Baffin Republic

Bwffyn Ŷpwnddwndd Plaŷd / Baffin Republic Independence Party
Bwffyn Ŷpwnddwndd Plaŷd / Baffin Republic Independence Party
Leader	Silas Gordon
Chairperson	Silas Gordon
General Secretary	Silas Gordon
First Secretary	Silas Gordon
Founded	10 July 2020
Dissolved	October 6, 2020
Ideology	Authoritarian Capitalism

Lybywl Plaŷd Bwffyn / Liberal Party of the Baffin Republic
Lybywl Plaŷd Bwffyn / Liberal Party of the Baffin Republic
Leader	Lawrence Martin
President	Adam Wang
Chairperson	Esa Mitchell
General Secretary	Jerry Qian
First Secretary	Jerry Qian
Founded	2 November 2019
Headquarters	Ypwrlwmwnwdd Bwffyn
Ideology	Libertarianism

Baffin Republic
Baffin Republic
	Motto: "Rhyddwdd yst nyst wyg."
Capital	Skokholm
Official languages	English, Baffic
Demonym(s)	Skokholmer, Baffiner
Government	Libertarian
Establishment	2 November 2019
Population
• Census	11
Currency	Baffic Lira (₺)
Time zone	GMT

Not to be confused with the Baffin Republic of Afra J.

The Baffin Republic, officially the Democratic Republic of Skokholm and the Baffin Islands is a micronation which was created by Lawrence Martin on 2 November 2019. On 22 April 2020, it was renamed to Skokholm, and quickly renamed back to the Baffin Republic.

Flags

The national flag has a 4:3 ratio, with a teal background and a circle in the middle, superimposed on 2 diagonal stripes. The circle represents the isles, and their unity, and the teal represents the pond in which they are located. The Stripes are for the two territories of the nation, the Skokholm Isles and the Baffin Isles.

Flag of the Baffin Republic from November 2019 until April 2020

Regional Flags

Each region of the nation has its own flag. The South West Wales and the Baffin regions have flags that are exactly alike except in colour.

Flag of Bŵl, the Oceanic region of the DRSBI. It has the South Cross in the centre of a grey version of the Regional Flag base. The South Cross is a constellation of stars commonly found on the flags of countries in Oceania.
Flag of the Nunavut region of the DRSBI. It has an inuksuk in the centre of a light purple version of the Regional Flag base. The inuksuk is found in the flag of Nunavut itself.
Flag of Fwrau Dŷmwn, the Faroe region of the DRSBI. It has the Nordic Cross in the centre of a light red version of the Regional Flag base. The Nordic Cross is a symbol found in Scandinavian countries and territories such as the Aland and Faroe islands.
Flag of Eŷre, a region of the DRSBI located south west of Ireland. It has an Irish harp in the centre of a blue version of the Regional Flag base. The harp is a prominent symbol in Ireland.
Flag of Grassholm, one of the South West Welsh regions of the DRSBI. It is a dark green version of the UK Regional Flag.
Flag of Skokholm, one of the South West Welsh regions of the DRSBI. It is a light grey version of the UK Regional Flag.
Flag of the Smalls, one of the South West Welsh regions of the DRSBI. It is a light green version of the UK Regional Flag.
Flag of the Clerks, one of the South West Welsh regions of the DRSBI. It is a very dark green version of the UK Regional Flag, darker than Grassholm's flag.
Flag of the Baffin Isles region of the DRSBI. It is a light blue version of the UK Regional Flag.

Territories

The nation previously had its main lands at the Lagoan Isles in the Baffins area of Portsmouth, near Fratton. On the 22nd of April, 2020, Prime Secretary Lawrence Martin claimed the Smalls, Bishops and Skokholm, the two former of which are groups of islands off of the south west coast of Wales. Martin did not include the lighthouses on the islands in his claim. It also has small pockets of land in West Molesey and Camberley in Surrey, where the founders' back gardens are. On 29 September 2020, Martin claimed the unhabited islands of Lítla Dímun, internally referred to as Fwrau Dŷmwn, and the Blasket Islands, referred to as the Eŷre Isles. Ball's Pyramid, an uninhabitable stack in the Pacific was also claimed, referred to internally as Bŵl.

LGBT Rights

The founder of the DRSBI, Lawrence Martin, is a member of the LGBT+ community, and as a result of such, the Republic has always had pro-LGBT rights legislation.


LGBT rights in:	Same-sex sexual activity	Recognition of same-sex unions	Same-sex marriage	LGB people allowed to serve openly in military?	Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation	Laws concerning gender identity/expression
Democratic Republic of Skokholm and the Baffin Islands	Always legal	Always legal	Always legal	Always legal	Legal protection against all types of discrimination.	Transgender people can change their legal gender and name.

Politics

Chwnsŷnwytau / Conservatives

Leader	Matthew Turner
Founded	26 September 2020 (2020-09-26)
Dissolved	October 6, 2020 (2020-10-06)
Headquarters	Guildford
Ideology	Liberal Conservatism

The DRSBI is a direct democracy, originally with a first-past-the-post voting system, but this was changed with an alternative voting system from the 1 October 2020 Election.

The DRSBI is a member state of the League of Independent Nations.

The former leader of the country was Prime Executive and Founder of the nation, Lawrence Martin. The deputy leader was Jerry Qian, who was also in charge of the national bank and treasury, the Banqænau Bwffyn.

On the 2nd election of 2020, the Baffin Republic Independence Party won the election by 2 points, narrowly beating the Liberal Party.

From the 8th of October 2020 until the 6th of November of the same year, , Rohan McCauley was the leader of the DRSBI, his deputy leader was Silas Gordon, former the chairman of the Liberal Party. He was relieved of his position at 1:45PM of that day as he refused to go into court for the hearing of the National Judge (see below). From then until 1:59PM, Silas Gordon of the BRIP was the leader of the nation, however the BRIP was dissolved after Silas left, leading to an uncontested snap election, causing the Liberal Party to win by default.

On November 5, 2020, Matthew Turner, the National Judge, was accused of public misinformation, and told to go to trial the next day. A non-biased, non-affiliated judge was chosen, and the jury was also non-affiliated. Rohan McCauley, who refused to punish him, was also told to go to court, however he failed to appear in court before the final ruling. This caused him to be immediately relieved of his position as leader. The case was thrown out due to a lack of non-circumstantial evidence. Rohan McCauley and Matthew Turner have both since left the nation.

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A political compass showing the positions of the parties of the DRSBI as of October 2020

On 12 October 2020, a poll was held concerning the members of the nation's views on the Socialist States of Tinakula. This was mainly due to concerns surrounding its' current leader, Afra J's, past connections to The Baffin RAJ which had previously been a group committed to claiming the entire Baffin Republic. Interpreted by the Socialist States of Tinakula as a hostile threat, relations quickly dissolved and ties were cut by Afra J on the 13th of October, 2020.

Following this, it was decided that citizens that were in both the Baffin Republic and the Socialist States of Tinakula should have certain rights revoked, like the right to vote, and members of the Socialist States of Tinakula would have to apply for citizenship in order to gain these back.