Federated States of Gapla
Federated States of Gapla | |
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 Flag
 Coat of arms
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Motto: Erit Ergo Justitia Justice will be Served | |
Anthem: "Romeo and Juliet Overture" (National Anthem)
"Radetzky March" (National March) | |
State Seal  | |
| Capital | New Gaplastovia, Elemental |
| Largest city | HydroAspect, Sweet Falls |
| Official languages | |
| Other languages | |
| Religion(2021) | No official religion, however Christianity is dominant |
| Demonym | Gaplan Gaplanayan (rarely) |
| Government | Federative Representative Constitutional Monarchy |
• Executive President | Chelsea Chen |
• Executive Deputy President | Emma Bunnell |
• Secretary of State | Vera Sy |
• Chief Justice | Mirabelle Wang |
• Minister of Foreign Affairs | Wyatt Baek |
| Legislature | Parliament of the Federated States of Gapla |
| National Executive Council | |
| Chamber of Representatives | |
| Independence from the United States of America | |
• Declaration of Independence | 28 February 2019 |
• Union Day (Snake, Phoenix, Gapla) | 6 March 2019 |
• First State Joined (Emeralkia) | 7 March 2019 |
• First Constitution Ratified | 23 March 2019 |
• Current Form (Federated States of Gapla) | 2 May 2019 |
• Gaplan Revolution against Michael Hubbard | 10 September 2020 |
• Current Constitution | 8 March 2021 |
| Area | |
• Total | 28.2 km2 (10.9 sq mi) Not including the GAT |
| Population | |
• 2021 census | 300 |
| Currency | Gapla Dollar (GPD) |
| Time zone | Gapla Standard Time (UTC-7:00) |
| Date format | YYYY - MM - DD |
| Drives on the | right |
| Calling code | +1 949 |
| Microcode | GP |
| Internet TLD | .gx |
The Federated States of Gapla, more commonly known as Gapla, is a partially recognized sovereign state recognized by the Republic of China, the Swiss Confederation, and the Kingdom of the Netherlands[citation needed] regarded as a micronation by the external community. The country was founded by Wyatt Baek on 28 February 2019 because he felt that the United States of America, the country that Gapla declared independence from, was not a fair and free enough country. It is located near the western coast of the United States and in Antarctica (where it claims land as the Kingdom of Gaplan Antarctica) and has a diverse and unique culture.
Gapla's legislature consists of an Executive Council, the upper house, and the Chamber of Representatives, the lower house. The Executive Council consists of the President, Deputy President, Secretary of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Justice, Assistant to the Council, and the Secondary Assistant to the Council. The "Upper Council" then consists of the President, Deputy President, and Secretary of State, the "Cabinet" consists of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chief Justice, and the "Lower Council" consists of the assistants to the council. The Chamber of Representatives consists of representatives from each state (with a different amount of representatives per state, while some states are merged together to create a population eligible for a representative).
It was a former member of the Grand Unified Micronational and a former observer of the Cupertino Alliance. Throughout the micronational community, Gapla is known for having a strong economy with its currency, the Gapla Dollar, being treated like fiat, and is used to trade everyday goods such as postal services, 3D prints, cakes, candy, origami, web design, and more.
Etymology
According to the President, the name for the Federated States of Gapla came from the root "Gapla", which, the founder claims, was a name stuck in their head for a country since they were very young. However, most speculate that this name came from the combination of "Gap" and "LA", meaning the "Gap" in the United States near the city of Los Angeles, abbreviated to LA.
The word "Gapla" does not have any deep etymological roots, and is commonly misspelled as "Galpa", with the Empire of Aeternia and certain delegates of the Cupertino Alliance using the popular misspelling.
History
Prehistory (August 2015 - February 2019)
The Federated States of Gapla was inspired from the Principality of Sealand, which the founder found out after a school project on nations with disputed sovereignty. After browsing through the website, he was quite interested, and - after being interested in creating his own nation, but not knowing how to - declared the now-defunct Principality of Gapla (the predecessor state of the Federated States of Gapla).
Before, the founder did have a micronation (although he didn't realize it was a micronation, as he didn't know what it was) called the United Republics of Gapla and Phoenix, which was founded in 2015 with no government or laws, however, it did have a flag, I.D. card (drawn from crayons), and a territory, a "secret base" located in Cypress Village Elementary School.
Early Gapla (March 2019 - January 2020)
Founding days (March 2019 - April 2019)
Gapla soon captured interest inside the classroom it was founded in. The founder of the FSG asked two of his closest friends to create their own principalities - the Principality of Snake, and the Principality of Phoenix. At this time, they were independent and not part of the Principality of Gapla.
However, two friends, Emma Bunnell and Tessa Huffmire, wanted to create their own principality - the Principality of Emeralkia. The United Micronations (the group that contained all of the principalities) did not admit Emeralkia, refusing to recognize it due to a concern that there would be too many principalities and the value of a principality would become pointless.
Emma and Tessa, however, were determined to create their own principality, and the United Micronations was dissolved in favor of a unified Gapla, with Emeralkia, Snake, and Phoenix being states.
The growth of the nation (April 2019 - July 2019)
The principality was popular amongst the local area (the community of Woodbridge in Irvine, CA), and it had expanded to fourteen member states with a population of nearly 100 people. The Principality of Gapla later was renamed to the Federated States of Gapla.
This period can be seen as the beginning of major Gaplan interstate competitions. States started forming alliances, conducting meetings, and negotiating. A major dispute that occurred during this period was which states would be recognized as "founding states" - just Snake and Phoenix, or would Gapla recognize the first six?
During this period, the Federated States of Gapla worked on creating websites, diplomatic ties amongst the members of the Micronations Fandom community, joining intermicronational unions, and gaining citizenship. It created a website, Coat of Arms, and formalized its territorial claims and independence from the United States of America.
A string quartet and Google Hangouts chat were made, with regular meetings on school property.
Gaplan Revolution (July 2019 - October 2019)
Main article: Gaplan Revolution
The Gaplan Revolution was the first and only (to date) armed conflict that Gapla was involved in as a fight for its sovereignty and right to operate.
Post-revolution Gapla (October 2019 - January 2020)
After the revolution, the FSG continued to hold meetings and advance its territorial claims by adding new states into the union.
Pegasus, Musicland, Kingdom City, and Asmiland were created during this period. Although the MicroWiki page was created during the Gaplan Revolution, it became an active source of information during the Post-revolution Gapla period, when Gapla was beginning the switch from Micronations Fandom to MicroWiki.
Gaplan Renaissance (January 2020 - November 2020)
Ozzah and Xadia days (January 2020 - March 2020)
During January, two powers, Ozzah and Xadia (officially New Xadia), rose up and created their own interstatal alliances. Xadia was made up mostly by many of Aditya's puppets, which barely had any activity. After the Xadian collapse, many of these states remained states. Two examples of these states that still exist today are Destruction and Cloudland.
Similarly, Ozzah collected allies through their "friendship circle." During the election in February, Xadia had its leader, Aditya, and Ozzah had Emma of Emeralkia to represent their state. After an extremely close victory by Emma during the Deputy Presidential election (who was, just a setup to pass it to Irene, because Irene was powerful, yet not popular within the general public), Aditya stopped being active and the state of Xadia basically collapsed - however, it is still in existence today.
Decline of Ozzah
The State of Ozzah declined after it fell in the interstate rankings of the 2nd session. Because of this, the founders of Ozzah blamed Gapla for being a "toxic community" - no reasons are known, other than that their state fell in the interstate competitions during March 2020.
Another possible reason for this quit was that the President and the then-Vice President, Irene Kim, one of the founders of Ozzah, did not get along during office. Constant arguments between the two leaders eventually caused her to resign, to be replaced by Chelsea Chen.
During March 2020, the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19 pandemic) struck in the school that Gapla was located in, and it was closed. Due to this, the FSG actually became more active, finally creating a Discord server and having bi-weekly meetings on Google Meet, and then Zoom after it was authorized by the Executive Council. Previously, the council used Google Meet due to security concerns with the Chinese-owned Zoom.
During this period, the focus was mainly on Elemental, which Snake was the main contester of, which was slowly growing its empire and having a monopoly on interstate sessions until the resurgence of Folia Tail in July.
Acquisition of Mogollon
Also during this period, the State of Mogollon joined, giving Gapla's first piece of land that was not a house, previously located in the American state of Arizona. This was a significant addition to Gapla's territory. To this day, there are only two territories that are not houses: the Kingdom of Gaplan Antarctica, and the State of Mogollon.
Mogollon was acquired from Eovnia Pual, who transferred her territory in her Elysiumite province to Mogollon.
Resurgence of Folia Tail (July 2020 - November 2020)
During July 2020, delegates from Chickenopolis (the former name of Folia Tail) messaged the government, asking for a "way for Chickenopolis to be active again." This began the start of the resurgence of the State of Folia Tail as a major power. Soon after, the state reformed and changed its name to "Delsgade," and garnered allies that felt betrayed by Xadia and Musicland to build an empire against Elemental. This, however, was ignored by Chelsea Chen, who thought it was a joke, and that it would never overturn the Socialist Elementalian Federation.
However, as former Xadian states joined, and even Musicland and Xadia themselves, the Delsgadian Confederacy had successfully defeated the Elementalian Federation in the interstate sessions. Elemental started a response to this, by taking some of Delsgade's allies and gaining the formerly powerful Emeralkia as a puppet state.
Near the end of the resurgence, Delsgade changed its name to Folia Tail, reforming as an empire.
Another minor event is that during this period, the Federated States of Gapla switched from free to paid hosting and renovated a new website.
First modern era (November 2020 - November 2021)
Second Christmas days (November 2020 - February 2021)
The first half of the Second Christmas Days consisted of the adjustment to the competition between Folia Tail and Elemental. During this period, like the name, Gapla celebrated its second Christmas since independence. Another event is that Folia Tail was dominant during this period, however, later, Elemental became more dominant consistently, but not to an extent of a monopoly.
The second half consisted of a new era for Gapla - sales in titles and Gapla Dollars increased dramatically due to the growing popularity of Gapla and the demand for these items. Gapla's economy soared, and the country had enough money to fund flags, crowns, government seal stamps, new graphic designs, better paper, branded stationery, and more.
Advance of the session (February 2021 - June 2021)
During the advance, the FSG started actually applying the purchases it bought in the Second Christmas days, as well as creating a new currency design backed by gold. Mainly, this consisted of Elemental and Folia Tail (and their allies) going into a Zoom meeting every day to argue and conduct the interstate sessions, so sessions constructed during this period were extremely active, however, were dominated by Elemental.
However, during the end of this session, the Folian government started devising a plan to become the dominant competitor in the interstate sessions.
Colonial ages (June 2021 - October 2021)
The colonial ages was the start of the rise of Folia Tail which surpassed elemental in September 2021. During this period, Folia Tail strategically planned the "fire dragon's return" and the "water dragon's return," and the state government released a statement that said that the dragons mentioned were literal, that they shoot fire, and that they will destroy Elemental.
However, it was discovered that this was used for secrecy reasons, and the actual plan was to discuss Folia Tail's plans without leaking it to Elemental, and for Elemental to completely ignore it as a joke. This seems to have worked, as Folia Tail has completed its plan and have successfully been narrowly declared as the session leader.
The colonial ages were also a start of an era where Gaplan states collected schools throughout school districts, including the famous Orange County School of the Arts. Dozens of schools across a few school districts have been "colonized."
Second rise of Emeralkia (October 2021 - November 2021)
During this period, the Grand Kingdom of Emeralkia broke away from Elemental's alliance, leading to a dramatic decrease in Elemental's strength, as Elemental has allocated a lot of its resources to the Grand Kingdom of Emeralkia. This was a result of Tessa Huffmire wanting to be out of the Elementalian Federation and to create a new independent Grand Kingdom of Emeralkia. After its rise, containment of allies, and victory over Folia Tail in the 9th session, it has become a leading power in the FSG and is considered to be a "major power" along with Elemental and Folia Tail.
Although Elemental has been damaged by the GKE's independence, Elemental has regained strength through its lands acquired through verification, and is predicted to continue being a major power, although Folian news networks falsely stated that the Federation had dissolved.
Second modern era (November 2021 - March 2022)
"Red Wave" of Gapla (November 2021 - December 2021)
During November 2021, many citizens from Excelsior and elsewhere came with a predominantly left-wing tilt, empowering the formerly minor party of the People's New Socialist Party after this wave and a merging of that party and The Progressive Movement, a former center-left party. Eventually, this empowered the right-wing of Gapla, formerly without significant competition, to merge into one party.
A moderate-libertarian right-wing party called the Free Rightist Party was created in opposition to the People's New Socialist Party and Gapla effectively became a two-party system, each merging in order to combat the other.
However, this is ironic because one of the founding ideals was to avoid the "red and blue" two party system, and Gapla had ended up that way due to increasing political competition.
2022 Elections and Ote Land (December 2021 - February 2022)
See the article 2022 Gaplan Presidential Election for information on the 2022 Gaplan Presidential Election.
Ote Land was a new Special Administrative Region (SAR) currently de facto led by Dheer Patel.
It was from a group of high schoolers that were invited to Gapla from Northwood High School. After a period of rebellion and disturbance, Ote Land was integrated into the Ote Land SAR in January 2022. Some people, most prominently from the Gaplan left, say that Ote Land was an "election rigging" tool used by the FRP, however, evidence has proven that Ote Land came independently of the 2022 Gaplan Presidential Election.
The New Reform and the Emersyos (February 2022 - March 2022)
In around February 2022, Crown Prince Wyatt Baek and President Chelsea Chen jointly announced a large reorganization plan for the government. However, some activists greatly disapproved of the suggested reforms and took control of the Deputy President's and Secretary of State's Gaplan portal accounts to declare a state of emergency.
These activists were called the "Emersyos," who impersonated the two officials. They took control of Gapla's assets and declared themselves the true government of Gapla. A government-in-exile for the old government was created as the "Royal Federation of Gaplanaya." They appear to be far-right and have been criticized by the government and many citizens.
The Emersyos declared war on Excelsior, however failed to do any damage as the assets were soon returned to Gapla as the bug was found. The Emersyos whereabouts or identity are unknown, but the Intelligence Agency of the Gaplan Federation claims to know. The reforms were stalled because of this conflict, and at its peak the Emersyos controlled several cities, including New Gaplastovia. Today, the Emersyos are largely defunct and order as returned.
The Aeolian revolutions (April 2022 - present)
Pre-Aeolian revolution (April 2022 - present)
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The national flag
The national flag is named the "Standard of Greater Gapla". It was created on the day of founding of the Federated States of Gapla and has never changed, in exception to when the flag size ratio was changed for standardization.
The Standard of Greater Gapla consists of a blue background with a red cross, an orange circle, and a yellow star.
Colours of the flag
The blue touches the red, and the orange, because the pride of the people are made from the people, and the Parliament and Association of Ministries are made of the people. Also notice that citizens themselves cannot change the nation, the star.
The red touches all of the areas, because the pride of the people is made from the people, gives people to Parliament and the Association of Ministries, and affects the nation.
The orange represents the Parliament, which most closely touches the star. The orange also is made from the Pride of the People and the People.
This yellow star is the government, and touches everything except for the blue, because citizens cannot change the government alone. It is touching the orange because Parliament and the Association of Ministries can change the government. It is touching the red because the pride of the people can change the government.
Subdivisions
Superior states, states, territories, and Special Administrative Regions are all subdivisions of the Federated States of Gapla.
States and superior states have a limited amount of autonomy to create their own laws and regulate their own institutions, however, are not considered soveriegn states and lack sufficient autonomy to be considered "autonomous."
Territories are under the complete control and jurisdiction of the Federated States of Gapla and have no autonomy over their territory.
Special Administrative Regions have some autonomy, such as the power to enforce their laws, create laws to a certain extent, issue special passports, and create their own currency.
List of subdivisions of Gapla
The following is a list of government-recognized subdivisions of the Federated States of Gapla.
| Superior States (5) | ||||
| Flag | Name | Leader | Website | Size (square feet) |
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Elemental | Chelsea Chen | http://elemental.gaplagov.org | 10,087 |
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Folia Tail | Renaldo Chang | http://foliatail.gaplagov.org | 1,106 |
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Emeralkia | Emma Bunnell and Tessa Huffmire
(singular leadership under Emma Bunnell, Tessa Huffmire as ceremonial monarch) |
http://emeralkia.gaplagov.org | 3,223 |
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Phoenix | Mirabelle Wang | http://phoenix.gaplagov.org | 2,284 |
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Snake | Shaun Murzello and George Yang
(de jure dual leadership, de facto singular leadership under Shaun Murzello) |
http://snake.gaplagov.org | 1,908 |
| States (8) | ||||
| Flag | Name | Leader | Website | Size (square feet) |
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Asmiland | Asmi Aggarwal | http://asmiland.gaplagov.org | 1,606 |
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Kingdom City | Serena Ali | http://kingdomcity.gaplagov.org | 3,115 |
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Sweet Falls | Anthony Tatsuta | http://sweetfalls.gaplagov.org | 1,897 |
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Daisy | Grace Tan | http://daisy.gaplagov.org | 1,707 |
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Mogollon | Eovnia Pual | The state government is not finished
with the creation of the website. |
huge |
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Musicland | Bright Li | 2,600 | |
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Kokichi's Kingdom | Betty Zhang | 2,249 | |
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Syopolis | Vera Sy | http://syopolis.gaplagov.org | 2,541 |
| Provisional States (4) | ||||
| Flag | Name | Leader | Website | Size (square feet) |
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Ozzah | Irene Kim and Kavya Tyagi
(dual leadership) |
http://ozzah.gaplagov.org | no land |
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Great Gryffin | Joshua Tan | Provisional States are usually not
entitled to their own websites, but they may create their own optionally. | |
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Xadia | Aditya Meruga | ||
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Pain
(pending upgrade to a state) |
Scott Chiang and Ian Jia
(dual leadership) |
4,210 | |
| Territories (9) | ||||
| Flag | Name | Leader | Website | Size (square feet) |
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Hedgehogtopia | Adyson Ngo | None, territories are not
entitled to websites. |
no land |
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Candyland | Suhasni Sampath | ||
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Bangtan | Aubree Lee and Natalie Oh | ||
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Trinity | Anusha Sharma | ||
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Pegasus | Diti Patel | ||
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Poshstate | Roshini Raju | ||
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Destruction | Bhuvan Vellamena | ||
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Mar de Val | Anika Kurup | ||
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Cloudland | Stone Ho | ||
| Special Administrative Regions (3) | ||||
| Flag | Name | Leader | Website | Size (square feet) |
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Gaplan Antarctica
(superior SAR) |
De jure: None
De facto: Wyatt Baek |
The SAR government is not finished
with the creation of the website. |
huge |
|
Liberty Island | Xavier Lee | http://libertyisland.gaplagov.org | negligible |
|
Ote Land | De jure: None
De facto: Dheer Patel |
The SAR government is not finished
with the creation of the website. |
no land |
Subdivisions within subdivisions of Gapla
Main article: List of minor subdivisions of Gapla
Subdivisions of subdivisions (usually states) are necessary for the better administration of territory. Because many states are large and encompass multiple regions, residences, or populated groups, however do not prefer a split of the subdivision, subdivisions inside that subdivision are sometimes created.
Below is a list of all subdivisions of Gapla with subdivisions inside themselves, and a list of all of the subdivisions.
Politics and government
Government
The government of the Federated States of Gapla is comprised of a judiciary (the Supreme Court), the legislature (the Chamber of Representatives), and the executive branch (Autonomous Assembly and Executive Council). Inside the executive branch, there are ministries, which are special organs of the Executive Branch that advise the Executive Council of the Federated States of Gapla to do certain things.
For example, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can advise on the foreign affairs of the Federated States of Gapla. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, a special minister, is also a member of the Executive Council.
Ministries
The following is a list of all government-recognized ministries of the Executive Branch of the Federated States of Gapla.
- Ministry of Public Welfare
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Ministry of the Armed Forces
- Ministry of Defense
- Ministry of Communications
- Ministry of Operations
- Ministry of Education
- Ministry of Statistics
- Ministry of Records
- Ministry of Finance
- Ministry of Immigration and Citizenship
- Ministry of Food and Agriculture
Monarchy
Main article: Monarchy of Gapla.
For a list of Gaplan peers, see List of Gaplan peers.
The Federated States of Gapla is a constitutional monarchy - that is, with a monarchy for tradition and fundraising but with the monarch having no political power simply due to that position.
During the history of Gapla, the monarchy was used to encourage states to verify land and fund the country. However, land grants are not eligible for titles anymore, except in rare circumstances. The following is a list of titles in the monarchy.
Awards
Main article: Awards and decorations of Gapla
Throughout its history, the Federated States of Gapla has given its citizens a variety of awards, decorations, and orders as a reward for good work. The most famous, prestigious, and first of these awards is the famous "Heroes of the Revolution of the Federated States of Gapla."
Many princes and princesses have created their own orders, as they have the power to.
Eras of the state
The federal government frequently hosts "sessions" - formally "interstate competitions" designed to promote state activity.
Every session, the states compete to complete tasks and grow Gapla while earning "points", which increase their chance of winning the session. Whenever a state wins a session, the state in question is named after the period, and a group of periods is called an "era."
However, many sessions are more complicated, with added motivations such as prizes, levels, and secret rooms.
The following is a list of Gaplan eras and their periods.
| Era | Era Number | Period Number | Name of the Period | State(s) Named After | Dates of Period | Dates of Era |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation Era | 1 | 1 | Phoenixian Period | Phoenix | 28 February 2019 - 22 March 2019 | 28 February 2019 - 20 April 2019 |
| 2 | First Snakaris Period | Snake | 23 March 2019 - 20 April 2019 | |||
| Early Era | 2 | 3 | Syopolian Period | Syopolis | 21 April 2019 - 16 May 2019 | 21 April 2019 - 9 January 2020 |
| 4 | Second Snakaris Period | Snake | 17 May 2019 - 4 September 2019 | |||
| 5 | Emeralkian Period | Emeralkia | 5 September 2019 - 9 January 2019 | |||
| Developement Era | 3 | 6 | First New Xadian Period | Xadia | 10 January 2020 - 6 February 2020 | 10 January 2020 - 28 March 2020 |
| 7 | Chickenopolis Period | Folia Tail (then Chickenopolis) | 7 February 2020 - 12 February 2020 | |||
| 8 | First Ozzahyan Period | Ozzah | 13 February 2020 - 28 March 2020 | |||
| Ozzah-Xadia Era | 4 | 9 | Second New Xadian Period | Xadia | 29 March 2020 | 29 March 2020 - 26 April 2020 |
| 10 | Second Ozzahyan Period | Ozzah | 30 March 2020 - 12 April 2020 | |||
| 11 | Third New Xadian Period | Xadia | 13 April 2020 - 26 April 2020 | |||
| Elemental-Ozzah Era | 5 | 12 | First Elementalian Period | Elemental | 27 April 2020 - 5 May 2020 | 27 April 2020 - 11 May 2020 |
| 13 | Third Ozzahyan Period | Ozzah | 6 May 2020 | |||
| 14 | Second Elementalian Period | Elemental | 7 May 2020 - 10 May 2020 | |||
| Conquistador Era | 6 | 15 | Third Snakaris Period | Snake | 11 May 2020 | 11 May 2020 - 2 December 2020 |
| 16 | Elementalian-Mogollon Period | Elemental and Mogollon | 12 May 2020 - 2 December 2020 | |||
| Grand Gaplan Era | 7 | 17 | Folia Tail Period | Folia Tail-Musicland Merger | 3 December 2020 - 6 December 2020 | 3 December 2020 - 21 January 2021 |
| 18 | Elemental-Emeralkia Period | Emeralkia-Elemental Merger | 7 December 2020 - 13 January 2021 | |||
| 19 | Second Folia Tail Period | Folia Tail-Musicland Merger | 14 January 2021 - 21 January 2021 | |||
| 22 January 2021 - 21 February 2021 | ||||||
| La Chevaleresque Era | 8 | 22 January 2021 - 5 September 2021 | ||||
| 20 | Third Elementalian Period | Elementalian Confederation with several states | 22 February 2021 - 5 September 2021 | |||
| Colonial Era | 9 | 21 | Folian-Elementalian Period | Constant competition and change between Folia Tail and Elemental | 6 September 2021 - present | 6 September 2021 - present |
The Colonial Era will likely be the last era, as the interstate sessions will soon come to a close and be replaced by the interstate seasons.
Political parties
Politics are very contentious in the Federated States of Gapla.
The Chamber of Representatives is made up of a number of representatives from a single state or a group of states, while an Executive Council is comprised of nationally elected executive officers: the President, Deputy President, Secretary of State, Assistant, and Secondary Assistant, and presidential appointees: the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chief Justice.
| Party | Abbreviation | Leader | Political Position | Chamber of Representatives | Executive Council | Autonomous Assembly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
   | |||||||
| Major parties | |||||||
| Free Rightist Party
"Rightist Party" |
FRP | Emma Bunnell | Right-wing moderate libertarianism | 13 / 28 |
3 / 7 |
3 / 3 | |
| People's New Socialist Party
"Socialist Party" |
PNSP | Chelsea Chen | Left-wing moderate authoritarianism | 12 / 28 |
4 / 7 |
0 / 3 | |
| Minor parties with legislative representation | |||||||
| Centrist Radical Party
"Radical Party" |
CRP | Clayton Walker | Centre-right conservativism | 1 / 28 |
0 / 7 |
0 / 3 | |
| Democratic Revolution Party
"Revolution Party" |
DRP | Nicolas Wiedemann | Far-left moderate libertarianism | 1 / 28 |
0 / 7 |
0 / 3 | |
| Minor parties without legislative representation | |||||||
| Kim Jong Un Party
"Kim Jong Un Party" |
KJUP | Dheer Patel | Far-left juche authoritarianism | No respresentation in the Chamber of Representatives, Executive Council, or Autonomous Assembly. | |||
| Unitary Reformist Party
"Union Party" |
URP | Alexander Lightinger | Right-wing to far-right authoritarianism | ||||
| Environmentalist Green Party
"Green Party" |
EGP | Mirabelle Wang | Left-wing to far-left libertarianism | ||||
| Federal Classic Socialist Party
"Classic Socialist Party" |
FCSP | Lucy Wong | Left-wing moderate libertarianism | ||||
Land
The Federated States of Gapla claims land in three main districts - the Capital District, the Mogollon territory, the Kingdom of Gaplan Antarctica, and the Eastern Elementalian territories.
Verification processes
The verification process for residential land is that a state must meet TWO of the below requirements to have verified land.
- Appearance on public records
- Certification of address through mailing
- Certification of address through random weekly governmental visit
- Governor IP address location approximation check
The verification process for non-residential land (that has previously been claimed by another entity) is that an entity must meet ONE of the below requirements.
- Proof of permanent sovereignty
- Proof of granted sovereignty of the land by the former entity
Districts
The following are the present Gaplan land districts:
- The capital district includes all of the cities near New Gaplastovia (all territorial claims located near the cities of Irvine, Tustin, or Santa Ana). This consists of the houses of governors. Annexed from California.
- The Eastern Elementalian territories consist of the Governor of Elemental's two houses annexed from Nevada.
- The Mogollon territories consist of territories granted during Eovnia Pual's negotiation with the U.S. Forest Service, annexed from Arizona.
- The Kingdom of Gaplan Antarctica consists of previously unclaimed sea ice claimed by the government.
The following are the pending Gaplan land districts:
- The Northern Elementalian Territories consist of land owned by the Governor of Elemental's family. Currently undergoing strict verification requirements, planned to be annexed from California.
Geography, climate, and weather
The city of New Gaplastovia and surrounding territories has a fairly flat geography, with a warm climate. This climate data can be applied to all Gaplan states except for Elemental, Mogollon, and the SAR of the Kingdom of Gaplan Antarctica. It cannot be applied to some Elementalian territories near Nevada, however, can be applied to the rest.
Below is a chart of the climate data for New Gaplastovia, the capital city of the Federated States of Gapla.
| Climate data for New Gaplastovia, Federated States of Gapla | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °F (°C) | 66 (18.9) |
67 (19.4) |
68 (20) |
72 (22.2) |
73 (22.8) |
78 (25.6) |
82 (27.8) |
83 (28.3) |
82 (27.8) |
78 (25.6) |
72 (22.2) |
67 (19.4) |
73 (22.8) |
| Average low °F (°C) | 47 (8.3) |
48 (8.9) |
49 (9.4) |
51 (10.6) |
55 (12.8) |
59 (15) |
62 (16.7) |
63 (17.2) |
62 (16.7) |
57 (13.9) |
51 (10.6) |
47 (8.3) |
54 (12.2) |
| Average Precipitation inches (mm) | 2.95 (74.9) |
3.5 (89) |
2.85 (72.4) |
0.85 (21.6) |
0.26 (6.6) |
0.14 (3.6) |
0.03 (0.8) |
0.15 (3.8) |
0.3 (8) |
0.32 (8.1) |
1.05 (26.7) |
1.75 (44.5) |
13 (330) |
| Source: Weather.com | |||||||||||||
National holidays
Gapla's government declares national holidays that are unique to the nation. Currently, there are seven recognized holidays.
Holidays that are not unique to the country are not allowed to be recognized by the government but are still observed.
The following is a list of officially declared and recognized government holidays.
- 28 February - Independence day
- 13 January - Freedom day
- 6 March - Union day
- 23 March - Constitution day
- 2 May - Government day
- 1 September - School starts in Gapla
- 10 September - Gaplan Revolution day
Religion
The following chart is a religious diversity chart of the Federated States of Gapla. However, it is a little outdated and new data is expected to arrive from the government in a few weeks. Notice the large Christian and Hindu sectors that make up 90% of the population's religion.
Currently, the government does not force religion onto anyone and it is considered illegal to. Religious discrimination is strictly prohibited, however, most cases are released under freedom of speech rights. Freedom of religious practice up to the limit of law is guaranteed in every Gaplan constitution to date.
Various classifications
The below sections show what scores Gapla received on several micronational classification indexes.
Dresner's System of Classification
- Population: 5 points (51 or more)
- Cultural development: 5 points (A strong culture in existence)
- Allies: 2 points (5 allies or less)
- Spheres of influence: 3 points (Relatively well known and followed by many)
- Budget: 4 points (Less than $200 spent yearly on the micronation in question)
Gapla adds up to 5 + 5 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 19 points, 19/5 = 3.8 score.
The description for this is:
A very average micronation, they exist en masse. No need to ignore them, but they probably aren't very special or interesting. Often it is hard to tell the difference between them, and if they stay at this level for a long time it is probably because of a lack of population, time, effort, and/or interest.
Modification for national equity
However, Gapla suspended all alliances due to the fact that it does not wish to create alliances between micronations, only serious countries, with few exceptions. Modifying this scale for national equity, Gapla would score:
- Population: 5 points (51 or more)
- Cultural development: 5 points (A strong culture in existence)
- Spheres of influence: 3 points (Relatively well known and followed by many)
- Budget: 4 points (Less than $200 spent yearly on the micronation in question)
Gapla adds up to 5 + 5 + 3 + 4 in this new scale. This is a score of 17 points, 17/4 = 4.25.
This equates to:
One of the most significant micronations (eg. St. Charlie, The Soviet Republic of North America, etc.). There was a lot of effort involved in getting the micronation to this level. Once here, it is quite difficult for the nation to fall back down unless it becomes inactive, like Scientopia.
Freayth's System of Classification
- Politics: 2 points (Moderately active)
- Development: 3 points (Excellent enmities)
- Budget: 2.5 points (In between two categories)
- Cultural and nationalistic development: 3 points (Strong cultural practice)
- Freedoms: 3 points (Absolute freedoms)
- Influence within community: 2 points (Has a moderately agreeable influence)
Gapla adds up to 2 + 3 + 2.5 + 3 + 3 + 2 = 15.5, 15.5/3 = approximately 5.166.
This equates to:
An influential and advanced micronation.
Leaders and elections
Leaders
Leaders, as in almost any country, are important to lead the Executive Branch of a nation.
The following is a list of Presidents and Deputy Presidents of Gapla, the two highest executive offices.
Presidents of Gapla
Presidents of Gapla, officially called Executive Presidents of the Federated States of Gapla, are the top officials and head of government of the Federated States of Gapla. They lead the Executive Council.
There is one president at a time, and the term of a president is one year (formerly six months, but increased to one year after the passage of the 3rd Constitution, which increased the term of Upper Executive Council members from six months to one year).
Below is a list of Presidents of the Federated States of Gapla.
| Name | Political Party | Term Number | President Number | Term Dates | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyatt Baek | Free Rightist Party | 1 | 1 | 28 February 2019 - 28 August 2019 | Served as Prince of the Principality of Gapla. |
| 2 | 29 August 2019 - 28 February 2019 | None. | |||
| 3 | 29 February 2020 - 28 August 2020 | ||||
| 4 | 29 August 2020 - 4 January 2021 (abnormal) | Appointed due to change of vote counting system. | |||
| Chelsea Chen | People's New Socialist Party | 1 | 2 | 5 January 2021 - 27 February 2021 (abnormal) | First female President of Gapla. |
| Wyatt Baek | Free Rightist Party | 5 | 1 | 28 February 2021 - 2 February 2022 | None. |
| Chelsea Chen | People's New Socialist Party | 2 | 2 | 3 February 2022 - present | Appointed by Random.org as a result of a Chen-Bunnell tie, Chen won the randomizer. |
Deputy Presidents of Gapla
A Deputy President, officially called the Executive Deputy President of the Federated States of Gapla, are advisors of the Executive President. They co-lead the Executive Council with the Executive President. Formerly, the name of the office was Vice President of the Federated States of Gapla before the Reform Acts of 2021.
There is one Deputy President at a time, and the term of the officeholder is one year (formerly six months, but increased to one year after the passage of the 3rd Constitution, which increased the term of Upper Executive Council members from six months to one year).
Below is a list of Deputy Presidents of the Federated States of Gapla.
| Name of the Deputy President | Political Party | Term Number | Deputy President Number | Term Dates | Notes | Presidential Term Number | President |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirabelle Wang | Environmentalist Green Party | 1 | 1 | 28 February 2019 - 28 August 2019 | First Deputy President. | 1 | Wyatt Baek |
| Vera Lily Sy | People's New Socialist Party | 1 | 2 | 28 August 2019 - 28 February 2020 | None. | 2 | |
| Irene Kim | 1 | 3 | 28 February 2020 - 20 May 2020 (abnormal) | Abnormal Term, Honourably Discharged. | 3 | ||
| Chelsea Chen | 1 | 4 | 21 May 2020 - 4 January 2021 (abnormal) | Appointed because of Honourable Discharge of Irene Kim. | |||
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| Wyatt Baek | Free Rightist Party | 1 | 5 | 5 January 2021 - 27 February 2021 (abnormal) | None. | 1 | Chelsea Chen |
| Shaun Murzello | 1 | 6 | 28 February 2021 - 30 April 2021 | Appointed because of the nonconnection of the Presidency during the first years of Gapla. Abnormal term, impeached. | 5 | Wyatt Baek | |
| Chelsea Chen | People's New Socialist Party | 2 | 4 | 1 May 2021 - 2 June 2021 | Emergency appointed as a result of Shaun Murzello's impeachment. | ||
| Emma Bunnell | Free Rightist Party | 1 | 7 | 3 June 2021 - 16 August 2021 | Emergency appointed as a result of Chelsea Chen's impeachment. Therefore, she was emergency appointed as a result of the impeachment of her predecessor, who was emergency appointed as a result of the impeachment of her predecessor. | ||
| Chelsea Chen | People's New Socialist Party | 3 | 4 | 17 August 2021 - 2 February 2022 | Unimpeached by the Executive Council. | ||
| Emma Bunnell | Free Rightist Party | 2 | 7 | 3 February 2022 - present | Appointed by Random.org as a result of a Chen-Bunnell tie, Chen won the randomizer. | 2 | Chelsea Chen |
Elections
Main article: Electoral history of Gapla
Gapla's elections are held every six months (sometimes more, because of special circumstances), and are held through the STV (single transferrable vote) system, rather than the FPTP (first past the post) system used in most countries, such as the United States.
The country is a direct democracy and citizens directly elect executive offices.
Previously, the electoral system was a similar MGP (multiple graded points) system.
Postal stamps
Current situation
Postage stamps are not used by the Federated States of Gapla due to the government's belief that they are pointless. The current statement from the government is that it can be replaced with postal hashes, or generated numbers from the Post Office's website, which are more efficient and less costly for the government.
Former designs of stamps
The Government of the Federated States of Gapla formerly issued postage stamps to send mail and packages inside Gapla and internationally. Here are the Gapla stamp designs. There are six stamps of varying values used in various occasions.
| Picture | Denominations |
|---|---|
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G$ 1, G$ 2, G$ 5, G$ 10, G$ 20, G$ 50 |
Former stamp uses
Formerly, stamps were printed in six denominations, with three being used and three being symbolic.
Below is a list of the former stamp uses.
- G$ 1 - Inside a State (approx. $0.05 USD)
- G$ 2 - Inside a State Union (approx. $0.10 USD)
- G$ 5 - Inside Gapla (approx. $0.25 USD)
- G$ 10 - Inside a Micronational Union (approx. $0.50 USD)
- Not actually used, symbolic
- G$ 20 - International (approx. $1.00 USD)
- Not actually used, symbolic
- G$ 50 - Special, international deliveries (approx. $2.50 USD)
- Not actually used, symbolic
Currency
- Main article: GaplaBank
- Main article: G$ (Gapla Dollar)
Gapla's currency system is one of the most advanced in the entire micronational community due to the fact that it is traded and exchanged for fiat, printed on special paper with security features, and actually used as a recognized medium of exchange for everything from national credits, bakery goods, 3D prints, toys, crafts, websites, and more.
Formerly, Gapla also used the MUfP Micro and the League of Independent Nations Yron, but currently the Gapla Dollar is the only legal tender in the Federated States of Gapla.
A Bank of Gapla discord bot was developed to keep track of users' balances, added the ability to gift Gapla Dollars, added the ability for the administrator to give or take away Gapla Dollars, and more.
A Gapla Dollar stablecoin (GaplaCoin, GPC) was developed by the government, however, at first, was a major failure, with only six holders of the cryptocurrency. This is likely due to citizens being unfamiliar with cryptocurrencies, ERC-20 coins, and the Ethereum network. However, the Gaplan government recently started an initiative to create an SPL-based Solana coin instead of an Ethereum one on the main network. This effort was successful and the GaplaCoin is used alongside the Gapla Dollar, but its fiat form is still used more often.
Identification
Gaplan Visa
The Gaplan Visa is a document that allows holders to temporarily enter the FSG (without citizenship rights) in exception of personal property until expiry or revocation. The Executive Council has the right to revoke a visa with a majority at any time.
However, the Gaplan Constitution permits "invisible visas" - visas granted to people by a governor permitting them to enter their state, or a mayor permitting a person to enter their city, and so on and so forth.
| Dates Used | Image of Example Visa |
|---|---|
| 28 February 2019 - Current |
Gaplan Identification Card
| Dates Used | Image of Example Identification Card |
|---|---|
| 28 February 2019 - 14 December 2019 | |
| 15 December 2019 - 17 May 2021 | |
| 18 May 2021 - Current | The ID card has been abolished. |
Gaplan passport
The Passport of the Federated States of Gapla is a travel document with a front cover, inside front cover, pages for visas, stamps, and amendments, and back cover.
The design is shown below. It is the current passport used for identification when a Gaplan citizen travels.
Gaplan license plate
The license plate of the Federated States of Gapla is put on cars (and is optional as a sign of patriotism on bikes) inside the Federated States of Gapla to certify vehicle registration. A license plate is not strictly required - however, if no license plate is on a car, the car can only go through private roads, not government-owned ones.
The government is also not responsible for crashes if the victim is without a license plate. Most likely, the case will not proceed.
| Image | Dates Used |
|---|---|
| 28 February 2019 - Present |
Military
The Gaplan military has three branches - the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force. Although the military does have active and reserve recruits, it remains largely ceremonial as no nation has formally declared war on the Federated States of Gapla that it has responded to.
However, military ranks have been established. Below is a poster of these ranks.
"Cyber forces" and the IAGF
The military is also said to have a "cyber force" - however, this is not true - the cyber forces are actually a part of the Intelligence Agency of the Gaplan Federation (IAGF), the Gaplan "equivalent" to the American Central Intelligence Administration (CIA).
The cyber forces are active and have caused cyberattacks in several circumstances for a variety of reasons, including the unintentional hack of student information from a mathematics academy while on another mission (the details of that mission are still confidential) and a good-faith attack of the Principality of Sealand, notifying their government of the vulnerability. While on a web development mission for the United States of the Terra Excelsior Republic, a good-faith attack was made on the website to analyze its security flaws.
The rest of IAGF, notably the National Undercover Patriots Association (NUPA), have also caused damage to opponents of the Federated States of Gapla, including a case where the National Anthem of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up was played in an American public middle school using the school speaker system. However, this case is mostly seen as a prank orchestrated by members of IAGF rather than an attack by IAGF.
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