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{{Infobox official 2
| name = James Bornstein<br>{{post-nominals|list=[[Citizens’ Service Award|CSA]]}}
| image = Jamez.jpg
| caption = August 2020 Official Desert District Portrait
|
| office 1 = First Secretary of [[Desert District]]
| assumed/in 1 = Assumed
| date 1 = 10 June 2020 - 28 June 2020<br>1 September 2020 - Present
| hos 1 = First Secretary
| hos name 1 = 
| successor 1 = [[Lee Bastino]]<br>''Incumbent''
|-
| office 2 = Party Leader of [[Democratic Socialist Coalition]] <br> [[File:AenderiaDSC.jpg|20px]]
| assumed/in 2 = Assumed
| date 2 = 13 June 2020
| hos 2 = First Secretary
| hos name 2 = Jamez
| successor 2 = 
|-
| office 3 = Environment Director of [[New Virginia]]
| assumed/in 3 = Assumed
| date 3 = 15 January 2021
| hos 3 = President
| hos name 3 = [[Brooklyn Hewitt]]
| predecessor 3 = ''None''
|-
| birthdate = 17 August
| birthplace = California, U.S.
| birthname = Jamez
| citizenship = U.S., [[Desert District]], [[Principality of Sealand]]
| nationality =  
| ethnicity = Middle-Eastern, Russian, Irish
| party = [[Democratic Socialist Coalition]] ([[Desert District]]), Independent (U.S.)
| residence =United States 
| religion =Jewish 
| sig = James Bornstein Signature.jpg
}}

'''James Bornstein''', {{post-nominals|list=[[Citizens’ Service Award|CSA]]}}, formerly known as '''Jamez''', is the First Secretary of [[Desert District]] and the current Party Leader of the [[Democratic Socialist Coalition]].

==Micronational career==

===Early Micronational Career===
Jamez began his micronational career as the Augustus Secretary of Ryanlandia, in the year of 2016. He simultaneously was serving as the Governor of Kassinovia in Ryanlandia, as well. He then went on to serve as the General Secretary and Acting First Secretary for just one week. 

Following the shutdown of Ryanlandia in 2017, he went on to found This Table (aka TT), later changed to the Formositan Empire (aka Formositas) a micronation simply at a table at his school. Due to it being the school community’s property, he justified it as his own. He served as Emperor for two years before shutting it down.

===Return to Micronationalism===
He then took a several month long hiatus until 10 June 2020, when he began work on MicroWiki’s micronational community. He founded Desert District in North America, bordering California in the United States. He then served as First Secretary.

On 13 June 2020, Jamez decided to apply for party creation in the [[Fifth Aenderian Republic]], and subsequently became the Chair of the Aenderese Democratic Socialist Party. He resigned on 20 June 2020, after the announcement of the dissolving of the [[Fifth Aenderian Republic]] and an accusation of voter fraud.

He subsequently made the [[Democratic Socialist Coalition]] of Desert District.

On 28 June 2020, Jamez announced his resignation from his position as First Secretary and the official Desert District server owner, handing the latter to Lee Bastino who subsequently was elected First Secretary. He has remained active in the nation as a Legislative Body member.

On July 3, Jamez became an attorney at law with [[Smith & Associates Law]]. 

Throughout early July 2020, Jamez fought alongside [[TOES]] in the [[TOES-Almendria War]] and was an important figure after he resigned his [[Communist Union of Almendria|Almendrian]] position of Minister of Internal Affairs. As a result, the nation he formerly lead was raided by Almendrian Cyberforces.

==Personal life==
Jamez was born in 2006, and is 14 years old. He was born in the United States, and lives there, very near [[Desert District]].

He has identified as a socialist since he was 10 years old, when he had started to become more serious about US politics and micronationalism.

He credits US Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Sen. Edward Markey, and Sen. Bernard Sanders and UK MP Jeremy Corbin for fueling his interest in politics. He supports the Green Party and Democratic Party when it comes to US politics, but still identifies as an independent. He supports Medicare for All, free higher education, and the Green New Deal. His favorite news source is the New York Times. 

His favorite hobbies are micronationalism, water tasting, and craft coffee making, specifically with a [[w:Chemex|Chemex]] or an [[w:AeroPress|AeroPress]].

==Citizenship and Titles==

===Titles and honours===
*{{flagicon|Desert District}} [[File:Citizens Service Award.jpg|70px]] [[Citizens’ Service Award]] (5 August 2020)
*{{flagicon|Australis}} [[File:Civilians Service Award.jpg|70px]] [[Australis|Civilians’ Service Award]] (4 September 2020)
*{{flagicon|Wendatia}} [[File:OrderOfThHeron.png|70px]] [[Wendatia|Order of the Heron]] (21 October 2020)
*{{flagicon|Vishwamitra}} [[File:Order of Diplomatic Service Merit - Ribbon (First Class).svg|70px]] [[Order of Diplomatic Service Merit|Member First Class of the Order of Diplomatic Service Merit]] (15 April 2021) '''(dishonourably revoked)'''
*{{flagicon|Vishwamitra}} [[File:Ribbon bar of the Order of the Heron.svg|70px]] [[Order of the Heron|Member of the Most Honourable Order of the Heron]] (1 May 2021) '''(dishonourably revoked)'''

===Citizenships===
==== Macronational citizenship ====
*{{flag|United States|name=United States of America}}

==== Micronational citizenship ====
*{{flag|Desert District}}
*{{flag|Ponderosa Hills}}
*{{flag|New Virginia}}
*{{flag|Australis}}
*{{flag|Essexia}}
*{{flag|Wegmat}}
*{{flag|Aenopia}}
*{{flag|Vishwamitra}} '''(revoked)'''

[[Category:TOES members]]