Kingdom of Cumagne
Royaume de Cumagne | |||
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| Motto La Liberté garantie! Freedom is guaranteed! (English) | |||
 Map of the Kingdom (2015). | |||
| Capital city | Nison | ||
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| Largest city | Nison | ||
| Official language(s) | English; French | ||
| Official religion(s) | Roman Catholicism | ||
| Demonym | Cumagnais (singular), Cumagnaise (plural) | ||
| Government | Constitutional monarchy | ||
| - King | Thomas I | ||
| Legislature | Secretariat of the Nation | ||
| Formation | 01 October 2015 | ||
| Area Claimed | 49 km² | ||
| Population | 06 (2016 estimate) | ||
| Date format | dd-mm-yyyy | ||
Cumagne, officially the Kingdom of Cumagne is a constitutional monarchy largely based on the culture of the French Monarchy and is located in Bouvet Island. It was created by the King Thomas I on 1 October 2015. On 23 September 2016, Cumagne became the eleventh state of Karno-Ruthenian Empire, although the Cumagnaise Monarchy was kept in power and with great amount of autonomy. On 25 October 2017, became independent once again.
History
The Bouvet Island, officially by Norway, is an uninhabited island in the South Atlantic Ocean. Covering an area of 49 km2, it is 93% covered by a thick ice cap that blocks the coast south and east. The Bouvet Island was discovered on 1 January 1739, by Jean-Baptiste Lozier Bouvet, Prince Slakhallet and honorary citizen of the Kingdom.
Not knowing if it was an island or the northern end of a hypothetical Antarctica, Bouvet baptized this land Cape of Circumcision, the name of the religious feast day of discovery. In 1927, it became a Norwegian island; indeed, no one had yet stayed, that was a Norwegian crew who lived there for a month. In 1971, Norway declared Bouvet Island and surrounding waters nature reserve.
The country settled there in 1977, an automated weather station. On 1 October 2015, the island became the Kingdom of Cumagne and the island remains a protected area. Its 29.6 km of coastline are often surrounded by drifting ice. Each austral summer, glaciers swathes fall high cliffs of volcanic origin in the sea or on the black sand beaches. The island benefiting from any port, it is particularly difficult for ships to approach; Embedded helicopter thus proves to be the easiest way to access it.
Politics
On 1 October 2015, the day that the Kingdom was founded, the Ruler of Cumagne proclaims the establishment of the Constitution Monarchy by the Royal Constitution, drafted by the King. That was a simple text composed of several articles claiming the full independence. It was and still being a democratic and meritocratic state. During its effectiveness, the constitution has been amended twice, on 2 January 2016 and 26 May 2016.
National holidays
| Name | Date | Notes |
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| New Year's Day | 1 January | The first day of the Gregorian year. |
| King's Day | 20 July | Birthday of His Majesty, the King of Cumagne. |
| National Day | 1 October | Celebrate the foundation of the Kingdom of Cumagne. |
| Armistice Day | 11 November | Commemoration of the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany and also in commemoration of both living and dead soldiers who served in any conflict. |
| Christmas Day | 25 December | Traditional commemoration of the birth of Jesus. |
| New Year's Eve | 31 December | The final day of the Gregorian year; Saint Sylvester's Day. |
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