Tsardom of Kaltarsia
Tsardom of Kaltarsia Tsariju da Káltarsi (Kaltarsian) | |
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 Flag | |
| Anthem: Flag o’ Kaltarsia | |
| Capital | Seamróg City |
| Official languages | |
| Religion | 100% Roman Catholic |
| Demonym(s) | Kaltarsian |
| Government | monarchy |
• Tsar | Aaron I |
| Establishment | 1 March 2023 |
| Population | |
• Estimate | 5 |
| Currency | Kaltarsian Regal |
The Tsardom of Kaltarsia, originally the Empire of Kaltarsia, commonly known as just Kaltarsia, was a micronation in the Kolniari Sector. Kaltarsia was founded on 1 March 2023 by the Taoiseach of the Grand Kolniaric Republic, who wanted to have his own nation following the dissolution of the Sprinske Republic.
Kaltarsia was the unofficial successor to the Sprinske Republic, which succeeded the Sprinske Empire. Later, it was discovered that the Sprinske Empire still had a legal base for existence and that the 'dissolution' on 16 January was illegal, therefore Sprinske slowly began to return to activity which slowly caused Kaltarsia to become inactive. On 26 November 2023, Kaltarsia merged into the Sprinske Empire, ending its existence as an independent nation.
History
Empire of Kaltarsia
Kaltarsia was founded on 1 March 2023 as the Empire of Kaltarsia, it was declared by Emperor Aaron I a few days after Sprinske, the Catanese Republic and Armora united to form the Grand Kolniaric Republic. Just like Kaltarsia, Skarstan also declared independence from the GKR for similar reasons on the same day.
Tsardom of Kaltarsia
Kaltarsia officially became the Tsardom of Kaltarsia on 22 March 2023, which was the Tsar, Aaron I’s 14th birthday. Aaron I declared that Kaltarsia would be his main Micronational focus from now on. He got 8 custom flags for his birthday, which was the same day as the tsardom’s founding, but they were all flags of the Sprinske Empire, so he declared that the Tsardom of Kaltarsia would use the same flag.
Government
Kaltarsia was officially a constitutional monarchy but was a de facto absolute monarchy. The highest authority in the nation was the Tsar, despite being officially constitutional, the Tsar had a high level of power and could pass laws without the consent of government. The nation’s legislature was the Davàrage, which is the Sprinske word for government. The legislature’s official name was 'La Davàrage de Kaltarsia' even when used in English or Scots. The Kaltarsian word is Davaraza, but the Davàrage was the name given to the Sprinske Empire’s legislature, and it was carried over to Kaltarsia when the nation gained independence. The Davàrage was democratically elected, with each of the regions having one seat. The regions represented in the Davàrage were: Seamróg City, Eaglais, Shedhill, New Tripoli, Mandela City, New Sài Gòn and Gorbachevgrad. Each of the regions elected one member to the Davàrage, who represented a particular party, a party must have had a majority of four regions before the Tsar could invite them to form a government, if no party gained a majority, a coalition would have to be formed within a certain amount of time or voting would go on to a second round. Members of the Davàrage had the power to propose and vote on laws.
Culture and Media
Kaltarsian culture was naturally very similar to Celtic culture, and it evolved naturally over a short period of time along with some Kolniaric cultures, and Kolniaric memes were very popular in the nation, along with Microball satire of the chaos of the Kolniari Sector.
Languages
Everyone in Kaltarsia’s physical territory spoke Scots, which was the primary language in the nation, used in both formal and informal conversation. Whilst all citizens did speak English, they were encouraged to speak Scots instead to get rid of the feeling that Scots is informal or even slang. All government documents were written in either Scots or Kaltarsian, and English was very rarely used in the nation. Kaltarsian is a Kolniaric language of the Dalrigiac sub variety, meaning it is effectively mutually intelligible with Dalrigian, but has more in common with Dalrigian than Standard Kolniaric languages such as Sprinske or Seitnamic. Kaltarsian also has more influences from Romance languages, in part because its creator, Tsar Aaron I, has a greater knowledge of French than what he did when he made the other Kolniaric languages and used French as an influence for some parts of Kaltarsian.
Media
Kaltarsian media was also very similar to Dalrigian media. The comedy genre is very popular in Kaltarsia just like in Dalrigia, especially sitcoms such as Only Fools and Horses, Still Game and Mrs. Brown’s Boys. On top of that, The Godfather was the most popular film in Kaltarsia, followed by A Night To Remember and Waterloo.
Foreign Relations
The Tsardom of Kaltarsia inherited its predecessor’s intermicronational relations. It had a strong alliance with the other nations of the Kolniari Sector, and was a member of multiple inter-Kolniaric treaties and organisations such as the Kolniaric Defence Aliance.
