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 | birth_name      = Andrew Michael Brotherton 
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'''Andrew Michael John Brotherton''' (born Andrew Michael Brotherton 3 February 2008), also known as '''Aindriú Micheál Sean Brotherton''' when translated in Irish {{efn|John became part of his legal name from September 2021 onwards, after he completed his Catholic confirmation. John is the confirmation name, while Michael is the middle name. Brotherton also spells his name as Andrew M.J. Brotherton.}} is a [[w:White South Africans|South African]]-[[w:Irish people|Irish]] micronationlist, author, and journalist who has served as [[President of Roscamistan]] three times, from 18 February 2021 to 18 May 2021, 23 June 2021 to 19 March 2022, and from 11 May 2022 onwards . He has also been involved in other micronations since he founded the [[Roscam Liberation Front]] in late January 2021. Brotherton is the co-founder of [[Roscamistan]], [[Seprana]], and [[East Galway]], and the self-proclaimed “reviver” of [[Barnland]]. 

Brotherton is also heavily involved in other micronations, such as [[Mensenberg]], [[Pinang]], [[Bryantia]], [[Ballinfoyleburg]], [[Melite]], [[Norton]], and [[Georgienstine]], and is lesser involved in [[Bepistan]], [[Excelsior]], [[Vishwamitra]], and is open about how many micronational citizenships he has.

==Early life==
Andrew Brotherton was born to [[Shaun Brotherton]] and Barbara Melia on 3 February 2008 in Galway City. When he was born, his parents did not have their own residence at the time, and he, with his parents in his grandparents’ home in Renmore. He grew up in a Catholic household (His father was raised Anglican, unlike the rest of his family).

After nearly a year at his grandparents’ house, Brotherton’s parents bought a home in Roscam in December 2008, right before the 2008 recession was taking its toll on the [[w:Republic of Ireland|Republic of Ireland]]. He started to talk around 1 and a half, but didn’t talk properly until around 3 - 4. He enrolled at Gaelscoil Dara (A school taught through Irish) at age 5 in 2013, which later would make him very fluent in the language. He stayed at that school for his entire primary education, leaving in June 2021 after his final school year there.

==Micronational life==
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====Early History====
When Ireland was forced into its third COVID-19 related lockdown in early January 2021, Andrew Brotherton grew frustrated at this, and came up with an idea to fight back. That idea was the [[Roscam Liberation Front]], a military front that would fight back by silly forms of violence. Brotherton made himself the first head of the front, with the title of [[Supreme Commander of the Roscam Liberation Front|Supreme Commander]]. He, with a few others, made a promise to free the east of Galway City. After a while and a few setbacks, the RLF was successful in its mission. On 18 February 2021, from atop of a climbing frame in a playground, Andrew Brotherton declared the [[Republic of Roscamistan]] and declared the east of Galway City free from the City Council. Without knowing it, when [[Culann Burke]] arrived on his scooter looking for Andrew Brotherton, he helped co-found Roscamistan. Brotherton became the first [[President of Roscamistan|President]] and Burke became the first [[Vice President of Roscamistan|Vice President]]. 

After the return of all Irish students to their schools after the easing of some lockdown restrictions allowed for it in mid March 2021, Brotherton told many of his friends about the new state he created. Many were interested, and some gained positions in the new government. The area of Mervue, where his friend [[James Irwin]] lives, was annexed as a province and given autonomy within Roscamistan. Other friends, such as [[Kayden Conboy]], [[David Moore]], [[Dean  Merritt]] and [[Tadhg O’Regan]] became members of government. A teacher at his school by the name of [[Fearghas MacLochlainn]], who became his chief advisor. In Late April 2021, the Premier of Mervue province James Irwin saw his position become more powerful when the province of Mervue, and a few Roscami colonies, most notably Renmore Colony, merge together as the [[Province of Mervustan]] on 27 April 2021. Irwin became the first Prime Minister of the autonomous government in the new province. In early May 2021, the regions of Roscam, Dougiska and Oranmore were merged by Andrew as the new [[Province of Greater Roscam.|province of Greater Roscam]]. After the disaster that was the giving out of free [[Rosso]] notes on 14 May 2021 and more central government involvement in Mervustan province, James Irwin took advantage of this. From 17 May 2021 to 18 May 2021, James Irwin, Kayden Conboy, and few others fought against the Brotherton Government, and on 18 May 2021 in what was known as the [[17thMayCoup]]. [[James Irwin]] replaced Andrew Brotherton as President of Roscamistan, and [[Kayden Conboy]] replaced [[Culann Burke]] as Vice President.

====After coup====
After the coup, Andrew Brotherton kept plotting his return, but as the holder of the low Internal Polish Affairs portfolio, he didn’t have much influence. On 8 June 2021, [[James Irwin]] appointed Brotherton Co-Vice President, serving with Kayden Conboy. James Irwin during this time was at times, largely ineffective at his job. During this time, Andrew Brotherton plotted his return, making pro Brotherton propaganda on TikTok.

On 23 June 2021, the Irwin governments in both Roscamistan and the [[Province of Mervustan]] collapsed. Brotherton became the third [[President of Roscamistan]], succeeding Irwin. [[Kayden Conboy]] was sacked and [[Culann Burke]] was appointed the fourth [[Vice President of Roscamistan]]. With Brotherton back, he started to make more and more plans realities

===June to August 2021===
The summer of 2021 presented a massive opportunity for Roscamistan to take off. On 22 July 2021, [[Fearghas MacLochlainn]] became the first [[Secretary of State for Home Affairs (Roscamistan)|Home Secretary]] and [[Governor of the Aran Islands]]. The Aran Islands were also annexed to Roscamistan as a province. On 29 July 2021, [[Evan O’Neill]], a friend of Tadhg O’Regan, became the first Governor-General of the [[Province of Connemara]]. [[Katherine Keadivich]] became the second [[Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Roscamistan)|Foreign Secretary]], and more women joined the cabinet. 

But all those changes did not matter as on 23 August 2021, [[Adam Flannery]], a long time friend of Andrew’s from primary school, was invited to join the Cabinet (Adam had heard of Roscamistan and its MicroWiki pages. His account [[User:Viewer]] got into some trouble with Andrew as he didn’t know at the time that [[User:Viewer]] was Adam). With an able minded minister and member of the new guard in his team, Andrew began to do other things in Roscamistan, such as foreign affairs and defence. On 1 September 2021, after a civil war, the Republic of South Atillaterra and the [[Republic of Roscamistan]] decided to form a union called the [[Atillaterra-Roscami Confederation]]. Andrew Brotherton became the first [[Presidency of the Atillaterra-Roscami Confederation|President]] and President Mike Bramwell of South Atillaterra became the first [[Presidency of the Atillaterra-Roscami Confederation|Vice President]]. This confederate union collapsed on 15 September 2021, when the enemies of South Atillaterra the Republic Hamptonshire and the State of Green-Rock were admitted to the confederation. South Atllaterra left, and the confederation collapsed. Its successor entity, the [[Roscami Colonial Empire]] was proclaimed, with the former Presidency of the Confederation now the Supreme Rulership of the Colonial Empire. Andrew became the first Supreme Ruler, a ''de facto'' figurehead as the new territories were administered by the [[Foreign Office (Roscamistan)|Foreign Office]] of Roscamistan. 
====September to November 2021====
On 19 September 2021, [[Adam Flannery]] with [[Evan Irwin]], Prime Minister of the Province of Mervustan, created the [[Mervustan Militia]], under the command of [[Adam Flannery]]. Adam became the first [[Governor of Mervustan]], the representative of the Central Government in the [[Province of Mervustan]]. [[Evan Irwin]] became the Lieutenant Commander by virtue of being the [[Prime Minister of Mervustan]]. On 10 October 2021, [[Matthew Williams]] was invited to become the second [[Chief of the Defence Staff (Roscamistan)|Chief of the Defence Staff]], a position unused since the accession of [[James Irwin]] to the Roscamistan Presidency. 

On 21 October 2021, [[Adam Flannery]] resigned from the cabinet temporarily after he thought his reforms were not being taken seriously. He returned on 29 October 2021 to most of his positions except the [[First Secretary of State]]. He became the 3rd [[Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Roscamistan)|Foreign Secretary]]. On 3 November 2021, Andrew carried out the Reforms of November, which carried out the following. Sacking of nearly all the Cabinet, the Sacking of [[Evan Irwin]], [[David Moore]] becoming acting [[Prime Minister of Mervustan|PM]] replacing Evan, and the end of the claim to the [[United Provinces of Greenia]]. After [[Dean Merritt]] returned to Roscami politics, he became Deputy Prime Minister of Mervustan.

====Road to Democracy 2021 - 2022====
In [[November 2021 Roscamistan elections|November 2021]], as required by the [[Constitution of Roscamistan|Second Constitution]], the defence, foreign affairs, home affairs, recruitment and finance portfolios were up for election (the Vice Presidency was up for special election after the resignation of [[Culann Burke]]). [[Adam Flannery]] won most of the positions, but forfeited most of them so he could be the [[Vice President of Roscamistan]] and the [[Secretary of State for Defence (Roscamistan)|Defence Secretary]]). Cian Power became the Recruitment Minister, [[Fearghas MacLochlainn]] became [[Secretary of State for Home Affairs (Roscamistan)|Home Secretary]], [[Dean Merritt]] became [[Secretary of State for Finance (Roscamistan)|Finance Secretary]], and Andrew became the [[Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Roscamistan)|Foreign Secretary]]. Andrew Brotherton also was awarded the rank of [[Marshal of the Republic]] in the [[Roscamistan Defence Forces]]. In December 2021, Andrew announced he would not be running in the [[2022 Roscamistan presidential election]], saying he would stay the Foreign Secretary.

====February 2022====
In late February 2022, Andrew Brotherton announced that Roscamistan would be going into a temporary nationsleep in order to reorganise the nation’s government and territories. He said it would end in Early March 2022, but later said that the idea was not going to happen.
====March 2022====
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====April 2022====
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===East Galway===
When Andrew Brotherton founded the [[East Galway Commune]], a stateless communist society in his secondary school on 7 January 2022, he made the opposition group called the [[East Galway Soviet]], led by [[Jan Kotonski]] as Chairman and Andrew as Vice-Chairman the government of the new Commune. Jan’s position was renamed [[Premier of the East Galway Commune]] and Andrew Brotherton became the [[Vice-Premier of the East Galway Commune]]. [[Matthew Williams]] stayed as [[General Secretary of the East Galway Commune]].

In April 2022, Brotherton announced, along with Kotonski and Williams that the commune would be reforming into the [[East Galwegian Socialist Republic]], keeping Kotonski as Premier, but placing Williams as ceremonial head of state. The socialist republic also gained a new party, the [[Liberty Front (East Galway)|Liberty Front]], founded by [[Benjamin Pickles]].

===Seprana===
On 10 January 2022, Andrew established the [[Sepranan People’s Republic]], a communist dictatorship with land on some islets in Oranmore. Andrew became the first [[Premier of Seprana]] and the first [[General Secretary of the Sepranan Communist Party]]. He became the supreme leader of Seprana. On 19 January 2022, [[Matthew Williams]] became the first [[Vice Premier of Seprana]]. On 28 January 2022, Andrew resigned the premiership and became the ceremonial [[President of Seprana]], remaining the General Secretary of the Communist Party. Matthew succeeded him as Premier.

On 4 February 2022, a coup was attempted, ending the communist regime and dissolving the Communist Party. The Supreme Soviet was abolished as well, replaced by the [[Grand National Assembly (Seprana)|Grand National Assembly]]. The Premier and the Vice-Premier were renamed the [[Prime Minister of Seprana]] and the [[Deputy Prime Minister of Seprana]] respectively. The President was given certain powers and a semi presidential system was adopted. The Socialist Party was created in the place of the Communist Party, with Andrew Brotherton as the First Secretary of the party. The State Affairs Commission became the executive branch of the State, replacing the People’s Executive, and as a final act it renamed the nation from the Sepranan People’s Republic to the Sepranan Democratic Republic.

===Empire of Barnland===
On 25 November 2021, Brotherton became the first [[Monarchy of Barnland|Emperor of Barnland]], the head of state of the [[Empire of Barnland|Second Empire of Barnland]]. He used this position to revive the old lore of Barnland, and later appointed his old online friend [[John da Remington]] as [[Minister-President of Barnland]].

===State of Norton===
Andrew became a citizen of the [[State of Norton]] in December 2021, becoming a senator in the [[National Senate (Norton)|National Senate]] and Chairman of the [[Communist Party (Norton)|Nortonian Communist Party]] on 1 January 2022. He was campaigning for the Communist Party in the [[February 2022 Norton general election]], and after the Grand Coalition was declared after the National Conservatives lost their majority, he became the Secretary of State for Citizenship and Cultural Affairs.

On 8 March 2022 [[David Brooke]] resigned as [[Prime Minister of the State of Norton]] unexpectedly, less than a month after the general election. [[Deputy Prime Minister of the State of Norton]] [[Matthew Tonna]] became Prime Minister in replacement of Brooke. After Andrew said he would wishing for the coalition to keep going, Prime Minister Tonna recommend to [[President of the State of Norton|President]] [[Rafe Burfield]] to make Andrew Brotherton Deputy Prime Minister. Burfield later appointed Brotherton the third Deputy Prime Minister of the State of Norton on 10 March 2022.

===Georgienstine===
[[File:GNC Newsbroadcast of Brotherton becoming an SCJ.jpeg|200px|thumb|The Georgienstine News Corporation announcing that Brotherton had become a Supreme Court Justice.]]
In early February 2022, Brotherton became a citizen of [[Georgienstine]], and immediately joined [[Popular Unity (Georgienstine)|Popular Unity]], led by [[Benjamin Pickles]]. He remained in the party even after the [[Communist Party of Georgienstine|Communist Party of Georgienstine]] was founded. 

On 4 March 2022, known to Brotherton as the “Great Change” he formally quit politics, right, left, and centre for the first time since May 2015 (later rejoining it as an undefined Brothertonite with Irwin influences. He later joined [[Popular Bloc (Georgienstine)|Popular Bloc]], led by [[Andrew Perdomo]], and also became his running mate in the [[2022 Georgienstinian presidential election]]. Upon dissolution of the party in March 2022, he along with Perdomo dropped out of the race, and endorsed [[Raphaël Olivier]] for President.

On 17 April 2022 the Majority Caucus voted for Brotherton to become a Supreme Court Justice.

==Micronational diplomacy==
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Brotherton became involved with micronational diplomatic relations after he signed a treaty with [[Catiko]], president of the [[Republic of Slavtria]] in October 2021, which made for the first time a formal alliance for the [[Republic of Roscamistan]]. 

Brotherton reassumed the position of [[Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Roscamistan)|Foreign Secretary]] from his predecessor and [[Vice President of Roscamistan|Vice President]] [[Adam Flannery]] on 28 November 2021, becoming the main person behind foreign policy in Roscamistan.

Upon foundation of the [[East Galway Commune]] on 7 January 2022 after months as the experimental [[East Galway Soviet]], Brotherton became the Foreign Minister, allowing himself to manage the foreign affair of the commune on behalf of [[Premier of the East Galway Commune|Premier]] [[Jan Kotonski]], and after the Reforms of April and the proclamation of the socialist republic, Brotherton continued as Foreign Minister.

On 2 April 2022, Brotherton signed a treaty of mutual recognition with the [[President of Georgienstine]], [[Raphaël Olivier]], with Roscamistan and Georgienstine now recognising one another.

==Personal life==
Brotherton lives in [[w:Galway|Galway City]], [[w:Ireland|Ireland]], having been born there and lived in Galway City his whole life. 
===Hobbies===
Andrew Brotherton’s hobbies include videos games, politics, geography, micronationalism and geopolitics.
===Religion===
Andrew Brotherton is a practicing [[w:Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]], and is also a creationist.
===Politics===
Brotherton is a [[Galwegian nationalism|Galwegian nationalist]] and a Catholic Democrat. Brotherton is also heavily Irish nationalist overall, supporting all United Ireland parties.
===Quotes===
{{Quote|
*”A man cannot call himself a freethinker if he secretly frees the things he claims to oppose and criticize” - Andrew Brotherton 2022
*”We Galwegians are not ones to be taking orders from the Pale. I ask you to fight, for Galway, and our Gaelic culture” - Andrew Brotherton 2022}}

==Land claims of Roscamistan==
Brotherton is aware of how the claims of [[Roscamistan]] are somewhat “frivolous and excessive”, and has stated in the past:
{{Quote|I am well aware of how much land is claimed. It’s not like if anyone were to make a new micronation in Moycullen that I would say “you can’t do that”. I would say cool, and let your micro be its own thing. It’s because I realise the claims are quite hard to protect, and that is something that doesn’t affect me. All I want to do is my own thing.}}
==Titles and honours==
He has been bestowed many high honours and titles, such as the Order of the Great Comrades and the Hero of Roscamistan. He has also been the Baronet of Brotherton is the former Peerage of Roscam since the dissolution of the Royal Authority on 3 November 2021, and also has the title of [[Duke of Coletburg]].

===Titles===

*{{flagicon|Roscamistan}} First Founder of [[Roscamistan]]
*{{flagicon|Roscamistan}} [[Hero of Roscamistan]]
*{{flagicon|Roscamistan}} [[w:Baronet|Baronet of Brotherton]] (of the former Royal Roscam Region)
*{{flagicon|Barnland}} Lord High Admiral of the [[Empire of Barnland (Ireland)|Empire of Barnland]]
*{{flagicon|Barnland}} Emperor of Barnland

===National honours===

*{{flag|Roscamistan}}:
**[[Order of the Count of Purple]]
**[[File:Commander, Order of the Province of Mervustan.svg|75px]] Commander of the [[Order of the Province of Mervustan]]

===Other national honours===

*{{flag|Melite}}:
**[[File:Order of the Golden Sun - Commander.svg|75px]] Commander of the [[Order of the Golden Sun]] (10 April 2022)

*{{flag|Norton}}:
**[[File:OGE (U).svg|75px]] Usher of the [[Order of the Golden Eagle (Norton)|Order of the Golden Eagle]] (2 April 2022)

*{{flag|Vishwamitra}}:
**[[File:Ribbon bar of the Order of the Vishwamitra (Member).svg|75px]] Member of the Most Excellent [[Order of the Vishwamitra]] (15 April 2022)
**[[File:Ribbon bar of the Crystal Jubilee Commemorative Medal.svg|75px]] Recipient of the [[Commemorative Medal of the Crystal Jubilee of the Foundation of Vishwamitra]] (15 April 2022)

*{{flag|Seprana}}
**[[Order of the Great Comrades]] (10 January 2022)
*{{Flag|Penn Federal Republic}}
**[[File:Ribbon of the Order of Foreign Service.svg|70x70px]] Recipient of the [[Order of Foreign Service]] (10 May 2022) <ref>Richards, John. “Dhrubajyoti Roy, Andrew Brotherton, Nicholas Fisher, Others Awarded by Executive Order 013.” ''Penn Federal Republic | Government Website'', Penn Press, 11 May 2022, [https://pennfrgov.wixsite.com/government/post/dhrubajyoti-roy-andrew-brotherton-nicholas-fisher-others-awarded-by-executive-order-013 pennfrgov.wixsite.com/government/post/dhrubajyoti-roy-andrew-brotherton-nicholas-fisher-others-awarded-by-executive-order-013].</ref>

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