Aenopia and the Cupertino Alliance

Main article: Cupertino Alliance

See also: Foreign affairs of Aenopia

The Empire of Aenopia and the Cupertino Alliance

Cupertino Alliance membership
Membership	Member
Since	24 February 2020
Delegate	Simon Reeve

The Empire of Aenopia is a member of the Cupertino Alliance, initially being accepted as a member state on 24 February 2020. Aenopia formally ratified the Charter of the Cupertino Alliance on 15 February 2020 after applying to the Alliance on the same date. Within the Cupertino Alliance, Aenopia is generally regarded as an active and respected member, particularly due to its primary delegate's former term as Chair of the Board from 15 February to 15 August 2021 and its position as one of the earliest remaining members of the Cupertino Alliance. Aenopia typically ranks highly in the annual Cupertino Member Positivity Survey, having previously ranked in 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in October 2020, December 2020 and July 2021 surveys.

The primary delegate of Aenopia, Simon Reeve, was initially appointed as Minister of MicroWiki Affairs on 30 May 2020. On 27 September 2020 he was elected as the second Lieutenant Chair of the Cupertino Alliance. On 5 November 2020 Logan announced his candidacy for the Chair of the Cupertino Alliance under the Reeve2021 campaign during the 2nd Cupertino Alliance chairmanship election alongside running mate Matthew Xia. Reeve was later declared as the automatic winner of the 2nd Cupertino Alliance chairmanship election on 4 January 2021 after rival candidate Roscoe dropped out, later assuming office on 15 February 2021.

History

Pre-history and relations with CA members

Prior to applying to the Cupertino Alliance, Aenopia maintained a friendly relationship with numerous founding member states, primarily the People's Republic of Ponderosa Hills (now known as the Socialist Federal Union of Ponderosa Hills) and Misberia, at the time known as the United Kingdoms of Misberia and Caloudonum. Out of the 4 founding states of the Cupertino Alliance, Aenopia maintained close relations with Ponderosa Hills via the Organisation of Active Micronations and North Atlantic Defence Union, of which the latter was dissolved due to Montan's shifting interests towards the proto-CA in December 2019. Aenopia formerly maintained relations with Misberia in 2019 unitil its first dissolution in 2020, particularly the Fourth Kingdom of Misberia. Aenopia also interacted with Jayden Lycon via the micronational social group TOES, whilst Aenopia and Millania both held membership in the Grand Unified Micronational.

In addition to its varying relations with founding CA members, Aenopia also maintained close relations with future CA members, particularly Wegmat, New Eiffel, Lytera and Qaflana.

Activity

Delegation

Aenopia has 1 out of the maximum three delegates for a full member, those being Simon Reeve. All delegates were appointed on 24 February 2020. Zabëlle Smith formerly served as an Aenopian delegate following the dissolution of New Eiffel in November 2020 until his departure from the wider micronational community in January 2021. Both Reeve and Skye were the subject of motions of no confidence at various points in their career as Aenopian delegates. The former was motioned by Jayden Lycon in March 2021 as a result of inadequate performance from his administration, whilst the latter was motioned by Leon Montan as the result of antisemitic remarks. Neither motion of no confidence was passed, with the former being withdrawn due to improvements in administration performance whilst the latter failed to reach the required 51% of votes.

Projects

Aenopia is an active participant in numerous Cupertino Alliance programs, such as the Twin Towns program, with Aenopian cities including New Llandudno paired with Ponderosa Hills (far right), Wegmat (left) and Vishwamitra (right).

Aenopia is an active supporter of past and present Cupertino Alliance programs, citing their . In addition, Aenopian delegates have served as principal figures in the establishment of projects such as the Twin Towns, the Cupertino Area of Natural Interest and CA Charts programs. As a result of this, Aenopia is an active participant in projects such as the Twin Towns program, in which the cities of New Llandudno and Rocinante-upon-Afon are paired with 6 other cities.

• Cupertino Area of Natural Interest
• Twin Towns program
• Cupertino Alliance Factbook
• CA Charts

Statistics

Session attendance

Aenopia maintains an active presence in sessions, having attended 85 out of 115 sessions since its inception as a member on 24 February 2020. During the early periods of its membership, Aenopia attended sessions on an occasional basis due to issues such as Quorum conflict with the Grand Unified Micronational, session times and the occasional ad hoc nature of sessions. Session attendance dramatically improved from September 2020 as interest in the GUM floundered and the CA improved.

Aenopia is typically represented in sessions by Reeve; some sessions were attended by Smith during his short term as a delegate, whilst none were attended by Horobik. In addition, numerous sessions have been hosted by Reeve during his tenure as Chair of the Board, with the first session hosted by Reeve held on 30 January 2021 and the last on 14 August 2021.

List of sessions attended by Aenopia

5th Session, 29 February 2020 Y 6th Session, 7 March 2020 Y 7th Session, 14-17 March 2020 (69 Hour Session) Y 8th Session, 21 March 2020 Y 9th Session, 28 March 2020 N 10th Session, 4 April 2020 N 11th Session, 11 April 2020 N 12th Session, 18 April 2020 N 13th Session, 25 April 2020 N 14th Session, 2 May 2020 N 15th Session, 9 May 2020 Y 15th Session, 9 May 2020 Y 16th Session, 23 May 2020 N 17th Session, 30 May 2020 N 18th Session, 6 June 2020 N 19th Session, 20 June 2020 N 20th Session, 27 June 2020 N 21st Session, 11 July 2020 Y 22nd Session, 17 July 2020 N 23rd Session, 30 July 2020 N 24th Session, 1 August 2020 Y 25th Session, 9 August 2020 N 26th Session, 15 August 2020 N 27th Session, 22 August 2020 N 28th Session, 29 August 2020 Y 29th Session, 30 August 2020 Y 30th Session, 5 September 2020 N 31st Session, 13 September 2020 N 32nd Session, 20 September 2020 Y 33rd Session, 26 September 2020 Y 34th Session, 30 September 2020 N 35th Session, 3 October 2020 N 36th Session, 17 October 2020 Y 38th Session, 15 October 2020 N 39th Session, 18 October 2020 Y 40th Session, 24 October 2020 Y 41st Session, 31 October 2020 Y 42nd Session, 8 November 2020 Y 43rd Session, 14 November 2020 Y 44th Session, 15 November 2020 Y 45th Session, 29 November 2020 Y 46th Session, 28 November 2020 Y 47th Session, 29 November 2020 Y 48th Session, 6 December 2020 Y 49th Session, 12 December 2020 Y 50th Session, 13 December 2020 N 51st Session, 19 December 2020 N 52nd Session, 27 December 2020 N 53rd Session, 2 January 2021 Y 54th Session, 2 January 2021 N 55th Session, 9 January 2021 Y 56th Session, 10 January 2021 Y 57th Session, 10 January 2021 Y 58th Session, 24 January 2021 Y 59th Session, 30 January 2021 Y 60th Session, 6 February 2021 Y 61st Session, 7 February 2021 Y 62nd Session, 13 February 2021 Y 63th Session, 19 February 2021 Y 64th Session, 25 February 2021 Y 65th Session, 28 February 2021 Y 66th Session, 3 March 2021 Y 67th Session, 6 March 2021 Y 68th Session, 16 March 2021 N 69th Session, 19 March 2021 Y 70th Session, 25 March 2021 Y 71st Session, 16 April 2021 Y 72nd Session, 18 April 2021 Y 73rd Session, 17 April 2021 Y 74th Session, 23 April 2021 Y 75th Session, 24 April 2021 Y 76th Session, 25 April 2021 Y 77th Session, 1 May 2021 Y 78th Session, 1 May 2021 Y 79th Session, 2 May 2021 N 80th Session, 7 May 2021 Y 81st Session, 8 May 2021 N 82nd Session, 9 May 2021 Y 83rd Session, 14 May 2021 Y 84th Session, 15 May 2021 Y 85th Session, 16 May 2021 Y 86th Session, 21 May 2021 N 87th Session, 23 May 2021 N 88th Session, 25 May 2021 Y 89th Session, 29 May 2021 Y 90th Session, X June 2021 N 91st Session, 4 June 2021 Y 92nd Session, 6 June 2021 Y 93rd Session, 6 June 2021 Y 94th Session, 11 June 2021 Y 95th Session, 12 June 2021 Y 96th Session, 13 June 2021 N 97th Session, 18 June 2021 Y 98th Session, 20 July 2021 N 99th Session, 21 June 2021 Y 100th Session, 25 June 2021 Y 101st Session, 27 June 2021 Y 102nd Session, 2 July 2021 Y 103rd Session, 3 July 2021 Y 104th Session, 4 July 2021 Y 105th Session, 9 July 2021 (Digital Summit) Y 106th Session, 10 July 2021 N 107th Session, 11 July 2021 Y 108th Session, 16 July 2021 Y 109th Session, 18 July 2021 Y 110th Session, 18 July 2021 Y 112th Session, 25 July 2021 Y 113th Session, 30 July 2021 Y 114th Session, 31 July 2021 Y 115th Session, 1 August 2021 Y

Cupertino Member Positivity Survey

Main article: Cupertino Member Positivity Survey

Date	Rank	Chg	Score (points)
October 2020	2		93
December 2020	1	▲ 1	115
July 2021	T3	▼ 2	95

Elections

Main articles: Cupertino Alliance Chair election, January 2021; Cupertino Alliance Chair election, August 2021; and Cupertino Alliance Chair election, 2020

Views of various organisations in Aenopia
Sorted by Pos-Neg

Country polled	Positive	Negative	Pos-Neg
Grand Unified Micronational	50%	50%	–0
Cupertino Alliance	90%	10%	+80
Micronational Olympic Federation	60%	40%	+20
International Aerospace Community	70%	30%	+40
Union of Micronations of Central Europe	45%	55%	-5
United Defense and Cooperation Treaty Community	70%	30%	+40
Constantia Pact	75%	25%	+50

Election	Candidate		Outcome	Notes	Ref.
Jul 2020	Aenderia	Jayden Lycon	Jayden Lycon
Feb 2021	Australis	Daniel Hamilton	Simon Reeve
Aug 2021	Waterside Park	Larry Martin	Varuna Sriraya

Withdrawal

The quality of the administration is so poor that I have partially convinced myself that [Aenopia] does not benefit from the Alliance in its current state, and I have been constantly considering withdrawing it from the CA.

— Simon Reeve criticising the Sriraya administration as part of the Vote of No Confidence against the latter in 2021.

Although no formal attempt has been made to withdraw Aenopia from the Cupertino Alliance, numerous proposals and comments have been brought forward in the latter half of 2021 for various reasons. Primary reasons in support of the withdrawal of Aenopia (or 'Aexit', a tongue-in-cheek portmanteau of 'Aenopia' and 'exit' akin to Brexit) include the ineptitude of sitting administrations, particularly that of former Chair Varuna Sriraya in late 2021.

Despite this, a survey conducted by the Aenopian government showed that the Cupertino Alliance is perceived as a critical aspect of Aenopian foreign affairs, with the CA being ranked at 4.5/5 in regards to national importance. In contrast, the Grand Unified Micronational ranked at 2.75, with half of the responses supporting a future referendum. This is similar to the Statistic-Dime 2020 MicroWiki General Survey conducted in November 2020, in which 63.5% of the 63 participants said that the Cupertino Alliance was either very positive or positive, compared to the 42.8% which said that the GUM was either very positive or positive.

See also

• Empire of Aenopia
• Cupertino Alliance
  • Australis and the Cupertino Alliance
  • New Eiffel and the Cupertino Alliance
  • Northwood-Oregon and the Cupertino Alliance
  • Oskonia and the Cupertino Alliance
  • Ponderosa Hills and the Cupertino Alliance
  • Saspearian and the Cupertino Alliance
  • Yu-Xia and the Cupertino Alliance