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The Republic of Mercury, also simply known as just Mercury, is an English-speaking micronation located on the continent of Keltia^[1] of northeastern-Micras. Mercury covers about 10% of northeast Keltia, and shares borders with the Kingdom of Moorland to the southwest, and the Kingdom of Normark to the west. Mercury is the successor state of the Kingdom of Stigistan, the Kingdom of Barrington, and the Republic of Wyke. Mercury has been peacefully gaining land ever since their joining of the Micras Cartography Society in January 2010. Due to Mercury's isolated position and small size, the republic has high-levels of internal development, and its infrastructure is said to be one of the best on Micras. It also created a lot of micronational-relations, and became a founder of the Xäiville Convention with other micronations.

Republic of Mercury
Flag	Coat of arms
Motto	"Et ipsa scientia potestas"("Knowledge is power.")
Capital / Largest city	City of Mercury
Official language	Yorkshire English
Denonym	Mercurian
Government	Parliamentary democracy
Establish date	17 October 2008
Currency	Mercurian Crown
Population	13,836,254
Website / Forum	https://mercury.mncommunities.org/forum/
MicrasWiki Portal	https://micras.org/mwiki/MicrasWiki:Mercury
Map
President	Caroline Griffiths
Legislature	Mercurian Senate, Mercurian Parliament
Calendar	Norton Calendar
Driving side	Left
Mains electricity	230V–50Hz
National animal	Snowy owl

History

Stigistan, Barrington, and Wyke

On 17 October 2008 Joe Foxon founded the Kingdom of Stigistan. It suddenly started to develop very quickly, and became the founding member of the Grand Unified Micronational. On 13 January 2010 Stigistan changed its name to the Kingdom of Barrington. At the time of the Kingdom of Barrington, it first claimed land on Micras. It developed even more, renamed it to the Republic of Wyke, and in early 2011, finally got the name Mercury.

Self-development, Colonization

After a lot of chaos, Mercury was finally able to self-develop. In just six months, Mercury grew the cities of Taylor and May. Mercury, with Zealandia, created the National Security Centre. Mercury claimed Deacon and Tow Law, then Nova England.^[2]^[3] In an attempt to strengthen relations with North Antarctica, Mercury split the unclaimed island of Passio-Corum between them, Lusa fell to Mercurian hands, and North Antarctica and Qavaqaqqaqqaniitqeqertaq became Mercury's ninth and tenth states. Mercury rearranged some colonies, and Mercury also developed the Norton Calendar.

Geography

Mercury is located between the latitudes 58° and 71° N and the longitudes 128° and 143° E. The total land mass is 1,274,112km² , similar to that of Peru. Fjords dominate the northwest coast, and the coastal baseline measures 5,352km including fjords. (although the coastline stretches 17,955km.) Mercury's border with Nova England measures 1,128km, and a 336km border with New Sussex. To the southeast Mercury borders Taylor Bay, to the north and east is the Great Western Sea,^[4] and Harlby Bay to the west. Mercury is said to have an subpolar oceanic climate, and it is usually 2°C in the winter and the Nova England border's humid climate has −4°C in the winter and 18°C in the summer.

Subdivisions

Below is a list of the subdivisions/territories of the Republic of Mercury:

Subdivisions/Territories of the Republic of Mercury
Name	Abbreviation	Capital
Ambiane	A.M.	Hayfield
Castilona	C.A.	New Livingston
Deacon	D.E.	City of Deacon
East Moorshire	E.M.	North Eastmoor
Franklin Islands	F.I.	Adamstown
Lalorne	L.A.	Rothbrey
Lothia	L.O.	Haselruir
Lusa	L.U.	Lusa'aii
Mandowey	M.D.	Bandine
State of May	M.A.	May
State of Mercury	M.E.	City of Mercury
Midmoor	M.M.	Hull
Moorshire (former.)	???????	North Eastmoor
Condomunion of New Sussex	N.S.	West Grinstead
North Antarctica (former.)	?????	Livingston
North Moorshire	N.M.	Rippen
Nova England (former.)	???????	West Grinstead
Nova English Korea	N.K.	Port Barret
Osktrava	O.S.	Požun
Qavaqaqqaqqaniitqeqertaq	Q.Q.	Å
State of Taylor	T.A.	Taylor
State of Tow Law	T.L.	Tow Law
Vimie	V.I.	Stonebourg
West Moorshire	W.M.	Oxair