''CyberOlympics'' and became a founding member of Liberal Union, one of the three international organizations among virtual states at the time.<br />
<br />
As Daniel C. joined Ceskonia as its Prime Minister in 2011, both of the citizens eventually agreed to expand its influence in the sense that Ceskonia should pay more attention to international communication outside of its original platforms in Chinese and German, partly due to a previous notification from the blogging site that its service would soon be suspended. The message had been catastrophic to many virtual states that utilized its service (blogging and message board, etc.), and attempts had been made in prior as to how Ceskonia could survive this: President Richard, who intended to stay connected with other virtual states, launched an Internet forum, whose service was supported by the same company of the blogging site, yet the environment there was quite hostile; Prime Minister Daniel, who favored an international solution, tried on the [https://www.nationstates.net/ NationStates] forum, which led him discovering the [[MicroWiki]] Forum, a platform both of them regarded friendly and feasible.<br />
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===Free Republic of Schwanensee (2011 - 2019)===<br />
[[File:Schwanensee emergencyflag.png|thumb|The upside down national flag used in case of mourning or emergency|200x200px]]<br />
On 10 September 2011, Ceskonia officially renamed itself to ''Zwanenmeer'' (later to its German equivalent ''Schwanensee'') with newly designed national symbols and joined MicroWiki, gradually bidding farewell to its completely simulationist, Internet-based past. Nonetheless, Schwanensee in its early days was still inevitably partly related to personal fantasy (the legacy of which was the Schwanian ''Lomiän'', the virtual platform on which the Schwanian capital was supposed to exist), though reality had also come to play a role in it - It also claimed physical territories in Germany and USA, etc., where its citizens actually lived at the time, and proclaimed German, Chinese, and Schwanian, at first only a script, but later also a separate constructed language, to be its three official languages. Furthermore, banknotes, stamps, and documents were also prepared and produced, with the hope that Schwanensee could more resemble a "real" micronation.<br />
<br />
Before President Richard quit the project unexpectedly in 2013, he and Prime Minister Daniel had attempted to interact with micronations around the globe, not only on MicroWiki forum but also on [[Micras]] and [https://www.mn-marktplatz.de/ MN-Marktplatz], participating in the Micras Expo 2012 and the [[2012 MicroWiki Cup]], etc. Such activity gradually disappeared as more citizens became inactive, resulting in the implementation of the Emergency Act in 2014 dissolving the Schwanian parliament and extending the presidential term indefinitely. The inertia was also accompanied by a halt to the service provided by the Chinese blogging site in 2015, on which the predecessor of Schwanensee, Ceskonia, had been established.<br />
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The country became rather dormant until 2017, when President Daniel reformed the country by implementing uniform and standardizing policies over all of its territories around the globe, meanwhile adopting newly designed national symbols, etc. The social class system was implemented during this time period, followed by the change of official languages to Esperanto, Volapük, and Latin. Furthermore, national paraphernalia were manufactured with much higher quality and issued accordingly: all active citizens could receive their own identity cards and passports - on which they would be given a valid visa once they entered any Schwanian territories - for free as long as they applied for them, and salaries were distributed in [[Schwanian krone|kronen]] as banknotes and coins, which they could use within Schwanian territories for goods. In addition, professionally made Schwanian postage stamps were issued and used on domestic stationeries and international letters sent from Schwanensee to other micronations. The two special regions, ''Elysia'' and ''Ruĝflago'', were also planned at this time in order to test the viability of other possible ideologies.<br />
<br />
Such activity, however, was not accompanied by any increase in population. The population of Schwanensee had decreased to approximately 13 by the year of 2019, while only 3~5 of them remained active in daily affairs. An attempt to revive the country, namely the ''Cyrillization Movement'', occurred in October 2019, during which the country underwent a pro-Soviet transformation: introducing the new coat of arms, adopting liberation theology as its guiding ideology, abolishing many of its meritocratic policies, meanwhile having its official languages written entirely in Cyrillic instead of the Latin alphabet (it was also planned at the time to promote Esperanto as the only official language of the country). The movement ultimately failed, with the remaining few active citizens reaching an accord in Lespedezo to formally dissolve the country on Christmas Day 2019.<br />
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=== Proposed revival (2023) ===<br />
While Schwanensee as a micronation was formally declared as dissolved in 2019, its culture continues to have an important role within its former territories and among some of the former citizens. In late 2023, there have been several propositions to revive the micronation as a simulationist one, but no detailed plans have been published as of yet.<br />
<br />
==Geography==<br />
[[File:Schwanensee micras.png|thumb|Former Schwanian territory on [[Micras]] (map version 14.7.5)]]<br />
The country was divided into four ''Provincoj'' or ''Provins'' (provinces: ''Lomiän, Rubainiän, Smaragainiän, Safirainiän'') and two ''Regionoj'' or ''Ziläks'' (special regions: ''Elysia, Ruĝflago''). The four provinces were further divided into two ''Urboj'' or ''Zifs'' (cities) and seven ''Kantonoj'' or ''Kantons'' (counties). Unlike most countries in the world, Schwanian citizens were not permitted to enter any other Schwanian territories apart from the one that they belong to, unless they had been issued an internal entry visa valid for their destination on their Schwanian passport prior to their journey.<br />
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From February to December 2012, Schwanensee also participated in the [[Micras]] world and claimed a rather small piece of land on the planet. Its territory on Micras resembled the virtual platform of ''Lomiän'' and claimed to have three cities, namely Neustadt (capital city of the Micras territory), Schwarzenfels, and Wessenfels.<br />
===Cities, counties, and regions===<br />
<br />
*'''Novurbo''' was the capital city of the country. It was located on the virtual platform ''Lomiän'', and was the only city within this province. The city had a population of 0.<br />
*'''Leto''' was the largest city of the country. It was located in ''Rubainiän''. As of 2019, it had a population of 3~4, thus the largest city of the country. It was also the former headquarter of Schwanian government (''Bevünetaguveranef'') from 2011 to 2017.<br />
*'''Varenko''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Ravnhaŭso''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' with a population of 2.<br />
*'''Acerrivero''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' in Tokyo, Japan with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Aŭznŝtato''' was located in ''Smaragainiän'' in London, UK with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Sororiso''' was located in ''Smaragainiän'' in Münich, Germany with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Hojro''' was located in ''Safirainiän'' in New York, USA with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Lespedezo''' was located in ''Safirainiän'' in the Midwest of USA with a population of 2~3. It served as the headquarter of Schwanian ''Bevünetaguveranef'' and the Schwanian embassy in USA from 2017 until the dissolution of the country.<br />
*'''Elysia''' was a combination of planned autonomous utopian settlements (also known as phalansteries) within the country. It adopted Elysian, a constructed language, as its sole official language.<br />
*'''Ruĝflago''' was a planned autonomous communist region in which communism with agriculture-based economy would be implemented. Esperanto was the sole official language of the region.<br />
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==Politics==<br />
[[File:Seal schwanensee.png|thumb|Great Seal of the ''Bevünetaguveranef'', the government body of Schwanensee|150x150px]]<br />
[[File:Neuschwanenplatz.png|thumb|2013 elections seats|200x200px]]<br />
[[File:2011 parliament.png|thumb|2011 elections seats|200x200px]]<br />
A cosmopolitan meritocracy, Schwanensee had previously been a parliamentary republic. The country had had a left–right multi-party system: following the 2013 parliamentary election, the biggest parties were the centre-right National Party and the centrist Green Party. Other political parties with seats in the Schwanian parliament (originally named ''Neuschwanenplatz'', now known as ''Nulasvanadail''), were the centre-left Bolshevik Party, etc., while other parties existed on the municipal level. According to the Constitution, parties promoting racism were strictly prohibited in the country.<br />
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Starting from late 2014, the parliament system had been temporarily abandoned due to the Emergency Act in action, which was proposed because of a lack of active citizens for a long time. Since then, the presidential term had been prolonged indefinitely, and the office of Prime Minister was also left unoccupied until a new candidate was appointed in late 2018 by the President. Under the Emergency Act, President also served as Minister for Foreign Affairs, whereas Prime Minister served as Minister for Internal Affairs. The Emergency Act was planned to be lifted during the Cyrillization Movement starting from October 2019, which resulted in the establishment of the '''Provisional Supreme Soviet''' (Cyrillic Esperanto: ''Провизора Супера Совето'') in Lespedezo, yet the attempt ultimately failed due to the dissolution of the country.<br />
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===List of parliamentary parties===<br />
[[File:Flag Schwanian Green Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Green Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag Bolshevik.jpg|border|25px]] '''Bolshevik Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag KMT.jpg|border|25px]] '''National Party'''<br> <br />
[[File:Flag Universalism Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Universalist Party''' <br><br />
[[File:Flag POP.jpg|border|25px]] '''Public Opinion Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag Democratic.PNG|border|25px]] '''Democratic-Libertarian Party'''(1) <br><br />
[[File:Flag Donghak.PNG|border|25px]] '''Cheondoist Party'''(1)<br><br />
[[File:Flag Schwanian Green Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition'''(2)<br><br />
(1): Banned due to their Fascist ideology.<br><br />
(2): Split into two different parties.<br />
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===List of Presidents (''Prezidantoj'' or ''Presidals'')===<br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"<br />
! style="width:3%;" |#<br />
! style="width:20%;" |Picture<br />
!Name<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Took office<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Left office<br />
! style="width:30%;" |Party<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#6495ED"<br />
| bgcolor="#223AA8" |<font color="white">'''1'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Richard C.'''<br />
|11 September 2011<br />
|10 September 2012<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#6495ED"<br />
| bgcolor="#223AA8" |<font color="white">'''2'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Richard C.'''<br />
|11 September 2012<br />
|10 September 2013<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#82D900"<br />
| bgcolor="#548C00" |<font color="white">'''3'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|11 September 2013<br />
|2014<br />
|Green Party<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#D0D0D0"<br />
| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''4'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|2014<br />
|25 December 2019<br />
|''All parties disestablished''<br />
|}<br />
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===List of Prime Ministers (''Kancelieroj'' or ''Lebürals'')===<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"<br />
! style="width:3%;" |#<br />
! style="width:20%;" |Picture<br />
!Name<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Took office<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Left office<br />
! style="width:30%;" |Party<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#82D900"<br />
| bgcolor="#548C00" |<font color="white">'''1'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|11 September 2011<br />
|10 September 2012<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#D0D0D0"<br />
| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''2'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Henry C.'''<br />
|11 September 2012<br />
|10 September 2013<br />
|Nonpartisan<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#FF7575"<br />
| bgcolor="#750000" |<font color="white">'''3'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Wolfgang S.'''<br />
|11 September 2013<br />
|2014<br />
|Bolshevik Party<br />
|- bgcolor="#D0D0D0"<br />
| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''4'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Margaret C.'''<br />
|1 September 2018<br />
|25 December 2019<br />
|''All parties disestablished''<br />
|}<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Flag leto.jpg|National flag displayed in Leto, the largest city of Schwanensee<br />
File:Flag lespedezo.jpg|National flag displayed in Lespedezo, headquarter of the ''Bevünetaguveranef''<br />
File:Schwanian border.jpg|Warning sign on Schwanian border with USA (Lespedezo)<br />
File:Elysia flag.png|Flag of Elysia (obverse) - reverse bearing the regional coat of arms<br />
File:Rugxflago flag.png|Flag of the Autonomous Communist Region of Ruĝflago<br />
File:Nordiccrossdb sch var.png|Flag of Schwanian Mainland, ''Lomiän''<br />
File:Nordiccross sch var.png|Flag of the government of Schwanian Mainland, ''Lomiänaguveranef''<br />
File:Army sch.png|Proposed emblem of the Schwanian Armed Forces<br />
File:Coin1obv.PNG|Coins and banknotes of the [[Schwanian krone]]<br />
File:Banklibro.jpg|Bankbook issued by the Schwanian central bank, [[Schwanian krone|KosmoBanko de Cignolago]]<br />
File:Cignolago stamp.jpg|Schwanian postage stamps featuring Albert Anker's paintings<br />
File:Envelope.jpg|Used envelope bearing a Schwanian stamp and the postmark of Lespedezo<br />
File:Lrc passport.jpg|Four types of Schwanian passports: Official, Diplomatic, Ordinary, Temporary<br />
File:Entryexit stamps lrc.jpg|Entry and exit stamps of Schwanensee stamped on a Schwanian passport<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
==Foreign relations==<br />
[[File:Cignolago passport.JPG|thumb|Diplomatic and ordinary passports of Schwanensee bearing the old coat of arms|200x200px]]<br />
[[File:Cignolago passport 2.JPG|thumb|First page of a Schwanian passport|200x200px]]<br />
===Micronational foreign relations===<br />
''Note: excluding virtual states and μnations''<br />
<br />
*[[File:Flag_of_the_Union_of_Artaghe.png|border|25px]] [[Artaghe]]<br />
*[[File:Image.jpg|border|25px]] [[United Kingdom of Chanserly|Chanserly]]<br />
*[[File:Flag of Choseon.png|border|25px]] [[Choseon|Empire of Choseon]]<br />
*[[File:Flag of Duke.png|25px]] [[People's Republic of Duke|Duke]]<br />
*[[File:Bendera Indokistan 3.png|border|25px]] [[Indokistan]]<br />
*{{flag|Juclandia}}<br />
*{{flag|Karnia-Ruthenia}}<br />
*[[File:Republic of Kuhugstan.png|border|25px]] [[Kuhugstan]]<br />
*[[File:Source.png|border|25px]] [[Leylandiistan]]<br />
*[[File:LPRoR Flag.png|25px]] [[Labronic People's Republic of Rosignano|LPRoR]]<br />
*[[File:Kingdom_of_Mahuset_Flag.png|25px]] [[Kingdom of Mahuset|Mahuset]]<br />
*[[File:Mjolnir.png|25px]] [[Volksrepublik Mjölnir|Mjölnir]]<br />
*[[File:Myrotania-flag.jpg|border|25px]] [[Myrotania]]<br />
*[[File:Nova Troie drapeau.jpg|25px]] [https://novatroie.wixsite.com/novatroie NovaTroie]<br />
*[[File:Drapeau 3.png|border|25px]] [[Republic of Padrhom|Padrhom]]<br />
*{{flag|Quixotica|size=25px}}<br />
*[[File:Flag_of_Safiria.png|border|25px]] [[Flag of Safiria|Safiria]]<br />
*[[File:Flag of Shurigawa.png|25px]] [[Shurigawa]]<br />
*{{flag|Sirocco}}<br />
*[[File:Smorabandieronaverdescu.png|border|25px]] [[Sovereign Military Roman Hadrian Order|SMORA]]<br />
*[[File:Flag of NKSC.png|border|25px]] [[New Kingdom of Southern California|Southern California]]<br />
*[[File:Sunset Micronation.jpg|25px]] [https://sunset-micronation.webs.com/ Sunset Micronation]<br />
*[[File:UTSHflag.webp|25px]] [https://utsh-govt.yolasite.com/ UTSH]<br />
*[[File:Flag of Varina.png|border|25px]] [[Kingdom of Varina|Varina]]<br />
*[[File:Vetriaflagdesign1.png|border|25px]] [[Vetria]]<br />
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'''Schwanensee''' ('''Swan Lake'''), officially in Esperanto '''la Libera Respubliko de Cignolago''' (Free Republic of Schwanensee'','' formerly ''la Sendependa Libera Kosmopolitisma Respubliko de Cignolago''), was a cosmopolitan meritocracy which declared its main territory on a virtual platform supposedly located in the Arctic Ocean along with several peripheral territories around the globe. As of 2019, the country had a population of 13 and claimed a total area of roughly 750 sqm., with its capital city in ''Novurbo'' (in English: New City).<br />
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Schwanensee was a cosmopolitan meritocracy: its citizens scattered in different parts of the world, meanwhile strictly classified into three social classes: ''Clerici'' (the Scholars), ''Guverans'' (the Administrators), and ''la Popolo'' (the People). These social classes were mainly based on their skills and their own choices on occupation, since every social class would be designated specified occupations or professions. Social class did not depend on one's origin, and every citizen had two opportunities after having acquired their Schwanian citizenship to alter the social class they belonged to. Some of the Schwanian territories, however, chose not to implement the social class system, such as the Autonomous Communist Region of Ruĝflago and the utopian settlements of Elysia.<br />
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The country adopted three universal languages as its official languages, namely Esperanto, Volapük, and Latin, while German, Chinese, and Japanese were some of the unofficial but recognized languages used more widely in daily life among citizens. Each official language was assigned to a specific social class as its sole language, and a language examination (no longer mandatory since October 2019) would be given before a new citizen could be assigned to any of the three social classes. In general, Esperanto served as the language of the people (also for foreign affairs, etc.), Volapük as the language of administration, and Latin as the language of academic research.<br />
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On 25 Dec. 2019, the 4th President of Schwanensee formally declared the dissolution of the country. A possible revival was proposed in late 2023 but was not yet ratified as of yet.<br />
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==History==<br />
===Republic of Ceskonia (2009 - 2011)===<br />
[[File:Ceskonia.PNG|thumb|National flag of Ceskonia|200x200px]]<br />
The history of Schwanensee began with a whimsical idea of its President, Richard C., who created the predecessor of Schwanensee, a cyberstate known as the ''Republic of Ceskonia'', on 26 June 2009 while he was studying abroad in Osnarbrück, Germany. Richard had been well aware of the famous micronations around the globe, yet he was against such hard successionism, which he personally deemed problematic. The booming development of Internet-based micronations at the time, however, had facilitated his creation of a similar simulationist cyberstate, which would not claim any physical territories.<br />
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Hoping to achieve more interested participants, Richard chose to launch the project of the new cyberstate both on a Chinese blogging site similar to Blogspot (now already defunct) and separately on a German webhosting platform - both of which he spoke fluently. To his surprise, he noticed that the Chinese blogging site had already hosted a number of similar cyberstates (known as virtual states). The first cyberstate with which Ceskonia pursued diplomatic relationship was Goryeo Federation, on the same day when Ceskonia was founded (26 June 2009). During the 2-year lifespan of Ceskonia, Richard C., representing the Republic of Ceskonia, eventually built friendly diplomatic relations with more than a hundred of such cyberstates.<br />
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During this time period, most background information on Ceskonia was based purely on fantasy rather than on reality - a typical trend for Chinese virtual states and German-speaking simulationist μnations. Based on the Internet Archive, Ceskonia had its capital city named ''Syldavia'', and Richard also designed national symbols as well as postage stamps and banknotes for his cyberstate. Despite the fact that the latter were never materialized, Ceskonia founded the ''Online Numismatic Museum for Virtual States'' as a separate blog, which was inspired by the ''Finanzmuseum'' of [https://freistaat-fuchsen.de/ Freistaat Fuchsen], a German-speaking μnation. Ceskonia also hosted the 2nd ''CyberOlympics'' and became a founding member of Liberal Union, one of the three international organizations among virtual states at the time.<br />
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As Daniel C. joined Ceskonia as its Prime Minister in 2011, both of the citizens eventually agreed to expand its influence in the sense that Ceskonia should pay more attention to international communication outside of its original platforms in Chinese and German, partly due to a previous notification from the blogging site that its service would soon be suspended. The message had been catastrophic to many virtual states that utilized its service (blogging and message board, etc.), and attempts had been made in prior as to how Ceskonia could survive this: President Richard, who intended to stay connected with other virtual states, launched an Internet forum, whose service was supported by the same company of the blogging site, yet the environment there was quite hostile; Prime Minister Daniel, who favored an international solution, tried on the [https://www.nationstates.net/ NationStates] forum, which led him discovering the [[MicroWiki]] Forum, a platform both of them regarded friendly and feasible.<br />
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===Free Republic of Schwanensee (2011 - 2019)===<br />
[[File:Schwanensee emergencyflag.png|thumb|The upside down national flag used in case of mourning or emergency|200x200px]]<br />
On 10 September 2011, Ceskonia officially renamed itself to ''Zwanenmeer'' (later to its German equivalent ''Schwanensee'') with newly designed national symbols and joined MicroWiki, gradually bidding farewell to its completely simulationist, Internet-based past. Nonetheless, Schwanensee in its early days was still inevitably partly related to personal fantasy (the legacy of which was the Schwanian ''Lomiän'', the virtual platform on which the Schwanian capital was supposed to exist), though reality had also come to play a role in it - It also claimed physical territories in Germany and USA, etc., where its citizens actually lived at the time, and proclaimed German, Chinese, and Schwanian, at first only a script, but later also a separate constructed language, to be its three official languages. Furthermore, banknotes, stamps, and documents were also prepared and produced, with the hope that Schwanensee could more resemble a "real" micronation.<br />
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Before President Richard quit the project unexpectedly in 2013, he and Prime Minister Daniel had attempted to interact with micronations around the globe, not only on MicroWiki forum but also on [[Micras]] and [https://www.mn-marktplatz.de/ MN-Marktplatz], participating in the Micras Expo 2012 and the [[2012 MicroWiki Cup]], etc. Such activity gradually disappeared as more citizens became inactive, resulting in the implementation of the Emergency Act in 2014 dissolving the Schwanian parliament and extending the presidential term indefinitely. The inertia was also accompanied by a halt to the service provided by the Chinese blogging site in 2015, on which the predecessor of Schwanensee, Ceskonia, had been established.<br />
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The country became rather dormant until 2017, when President Daniel reformed the country by implementing uniform and standardizing policies over all of its territories around the globe, meanwhile adopting newly designed national symbols, etc. The social class system was implemented during this time period, followed by the change of official languages to Esperanto, Volapük, and Latin. Furthermore, national paraphernalia were manufactured with much higher quality and issued accordingly: all active citizens could receive their own identity cards and passports - on which they would be given a valid visa once they entered any Schwanian territories - for free as long as they applied for them, and salaries were distributed in [[Schwanian krone|kronen]] as banknotes and coins, which they could use within Schwanian territories for goods. In addition, professionally made Schwanian postage stamps were issued and used on domestic stationeries and international letters sent from Schwanensee to other micronations. The two special regions, ''Elysia'' and ''Ruĝflago'', were also planned at this time in order to test the viability of other possible ideologies.<br />
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Such activity, however, was not accompanied by any increase in population. The population of Schwanensee had decreased to approximately 13 by the year of 2019, while only 3~5 of them remained active in daily affairs. An attempt to revive the country, namely the ''Cyrillization Movement'', occurred in October 2019, during which the country underwent a pro-Soviet transformation: introducing the new coat of arms, adopting liberation theology as its guiding ideology, abolishing many of its meritocratic policies, meanwhile having its official languages written entirely in Cyrillic instead of the Latin alphabet (it was also planned at the time to promote Esperanto as the only official language of the country). The movement ultimately failed, with the remaining few active citizens reaching an accord in Lespedezo to formally dissolve the country on Christmas Day 2019.<br />
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=== Proposed revival (2023) ===<br />
While Schwanensee as a micronation was formally declared as dissolved in 2019, its culture continues to have an important role within its former territories and among some of the former citizens. In late 2023, there have been several propositions to revive the micronation as a simulationist one, but no detailed plans have been published as of yet.<br />
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==Geography==<br />
[[File:Schwanensee micras.png|thumb|Former Schwanian territory on [[Micras]] (map version 14.7.5)]]<br />
The country was divided into four ''Provincoj'' or ''Provins'' (provinces: ''Lomiän, Rubainiän, Smaragainiän, Safirainiän'') and two ''Regionoj'' or ''Ziläks'' (special regions: ''Elysia, Ruĝflago''). The four provinces were further divided into two ''Urboj'' or ''Zifs'' (cities) and seven ''Kantonoj'' or ''Kantons'' (counties). Unlike most countries in the world, Schwanian citizens were not permitted to enter any other Schwanian territories apart from the one that they belong to, unless they had been issued an internal entry visa valid for their destination on their Schwanian passport prior to their journey.<br />
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From February to December 2012, Schwanensee also participated in the [[Micras]] world and claimed a rather small piece of land on the planet. Its territory on Micras resembled the virtual platform of ''Lomiän'' and claimed to have three cities, namely Neustadt (capital city of the Micras territory), Schwarzenfels, and Wessenfels.<br />
===Cities, counties, and regions===<br />
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*'''Novurbo''' was the capital city of the country. It was located on the virtual platform ''Lomiän'', and was the only city within this province. The city had a population of 0.<br />
*'''Leto''' was the largest city of the country. It was located in ''Rubainiän''. As of 2019, it had a population of 3~4, thus the largest city of the country. It was also the former headquarter of Schwanian government (''Bevünetaguveranef'') from 2011 to 2017.<br />
*'''Varenko''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Ravnhaŭso''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' with a population of 2.<br />
*'''Acerrivero''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' in Tokyo, Japan with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Aŭznŝtato''' was located in ''Smaragainiän'' in London, UK with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Sororiso''' was located in ''Smaragainiän'' in Münich, Germany with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Hojro''' was located in ''Safirainiän'' in New York, USA with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Lespedezo''' was located in ''Safirainiän'' in the Midwest of USA with a population of 2~3. It served as the headquarter of Schwanian ''Bevünetaguveranef'' and the Schwanian embassy in USA from 2017 until the dissolution of the country.<br />
*'''Elysia''' was a combination of planned autonomous utopian settlements (also known as phalansteries) within the country. It adopted Elysian, a constructed language, as its sole official language.<br />
*'''Ruĝflago''' was a planned autonomous communist region in which communism with agriculture-based economy would be implemented. Esperanto was the sole official language of the region.<br />
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==Politics==<br />
[[File:Seal schwanensee.png|thumb|Great Seal of the ''Bevünetaguveranef'', the government body of Schwanensee|150x150px]]<br />
[[File:Neuschwanenplatz.png|thumb|2013 elections seats|200x200px]]<br />
[[File:2011 parliament.png|thumb|2011 elections seats|200x200px]]<br />
A cosmopolitan meritocracy, Schwanensee had previously been a parliamentary republic. The country had had a left–right multi-party system: following the 2013 parliamentary election, the biggest parties were the centre-right National Party and the centrist Green Party. Other political parties with seats in the Schwanian parliament (originally named ''Neuschwanenplatz'', now known as ''Nulasvanadail''), were the centre-left Bolshevik Party, etc., while other parties existed on the municipal level. According to the Constitution, parties promoting racism were strictly prohibited in the country.<br />
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Starting from late 2014, the parliament system had been temporarily abandoned due to the Emergency Act in action, which was proposed because of a lack of active citizens for a long time. Since then, the presidential term had been prolonged indefinitely, and the office of Prime Minister was also left unoccupied until a new candidate was appointed in late 2018 by the President. Under the Emergency Act, President also served as Minister for Foreign Affairs, whereas Prime Minister served as Minister for Internal Affairs. The Emergency Act was planned to be lifted during the Cyrillization Movement starting from October 2019, which resulted in the establishment of the '''Provisional Supreme Soviet''' (Cyrillic Esperanto: ''Провизора Супера Совето'') in Lespedezo, yet the attempt ultimately failed due to the dissolution of the country.<br />
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===List of parliamentary parties===<br />
[[File:Flag Schwanian Green Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Green Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag Bolshevik.jpg|border|25px]] '''Bolshevik Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag KMT.jpg|border|25px]] '''National Party'''<br> <br />
[[File:Flag Universalism Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Universalist Party''' <br><br />
[[File:Flag POP.jpg|border|25px]] '''Public Opinion Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag Democratic.PNG|border|25px]] '''Democratic-Libertarian Party'''(1) <br><br />
[[File:Flag Donghak.PNG|border|25px]] '''Cheondoist Party'''(1)<br><br />
[[File:Flag Schwanian Green Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition'''(2)<br><br />
(1): Banned due to their Fascist ideology.<br><br />
(2): Split into two different parties.<br />
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===List of Presidents (''Prezidantoj'' or ''Presidals'')===<br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"<br />
! style="width:3%;" |#<br />
! style="width:20%;" |Picture<br />
!Name<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Took office<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Left office<br />
! style="width:30%;" |Party<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#6495ED"<br />
| bgcolor="#223AA8" |<font color="white">'''1'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Richard C.'''<br />
|11 September 2011<br />
|10 September 2012<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#6495ED"<br />
| bgcolor="#223AA8" |<font color="white">'''2'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Richard C.'''<br />
|11 September 2012<br />
|10 September 2013<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#82D900"<br />
| bgcolor="#548C00" |<font color="white">'''3'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|11 September 2013<br />
|2014<br />
|Green Party<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#D0D0D0"<br />
| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''4'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|2014<br />
|25 December 2019<br />
|''All parties disestablished''<br />
|}<br />
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===List of Prime Ministers (''Kancelieroj'' or ''Lebürals'')===<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"<br />
! style="width:3%;" |#<br />
! style="width:20%;" |Picture<br />
!Name<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Took office<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Left office<br />
! style="width:30%;" |Party<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#82D900"<br />
| bgcolor="#548C00" |<font color="white">'''1'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|11 September 2011<br />
|10 September 2012<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#D0D0D0"<br />
| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''2'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Henry C.'''<br />
|11 September 2012<br />
|10 September 2013<br />
|Nonpartisan<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#FF7575"<br />
| bgcolor="#750000" |<font color="white">'''3'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Wolfgang S.'''<br />
|11 September 2013<br />
|2014<br />
|Bolshevik Party<br />
|- bgcolor="#D0D0D0"<br />
| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''4'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Margaret C.'''<br />
|1 September 2018<br />
|25 December 2019<br />
|''All parties disestablished''<br />
|}<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Flag leto.jpg|National flag displayed in Leto, the largest city of Schwanensee<br />
File:Flag lespedezo.jpg|National flag displayed in Lespedezo, headquarter of the ''Bevünetaguveranef''<br />
File:Schwanian border.jpg|Warning sign on Schwanian border with USA (Lespedezo)<br />
File:Elysia flag.png|Flag of Elysia (obverse) - reverse bearing the regional coat of arms<br />
File:Rugxflago flag.png|Flag of the Autonomous Communist Region of Ruĝflago<br />
File:Nordiccrossdb sch var.png|Flag of Schwanian Mainland, ''Lomiän''<br />
File:Nordiccross sch var.png|Flag of the government of Schwanian Mainland, ''Lomiänaguveranef''<br />
File:Army sch.png|Proposed emblem of the Schwanian Armed Forces<br />
File:Coin1obv.PNG|Coins and banknotes of the [[Schwanian krone]]<br />
File:Banklibro.jpg|Bankbook issued by the Schwanian central bank, [[Schwanian krone|KosmoBanko de Cignolago]]<br />
File:Cignolago stamp.jpg|Schwanian postage stamps featuring Albert Anker's paintings<br />
File:Envelope.jpg|Used envelope bearing a Schwanian stamp and the postmark of Lespedezo<br />
File:Lrc passport.jpg|Four types of Schwanian passports: Official, Diplomatic, Ordinary, Temporary<br />
File:Entryexit stamps lrc.jpg|Entry and exit stamps of Schwanensee stamped on a Schwanian passport<br />
</gallery><br />
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==Foreign relations==<br />
[[File:Cignolago passport.JPG|thumb|Diplomatic and ordinary passports of Schwanensee bearing the old coat of arms|200x200px]]<br />
[[File:Cignolago passport 2.JPG|thumb|First page of a Schwanian passport|200x200px]]<br />
===Micronational foreign relations===<br />
''Note: excluding virtual states and μnations''<br />
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*[[File:Flag_of_the_Union_of_Artaghe.png|border|25px]] [[Artaghe]]<br />
*[[File:Image.jpg|border|25px]] [[United Kingdom of Chanserly|Chanserly]]<br />
*[[File:Flag of Choseon.png|border|25px]] [[Choseon|Empire of Choseon]]<br />
*[[File:Flag of Duke.png|25px]] [[People's Republic of Duke|Duke]]<br />
*[[File:Bendera Indokistan 3.png|border|25px]] [[Indokistan]]<br />
*{{flag|Juclandia}}<br />
*{{flag|Karnia-Ruthenia}}<br />
*[[File:Republic of Kuhugstan.png|border|25px]] [[Kuhugstan]]<br />
*[[File:Source.png|border|25px]] [[Leylandiistan]]<br />
*[[File:LPRoR Flag.png|25px]] [[Labronic People's Republic of Rosignano|LPRoR]]<br />
*[[File:Kingdom_of_Mahuset_Flag.png|25px]] [[Kingdom of Mahuset|Mahuset]]<br />
*[[File:Mjolnir.png|25px]] [[Volksrepublik Mjölnir|Mjölnir]]<br />
*[[File:Myrotania-flag.jpg|border|25px]] [[Myrotania]]<br />
*[[File:Nova Troie drapeau.jpg|25px]] [https://novatroie.wixsite.com/novatroie NovaTroie]<br />
*[[File:Drapeau 3.png|border|25px]] [[Republic of Padrhom|Padrhom]]<br />
*{{flag|Quixotica|size=25px}}<br />
*[[File:Flag_of_Safiria.png|border|25px]] [[Flag of Safiria|Safiria]]<br />
*[[File:Flag of Shurigawa.png|25px]] [[Shurigawa]]<br />
*{{flag|Sirocco}}<br />
*[[File:Smorabandieronaverdescu.png|border|25px]] [[Sovereign Military Roman Hadrian Order|SMORA]]<br />
*[[File:Flag of NKSC.png|border|25px]] [[New Kingdom of Southern California|Southern California]]<br />
*[[File:Sunset Micronation.jpg|25px]] [https://sunset-micronation.webs.com/ Sunset Micronation]<br />
*[[File:UTSHflag.webp|25px]] [https://utsh-govt.yolasite.com/ UTSH]<br />
*[[File:Flag of Varina.png|border|25px]] [[Kingdom of Varina|Varina]]<br />
*[[File:Vetriaflagdesign1.png|border|25px]] [[Vetria]]<br />
*[[File:WUSSR.png|border|25px]] [[Western Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|WUSSR]]<br />
*{{flag|Wyvern}}<br />
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|motto = ''Deus iudex meus'' <br><br />
|anthem = [[List of micronations by national anthem|Forest Rhapsody]]<br />
|capital = Novurbo<br />
|largest_city = Leto<br />
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'''Schwanensee''' ('''Swan Lake'''), officially in Esperanto '''la Libera Respubliko de Cignolago''' (Free Republic of Schwanensee'','' formerly ''la Sendependa Libera Kosmopolitisma Respubliko de Cignolago''), was a cosmopolitan meritocracy which declared its main territory on a virtual platform supposedly located in the Arctic Ocean along with several peripheral territories around the globe. As of 2019, the country had a population of 13 and claimed a total area of roughly 750 sqm., with its capital city in ''Novurbo'' (in English: New City).<br />
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Schwanensee was a cosmopolitan meritocracy: its citizens scattered in different parts of the world, meanwhile strictly classified into three social classes: ''Clerici'' (the Scholars), ''Guverans'' (the Administrators), and ''la Popolo'' (the People). These social classes were mainly based on their skills and their own choices on occupation, since every social class would be designated specified occupations or professions. Social class did not depend on one's origin, and every citizen had two opportunities after having acquired their Schwanian citizenship to alter the social class they belonged to. Some of the Schwanian territories, however, chose not to implement the social class system, such as the Autonomous Communist Region of Ruĝflago and the utopian settlements of Elysia.<br />
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The country adopted three universal languages as its official languages, namely Esperanto, Volapük, and Latin, while German, Chinese, and Japanese were some of the unofficial but recognized languages used more widely in daily life among citizens. Each official language was assigned to a specific social class as its sole language, and a language examination (no longer mandatory since October 2019) would be given before a new citizen could be assigned to any of the three social classes. In general, Esperanto served as the language of the people (also for foreign affairs, etc.), Volapük as the language of administration, and Latin as the language of academic research.<br />
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On 25 Dec. 2019, the 4th President of Schwanensee formally declared the dissolution of the country. A possible revival was proposed in late 2023 but was not yet ratified as of yet.<br />
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==History==<br />
===Republic of Ceskonia (2009 - 2011)===<br />
[[File:Ceskonia.PNG|thumb|National flag of Ceskonia|200x200px]]<br />
The history of Schwanensee began with a whimsical idea of its President, Richard C., who created the predecessor of Schwanensee, a cyberstate known as the ''Republic of Ceskonia'', on 26 June 2009 while he was studying abroad in Osnarbrück, Germany. Richard had been well aware of the famous micronations around the globe, yet he was against such hard successionism, which he personally deemed problematic. The booming development of Internet-based micronations at the time, however, had facilitated his creation of a similar simulationist cyberstate, which would not claim any physical territories.<br />
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Hoping to achieve more interested participants, Richard chose to launch the project of the new cyberstate both on a Chinese blogging site similar to Blogspot (now already defunct) and separately on a German webhosting platform - both of which he spoke fluently. To his surprise, he noticed that the Chinese blogging site had already hosted a number of similar cyberstates (known as virtual states). The first cyberstate with which Ceskonia pursued diplomatic relationship was Goryeo Federation, on the same day when Ceskonia was founded (26 June 2009). During the 2-year lifespan of Ceskonia, Richard C., representing the Republic of Ceskonia, eventually built friendly diplomatic relations with more than a hundred of such cyberstates.<br />
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During this time period, most background information on Ceskonia was based purely on fantasy rather than on reality - a typical trend for Chinese virtual states and German-speaking simulationist μnations. Based on the Internet Archive, Ceskonia had its capital city named ''Syldavia'', and Richard also designed national symbols as well as postage stamps and banknotes for his cyberstate. Despite the fact that the latter were never materialized, Ceskonia founded the ''Online Numismatic Museum for Virtual States'' as a separate blog, which was inspired by the ''Finanzmuseum'' of [https://freistaat-fuchsen.de/ Freistaat Fuchsen], a German-speaking μnation. Ceskonia also hosted the 2nd ''CyberOlympics'' and became a founding member of Liberal Union, one of the three international organizations among virtual states at the time.<br />
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As Daniel C. joined Ceskonia as its Prime Minister in 2011, both of the citizens eventually agreed to expand its influence in the sense that Ceskonia should pay more attention to international communication outside of its original platforms in Chinese and German, partly due to a previous notification from the blogging site that its service would soon be suspended. The message had been catastrophic to many virtual states that utilized its service (blogging and message board, etc.), and attempts had been made in prior as to how Ceskonia could survive this: President Richard, who intended to stay connected with other virtual states, launched an Internet forum, whose service was supported by the same company of the blogging site, yet the environment there was quite hostile; Prime Minister Daniel, who favored an international solution, tried on the [https://www.nationstates.net/ NationStates] forum, which led him discovering the [[MicroWiki]] Forum, a platform both of them regarded friendly and feasible.<br />
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===Free Republic of Schwanensee (2011 - 2019)===<br />
[[File:Schwanensee emergencyflag.png|thumb|The upside down national flag used in case of mourning or emergency|200x200px]]<br />
On 10 September 2011, Ceskonia officially renamed itself to ''Zwanenmeer'' (later to its German equivalent ''Schwanensee'') with newly designed national symbols and joined MicroWiki, gradually bidding farewell to its completely simulationist, Internet-based past. Nonetheless, Schwanensee in its early days was still inevitably partly related to personal fantasy (the legacy of which was the Schwanian ''Lomiän'', the virtual platform on which the Schwanian capital was supposed to exist), though reality had also come to play a role in it - It also claimed physical territories in Germany and USA, etc., where its citizens actually lived at the time, and proclaimed German, Chinese, and Schwanian, at first only a script, but later also a separate constructed language, to be its three official languages. Furthermore, banknotes, stamps, and documents were also prepared and produced, with the hope that Schwanensee could more resemble a "real" micronation.<br />
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Before President Richard quit the project unexpectedly in 2013, he and Prime Minister Daniel had attempted to interact with micronations around the globe, not only on MicroWiki forum but also on [[Micras]] and [https://www.mn-marktplatz.de/ MN-Marktplatz], participating in the Micras Expo 2012 and the [[2012 MicroWiki Cup]], etc. Such activity gradually disappeared as more citizens became inactive, resulting in the implementation of the Emergency Act in 2014 dissolving the Schwanian parliament and extending the presidential term indefinitely. The inertia was also accompanied by a halt to the service provided by the Chinese blogging site in 2015, on which the predecessor of Schwanensee, Ceskonia, had been established.<br />
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The country became rather dormant until 2017, when President Daniel reformed the country by implementing uniform and standardizing policies over all of its territories around the globe, meanwhile adopting newly designed national symbols, etc. The social class system was implemented during this time period, followed by the change of official languages to Esperanto, Volapük, and Latin. Furthermore, national paraphernalia were manufactured with much higher quality and issued accordingly: all active citizens could receive their own identity cards and passports - on which they would be given a valid visa once they entered any Schwanian territories - for free as long as they applied for them, and salaries were distributed in [[Schwanian krone|kronen]] as banknotes and coins, which they could use within Schwanian territories for goods. In addition, professionally made Schwanian postage stamps were issued and used on domestic stationeries and international letters sent from Schwanensee to other micronations. The two special regions, ''Elysia'' and ''Ruĝflago'', were also planned at this time in order to test the viability of other possible ideologies.<br />
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Such activity, however, was not accompanied by any increase in population. The population of Schwanensee had decreased to approximately 13 by the year of 2019, while only 3~5 of them remained active in daily affairs. An attempt to revive the country, namely the ''Cyrillization Movement'', occurred in October 2019, during which the country underwent a pro-Soviet transformation: introducing the new coat of arms, adopting liberation theology as its guiding ideology, abolishing many of its meritocratic policies, meanwhile having its official languages written entirely in Cyrillic instead of the Latin alphabet (it was also planned at the time to promote Esperanto as the only official language of the country). The movement ultimately failed, with the remaining few active citizens reaching an accord in Lespedezo to formally dissolve the country on Christmas Day 2019.<br />
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=== Proposed revival (2023) ===<br />
While Schwanensee as a micronation was formally declared as dissolved in 2019, its culture continues to have an important role within its former territories and among some of the former citizens. In late 2023, there have been several propositions to revive the micronation as a simulationist one, but no detailed plans have been published as of yet.<br />
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==Geography==<br />
[[File:Schwanensee micras.png|thumb|Former Schwanian territory on [[Micras]] (map version 14.7.5)]]<br />
The country was divided into four ''Provincoj'' or ''Provins'' (provinces: ''Lomiän, Rubainiän, Smaragainiän, Safirainiän'') and two ''Regionoj'' or ''Ziläks'' (special regions: ''Elysia, Ruĝflago''). The four provinces were further divided into two ''Urboj'' or ''Zifs'' (cities) and seven ''Kantonoj'' or ''Kantons'' (counties). Unlike most countries in the world, Schwanian citizens were not permitted to enter any other Schwanian territories apart from the one that they belong to, unless they had been issued an internal entry visa valid for their destination on their Schwanian passport prior to their journey.<br />
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From February to December 2012, Schwanensee also participated in the [[Micras]] world and claimed a rather small piece of land on the planet. Its territory on Micras resembled the virtual platform of ''Lomiän'' and claimed to have three cities, namely Neustadt (capital city of the Micras territory), Schwarzenfels, and Wessenfels.<br />
===Cities, counties, and regions===<br />
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*'''Novurbo''' was the capital city of the country. It was located on the virtual platform ''Lomiän'', and was the only city within this province. The city had a population of 0.<br />
*'''Leto''' was the largest city of the country. It was located in ''Rubainiän''. As of 2019, it had a population of 3~4, thus the largest city of the country. It was also the former headquarter of Schwanian government (''Bevünetaguveranef'') from 2011 to 2017.<br />
*'''Varenko''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Ravnhaŭso''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' with a population of 2.<br />
*'''Acerrivero''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' in Tokyo, Japan with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Aŭznŝtato''' was located in ''Smaragainiän'' in London, UK with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Sororiso''' was located in ''Smaragainiän'' in Münich, Germany with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Hojro''' was located in ''Safirainiän'' in New York, USA with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Lespedezo''' was located in ''Safirainiän'' in the Midwest of USA with a population of 2~3. It served as the headquarter of Schwanian ''Bevünetaguveranef'' and the Schwanian embassy in USA from 2017 until the dissolution of the country.<br />
*'''Elysia''' was a combination of planned autonomous utopian settlements (also known as phalansteries) within the country. It adopted Elysian, a constructed language, as its sole official language.<br />
*'''Ruĝflago''' was a planned autonomous communist region in which communism with agriculture-based economy would be implemented. Esperanto was the sole official language of the region.<br />
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==Politics==<br />
[[File:Seal schwanensee.png|thumb|Great Seal of the ''Bevünetaguveranef'', the government body of Schwanensee|150x150px]]<br />
[[File:Neuschwanenplatz.png|thumb|2013 elections seats|200x200px]]<br />
[[File:2011 parliament.png|thumb|2011 elections seats|200x200px]]<br />
A cosmopolitan meritocracy, Schwanensee had previously been a parliamentary republic. The country had had a left–right multi-party system: following the 2013 parliamentary election, the biggest parties were the centre-right National Party and the centrist Green Party. Other political parties with seats in the Schwanian parliament (originally named ''Neuschwanenplatz'', now known as ''Nulasvanadail''), were the centre-left Bolshevik Party, etc., while other parties existed on the municipal level. According to the Constitution, parties promoting racism were strictly prohibited in the country.<br />
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Starting from late 2014, the parliament system had been temporarily abandoned due to the Emergency Act in action, which was proposed because of a lack of active citizens for a long time. Since then, the presidential term had been prolonged indefinitely, and the office of Prime Minister was also left unoccupied until a new candidate was appointed in late 2018 by the President. Under the Emergency Act, President also served as Minister for Foreign Affairs, whereas Prime Minister served as Minister for Internal Affairs. The Emergency Act was planned to be lifted during the Cyrillization Movement starting from October 2019, which resulted in the establishment of the '''Provisional Supreme Soviet''' (Cyrillic Esperanto: ''Провизора Супера Совето'') in Lespedezo, yet the attempt ultimately failed due to the dissolution of the country.<br />
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===List of parliamentary parties===<br />
[[File:Flag Schwanian Green Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Green Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag Bolshevik.jpg|border|25px]] '''Bolshevik Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag KMT.jpg|border|25px]] '''National Party'''<br> <br />
[[File:Flag Universalism Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Universalist Party''' <br><br />
[[File:Flag POP.jpg|border|25px]] '''Public Opinion Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag Democratic.PNG|border|25px]] '''Democratic-Libertarian Party'''(1) <br><br />
[[File:Flag Donghak.PNG|border|25px]] '''Cheondoist Party'''(1)<br><br />
[[File:Flag Schwanian Green Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition'''(2)<br><br />
(1): Banned due to their Fascist ideology.<br><br />
(2): Split into two different parties.<br />
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===List of Presidents (''Prezidantoj'' or ''Presidals'')===<br />
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! style="width:20%;" |Picture<br />
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|- bgcolor="#6495ED"<br />
| bgcolor="#223AA8" |<font color="white">'''1'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Richard C.'''<br />
|11 September 2011<br />
|10 September 2012<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#6495ED"<br />
| bgcolor="#223AA8" |<font color="white">'''2'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Richard C.'''<br />
|11 September 2012<br />
|10 September 2013<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#82D900"<br />
| bgcolor="#548C00" |<font color="white">'''3'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|11 September 2013<br />
|2014<br />
|Green Party<br />
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|- bgcolor="#D0D0D0"<br />
| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''4'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|2014<br />
|25 December 2019<br />
|''All parties disestablished''<br />
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===List of Prime Ministers (''Kancelieroj'' or ''Lebürals'')===<br />
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|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|11 September 2011<br />
|10 September 2012<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
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|- bgcolor="#D0D0D0"<br />
| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''2'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Henry C.'''<br />
|11 September 2012<br />
|10 September 2013<br />
|Nonpartisan<br />
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|- bgcolor="#FF7575"<br />
| bgcolor="#750000" |<font color="white">'''3'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Wolfgang S.'''<br />
|11 September 2013<br />
|2014<br />
|Bolshevik Party<br />
|- bgcolor="#D0D0D0"<br />
| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''4'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Margaret C.'''<br />
|1 September 2018<br />
|25 December 2019<br />
|''All parties disestablished''<br />
|}<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Flag leto.jpg|National flag displayed in Leto, the largest city of Schwanensee<br />
File:Flag lespedezo.jpg|National flag displayed in Lespedezo, headquarter of the ''Bevünetaguveranef''<br />
File:Schwanian border.jpg|Warning sign on Schwanian border with USA (Lespedezo)<br />
File:Elysia flag.png|Flag of Elysia (obverse) - reverse bearing the regional coat of arms<br />
File:Rugxflago flag.png|Flag of the Autonomous Communist Region of Ruĝflago<br />
File:Nordiccrossdb sch var.png|Flag of Schwanian Mainland, ''Lomiän''<br />
File:Nordiccross sch var.png|Flag of the government of Schwanian Mainland, ''Lomiänaguveranef''<br />
File:Army sch.png|Proposed emblem of the Schwanian Armed Forces<br />
File:Coin1obv.PNG|Coins and banknotes of the [[Schwanian krone]]<br />
File:Banklibro.jpg|Bankbook issued by the Schwanian central bank, [[Schwanian krone|KosmoBanko de Cignolago]]<br />
File:Cignolago stamp.jpg|Schwanian postage stamps featuring Albert Anker's paintings<br />
File:Envelope.jpg|Used envelope bearing a Schwanian stamp and the postmark of Lespedezo<br />
File:Lrc passport.jpg|Four types of Schwanian passports: Official, Diplomatic, Ordinary, Temporary<br />
File:Entryexit stamps lrc.jpg|Entry and exit stamps of Schwanensee stamped on a Schwanian passport<br />
</gallery><br />
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==Foreign relations==<br />
[[File:Cignolago passport.JPG|thumb|Diplomatic and ordinary passports of Schwanensee bearing the old coat of arms|200x200px]]<br />
[[File:Cignolago passport 2.JPG|thumb|First page of a Schwanian passport|200x200px]]<br />
===Micronational foreign relations===<br />
''Note: excluding virtual states and μnations''<br />
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*[[File:Flag_of_the_Union_of_Artaghe.png|border|25px]] [[Artaghe]]<br />
*[[File:Image.jpg|border|25px]] [[United Kingdom of Chanserly|Chanserly]]<br />
*[[File:Flag of Choseon.png|border|25px]] [[Choseon|Empire of Choseon]]<br />
*[[File:Flag of Duke.png|25px]] [[People's Republic of Duke|Duke]]<br />
*[[File:Bendera Indokistan 3.png|border|25px]] [[Indokistan]]<br />
*{{flag|Juclandia}}<br />
*{{flag|Karnia-Ruthenia}}<br />
*[[File:Republic of Kuhugstan.png|border|25px]] [[Kuhugstan]]<br />
*[[File:Source.png|border|25px]] [[Leylandiistan]]<br />
*[[File:LPRoR Flag.png|25px]] [[Labronic People's Republic of Rosignano|LPRoR]]<br />
*[[File:Kingdom_of_Mahuset_Flag.png|25px]] [[Kingdom of Mahuset|Mahuset]]<br />
*[[File:Mjolnir.png|25px]] [[Volksrepublik Mjölnir|Mjölnir]]<br />
*[[File:Myrotania-flag.jpg|border|25px]] [[Myrotania]]<br />
*[[File:Nova Troie drapeau.jpg|25px]] [https://novatroie.wixsite.com/novatroie NovaTroie]<br />
*[[File:Drapeau 3.png|border|25px]] [[Republic of Padrhom|Padrhom]]<br />
*{{flag|Quixotica|size=25px}}<br />
*[[File:Flag_of_Safiria.png|border|25px]] [[Flag of Safiria|Safiria]]<br />
*[[File:Flag of Shurigawa.png|25px]] [[Shurigawa]]<br />
*{{flag|Sirocco}}<br />
*[[File:Smorabandieronaverdescu.png|border|25px]] [[Sovereign Military Roman Hadrian Order|SMORA]]<br />
*[[File:Flag of NKSC.png|border|25px]] [[New Kingdom of Southern California|Southern California]]<br />
*[[File:Sunset Micronation.jpg|25px]] [https://sunset-micronation.webs.com/ Sunset Micronation]<br />
*[[File:UTSHflag.webp|25px]] [https://utsh-govt.yolasite.com/ UTSH]<br />
*[[File:Flag of Varina.png|border|25px]] [[Kingdom of Varina|Varina]]<br />
*[[File:Vetriaflagdesign1.png|border|25px]] [[Vetria]]<br />
*[[File:WUSSR.png|border|25px]] [[Western Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|WUSSR]]<br />
*{{flag|Wyvern}}<br />
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'''Schwanensee''' ('''Swan Lake'''), officially in Esperanto '''la Libera Respubliko de Cignolago''' (Free Republic of Schwanensee'','' formerly ''la Sendependa Libera Kosmopolitisma Respubliko de Cignolago''), was a cosmopolitan meritocracy which declared its main territory on a virtual platform supposedly located in the Arctic Ocean along with several peripheral territories around the globe. As of 2019, the country had a population of 13 and claimed a total area of roughly 750 sqm., with its capital city in ''Novurbo'' (in English: New City).<br />
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Schwanensee was a cosmopolitan meritocracy: its citizens scattered in different parts of the world, meanwhile strictly classified into three social classes: ''Clerici'' (the Scholars), ''Guverans'' (the Administrators), and ''la Popolo'' (the People). These social classes were mainly based on their skills and their own choices on occupation, since every social class would be designated specified occupations or professions. Social class did not depend on one's origin, and every citizen had two opportunities after having acquired their Schwanian citizenship to alter the social class they belonged to. Some of the Schwanian territories, however, chose not to implement the social class system, such as the Autonomous Communist Region of Ruĝflago and the utopian settlements of Elysia.<br />
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The country adopted three universal languages as its official languages, namely Esperanto, Volapük, and Latin, while German, Chinese, and Japanese were some of the unofficial but recognized languages used more widely in daily life among citizens. Each official language was assigned to a specific social class as its sole language, and a language examination (no longer mandatory since October 2019) would be given before a new citizen could be assigned to any of the three social classes. In general, Esperanto served as the language of the people (also for foreign affairs, etc.), Volapük as the language of administration, and Latin as the language of academic research.<br />
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On 25 Dec. 2019, the 4th President of Schwanensee formally declared the dissolution of the country. A possible revival was proposed in late 2023 but was not yet ratified as of yet.<br />
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==History==<br />
===Republic of Ceskonia (2009 - 2011)===<br />
[[File:Ceskonia.PNG|thumb|National flag of Ceskonia|200x200px]]<br />
The history of Schwanensee began with a whimsical idea of its President, Richard C., who created the predecessor of Schwanensee, a cyberstate known as the ''Republic of Ceskonia'', on 26 June 2009 while he was studying abroad in Osnarbrück, Germany. Richard had been well aware of the famous micronations around the globe, yet he was against such hard successionism, which he personally deemed problematic. The booming development of Internet-based micronations at the time, however, had facilitated his creation of a similar simulationist cyberstate, which would not claim any physical territories.<br />
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Hoping to achieve more interested participants, Richard chose to launch the project of the new cyberstate both on a Chinese blogging site similar to Blogspot (now already defunct) and separately on a German webhosting platform - both of which he spoke fluently. To his surprise, he noticed that the Chinese blogging site had already hosted a number of similar cyberstates (known as virtual states). The first cyberstate with which Ceskonia pursued diplomatic relationship was Goryeo Federation, on the same day when Ceskonia was founded (26 June 2009). During the 2-year lifespan of Ceskonia, Richard C., representing the Republic of Ceskonia, eventually built friendly diplomatic relations with more than a hundred of such cyberstates.<br />
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During this time period, most background information on Ceskonia was based purely on fantasy rather than on reality - a typical trend for Chinese virtual states and German-speaking simulationist μnations. Based on the Internet Archive, Ceskonia had its capital city named ''Syldavia'', and Richard also designed national symbols as well as postage stamps and banknotes for his cyberstate. Despite the fact that the latter were never materialized, Ceskonia founded the ''Online Numismatic Museum for Virtual States'' as a separate blog, which was inspired by the ''Finanzmuseum'' of [https://freistaat-fuchsen.de/ Freistaat Fuchsen], a German-speaking μnation. Ceskonia also hosted the 2nd ''CyberOlympics'' and became a founding member of Liberal Union, one of the three international organizations among virtual states at the time.<br />
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As Daniel C. joined Ceskonia as its Prime Minister in 2011, both of the citizens eventually agreed to expand its influence in the sense that Ceskonia should pay more attention to international communication outside of its original platforms in Chinese and German, partly due to a previous notification from the blogging site that its service would soon be suspended. The message had been catastrophic to many virtual states that utilized its service (blogging and message board, etc.), and attempts had been made in prior as to how Ceskonia could survive this: President Richard, who intended to stay connected with other virtual states, launched an Internet forum, whose service was supported by the same company of the blogging site, yet the environment there was quite hostile; Prime Minister Daniel, who favored an international solution, tried on the [https://www.nationstates.net/ NationStates] forum, which led him discovering the [[MicroWiki]] Forum, a platform both of them regarded friendly and feasible.<br />
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===Free Republic of Schwanensee (2011 - 2019)===<br />
[[File:Schwanensee emergencyflag.png|thumb|The upside down national flag used in case of mourning or emergency|200x200px]]<br />
On 10 September 2011, Ceskonia officially renamed itself to ''Zwanenmeer'' (later to its German equivalent ''Schwanensee'') with newly designed national symbols and joined MicroWiki, gradually bidding farewell to its completely simulationist, Internet-based past. Nonetheless, Schwanensee in its early days was still inevitably partly related to personal fantasy (the legacy of which was the Schwanian ''Lomiän'', the virtual platform on which the Schwanian capital was supposed to exist), though reality had also come to play a role in it - It also claimed physical territories in Germany and USA, etc., where its citizens actually lived at the time, and proclaimed German, Chinese, and Schwanian, at first only a script, but later also a separate constructed language, to be its three official languages. Furthermore, banknotes, stamps, and documents were also prepared and produced, with the hope that Schwanensee could more resemble a "real" micronation.<br />
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Before President Richard quit the project unexpectedly in 2013, he and Prime Minister Daniel had attempted to interact with micronations around the globe, not only on MicroWiki forum but also on [[Micras]] and [https://www.mn-marktplatz.de/ MN-Marktplatz], participating in the Micras Expo 2012 and the [[2012 MicroWiki Cup]], etc. Such activity gradually disappeared as more citizens became inactive, resulting in the implementation of the Emergency Act in 2014 dissolving the Schwanian parliament and extending the presidential term indefinitely. The inertia was also accompanied by a halt to the service provided by the Chinese blogging site in 2015, on which the predecessor of Schwanensee, Ceskonia, had been established.<br />
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The country became rather dormant until 2017, when President Daniel reformed the country by implementing uniform and standardizing policies over all of its territories around the globe, meanwhile adopting newly designed national symbols, etc. The social class system was implemented during this time period, followed by the change of official languages to Esperanto, Volapük, and Latin. Furthermore, national paraphernalia were manufactured with much higher quality and issued accordingly: all active citizens could receive their own identity cards and passports - on which they would be given a valid visa once they entered any Schwanian territories - for free as long as they applied for them, and salaries were distributed in [[Schwanian krone|kronen]] as banknotes and coins, which they could use within Schwanian territories for goods. In addition, professionally made Schwanian postage stamps were issued and used on domestic stationeries and international letters sent from Schwanensee to other micronations. The two special regions, ''Elysia'' and ''Ruĝflago'', were also planned at this time in order to test the viability of other possible ideologies.<br />
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Such activity, however, was not accompanied by any increase in population. The population of Schwanensee had decreased to approximately 13 by the year of 2019, while only 3~5 of them remained active in daily affairs. An attempt to revive the country, namely the ''Cyrillization Movement'', occurred in October 2019, during which the country underwent a pro-Soviet transformation: introducing the new coat of arms, adopting liberation theology as its guiding ideology, abolishing many of its meritocratic policies, meanwhile having its official languages written entirely in Cyrillic instead of the Latin alphabet (it was also planned at the time to promote Esperanto as the only official language of the country). The movement ultimately failed, with the remaining few active citizens reaching an accord in Lespedezo to formally dissolve the country on Christmas Day 2019.<br />
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=== Proposed revival (2023) ===<br />
While Schwanensee as a micronation was formally declared as dissolved in 2019, its culture continues to have an important role within its former territories and among some of the former citizens. In late 2023, there have been several propositions to revive the micronation as a simulationist one, but no detailed plans have been published as of yet.<br />
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==Geography==<br />
[[File:Schwanensee micras.png|thumb|Former Schwanian territory on [[Micras]] (map version 14.7.5)]]<br />
The country was divided into four ''Provincoj'' or ''Provins'' (provinces: ''Lomiän, Rubainiän, Smaragainiän, Safirainiän'') and two ''Regionoj'' or ''Ziläks'' (special regions: ''Elysia, Ruĝflago''). The four provinces were further divided into two ''Urboj'' or ''Zifs'' (cities) and seven ''Kantonoj'' or ''Kantons'' (counties). Unlike most countries in the world, Schwanian citizens were not permitted to enter any other Schwanian territories apart from the one that they belong to, unless they had been issued an internal entry visa valid for their destination on their Schwanian passport prior to their journey.<br />
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From February to December 2012, Schwanensee also participated in the [[Micras]] world and claimed a rather small piece of land on the planet. Its territory on Micras resembled the virtual platform of ''Lomiän'' and claimed to have three cities, namely Neustadt (capital city of the Micras territory), Schwarzenfels, and Wessenfels.<br />
===Cities, counties, and regions===<br />
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*'''Novurbo''' was the capital city of the country. It was located on the virtual platform ''Lomiän'', and was the only city within this province. The city had a population of 0.<br />
*'''Leto''' was the largest city of the country. It was located in ''Rubainiän''. As of 2019, it had a population of 3~4, thus the largest city of the country. It was also the former headquarter of Schwanian government (''Bevünetaguveranef'') from 2011 to 2017.<br />
*'''Varenko''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Ravnhaŭso''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' with a population of 2.<br />
*'''Acerrivero''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' in Tokyo, Japan with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Aŭznŝtato''' was located in ''Smaragainiän'' in London, UK with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Sororiso''' was located in ''Smaragainiän'' in Münich, Germany with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Hojro''' was located in ''Safirainiän'' in New York, USA with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Lespedezo''' was located in ''Safirainiän'' in the Midwest of USA with a population of 2~3. It served as the headquarter of Schwanian ''Bevünetaguveranef'' and the Schwanian embassy in USA from 2017 until the dissolution of the country.<br />
*'''Elysia''' was a combination of planned autonomous utopian settlements (also known as phalansteries) within the country. It adopted Elysian, a constructed language, as its sole official language.<br />
*'''Ruĝflago''' was a planned autonomous communist region in which communism with agriculture-based economy would be implemented. Esperanto was the sole official language of the region.<br />
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==Politics==<br />
[[File:Seal schwanensee.png|thumb|Great Seal of the ''Bevünetaguveranef'', the government body of Schwanensee|150x150px]]<br />
[[File:Neuschwanenplatz.png|thumb|2013 elections seats|200x200px]]<br />
[[File:2011 parliament.png|thumb|2011 elections seats|200x200px]]<br />
A cosmopolitan meritocracy, Schwanensee had previously been a parliamentary republic. The country had had a left–right multi-party system: following the 2013 parliamentary election, the biggest parties were the centre-right National Party and the centrist Green Party. Other political parties with seats in the Schwanian parliament (originally named ''Neuschwanenplatz'', now known as ''Nulasvanadail''), were the centre-left Bolshevik Party, etc., while other parties existed on the municipal level. According to the Constitution, parties promoting racism were strictly prohibited in the country.<br />
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Starting from late 2014, the parliament system had been temporarily abandoned due to the Emergency Act in action, which was proposed because of a lack of active citizens for a long time. Since then, the presidential term had been prolonged indefinitely, and the office of Prime Minister was also left unoccupied until a new candidate was appointed in late 2018 by the President. Under the Emergency Act, President also served as Minister for Foreign Affairs, whereas Prime Minister served as Minister for Internal Affairs. The Emergency Act was planned to be lifted during the Cyrillization Movement starting from October 2019, which resulted in the establishment of the '''Provisional Supreme Soviet''' (Cyrillic Esperanto: ''Провизора Супера Совето'') in Lespedezo, yet the attempt ultimately failed due to the dissolution of the country.<br />
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===List of parliamentary parties===<br />
[[File:Flag Schwanian Green Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Green Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag Bolshevik.jpg|border|25px]] '''Bolshevik Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag KMT.jpg|border|25px]] '''National Party'''<br> <br />
[[File:Flag Universalism Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Universalist Party''' <br><br />
[[File:Flag POP.jpg|border|25px]] '''Public Opinion Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag Democratic.PNG|border|25px]] '''Democratic-Libertarian Party'''(1) <br><br />
[[File:Flag Donghak.PNG|border|25px]] '''Cheondoist Party'''(1)<br><br />
[[File:Flag Schwanian Green Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition'''(2)<br><br />
(1): Banned due to their Fascist ideology.<br><br />
(2): Split into two different parties.<br />
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===List of Presidents (''Prezidantoj'' or ''Presidals'')===<br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"<br />
! style="width:3%;" |#<br />
! style="width:20%;" |Picture<br />
!Name<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Took office<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Left office<br />
! style="width:30%;" |Party<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#6495ED"<br />
| bgcolor="#223AA8" |<font color="white">'''1'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Richard C.'''<br />
|11 September 2011<br />
|10 September 2012<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#6495ED"<br />
| bgcolor="#223AA8" |<font color="white">'''2'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Richard C.'''<br />
|11 September 2012<br />
|10 September 2013<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#82D900"<br />
| bgcolor="#548C00" |<font color="white">'''3'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|11 September 2013<br />
|2014<br />
|Green Party<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#D0D0D0"<br />
| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''4'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|2014<br />
|25 December 2019<br />
|''All parties disestablished''<br />
|}<br />
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===List of Prime Ministers (''Kancelieroj'' or ''Lebürals'')===<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"<br />
! style="width:3%;" |#<br />
! style="width:20%;" |Picture<br />
!Name<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Took office<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Left office<br />
! style="width:30%;" |Party<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#82D900"<br />
| bgcolor="#548C00" |<font color="white">'''1'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|11 September 2011<br />
|10 September 2012<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#D0D0D0"<br />
| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''2'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Henry C.'''<br />
|11 September 2012<br />
|10 September 2013<br />
|Nonpartisan<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#FF7575"<br />
| bgcolor="#750000" |<font color="white">'''3'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Wolfgang S.'''<br />
|11 September 2013<br />
|2014<br />
|Bolshevik Party<br />
|- bgcolor="#D0D0D0"<br />
| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''4'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Margaret C.'''<br />
|1 September 2018<br />
|25 December 2019<br />
|''All parties disestablished''<br />
|}<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Flag leto.jpg|National flag displayed in Leto, the largest city of Schwanensee<br />
File:Flag lespedezo.jpg|National flag displayed in Lespedezo, headquarter of the ''Bevünetaguveranef''<br />
File:Schwanian border.jpg|Warning sign on Schwanian border with USA (Lespedezo)<br />
File:Elysia flag.png|Flag of Elysia (obverse) - reverse bearing the regional coat of arms<br />
File:Rugxflago flag.png|Flag of the Autonomous Communist Region of Ruĝflago<br />
File:Nordiccrossdb sch var.png|Flag of Schwanian Mainland, ''Lomiän''<br />
File:Nordiccross sch var.png|Flag of the government of Schwanian Mainland, ''Lomiänaguveranef''<br />
File:Army sch.png|Proposed emblem of the Schwanian Armed Forces<br />
File:Coin1obv.PNG|Coins and banknotes of the [[Schwanian krone]]<br />
File:Banklibro.jpg|Bankbook issued by the Schwanian central bank, [[Schwanian krone|KosmoBanko de Cignolago]]<br />
File:Cignolago stamp.jpg|Schwanian postage stamps featuring Albert Anker's paintings<br />
File:Envelope.jpg|Used envelope bearing a Schwanian stamp and the postmark of Lespedezo<br />
File:Lrc passport.jpg|Four types of Schwanian passports: Official, Diplomatic, Ordinary, Temporary<br />
File:Entryexit stamps lrc.jpg|Entry and exit stamps of Schwanensee stamped on a Schwanian passport<br />
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==Foreign relations==<br />
[[File:Cignolago passport.JPG|thumb|Diplomatic and ordinary passports of Schwanensee bearing the old coat of arms|200x200px]]<br />
[[File:Cignolago passport 2.JPG|thumb|First page of a Schwanian passport|200x200px]]<br />
===Micronational foreign relations===<br />
''Note: excluding virtual states and μnations''<br />
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*[[File:Flag_of_the_Union_of_Artaghe.png|border|25px]] [[Artaghe]]<br />
*[[File:Image.jpg|border|25px]] [[United Kingdom of Chanserly|Chanserly]]<br />
*[[File:Flag of Choseon.png|border|25px]] [[Choseon|Empire of Choseon]]<br />
*[[File:Flag of Duke.png|25px]] [[People's Republic of Duke|Duke]]<br />
*[[File:Bendera Indokistan 3.png|border|25px]] [[Indokistan]]<br />
*{{flag|Juclandia}}<br />
*{{flag|Karnia-Ruthenia}}<br />
*[[File:Republic of Kuhugstan.png|border|25px]] [[Kuhugstan]]<br />
*[[File:Source.png|border|25px]] [[Leylandiistan]]<br />
*[[File:LPRoR Flag.png|25px]] [[Labronic People's Republic of Rosignano|LPRoR]]<br />
*[[File:Kingdom_of_Mahuset_Flag.png|25px]] [[Kingdom of Mahuset|Mahuset]]<br />
*[[File:Mjolnir.png|25px]] [[Volksrepublik Mjölnir|Mjölnir]]<br />
*[[File:Myrotania-flag.jpg|border|25px]] [[Myrotania]]<br />
*[[File:Nova Troie drapeau.jpg|25px]] [https://novatroie.wixsite.com/novatroie NovaTroie]<br />
*[[File:Drapeau 3.png|border|25px]] [[Republic of Padrhom|Padrhom]]<br />
*{{flag|Quixotica|size=25px}}<br />
*[[File:Flag_of_Safiria.png|border|25px]] [[Flag of Safiria|Safiria]]<br />
*[[File:Flag of Shurigawa.png|25px]] [[Shurigawa]]<br />
*{{flag|Sirocco}}<br />
*[[File:Smorabandieronaverdescu.png|border|25px]] [[Sovereign Military Roman Hadrian Order|SMORA]]<br />
*[[File:Flag of NKSC.png|border|25px]] [[New Kingdom of Southern California|Southern California]]<br />
*[[File:Sunset Micronation.jpg|25px]] [https://sunset-micronation.webs.com/ Sunset Micronation]<br />
*[[File:UTSHflag.webp|25px]] [https://utsh-govt.yolasite.com/ UTSH]<br />
*[[File:Flag of Varina.png|border|25px]] [[Kingdom of Varina|Varina]]<br />
*[[File:Vetriaflagdesign1.png|border|25px]] [[Vetria]]<br />
*[[File:WUSSR.png|border|25px]] [[Western Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|WUSSR]]<br />
*{{flag|Wyvern}}<br />
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<div>== Belcity ==<br />
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Sì, d'accordo! Belcity accetta volentieri il mutuale riconoscimento degli Stati. [[User:BELCITY|BELCITY]] ([[User talk:BELCITY|talk]]) 14:33, 2 April 2020 (UTC)<br />
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Il link scritto tutto attaccato [[User:BELCITY|BELCITY]] ([[User talk:BELCITY|talk]]) 07:30, 6 April 2020 (UTC)<br />
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Questo è il link per il canale Telegram di Belcity. [[User:BELCITY|BELCITY]] ([[User talk:BELCITY|talk]]) 13:54, 25 August 2020 (UTC)<br />
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Hi there. The newsfeed is for articles published on external sites such as blogs, not for wiki articles. Also, please respect the admin decision not to host an article which goes into detail about different types of sexual activity. It's just not appropriate. [[User:Austenasia|Austenasia]] ([[User talk:Austenasia|talk]]) 19:51, 12 April 2020 (UTC)<br />
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== Temporary block ==<br />
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If you're going to "revoke recognition" over an administrative wiki decision then I don't think you're mature enough to use this website yet. You must understand that my role as an administrator has absolutely nothing to do with my role as head of state of Austenasia. I'm also a British citizen; are you going to revoke recognition of the UK? Making such a huge fuss over this is just not appropriate. Come back when you've calmed down and grown up. [[User:Austenasia|Austenasia]] ([[User talk:Austenasia|talk]]) 11:54, 13 April 2020 (UTC)<br />
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== UCMM ==<br />
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La LFF vuole unirsi alla UCMM (Unione Calcistica Micronazioni Mondiali)? [[User:BELCITY|BELCITY]] ([[User talk:BELCITY|talk]]) 12:27, 26 May 2020 (UTC)<br />
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==Relazioni diplomatiche==<br />
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[[Talk:Pinang|Ciao, ho letto solo ieri la richiesta di relazioni diplomatiche da parte della vostra micronazione, siamo disponibili ad aprire relazioni diplomatiche con Luxe :-)]]<br />
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== Loid banknotes ==<br />
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Hi there! Sorry for the message - I am a former micronationalist and currently a banknote collector focusing on micronation banknotes (Please feel free to check out my online museum: www.facebook.com/mnbanknotes). I was just browsing through random MicroWiki pages and found out the Loid banknotes issued by Luxe as displayed on the MicroWiki page. May I ask if it is possible to buy a complete set of your banknotes for my personal collection? Thank you!<br><br />
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|conventional_long_name = <big>Libera Respubliko de Cignolago</big> <br>''Repüblik libik Svanalakänik'' <br>''Res Publica Libera Lacus Cygnorum'' <br><br />
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'''Schwanensee''' ('''Swan Lake'''), officially in Esperanto '''la Libera Respubliko de Cignolago''' (Free Republic of Schwanensee'','' formerly ''la Sendependa Libera Kosmopolitisma Respubliko de Cignolago''), was a cosmopolitan meritocracy which declared its main territory on a virtual platform supposedly located in the Arctic Ocean along with several peripheral territories around the globe. As of 2019, the country had a population of 13 and claimed a total area of roughly 750 sqm., with its capital city in ''Novurbo'' (in English: New City).<br />
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Schwanensee was a cosmopolitan meritocracy: its citizens scattered in different parts of the world, meanwhile strictly classified into three social classes: ''Clerici'' (the Scholars), ''Guverans'' (the Administrators), and ''la Popolo'' (the People). These social classes were mainly based on their skills and their own choices on occupation, since every social class would be designated specified occupations or professions. Social class did not depend on one's origin, and every citizen had two opportunities after having acquired their Schwanian citizenship to alter the social class they belonged to. Some of the Schwanian territories, however, chose not to implement the social class system, such as the Autonomous Communist Region of Ruĝflago and the utopian settlements of Elysia.<br />
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The country adopted three universal languages as its official languages, namely Esperanto, Volapük, and Latin, while German, Chinese, and Japanese were some of the unofficial but recognized languages used more widely in daily life among citizens. Each official language was assigned to a specific social class as its sole language, and a language examination (no longer mandatory since October 2019) would be given before a new citizen could be assigned to any of the three social classes. In general, Esperanto served as the language of the people (also for foreign affairs, etc.), Volapük as the language of administration, and Latin as the language of academic research.<br />
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On 25 Dec. 2019, the 4th President of Schwanensee formally declared the dissolution of the country. A possible revival was proposed in late 2023 but was not yet ratified as of yet.<br />
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==History==<br />
===Republic of Ceskonia (2009 - 2011)===<br />
[[File:Ceskonia.PNG|thumb|National flag of Ceskonia|200x200px]]<br />
The history of Schwanensee began with a whimsical idea of its President, Richard C., who created the predecessor of Schwanensee, a cyberstate known as the ''Republic of Ceskonia'', on 26 June 2009 while he was studying abroad in Osnarbrück, Germany. Richard had been well aware of the famous micronations around the globe, yet he was against such hard successionism, which he personally deemed problematic. The booming development of Internet-based micronations at the time, however, had facilitated his creation of a similar simulationist cyberstate, which would not claim any physical territories.<br />
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Hoping to achieve more interested participants, Richard chose to launch the project of the new cyberstate both on a Chinese blogging site similar to Blogspot (now already defunct) and separately on a German webhosting platform - both of which he spoke fluently. To his surprise, he noticed that the Chinese blogging site had already hosted a number of similar cyberstates (known as virtual states). The first cyberstate with which Ceskonia pursued diplomatic relationship was Goryeo Federation, on the same day when Ceskonia was founded (26 June 2009). During the 2-year lifespan of Ceskonia, Richard C., representing the Republic of Ceskonia, eventually built friendly diplomatic relations with more than a hundred of such cyberstates.<br />
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During this time period, most background information on Ceskonia was based purely on fantasy rather than on reality - a typical trend for Chinese virtual states and German-speaking simulationist μnations. Based on the Internet Archive, Ceskonia had its capital city named ''Syldavia'', and Richard also designed national symbols as well as postage stamps and banknotes for his cyberstate. Despite the fact that the latter were never materialized, Ceskonia founded the ''Online Numismatic Museum for Virtual States'' as a separate blog, which was inspired by the ''Finanzmuseum'' of [https://freistaat-fuchsen.de/ Freistaat Fuchsen], a German-speaking μnation. Ceskonia also hosted the 2nd ''CyberOlympics'' and became a founding member of Liberal Union, one of the three international organizations among virtual states at the time.<br />
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As Daniel C. joined Ceskonia as its Prime Minister in 2011, both of the citizens eventually agreed to expand its influence in the sense that Ceskonia should pay more attention to international communication outside of its original platforms in Chinese and German, partly due to a previous notification from the blogging site that its service would soon be suspended. The message had been catastrophic to many virtual states that utilized its service (blogging and message board, etc.), and attempts had been made in prior as to how Ceskonia could survive this: President Richard, who intended to stay connected with other virtual states, launched an Internet forum, whose service was supported by the same company of the blogging site, yet the environment there was quite hostile; Prime Minister Daniel, who favored an international solution, tried on the [https://www.nationstates.net/ NationStates] forum, which led him discovering the [[MicroWiki]] Forum, a platform both of them regarded friendly and feasible.<br />
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===Free Republic of Schwanensee (2011 - 2019)===<br />
[[File:Schwanensee emergencyflag.png|thumb|The upside down national flag used in case of mourning or emergency|200x200px]]<br />
On 10 September 2011, Ceskonia officially renamed itself to ''Zwanenmeer'' (later to its German equivalent ''Schwanensee'') with newly designed national symbols and joined MicroWiki, gradually bidding farewell to its completely simulationist, Internet-based past. Nonetheless, Schwanensee in its early days was still inevitably partly related to personal fantasy (the legacy of which was the Schwanian ''Lomiän'', the virtual platform on which the Schwanian capital was supposed to exist), though reality had also come to play a role in it - It also claimed physical territories in Germany and USA, etc., where its citizens actually lived at the time, and proclaimed German, Chinese, and Schwanian, at first only a script, but later also a separate constructed language, to be its three official languages. Furthermore, banknotes, stamps, and documents were also prepared and produced, with the hope that Schwanensee could more resemble a "real" micronation.<br />
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Before President Richard quit the project unexpectedly in 2013, he and Prime Minister Daniel had attempted to interact with micronations around the globe, not only on MicroWiki forum but also on [[Micras]] and [https://www.mn-marktplatz.de/ MN-Marktplatz], participating in the Micras Expo 2012 and the [[2012 MicroWiki Cup]], etc. Such activity gradually disappeared as more citizens became inactive, resulting in the implementation of the Emergency Act in 2014 dissolving the Schwanian parliament and extending the presidential term indefinitely. The inertia was also accompanied by a halt to the service provided by the Chinese blogging site in 2015, on which the predecessor of Schwanensee, Ceskonia, had been established.<br />
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The country became rather dormant until 2017, when President Daniel reformed the country by implementing uniform and standardizing policies over all of its territories around the globe, meanwhile adopting newly designed national symbols, etc. The social class system was implemented during this time period, followed by the change of official languages to Esperanto, Volapük, and Latin. Furthermore, national paraphernalia were manufactured with much higher quality and issued accordingly: all active citizens could receive their own identity cards and passports - on which they would be given a valid visa once they entered any Schwanian territories - for free as long as they applied for them, and salaries were distributed in [[Schwanian krone|kronen]] as banknotes and coins, which they could use within Schwanian territories for goods. In addition, professionally made Schwanian postage stamps were issued and used on domestic stationeries and international letters sent from Schwanensee to other micronations. The two special regions, ''Elysia'' and ''Ruĝflago'', were also planned at this time in order to test the viability of other possible ideologies.<br />
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Such activity, however, was not accompanied by any increase in population. The population of Schwanensee had decreased to approximately 13 by the year of 2019, while only 3~5 of them remained active in daily affairs. An attempt to revive the country, namely the ''Cyrillization Movement'', occurred in October 2019, during which the country underwent a pro-Soviet transformation: introducing the new coat of arms, adopting liberation theology as its guiding ideology, abolishing many of its meritocratic policies, meanwhile having its official languages written entirely in Cyrillic instead of the Latin alphabet (it was also planned at the time to promote Esperanto as the only official language of the country). The movement ultimately failed, with the remaining few active citizens reaching an accord in Lespedezo to formally dissolve the country on Christmas Day 2019.<br />
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=== Proposed revival (2023) ===<br />
While Schwanensee as a micronation was formally declared as dissolved in 2019, its culture continues to have an important role within its former territories and among some of the former citizens. In late 2023, there have been several propositions to revive the micronation as a simulationist one, but no detailed plans have been published as of yet.<br />
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==Geography==<br />
[[File:Schwanensee micras.png|thumb|Former Schwanian territory on [[Micras]] (map version 14.7.5)]]<br />
The country was divided into four ''Provincoj'' or ''Provins'' (provinces: ''Lomiän, Rubainiän, Smaragainiän, Safirainiän'') and two ''Regionoj'' or ''Ziläks'' (special regions: ''Elysia, Ruĝflago''). The four provinces were further divided into two ''Urboj'' or ''Zifs'' (cities) and seven ''Kantonoj'' or ''Kantons'' (counties). Unlike most countries in the world, Schwanian citizens were not permitted to enter any other Schwanian territories apart from the one that they belong to, unless they had been issued an internal entry visa valid for their destination on their Schwanian passport prior to their journey.<br />
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From February to December 2012, Schwanensee also participated in the [[Micras]] world and claimed a rather small piece of land on the planet. Its territory on Micras resembled the virtual platform of ''Lomiän'' and claimed to have three cities, namely Neustadt (capital city of the Micras territory), Schwarzenfels, and Wessenfels.<br />
===Cities, counties, and regions===<br />
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*'''Novurbo''' was the capital city of the country. It was located on the virtual platform ''Lomiän'', and was the only city within this province. The city had a population of 0.<br />
*'''Leto''' was the largest city of the country. It was located in ''Rubainiän''. As of 2019, it had a population of 3~4, thus the largest city of the country. It was also the former headquarter of Schwanian government (''Bevünetaguveranef'') from 2011 to 2017.<br />
*'''Varenko''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Ravnhaŭso''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' with a population of 2.<br />
*'''Acerrivero''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' in Tokyo, Japan with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Aŭznŝtato''' was located in ''Smaragainiän'' in London, UK with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Sororiso''' was located in ''Smaragainiän'' in Münich, Germany with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Hojro''' was located in ''Safirainiän'' in New York, USA with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Lespedezo''' was located in ''Safirainiän'' in the Midwest of USA with a population of 2~3. It served as the headquarter of Schwanian ''Bevünetaguveranef'' and the Schwanian embassy in USA from 2017 until the dissolution of the country.<br />
*'''Elysia''' was a combination of planned autonomous utopian settlements (also known as phalansteries) within the country. It adopted Elysian, a constructed language, as its sole official language.<br />
*'''Ruĝflago''' was a planned autonomous communist region in which communism with agriculture-based economy would be implemented. Esperanto was the sole official language of the region.<br />
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==Politics==<br />
[[File:Seal schwanensee.png|thumb|Great Seal of the ''Bevünetaguveranef'', the government body of Schwanensee|150x150px]]<br />
[[File:Neuschwanenplatz.png|thumb|2013 elections seats|200x200px]]<br />
[[File:2011 parliament.png|thumb|2011 elections seats|200x200px]]<br />
A cosmopolitan meritocracy, Schwanensee had previously been a parliamentary republic. The country had had a left–right multi-party system: following the 2013 parliamentary election, the biggest parties were the centre-right National Party and the centrist Green Party. Other political parties with seats in the Schwanian parliament (originally named ''Neuschwanenplatz'', now known as ''Nulasvanadail''), were the centre-left Bolshevik Party, etc., while other parties existed on the municipal level. According to the Constitution, parties promoting racism were strictly prohibited in the country.<br />
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Starting from late 2014, the parliament system had been temporarily abandoned due to the Emergency Act in action, which was proposed because of a lack of active citizens for a long time. Since then, the presidential term had been prolonged indefinitely, and the office of Prime Minister was also left unoccupied until a new candidate was appointed in late 2018 by the President. Under the Emergency Act, President also served as Minister for Foreign Affairs, whereas Prime Minister served as Minister for Internal Affairs. The Emergency Act was planned to be lifted during the Cyrillization Movement starting from October 2019, which resulted in the establishment of the '''Provisional Supreme Soviet''' (Cyrillic Esperanto: ''Провизора Супера Совето'') in Lespedezo, yet the attempt ultimately failed due to the dissolution of the country.<br />
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===List of parliamentary parties===<br />
[[File:Flag Schwanian Green Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Green Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag Bolshevik.jpg|border|25px]] '''Bolshevik Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag KMT.jpg|border|25px]] '''National Party'''<br> <br />
[[File:Flag Universalism Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Universalist Party''' <br><br />
[[File:Flag POP.jpg|border|25px]] '''Public Opinion Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag Democratic.PNG|border|25px]] '''Democratic-Libertarian Party'''(1) <br><br />
[[File:Flag Donghak.PNG|border|25px]] '''Cheondoist Party'''(1)<br><br />
[[File:Flag Schwanian Green Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition'''(2)<br><br />
(1): Banned due to their Fascist ideology.<br><br />
(2): Split into two different parties.<br />
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===List of Presidents (''Prezidantoj'' or ''Presidals'')===<br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"<br />
! style="width:3%;" |#<br />
! style="width:20%;" |Picture<br />
!Name<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Took office<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Left office<br />
! style="width:30%;" |Party<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#6495ED"<br />
| bgcolor="#223AA8" |<font color="white">'''1'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Richard C.'''<br />
|11 September 2011<br />
|10 September 2012<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#6495ED"<br />
| bgcolor="#223AA8" |<font color="white">'''2'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Richard C.'''<br />
|11 September 2012<br />
|10 September 2013<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#82D900"<br />
| bgcolor="#548C00" |<font color="white">'''3'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|11 September 2013<br />
|2014<br />
|Green Party<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#D0D0D0"<br />
| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''4'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|2014<br />
|25 December 2019<br />
|''All parties disestablished''<br />
|}<br />
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===List of Prime Ministers (''Kancelieroj'' or ''Lebürals'')===<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"<br />
! style="width:3%;" |#<br />
! style="width:20%;" |Picture<br />
!Name<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Took office<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Left office<br />
! style="width:30%;" |Party<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#82D900"<br />
| bgcolor="#548C00" |<font color="white">'''1'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|11 September 2011<br />
|10 September 2012<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#D0D0D0"<br />
| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''2'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Henry C.'''<br />
|11 September 2012<br />
|10 September 2013<br />
|Nonpartisan<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#FF7575"<br />
| bgcolor="#750000" |<font color="white">'''3'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Wolfgang S.'''<br />
|11 September 2013<br />
|2014<br />
|Bolshevik Party<br />
|- bgcolor="#D0D0D0"<br />
| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''4'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Margaret C.'''<br />
|1 September 2018<br />
|25 December 2019<br />
|''All parties disestablished''<br />
|}<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Flag leto.jpg|National flag displayed in Leto, the largest city of Schwanensee<br />
File:Flag lespedezo.jpg|National flag displayed in Lespedezo, headquarter of the ''Bevünetaguveranef''<br />
File:Schwanian border.jpg|Warning sign on Schwanian border with USA (Lespedezo)<br />
File:Elysia flag.png|Flag of Elysia (obverse) - reverse bearing the regional coat of arms<br />
File:Rugxflago flag.png|Flag of the Autonomous Communist Region of Ruĝflago<br />
File:Nordiccrossdb sch var.png|Flag of Schwanian Mainland, ''Lomiän''<br />
File:Nordiccross sch var.png|Flag of the government of Schwanian Mainland, ''Lomiänaguveranef''<br />
File:Army sch.png|Proposed emblem of the Schwanian Armed Forces<br />
File:Coin1obv.PNG|Coins and banknotes of the [[Schwanian krone]]<br />
File:Banklibro.jpg|Bankbook issued by the Schwanian central bank, [[Schwanian krone|KosmoBanko de Cignolago]]<br />
File:Cignolago stamp.jpg|Schwanian postage stamps featuring Albert Anker's paintings<br />
File:Envelope.jpg|Used envelope bearing a Schwanian stamp and the postmark of Lespedezo<br />
File:Lrc passport.jpg|Four types of Schwanian passports: Official, Diplomatic, Ordinary, Temporary<br />
File:Entryexit stamps lrc.jpg|Entry and exit stamps of Schwanensee stamped on a Schwanian passport<br />
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==Foreign relations==<br />
[[File:Cignolago passport.JPG|thumb|Diplomatic and ordinary passports of Schwanensee bearing the old coat of arms|200x200px]]<br />
[[File:Cignolago passport 2.JPG|thumb|First page of a Schwanian passport|200x200px]]<br />
===Micronational foreign relations===<br />
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*[[File:Flag_of_the_Union_of_Artaghe.png|border|25px]] [[Artaghe]]<br />
*[[File:Image.jpg|border|25px]] [[United Kingdom of Chanserly|Chanserly]]<br />
*[[File:Flag of Choseon.png|border|25px]] [[Choseon|Empire of Choseon]]<br />
*[[File:Flag of Duke.png|25px]] [[People's Republic of Duke|Duke]]<br />
*[[File:Bendera Indokistan 3.png|border|25px]] [[Indokistan]]<br />
*{{flag|Juclandia}}<br />
*{{flag|Karnia-Ruthenia}}<br />
*[[File:Republic of Kuhugstan.png|border|25px]] [[Kuhugstan]]<br />
*[[File:Source.png|border|25px]] [[Leylandiistan]]<br />
*[[File:LPRoR Flag.png|25px]] [[Labronic People's Republic of Rosignano|LPRoR]]<br />
*[[File:Kingdom_of_Mahuset_Flag.png|25px]] [[Kingdom of Mahuset|Mahuset]]<br />
*[[File:Mjolnir.png|25px]] [[Volksrepublik Mjölnir|Mjölnir]]<br />
*[[File:Myrotania-flag.jpg|border|25px]] [[Myrotania]]<br />
*[[File:Nova Troie drapeau.jpg|25px]] [https://novatroie.wixsite.com/novatroie NovaTroie]<br />
*[[File:Drapeau 3.png|border|25px]] [[Republic of Padrhom|Padrhom]]<br />
*{{flag|Quixotica|size=25px}}<br />
*[[File:Flag_of_Safiria.png|border|25px]] [[Flag of Safiria|Safiria]]<br />
*[[File:Flag of Shurigawa.png|25px]] [[Shurigawa]]<br />
*{{flag|Sirocco}}<br />
*[[File:Smorabandieronaverdescu.png|border|25px]] [[Sovereign Military Roman Hadrian Order|SMORA]]<br />
*[[File:Flag of NKSC.png|border|25px]] [[New Kingdom of Southern California|Southern California]]<br />
*[[File:Sunset Micronation.jpg|25px]] [https://sunset-micronation.webs.com/ Sunset Micronation]<br />
*[[File:UTSHflag.webp|25px]] [https://utsh-govt.yolasite.com/ UTSH]<br />
*[[File:Flag of Varina.png|border|25px]] [[Kingdom of Varina|Varina]]<br />
*[[File:Vetriaflagdesign1.png|border|25px]] [[Vetria]]<br />
*[[File:WUSSR.png|border|25px]] [[Western Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|WUSSR]]<br />
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'''Schwanensee''' ('''Swan Lake'''), officially in Esperanto '''la Libera Respubliko de Cignolago''' (Free Republic of Schwanensee'','' formerly ''la Sendependa Libera Kosmopolitisma Respubliko de Cignolago''), was a cosmopolitan meritocracy which declared its main territory on a virtual platform supposedly located in the Arctic Ocean along with several peripheral territories around the globe. As of 2019, the country had a population of 13 and claimed a total area of roughly 750 sqm., with its capital city in ''Novurbo'' (in English: New City).<br />
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Schwanensee was a cosmopolitan meritocracy: its citizens scattered in different parts of the world, meanwhile strictly classified into three social classes: ''Clerici'' (the Scholars), ''Guverans'' (the Administrators), and ''la Popolo'' (the People). These social classes were mainly based on their skills and their own choices on occupation, since every social class would be designated specified occupations or professions. Social class did not depend on one's origin, and every citizen had two opportunities after having acquired their Schwanian citizenship to alter the social class they belonged to. Some of the Schwanian territories, however, chose not to implement the social class system, such as the Autonomous Communist Region of Ruĝflago and the utopian settlements of Elysia.<br />
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The country adopted three universal languages as its official languages, namely Esperanto, Volapük, and Latin, while German, Chinese, and Japanese were some of the unofficial but recognized languages used more widely in daily life among citizens. Each official language was assigned to a specific social class as its sole language, and a language examination (no longer mandatory since October 2019) would be given before a new citizen could be assigned to any of the three social classes. In general, Esperanto served as the language of the people (also for foreign affairs, etc.), Volapük as the language of administration, and Latin as the language of academic research.<br />
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On 25 Dec. 2019, the 4th President of Schwanensee formally declared the dissolution of the country.<br />
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==History==<br />
===Republic of Ceskonia (2009 - 2011)===<br />
[[File:Ceskonia.PNG|thumb|National flag of Ceskonia|200x200px]]<br />
The history of Schwanensee began with a whimsical idea of its President, Richard C., who created the predecessor of Schwanensee, a cyberstate known as the ''Republic of Ceskonia'', on 26 June 2009 while he was studying abroad in Osnarbrück, Germany. Richard had been well aware of the famous micronations around the globe, yet he was against such hard successionism, which he personally deemed problematic. The booming development of Internet-based micronations at the time, however, had facilitated his creation of a similar simulationist cyberstate, which would not claim any physical territories.<br />
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Hoping to achieve more interested participants, Richard chose to launch the project of the new cyberstate both on a Chinese blogging site similar to Blogspot (now already defunct) and separately on a German webhosting platform - both of which he spoke fluently. To his surprise, he noticed that the Chinese blogging site had already hosted a number of similar cyberstates (known as virtual states). The first cyberstate with which Ceskonia pursued diplomatic relationship was Goryeo Federation, on the same day when Ceskonia was founded (26 June 2009). During the 2-year lifespan of Ceskonia, Richard C., representing the Republic of Ceskonia, eventually built friendly diplomatic relations with more than a hundred of such cyberstates.<br />
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During this time period, most background information on Ceskonia was based purely on fantasy rather than on reality - a typical trend for Chinese virtual states and German-speaking simulationist μnations. Based on the Internet Archive, Ceskonia had its capital city named ''Syldavia'', and Richard also designed national symbols as well as postage stamps and banknotes for his cyberstate. Despite the fact that the latter were never materialized, Ceskonia founded the ''Online Numismatic Museum for Virtual States'' as a separate blog, which was inspired by the ''Finanzmuseum'' of [https://freistaat-fuchsen.de/ Freistaat Fuchsen], a German-speaking μnation. Ceskonia also hosted the 2nd ''CyberOlympics'' and became a founding member of Liberal Union, one of the three international organizations among virtual states at the time.<br />
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As Daniel C. joined Ceskonia as its Prime Minister in 2011, both of the citizens eventually agreed to expand its influence in the sense that Ceskonia should pay more attention to international communication outside of its original platforms in Chinese and German, partly due to a previous notification from the blogging site that its service would soon be suspended. The message had been catastrophic to many virtual states that utilized its service (blogging and message board, etc.), and attempts had been made in prior as to how Ceskonia could survive this: President Richard, who intended to stay connected with other virtual states, launched an Internet forum, whose service was supported by the same company of the blogging site, yet the environment there was quite hostile; Prime Minister Daniel, who favored an international solution, tried on the [https://www.nationstates.net/ NationStates] forum, which led him discovering the [[MicroWiki]] Forum, a platform both of them regarded friendly and feasible.<br />
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===Free Republic of Schwanensee (2011 - 2019)===<br />
[[File:Schwanensee emergencyflag.png|thumb|The upside down national flag used in case of mourning or emergency|200x200px]]<br />
On 10 September 2011, Ceskonia officially renamed itself to ''Zwanenmeer'' (later to its German equivalent ''Schwanensee'') with newly designed national symbols and joined MicroWiki, gradually bidding farewell to its completely simulationist, Internet-based past. Nonetheless, Schwanensee in its early days was still inevitably partly related to personal fantasy (the legacy of which was the Schwanian ''Lomiän'', the virtual platform on which the Schwanian capital was supposed to exist), though reality had also come to play a role in it - It also claimed physical territories in Germany and USA, etc., where its citizens actually lived at the time, and proclaimed German, Chinese, and Schwanian, at first only a script, but later also a separate constructed language, to be its three official languages. Furthermore, banknotes, stamps, and documents were also prepared and produced, with the hope that Schwanensee could more resemble a "real" micronation.<br />
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Before President Richard quit the project unexpectedly in 2013, he and Prime Minister Daniel had attempted to interact with micronations around the globe, not only on MicroWiki forum but also on [[Micras]] and [https://www.mn-marktplatz.de/ MN-Marktplatz], participating in the Micras Expo 2012 and the [[2012 MicroWiki Cup]], etc. Such activity gradually disappeared as more citizens became inactive, resulting in the implementation of the Emergency Act in 2014 dissolving the Schwanian parliament and extending the presidential term indefinitely. The inertia was also accompanied by a halt to the service provided by the Chinese blogging site in 2015, on which the predecessor of Schwanensee, Ceskonia, had been established.<br />
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The country became rather dormant until 2017, when President Daniel reformed the country by implementing uniform and standardizing policies over all of its territories around the globe, meanwhile adopting newly designed national symbols, etc. The social class system was implemented during this time period, followed by the change of official languages to Esperanto, Volapük, and Latin. Furthermore, national paraphernalia were manufactured with much higher quality and issued accordingly: all active citizens could receive their own identity cards and passports - on which they would be given a valid visa once they entered any Schwanian territories - for free as long as they applied for them, and salaries were distributed in [[Schwanian krone|kronen]] as banknotes and coins, which they could use within Schwanian territories for goods. In addition, professionally made Schwanian postage stamps were issued and used on domestic stationeries and international letters sent from Schwanensee to other micronations. The two special regions, ''Elysia'' and ''Ruĝflago'', were also planned at this time in order to test the viability of other possible ideologies.<br />
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Such activity, however, was not accompanied by any increase in population. The population of Schwanensee had decreased to approximately 13 by the year of 2019, while only 3~5 of them remained active in daily affairs. An attempt to revive the country, namely the ''Cyrillization Movement'', occurred in October 2019, during which the country underwent a pro-Soviet transformation: introducing the new coat of arms, adopting liberation theology as its guiding ideology, abolishing many of its meritocratic policies, meanwhile having its official languages written entirely in Cyrillic instead of the Latin alphabet (it was also planned at the time to promote Esperanto as the only official language of the country). The movement ultimately failed, with the remaining few active citizens reaching an accord in Lespedezo to formally dissolve the country on Christmas Day 2019.<br />
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==Geography==<br />
[[File:Schwanensee micras.png|thumb|Former Schwanian territory on [[Micras]] (map version 14.7.5)]]<br />
The country was divided into four ''Provincoj'' or ''Provins'' (provinces: ''Lomiän, Rubainiän, Smaragainiän, Safirainiän'') and two ''Regionoj'' or ''Ziläks'' (special regions: ''Elysia, Ruĝflago''). The four provinces were further divided into two ''Urboj'' or ''Zifs'' (cities) and seven ''Kantonoj'' or ''Kantons'' (counties). Unlike most countries in the world, Schwanian citizens were not permitted to enter any other Schwanian territories apart from the one that they belong to, unless they had been issued an internal entry visa valid for their destination on their Schwanian passport prior to their journey.<br />
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From February to December 2012, Schwanensee also participated in the [[Micras]] world and claimed a rather small piece of land on the planet. Its territory on Micras resembled the virtual platform of ''Lomiän'' and claimed to have three cities, namely Neustadt (capital city of the Micras territory), Schwarzenfels, and Wessenfels.<br />
===Cities, counties, and regions===<br />
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*'''Novurbo''' was the capital city of the country. It was located on the virtual platform ''Lomiän'', and was the only city within this province. The city had a population of 0.<br />
*'''Leto''' was the largest city of the country. It was located in ''Rubainiän''. As of 2019, it had a population of 3~4, thus the largest city of the country. It was also the former headquarter of Schwanian government (''Bevünetaguveranef'') from 2011 to 2017.<br />
*'''Varenko''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Ravnhaŭso''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' with a population of 2.<br />
*'''Acerrivero''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' in Tokyo, Japan with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Aŭznŝtato''' was located in ''Smaragainiän'' in London, UK with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Sororiso''' was located in ''Smaragainiän'' in Münich, Germany with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Hojro''' was located in ''Safirainiän'' in New York, USA with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Lespedezo''' was located in ''Safirainiän'' in the Midwest of USA with a population of 2~3. It served as the headquarter of Schwanian ''Bevünetaguveranef'' and the Schwanian embassy in USA from 2017 until the dissolution of the country.<br />
*'''Elysia''' was a combination of planned autonomous utopian settlements (also known as phalansteries) within the country. It adopted Elysian, a constructed language, as its sole official language.<br />
*'''Ruĝflago''' was a planned autonomous communist region in which communism with agriculture-based economy would be implemented. Esperanto was the sole official language of the region.<br />
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==Politics==<br />
[[File:Seal schwanensee.png|thumb|Great Seal of the ''Bevünetaguveranef'', the government body of Schwanensee|150x150px]]<br />
[[File:Neuschwanenplatz.png|thumb|2013 elections seats|200x200px]]<br />
[[File:2011 parliament.png|thumb|2011 elections seats|200x200px]]<br />
A cosmopolitan meritocracy, Schwanensee had previously been a parliamentary republic. The country had had a left–right multi-party system: following the 2013 parliamentary election, the biggest parties were the centre-right National Party and the centrist Green Party. Other political parties with seats in the Schwanian parliament (originally named ''Neuschwanenplatz'', now known as ''Nulasvanadail''), were the centre-left Bolshevik Party, etc., while other parties existed on the municipal level. According to the Constitution, parties promoting racism were strictly prohibited in the country.<br />
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Starting from late 2014, the parliament system had been temporarily abandoned due to the Emergency Act in action, which was proposed because of a lack of active citizens for a long time. Since then, the presidential term had been prolonged indefinitely, and the office of Prime Minister was also left unoccupied until a new candidate was appointed in late 2018 by the President. Under the Emergency Act, President also served as Minister for Foreign Affairs, whereas Prime Minister served as Minister for Internal Affairs. The Emergency Act was planned to be lifted during the Cyrillization Movement starting from October 2019, which resulted in the establishment of the '''Provisional Supreme Soviet''' (Cyrillic Esperanto: ''Провизора Супера Совето'') in Lespedezo, yet the attempt ultimately failed due to the dissolution of the country.<br />
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===List of parliamentary parties===<br />
[[File:Flag Schwanian Green Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Green Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag Bolshevik.jpg|border|25px]] '''Bolshevik Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag KMT.jpg|border|25px]] '''National Party'''<br> <br />
[[File:Flag Universalism Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Universalist Party''' <br><br />
[[File:Flag POP.jpg|border|25px]] '''Public Opinion Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag Democratic.PNG|border|25px]] '''Democratic-Libertarian Party'''(1) <br><br />
[[File:Flag Donghak.PNG|border|25px]] '''Cheondoist Party'''(1)<br><br />
[[File:Flag Schwanian Green Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition'''(2)<br><br />
(1): Banned due to their Fascist ideology.<br><br />
(2): Split into two different parties.<br />
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===List of Presidents (''Prezidantoj'' or ''Presidals'')===<br />
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! style="width:3%;" |#<br />
! style="width:20%;" |Picture<br />
!Name<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Took office<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Left office<br />
! style="width:30%;" |Party<br />
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|- bgcolor="#6495ED"<br />
| bgcolor="#223AA8" |<font color="white">'''1'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Richard C.'''<br />
|11 September 2011<br />
|10 September 2012<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#6495ED"<br />
| bgcolor="#223AA8" |<font color="white">'''2'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Richard C.'''<br />
|11 September 2012<br />
|10 September 2013<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#82D900"<br />
| bgcolor="#548C00" |<font color="white">'''3'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|11 September 2013<br />
|2014<br />
|Green Party<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#D0D0D0"<br />
| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''4'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|2014<br />
|25 December 2019<br />
|''All parties disestablished''<br />
|}<br />
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===List of Prime Ministers (''Kancelieroj'' or ''Lebürals'')===<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"<br />
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! style="width:20%;" |Picture<br />
!Name<br />
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! style="width:13%;" |Left office<br />
! style="width:30%;" |Party<br />
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|- bgcolor="#82D900"<br />
| bgcolor="#548C00" |<font color="white">'''1'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|11 September 2011<br />
|10 September 2012<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#D0D0D0"<br />
| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''2'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Henry C.'''<br />
|11 September 2012<br />
|10 September 2013<br />
|Nonpartisan<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#FF7575"<br />
| bgcolor="#750000" |<font color="white">'''3'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Wolfgang S.'''<br />
|11 September 2013<br />
|2014<br />
|Bolshevik Party<br />
|- bgcolor="#D0D0D0"<br />
| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''4'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Margaret C.'''<br />
|1 September 2018<br />
|25 December 2019<br />
|''All parties disestablished''<br />
|}<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Flag leto.jpg|National flag displayed in Leto, the largest city of Schwanensee<br />
File:Flag lespedezo.jpg|National flag displayed in Lespedezo, headquarter of the ''Bevünetaguveranef''<br />
File:Schwanian border.jpg|Warning sign on Schwanian border with USA (Lespedezo)<br />
File:Elysia flag.png|Flag of Elysia (obverse) - reverse bearing the regional coat of arms<br />
File:Rugxflago flag.png|Flag of the Autonomous Communist Region of Ruĝflago<br />
File:Nordiccrossdb sch var.png|Flag of Schwanian Mainland, ''Lomiän''<br />
File:Nordiccross sch var.png|Flag of the government of Schwanian Mainland, ''Lomiänaguveranef''<br />
File:Army sch.png|Proposed emblem of the Schwanian Armed Forces<br />
File:Coin1obv.PNG|Coins and banknotes of the [[Schwanian krone]]<br />
File:Banklibro.jpg|Bankbook issued by the Schwanian central bank, [[Schwanian krone|KosmoBanko de Cignolago]]<br />
File:Cignolago stamp.jpg|Schwanian postage stamps featuring Albert Anker's paintings<br />
File:Envelope.jpg|Used envelope bearing a Schwanian stamp and the postmark of Lespedezo<br />
File:Lrc passport.jpg|Four types of Schwanian passports: Official, Diplomatic, Ordinary, Temporary<br />
File:Entryexit stamps lrc.jpg|Entry and exit stamps of Schwanensee stamped on a Schwanian passport<br />
</gallery><br />
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==Foreign relations==<br />
[[File:Cignolago passport.JPG|thumb|Diplomatic and ordinary passports of Schwanensee bearing the old coat of arms|200x200px]]<br />
[[File:Cignolago passport 2.JPG|thumb|First page of a Schwanian passport|200x200px]]<br />
===Micronational foreign relations===<br />
''Note: excluding virtual states and μnations''<br />
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*[[File:Flag_of_the_Union_of_Artaghe.png|border|25px]] [[Artaghe]]<br />
*[[File:Image.jpg|border|25px]] [[United Kingdom of Chanserly|Chanserly]]<br />
*[[File:Flag of Choseon.png|border|25px]] [[Choseon|Empire of Choseon]]<br />
*[[File:Flag of Duke.png|25px]] [[People's Republic of Duke|Duke]]<br />
*[[File:Bendera Indokistan 3.png|border|25px]] [[Indokistan]]<br />
*{{flag|Juclandia}}<br />
*{{flag|Karnia-Ruthenia}}<br />
*[[File:Republic of Kuhugstan.png|border|25px]] [[Kuhugstan]]<br />
*[[File:Source.png|border|25px]] [[Leylandiistan]]<br />
*[[File:LPRoR Flag.png|25px]] [[Labronic People's Republic of Rosignano|LPRoR]]<br />
*[[File:Kingdom_of_Mahuset_Flag.png|25px]] [[Kingdom of Mahuset|Mahuset]]<br />
*[[File:Mjolnir.png|25px]] [[Volksrepublik Mjölnir|Mjölnir]]<br />
*[[File:Myrotania-flag.jpg|border|25px]] [[Myrotania]]<br />
*[[File:Nova Troie drapeau.jpg|25px]] [https://novatroie.wixsite.com/novatroie NovaTroie]<br />
*[[File:Drapeau 3.png|border|25px]] [[Republic of Padrhom|Padrhom]]<br />
*{{flag|Quixotica|size=25px}}<br />
*[[File:Flag_of_Safiria.png|border|25px]] [[Flag of Safiria|Safiria]]<br />
*[[File:Flag of Shurigawa.png|25px]] [[Shurigawa]]<br />
*{{flag|Sirocco}}<br />
*[[File:Smorabandieronaverdescu.png|border|25px]] [[Sovereign Military Roman Hadrian Order|SMORA]]<br />
*[[File:Flag of NKSC.png|border|25px]] [[New Kingdom of Southern California|Southern California]]<br />
*[[File:Sunset Micronation.jpg|25px]] [https://sunset-micronation.webs.com/ Sunset Micronation]<br />
*[[File:UTSHflag.webp|25px]] [https://utsh-govt.yolasite.com/ UTSH]<br />
*[[File:Flag of Varina.png|border|25px]] [[Kingdom of Varina|Varina]]<br />
*[[File:Vetriaflagdesign1.png|border|25px]] [[Vetria]]<br />
*[[File:WUSSR.png|border|25px]] [[Western Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|WUSSR]]<br />
*{{flag|Wyvern}}<br />
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'''Schwanensee''' ('''Swan Lake'''), officially in Esperanto '''la Libera Respubliko de Cignolago''' (Free Republic of Schwanensee'','' formerly ''la Sendependa Libera Kosmopolitisma Respubliko de Cignolago''), was a cosmopolitan meritocracy which declared its main territory on a virtual platform supposedly located in the Arctic Ocean along with several peripheral territories around the globe. As of 2019, the country had a population of 13 and claimed a total area of roughly 750 sqm., with its capital city in ''Novurbo'' (in English: New City).<br />
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Schwanensee was a cosmopolitan meritocracy: its citizens scattered in different parts of the world, meanwhile strictly classified into three social classes: ''Clerici'' (the Scholars), ''Guverans'' (the Administrators), and ''la Popolo'' (the People). These social classes were mainly based on their skills and their own choices on occupation, since every social class would be designated specified occupations or professions. Social class did not depend on one's origin, and every citizen had two opportunities after having acquired their Schwanian citizenship to alter the social class they belonged to. Some of the Schwanian territories, however, chose not to implement the social class system, such as the Autonomous Communist Region of Ruĝflago and the utopian settlements of Elysia.<br />
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The country adopted three universal languages as its official languages, namely Esperanto, Volapük, and Latin, while German, Chinese, and Japanese were some of the unofficial but recognized languages used more widely in daily life among citizens. Each official language was assigned to a specific social class as its sole language, and a language examination (no longer mandatory since October 2019) would be given before a new citizen could be assigned to any of the three social classes. In general, Esperanto served as the language of the people (also for foreign affairs, etc.), Volapük as the language of administration, and Latin as the language of academic research.<br />
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On 25 Dec. 2019, the 4th President of Schwanensee formally declared the dissolution of the country.<br />
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==History==<br />
===Republic of Ceskonia (2009 - 2011)===<br />
[[File:Ceskonia.PNG|thumb|National flag of Ceskonia|200x200px]]<br />
The history of Schwanensee began with a whimsical idea of its President, Richard C., who created the predecessor of Schwanensee, a cyberstate known as the ''Republic of Ceskonia'', on 26 June 2009 while he was studying abroad in Osnarbrück, Germany. Richard had been well aware of the famous micronations around the globe, yet he was against such hard successionism, which he personally deemed problematic. The booming development of Internet-based micronations at the time, however, had facilitated his creation of a similar simulationist cyberstate, which would not claim any physical territories.<br />
<br />
Hoping to achieve more interested participants, Richard chose to launch the project of the new cyberstate both on a Chinese blogging site similar to Blogspot (now already defunct) and separately on a German webhosting platform - both of which he spoke fluently. To his surprise, he noticed that the Chinese blogging site had already hosted a number of similar cyberstates (known as virtual states). The first cyberstate with which Ceskonia pursued diplomatic relationship was Goryeo Federation, on the same day when Ceskonia was founded (26 June 2009). During the 2-year lifespan of Ceskonia, Richard C., representing the Republic of Ceskonia, eventually built friendly diplomatic relations with more than a hundred of such cyberstates.<br />
<br />
During this time period, most background information on Ceskonia was based purely on fantasy rather than on reality - a typical trend for Chinese virtual states and German-speaking simulationist μnations. Based on the Internet Archive, Ceskonia had its capital city named ''Syldavia'', and Richard also designed national symbols as well as postage stamps and banknotes for his cyberstate. Despite the fact that the latter were never materialized, Ceskonia founded the ''Online Numismatic Museum for Virtual States'' as a separate blog, which was inspired by the ''Finanzmuseum'' of [https://freistaat-fuchsen.de/ Freistaat Fuchsen], a German-speaking μnation. Ceskonia also hosted the 2nd ''CyberOlympics'' and became a founding member of Liberal Union, one of the three international organizations among virtual states at the time.<br />
<br />
As Daniel C. joined Ceskonia as its Prime Minister in 2011, both of the citizens eventually agreed to expand its influence in the sense that Ceskonia should pay more attention to international communication outside of its original platforms in Chinese and German, partly due to a previous notification from the blogging site that its service would soon be suspended. The message had been catastrophic to many virtual states that utilized its service (blogging and message board, etc.), and attempts had been made in prior as to how Ceskonia could survive this: President Richard, who intended to stay connected with other virtual states, launched an Internet forum, whose service was supported by the same company of the blogging site, yet the environment there was quite hostile; Prime Minister Daniel, who favored an international solution, tried on the [https://www.nationstates.net/ NationStates] forum, which led him discovering the [[MicroWiki]] Forum, a platform both of them regarded friendly and feasible.<br />
<br />
===Free Republic of Schwanensee (2011 - 2019)===<br />
[[File:Schwanensee emergencyflag.png|thumb|The upside down national flag used in case of mourning or emergency|200x200px]]<br />
On 10 September 2011, Ceskonia officially renamed itself to ''Zwanenmeer'' (later to its German equivalent ''Schwanensee'') with newly designed national symbols and joined MicroWiki, gradually bidding farewell to its completely simulationist, Internet-based past. Nonetheless, Schwanensee in its early days was still inevitably partly related to personal fantasy (the legacy of which was the Schwanian ''Lomiän'', the virtual platform on which the Schwanian capital was supposed to exist), though reality had also come to play a role in it - It also claimed physical territories in Germany and USA, etc., where its citizens actually lived at the time, and proclaimed German, Chinese, and Schwanian, at first only a script, but later also a separate constructed language, to be its three official languages. Furthermore, banknotes, stamps, and documents were also prepared and produced, with the hope that Schwanensee could more resemble a "real" micronation.<br />
<br />
Before President Richard quit the project unexpectedly in 2013, he and Prime Minister Daniel had attempted to interact with micronations around the globe, not only on MicroWiki forum but also on [[Micras]] and [https://www.mn-marktplatz.de/ MN-Marktplatz], participating in the Micras Expo 2012 and the [[2012 MicroWiki Cup]], etc. Such activity gradually disappeared as more citizens became inactive, resulting in the implementation of the Emergency Act in 2014 dissolving the Schwanian parliament and extending the presidential term indefinitely. The inertia was also accompanied by a halt to the service provided by the Chinese blogging site in 2015, on which the predecessor of Schwanensee, Ceskonia, had been established.<br />
<br />
The country became rather dormant until 2017, when President Daniel reformed the country by implementing uniform and standardizing policies over all of its territories around the globe, meanwhile adopting newly designed national symbols, etc. The social class system was implemented during this time period, followed by the change of official languages to Esperanto, Volapük, and Latin. Furthermore, national paraphernalia were manufactured with much higher quality and issued accordingly: all active citizens could receive their own identity cards and passports - on which they would be given a valid visa once they entered any Schwanian territories - for free as long as they applied for them, and salaries were distributed in [[Schwanian krone|kronen]] as banknotes and coins, which they could use within Schwanian territories for goods. In addition, professionally made Schwanian postage stamps were issued and used on domestic stationeries and international letters sent from Schwanensee to other micronations. The two special regions, ''Elysia'' and ''Ruĝflago'', were also planned at this time in order to test the viability of other possible ideologies.<br />
<br />
Such activity, however, was not accompanied by any increase in population. The population of Schwanensee had decreased to approximately 13 by the year of 2019, while only 3~5 of them remained active in daily affairs. An attempt to revive the country, namely the ''Cyrillization Movement'', occurred in October 2019, during which the country underwent a pro-Soviet transformation: introducing the new coat of arms, adopting liberation theology as its guiding ideology, abolishing many of its meritocratic policies, meanwhile having its official languages written entirely in Cyrillic instead of the Latin alphabet (it was also planned at the time to promote Esperanto as the only official language of the country). The movement ultimately failed, with the remaining few active citizens reaching an accord in Lespedezo to formally dissolve the country on Christmas Day 2019.<br />
<br />
==Geography==<br />
[[File:Schwanensee micras.png|thumb|Former Schwanian territory on [[Micras]] (map version 14.7.5)]]<br />
The country was divided into four ''Provincoj'' or ''Provins'' (provinces: ''Lomiän, Rubainiän, Smaragainiän, Safirainiän'') and two ''Regionoj'' or ''Ziläks'' (special regions: ''Elysia, Ruĝflago''). The four provinces were further divided into two ''Urboj'' or ''Zifs'' (cities) and seven ''Kantonoj'' or ''Kantons'' (counties). Unlike most countries in the world, Schwanian citizens were not permitted to enter any other Schwanian territories apart from the one that they belong to, unless they had been issued an internal entry visa valid for their destination on their Schwanian passport prior to their journey.<br />
<br />
From February to December 2012, Schwanensee also participated in the [[Micras]] world and claimed a rather small piece of land on the planet. Its territory on Micras resembled the virtual platform of ''Lomiän'' and claimed to have three cities, namely Neustadt (capital city of the Micras territory), Schwarzenfels, and Wessenfels.<br />
===Cities, counties, and regions===<br />
<br />
*'''Novurbo''' was the capital city of the country. It was located on the virtual platform ''Lomiän'', and was the only city within this province. The city had a population of 0.<br />
*'''Leto''' was the largest city of the country. It was located in ''Rubainiän''. As of 2019, it had a population of 3~4, thus the largest city of the country. It was also the former headquarter of Schwanian government (''Bevünetaguveranef'') from 2011 to 2017.<br />
*'''Varenko''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Ravnhaŭso''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' with a population of 2.<br />
*'''Acerrivero''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' in Tokyo, Japan with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Aŭznŝtato''' was located in ''Smaragainiän'' in London, UK with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Sororiso''' was located in ''Smaragainiän'' in Münich, Germany with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Hojro''' was located in ''Safirainiän'' in New York, USA with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Lespedezo''' was located in ''Safirainiän'' in the Midwest of USA with a population of 2~3. It served as the headquarter of Schwanian ''Bevünetaguveranef'' and the Schwanian embassy in USA from 2017 until the dissolution of the country.<br />
*'''Elysia''' was a combination of planned autonomous utopian settlements (also known as phalansteries) within the country. It adopted Elysian, a constructed language, as its sole official language.<br />
*'''Ruĝflago''' was a planned autonomous communist region in which communism with agriculture-based economy would be implemented. Esperanto was the sole official language of the region.<br />
<br />
==Politics==<br />
[[File:Seal schwanensee.png|thumb|Great Seal of the ''Bevünetaguveranef'', the government body of Schwanensee|150x150px]]<br />
[[File:Neuschwanenplatz.png|thumb|2013 elections seats|200x200px]]<br />
[[File:2011 parliament.png|thumb|2011 elections seats|200x200px]]<br />
A cosmopolitan meritocracy, Schwanensee had previously been a parliamentary republic. The country had had a left–right multi-party system: following the 2013 parliamentary election, the biggest parties were the centre-right National Party and the centrist Green Party. Other political parties with seats in the Schwanian parliament (originally named ''Neuschwanenplatz'', now known as ''Nulasvanadail''), were the centre-left Bolshevik Party, etc., while other parties existed on the municipal level. According to the Constitution, parties promoting racism were strictly prohibited in the country.<br />
<br />
Starting from late 2014, the parliament system had been temporarily abandoned due to the Emergency Act in action, which was proposed because of a lack of active citizens for a long time. Since then, the presidential term had been prolonged indefinitely, and the office of Prime Minister was also left unoccupied until a new candidate was appointed in late 2018 by the President. Under the Emergency Act, President also served as Minister for Foreign Affairs, whereas Prime Minister served as Minister for Internal Affairs. The Emergency Act was planned to be lifted during the Cyrillization Movement starting from October 2019, which resulted in the establishment of the '''Provisional Supreme Soviet''' (Cyrillic Esperanto: ''Провизора Супера Совето'') in Lespedezo, yet the attempt ultimately failed due to the dissolution of the country.<br />
<br />
===List of parliamentary parties===<br />
[[File:Flag Schwanian Green Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Green Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag Bolshevik.jpg|border|25px]] '''Bolshevik Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag KMT.jpg|border|25px]] '''National Party'''<br> <br />
[[File:Flag Universalism Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Universalist Party''' <br><br />
[[File:Flag POP.jpg|border|25px]] '''Public Opinion Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag Democratic.PNG|border|25px]] '''Democratic-Libertarian Party'''(1) <br><br />
[[File:Flag Donghak.PNG|border|25px]] '''Cheondoist Party'''(1)<br><br />
[[File:Flag Schwanian Green Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition'''(2)<br><br />
(1): Banned due to their Fascist ideology.<br><br />
(2): Split into two different parties.<br />
<br />
===List of Presidents (''Prezidantoj'' or ''Presidals'')===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"<br />
! style="width:3%;" |#<br />
! style="width:20%;" |Picture<br />
!Name<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Took office<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Left office<br />
! style="width:30%;" |Party<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#6495ED"<br />
| bgcolor="#223AA8" |<font color="white">'''1'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Richard C.'''<br />
|11 September 2011<br />
|10 September 2012<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#6495ED"<br />
| bgcolor="#223AA8" |<font color="white">'''2'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Richard C.'''<br />
|11 September 2012<br />
|10 September 2013<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#82D900"<br />
| bgcolor="#548C00" |<font color="white">'''3'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|11 September 2013<br />
|2014<br />
|Green Party<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#D0D0D0"<br />
| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''4'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|2014<br />
|25 December 2019<br />
|''All parties disestablished''<br />
|}<br />
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===List of Prime Ministers (''Kancelieroj'' or ''Lebürals'')===<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"<br />
! style="width:3%;" |#<br />
! style="width:20%;" |Picture<br />
!Name<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Took office<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Left office<br />
! style="width:30%;" |Party<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#82D900"<br />
| bgcolor="#548C00" |<font color="white">'''1'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|11 September 2011<br />
|10 September 2012<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#D0D0D0"<br />
| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''2'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Henry C.'''<br />
|11 September 2012<br />
|10 September 2013<br />
|Nonpartisan<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#FF7575"<br />
| bgcolor="#750000" |<font color="white">'''3'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Wolfgang S.'''<br />
|11 September 2013<br />
|2014<br />
|Bolshevik Party<br />
|- bgcolor="#D0D0D0"<br />
| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''4'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Margaret C.'''<br />
|1 September 2018<br />
|25 December 2019<br />
|''All parties disestablished''<br />
|}<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Flag leto.jpg|National flag displayed in Leto, the largest city of Schwanensee<br />
File:Flag lespedezo.jpg|National flag displayed in Lespedezo, headquarter of the ''Bevünetaguveranef''<br />
File:Schwanian border.jpg|Warning sign on Schwanian border with USA (Lespedezo)<br />
File:Elysia flag.png|Flag of Elysia (obverse) - reverse bearing the regional coat of arms<br />
File:Rugxflago flag.png|Flag of the Autonomous Communist Region of Ruĝflago<br />
File:Nordiccrossdb sch var.png|Flag of Schwanian Mainland, ''Lomiän''<br />
File:Nordiccross sch var.png|Flag of the government of Schwanian Mainland, ''Lomiänaguveranef''<br />
File:Army sch.png|Proposed emblem of the Schwanian Armed Forces<br />
File:Coin1obv.PNG|Coins and banknotes of the [[Schwanian krone]]<br />
File:Banklibro.jpg|Bankbook issued by the Schwanian central bank, [[Schwanian krone|KosmoBanko de Cignolago]]<br />
File:Cignolago stamp.jpg|Schwanian postage stamps featuring Albert Anker's paintings<br />
File:Envelope.jpg|Used envelope bearing a Schwanian stamp and the postmark of Lespedezo<br />
File:Lrc passport.jpg|Four types of Schwanian passports: Official, Diplomatic, Ordinary, Temporary<br />
File:Entryexit stamps lrc.jpg|Entry and exit stamps of Schwanensee stamped on a Schwanian passport<br />
</gallery><br />
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==Foreign relations==<br />
[[File:Cignolago passport.JPG|thumb|Diplomatic and ordinary passports of Schwanensee bearing the old coat of arms|200x200px]]<br />
[[File:Cignolago passport 2.JPG|thumb|First page of a Schwanian passport|200x200px]]<br />
===Micronational foreign relations===<br />
''Note: excluding virtual states and μnations''<br />
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*[[File:Flag_of_the_Union_of_Artaghe.png|border|25px]] [[Artaghe]]<br />
*[[File:Image.jpg|border|25px]] [[United Kingdom of Chanserly|Chanserly]]<br />
*[[File:Flag of Choseon.png|border|25px]] [[Choseon|Empire of Choseon]]<br />
*[[File:Flag of Duke.png|25px]] [[People's Republic of Duke|Duke]]<br />
*[[File:Bendera Indokistan 3.png|border|25px]] [[Indokistan]]<br />
*{{flag|Juclandia}}<br />
*{{flag|Karnia-Ruthenia}}<br />
*[[File:Republic of Kuhugstan.png|border|25px]] [[Kuhugstan]]<br />
*[[File:Source.png|border|25px]] [[Leylandiistan]]<br />
*[[File:LPRoR Flag.png|25px]] [[Labronic People's Republic of Rosignano|LPRoR]]<br />
*[[File:Kingdom_of_Mahuset_Flag.png|25px]] [[Kingdom of Mahuset|Mahuset]]<br />
*[[File:Myrotania-flag.jpg|border|25px]] [[Myrotania]]<br />
*[[File:Nova Troie drapeau.jpg|25px]] [https://novatroie.wixsite.com/novatroie NovaTroie]<br />
*[[File:Drapeau 3.png|border|25px]] [[Republic of Padrhom|Padrhom]]<br />
*{{flag|Quixotica|size=25px}}<br />
*[[File:Flag_of_Safiria.png|border|25px]] [[Flag of Safiria|Safiria]]<br />
*[[File:Flag of Shurigawa.png|25px]] [[Shurigawa]]<br />
*{{flag|Sirocco}}<br />
*[[File:Smorabandieronaverdescu.png|border|25px]] [[Sovereign Military Roman Hadrian Order|SMORA]]<br />
*[[File:Flag of NKSC.png|border|25px]] [[New Kingdom of Southern California|Southern California]]<br />
*[[File:Sunset Micronation.jpg|25px]] [https://sunset-micronation.webs.com/ Sunset Micronation]<br />
*[[File:UTSHflag.webp|25px]] [https://utsh-govt.yolasite.com/ UTSH]<br />
*[[File:Flag of Varina.png|border|25px]] [[Kingdom of Varina|Varina]]<br />
*[[File:Vetriaflagdesign1.png|border|25px]] [[Vetria]]<br />
*[[File:WUSSR.png|border|25px]] [[Western Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|WUSSR]]<br />
*{{flag|Wyvern}}<br />
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'''Schwanensee''' ('''Swan Lake'''), officially in Esperanto '''la Libera Respubliko de Cignolago''' (Free Republic of Schwanensee'','' formerly ''la Sendependa Libera Kosmopolitisma Respubliko de Cignolago''), was a cosmopolitan meritocracy which declared its main territory on a virtual platform supposedly located in the Arctic Ocean along with several peripheral territories around the globe. As of 2019, the country had a population of 13 and claimed a total area of roughly 750 sqm., with its capital city in ''Novurbo'' (in English: New City).<br />
<br />
Schwanensee was a cosmopolitan meritocracy: its citizens scattered in different parts of the world, meanwhile strictly classified into three social classes: ''Clerici'' (the Scholars), ''Guverans'' (the Administrators), and ''la Popolo'' (the People). These social classes were mainly based on their skills and their own choices on occupation, since every social class would be designated specified occupations or professions. Social class did not depend on one's origin, and every citizen had two opportunities after having acquired their Schwanian citizenship to alter the social class they belonged to. Some of the Schwanian territories, however, chose not to implement the social class system, such as the Autonomous Communist Region of Ruĝflago and the utopian settlements of Elysia.<br />
<br />
The country adopted three universal languages as its official languages, namely Esperanto, Volapük, and Latin, while German, Chinese, and Japanese were some of the unofficial but recognized languages used more widely in daily life among citizens. Each official language was assigned to a specific social class as its sole language, and a language examination (no longer mandatory since October 2019) would be given before a new citizen could be assigned to any of the three social classes. In general, Esperanto served as the language of the people (also for foreign affairs, etc.), Volapük as the language of administration, and Latin as the language of academic research.<br />
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On 25 Dec. 2019, the 4th President of Schwanensee formally declared the dissolution of the country.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
===Republic of Ceskonia (2009 - 2011)===<br />
[[File:Ceskonia.PNG|thumb|National flag of Ceskonia|200x200px]]<br />
The history of Schwanensee began with a whimsical idea of its President, Richard C., who created the predecessor of Schwanensee, a cyberstate known as the ''Republic of Ceskonia'', on 26 June 2009 while he was studying abroad in Osnarbrück, Germany. Richard had been well aware of the famous micronations around the globe, yet he was against such hard successionism, which he personally deemed problematic. The booming development of Internet-based micronations at the time, however, had facilitated his creation of a similar simulationist cyberstate, which would not claim any physical territories.<br />
<br />
Hoping to achieve more interested participants, Richard chose to launch the project of the new cyberstate both on a Chinese blogging site similar to Blogspot (now already defunct) and separately on a German webhosting platform - both of which he spoke fluently. To his surprise, he noticed that the Chinese blogging site had already hosted a number of similar cyberstates (known as virtual states). The first cyberstate with which Ceskonia pursued diplomatic relationship was Goryeo Federation, on the same day when Ceskonia was founded (26 June 2009). During the 2-year lifespan of Ceskonia, Richard C., representing the Republic of Ceskonia, eventually built friendly diplomatic relations with more than a hundred of such cyberstates.<br />
<br />
During this time period, most background information on Ceskonia was based purely on fantasy rather than on reality - a typical trend for Chinese virtual states and German-speaking simulationist μnations. Based on the Internet Archive, Ceskonia had its capital city named ''Syldavia'', and Richard also designed national symbols as well as postage stamps and banknotes for his cyberstate. Despite the fact that the latter were never materialized, Ceskonia founded the ''Online Numismatic Museum for Virtual States'' as a separate blog, which was inspired by the ''Finanzmuseum'' of [https://freistaat-fuchsen.de/ Freistaat Fuchsen], a German-speaking μnation. Ceskonia also hosted the 2nd ''CyberOlympics'' and became a founding member of Liberal Union, one of the three international organizations among virtual states at the time.<br />
<br />
As Daniel C. joined Ceskonia as its Prime Minister in 2011, both of the citizens eventually agreed to expand its influence in the sense that Ceskonia should pay more attention to international communication outside of its original platforms in Chinese and German, partly due to a previous notification from the blogging site that its service would soon be suspended. The message had been catastrophic to many virtual states that utilized its service (blogging and message board, etc.), and attempts had been made in prior as to how Ceskonia could survive this: President Richard, who intended to stay connected with other virtual states, launched an Internet forum, whose service was supported by the same company of the blogging site, yet the environment there was quite hostile; Prime Minister Daniel, who favored an international solution, tried on the [https://www.nationstates.net/ NationStates] forum, which led him discovering the [[MicroWiki]] Forum, a platform both of them regarded friendly and feasible.<br />
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===Free Republic of Schwanensee (2011 - 2019)===<br />
[[File:Schwanensee emergencyflag.png|thumb|The upside down national flag used in case of mourning or emergency|200x200px]]<br />
On 10 September 2011, Ceskonia officially renamed itself to ''Zwanenmeer'' (later to its German equivalent ''Schwanensee'') with newly designed national symbols and joined MicroWiki, gradually bidding farewell to its completely simulationist, Internet-based past. Nonetheless, Schwanensee in its early days was still inevitably partly related to personal fantasy (the legacy of which was the Schwanian ''Lomiän'', the virtual platform on which the Schwanian capital was supposed to exist), though reality had also come to play a role in it - It also claimed physical territories in Germany and USA, etc., where its citizens actually lived at the time, and proclaimed German, Chinese, and Schwanian, at first only a script, but later also a separate constructed language, to be its three official languages. Furthermore, banknotes, stamps, and documents were also prepared and produced, with the hope that Schwanensee could more resemble a "real" micronation.<br />
<br />
Before President Richard quit the project unexpectedly in 2013, he and Prime Minister Daniel had attempted to interact with micronations around the globe, not only on MicroWiki forum but also on [[Micras]] and [https://www.mn-marktplatz.de/ MN-Marktplatz], participating in the Micras Expo 2012 and the [[2012 MicroWiki Cup]], etc. Such activity gradually disappeared as more citizens became inactive, resulting in the implementation of the Emergency Act in 2014 dissolving the Schwanian parliament and extending the presidential term indefinitely. The inertia was also accompanied by a halt to the service provided by the Chinese blogging site in 2015, on which the predecessor of Schwanensee, Ceskonia, had been established.<br />
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The country became rather dormant until 2017, when President Daniel reformed the country by implementing uniform and standardizing policies over all of its territories around the globe, meanwhile adopting newly designed national symbols, etc. The social class system was implemented during this time period, followed by the change of official languages to Esperanto, Volapük, and Latin. Furthermore, national paraphernalia were manufactured with much higher quality and issued accordingly: all active citizens could receive their own identity cards and passports - on which they would be given a valid visa once they entered any Schwanian territories - for free as long as they applied for them, and salaries were distributed in [[Schwanian krone|kronen]] as banknotes and coins, which they could use within Schwanian territories for goods. In addition, professionally made Schwanian postage stamps were issued and used on domestic stationeries and international letters sent from Schwanensee to other micronations. The two special regions, ''Elysia'' and ''Ruĝflago'', were also planned at this time in order to test the viability of other possible ideologies.<br />
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Such activity, however, was not accompanied by any increase in population. The population of Schwanensee had decreased to approximately 13 by the year of 2019, while only 3~5 of them remained active in daily affairs. An attempt to revive the country, namely the ''Cyrillization Movement'', occurred in October 2019, during which the country underwent a pro-Soviet transformation: introducing the new coat of arms, adopting liberation theology as its guiding ideology, abolishing many of its meritocratic policies, meanwhile having its official languages written entirely in Cyrillic instead of the Latin alphabet (it was also planned at the time to promote Esperanto as the only official language of the country). The movement ultimately failed, with the remaining few active citizens reaching an accord in Lespedezo to formally dissolve the country on Christmas Day 2019.<br />
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==Geography==<br />
[[File:Schwanensee micras.png|thumb|Former Schwanian territory on [[Micras]] (map version 14.7.5)]]<br />
The country was divided into four ''Provincoj'' or ''Provins'' (provinces: ''Lomiän, Rubainiän, Smaragainiän, Safirainiän'') and two ''Regionoj'' or ''Ziläks'' (special regions: ''Elysia, Ruĝflago''). The four provinces were further divided into two ''Urboj'' or ''Zifs'' (cities) and seven ''Kantonoj'' or ''Kantons'' (counties). Unlike most countries in the world, Schwanian citizens were not permitted to enter any other Schwanian territories apart from the one that they belong to, unless they had been issued an internal entry visa valid for their destination on their Schwanian passport prior to their journey.<br />
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From February to December 2012, Schwanensee also participated in the [[Micras]] world and claimed a rather small piece of land on the planet. Its territory on Micras resembled the virtual platform of ''Lomiän'' and claimed to have three cities, namely Neustadt (capital city of the Micras territory), Schwarzenfels, and Wessenfels.<br />
===Cities, counties, and regions===<br />
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*'''Novurbo''' was the capital city of the country. It was located on the virtual platform ''Lomiän'', and was the only city within this province. The city had a population of 0.<br />
*'''Leto''' was the largest city of the country. It was located in ''Rubainiän''. As of 2019, it had a population of 3~4, thus the largest city of the country. It was also the former headquarter of Schwanian government (''Bevünetaguveranef'') from 2011 to 2017.<br />
*'''Varenko''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Ravnhaŭso''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' with a population of 2.<br />
*'''Acerrivero''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' in Tokyo, Japan with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Aŭznŝtato''' was located in ''Smaragainiän'' in London, UK with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Sororiso''' was located in ''Smaragainiän'' in Münich, Germany with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Hojro''' was located in ''Safirainiän'' in New York, USA with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Lespedezo''' was located in ''Safirainiän'' in the Midwest of USA with a population of 2~3. It served as the headquarter of Schwanian ''Bevünetaguveranef'' and the Schwanian embassy in USA from 2017 until the dissolution of the country.<br />
*'''Elysia''' was a combination of planned autonomous utopian settlements (also known as phalansteries) within the country. It adopted Elysian, a constructed language, as its sole official language.<br />
*'''Ruĝflago''' was a planned autonomous communist region in which communism with agriculture-based economy would be implemented. Esperanto was the sole official language of the region.<br />
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==Politics==<br />
[[File:Seal schwanensee.png|thumb|Great Seal of the ''Bevünetaguveranef'', the government body of Schwanensee|150x150px]]<br />
[[File:Neuschwanenplatz.png|thumb|2013 elections seats|200x200px]]<br />
[[File:2011 parliament.png|thumb|2011 elections seats|200x200px]]<br />
A cosmopolitan meritocracy, Schwanensee had previously been a parliamentary republic. The country had had a left–right multi-party system: following the 2013 parliamentary election, the biggest parties were the centre-right National Party and the centrist Green Party. Other political parties with seats in the Schwanian parliament (originally named ''Neuschwanenplatz'', now known as ''Nulasvanadail''), were the centre-left Bolshevik Party, etc., while other parties existed on the municipal level. According to the Constitution, parties promoting racism were strictly prohibited in the country.<br />
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Starting from late 2014, the parliament system had been temporarily abandoned due to the Emergency Act in action, which was proposed because of a lack of active citizens for a long time. Since then, the presidential term had been prolonged indefinitely, and the office of Prime Minister was also left unoccupied until a new candidate was appointed in late 2018 by the President. Under the Emergency Act, President also served as Minister for Foreign Affairs, whereas Prime Minister served as Minister for Internal Affairs. The Emergency Act was planned to be lifted during the Cyrillization Movement starting from October 2019, which resulted in the establishment of the '''Provisional Supreme Soviet''' (Cyrillic Esperanto: ''Провизора Супера Совето'') in Lespedezo, yet the attempt ultimately failed due to the dissolution of the country.<br />
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===List of parliamentary parties===<br />
[[File:Flag Schwanian Green Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Green Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag Bolshevik.jpg|border|25px]] '''Bolshevik Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag KMT.jpg|border|25px]] '''National Party'''<br> <br />
[[File:Flag Universalism Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Universalist Party''' <br><br />
[[File:Flag POP.jpg|border|25px]] '''Public Opinion Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag Democratic.PNG|border|25px]] '''Democratic-Libertarian Party'''(1) <br><br />
[[File:Flag Donghak.PNG|border|25px]] '''Cheondoist Party'''(1)<br><br />
[[File:Flag Schwanian Green Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition'''(2)<br><br />
(1): Banned due to their Fascist ideology.<br><br />
(2): Split into two different parties.<br />
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===List of Presidents (''Prezidantoj'' or ''Presidals'')===<br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"<br />
! style="width:3%;" |#<br />
! style="width:20%;" |Picture<br />
!Name<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Took office<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Left office<br />
! style="width:30%;" |Party<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#6495ED"<br />
| bgcolor="#223AA8" |<font color="white">'''1'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Richard C.'''<br />
|11 September 2011<br />
|10 September 2012<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#6495ED"<br />
| bgcolor="#223AA8" |<font color="white">'''2'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Richard C.'''<br />
|11 September 2012<br />
|10 September 2013<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#82D900"<br />
| bgcolor="#548C00" |<font color="white">'''3'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|11 September 2013<br />
|2014<br />
|Green Party<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#D0D0D0"<br />
| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''4'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|2014<br />
|25 December 2019<br />
|''All parties disestablished''<br />
|}<br />
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===List of Prime Ministers (''Kancelieroj'' or ''Lebürals'')===<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"<br />
! style="width:3%;" |#<br />
! style="width:20%;" |Picture<br />
!Name<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Took office<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Left office<br />
! style="width:30%;" |Party<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#82D900"<br />
| bgcolor="#548C00" |<font color="white">'''1'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|11 September 2011<br />
|10 September 2012<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#D0D0D0"<br />
| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''2'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Henry C.'''<br />
|11 September 2012<br />
|10 September 2013<br />
|Nonpartisan<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#FF7575"<br />
| bgcolor="#750000" |<font color="white">'''3'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Wolfgang S.'''<br />
|11 September 2013<br />
|2014<br />
|Bolshevik Party<br />
|- bgcolor="#D0D0D0"<br />
| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''4'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Margaret C.'''<br />
|1 September 2018<br />
|25 December 2019<br />
|''All parties disestablished''<br />
|}<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Flag leto.jpg|National flag displayed in Leto, the largest city of Schwanensee<br />
File:Flag lespedezo.jpg|National flag displayed in Lespedezo, headquarter of the ''Bevünetaguveranef''<br />
File:Schwanian border.jpg|Warning sign on Schwanian border with USA (Lespedezo)<br />
File:Elysia flag.png|Flag of Elysia (obverse) - reverse bearing the regional coat of arms<br />
File:Rugxflago flag.png|Flag of the Autonomous Communist Region of Ruĝflago<br />
File:Nordiccrossdb sch var.png|Flag of Schwanian Mainland, ''Lomiän''<br />
File:Nordiccross sch var.png|Flag of the government of Schwanian Mainland, ''Lomiänaguveranef''<br />
File:Army sch.png|Proposed emblem of the Schwanian Armed Forces<br />
File:Coin1obv.PNG|Coins and banknotes of the [[Schwanian krone]]<br />
File:Banklibro.jpg|Bankbook issued by the Schwanian central bank, [[Schwanian krone|KosmoBanko de Cignolago]]<br />
File:Cignolago stamp.jpg|Schwanian postage stamps featuring Albert Anker's paintings<br />
File:Envelope.jpg|Used envelope bearing a Schwanian stamp and the postmark of Lespedezo<br />
File:Lrc passport.jpg|Four types of Schwanian passports: Official, Diplomatic, Ordinary, Temporary<br />
File:Entryexit stamps lrc.jpg|Entry and exit stamps of Schwanensee stamped on a Schwanian passport<br />
</gallery><br />
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==Foreign relations==<br />
[[File:Cignolago passport.JPG|thumb|Diplomatic and ordinary passports of Schwanensee bearing the old coat of arms|200x200px]]<br />
[[File:Cignolago passport 2.JPG|thumb|First page of a Schwanian passport|200x200px]]<br />
===Micronational foreign relations===<br />
''Note: excluding virtual states and μnations''<br />
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*[[File:Flag_of_the_Union_of_Artaghe.png|border|25px]] [[Artaghe]]<br />
*[[File:Image.jpg|border|25px]] [[United Kingdom of Chanserly|Chanserly]]<br />
*[[File:Flag of Choseon.png|border|25px]] [[Choseon|Empire of Choseon]]<br />
*[[File:Flag of Duke.png|25px]] [[People's Republic of Duke|Duke]]<br />
*[[File:Bendera Indokistan 3.png|border|25px]] [[Indokistan]]<br />
*{{flag|Juclandia}}<br />
*{{flag|Karnia-Ruthenia}}<br />
*[[File:Republic of Kuhugstan.png|border|25px]] [[Kuhugstan]]<br />
*[[File:Source.png|border|25px]] [[Leylandiistan]]<br />
*[[File:LPRoR Flag.png|25px]] [[Labronic People's Republic of Rosignano|LPRoR]]<br />
*[[File:Myrotania-flag.jpg|border|25px]] [[Myrotania]]<br />
*[[File:Nova Troie drapeau.jpg|25px]] [https://novatroie.wixsite.com/novatroie NovaTroie]<br />
*[[File:Drapeau 3.png|border|25px]] [[Republic of Padrhom|Padrhom]]<br />
*{{flag|Quixotica|size=25px}}<br />
*[[File:Flag_of_Safiria.png|border|25px]] [[Flag of Safiria|Safiria]]<br />
*[[File:Flag of Shurigawa.png|25px]] [[Shurigawa]]<br />
*{{flag|Sirocco}}<br />
*[[File:Smorabandieronaverdescu.png|border|25px]] [[Sovereign Military Roman Hadrian Order|SMORA]]<br />
*[[File:Flag of NKSC.png|border|25px]] [[New Kingdom of Southern California|Southern California]]<br />
*[[File:Sunset Micronation.jpg|25px]] [https://sunset-micronation.webs.com/ Sunset Micronation]<br />
*[[File:UTSHflag.webp|25px]] [https://utsh-govt.yolasite.com/ UTSH]<br />
*[[File:Flag of Varina.png|border|25px]] [[Kingdom of Varina|Varina]]<br />
*[[File:Vetriaflagdesign1.png|border|25px]] [[Vetria]]<br />
*[[File:WUSSR.png|border|25px]] [[Western Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|WUSSR]]<br />
*{{flag|Wyvern}}<br />
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'''Schwanensee''' ('''Swan Lake'''), officially in Esperanto '''la Libera Respubliko de Cignolago''' (Free Republic of Schwanensee'','' formerly ''la Sendependa Libera Kosmopolitisma Respubliko de Cignolago''), was a cosmopolitan meritocracy which declared its main territory on a virtual platform supposedly located in the Arctic Ocean along with several peripheral territories around the globe. As of 2019, the country had a population of 13 and claimed a total area of roughly 750 sqm., with its capital city in ''Novurbo'' (in English: New City).<br />
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Schwanensee was a cosmopolitan meritocracy: its citizens scattered in different parts of the world, meanwhile strictly classified into three social classes: ''Clerici'' (the Scholars), ''Guverans'' (the Administrators), and ''la Popolo'' (the People). These social classes were mainly based on their skills and their own choices on occupation, since every social class would be designated specified occupations or professions. Social class did not depend on one's origin, and every citizen had two opportunities after having acquired their Schwanian citizenship to alter the social class they belonged to. Some of the Schwanian territories, however, chose not to implement the social class system, such as the Autonomous Communist Region of Ruĝflago and the utopian settlements of Elysia.<br />
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The country adopted three universal languages as its official languages, namely Esperanto, Volapük, and Latin, while German, Chinese, and Japanese were some of the unofficial but recognized languages used more widely in daily life among citizens. Each official language was assigned to a specific social class as its sole language, and a language examination (no longer mandatory since October 2019) would be given before a new citizen could be assigned to any of the three social classes. In general, Esperanto served as the language of the people (also for foreign affairs, etc.), Volapük as the language of administration, and Latin as the language of academic research.<br />
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On 25 Dec. 2019, the 4th President of Schwanensee formally declared the dissolution of the country.<br />
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==History==<br />
===Republic of Ceskonia (2009 - 2011)===<br />
[[File:Ceskonia.PNG|thumb|National flag of Ceskonia|200x200px]]<br />
The history of Schwanensee began with a whimsical idea of its President, Richard C., who created the predecessor of Schwanensee, a cyberstate known as the ''Republic of Ceskonia'', on 26 June 2009 while he was studying abroad in Osnarbrück, Germany. Richard had been well aware of the famous micronations around the globe, yet he was against such hard successionism, which he personally deemed problematic. The booming development of Internet-based micronations at the time, however, had facilitated his creation of a similar simulationist cyberstate, which would not claim any physical territories.<br />
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Hoping to achieve more interested participants, Richard chose to launch the project of the new cyberstate both on a Chinese blogging site similar to Blogspot (now already defunct) and separately on a German webhosting platform - both of which he spoke fluently. To his surprise, he noticed that the Chinese blogging site had already hosted a number of similar cyberstates (known as virtual states). The first cyberstate with which Ceskonia pursued diplomatic relationship was Goryeo Federation, on the same day when Ceskonia was founded (26 June 2009). During the 2-year lifespan of Ceskonia, Richard C., representing the Republic of Ceskonia, eventually built friendly diplomatic relations with more than a hundred of such cyberstates.<br />
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During this time period, most background information on Ceskonia was based purely on fantasy rather than on reality - a typical trend for Chinese virtual states and German-speaking simulationist μnations. Based on the Internet Archive, Ceskonia had its capital city named ''Syldavia'', and Richard also designed national symbols as well as postage stamps and banknotes for his cyberstate. Despite the fact that the latter were never materialized, Ceskonia founded the ''Online Numismatic Museum for Virtual States'' as a separate blog, which was inspired by the ''Finanzmuseum'' of [https://freistaat-fuchsen.de/ Freistaat Fuchsen], a German-speaking μnation. Ceskonia also hosted the 2nd ''CyberOlympics'' and became a founding member of Liberal Union, one of the three international organizations among virtual states at the time.<br />
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As Daniel C. joined Ceskonia as its Prime Minister in 2011, both of the citizens eventually agreed to expand its influence in the sense that Ceskonia should pay more attention to international communication outside of its original platforms in Chinese and German, partly due to a previous notification from the blogging site that its service would soon be suspended. The message had been catastrophic to many virtual states that utilized its service (blogging and message board, etc.), and attempts had been made in prior as to how Ceskonia could survive this: President Richard, who intended to stay connected with other virtual states, launched an Internet forum, whose service was supported by the same company of the blogging site, yet the environment there was quite hostile; Prime Minister Daniel, who favored an international solution, tried on the [https://www.nationstates.net/ NationStates] forum, which led him discovering the [[MicroWiki]] Forum, a platform both of them regarded friendly and feasible.<br />
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===Free Republic of Schwanensee (2011 - 2019)===<br />
[[File:Schwanensee emergencyflag.png|thumb|The upside down national flag used in case of mourning or emergency|200x200px]]<br />
On 10 September 2011, Ceskonia officially renamed itself to ''Zwanenmeer'' (later to its German equivalent ''Schwanensee'') with newly designed national symbols and joined MicroWiki, gradually bidding farewell to its completely simulationist, Internet-based past. Nonetheless, Schwanensee in its early days was still inevitably partly related to personal fantasy (the legacy of which was the Schwanian ''Lomiän'', the virtual platform on which the Schwanian capital was supposed to exist), though reality had also come to play a role in it - It also claimed physical territories in Germany and USA, etc., where its citizens actually lived at the time, and proclaimed German, Chinese, and Schwanian, at first only a script, but later also a separate constructed language, to be its three official languages. Furthermore, banknotes, stamps, and documents were also prepared and produced, with the hope that Schwanensee could more resemble a "real" micronation.<br />
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Before President Richard quit the project unexpectedly in 2013, he and Prime Minister Daniel had attempted to interact with micronations around the globe, not only on MicroWiki forum but also on [[Micras]] and [https://www.mn-marktplatz.de/ MN-Marktplatz], participating in the Micras Expo 2012 and the [[2012 MicroWiki Cup]], etc. Such activity gradually disappeared as more citizens became inactive, resulting in the implementation of the Emergency Act in 2014 dissolving the Schwanian parliament and extending the presidential term indefinitely. The inertia was also accompanied by a halt to the service provided by the Chinese blogging site in 2015, on which the predecessor of Schwanensee, Ceskonia, had been established.<br />
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The country became rather dormant until 2017, when President Daniel reformed the country by implementing uniform and standardizing policies over all of its territories around the globe, meanwhile adopting newly designed national symbols, etc. The social class system was implemented during this time period, followed by the change of official languages to Esperanto, Volapük, and Latin. Furthermore, national paraphernalia were manufactured with much higher quality and issued accordingly: all active citizens could receive their own identity cards and passports - on which they would be given a valid visa once they entered any Schwanian territories - for free as long as they applied for them, and salaries were distributed in [[Schwanian krone|kronen]] as banknotes and coins, which they could use within Schwanian territories for goods. In addition, professionally made Schwanian postage stamps were issued and used on domestic stationeries and international letters sent from Schwanensee to other micronations. The two special regions, ''Elysia'' and ''Ruĝflago'', were also planned at this time in order to test the viability of other possible ideologies.<br />
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Such activity, however, was not accompanied by any increase in population. The population of Schwanensee had decreased to approximately 13 by the year of 2019, while only 3~5 of them remained active in daily affairs. An attempt to revive the country, namely the ''Cyrillization Movement'', occurred in October 2019, during which the country underwent a pro-Soviet transformation: introducing the new coat of arms, adopting liberation theology as its guiding ideology, abolishing many of its meritocratic policies, meanwhile having its official languages written entirely in Cyrillic instead of the Latin alphabet (it was also planned at the time to promote Esperanto as the only official language of the country). The movement ultimately failed, with the remaining few active citizens reaching an accord in Lespedezo to formally dissolve the country on Christmas Day 2019.<br />
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==Geography==<br />
[[File:Schwanensee micras.png|thumb|Former Schwanian territory on [[Micras]] (map version 14.7.5)]]<br />
The country was divided into four ''Provincoj'' or ''Provins'' (provinces: ''Lomiän, Rubainiän, Smaragainiän, Safirainiän'') and two ''Regionoj'' or ''Ziläks'' (special regions: ''Elysia, Ruĝflago''). The four provinces were further divided into two ''Urboj'' or ''Zifs'' (cities) and seven ''Kantonoj'' or ''Kantons'' (counties). Unlike most countries in the world, Schwanian citizens were not permitted to enter any other Schwanian territories apart from the one that they belong to, unless they had been issued an internal entry visa valid for their destination on their Schwanian passport prior to their journey.<br />
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From February to December 2012, Schwanensee also participated in the [[Micras]] world and claimed a rather small piece of land on the planet. Its territory on Micras resembled the virtual platform of ''Lomiän'' and claimed to have three cities, namely Neustadt (capital city of the Micras territory), Schwarzenfels, and Wessenfels.<br />
===Cities, counties, and regions===<br />
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*'''Novurbo''' was the capital city of the country. It was located on the virtual platform ''Lomiän'', and was the only city within this province. The city had a population of 0.<br />
*'''Leto''' was the largest city of the country. It was located in ''Rubainiän''. As of 2019, it had a population of 3~4, thus the largest city of the country. It was also the former headquarter of Schwanian government (''Bevünetaguveranef'') from 2011 to 2017.<br />
*'''Varenko''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Ravnhaŭso''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' with a population of 2.<br />
*'''Acerrivero''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' in Tokyo, Japan with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Aŭznŝtato''' was located in ''Smaragainiän'' in London, UK with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Sororiso''' was located in ''Smaragainiän'' in Münich, Germany with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Hojro''' was located in ''Safirainiän'' in New York, USA with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Lespedezo''' was located in ''Safirainiän'' in the Midwest of USA with a population of 2~3. It served as the headquarter of Schwanian ''Bevünetaguveranef'' and the Schwanian embassy in USA from 2017 until the dissolution of the country.<br />
*'''Elysia''' was a combination of planned autonomous utopian settlements (also known as phalansteries) within the country. It adopted Elysian, a constructed language, as its sole official language.<br />
*'''Ruĝflago''' was a planned autonomous communist region in which communism with agriculture-based economy would be implemented. Esperanto was the sole official language of the region.<br />
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==Politics==<br />
[[File:Seal schwanensee.png|thumb|Great Seal of the ''Bevünetaguveranef'', the government body of Schwanensee|150x150px]]<br />
[[File:Neuschwanenplatz.png|thumb|2013 elections seats|200x200px]]<br />
[[File:2011 parliament.png|thumb|2011 elections seats|200x200px]]<br />
A cosmopolitan meritocracy, Schwanensee had previously been a parliamentary republic. The country had had a left–right multi-party system: following the 2013 parliamentary election, the biggest parties were the centre-right National Party and the centrist Green Party. Other political parties with seats in the Schwanian parliament (originally named ''Neuschwanenplatz'', now known as ''Nulasvanadail''), were the centre-left Bolshevik Party, etc., while other parties existed on the municipal level. According to the Constitution, parties promoting racism were strictly prohibited in the country.<br />
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Starting from late 2014, the parliament system had been temporarily abandoned due to the Emergency Act in action, which was proposed because of a lack of active citizens for a long time. Since then, the presidential term had been prolonged indefinitely, and the office of Prime Minister was also left unoccupied until a new candidate was appointed in late 2018 by the President. Under the Emergency Act, President also served as Minister for Foreign Affairs, whereas Prime Minister served as Minister for Internal Affairs. The Emergency Act was planned to be lifted during the Cyrillization Movement starting from October 2019, which resulted in the establishment of the '''Provisional Supreme Soviet''' (Cyrillic Esperanto: ''Провизора Супера Совето'') in Lespedezo, yet the attempt ultimately failed due to the dissolution of the country.<br />
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===List of parliamentary parties===<br />
[[File:Flag Schwanian Green Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Green Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag Bolshevik.jpg|border|25px]] '''Bolshevik Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag KMT.jpg|border|25px]] '''National Party'''<br> <br />
[[File:Flag Universalism Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Universalist Party''' <br><br />
[[File:Flag POP.jpg|border|25px]] '''Public Opinion Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag Democratic.PNG|border|25px]] '''Democratic-Libertarian Party'''(1) <br><br />
[[File:Flag Donghak.PNG|border|25px]] '''Cheondoist Party'''(1)<br><br />
[[File:Flag Schwanian Green Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition'''(2)<br><br />
(1): Banned due to their Fascist ideology.<br><br />
(2): Split into two different parties.<br />
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===List of Presidents (''Prezidantoj'' or ''Presidals'')===<br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"<br />
! style="width:3%;" |#<br />
! style="width:20%;" |Picture<br />
!Name<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Took office<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Left office<br />
! style="width:30%;" |Party<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#6495ED"<br />
| bgcolor="#223AA8" |<font color="white">'''1'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Richard C.'''<br />
|11 September 2011<br />
|10 September 2012<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#6495ED"<br />
| bgcolor="#223AA8" |<font color="white">'''2'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Richard C.'''<br />
|11 September 2012<br />
|10 September 2013<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#82D900"<br />
| bgcolor="#548C00" |<font color="white">'''3'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|11 September 2013<br />
|2014<br />
|Green Party<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#D0D0D0"<br />
| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''4'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|2014<br />
|25 December 2019<br />
|''All parties disestablished''<br />
|}<br />
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===List of Prime Ministers (''Kancelieroj'' or ''Lebürals'')===<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"<br />
! style="width:3%;" |#<br />
! style="width:20%;" |Picture<br />
!Name<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Took office<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Left office<br />
! style="width:30%;" |Party<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#82D900"<br />
| bgcolor="#548C00" |<font color="white">'''1'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|11 September 2011<br />
|10 September 2012<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#D0D0D0"<br />
| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''2'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Henry C.'''<br />
|11 September 2012<br />
|10 September 2013<br />
|Nonpartisan<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#FF7575"<br />
| bgcolor="#750000" |<font color="white">'''3'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Wolfgang S.'''<br />
|11 September 2013<br />
|2014<br />
|Bolshevik Party<br />
|- bgcolor="#D0D0D0"<br />
| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''4'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Margaret C.'''<br />
|1 September 2018<br />
|25 December 2019<br />
|''All parties disestablished''<br />
|}<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Flag leto.jpg|National flag displayed in Leto, the largest city of Schwanensee<br />
File:Flag lespedezo.jpg|National flag displayed in Lespedezo, headquarter of the ''Bevünetaguveranef''<br />
File:Schwanian border.jpg|Warning sign on Schwanian border with USA (Lespedezo)<br />
File:Elysia flag.png|Flag of Elysia (obverse) - reverse bearing the regional coat of arms<br />
File:Rugxflago flag.png|Flag of the Autonomous Communist Region of Ruĝflago<br />
File:Nordiccrossdb sch var.png|Flag of Schwanian Mainland, ''Lomiän''<br />
File:Nordiccross sch var.png|Flag of the government of Schwanian Mainland, ''Lomiänaguveranef''<br />
File:Army sch.png|Proposed emblem of the Schwanian Armed Forces<br />
File:Coin1obv.PNG|Coins and banknotes of the [[Schwanian krone]]<br />
File:Banklibro.jpg|Bankbook issued by the Schwanian central bank, [[Schwanian krone|KosmoBanko de Cignolago]]<br />
File:Cignolago stamp.jpg|Schwanian postage stamps featuring Albert Anker's paintings<br />
File:Envelope.jpg|Used envelope bearing a Schwanian stamp and the postmark of Lespedezo<br />
File:Lrc passport.jpg|Four types of Schwanian passports: Official, Diplomatic, Ordinary, Temporary<br />
File:Entryexit stamps lrc.jpg|Entry and exit stamps of Schwanensee stamped on a Schwanian passport<br />
</gallery><br />
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==Foreign relations==<br />
[[File:Cignolago passport.JPG|thumb|Diplomatic and ordinary passports of Schwanensee bearing the old coat of arms|200x200px]]<br />
[[File:Cignolago passport 2.JPG|thumb|First page of a Schwanian passport|200x200px]]<br />
===Micronational foreign relations===<br />
''Note: excluding virtual states and μnations''<br />
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*[[File:Flag_of_the_Union_of_Artaghe.png|border|25px]] [[Artaghe]]<br />
*[[File:Image.jpg|border|25px]] [[United Kingdom of Chanserly|Chanserly]]<br />
*[[File:Flag of Choseon.png|border|25px]] [[Choseon|Empire of Choseon]]<br />
*[[File:Flag of Duke.png|25px]] [[People's Republic of Duke|Duke]]<br />
*[[File:Bendera Indokistan 3.png|border|25px]] [[Indokistan]]<br />
*{{flag|Juclandia}}<br />
*{{flag|Karnia-Ruthenia}}<br />
*[[File:Republic of Kuhugstan.png|border|25px]] [[Kuhugstan]]<br />
*[[File:Source.png|border|25px]] [[Leylandiistan]]<br />
*[[File:LPRoR Flag.png|25px]] [[Labronic People's Republic of Rosignano|LPRoR]]<br />
*[[File:Myrotania-flag.jpg|border|25px]] [[Myrotania]]<br />
*[[File:Nova Troie drapeau.jpg|25px]] [https://novatroie.wixsite.com/novatroie NovaTroie]<br />
*[[File:Drapeau 3.png|border|25px]] [[Republic of Padrhom|Padrhom]]<br />
*{{flag|Quixotica|size=25px}}<br />
*[[File:Flag_of_Safiria.png|border|25px]] [[Flag of Safiria|Safiria]]<br />
*[[File:Flag of Shurigawa.png|25px]] [[Shurigawa]]<br />
*{{flag|Sirocco}}<br />
*[[File:Smorabandieronaverdescu.png|border|25px]] [[Sovereign Military Roman Hadrian Order|SMORA]]<br />
*[[File:Sunset Micronation.jpg|25px]] [https://sunset-micronation.webs.com/ Sunset Micronation]<br />
*[[File:UTSHflag.webp|25px]] [https://utsh-govt.yolasite.com/ UTSH]<br />
*[[File:Flag of Varina.png|border|25px]] [[Kingdom of Varina|Varina]]<br />
*[[File:Vetriaflagdesign1.png|border|25px]] [[Vetria]]<br />
*[[File:WUSSR.png|border|25px]] [[Western Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|WUSSR]]<br />
*{{flag|Wyvern}}<br />
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[[Category:Asian micronations]]</div>Ufkprhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=User_talk:Salute&diff=1680869User talk:Salute2023-11-22T05:00:51Z<p>Ufkpr: /* Regarding Kapreburg banknotes */ Reply</p>
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== Joining Music by Matthew H ==<br />
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Hi, I hear you are a musician! I own a company called [Music by Matthew H] which composes national anthems for micronations. I would like to give you the opportunity to become a composer at this company. Please join this Discord server for more information.<br />
https://discord.gg/Uwy5k5s<br />
Regards,<br />
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CEO of Music by Matthew H<br />
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== I wanna talk about something ==<br />
So you claim to be the god of a religion, this so called Jack Allahbarism. I am doing research on different things, and am wondering If I can acces this "Morris Manifesto". My discord is dan34#3796 and my email is aidanpierce79@gmail.com<br />
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== "Greetings" from Suttornland ==<br />
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So you're a kapreburger right <br />
Just something to think about: <br />
Kapreburger-Kapre=Burger <br />
Why are you a burger<br />
[[User:King Anonymous of Suttornland|King Anonymous of Suttornland]] ([[User talk:King Anonymous of Suttornland|talk]]) 23:11, 9 October 2021 (UTC)<br />
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== Relations between the Kingdom of Limonia and Empire of Kapreburg ==<br />
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Hello,<br />
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Who is responsible for making a mutual recognition agreement between the two micronations? [[User:Govlimonia|Govlimonia]] ([[User talk:Govlimonia|talk]]) 03:00, 11 February 2022 (UTC)<br />
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{{reply to|Govlimonia}} I would be the one to talk to. DM me on discord at salute#0647 [[User:Salute|<b style="font-variant:small-caps;border:2px solid #000000;padding:0 9px;background:#00d11c;color:#ffffff;border-radius:6px">HM Jackson I</b>]] [[File:Jackson I Wax Seal.png|25px]] ([[User talk:Salute|talk]]) 03:52, 11 February 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== A gift... ==<br />
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{{Brown-E}}<br />
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== Heraldic Supports ==<br />
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Hi@[[User:Salute|Salute]], i saw that you contribute in microwiki on heraldry, I want ask you a question <br />
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How can I make my own heraldic supporters, what should I do for that<br />
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Greetings [[User:Famiran Dour|Famiran Dour]] ([[User talk:Famiran Dour|talk]]) 21:05, 24 October 2023 (UTC)<br />
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:I usually use pre-made assets from Wikipedia users such as Sodacan or Fenn-O-maniC, and use them in Inkscape. If you were to make your own, again I’d recommend Inkscape, and you can perhaps borrow parts of other assets (eg. the legs of a deer asset by sodacan and the body of a lion asset). [[User:Salute|<span style="<br />
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== Regarding Kapreburg banknotes ==<br />
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Hi there - Sorry for the message! I am a collector who collects mainly banknotes from micronations. I noticed the banknotes of Kapreburg here and was wondering if I could purchase the two series for my collection? Please also feel free to check my online museum (Facebook page: Micronational Banknote Museum) and contact me via email to dannyzhang99@yahoo.com - Thank you in advance for your help! [[User:Ufkpr|Ufkpr]] ([[User talk:Ufkpr|talk]]) 23:34, 18 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
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:Unfortunately we have no physical versions of those around anymore. If I had the printing file (without the specimen watermark) I’d let you have it and give you authority to print a few, but unfortunately I don’t have said file. Anyway the Kapresh dollar is outdated, and the aureus is the new currency. Perhaps once we have those being printed I can send you a few. [[User:Salute|<span style="<br />
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::Sure thing - thanks again for the help! [[User:Ufkpr|Ufkpr]] ([[User talk:Ufkpr|talk]]) 05:00, 22 November 2023 (UTC)</div>Ufkprhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=Free_Republic_of_Schwanensee&diff=1680318Free Republic of Schwanensee2023-11-21T05:01:05Z<p>Ufkpr: /* Micronational foreign relations */</p>
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<div>{{Defunct}}<br />
{{Infobox country<br />
|conventional_long_name = <big>Libera Respubliko de Cignolago</big> <br>''Repüblik libik Svanalakänik'' <br>''Res Publica Libera Lacus Cygnorum'' <br><br />
|native_name = <br />
|image_flag = [[File:Flag of Schwanensee.svg|170px]]<br />
|image_coat = [[File:Coa1.png|105px]]<br />
|other_symbol = <br />
|image_map = [[File:Map-ufkpr.png|border|295px]]<br> The map shows the location of Schwanian mainland<br />
|loctext = <br />
|map_caption = <br />
|motto = ''Deus iudex meus'' <br><br />
|anthem = [[List of micronations by national anthem|Forest Rhapsody]]<br />
|capital = Novurbo<br />
|largest_city = Leto<br />
|official_languages = Esperanto, Volapük, Latin<br />
|regional_languages = <br />
|religion = <br />
|demonym = Schwanian (''Cignolaga'')<br />
|government_type = Cosmopolitan meritocracy<br />
|leader_title1 = President<br />
|leader_title2 = Prime Minister<br />
|leader_title3 = <br />
|leader_title4 = <br />
|leader_title5 = <br />
|leader_name1 = Daniel C.<br />
|leader_name2 = Margaret C.<br />
|leader_name3 = <br />
|leader_name4 = <br />
|leader_name5 = <br />
|legislature = ''Nulasvanadail'' (2011-2014)<br>Provisional Supreme Soviet (2019)<br />
|upper_house = <br />
|lower_house = <br />
|established = 26 June 2009 (as Ceskonia)<br>10 September 2011 (as LRC)<br />
|area = <br />
|population_census = 13 (as of Dec. 2019)<br />
|population_census_year = <br />
|currency = [[Schwanian Krone]] (Kr.)<br />
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'''Schwanensee''' ('''Swan Lake'''), officially in Esperanto '''la Libera Respubliko de Cignolago''' (Free Republic of Schwanensee'','' formerly ''la Sendependa Libera Kosmopolitisma Respubliko de Cignolago''), was a cosmopolitan meritocracy which declared its main territory on a virtual platform supposedly located in the Arctic Ocean along with several peripheral territories around the globe. As of 2019, the country had a population of 13 and claimed a total area of roughly 750 sqm., with its capital city in ''Novurbo'' (in English: New City).<br />
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Schwanensee was a cosmopolitan meritocracy: its citizens scattered in different parts of the world, meanwhile strictly classified into three social classes: ''Clerici'' (the Scholars), ''Guverans'' (the Administrators), and ''la Popolo'' (the People). These social classes were mainly based on their skills and their own choices on occupation, since every social class would be designated specified occupations or professions. Social class did not depend on one's origin, and every citizen had two opportunities after having acquired their Schwanian citizenship to alter the social class they belonged to. Some of the Schwanian territories, however, chose not to implement the social class system, such as the Autonomous Communist Region of Ruĝflago and the utopian settlements of Elysia.<br />
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The country adopted three universal languages as its official languages, namely Esperanto, Volapük, and Latin, while German, Chinese, and Japanese were some of the unofficial but recognized languages used more widely in daily life among citizens. Each official language was assigned to a specific social class as its sole language, and a language examination (no longer mandatory since October 2019) would be given before a new citizen could be assigned to any of the three social classes. In general, Esperanto served as the language of the people (also for foreign affairs, etc.), Volapük as the language of administration, and Latin as the language of academic research.<br />
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On 25 Dec. 2019, the 4th President of Schwanensee formally declared the dissolution of the country.<br />
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==History==<br />
===Republic of Ceskonia (2009 - 2011)===<br />
[[File:Ceskonia.PNG|thumb|National flag of Ceskonia|200x200px]]<br />
The history of Schwanensee began with a whimsical idea of its President, Richard C., who created the predecessor of Schwanensee, a cyberstate known as the ''Republic of Ceskonia'', on 26 June 2009 while he was studying abroad in Osnarbrück, Germany. Richard had been well aware of the famous micronations around the globe, yet he was against such hard successionism, which he personally deemed problematic. The booming development of Internet-based micronations at the time, however, had facilitated his creation of a similar simulationist cyberstate, which would not claim any physical territories.<br />
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Hoping to achieve more interested participants, Richard chose to launch the project of the new cyberstate both on a Chinese blogging site similar to Blogspot (now already defunct) and separately on a German webhosting platform - both of which he spoke fluently. To his surprise, he noticed that the Chinese blogging site had already hosted a number of similar cyberstates (known as virtual states). The first cyberstate with which Ceskonia pursued diplomatic relationship was Goryeo Federation, on the same day when Ceskonia was founded (26 June 2009). During the 2-year lifespan of Ceskonia, Richard C., representing the Republic of Ceskonia, eventually built friendly diplomatic relations with more than a hundred of such cyberstates.<br />
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During this time period, most background information on Ceskonia was based purely on fantasy rather than on reality - a typical trend for Chinese virtual states and German-speaking simulationist μnations. Based on the Internet Archive, Ceskonia had its capital city named ''Syldavia'', and Richard also designed national symbols as well as postage stamps and banknotes for his cyberstate. Despite the fact that the latter were never materialized, Ceskonia founded the ''Online Numismatic Museum for Virtual States'' as a separate blog, which was inspired by the ''Finanzmuseum'' of [https://freistaat-fuchsen.de/ Freistaat Fuchsen], a German-speaking μnation. Ceskonia also hosted the 2nd ''CyberOlympics'' and became a founding member of Liberal Union, one of the three international organizations among virtual states at the time.<br />
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As Daniel C. joined Ceskonia as its Prime Minister in 2011, both of the citizens eventually agreed to expand its influence in the sense that Ceskonia should pay more attention to international communication outside of its original platforms in Chinese and German, partly due to a previous notification from the blogging site that its service would soon be suspended. The message had been catastrophic to many virtual states that utilized its service (blogging and message board, etc.), and attempts had been made in prior as to how Ceskonia could survive this: President Richard, who intended to stay connected with other virtual states, launched an Internet forum, whose service was supported by the same company of the blogging site, yet the environment there was quite hostile; Prime Minister Daniel, who favored an international solution, tried on the [https://www.nationstates.net/ NationStates] forum, which led him discovering the [[MicroWiki]] Forum, a platform both of them regarded friendly and feasible.<br />
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===Free Republic of Schwanensee (2011 - 2019)===<br />
[[File:Schwanensee emergencyflag.png|thumb|The upside down national flag used in case of mourning or emergency|200x200px]]<br />
On 10 September 2011, Ceskonia officially renamed itself to ''Zwanenmeer'' (later to its German equivalent ''Schwanensee'') with newly designed national symbols and joined MicroWiki, gradually bidding farewell to its completely simulationist, Internet-based past. Nonetheless, Schwanensee in its early days was still inevitably partly related to personal fantasy (the legacy of which was the Schwanian ''Lomiän'', the virtual platform on which the Schwanian capital was supposed to exist), though reality had also come to play a role in it - It also claimed physical territories in Germany and USA, etc., where its citizens actually lived at the time, and proclaimed German, Chinese, and Schwanian, at first only a script, but later also a separate constructed language, to be its three official languages. Furthermore, banknotes, stamps, and documents were also prepared and produced, with the hope that Schwanensee could more resemble a "real" micronation.<br />
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Before President Richard quit the project unexpectedly in 2013, he and Prime Minister Daniel had attempted to interact with micronations around the globe, not only on MicroWiki forum but also on [[Micras]] and [https://www.mn-marktplatz.de/ MN-Marktplatz], participating in the Micras Expo 2012 and the [[2012 MicroWiki Cup]], etc. Such activity gradually disappeared as more citizens became inactive, resulting in the implementation of the Emergency Act in 2014 dissolving the Schwanian parliament and extending the presidential term indefinitely. The inertia was also accompanied by a halt to the service provided by the Chinese blogging site in 2015, on which the predecessor of Schwanensee, Ceskonia, had been established.<br />
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The country became rather dormant until 2017, when President Daniel reformed the country by implementing uniform and standardizing policies over all of its territories around the globe, meanwhile adopting newly designed national symbols, etc. The social class system was implemented during this time period, followed by the change of official languages to Esperanto, Volapük, and Latin. Furthermore, national paraphernalia were manufactured with much higher quality and issued accordingly: all active citizens could receive their own identity cards and passports - on which they would be given a valid visa once they entered any Schwanian territories - for free as long as they applied for them, and salaries were distributed in [[Schwanian krone|kronen]] as banknotes and coins, which they could use within Schwanian territories for goods. In addition, professionally made Schwanian postage stamps were issued and used on domestic stationeries and international letters sent from Schwanensee to other micronations. The two special regions, ''Elysia'' and ''Ruĝflago'', were also planned at this time in order to test the viability of other possible ideologies.<br />
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Such activity, however, was not accompanied by any increase in population. The population of Schwanensee had decreased to approximately 13 by the year of 2019, while only 3~5 of them remained active in daily affairs. An attempt to revive the country, namely the ''Cyrillization Movement'', occurred in October 2019, during which the country underwent a pro-Soviet transformation: introducing the new coat of arms, adopting liberation theology as its guiding ideology, abolishing many of its meritocratic policies, meanwhile having its official languages written entirely in Cyrillic instead of the Latin alphabet (it was also planned at the time to promote Esperanto as the only official language of the country). The movement ultimately failed, with the remaining few active citizens reaching an accord in Lespedezo to formally dissolve the country on Christmas Day 2019.<br />
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==Geography==<br />
[[File:Schwanensee micras.png|thumb|Former Schwanian territory on [[Micras]] (map version 14.7.5)]]<br />
The country was divided into four ''Provincoj'' or ''Provins'' (provinces: ''Lomiän, Rubainiän, Smaragainiän, Safirainiän'') and two ''Regionoj'' or ''Ziläks'' (special regions: ''Elysia, Ruĝflago''). The four provinces were further divided into two ''Urboj'' or ''Zifs'' (cities) and seven ''Kantonoj'' or ''Kantons'' (counties). Unlike most countries in the world, Schwanian citizens were not permitted to enter any other Schwanian territories apart from the one that they belong to, unless they had been issued an internal entry visa valid for their destination on their Schwanian passport prior to their journey.<br />
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From February to December 2012, Schwanensee also participated in the [[Micras]] world and claimed a rather small piece of land on the planet. Its territory on Micras resembled the virtual platform of ''Lomiän'' and claimed to have three cities, namely Neustadt (capital city of the Micras territory), Schwarzenfels, and Wessenfels.<br />
===Cities, counties, and regions===<br />
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*'''Novurbo''' was the capital city of the country. It was located on the virtual platform ''Lomiän'', and was the only city within this province. The city had a population of 0.<br />
*'''Leto''' was the largest city of the country. It was located in ''Rubainiän''. As of 2019, it had a population of 3~4, thus the largest city of the country. It was also the former headquarter of Schwanian government (''Bevünetaguveranef'') from 2011 to 2017.<br />
*'''Varenko''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Ravnhaŭso''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' with a population of 2.<br />
*'''Acerrivero''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' in Tokyo, Japan with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Aŭznŝtato''' was located in ''Smaragainiän'' in London, UK with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Sororiso''' was located in ''Smaragainiän'' in Münich, Germany with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Hojro''' was located in ''Safirainiän'' in New York, USA with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Lespedezo''' was located in ''Safirainiän'' in the Midwest of USA with a population of 2~3. It served as the headquarter of Schwanian ''Bevünetaguveranef'' and the Schwanian embassy in USA from 2017 until the dissolution of the country.<br />
*'''Elysia''' was a combination of planned autonomous utopian settlements (also known as phalansteries) within the country. It adopted Elysian, a constructed language, as its sole official language.<br />
*'''Ruĝflago''' was a planned autonomous communist region in which communism with agriculture-based economy would be implemented. Esperanto was the sole official language of the region.<br />
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==Politics==<br />
[[File:Seal schwanensee.png|thumb|Great Seal of the ''Bevünetaguveranef'', the government body of Schwanensee|150x150px]]<br />
[[File:Neuschwanenplatz.png|thumb|2013 elections seats|200x200px]]<br />
[[File:2011 parliament.png|thumb|2011 elections seats|200x200px]]<br />
A cosmopolitan meritocracy, Schwanensee had previously been a parliamentary republic. The country had had a left–right multi-party system: following the 2013 parliamentary election, the biggest parties were the centre-right National Party and the centrist Green Party. Other political parties with seats in the Schwanian parliament (originally named ''Neuschwanenplatz'', now known as ''Nulasvanadail''), were the centre-left Bolshevik Party, etc., while other parties existed on the municipal level. According to the Constitution, parties promoting racism were strictly prohibited in the country.<br />
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Starting from late 2014, the parliament system had been temporarily abandoned due to the Emergency Act in action, which was proposed because of a lack of active citizens for a long time. Since then, the presidential term had been prolonged indefinitely, and the office of Prime Minister was also left unoccupied until a new candidate was appointed in late 2018 by the President. Under the Emergency Act, President also served as Minister for Foreign Affairs, whereas Prime Minister served as Minister for Internal Affairs. The Emergency Act was planned to be lifted during the Cyrillization Movement starting from October 2019, which resulted in the establishment of the '''Provisional Supreme Soviet''' (Cyrillic Esperanto: ''Провизора Супера Совето'') in Lespedezo, yet the attempt ultimately failed due to the dissolution of the country.<br />
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===List of parliamentary parties===<br />
[[File:Flag Schwanian Green Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Green Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag Bolshevik.jpg|border|25px]] '''Bolshevik Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag KMT.jpg|border|25px]] '''National Party'''<br> <br />
[[File:Flag Universalism Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Universalist Party''' <br><br />
[[File:Flag POP.jpg|border|25px]] '''Public Opinion Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag Democratic.PNG|border|25px]] '''Democratic-Libertarian Party'''(1) <br><br />
[[File:Flag Donghak.PNG|border|25px]] '''Cheondoist Party'''(1)<br><br />
[[File:Flag Schwanian Green Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition'''(2)<br><br />
(1): Banned due to their Fascist ideology.<br><br />
(2): Split into two different parties.<br />
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===List of Presidents (''Prezidantoj'' or ''Presidals'')===<br />
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! style="width:3%;" |#<br />
! style="width:20%;" |Picture<br />
!Name<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Took office<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Left office<br />
! style="width:30%;" |Party<br />
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|- bgcolor="#6495ED"<br />
| bgcolor="#223AA8" |<font color="white">'''1'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Richard C.'''<br />
|11 September 2011<br />
|10 September 2012<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#6495ED"<br />
| bgcolor="#223AA8" |<font color="white">'''2'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Richard C.'''<br />
|11 September 2012<br />
|10 September 2013<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#82D900"<br />
| bgcolor="#548C00" |<font color="white">'''3'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|11 September 2013<br />
|2014<br />
|Green Party<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#D0D0D0"<br />
| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''4'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|2014<br />
|25 December 2019<br />
|''All parties disestablished''<br />
|}<br />
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===List of Prime Ministers (''Kancelieroj'' or ''Lebürals'')===<br />
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! style="width:20%;" |Picture<br />
!Name<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Took office<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Left office<br />
! style="width:30%;" |Party<br />
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|- bgcolor="#82D900"<br />
| bgcolor="#548C00" |<font color="white">'''1'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|11 September 2011<br />
|10 September 2012<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#D0D0D0"<br />
| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''2'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Henry C.'''<br />
|11 September 2012<br />
|10 September 2013<br />
|Nonpartisan<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#FF7575"<br />
| bgcolor="#750000" |<font color="white">'''3'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Wolfgang S.'''<br />
|11 September 2013<br />
|2014<br />
|Bolshevik Party<br />
|- bgcolor="#D0D0D0"<br />
| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''4'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Margaret C.'''<br />
|1 September 2018<br />
|25 December 2019<br />
|''All parties disestablished''<br />
|}<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Flag leto.jpg|National flag displayed in Leto, the largest city of Schwanensee<br />
File:Flag lespedezo.jpg|National flag displayed in Lespedezo, headquarter of the ''Bevünetaguveranef''<br />
File:Schwanian border.jpg|Warning sign on Schwanian border with USA (Lespedezo)<br />
File:Elysia flag.png|Flag of Elysia (obverse) - reverse bearing the regional coat of arms<br />
File:Rugxflago flag.png|Flag of the Autonomous Communist Region of Ruĝflago<br />
File:Nordiccrossdb sch var.png|Flag of Schwanian Mainland, ''Lomiän''<br />
File:Nordiccross sch var.png|Flag of the government of Schwanian Mainland, ''Lomiänaguveranef''<br />
File:Army sch.png|Proposed emblem of the Schwanian Armed Forces<br />
File:Coin1obv.PNG|Coins and banknotes of the [[Schwanian krone]]<br />
File:Banklibro.jpg|Bankbook issued by the Schwanian central bank, [[Schwanian krone|KosmoBanko de Cignolago]]<br />
File:Cignolago stamp.jpg|Schwanian postage stamps featuring Albert Anker's paintings<br />
File:Envelope.jpg|Used envelope bearing a Schwanian stamp and the postmark of Lespedezo<br />
File:Lrc passport.jpg|Four types of Schwanian passports: Official, Diplomatic, Ordinary, Temporary<br />
File:Entryexit stamps lrc.jpg|Entry and exit stamps of Schwanensee stamped on a Schwanian passport<br />
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==Foreign relations==<br />
[[File:Cignolago passport.JPG|thumb|Diplomatic and ordinary passports of Schwanensee bearing the old coat of arms|200x200px]]<br />
[[File:Cignolago passport 2.JPG|thumb|First page of a Schwanian passport|200x200px]]<br />
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== User:Oritsu.me absuring MW adminship powers ==<br />
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Dear Mr. Administrator Luxor<br />
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I come to bring to your attention the persecution that [[User:Oritsu.me]] is carrying out against Brazilian micronationalist users, abusing their powers as MicroWiki administrator to punish them for purely micronational and personal conflicts that are not related to MicroWiki . I believe you are already aware of the conflict between Dhrubajyoti Roy and Oscar I of Karnia-Ruthenia, which ended up involving other Brazilian micronationalists such as Thomas I of Quinta Velha and André Igino Chalegre, in addition to myself. Well, this conflict has taken place in a private and micronational character, with those involved exchanging accusations and taking part in all kinds of things that concern a conflict between micronations and micronationalists. From yesterday to today, in the middle of Christmas, Dhrubajyoti, out of the blue, banned both [[User:André Igino Chalegre]] and [[User:SamohT]], respectively André Igino Chalegre, from the micronation [[State of Xingu]], and Thomas I of [[Quinta Velha]], under the simple justification of "harassment". Detail, he banned them indefinitely, without prior notice, without the possibility of them creating other accounts to edit, as he has edited without violating MicroWiki rules. Dhrubajyoti, or [[User:Oritsu.me]], has clearly crossed the line and is abusing his admin powers for entirely personal reasons. Although it didn't affect me, I feel a moral duty to stand up to defend the rights of my friends. Can an administrator simply BAN a user for simple micronational conflicts outside of MicroWiki? He's spilling his issues into this website. I trust that the administration will take the necessary steps to end this injustice and restore the confidence that we have in this institution.<br />
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Thanks in advance,<br />
[[User:Grand Duke Arthur|Arthur Brum]] ([[User talk:Grand Duke Arthur|talk]]) 01:26, 26 December 2022 (UTC)<br />
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Please know that the two banned users have continuously harrassed me on several grounds including calling me a Nazi only because I am a Hindu by birth. It's definitely a big concern and in the past as well, we have taken these issues very seriously. Recently, Mauritia through Badakhshan published a death threat on me and the whole incident was made known to the team. [[User:Oritsu.me|Oritsu.me]] ([[User talk:Oritsu.me|talk]]) 02:07, 26 December 2022 (UTC)<br />
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::No one is calling you a Nazi because you're a Hindu and uses the swastika as the religious symbol it originally is. Actually no one ever bothered about the fact that you're a Hindu or associated the Hindu swatika of yours with Nazism, that's entirelly on you. They're accusing you out of your staunch defense of someone else who is accused of being a Nazi for having repeatedly acted racist on Vishwamitra's server, and nonetheless this has absolutelly nothing to do with the MicroWiki editing. I urge you to be honest regarding not only this, but also this "death threath" to you issued by Mauritia, in which it is literally written that it is a chronicle. What now, no one else can have a quarrel with you that are you going to ban the person from MicroWiki, ''ad eternum'' and with no prior warning? Are you shielded by administrative powers? Anyway, Oscar has alerted me that he has been contacted by Zenrax administrator Shiro, who has offered to mediate the situation and has already contacted you, Dhrubajyoti about the situation. And Mauritia has already offered to recant and make clear the uchronism of her chronicles. If I'm allowed to be frank, although I'm honestly not sure this is the right environment for this, your accusations seem like a simple attempt to justify your actions against Brazilian micronationalists with whom you have come into particular conflict. Furthermore, neither Thomas nor André has absolutely nothing to do with Mauritia, they are not even Mauritiaanse citizens, so what's the point of bringing this argument besides just trying to justify your abuse? [[User:Grand Duke Arthur|Arthur Brum]] ([[User talk:Grand Duke Arthur|talk]]) 03:10, 26 December 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Neo-Nazi using this platform ==<br />
Hello, not sure which administrator I should talk to about this, but there is a MW user who is an avowed racist and bigot who used the platform to promote his viewpoints. If you look at their page, National Auveria is a neo-fascist state. Recently, Samuel (SMW/$amuel) has been trying to erase his Nazi record off of the site, which is fine if he wants to edit his own page, however, he started to edit mine, removing the evidence of his Nazism as well as things that are important to the context of my microwiki page. This is clearly vandalising my page, and if you can't ban a Neo-Nazi for his beliefs, can he at least be punished for vandalizing my page? --[[User:Confederation of Malus|Confederation of Malus]] ([[User talk:Confederation of Malus|talk]]) 23:42, 11 February 2023 (UTC)<br />
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== User:President Stephon ==<br />
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User:President Stephon pulled [[Draft:EXE/SDA California Republic]] back into its normal page despite you making it a draft. --{{User:Grant/Singature}}<br />
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== A gift... ==<br />
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== Requesting to delete all articles related to the State of Bascal ==<br />
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Hello and greetings Mr. Luxor<br />
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My name is Amir and I'm the founder of the State of Bascal and I have to use a false name in order to protect my identity. I already put my articles for speedy deletion regarding the state of Bascal and all of its articles (including its people, political parties etc.) in order to protect the safety of my family as well as myself. I hope you delete all of my articles as quickly as possible. Thank you for reading my message and I will be extremely grateful for your help<br />
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== More news ==<br />
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Dear Luxor<br />
sorry to bother you but due to some problem I can't add a new post to the more news section. I was logged in when I tried and even pressed the edit request button, but it threw up some kind of Wikipedia error message. Thank you for helping me! --[[User:G.Márton|G.Márton]] ([[User talk:G.Márton|talk]]) 21:04, 26 June 2023 (UTC)<br />
:: Sorry, but it seems like you do not have the Approved media role. That one can be requested on the Discord only for the time being, but we will make sure it is available to request on the Wiki as well. --[[User:Luxor|Luxor]] ([[User talk:Luxor|talk]]) 11:55, 27 June 2023 (UTC)<br />
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== Subejia's current status and updates ==<br />
Hello there,<br />
I would like to inform you that Subejia has been stagnant since late April. I'll inform other updates later on this topic. Also, I might've created a new Discord user as my old account uses authentication code, in which I can't contact it. I may not use my phone since it don't have Discord. I only have my phone. I'll inform you more. See ya! {{User:Qadri223/Signature}} 14:28, 29 July 2023 (UTC)<br />
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== Diplomacy ==<br />
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Hi there Luxor, how have you been? Is there any channel through which my micronation of [[Marienbourg]] can seek to establish diplomacy with Merknyi and Lurk? Thank you for your time. [[User:Grand Duke Arthur|Arthur Brum]] ([[User talk:Grand Duke Arthur|talk]]) 02:03, 24 August 2023 (UTC)<br />
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:Hello, sorry for the delay. It'd probably be best to contact our foreign ministry directly. [[User:AtomCZ]] should be responsible for foreign affairs. [[User:Luxor|Luxor]] ([[User talk:Luxor|talk]]) 08:13, 4 October 2023 (UTC)<br />
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== Draft issues and review ==<br />
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Hello! I am wanting to get a page I wrote for my nation on the main site. I have tried submitting it for review on the wiki, but it seems that it does not show that it has been submitted. Here is the draft: [[Draft: Republic of Ausburia]] [[User:Ausburia1|Ausburia1]] ([[User talk:Ausburia1|talk]]) 23:59, 14 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
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:Hello,<br />
:the status message does not update automatically. It might be updated by a bot from time to time, but if you did submit it to the draft review page I wouldn't worry about the message of the draft box at top. [[User:Luxor|Luxor]] ([[User talk:Luxor|talk]]) 08:48, 20 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
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== Mekniy-Lurk banknotes? ==<br />
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Hi there!<br />
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Apologies for the message! I am a former micronationalist & also a banknote collector mainly collecting banknotes from micronations. I was reading the MicroWiki page of Mekniy-Lurk and noticed that it has issued not only coins but also banknotes, which can be purchased as souvenirs. While I am very interested in acquiring a full set of its banknotes and display them in my online museum (Please check “Micronational Banknote Museum” on Facebook), I am not sure whom I should contact with, as the official website does not seem to be accessible any more… If possible, may I ask if you have the contact info for anyone who might be helpful in this matter?<br />
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Thank you in advance for your help! [[User:Ufkpr|Ufkpr]] ([[User talk:Ufkpr|talk]]) 13:13, 19 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
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:Hello!<br />
:Personally I am not familiar with the status of the banknotes (they were issued as part of a monetary union - the [[Corona]] many years ago, and likely would not be of any exceptional quality due to our very limited resources at the time), the coins as described on the article are available, but I reckon these are not particularly of your interest. But on a positive note, I was recently looking into producing banknotes and more coins, so if we end up manufacturing any I can let you know. Or, if you have any knowledge from your extensive micronational collection and could assist us in any way, I would gladly pay a consultation fee. If you still want to see the designs of the banknotes I can ask my friend and our head of state if he could provide any, I don't think we made ever published them.<br />
:Also, that Facebook page is great! [[User:Luxor|Luxor]] ([[User talk:Luxor|talk]]) 08:47, 20 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
::Hi there!<br />
::No worries at all - Thank you so much for your information! Regarding professional banknote production, you might try to contact Mr. Thomas Stebbins who designed & printed banknotes for Atlantium and Aerican Empire, or Mr. Matej Gabris who did it for Seborga. There are also a few banknote designers who can help with the design in particular, such as Mr. Dias Han (who designed the banknotes for Edristan) & Mr. Rex Relampagos for his micronation, Silanganan. I wish all the best to the banknote production of Mekniy-Lurk and am very looking forward to seeing the final design!! If you happen to encounter any old banknotes, I would also be very interested in them! :) [[User:Ufkpr|Ufkpr]] ([[User talk:Ufkpr|talk]]) 11:41, 20 November 2023 (UTC)</div>Ufkprhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=User_talk:Luxor&diff=1679262User talk:Luxor2023-11-19T13:13:05Z<p>Ufkpr: /* Mekniy-Lurk banknotes? */ new section</p>
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I was checking the main page for any new news headlines and the newest article headline for the Empire of Haycôs under Current Headlines lead to the nations MicroWiki page rather then it’s article. --[[User:Voltaire|Voltaire]] ([[User talk:Voltaire|talk]]) 19:20, 11 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
:: Their media was not approved and it was fixed by a contributor. --[[User:Luxor|Luxor]] ([[User talk:Luxor|talk]]) 09:00, 12 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
That’s good, I checked it again and it seems Haycôs has put another one up. This time there isn’t a headline for the article and no link to anything.<br />
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Nevermind my last message. It got fixed while I sent it.--[[User:Voltaire|Voltaire]] ([[User talk:Voltaire|talk]]) 14:11, 12 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
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Hi Luxor, could we have an article blanking user talk page warning made? <span style="font-family: Georgia; background-color: greenblue; padding: 2px 3px 1px 3px;">[[User:Matt|<span style="color: darkgreen"> Matt </span>]] [[User talk:Matt|<span style="color: red">talk ☼</span>]]</span> 03:53, 15 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Request deletion of [[Dominus Vilicus]] ==<br />
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Hello, I would like to request deletion of DominusVilicus as I am no longer involved in micronationalism and would like to have this removed from search results. Thank you [[User:ThanksMan|ThanksMan]] ([[User talk:ThanksMan|talk]]) 10:33, 21 October 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== User:Oritsu.me absuring MW adminship powers ==<br />
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Dear Mr. Administrator Luxor<br />
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I come to bring to your attention the persecution that [[User:Oritsu.me]] is carrying out against Brazilian micronationalist users, abusing their powers as MicroWiki administrator to punish them for purely micronational and personal conflicts that are not related to MicroWiki . I believe you are already aware of the conflict between Dhrubajyoti Roy and Oscar I of Karnia-Ruthenia, which ended up involving other Brazilian micronationalists such as Thomas I of Quinta Velha and André Igino Chalegre, in addition to myself. Well, this conflict has taken place in a private and micronational character, with those involved exchanging accusations and taking part in all kinds of things that concern a conflict between micronations and micronationalists. From yesterday to today, in the middle of Christmas, Dhrubajyoti, out of the blue, banned both [[User:André Igino Chalegre]] and [[User:SamohT]], respectively André Igino Chalegre, from the micronation [[State of Xingu]], and Thomas I of [[Quinta Velha]], under the simple justification of "harassment". Detail, he banned them indefinitely, without prior notice, without the possibility of them creating other accounts to edit, as he has edited without violating MicroWiki rules. Dhrubajyoti, or [[User:Oritsu.me]], has clearly crossed the line and is abusing his admin powers for entirely personal reasons. Although it didn't affect me, I feel a moral duty to stand up to defend the rights of my friends. Can an administrator simply BAN a user for simple micronational conflicts outside of MicroWiki? He's spilling his issues into this website. I trust that the administration will take the necessary steps to end this injustice and restore the confidence that we have in this institution.<br />
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Thanks in advance,<br />
[[User:Grand Duke Arthur|Arthur Brum]] ([[User talk:Grand Duke Arthur|talk]]) 01:26, 26 December 2022 (UTC)<br />
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Please know that the two banned users have continuously harrassed me on several grounds including calling me a Nazi only because I am a Hindu by birth. It's definitely a big concern and in the past as well, we have taken these issues very seriously. Recently, Mauritia through Badakhshan published a death threat on me and the whole incident was made known to the team. [[User:Oritsu.me|Oritsu.me]] ([[User talk:Oritsu.me|talk]]) 02:07, 26 December 2022 (UTC)<br />
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::No one is calling you a Nazi because you're a Hindu and uses the swastika as the religious symbol it originally is. Actually no one ever bothered about the fact that you're a Hindu or associated the Hindu swatika of yours with Nazism, that's entirelly on you. They're accusing you out of your staunch defense of someone else who is accused of being a Nazi for having repeatedly acted racist on Vishwamitra's server, and nonetheless this has absolutelly nothing to do with the MicroWiki editing. I urge you to be honest regarding not only this, but also this "death threath" to you issued by Mauritia, in which it is literally written that it is a chronicle. What now, no one else can have a quarrel with you that are you going to ban the person from MicroWiki, ''ad eternum'' and with no prior warning? Are you shielded by administrative powers? Anyway, Oscar has alerted me that he has been contacted by Zenrax administrator Shiro, who has offered to mediate the situation and has already contacted you, Dhrubajyoti about the situation. And Mauritia has already offered to recant and make clear the uchronism of her chronicles. If I'm allowed to be frank, although I'm honestly not sure this is the right environment for this, your accusations seem like a simple attempt to justify your actions against Brazilian micronationalists with whom you have come into particular conflict. Furthermore, neither Thomas nor André has absolutely nothing to do with Mauritia, they are not even Mauritiaanse citizens, so what's the point of bringing this argument besides just trying to justify your abuse? [[User:Grand Duke Arthur|Arthur Brum]] ([[User talk:Grand Duke Arthur|talk]]) 03:10, 26 December 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Neo-Nazi using this platform ==<br />
Hello, not sure which administrator I should talk to about this, but there is a MW user who is an avowed racist and bigot who used the platform to promote his viewpoints. If you look at their page, National Auveria is a neo-fascist state. Recently, Samuel (SMW/$amuel) has been trying to erase his Nazi record off of the site, which is fine if he wants to edit his own page, however, he started to edit mine, removing the evidence of his Nazism as well as things that are important to the context of my microwiki page. This is clearly vandalising my page, and if you can't ban a Neo-Nazi for his beliefs, can he at least be punished for vandalizing my page? --[[User:Confederation of Malus|Confederation of Malus]] ([[User talk:Confederation of Malus|talk]]) 23:42, 11 February 2023 (UTC)<br />
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== User:President Stephon ==<br />
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User:President Stephon pulled [[Draft:EXE/SDA California Republic]] back into its normal page despite you making it a draft. --{{User:Grant/Singature}}<br />
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== Requesting to delete all articles related to the State of Bascal ==<br />
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Hello and greetings Mr. Luxor<br />
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My name is Amir and I'm the founder of the State of Bascal and I have to use a false name in order to protect my identity. I already put my articles for speedy deletion regarding the state of Bascal and all of its articles (including its people, political parties etc.) in order to protect the safety of my family as well as myself. I hope you delete all of my articles as quickly as possible. Thank you for reading my message and I will be extremely grateful for your help<br />
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== More news ==<br />
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Dear Luxor<br />
sorry to bother you but due to some problem I can't add a new post to the more news section. I was logged in when I tried and even pressed the edit request button, but it threw up some kind of Wikipedia error message. Thank you for helping me! --[[User:G.Márton|G.Márton]] ([[User talk:G.Márton|talk]]) 21:04, 26 June 2023 (UTC)<br />
:: Sorry, but it seems like you do not have the Approved media role. That one can be requested on the Discord only for the time being, but we will make sure it is available to request on the Wiki as well. --[[User:Luxor|Luxor]] ([[User talk:Luxor|talk]]) 11:55, 27 June 2023 (UTC)<br />
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== Subejia's current status and updates ==<br />
Hello there,<br />
I would like to inform you that Subejia has been stagnant since late April. I'll inform other updates later on this topic. Also, I might've created a new Discord user as my old account uses authentication code, in which I can't contact it. I may not use my phone since it don't have Discord. I only have my phone. I'll inform you more. See ya! {{User:Qadri223/Signature}} 14:28, 29 July 2023 (UTC)<br />
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== Diplomacy ==<br />
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Hi there Luxor, how have you been? Is there any channel through which my micronation of [[Marienbourg]] can seek to establish diplomacy with Merknyi and Lurk? Thank you for your time. [[User:Grand Duke Arthur|Arthur Brum]] ([[User talk:Grand Duke Arthur|talk]]) 02:03, 24 August 2023 (UTC)<br />
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:Hello, sorry for the delay. It'd probably be best to contact our foreign ministry directly. [[User:AtomCZ]] should be responsible for foreign affairs. [[User:Luxor|Luxor]] ([[User talk:Luxor|talk]]) 08:13, 4 October 2023 (UTC)<br />
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== Draft issues and review ==<br />
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Hello! I am wanting to get a page I wrote for my nation on the main site. I have tried submitting it for review on the wiki, but it seems that it does not show that it has been submitted. Here is the draft: [[Draft: Republic of Ausburia]] [[User:Ausburia1|Ausburia1]] ([[User talk:Ausburia1|talk]]) 23:59, 14 November 2023 (UTC)<br />
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== Mekniy-Lurk banknotes? ==<br />
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Hi there!<br />
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Apologies for the message! I am a former micronationalist & also a banknote collector mainly collecting banknotes from micronations. I was reading the MicroWiki page of Mekniy-Lurk and noticed that it has issued not only coins but also banknotes, which can be purchased as souvenirs. While I am very interested in acquiring a full set of its banknotes and display them in my online museum (Please check “Micronational Banknote Museum” on Facebook), I am not sure whom I should contact with, as the official website does not seem to be accessible any more… If possible, may I ask if you have the contact info for anyone who might be helpful in this matter?<br />
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Thank you in advance for your help! [[User:Ufkpr|Ufkpr]] ([[User talk:Ufkpr|talk]]) 13:13, 19 November 2023 (UTC)</div>Ufkprhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=User_talk:Harrison_St%C3%A4lmann&diff=1678787User talk:Harrison Stälmann2023-11-18T23:35:16Z<p>Ufkpr: </p>
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Dear Mr. Stälmann, I was curious as to if it would be possible to take over the UCIM as I have not seen any activity in the past years. If this is something that may interest you, please let me know, thanks {{spaced ndash}} Mr. [[User:Liam|Liam Alexander]] {{*}} <small>([[User talk:Liam|Talk with me!]]){{*}}([[Special:Contributions/Liam|contribs]])</small> 02:24, 16 March 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== Purchasing Stalmanndorf banknotes ==<br />
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Hi there - I apologize for the message! I am a banknote collector who collects primarily those from micronations. I noticed the banknotes of Stalmanndorf (Gelb and Krőn) offered for sale on your official website. I am very interested in purchasing a complete set of all Stalmanndorf banknotes available - If possible, may I ask in prior which Stalmanndorf banknotes are for sale now, and their prices too? I would love to buy whichever available afterward! Please also feel free to check my online museum (Facebook page: Micronational Banknote Museum) and contact me via email to ephemera.collector@outlook.com - Thank you in advance for your help! <br><br />
--[[User:Ufkpr|Ufkpr]] ([[User talk:Ufkpr|talk]]) 05:25, 23 May 2023 (UTC)</div>Ufkprhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=User_talk:Salute&diff=1678783User talk:Salute2023-11-18T23:34:05Z<p>Ufkpr: /* Regarding Kapreburg banknotes */ new section</p>
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balls--[[User:Tristan556|Tristan556]] ([[User talk:Tristan556|talk]]) 13:41, 11 April 2022 (UTC)<br />
== Joining Music by Matthew H ==<br />
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Hi, I hear you are a musician! I own a company called [Music by Matthew H] which composes national anthems for micronations. I would like to give you the opportunity to become a composer at this company. Please join this Discord server for more information.<br />
https://discord.gg/Uwy5k5s<br />
Regards,<br />
Matthew Hubbard<br />
CEO of Music by Matthew H<br />
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== I wanna talk about something ==<br />
So you claim to be the god of a religion, this so called Jack Allahbarism. I am doing research on different things, and am wondering If I can acces this "Morris Manifesto". My discord is dan34#3796 and my email is aidanpierce79@gmail.com<br />
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== "Greetings" from Suttornland ==<br />
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So you're a kapreburger right <br />
Just something to think about: <br />
Kapreburger-Kapre=Burger <br />
Why are you a burger<br />
[[User:King Anonymous of Suttornland|King Anonymous of Suttornland]] ([[User talk:King Anonymous of Suttornland|talk]]) 23:11, 9 October 2021 (UTC)<br />
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== Relations between the Kingdom of Limonia and Empire of Kapreburg ==<br />
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Hello,<br />
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Who is responsible for making a mutual recognition agreement between the two micronations? [[User:Govlimonia|Govlimonia]] ([[User talk:Govlimonia|talk]]) 03:00, 11 February 2022 (UTC)<br />
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{{reply to|Govlimonia}} I would be the one to talk to. DM me on discord at salute#0647 [[User:Salute|<b style="font-variant:small-caps;border:2px solid #000000;padding:0 9px;background:#00d11c;color:#ffffff;border-radius:6px">HM Jackson I</b>]] [[File:Jackson I Wax Seal.png|25px]] ([[User talk:Salute|talk]]) 03:52, 11 February 2022 (UTC)<br />
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== A gift... ==<br />
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{{Brown-E}}<br />
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== Heraldic Supports ==<br />
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Hi@[[User:Salute|Salute]], i saw that you contribute in microwiki on heraldry, I want ask you a question <br />
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How can I make my own heraldic supporters, what should I do for that<br />
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Greetings [[User:Famiran Dour|Famiran Dour]] ([[User talk:Famiran Dour|talk]]) 21:05, 24 October 2023 (UTC)<br />
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== Regarding Kapreburg banknotes ==<br />
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Hi there - Sorry for the message! I am a collector who collects mainly banknotes from micronations. I noticed the banknotes of Kapreburg here and was wondering if I could purchase the two series for my collection? Please also feel free to check my online museum (Facebook page: Micronational Banknote Museum) and contact me via email to dannyzhang99@yahoo.com - Thank you in advance for your help! [[User:Ufkpr|Ufkpr]] ([[User talk:Ufkpr|talk]]) 23:34, 18 November 2023 (UTC)</div>Ufkprhttps://micronations.wiki/index.php?title=Free_Republic_of_Schwanensee&diff=1674276Free Republic of Schwanensee2023-11-12T08:18:27Z<p>Ufkpr: /* Republic of Ceskonia */</p>
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'''Schwanensee''' ('''Swan Lake'''), officially in Esperanto '''la Libera Respubliko de Cignolago''' (Free Republic of Schwanensee'','' formerly ''la Sendependa Libera Kosmopolitisma Respubliko de Cignolago''), was a cosmopolitan meritocracy which declared its main territory on a virtual platform supposedly located in the Arctic Ocean along with several peripheral territories around the globe. As of 2019, the country had a population of 13 and claimed a total area of roughly 750 sqm., with its capital city in ''Novurbo'' (in English: New City).<br />
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Schwanensee was a cosmopolitan meritocracy: its citizens scattered in different parts of the world, meanwhile strictly classified into three social classes: ''Clerici'' (the Scholars), ''Guverans'' (the Administrators), and ''la Popolo'' (the People). These social classes were mainly based on their skills and their own choices on occupation, since every social class would be designated specified occupations or professions. Social class did not depend on one's origin, and every citizen had two opportunities after having acquired their Schwanian citizenship to alter the social class they belonged to. Some of the Schwanian territories, however, chose not to implement the social class system, such as the Autonomous Communist Region of Ruĝflago and the utopian settlements of Elysia.<br />
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The country adopted three universal languages as its official languages, namely Esperanto, Volapük, and Latin, while German, Chinese, and Japanese were some of the unofficial but recognized languages used more widely in daily life among citizens. Each official language was assigned to a specific social class as its sole language, and a language examination (no longer mandatory since October 2019) would be given before a new citizen could be assigned to any of the three social classes. In general, Esperanto served as the language of the people (also for foreign affairs, etc.), Volapük as the language of administration, and Latin as the language of academic research.<br />
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On 25 Dec. 2019, the 4th President of Schwanensee formally declared the dissolution of the country.<br />
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==History==<br />
===Republic of Ceskonia (2009 - 2011)===<br />
[[File:Ceskonia.PNG|thumb|National flag of Ceskonia|200x200px]]<br />
The history of Schwanensee began with a whimsical idea of its President, Richard C., who created the predecessor of Schwanensee, a cyberstate known as the ''Republic of Ceskonia'', on 26 June 2009 while he was studying abroad in Osnarbrück, Germany. Richard had been well aware of the famous micronations around the globe, yet he was against such hard successionism, which he personally deemed problematic. The booming development of Internet-based micronations at the time, however, had facilitated his creation of a similar simulationist cyberstate, which would not claim any physical territories.<br />
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Hoping to achieve more interested participants, Richard chose to launch the project of the new cyberstate both on a Chinese blogging site similar to Blogspot (now already defunct) and separately on a German webhosting platform - both of which he spoke fluently. To his surprise, he noticed that the Chinese blogging site had already hosted a number of similar cyberstates (known as virtual states). The first cyberstate with which Ceskonia pursued diplomatic relationship was Goryeo Federation, on the same day when Ceskonia was founded (26 June 2009). During the 2-year lifespan of Ceskonia, Richard C., representing the Republic of Ceskonia, eventually built friendly diplomatic relations with more than a hundred of such cyberstates.<br />
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During this time period, most background information on Ceskonia was based purely on fantasy rather than on reality - a typical trend for Chinese virtual states and German-speaking simulationist μnations. Based on the Internet Archive, Ceskonia had its capital city named ''Syldavia'', and Richard also designed national symbols as well as postage stamps and banknotes for his cyberstate. Despite the fact that the latter were never materialized, Ceskonia founded the ''Online Numismatic Museum for Virtual States'' as a separate blog, which was inspired by the ''Finanzmuseum'' of [https://freistaat-fuchsen.de/ Freistaat Fuchsen], a German-speaking μnation. Ceskonia also hosted the 2nd ''CyberOlympics'' and became a founding member of Liberal Union, one of the three international organizations among virtual states at the time.<br />
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As Daniel C. joined Ceskonia as its Prime Minister in 2011, both of the citizens eventually agreed to expand its influence in the sense that Ceskonia should pay more attention to international communication outside of its original platforms in Chinese and German, partly due to a previous notification from the blogging site that its service would soon be suspended. The message had been catastrophic to many virtual states that utilized its service (blogging and message board, etc.), and attempts had been made in prior as to how Ceskonia could survive this: President Richard, who intended to stay connected with other virtual states, launched an Internet forum, whose service was supported by the same company of the blogging site, yet the environment there was quite hostile; Prime Minister Daniel, who favored an international solution, tried on the [https://www.nationstates.net/ NationStates] forum, which led him discovering the [[MicroWiki]] Forum, a platform both of them regarded friendly and feasible.<br />
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===Free Republic of Schwanensee (2011 - 2019)===<br />
[[File:Schwanensee emergencyflag.png|thumb|The upside down national flag used in case of mourning or emergency|200x200px]]<br />
On 10 September 2011, Ceskonia officially renamed itself to ''Zwanenmeer'' (later to its German equivalent ''Schwanensee'') with newly designed national symbols and joined MicroWiki, gradually bidding farewell to its completely simulationist, Internet-based past. Nonetheless, Schwanensee in its early days was still inevitably partly related to personal fantasy (the legacy of which was the Schwanian ''Lomiän'', the virtual platform on which the Schwanian capital was supposed to exist), though reality had also come to play a role in it - It also claimed physical territories in Germany and USA, etc., where its citizens actually lived at the time, and proclaimed German, Chinese, and Schwanian, at first only a script, but later also a separate constructed language, to be its three official languages. Furthermore, banknotes, stamps, and documents were also prepared and produced, with the hope that Schwanensee could more resemble a "real" micronation.<br />
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Before President Richard quit the project unexpectedly in 2013, he and Prime Minister Daniel had attempted to interact with micronations around the globe, not only on MicroWiki forum but also on [[Micras]] and [https://www.mn-marktplatz.de/ MN-Marktplatz], participating in the Micras Expo 2012 and the [[2012 MicroWiki Cup]], etc. Such activity gradually disappeared as more citizens became inactive, resulting in the implementation of the Emergency Act in 2014 dissolving the Schwanian parliament and extending the presidential term indefinitely. The inertia was also accompanied by a halt to the service provided by the Chinese blogging site in 2015, on which the predecessor of Schwanensee, Ceskonia, had been established.<br />
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The country became rather dormant until 2017, when President Daniel reformed the country by implementing uniform and standardizing policies over all of its territories around the globe, meanwhile adopting newly designed national symbols, etc. The social class system was implemented during this time period, followed by the change of official languages to Esperanto, Volapük, and Latin. Furthermore, national paraphernalia were manufactured with much higher quality and issued accordingly: all active citizens could receive their own identity cards and passports - on which they would be given a valid visa once they entered any Schwanian territories - for free as long as they applied for them, and salaries were distributed in [[Schwanian krone|kronen]] as banknotes and coins, which they could use within Schwanian territories for goods. In addition, professionally made Schwanian postage stamps were issued and used on domestic stationeries and international letters sent from Schwanensee to other micronations. The two special regions, ''Elysia'' and ''Ruĝflago'', were also planned at this time in order to test the viability of other possible ideologies.<br />
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Such activity, however, was not accompanied by any increase in population. The population of Schwanensee had decreased to approximately 13 by the year of 2019, while only 3~5 of them remained active in daily affairs. An attempt to revive the country, namely the ''Cyrillization Movement'', occurred in October 2019, during which the country underwent a pro-Soviet transformation: introducing the new coat of arms, adopting liberation theology as its guiding ideology, abolishing many of its meritocratic policies, meanwhile having its official languages written entirely in Cyrillic instead of the Latin alphabet (it was also planned at the time to promote Esperanto as the only official language of the country). The movement ultimately failed, with the remaining few active citizens reaching an accord in Lespedezo to formally dissolve the country on Christmas Day 2019.<br />
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==Geography==<br />
[[File:Schwanensee micras.png|thumb|Former Schwanian territory on [[Micras]] (map version 14.7.5)]]<br />
The country was divided into four ''Provincoj'' or ''Provins'' (provinces: ''Lomiän, Rubainiän, Smaragainiän, Safirainiän'') and two ''Regionoj'' or ''Ziläks'' (special regions: ''Elysia, Ruĝflago''). The four provinces were further divided into two ''Urboj'' or ''Zifs'' (cities) and seven ''Kantonoj'' or ''Kantons'' (counties). Unlike most countries in the world, Schwanian citizens were not permitted to enter any other Schwanian territories apart from the one that they belong to, unless they had been issued an internal entry visa valid for their destination on their Schwanian passport prior to their journey.<br />
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From February to December 2012, Schwanensee also participated in the [[Micras]] world and claimed a rather small piece of land on the planet. Its territory on Micras resembled the virtual platform of ''Lomiän'' and claimed to have three cities, namely Neustadt (capital city of the Micras territory), Schwarzenfels, and Wessenfels.<br />
===Cities, counties, and regions===<br />
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*'''Novurbo''' was the capital city of the country. It was located on the virtual platform ''Lomiän'', and was the only city within this province. The city had a population of 0.<br />
*'''Leto''' was the largest city of the country. It was located in ''Rubainiän''. As of 2019, it had a population of 3~4, thus the largest city of the country. It was also the former headquarter of Schwanian government (''Bevünetaguveranef'') from 2011 to 2017.<br />
*'''Varenko''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Ravnhaŭso''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' with a population of 2.<br />
*'''Acerrivero''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' in Tokyo, Japan with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Aŭznŝtato''' was located in ''Smaragainiän'' in London, UK with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Sororiso''' was located in ''Smaragainiän'' in Münich, Germany with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Hojro''' was located in ''Safirainiän'' in New York, USA with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Lespedezo''' was located in ''Safirainiän'' in the Midwest of USA with a population of 2~3. It served as the headquarter of Schwanian ''Bevünetaguveranef'' and the Schwanian embassy in USA from 2017 until the dissolution of the country.<br />
*'''Elysia''' was a combination of planned autonomous utopian settlements (also known as phalansteries) within the country. It adopted Elysian, a constructed language, as its sole official language.<br />
*'''Ruĝflago''' was a planned autonomous communist region in which communism with agriculture-based economy would be implemented. Esperanto was the sole official language of the region.<br />
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==Politics==<br />
[[File:Seal schwanensee.png|thumb|Great Seal of the ''Bevünetaguveranef'', the government body of Schwanensee|150x150px]]<br />
[[File:Neuschwanenplatz.png|thumb|2013 elections seats|200x200px]]<br />
[[File:2011 parliament.png|thumb|2011 elections seats|200x200px]]<br />
A cosmopolitan meritocracy, Schwanensee had previously been a parliamentary republic. The country had had a left–right multi-party system: following the 2013 parliamentary election, the biggest parties were the centre-right National Party and the centrist Green Party. Other political parties with seats in the Schwanian parliament (originally named ''Neuschwanenplatz'', now known as ''Nulasvanadail''), were the centre-left Bolshevik Party, etc., while other parties existed on the municipal level. According to the Constitution, parties promoting racism were strictly prohibited in the country.<br />
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Starting from late 2014, the parliament system had been temporarily abandoned due to the Emergency Act in action, which was proposed because of a lack of active citizens for a long time. Since then, the presidential term had been prolonged indefinitely, and the office of Prime Minister was also left unoccupied until a new candidate was appointed in late 2018 by the President. Under the Emergency Act, President also served as Minister for Foreign Affairs, whereas Prime Minister served as Minister for Internal Affairs. The Emergency Act was planned to be lifted during the Cyrillization Movement starting from October 2019, which resulted in the establishment of the '''Provisional Supreme Soviet''' (Cyrillic Esperanto: ''Провизора Супера Совето'') in Lespedezo, yet the attempt ultimately failed due to the dissolution of the country.<br />
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===List of parliamentary parties===<br />
[[File:Flag Schwanian Green Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Green Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag Bolshevik.jpg|border|25px]] '''Bolshevik Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag KMT.jpg|border|25px]] '''National Party'''<br> <br />
[[File:Flag Universalism Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Universalist Party''' <br><br />
[[File:Flag POP.jpg|border|25px]] '''Public Opinion Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag Democratic.PNG|border|25px]] '''Democratic-Libertarian Party'''(1) <br><br />
[[File:Flag Donghak.PNG|border|25px]] '''Cheondoist Party'''(1)<br><br />
[[File:Flag Schwanian Green Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition'''(2)<br><br />
(1): Banned due to their Fascist ideology.<br><br />
(2): Split into two different parties.<br />
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===List of Presidents (''Prezidantoj'' or ''Presidals'')===<br />
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|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Richard C.'''<br />
|11 September 2011<br />
|10 September 2012<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#6495ED"<br />
| bgcolor="#223AA8" |<font color="white">'''2'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Richard C.'''<br />
|11 September 2012<br />
|10 September 2013<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
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|- bgcolor="#82D900"<br />
| bgcolor="#548C00" |<font color="white">'''3'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|11 September 2013<br />
|2014<br />
|Green Party<br />
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| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''4'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|2014<br />
|25 December 2019<br />
|''All parties disestablished''<br />
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===List of Prime Ministers (''Kancelieroj'' or ''Lebürals'')===<br />
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| bgcolor="#548C00" |<font color="white">'''1'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|11 September 2011<br />
|10 September 2012<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
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|- bgcolor="#D0D0D0"<br />
| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''2'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Henry C.'''<br />
|11 September 2012<br />
|10 September 2013<br />
|Nonpartisan<br />
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|- bgcolor="#FF7575"<br />
| bgcolor="#750000" |<font color="white">'''3'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Wolfgang S.'''<br />
|11 September 2013<br />
|2014<br />
|Bolshevik Party<br />
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|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Margaret C.'''<br />
|1 September 2018<br />
|25 December 2019<br />
|''All parties disestablished''<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
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File:Flag leto.jpg|National flag displayed in Leto, the largest city of Schwanensee<br />
File:Flag lespedezo.jpg|National flag displayed in Lespedezo, headquarter of the ''Bevünetaguveranef''<br />
File:Schwanian border.jpg|Warning sign on Schwanian border with USA (Lespedezo)<br />
File:Elysia flag.png|Flag of Elysia (obverse) - reverse bearing the regional coat of arms<br />
File:Rugxflago flag.png|Flag of the Autonomous Communist Region of Ruĝflago<br />
File:Nordiccrossdb sch var.png|Flag of Schwanian Mainland, ''Lomiän''<br />
File:Nordiccross sch var.png|Flag of the government of Schwanian Mainland, ''Lomiänaguveranef''<br />
File:Army sch.png|Proposed emblem of the Schwanian Armed Forces<br />
File:Coin1obv.PNG|Coins and banknotes of the [[Schwanian krone]]<br />
File:Banklibro.jpg|Bankbook issued by the Schwanian central bank, [[Schwanian krone|KosmoBanko de Cignolago]]<br />
File:Cignolago stamp.jpg|Schwanian postage stamps featuring Albert Anker's paintings<br />
File:Envelope.jpg|Used envelope bearing a Schwanian stamp and the postmark of Lespedezo<br />
File:Lrc passport.jpg|Four types of Schwanian passports: Official, Diplomatic, Ordinary, Temporary<br />
File:Entryexit stamps lrc.jpg|Entry and exit stamps of Schwanensee stamped on a Schwanian passport<br />
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==Foreign relations==<br />
[[File:Cignolago passport.JPG|thumb|Diplomatic and ordinary passports of Schwanensee bearing the old coat of arms|200x200px]]<br />
[[File:Cignolago passport 2.JPG|thumb|First page of a Schwanian passport|200x200px]]<br />
===Micronational foreign relations===<br />
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*[[File:Sunset Micronation.jpg|25px]] [https://sunset-micronation.webs.com/ Sunset Micronation]<br />
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*[[File:Flag of Duke.png|25px]] [[People's Republic of Duke|Duke]]<br />
*[[File:Nova Troie drapeau.jpg|25px]] [https://novatroie.wixsite.com/novatroie NovaTroie]<br />
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'''The Socialist Federal Republic of Acadame North''' (Slovene: Socialistična federativna Republika Acadame Severa) is a micronation bordering Canada to the east and west. Acadame North claims to have two administrative zones. It became a nation on June 25 [[1999]].<br />
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==General Information and Background==<br />
The Acadame North Government claims to be a sovereign independent nation. According to the official version, Acadame North’s origins are from the Acadame North Liberation Organization, with the goal of forming a Slavic, socialist state in North America.<br />
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Acadame North's climate is categorized as a ‘Humid continental climate' (warm summer subtype) with temperatures ranging from -2 degrees F to over 90 degrees throughout the year. Acadame North's main National holiday is June 25 or 'national liberation day.'<br />
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==History==<br />
Acording to the 'official version' The Socialist Federal Republic of Acadame North was formally a federation of 4 states: Acadame North, South, East and West. However, these were reorganized into one state and one nation in 2003 during reforms the Socialist Federation of Koroska became the Socialist Federal Republic of Acadame North.<br />
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Acadame North changed its flag in 2006 after the Federal Executive Council voted for it to "better represent the nation". Also, its capital was renamed Matevgrad from Titograd in 2004. Acadame North's national anthem, 'Forward Flag of Glory', was adapted soon after independence and has been used ever since.<br />
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==Government and politics==<br />
The head of state is chosen by the Presidium, which consists of some members of the Communist Party and FEC and only gathers at the end of the leader’s presidency. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) acts as a cabinet; its president is Prime Minister and de facto Head of Government. The legislative branch is the Federal Assembly, representing Administrative zones and social organizations. The current Head of State, M. Pconja, was founder of the Acadame North Liberation Organization.<br />
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===National Assembly===<br />
The Constitution divides the Federal Assembly into two chambers: the Federal Chamber and the Chamber of Administrative Zones. Representatives are chosen from among delegates elected by organizations, such as communes, and institutions at the lowest level of the system, giving the chamber elements of a grass-roots constituency. Members of assemblies below the federal level are not eligible for the Federal Chamber. Voting in the Federal Chamber is by simple majority, and the chamber considers all issues to be within federal authority and have an impact on any local organization.<br />
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Academe North has a number of national symbols, including the pine tree as its national tree, '[[w:Palachinka|Palachinka]]' as its national food and quartz as its national stone.<br />
National flower: The orchid<br />
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==Legitimacy==<br />
As with any micronation, the legitimacy of the Socialist Federal Republic of Acadame North is questionable. Acadame North maintains its real world goal of international recognition.<br />
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'''Schwanensee''' ('''Swan Lake'''), officially in Esperanto '''la Libera Respubliko de Cignolago''' (Free Republic of Schwanensee'','' formerly ''la Sendependa Libera Kosmopolitisma Respubliko de Cignolago''), was a cosmopolitan meritocracy which declared its main territory on a virtual platform supposedly located in the Arctic Ocean along with several peripheral territories around the globe. As of 2019, the country had a population of 13 and claimed a total area of roughly 750 sqm., with its capital city in ''Novurbo'' (in English: New City).<br />
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Schwanensee was a cosmopolitan meritocracy: its citizens scattered in different parts of the world, meanwhile strictly classified into three social classes: ''Clerici'' (the Scholars), ''Guverans'' (the Administrators), and ''la Popolo'' (the People). These social classes were mainly based on their skills and their own choices on occupation, since every social class would be designated specified occupations or professions. Social class did not depend on one's origin, and every citizen had two opportunities after having acquired their Schwanian citizenship to alter the social class they belonged to. Some of the Schwanian territories, however, chose not to implement the social class system, such as the Autonomous Communist Region of Ruĝflago and the utopian settlements of Elysia.<br />
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The country adopted three universal languages as its official languages, namely Esperanto, Volapük, and Latin, while German, Chinese, and Japanese were some of the unofficial but recognized languages used more widely in daily life among citizens. Each official language was assigned to a specific social class as its sole language, and a language examination (no longer mandatory since October 2019) would be given before a new citizen could be assigned to any of the three social classes. In general, Esperanto served as the language of the people (also for foreign affairs, etc.), Volapük as the language of administration, and Latin as the language of academic research.<br />
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On 25 Dec. 2019, the 4th President of Schwanensee formally declared the dissolution of the country.<br />
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==History==<br />
===Republic of Ceskonia===<br />
[[File:Ceskonia.PNG|thumb|National flag of Ceskonia|200x200px]]<br />
The history of Schwanensee began with a whimsical idea of its President, Richard C., who created the predecessor of Schwanensee, a cyberstate known as the ''Republic of Ceskonia'', on 26 June 2009 while he was studying abroad in Osnarbrück, Germany. Richard had been well aware of the famous micronations around the globe, yet he was against such hard successionism, which he personally deemed problematic. The booming development of Internet-based micronations at the time, however, had facilitated his creation of a similar simulationist cyberstate, which would not claim any physical territories.<br />
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Hoping to achieve more interested participants, Richard chose to launch the project of the new cyberstate both on a Chinese blogging site similar to Blogspot (now already defunct) and on a German webhosting platform directly - both of which he spoke fluently. To his surprise, he noticed that the Chinese blogging site had already hosted a number of similar cyberstates (known as virtual states), with more than a hundred of which he, representing the Republic of Ceskonia, eventually built friendly diplomatic relations during the 2-year lifespan of Ceskonia.<br />
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During this time period, most background information on Ceskonia was based purely on fantasy rather than on reality - a typical trend for Chinese virtual states and German-speaking simulationist μnations. Based on the Internet Archive, Ceskonia had its capital city named Syldavia, and Richard also designed national symbols as well as postage stamps and banknotes for his cyberstate. Despite the fact that the latter were never materialized, Ceskonia founded the ''Online Numismatic Museum for Virtual States'' as a separate blog, which was inspired by the ''Finanzmuseum'' of [https://freistaat-fuchsen.de/ Freistaat Fuchsen], a German-speaking μnation. Ceskonia also hosted the 2nd ''CyberOlympics'' and became a founding member of the Liberal Union, one of the three international organizations among virtual states at the time.<br />
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As Daniel C. joined Ceskonia as its Prime Minister in 2011, both of the citizens eventually agreed to expand its influence in the sense that Ceskonia should pay more attention to international communication outside of its original platforms in Chinese and German, partly due to a previous notification from the blogging site that its service would soon be suspended. The message had been catastrophic to many virtual states that utilized its service (blogging and message board, etc.), and attempts had been made in prior as to how Ceskonia could survive this: President Richard, who intended to stay connected with other virtual states, launched an Internet forum, whose service was supported by the same company of the blogging site, yet the environment there was quite hostile; Prime Minister Daniel, who favored an international solution, tried on the [https://www.nationstates.net/ NationStates] forum, which led him discovering the [[MicroWiki]] Forum, a platform both of them regarded friendly and feasible.<br />
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===Free Republic of Schwanensee===<br />
[[File:Schwanensee emergencyflag.png|thumb|The upside down national flag used in case of mourning or emergency|200x200px]]<br />
On 10 September 2011, Ceskonia officially renamed itself to ''Zwanenmeer'' (later to its German equivalent ''Schwanensee'') with newly designed national symbols and joined MicroWiki, bidding farewell to its completely simulationist, Internet-based past. Nonetheless, Schwanensee in its early days was still inevitably partly related to personal fantasy (the legacy of which was the Schwanian ''Lomiän'', the virtual platform on which the Schwanian capital was supposed to exist), though reality had also come to play a role in it - It also claimed physical territories in Germany and USA, etc., where its citizens actually lived at the time, and set German, Chinese, and Schwanian, a constructed language, as its three official languages. Furthermore, banknotes, stamps, and documents were also prepared and produced, with the hope that Schwanensee could more resemble a "real" micronation.<br />
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Before President Richard quit the project unexpectedly in 2013, he and Prime Minister Daniel had attempted to interact with micronations around the globe, not only on MicroWiki forum but also on [[Micras]] and [https://www.mn-marktplatz.de/ MN-Marktplatz], participating in the Micras Expo 2012 and the [[2012 MicroWiki Cup]], etc. Such activity gradually disappeared as more citizens became inactive, resulting in the implementation of the Emergency Act in 2014 dissolving the Schwanian parliament and extending the presidential term indefinitely. The country became rather dormant until 2017, when President Daniel reformed the country by implementing uniform and standardizing policies over all of its territories around the globe, meanwhile adopting newly designed national symbols, etc. The social class system was implemented during this time period, followed by the change of official languages to Esperanto, Volapük, and Latin. Furthermore, national paraphernalia were manufactured with much higher quality and issued accordingly: all active citizens could receive their own identity cards and passports - on which they would be given a valid visa once they entered any Schwanian territories - for free as long as they applied for them, and salaries were distributed to ministers in [[Schwanian krone|kronen]] as banknotes and coins, which they could use within Schwanian territories for goods. In addition, professionally made Schwanian postage stamps were issued and used on domestic stationeries and international letters sent from Schwanensee to other micronations. The two special regions, ''Elysia'' and ''Ruĝflago'', were also planned at this time in order to test the viability of other possible ideologies.<br />
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Such activity, however, was not accompanied by any increase in population. The population of Schwanensee had decreased to approximately 13 by the year of 2019, while only 3~5 of them remained active in daily affairs. An attempt to revive the country, namely the Cyrillization Movement, occurred in October 2019, during which the country underwent a pro-Soviet transformation: introducing the new coat of arms, adopting liberation theology as its guiding ideology, abolishing many of its meritocratic policies, meanwhile having its official languages written entirely in Cyrillic instead of the Latin alphabet (it was also planned at the time to promote Esperanto as the only official language of the country). The movement ultimately failed, with the remaining few active citizens reaching an accord in Lespedezo to formally dissolve the country on Christmas Day 2019.<br />
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==Geography==<br />
[[File:Schwanensee micras.png|thumb|Former Schwanian territory on [[Micras]] (map version 14.7.5)]]<br />
The country was divided into four ''Provincoj'' or ''Provins'' (provinces: ''Lomiän, Rubainiän, Smaragainiän, Safirainiän'') and two ''Regionoj'' or ''Ziläks'' (special regions: ''Elysia, Ruĝflago''). The four provinces were further divided into two ''Urboj'' or ''Zifs'' (cities) and seven ''Kantonoj'' or ''Kantons'' (counties). Unlike most countries in the world, Schwanian citizens were not permitted to enter any other Schwanian territories apart from the one that they belong to, unless they had been issued an internal entry visa valid for their destination on their Schwanian passport prior to their journey.<br />
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From February to December 2012, Schwanensee also participated in the [[Micras]] world and claimed a rather small piece of land on the planet. Its territory on Micras resembled the virtual platform of ''Lomiän'' and claimed to have three cities, namely Neustadt (capital city of the Micras territory), Schwarzenfels, and Wessenfels.<br />
===Cities, counties, and regions===<br />
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*'''Novurbo''' was the capital city of the country. It was located on the virtual platform ''Lomiän'', and was the only city within this province. The city had a population of 0.<br />
*'''Leto''' was the largest city of the country. It was located in ''Rubainiän''. As of 2019, it had a population of 3~4, thus the largest city of the country. It was also the former headquarter of Schwanian government (''Bevünetaguveranef'') from 2011 to 2017.<br />
*'''Varenko''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Ravnhaŭso''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' with a population of 2.<br />
*'''Acerrivero''' was located in ''Rubainiän'' in Tokyo, Japan with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Aŭznŝtato''' was located in ''Smaragainiän'' in London, UK with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Sororiso''' was located in ''Smaragainiän'' in Münich, Germany with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Hojro''' was located in ''Safirainiän'' in New York, USA with a population of 1.<br />
*'''Lespedezo''' was located in ''Safirainiän'' in the Midwest of USA with a population of 2~3. It served as the headquarter of Schwanian ''Bevünetaguveranef'' and the Schwanian embassy in USA from 2017 until the dissolution of the country.<br />
*'''Elysia''' was a combination of planned autonomous utopian settlements (also known as phalansteries) within the country. It adopted Elysian, a constructed language, as its sole official language.<br />
*'''Ruĝflago''' was a planned autonomous communist region in which communism with agriculture-based economy would be implemented. Esperanto was the sole official language of the region.<br />
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==Politics==<br />
[[File:Seal schwanensee.png|thumb|Great Seal of the ''Bevünetaguveranef'', the government body of Schwanensee|150x150px]]<br />
[[File:Neuschwanenplatz.png|thumb|2013 elections seats|200x200px]]<br />
[[File:2011 parliament.png|thumb|2011 elections seats|200x200px]]<br />
A cosmopolitan meritocracy, Schwanensee had previously been a parliamentary republic. The country had had a left–right multi-party system: following the 2013 parliamentary election, the biggest parties were the centre-right National Party and the centrist Green Party. Other political parties with seats in the Schwanian parliament (originally named ''Neuschwanenplatz'', now known as ''Nulasvanadail''), were the centre-left Bolshevik Party, etc., while other parties existed on the municipal level. According to the Constitution, parties promoting racism were strictly prohibited in the country.<br />
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Starting from late 2014, the parliament system had been temporarily abandoned due to the Emergency Act in action, which was proposed because of a lack of active citizens for a long time. Since then, the presidential term had been prolonged indefinitely, and the office of Prime Minister was also left unoccupied until a new candidate was appointed in late 2018 by the President. Under the Emergency Act, President also served as Minister for Foreign Affairs, whereas Prime Minister served as Minister for Internal Affairs. The Emergency Act was planned to be lifted during the Cyrillization Movement starting from October 2019, which resulted in the establishment of the '''Provisional Supreme Soviet''' (Cyrillic Esperanto: ''Провизора Супера Совето'') in Lespedezo, yet the attempt ultimately failed due to the dissolution of the country.<br />
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===List of parliamentary parties===<br />
[[File:Flag Schwanian Green Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Green Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag Bolshevik.jpg|border|25px]] '''Bolshevik Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag KMT.jpg|border|25px]] '''National Party'''<br> <br />
[[File:Flag Universalism Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Universalist Party''' <br><br />
[[File:Flag POP.jpg|border|25px]] '''Public Opinion Party'''<br><br />
[[File:Flag Democratic.PNG|border|25px]] '''Democratic-Libertarian Party'''(1) <br><br />
[[File:Flag Donghak.PNG|border|25px]] '''Cheondoist Party'''(1)<br><br />
[[File:Flag Schwanian Green Party.jpg|border|25px]] '''Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition'''(2)<br><br />
(1): Banned due to their Fascist ideology.<br><br />
(2): Split into two different parties.<br />
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===List of Presidents (''Prezidantoj'' or ''Presidals'')===<br />
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|11 September 2011<br />
|10 September 2012<br />
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|'''Richard C.'''<br />
|11 September 2012<br />
|10 September 2013<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
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|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|11 September 2013<br />
|10 September 2014<br />
|Green Party<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#D0D0D0"<br />
| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''4'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|11 September 2014<br />
|25 December 2019<br />
|''All parties disestablished''<br />
|}<br />
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===List of Prime Ministers (''Kancelieroj'' or ''Lebürals'')===<br />
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! style="width:20%;" |Picture<br />
!Name<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Took office<br />
! style="width:13%;" |Left office<br />
! style="width:30%;" |Party<br />
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| bgcolor="#548C00" |<font color="white">'''1'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Daniel C.'''<br />
|11 September 2011<br />
|10 September 2012<br />
|Cosmopolitanist-Nationalist Coalition<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#D0D0D0"<br />
| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''2'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Henry C.'''<br />
|11 September 2012<br />
|10 September 2013<br />
|Nonpartisan<br />
|-<br />
|- bgcolor="#FF7575"<br />
| bgcolor="#750000" |<font color="white">'''3'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Wolfgang S.'''<br />
|11 September 2013<br />
|10 September 2014<br />
|Bolshevik Party<br />
|- bgcolor="#D0D0D0"<br />
| bgcolor="#4F4F4F" |<font color="white">'''4'''<br />
|[[File:Coa1.png|85px]]<br />
|'''Margaret C.'''<br />
|1 September 2018<br />
|25 December 2019<br />
|''All parties disestablished''<br />
|}<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Flag leto.jpg|National flag displayed in Leto, the largest city of Schwanensee<br />
File:Flag lespedezo.jpg|National flag displayed in Lespedezo, headquarter of the ''Bevünetaguveranef''<br />
File:Schwanian border.jpg|Warning sign on Schwanian border with USA (Lespedezo)<br />
File:Elysia flag.png|Flag of Elysia (obverse) - reverse bearing the regional coat of arms<br />
File:Rugxflago flag.png|Flag of the Autonomous Communist Region of Ruĝflago<br />
File:Nordiccrossdb sch var.png|Flag of Schwanian Mainland, ''Lomiän''<br />
File:Nordiccross sch var.png|Flag of the government of Schwanian Mainland, ''Lomiänaguveranef''<br />
File:Army sch.png|Proposed emblem of the Schwanian Armed Forces<br />
File:Coin1obv.PNG|Coins and banknotes of the [[Schwanian krone]]<br />
File:Banklibro.jpg|Bankbook issued by the Schwanian central bank, [[Schwanian krone|KosmoBanko de Cignolago]]<br />
File:Cignolago stamp.jpg|Schwanian postage stamps featuring Albert Anker's paintings<br />
File:Envelope.jpg|Used envelope bearing a Schwanian stamp and the postmark of Lespedezo<br />
File:Lrc passport.jpg|Four types of Schwanian passports: Official, Diplomatic, Ordinary, Temporary<br />
File:Entryexit stamps lrc.jpg|Entry and exit stamps of Schwanensee stamped on a Schwanian passport<br />
</gallery><br />
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==Foreign relations==<br />
[[File:Cignolago passport.JPG|thumb|Diplomatic and ordinary passports of Schwanensee bearing the old coat of arms|200x200px]]<br />
[[File:Cignolago passport 2.JPG|thumb|First page of a Schwanian passport|200x200px]]<br />
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*[[File:Vetriaflagdesign1.png|border|25px]] [[Vetria]]<br />
*[[File:Sunset Micronation.jpg|25px]] [https://sunset-micronation.webs.com/ Sunset Micronation]<br />
*[[File:Flag of Shurigawa.png|25px]] [[Shurigawa]]<br />
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*[[File:Flag of Duke.png|25px]] [[People's Republic of Duke|Duke]]<br />
*[[File:Nova Troie drapeau.jpg|25px]] [https://novatroie.wixsite.com/novatroie NovaTroie]<br />
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|conventional_long_name = The Empire of the Alexandrians<br />
|image_flag = Alexandians.jpg<br />
|national_motto = Non Sine Sole Iris<br />
(Latin: There is no rainbow without the sun.)<br />
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|capital = Geneva<br />
|official_languages = English, French, Spanish<br />
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|leader_title1 = Current leader<br />
|leader_name1 = HIM Emperor Edgard II Albert Portela<br />
|established_event1 = Foundation<br />
|established_date1 = 11th November, 2004<br />
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The '''Empire of the Alexandrians''' or '''Alexandria''' is a [[micronation]] (or more specifically a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy) whose metropolitan territory is located in Cibola, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. It is bordered by the Viking Empire of Stormark and the [[Kingdom of Gotzborg]]. Alexandria now shares land borders overseas with Anthelia and Atterra, after the Confederate States of Rio Grande merged with Alexandria.<br />
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It was formerly composed of six constituent parts - Madland-Sardinia, Franciscania, Gradlia, Kettle, Nubinar and New Puerto Rico. Following the Golden Triangle Reforms of 2005, the constituencies were re-organized into two main sectors: a Spanish and a French Sector. All former constituencies were dissolved and replaced with four - Asunción, Puerto Nuevo, Valenciennes and Baudrix.<br />
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Alexandria has one overseas territory, called the Governorship of Santa Gertrudis.<br />
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==History==<br />
''To see history before name change, see [[Madland]].''<br />
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On November 11, 2004, a referendum in the [[Madland|Empire of the Madlandians]] was passed, requiring the name change from [[Madland]] to Alexandria.<br />
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===The Great Disaster===<br />
In Alexandrian history, the Alexandrian involvement in Micro World War I is known as "The Great Disaster". Alexandrian troops entered Micro World War I at the Emperor's orders, causing great opposition to the war in the Alexandian Estates-General. The Alexandrians entered the war on the Communist side, for they were offering support in a war against Arminy. At the time, relations between Alexandria and Arminy had soured, mostly because of Arminian claims over Alexandrian lands.<br />
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The initial incursion into Arminian territory was very successful, despite increasing opposition for the war at home. Terrorist attacks, demonstrations and riots all over Alexandria became commonplace. Soon after the massive incursion into Arminian territory, Alexandrian forces were called to retreat back into Alexandria after [[Antica]] entered the Alexandria-Arminy war. This was a humiliating retreat for Alexandrians, and when the troops arrived home, a coup d'état was attempted, but the Emperor held the reins of power tightly in his hands.<br />
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Soon after the fires of opposition were quelled at home, the Emperor received massive unexpected support from the USSR and other Communist micronations and ordered the reinvasion of Arminy. The reinvasion was again successful, but not like the first. The second incursion fueled even more opposition to the Emperor's policies at home.<br />
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A lightning counterstrike made by the Arminians and the Anticans overwhelmed Alexandrian troops on the ground and quickly entered into Alexandrian territory. Within hours, Alexandrians were fighting in their own soil, the horrors of war brought to their land.<br />
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===The Islamic Revolution===<br />
With Alexandria heading for defeat, the Alexandrian constitution was amended restore the anti-war provisions that were passed with the original version of the Constitution. Civil unrest broke out in the following weeks, later giving way to city and provincial uprisings, terrorist attacks and revolutionary attempts led by the Burning Torches Party and countless other groups.<br />
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On December 16, 2004, the AlexLibre Terrorist Group triggered a civil war with the Imperial Government when massive terrorist attacks in major cities of Alexandria like Edgardia, Geneva, Kettle and Franciscania. After eight hours of fighting in the capital, the terrorist guerillas captured it and within hours, they received news that all of the major cities within the Empire had fallen to them. Soon, news leaked out that the Palace of Wesloderia was captured and that the Emperor of Alexandria, Edgard II, was forced to abdicate. He was placed in house arrest at Wesloderia along with the Imperial Family. Soon after the news leaked out, the ABCC broadcasted footage of the leaders of the massive national revolt against the Imperial Government. They proclaimed the creation of the Islamic Republic of Sennar.<br />
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The Emperor, the Imperial Family and government officials were sent into exile soon after. It was in exile that the Emperor of Alexandria founded the Republic of San Martin with Troy Thompson and David Redstone.<br />
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===The Islamic Republic of Sennar===<br />
The new Islamic Republic of Sennar soon faced tough opposition within the Empire. The state of Kettle soon seceded from the new Islamic Republic, triggering a continuation of the civil war. The civil war soon ended when Kettle was brought back into Sennar due to inactivity.<br />
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The Islamic Republic of Sennar soon fell to inactivity.<br />
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===The Revival of Alexandria===<br />
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*restart of Alexandria in January<br />
*moving, reshuffling of forums, official restart in April<br />
*movement to regain the old homeland<br />
*claim in Cibola<br />
*relations with San Martin<br />
*Emperor's marriage to Josephine<br />
*Alexandrian-germanian war<br />
*Collapse of Germania<br />
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===The May 15th National Elections===<br />
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*First elections in Alexandria since November 11, 2004.<br />
*Empress Josephine and members of the Imperial family form the Alexandrian Monarchist Party (AMP)<br />
*Jacques Gordon from the Monarchists, first Alexandrian Prime Minister of the "new era"<br />
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===The Gordon Administration===<br />
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*Jacques Gordon - agenda, what he did, events in Alexandrian politics, etc.<br />
*Vindrus York arrives from TT and forms the Alexandrian National Liberty Party, Imperial Family Members and AMP members leave to join it<br />
*AMP dissolved<br />
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===The August 16th National Elections===<br />
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*Vindrus York for ANLP, Russell DuBois for the Alexandrian Humanist Values Party, Jean-Jacques Miterrand as an Independent<br />
*Issues, campaign<br />
*Results lead to collapse of ANLP and of the right-wing movement in Alexandria<br />
*Russell DuBois from the Alexandrian Humanist Values Party wins the election<br />
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===The DuBois Administration===<br />
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*Alexandrian Humanist Values triumph marks first leftist ministry in Alexandrian history<br />
*Punishment Reform bill<br />
*Inactivity<br />
*after the defeat of the right, Vindrus York retires from national politics, leaving the Alexandrian right in disarray and leaderless<br />
*arrival of Sofia de Aragon, Jacques de Beaufort and the beginning of a Catholic Right movement<br />
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===The Revolution of the Right and the Golden Triangle Reforms===<br />
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*movement against PM DuBois, Aragon and other rightist party leaders begin negotiations for a union against the left in the upcoming elections<br />
*the Emperor, supported by the right and citizens disgruntled with the DuBois administration, presents the Golden Triangle Reforms aimed at revitalizing Alexandria<br />
*DuBois is forced to resign<br />
*Golden Triangle reforms dissolve old provinces, establish a new governmental model for Alexandria, gets rid of Estates-General<br />
*the Schism of the Right - negotiations for union fail and the right is at war within itself<br />
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===The October 18th Elections===<br />
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*Matthieu Poitiers of the Conservatives vs. Sofia de Aragon of the Catholic Monarchists<br />
*Poitiers wins with 90% of the vote, decimating the Catholic Monarchists<br />
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===The Poitiers Administration===<br />
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*National reforms continued, new Parliament set up, Constitution approved by Parliament<br />
*Parliamentary elections - victory for the Conservatives again<br />
*Military, economic and nationla reform agenda setup advances<br />
*Establishment of first provincial governments - Valenciennes, Asuncion<br />
*Aragon leaves Alexandria amidst intermicronational controversy<br />
*Catholic Monarchist Party dissolved, Beaufort becomes a Conservative<br />
*Arrival of Fabiola Douay, founding of the Alexandrian Pride Party, elected to Parliament in Asuncion<br />
*The Speaker Controversy - parliamentary showdown over the powers of the Speaker of Parliament<br />
*APP vs. ACP - national debate sparked on many issues such as democratization, etc<br />
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==Links==<br />
[http://www.alexandriaforums.com Alexandrian Message Boards]<br />
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''In 2006, Treesia merged with [[Aerlig]] to form the [[United Baronies]].''<br />
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The '''Sovereign Order of Treesia''' is the successor to the United Baronies of Treesia, itself the successor to the Barony of Treesia and Fabon, one of the last countries to be founded in the old [[Apollo Sector]].<br />
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The Barony of Treesia and Fabon was created by [[Eoin Dornan]]. Treesia had originally been created by [[Thomas Hubert]] as a principality, but was almost immediately occupied by the [[Republic of Blackrock]]. When [[Shane Odlum]] dissolved Blackrock, he gave Treesia to Eoin, formerly a mid-level Blackrock diplomat. Almost immediately, Eoin arranged for Treesia to re-merge with [[Fabon]], a former Treesian province that had seceded during Hubert's unenlightened rule. Eoin set about turning Treesia and Fabon into a fantasy nation.<br />
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The country was organized in a feudal structure, with Eoin, as Baron, at the top and six Knightships led by six Knights below. Under the Knights were supposedly Squires, but the Squire system never became very active. Despite the feudal trappings, the system retained significant [[democracy]], with a Council of Knightships making most of the decisions. Also important in the Treesian government was the Chancellor, an official appointed by the Baron to handle much of the day-to-day business of the Barony and who later became excessively powerful.<br />
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For its first year, the Barony's culture was rich but fragmented. A few posts hinted at a deeper history, and it was made clear that someone named [[Halberd the Grey]] had saved Treesia from a great catastrophe long ago. However, most cultural development consisted of each Knight-Councillor leading various role-playing games in his Knightship. Eventually, these combined into the [[War of the Orchids]], a [[recwar]] invasion of Treesia by [[Babkha]]. Common themes included the [[Talking Dogs]] and [[Inferno Mage]] of [[Llacheu]], [[Gardexitsbitl]], God of Telephones, and the [[Mages of Hundland]].<br />
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After the War of the Orchids, especially during the era of [[Tymaria]] Treesian culture was nationalized and developed a "canon", which became the foundation of the [[Treesian Unorthodox]] faith. The various gods were united into the pantheons of the Irdia and Faldia, and Halberd the Grey was placed within the context of the mythical [[Five Island Kingdom]] and the [[Order of the March Breeze]]. Although this was a golden age of Treesia, several people who had differing visions, especially the [[Soloralists]], became upset and left. Around this time, Treesia annexed its first external territory, or Palatinate, the [[Palatinate of Elpidos]].<br />
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During the post-Tymarian era, Treesian cultural development continued at a less frantic pace, but was surpassed by Treesian geographical expansionism, led primarily by Treesian Chancellor [[Iain de Vembria]]. In a series of cunning political manuevers, he took over the [[Free Republic]], the [[Skerry Isles]], the islands of [[Augustus]] and [[Terra Firma]], and the formerly independent kingdoms of [[New Bruges]], [[Barbaria]], and [[Tallandor]], giving Treesia a far-flung empire equal to [[Shireroth]]'s. As the largest of these lands became Baronies of their own, the Barony of Treesia and Fabon was renamed [[the United Baronies]], and Eoin was made Ard-Baron.<br />
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As expansionism ceased in a more stable era, and as the Treesian Church ceased to be new and exciting, activity slumped, and Treesia became famous for its moribundity. Chancellor Iain tried to solve the problem by throwing a staged coup, and Eoin briefly garnered international attention with a countercoup (at which time he famously took the mythological title [[Zirandorthel]]), but posts soon faded down to their previous level. On May 23, 2004, the Treesian government decided to close the country permanently.<br />
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Concerned that the MCS would respond by taking away their land, Iain, with Eoin's uninterested approval, decided to continue the Treesian legacy with the Sovereign Order of Treesia, a group that would promote Treesian culture. However, the Sovereign Order quickly became as much of a micronation as ever, with the main difference being that it was led by Iain rather than Eoin. The Order was infilitrated by Babkhans, and ended up joining the [[Grand Commonwealth]] as a founding member, over Eoin's strong objections. It would later unite with the [[Republic of Aerlig]] to form the [[United Baronies of Aerlig and Treesia]].<br />
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== Links ==<br />
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[http://www.treesia.org/ Treesia's Website]<br />
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[http://www.grand-commonwealth.net/treesia Treesia's Forum]<br />
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'''Morovia''' was one of the first anglophone micronations to appear on the internet. <br />
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== History ==<br />
Morovia was established in 1996 by five individuals interested in creating an "imaginary" nation. Lucy Denver, David Shapiro, Erin Gump, Mike Nelson, and King Vincent began to play a game they called Morovia. Morovia developed into a republic, and later a monarchy when the five elected Vincent their sovereign. <br />
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This was only the beginning, and in early 1998 the five brought Morovia to the internet. Within weeks of coming online, Morovia signed a treaty of friendship with [[Reunion]]. Making many friends, King Vincent did his best to spread the word of this new micronation that was open to all ideas. It was a success, and within weeks Morovia's citizenship roster had risen from five to twenty individuals. <br />
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In 1999, a Constitutional Convention was held and the nation adopted a new constitution. This new document guaranteed democracy and equal rights for all citizens. Soon, the so-called Founding Five began to leave Morovia, as they went on to completely different high schools and soon only the King remained.<br />
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Despite that, Morovia saw a period of heightened activity and prestige through the years of 1999 - 2002. By mid 2002, the King's real life professional duties resulted in him withdrawing from active participation in helping to run the day to day affairs of the realm. This resulted in unscrupulous parties attempting to take power in Morovia by destabilising the administration of the government. Various attempts were made to revitalise Morovia but almost all failed due to the lack of popular support. Morovia was at it's lowest ebb. <br />
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In November [[2003]], at the behest of Morovian and micronational leaders, the King returned to play an active role in the governing of the realm. Immediately, he pledged his commitment to the work begun before and during his absence to revitalize Morovia and attract new citizens. By late [[2004]], Morovia had "returned to normalcy," her people remained positive, focused, and intent on maintaining the nation's rightful place as a leader of the micronational community. King Vincent abdicated in favour of King Adam, who ascended the throne in April [[2005]]. Morovia soon went inactive as macronational commitments drew away its population.<br />
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In November [[2006]], his Majesty King Adam I was unable to actively rule the Kingdom and appointed King Alexander to be Royal Regent, a legal condition which continued until January [[2009]].<br />
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In October [[2007]], it was announced that Morovia had returned to the active micronational community for a one-month trial period, during which an election would be held to seat a new Royal Assembly. In November, the newly-elected assembly will decide whether the micronation will remain active past the expiry of the experimental period.<br />
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On or about November 18, 2007, all of the posts of the Democratic Centre political party were mysteriously deleted, along with all posts of one relatively active citizen. The incident was never explained, despite the interest of many prominent members of the Government. Shortly thereafter, he King stopped posting, and the citizenry evaporated.<br />
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The Kingdom of Morovia is inactive and its forum was locked in March 2008.<br />
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In January [[2009]], after years of watching the nation of Morovia suffer from absentee Monarch, and seeing the plight of the Morovians, and seeing that neither King Vincent or King Adam would ever deliver to the people the Monarchy that Morovians so richly deserved and so badly cried out for, King Alexander claimed the Throne of Morovia for himself. No further information about the fate of Morovia is known, and the project is considered to be defunct.<br />
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== Government ==<br />
The Kingdom of Morovia was a [[constitutional monarchy]]. King Vincent III served as head of state while the Peoples Representative functioned as head of government. Despite the unique title, the Peoples Representative was akin to a first minister, or in modern parlance, a Prime Minister. With the informal consent of the Peoples Representative, the King appointed government ministers and other officers of state. Legislative authority rested in the historically five member Royal Assembly. Although the Crown reserved the right to veto legislation, neither [[Vincent III]] or Adam I ever exercised that prerogative.<br />
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===Mike Nelson===<br />
Mike Nelson was one of the five founders of the Kingdom of [[Morovia]]. He served as the community's first Minister of Citizenship, later Immigration, as well as several terms in the Royal Assembly. Not very active after Morovia's move to the internet, it is unclear when he resigned his citizenship. He remained a macronational friend of King Vincent III.<br />
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== Geography ==<br />
The first map of Morovia was published in 1999 and designed by HRH Prince Alan of Grønbjerg of the Triselene Imperium, Knight-Commander of the Royal Cross of Morovia. Despite the overwhelming popularity of micronational cartography projects, Morovia joined with older Anglophone micronations and refrained from participation when the [[MCS]] first emerged.<br />
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[http://www.infomorovia.org/images/morovia_map.gif Grønbjerg Map of Morovia]<br />
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== Media, Culture and Education ==<br />
Most Morovians got their news from [http://theeveningstandard.blogspot.com The Briesk Evening Standard], although the most popular place to meet was the Salon, on the [http://morovia.pro-forums.com/index.php community's discussion forums]. Victoria University was located in scenic Valois.<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*[http://www.infomorovia.org www.infomorovia.org]<br />
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The '''Free Republic of Rocentia''' was founded by [[Kenneth K.Thacker]], [[Peter Hickey]], [[Mike Phyle]], [[Terry Clare]], [[Peter Krembs]], [[Daniel Dreesbach]], [[Nation Hahn]] and [[Jack Santucci]] on December 11, 2000, with the goal of creating a true virtual democracy with realistic simulations in politics, economy, business, military sciences, media and an interactive society. It has recently undergone a revival. <br />
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Rocentia was founded by a group of micronationalists who had become disgusted with the state of affairs in various other micronations in which they had previously been citizens. All too often, micronations can be nothing more than extensions of the egos of their founders and/or leading citizens, or even worse, platforms for the political propaganda of various stripes of extremists, ranging from out-and-out Fascists on the extreme right to uncompromising Communists on the far left. Another problem with many micronations involves the lack of civility among their citizens. Political differences all too often devolve into personal feuds and flame wars, replete with insults and character assassination. <br />
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Rocentia seeks to transcend these pitfalls to create a truly interesting political, social and economic simulation where anyone who wishes to belong to and participate in such a simulation may do so freely and without the hassles endemic to all too many micronations. The citizens of Rocentia fully intend to build the Free Republic into a shining example of what micronationalism can and should be.<br />
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==Government Structure== <br />
Rocentia has a unicamerial legislative branch, called the House of Archons. When there are less than 20 citizens, the House is comprised of all of the active citizens in the republic (except for the President and Chief Justice). When the number of active citizens increases above the twenty citizen threshold, elections will be called. The head of the House of Archons is the Speaker, who presides over the House.<br />
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The current President of the Free Republic of Rocentia is [[Peter Hickey]], leader of the Progressive-Futurist Party. The President is both the head of state and head of government. He/she is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces and appoints the cabinet. The President can also veto acts of the House of Archons, which is subject to override. <br />
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The capital and seat of government of Rocentia is Rilloneous. <br />
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'''Ministers''' <br />
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*Secretary of State - vacant<br />
*Secretary of the Interior & The Environment - [[Henry Barbosa]]<br />
*Secretary of Defence - [[Neil Spall]]<br />
*Attorney General - Vacant<br />
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'''The Supreme Court of the Free Republic'''<br />
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*Chief Justice - Vacant<br />
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'''Speaker of the House of Archons'''<br />
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*[[Peter Krembs]]<br />
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'''Diplomatic Relations'''<br />
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The Republic currently has Treaties of Mutual Recognition with:<br />
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*The [[Federal Republic of Cyberia]]<br />
*[[The Royal Republic of Amokolia]]<br />
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==Politics==<br />
There are two current political parties in Rocentia: the Progressive-Futurist Party (PFP) and the Independent Freedom Party (IFP). The PFP tends toward the center-left, with significant libertarian influences. The IFP (which is based upon the philosophy of Objectivism) tends toward laissez-faire capitalism, which could be considered conservative, but the IFP rejects that label. Both parties reject the traditional left-right political paradigm.<br />
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'''Political parties'''<br />
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*[[Progressive-Futurist Party]] - Leader: [[Peter Hickey]]<br />
*[[Independent Freedom Party]] - Leader: vacant<br />
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==Territorial Structure==<br />
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Under Article VII of the present [http://lotf.us/Rocentia/constitution.html Constitution], the Republic is divided into several Territories. These Territories come under the administrative control of the national government. Once a Territory reaches a population of 5 real citizens or more, it can petition the Government for Statehood.<br />
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|'''Malkovia'''||Madiera; Porto Viscounte; Lomali||N||N/A<br />
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|'''New Corvena'''||Santa Lupe||N||N/A<br />
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|'''North Wilshire'''|| ||N||N/A<br />
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|'''Rendar'''||Domier||N||N/A<br />
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|'''South Wilshire'''||Upwich-on-Punto||N||N/A<br />
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|'''Tulumbova'''||Loma Veija; Huyulamba||N||N/A<br />
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==History== <br />
See website section [http://lotf.us/Rocentia/history.htm '''History'''] <br />
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Rocentia's history is indelibly tied to the history of the other nations that formed the Cyber Islands Chain. Cyberia is the longest surviving, the others long dead but not forgotten. It is said that history defines a nation and its culture, some micronations use a fictional pre-internet history to aid them in defining themselves, while others totally reject this notion, relying on their online history to do this. Rocentia falls into the former, its fictional history was written by Kenneth K. Thacker and also includes references to the formation of the Cyber Islands Chain and the other micronations that used to occupy them.<br />
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==Laws==<br />
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The [[Rocentian Federal Code]] provides the foundation of law within the Free Republic. All Federal laws are compiled in the Code, except as otherwise provided by law, as laid down in Chapter 100 System of Federal Statutes.<br />
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The Code is divided into Titles, which are broken down into numbered Chapters. The Titles are:<br />
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|VIII||800 - 899||Financial<br />
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==Culture==<br />
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The cultural theme of the Republic is under discussion within the Simulation Council, but is expected to have strong Portuguese and Spanish influences, together with elements of British, French and German cultures. There is also the culture of the indigenous peoples of the Republic, the Tulun Ak Navori.<br />
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A periodical called the Rocentian Journal Weekly, hosted on Rocentia's forums, reports regularly on domestic and inter-micronational news.<br />
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Lately there has been talk of organizing a micronational football/soccer team.<br />
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==Map of the Republic== <br />
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==See also==<br />
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==External links== <br />
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*[http://z4.invisionfree.com/DASR/index.php?act=idx Rocentia's Forums]<br />
*[http://lotf.us/Rocentia/index.html Rocentia's Website]<br />
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The '''Kingdom of TwoChairs''' (often commonly refered to as just '''TwoChairs'''), was a [[micronation]] landlocked by Wales, [[w:United Kingdom|UK]]. The nation was founded in [[2007]]. The country was governed by the National Council of TwoChairs.<br />
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The independence of TwoChairs from the United Kingdom has not yet been disputed. The Tchairian people considered the country separate from the UK as a sovereign nation in it's own right. The [[w:Montevideo Convention|Montevideo Convention]] states that:<br />
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<blockquote>"The state as a person of international law should possess the following qualifications: (a) a permanent population; (b) a defined territory; (c) government; and (d) capacity to enter into relations with the other states."</blockquote><br />
Tchairian people believe that the micronation fulfills these requirements.<br />
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==Landmarks==<br />
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=== The Dwy Gadair ===<br />
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The Two Chairs of TwoChairs are important to the Tchairians*. They symbolise the entire wealth of the nation. Tchairians have great pride in their nation and are usually very friendly with the King and Chancellor.<br />
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The Dwy Gadair are two Chairs positioned at angles to each other. The Cadair Cyntaf means The First Chair in Welsh and is where, officially, the King Sits. The Second Chair, yr Ail Gadair, is where, traditionaly, officially and historically, the Chancellor should sit. Beneath the foot of the Cadair Cyntaf is Mungo, the Symbol of TwoChairs.<br />
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=== Mungo ===<br />
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Mungo is a statue of immense importance to Tchairians. He symbolises the strength and intelligence of all Tchairians, and is a figurehead to lead TwoChairs through difficult times.<br />
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==Currency==<br />
The currency of TwoChairs is currently the GBP or Pound Sterling. It has very little use as the economy of TwoChairs is developing, and most of its businesses deal outside of the Kingdom itself. There are plans to issue some commemorative banknotes equal in value to the Pound Sterling and based on TwoChairs treasury. The treasury contains semi-precious stones, pine cones and GBP coins.<br />
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==Holidays==<br />
Many holidays are celebrated in TwoChairs. The most important official ones are:<br />
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Easter Sunday, Christmas, Hallowe'en, Founding Day (6 October), St David's Day, St Patrick's Day, St George's Day, St Valentines Day, St Dwynwen's Day, Mungo's Day (10 October), St Stephen's Day, Kingdom Day (19 January, also birthday of King and Chancellor)<br />
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It is common to have a singing event to mark Founding Day, and to place Mungo on the Cadair Cyntaf for the entirety of Mungo's Day.<br />
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== Government ==<br />
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TwoChairs is a Monarchy ruled by a single legislative Council, known as the National Council. The members of the Council are appointed by the King, apart from the Chancellor of TwoChairs, who is chosen via a vote in which all of the citizens of TwoChairs, apart from the King, may take part.<br />
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Laws are decided by Motions, put forward by members of the Council and voted on. The Monarch has the right to veto any Motion he or she deems not to be acceptable. The National Council must always consist of a Chairman and two other members.<br />
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==Links==<br />
*[http://kingdomoftwochairs.blogspot.com/ Kingdom of TwoChairs website]<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Micronation]]<br />
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==References==<br />
All the information on this article is cited from the official [http://kingdomoftwochairs.blogspot.com Blog of TwoChairs], except where noted.<br />
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The '''Free Morbhan Republic''' is a micronation located in [[w:Poland|Poland]]. <br />
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== History ==<br />
The republic was created and organised by a few citizens of the Principality of Sarmatia. This was due to discontent regarding the promotion of secessionism in its provinces by the country's government. Wandystan was one of the provinces which split from Sarmatia, which was pushed out by a self-declared [[w:Confused|monarcho-fascist]] junta, supported by Prince Peter Nicolas.<br />
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== Culture ==<br />
Morbhan has a unique [[w:Celts|Celtic]] culture, with a language based on Celtic. It also contains elements of [[w:British Empire|British Empire]] colonialism and Victorian [[w:Industrial Revolution|industrialism]], with 19th century steam-powered technology still in use.<br />
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* [http://morbhan.org Official website]<br />
* [http://forum.morbhan.org Official forum of Free Republic]<br />
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The '''Imperial Republic of Shireroth''' is an absolute monarchy that takes great pride in its age, traditions, and dominant position in the simulated world of Micras. Although Shireroth has started such well-known international projects as the [[Micronational Cartography Society]] and the Small Commonwealth, it tends to be inwardly focused, ignoring most other countries and devoting the majority of its energy to its hideously complex feudal politics.<br />
==History==<br />
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Shireroth was founded April 24, 2000 by [[Erik Mortis]]. It spent the majority of its early history as a client state to the great powers of the day, including [[Audentior]], [[Jasonia]], and Tymaria. After the fall of Tymaria, Shireroth emerged as the most powerful of its successor states. It was both able to collect most of the remnants of the old [[Apollo Sector]] micronationalists and gather a native community of its own consisting mostly of students at Sonoma State University in California.<br />
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By 2003, Shireroth's post-Tymaria glory days were gone, and many observers thought it was being outcompeted by flashier micronations like Menelmacar. In response, Steward Nikkolo declared "Oustfest", a tradition of kicking out anyone with more than three citizenships as insufficiently loyal. The tactic worked, with a smaller, sleeker core of patriotic citizens more willing to place Shirerithian interests first, and became a yearly occurrence. Around the same time, the unpopular Kaiser Mog was overthrown by Kaiser Letifer, creating a Shirerithian tradition of revolting at the drop of a hat.<br />
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The next few years saw many highlights, including the War of the Wylthean Succession, an ultimately failed pro-democracy movement by rebel [[Philip Locke]], and the reduction of and combination of the country's many Duchies into six "classic" ones: Brookshire, Goldshire, Elwynn, Kildare, Yardistan, and Straylight. This era ended when Kaiser Yarad I attempted the brave but ultimately doomed "New Feudalism" experiment, in which the country's traditional feudal structure was turned on its head to allow more independence and bargaining between counties. Around the same time, many of Shireroth's traditional enemies allied into a "Grand Commonwealth" designed to check Shirerithian power; due to poor communication between the government's many ministries and branches, Shireroth's response was lackluster at best. For a combination of reasons including the new feudalism, a series of weak Kaisers, foreign stagnation, and bad luck, many Shirerithians departed and by 2007 the country was in a state of complete disrepair.<br />
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In October 2007, Erik Mortis returned, took the royal name Kaiser Mors V, and along with tech guru Ari Rahikkala led the "Great Reconsolidation", a reconstruction of Shireroth's institutions that shook off the inactivity of the past year. After Mortis' abdication, a long civil struggle began between a faction based in Shireroth's ally [[Babkha]] and a second faction that wanted to see ex-[[Cyberia]]n Jacobus Loki on the throne. The early dominance of the Babkhan faction collapsed when it was revealed to be a front for a Babkhan plot to take over the country, and Jacobus took the throne as Kaiser Loki the Long-Awaited in 2008.<br />
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Through 2009, Shireroth gradually collected new citizens, repaired its relationship with Babkha, gained international prestige as the home of the Small Commonwealth, and otherwise enjoyed growing prestige and power abroad completely unmarred by a series of constant low-grade feudal struggles at home. Most recently, a debate between traditionalists and liberals flared up in a battle over Shireroth's beloved but graphically questionable flag that led to founder Erik Mortis taking an indefinite leave of absence. Some worry that the country has grown too big and complex to stay together as an effective community, while others celebrate its continued growth and prosperity.<br />
==Government==<br />
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Shireroth is ruled by a [[Kaiser]], an absolute monarch technically bound only by a weak charter that ze zirself can change with only slight inconvenience. The Kaiser rules by decree, and zir word supersedes all other law and institutions. However, the Kaiser is effectively bound by a number of traditions, most important of which is that ze can rule only for a maximum of three months before appointing an heir and abdicating gracefully. Any Kaiser who disobeys these traditions or the will of the people is likely to be dethroned in a rebellion.<br />
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The Kaiser appoints or dismisses at will three Imperial Advisors and approximately six Ministers, each of whom controls one of the country's Ministries. The current ministries of Shireroth are Exterior, Interior, Information, Military Affairs, Immigration and Naturalization, and Trade. A Minister has full power over zir Ministry, limited only by the generally uninterested Kaiser.<br />
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Shireroth's five (occasionally four or six) Duchies are each ruled by a Duke, technically ruling at the pleasure of the Kaiser but effectively chosen by the previous Duke. Each Duchy has several Baronies ruled by Barons who rule at the pleasure of the Duke. The Counties, just below the Baronies are the smallest feudal units, and their Counts are not officially nobles. Each County contains only one person, the Count, who develops it culturally in whatever direction takes zir fancy.<br />
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All Dukes and some Barons have access and votes to Shireroth's legislature, the Landsraad. Exactly who has how much power there is a hotly debated issue; right now, Barons can speak and vote, but conservatives occasionally succeed in barring the chamber to all but Dukes. In between the Kaiser, the Ministries, and the traditions, the Landsraad rarely has much to do, but issues of national importance sometimes come before it. The Landsraad is controlled by a Praetor, elected by the nobility, who acts as its speaker and enforces the rules of order.<br />
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Constitutional crises, as well as the occasional criminal trial, get referred to Shireroth's sole court, the Judex. The Arbiter of the Judex is charged with interpreting the Charter, the Lawbooks, and the Imperial Decrees. However, the Kaiser outranks the Arbiter and can fire zir or use imperial decrees to avoid the effects of zir decision. The only case in which the Arbiter has power beyond the Kaiser's is that both Kaiser and Arbiter must mutually agree on any changes to Shireroth's Charter.<br />
==Subdivisions==<br />
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Shirerithians can go on for hours about their subdivisions, each of which is fiercely patriotic and occasionally locked in deadly war or alliance with various other subdivisions. Although the subdivision list is subject to frequent change, the most current list includes:<br />
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Goldenbrook, a union of some of the country's oldest territories, known as a traditional seat of power for national founder Erik Mortis and as a center for the nation's traditions and most conservative elements.<br />
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Elwynn, the country's largest and most diverse Duchy, linked to the icy north and Scandinavia. Contains factions of oppressed natives, spiritual Hyperboreans, bureaucratic Babkhans, giant insects, rampaging Vikings, and who knows what else. Most non-natives stay away.<br />
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Kildare is a collection of historic lands built up from the territories of some of Shireroth's progenitor states. It wears its history with great pomp and ceremony, is the country's economic center, and sometimes flirts with an Irish theme. It calls itself a Dutchy instead of a Duchy, an old joke that refuses to die.<br />
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Yardistan is the only Duchy that has a constitutionally protected right to rebel against the national government. In times past it was a center for revolution, craziness, and a party atmosphere, but it's calmed down a bit recently. Its language, Iardix, is one of Shireroth's most developed.<br />
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Straylight, the newest Duchy, has a disproportionate number of computer science types among its citizens. It bills itself as a sci-fi setting of oceanic platforms, and has recently been in negotiations with Yardistan about its possible annexation.<br />
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In terms of real-world territory, Shireroth claims Sonoma County, California as its capital. However, this claim was placed when a much higher proportion of Shirerithians resided in the county, and is now generally ignored.<br />
==Culture==<br />
Shireroth deliberately avoids basing itself wholesale on any particular real world country or even around a coherent idea or political system. Instead, its culture evolved chaotically over its existence. Some dispute the very existence of a national culture, instead saying that culture is mostly limited to the various subdivisions with the imperial government tying them together politically. Those who believe in culture cite elements taken from Germany, Hinduism, the Roman Empire, Warcraft and Dune, plus a large chunk that is uniquely Shirerithian and mostly incomprehensible to other micronationalists.<br />
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Much of Shireroth's culture is an accretion of the dozens of other micronations that have risen and fallen over Shireroth's lifetime. Shirerithian conversations are peppered with references to Menelmacar, PRH, Diga, [[YAMO]]s, magigarp, and the apocollapse. Although most citizens understand these, they present a formidable barrier to foreigners trying to make sense of Shirerithian life.<br />
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Shireroth's national religion is [[Cedrism]], a native pagan mythology based around Mors, the God of Death, and his ex-wife Viviantiana, the Goddess of Life. Worship tends to involve sacrificing citrus fruits (hence the name) and lighting explosions (which has given it its alternate and more popular name BOOOOMism). Cedrism also shares some Hindu beliefs like reincarnation and enlightenment.<br />
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Major Cedrist gods include Anandja, Goddess of Bliss, Lumina, Goddess of Light, Ifni, Goddess of Luck, and Sakat, God of Time. More popular are the minor "joke" gods, including Google, Bringer of Knowledge, Mog, God of Political Blunders, and B'caw, God of Spicy Chicken. However, by far the most popular god is [[Malarbor]], the Evil Tree God of Online Forums. Malarbor has had a prominent place in the announcement box of Shireroth's forums for many years, and has become the country's unofficial mascot and badwill ambassador. Malarbor's catch phrase, insofar as gods can have catchphrases, is "MALARBOR DEMANDS IT!"<br />
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Other features of Cedrism include the Demon (occasionally Deamon) Fish of Balgurd, the archdemon Rrakanychan, and the legendary Sword of Vengeance, symbol of the Kaiser's might (but arguably pilfered by the Babkhans a while back).<br />
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Shireroth's religion ties in neatly to its fictional history, which prominently features figures called tecnomaezji who fought long ago for the promotion of science over magic and superstition. Shireroth claims descent from the tecnomaezji ethos via a long and complicated series of wars, fictional Kaisers, and great empires.<br />
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In practice, only three or four Shirerithians have much interest in the religion, and even fewer in the fictional history. Both are kept around only to provide a national narrative that ties together everything that gets done in the subdivisions.<br />
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Shireroth uses the ASC calendar for most of its historical business, both real and fictional. The calendar records the number of days since 6 August 1999, when Shireroth's distant ancestor, the micronation of Audentior, was founded. For example, February 7, 2010 is 3838 ASC. This system allows Shirerithians to make events seem a bit more grand scale: for example, saying that Kaiser Ari i ruled from 2064-2098 ASC.<br />
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==Shirithian Calendar==<br />
The [[Shirerithian]] calendar is a replacement for the standard Gregorian calendar. It has thirteen months of twenty-eight days each; each month is further organized into two fourteen-day weeks.<br />
===Months===<br />
The months of the Shirerithian calendar are all named after gods in the [[Cedrist]] religion. In order, they are Viviantiana, Mo'lluk, Semisuary, Ifnin, Agnifiero, Krondonkin, Ikolstyme, Biternionsmoon, Qarbinionsmoon, Breizan, Anandjan, Vanchauslurk, and H'graasreign. After the last day of H'graasreign is the Shirerithian [[Day of the Dead]], corresponding to [[December 21]]. The Day of the Dead is not only the winter solstice but the day on which modern Shireroth was founded in [[2000]] and the first real [[Kaiser]] took the throne. In Shirerithian myth, the spirits of the dead walk the earth on this day, and many of the laws of the Universe are weakened or suspended. After the Day of the Dead, the year cycles back to Vivantiana 1st. Although the existence of an official leap year policy is open to doubt, it would make sense to simply tack on an extra Day of the Dead every four years.<br />
===Days===<br />
The days of the week are also named after Shirerithian gods, featuring a strange combination of very important and very minor deities. They are, in order, Vivantiaday, Rasday, Thorsday, Ifniday, Losday, Ughday, Semisaday, Fishday, Arisday, Homersday, Gahgday, Somnisday, Hasanday, and Morsday.<br />
===Important holidays===<br />
The most important Shirerithian holidays are Oustfest (Vivantiana 25), V-A Day (Semisuary 3), Jasonia Day (Semisuary 5), Independence Day (Agnifiero 15), La Fiesta de la BO0O0O/\/\ (Biternionsmoon 22), Glorious Founder Day (Qarbinionsmoon 4) Foundation Day (Qarbinionsmoon 5), Blackrock Day (Anandjan 18), and the Day of the Dead. Shireroth also observes the birthdays of most of its citizens and of some of the larger subdivisions as holidays, as well as most of the major macronational holidays.<br />
===Origin===<br />
The structure of the Shireroth Calendar was implimented during the reign of Kaiser Raynor XI by a number of people but most significantly James Raine, who made the days, and Eoin Dornan, who made the months. However the system itself was created by [[Erik Mortis]], ironically enough while he was attending a Catholic Mass with his, at the time, girlfriend. The Shireroth calendar website was created by [[Scott Alexander]].<br />
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==Economy==<br />
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Shireroth's currency is the erb, which comes in denominations of 1, 5, 18, 29, and 100.<br />
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Shireroth is a founding member of the Small Commonwealth Economy, and hosts the Small Commonwealth Bank and SCEX, the Small Commonwealth Stock Exchange. Its economy is based on a system of bounties, in which people work without assured compensation but the Ministry of Trade rewards anyone who helps the country especially greatly with a cash gift. There are then gradual taxes that replenish the government treasury. Although the economy hasn't entirely caught on, there are several cases of people selling land and titles for money.<br />
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In the past, the country experimented with a system in which votes in the Landsraad were linked to the amount of money people in a Duchy had. But because Shireroth's Duchy-based voting system made it impossible to link it to personal wealth, this became awkward and was later abandoned; the economy has not really recovered.<br />
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Andreas Mayer, Minister of Trade, is widely considered to be the only person who fully understands Shireroth's economy.<br />
==Foreign affairs==<br />
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Shireroth is unusually isolationist for a micronation, but nevertheless has several productive foreign relationships.<br />
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Shireroth is the founder and host of the Small Commonwealth, an organization that allows nations to sign specific treaties of operation. Though some denounce the Commonwealth as a YAMO, it had some real successes - for example, unifying the economy of most members and creating an international criminal court. Current Small Commonwealth members are Shireroth, Batavia, [[Ashkenatza]], [[Natopia]], Nelaga, Gralus, Nederlanden, and Stormark. Some enemies of the Commonwealth, especially Antica, accuse members of being Shirerithian puppet states or the Commonwealth of being committed to Shirerithian domination. The Commonwealth itself loudly denies these allegations.<br />
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Shireroth is the founding member of the Micronational Cartography Society (MCS), which links thirty six nations, mostly English-speaking but also Dutch and Polish, together on a single map. Shireroth is a strong partisan of the Society and fiercely defended it during its conflicts with other cartography societies like the Geographical Standards Organization. Some accused Shireroth of dominating the society, which was once plausible when most of its top positions were held by Shirerithians. However, today only one of five MCS Council Members is Shirerithian, and most nations have stopped complaining about Shirerithian influence even though it holds much more Micras territory than any other country.<br />
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In the past, Shireroth frequently entered into agreements to annex other countries. For many struggling nations, Shirerithian annexation was attractive both because Shireroth had a good track record of surviving and because its feudal system made it easy for countries that joined it to keep their own land. During its history, Shireroth has directly annexed Apollonia, Cimmeria, [[Hyperborea]], [[Jaris]], Akerbjorn, South Mondesia, Cognito, Lac Glacei, Arminy, Antica (dinarchy), Comstokia, and Hurmu (among others).<br />
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Shireroth had a very long history of interaction with Babkha, culminating in the Mango-Camel Pact of 2003 which allied the two countries. After a falling-out, Babkha and subsequently the [[Grand Commonwealth]] it created became Shireroth's chief rival. This enmity lessened when popular Babkhan [[Hesam Jahandar]] won the throne of Shireroth, but flared up again with the revelation that he was under the control of Babkhan interests. Though the line "May we slay all treacherous Babkhans" was added to an unofficial version of the Shireroth anthem, after Babkha closed shop as a micronation Shireroth mostly agreed to let bygones be bygones. Recently, Babkhan-Shirerithian relations received a boost when former Babkhan [[Ardashir Osmani]] attained the throne of Shireroth.<br />
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The living micronation with which Shireroth most often interacts is Antica. Shireroth had a very warm relationship with the Dinarchy of Antica, but when it was overthrown by revolutionaries, Shireroth's relationship with its successor state, the Republic of Antica, started off on the wrong foot and has stayed there ever since. Shireroth, which allied with the defeated Dinarchy, fought the Republic for control of Antican territory. Although it won control of the territory, political factors later forced it to give most of it up to the Republic; this incident caused enmity which has persisted ever since. However, with the departures of prominent anti-Shirerithian Anticans [[Olorix]] and [[Steven]], the Antica-Shireroth rivalry has recently turned into more of a friendly competition than bitter hatred, with only a few holdouts like Ben Kern still causing trouble. Many Anticans, especially [[Chris Mules]], are respected by Shirerithians and welcome in Shirerithian territory, while a few Shirerithians, such as [[Scott Alexander]], head to Antica for their macronational political arguments.<br />
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Shireroth is frequently accused of believing their country is better than everyone else, to which the most traditionally Shirerithian response is "But we ARE better than everyone else, aren't we?" The nation's attitude to foreign relations has been compared, not unfairly, to that of Imperial China.<br />
==Notable projects and accomplishments==<br />
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Shireroth is the subject of several works of art and literature. Most notably, it gets a mention in [[Harvey Steffke]]'s Control of Destiny series of computer role-playing games, in which several Shirerithians are prominent characters. A few other Shirerithians are involved in programming projects in one way or another, including Jonas Windsor (who is working on a game about Shireroth's Duchy of Kildare), Erik Mortis (who wrote the Small Commonwealth Bank), and [[James Raine]], who created the ShireFox modification for Firefox to allow easier access to Shireroth's internet presence.<br />
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The novel Unaimed Arrow takes place in Shireroth, as do several shorter works of fiction. Notable among these are the Elwynnese story threads pioneered by [[Andrew Allot]] and his friends, the poetry of Philip Locke, and the Lac Glacei and Mirioth story arcs in Yardistan.<br />
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Shireroth has several constructed languages in various states of completion and complexity. The most notable of these is Audente, developed by [[Bill Trihus]] as the language of the County of Greater Audentior. Nicholas du Grifos, a linguistics grad student and former Duke of Yardistan, is currently working on Praeta Sxirothes, which when completed will take its place as Shireroth's national conlang.<br />
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In 2006, Shireroth ran a successful advertisement campaign on the webcomic Real Life Adventures, whose creator, Greg Dean, was at the time a Shirerithian citizen. Shireroth's other brush with the spotlight was a brief mention on BBC during the program How To Start Your Own Country, in which [[Danny Wallace]] signed treaties with several leading micronations including Shireroth.<br />
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Shireroth co-hosted (with limited success) the [[2004 Intermicronational Olympic Games|2004 Micronational Olympics]]. Although logistical problems prevented it from continuing in the field of micronational sports, it now hosts a relatively popular online version of the board game Diplomacy that attracts participants from all over the world. There's even a micronational variant.<br />
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Shireroth is also responsible for starting major organizations such as the Small Commonwealth, the MCS, and SNARL (the Shireroth-Natopia-Antica Recwar League). A Shirerithian (Scott Alexander) runs the FNORD Awards, and another (Josh Coales) runs the Forum List.<br />
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==Links==<br />
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[http://shireroth.org/forum/index.php Discussion Boards]<br />
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[http://www.shireroth.org/ Website]<br />
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The '''Colony of Iego''', also known as '''Iego''', is a micronation in Australia. It was founded on January 1, [[2010]]. It was succeeded by the [[FRA1|A1]].<br />
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==History==<br />
The Colonial Government was formed in early 2010 by the Governor after it was deemed that Australia had now lost all sense and was not fit to control all of its territories. A large landmass around the Illawara area of NSW was acquired and quickly joined the colony.<br />
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In early March the first elections were held and the Colonial party led by Joe Bloggs gained an impressive victory against the Liberals. By the 23rd Phase I of the International Publicity and Propaganda Act (2010) was well underway with the creation of an official email and MicroWikia page under the direct command of the Prime Minister.<br />
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==Geography==<br />
The main geographical feature was the Clerregge River, which runs around the area in various forms and was the main area of operations for the navy.<br />
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===Capital Territory===<br />
''(Main article: [[Iego Capital Territory]])''<br />
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The [[Iego Capital Territory]], or ICT as it was colloquially known, was the capital of the [[Iego|Colony of Iego]]. It was the first town to be taken upon the declaration of independence and was the home of the Parliament and Governor's Offices. The main features in the Territory were Governor's House, Capital Stadium, the Capital Tree and the Colonial Museum. <br />
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==Government==<br />
The Government consisted of the Monarch's representative, the Governor and the Parliament led by the Prime Minister. There were twelve MPs from the different states who sit in Parliament, with six from the [[Iegon Colonial Party|Colonial Party]], four from the Liberals, one from the Greens and one from the Freedom Party. <br />
===Acts===<br />
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*Foundation Act (2010)<br />
*Expansion Act (2010)<br />
*Publicity and Propaganda Act (2010)<br />
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===History===<br />
Absolute Monarchy: 1–2 January 2010<br />
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Constitutional Monarchy: 2 January - 1 December 2010<br />
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Dissolved and succeeded by the Kingdom of Cooriengah: 1 December 2010<br />
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==Symbols==<br />
The Flags and Symbols of Iego were decided upon at Foundation, they mainly incorporated the national colours of Maroon, Black and White. The flag consisted of a Maroon vertical block on the left and then three horizontal stripes, two black with a white one in the middle. The Shield had a chequered pattern with black, handwritten text. The flag flew in several locations notably the Governor's House, Port Woronora and at the Capital Building.[[File:Iego_Shield.png|thumb]]<br />
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==Armed Forces==<br />
The Colonial Combat Forces (CCF) consisted of an Army and Navy which were headed up by the Ministry of Defence (MOD). All forces were taking part in Operation Liberation which related to the capturing of land for the Colony. During peacetime, they operated as a small civil guard and as support for the Police.<br />
===Army===<br />
The Colonial Army was the core group of the military, the largest group within the Ministry, and consisted of many Australian Cadets. Due to strict Australian laws only people with gun licences (About 70% of the Army) could have used any form of firearm including Airsoft and BB guns, so the majority of the army were issued with Airsoft and others were given Nerf or similar weapons. <br />
===Navy===<br />
The Navy was the Secondary Department of the Military, consisting of a small group of sailors and technicians, who operated a small fleet of Canoes and Boats which were designated by the INS (Iego Naval Ship) prefix on their hull. The Navy was based at INS Port Woronora, a small public Jetty, and a nearby officer's house. The fleet flagship was the ''INS Governor'', although plans were being made to produce a ship similar to Egtavia's Battleship 1 as a capital command ship.<br />
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===MID===<br />
The Military Intelligence Division was the third 'force' in the CCF and was the only intelligence agency in the Colony. It was responsible for the defence of the colony from external threats. The Division was headed up by the Director, who was equal in rank to a Staff Sergeant, and maintained strong links with the Colonial Constabulary. ''Due to security reasons, only limited information could be disclosed about this organisation.''<br />
==Economy==<br />
The economy of Iego was very small and started up nearly bankrupt, but in later months under the leadership of Chancellor of the Exchequer, several small one or two manned businesses were established, including small food establishments, few item stores and people for hire. This led to the proposed creation of an Iegon Stock Market to assist in government funding.<br />
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==Foreign Affairs==<br />
Iego was open to communicate with any micronation.<br />
===Allies===<br />
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*[[Olland]]<br />
*[[Federated Republics of A1|A1]]<br />
*[[Secundomia]]<br />
*[[Wyvern]]<br />
*[[Midget Nation-in-Exile]]<br />
*[[Royal reformed States of America]]<br />
*[[Optima]]<br />
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'''Ark Maramia''' is a small [[micronation]] of 4 citizens located in the [[w:Czech Republic|Czech Republic]].<br />
==History==<br />
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Ark Maramia was founded on the 7th of July, [[1995]], by Radek Zahradník and Petr Šilhán. Its predecessors were the micronations of [[Hiberia]] (1994-1995), [[Manakva]] (1989-1994), and [[Vitga]] (1978-1989). As such, this micronation can trace its history back over 40 years, from July 1978, when the micronation of [[Vitga]] was founded, to the present-day micronation of Ark Maramia. Ark Maramia wa founded as a constitutional theocracy ruled by Maram, the sacred leader (an intentionally fictional person). The first constitution was issued on the 17th of August, 1996, which resulted in the ending of the provisory period. [[User:Zdan meknutor|Jan Havliš]] joined the micronation on August 15, 1995.<br />
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In June, 1997, Ark Maramia entered the [[United Micronations]]. In the July of the same year, the so-called Bug War began between the [[Kingdom of Talossa]] and many members of the [[United Micronations]]. It was caused, for the most part, by arrogant behaviour of the former king of Talossa, [[Robert Ben Madison|Robert I]]. In the same month, Nick Summers of the micronation, Xapqt (New South Wales, Australia), joined Ark Maramia and became a non-integral territory of Ark Maramia.<br />
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In October, 1997, Ark Maramia became a federation. The former administrative districts, Asenute, Xapqt, Ramarnam and Tasservan, became autonomous. This made it easier to expand. In December 1997, Ark Maramia became part of the [[Pentad|Federation Pentad]]. This unfortunate conglomerate broke up in April, 1998.<br />
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Ark Maramia still kept its federal system after the break up of the [[Pentad]]. In April, 1998, Ark became member of the [[Grand Alliance]]. The break-up of the Pentadic Federation resulted in a schism in the micronation between the strictly online citizens and those citizens that lived on Arkian lands. All of the diplomatic ''ex cathedra'' recognitions of foreign micronations were retracted, and, from that point forward, the only internet-dependent micronations with which Ark remained in communication with were members of the [[Grand Alliance]]. Eventually, in March, 1999, Ark left the [[Grand Alliance]]. At that time, the only way to contact Ark Maramia via the Internet was through its [http://ark.wz.cz/ark/ark.html Cyber-embassy]. Ark Maramia no longer considers itself to be a ''"classical" micronation'', but instead proposes the concept of '''microethnicism''', the "self-proclaimed new ethnic". According to the Chart of Human Rights, all citizens of Ark Maramia have agreed to accept ''Arkian'' as their primary nationality in real life.<br />
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In November, 1999, the federal system was abolished. The members of the government then ratified a new Constitution. One of the changes in the new constitution was a change in the political system to a direct democracy. Maram became the "true spiritual leader", whilst the legislative and executive power was taken by the Council of Ark. Tereza Dědinová joined Maramia on August 25.<br />
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==Geography==<br />
Ark Maramia consists of the following Circles:<br />
#Lands of Taksil Circle, located in Horní Čermná, East Bohemia; these are Aim, Arem, Eigem, Garatem, Gerdem, Noten, Rirrem, Taracit and Teral,<br />
#Land of White Fortress Circle, located in Brno, South Moravia,<br />
#Land of Elar Circle, located in Mikulášovice, North Bohemia.<br />
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==Demographics==<br />
There are 4 citizens in Ark Maramia.<br />
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==Language==<br />
The Arkian language (cidarke) is a priori [[constructed language]] created by [[User:Zdan meknutor|Jan Havliš]] for Ark.<br />
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The language has been further developed and enriched by the [http://ark.wz.cz/cidarke/arkian.html Language Institute].<br />
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==Media==<br />
[http://ark.wz.cz/ark/today.html imoleru] (Today)<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[Pentad]]<br />
* [[Hiberia]]<br />
* [[Manakva]]<br />
* [[Vitga]]<br />
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==References/External links==<br />
* [http://ark.wz.cz/ark/ark.html The Cyber-embassy of Ark Maramia]<br />
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'''Durkadurkagradstania''' was a micronation within the country of Canada, and was located within the province of Saskatchewan. It claimed 2 isolated, uninhabited islands, which are mainly flat and forested.<br />
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==History==<br />
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===Early History===<br />
Durkadurkagradstania was founded on 26 January 2006. It was created by its 3 original, and present, government members. [[Matthew Smith-Neuert]] was appointed Presenkragen (a Mikolian term, literally "Present Leader"), [[Mike Cleveland]] was appointed the Vice Presenkragen, and Jesse Walby was appointed the War General. From this point on, the micronation of 3 members soon grew as each member recruited people from the school they were attending.<br />
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===Soviet Influence===<br />
Several Durkadurkagradstanian symbols and terms can be connected to the Soviet Union. The 3 original MKP's (Members of Kragen Plaza) had a strong interest in World War II history, and along with that a strong interest in the Soviet Union. At first, the micronation was even considered the last remaining satellite of the Soviet Union, but this ideology was soon dropped. Governmental dress, as well as military dress, were strongly Soviet influenced, and had some World War II German influence (no swastikas, SS, etc, Durkadurkagradstania holds a very strong platform against fascism.)<br />
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===Independence===<br />
Although Durkadurkagradstania's independence has not yet been formally declared, among it's people the date is that of Vlashiv, or 26 January 2006.<br />
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===1 November 2008 Recitizenization===<br />
As of 1 November 2008 all Durkadurkagradstanian Citizenships have been suspended, as all Citizens must fill out new, more informative Citizenship Application Forms. This will also help to see how many active members are within Durkadurkagradstania. Government positions will remain.<br />
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===Disestablishment===<br />
The date of its disestablishment seems to be uncertain, but it is currently defunct for unknown reasons.<br />
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==Politics==<br />
Durkadurkagradstania is a Constitutional Monarchy, with the Presenkragen as the ruling monarch. The Vice Presenkragen is in charge of Kragen Plaza (Kragen Plaza translates to "Leader Plaza", and is the Durkadurkagradstanian version of Parliament). The current government was created by appointment of individuals who felt they could handle the position they wanted and this worked out quite well. The Constitution that Durkadurkagradstania enforces, is the Ptyxurian Constitution (the Constitution created by one of Durkadurkagradstania's former allies, Ptyxur, who unfortunately collapsed). There is only one political party, since the government has not yet been challenged. To date, the party in control of the country does not abide by a name, but could simply be called the Party of the Right.<br />
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==Provinces==<br />
Durkadurkagradstania currently operates by city states, meaning that each city is considered to be a different state. The capital city state is Vokinhsalk, and it is here that Kragen Plaza is located. The second state, the industrial state, is Tromovolkistanikihalla-allahgrad (pronounced "Tromo-voke-ah-stan-ih-kih-hallah-allah-grad). The industrial state was added to Durkadurkagradstania as of 21 October 2008. The Presenkragen is in charge of Vokinhsalk, the Vice Presenkragen administrates Tromovolkistanikihalla-allahgrad, and the War General administrates Mingyland.<br />
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[[File:VokinhsalkFlag.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The flag for the Capital city of Vokinhsalk.]]<br />
[[File:TromoFlag.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The flag for the Industrial city of Tromovolkistanikihalla-allahgrad.]]<br />
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It should also be noted that each city has its own flag.<br />
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==Credo==<br />
The Credo of Durkadurkagradstania, recited upon becoming a new citizen of the country, was created 26 January 2006. It expresses the objectives of the micronation and its beliefs. It is written in English and translated into Mikolian below.<br />
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:::Freedom comes before Profit,<br />
:::Honor before Profit,<br />
:::People before Profit,<br />
:::No one person is better or lower than any other person,<br />
:::Together WE are Brothers and Sisters; we are a Family,<br />
:::We will work together to reach our goals,<br />
:::I will lend my services to others in times of need,<br />
:::I am a true citizen of Durkadurkagradstania<br />
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:::Freytum heisse prevyit Profka,<br />
:::Hanja prevyit Profka,<br />
:::Har prevyit Profka,<br />
:::Nyet stula harset eis yehsha yi lawjer yut anna ojuh harset,<br />
:::Solventia harus unt Brajja und Sikka; harus unt th’ Famchka,<br />
:::Harus billen travaille solventia jiman extension harur objectifa,<br />
:::Ha billen lendt mein servika jiman ojuh ein tahmen ka assistantia,<br />
:::Ha fr’th’ vrai chitizenka auf Durkadurkagradstania<br />
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===Backgrounds===<br />
The members of Durkadurkagradstania came from numerous backgrounds. They include:<br />
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*German<br />
*Irish<br />
*Scottish<br />
*Welsh<br />
*Norwegian<br />
*Ukrainian<br />
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===Media===<br />
Durkadurkagradstania also had its own informational services via popular sites such as Youtube and Blogger. These institutions are controlled by the Minister of Media and Propaganda, Thomas J. Wilson.<br />
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[http://www.youtube.com/user/Durkadurkagradstania; Durkadurkagradstania's Youtube page]<br />
==Traditions, and Important Dates==<br />
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===26 January 2006===<br />
Vlashiv (pronounced "Vlash-ee-vey"), Date to commemorate the founding of the micronation. It was usually celebrated similar to a 4 July celebration in the USA.<br />
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===Paintball===<br />
The national sport of Durkadurkagradstania was paintball. The government strongly encouraged people to get into the sport.<br />
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===Mead Making===<br />
Durkadurkagradstania was renowned for its Apple-strawberry mead.<br />
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===Hunting and Fishing===<br />
The original MKP's were avid outdoorsmen, hence this interest has carried through to the interest of the country.<br />
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==Religion==<br />
Durkadurkagradstania was founded upon the principles of Christianity, although several denominations are included through its members. A Celtic-styled cross can be found on the Country's flag. Later on, the country's MKP's hold a very strong platform against abortion and eugenics.<br />
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