Federation of Koss
| Federation of Koss Federação de Kós Federachien den Kos | |||||
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| Motto(s): Ex nihilo ascendemus | |||||
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| Official language(s) | Portuguese, Papian | ||||
| Demonym | Kossian | ||||
| Capital | Arceu | ||||
| Largest city | High Paradise | ||||
| Area | Ranked 5th in St.Charlie | ||||
| - Total | .17 sq mi (0.44 km2) | ||||
| Population | |||||
| - Total | 3 | ||||
| Admission to Federal Republic | June 2, 2012 (8th) | ||||
| Governor | Luiza Portes (NPSC) | ||||
| Legislature | Assembly | ||||
| Time zone | KST | ||||
| Abbreviations | KS ,SC-KS | ||||
Koss ([kɒs]) officially known as the Federation of Koss (Portuguese: Federação de Kós, Papian: Federachien den Kos) was a landlocked federation of St. Charlie. It was one of the few Portuguese-speaking micronations in Europe and the largest lusophone micronation in the world. Its size is akin to the Vatican City.
Located primarily near the Tagus River Koss was surrounded by the Portuguese Republic. It also counted with several territories outside of the southern hemisphere, located in the United States of America and Canada.
Founded in June 2010 as the Republic of Smint, Koss is part of a long statecraft project headed by Lucas Campos, having gone through many incarnations. At first an independent republic, then becoming a state of Nemkhavia, Koss achieved its prime sovereign status as a grand duchy before joining the Federal Republic of St.Charlie as a Federation on June 2, 2012
Although existant, Koss' economy was still in process of development, it had a dual currency system in which both the St.Charlian Pianeta and the Austral franc were used. Koss, in its former encarnations helped to co-found the Austral Economical Union and re-activate the Union of South American Micronations.
Etymology
While the etymology of the name Koss is very debatable, the consensus of the origin is in the latin word cus or old papian cos meaning guardians or protectors. Many experts seem to believe Koss is a reference to the ancient guardians that fought bravely against the european invadors in the 1500s.
History
The history of Koss goes back to 2010, on the 15th of June, Lucas Campos, under the name of Keko Smint, found the Republic of Smint. The Republic claimed land in Antartica and was involved in a conflict with Antarctica's Elain of Atilnia. After Mello left the community, Smint fell inactive.
Mello came back in April 2011, with the micronation of Republic of Koss, the micronation was established on the 25th and was bound to the same destiny as Smint, so it joined the Nemkhav Federation on June 5. As a Nemkhav Republic, Koss developed itself and helped to develop the Federation as a whole. Although Koss was developing itself internally, it was too slow and as a move to speed up such development, the President of the Republica passed an Act which enabled the Kossian Provisional Government until the Monarchy was installed.
Koss took the form as Grand Duchy, which was a success, the activity within the royal state grew in an outstanding way. When the Kingdom of Pristinia left the Federation, due to a major internal dispute, the Grand Duke began to think if Nemkhavia was really the best thing for Koss. After discussing the proposal with some experienced micronationalists, Mello decided to secede from the Nemkhav Federation.
On January 15, 2012, Koss declared independence from the Nemkhav Federation. Since the seccesion, the Grand Duchy prospered as a nation throughout the community. The royal state was responsible for the creation of the Austral Economical Union along with the Principality of Montriac. As Montriac and Koss had a very friendly diplomatic relation, the idea of a merge soon appeared, and the governments took it very well, and on March 2, the Kossian Empire was found.
The Kossian Empire faced three major problems, the first one is the Great Depression of Montriac which was caused thanks to the taxes imposed by the government, and the population was slowly losing interest in the micronational project and even leaving Montriac. The Prime Minister of Montriac, on the Archduke's advice, ordered an absolute monarchy under Lucas I until a new better government system could be formed, and the interest of the citizens was recovered. Thanks to such depression, Koss experienced its first war, named Kossian Civil War. Which resulted in Montriac leaving under the conditions stipulated by Kossian Emperor Lucas I.
With the the sudden leave of Montriac, many began to inquiry as to whether the Empire would be dismantled. Even after the release of an article in the Kossian Gazette,[1] the future of the Empire was uncertain, the People and the Royal Council were fearing for the end of the Realm. On March 28, the Principality of Jaankecil joined the Empire, extinguinshing any doubts about the continuity of the Monarchy. A week after the Principality was accepted in the Realm, the Prime Minister of Jaankecil, Yury Zozulya informed the central government about a rebellion that was happening in the princedom. The Prime Minister informed that the lack of support by the population for a non-communist state was huge, soon, Leader of the opposition, Syam, entered in contact with the Kossian Emperor and explained that Jaankecil would be either conquered by force or by the Koss ceding the land, after talks between the Monarch and the Prime Minister, it was decided that Jaankecil would be a free country once again.
An article[2] published in the Kossian Gazette authored by the Grand Duke was released on April 12, explaining what would happen now that Jaankecil was gone. It was decided by the Estates of the Realm that the Empire would be dismantled, and the 2nd Grand Duchy of Koss would take its place as the only successor in April 18. The new state was named the 2nd Grand Duchy of Koss, and it was suppose to be a cultural, economical and political entity contrary to the previous Grand Duchy, which was an economical and political one.
Although the excitement was big at first, the Grand Duchy later grew to be a very inactive micronation, laying all its responsabilities on the sholders of the monarch, which said that he was uncapable of carrying those responsabilities. Grand Duke Mello decided to join the Federal Republic of St.Charlie as a move to increase activity.
Within St.Charlie, Koss has showed a certain regionalism that have helped to contribute and develop Koss' regional institutions and carry its cultural foundations. However, Kossians have, since its entrance to St.Charlie, participated actively in the Federal Government.
In 2013, the Federation fell into an inactive state which activity level was almost non-existent. The Structural Reform of 2013 re-modeled the Federation as a whole.
Federal Reform of 2015
Politics
Since joining St.Charlie, Koss moved from an ultra-federal type of government to a more democratic and unitary state. Koss was a direct democracy, following the models of Renasia and Francisville. The official legislature of the federation was the Assembly which was composed of all citizens who are legally able to vote. The rest of the power was centered around the Governor, lastly Luiza Portes, who acted as the Speaker of the Government outside of Koss. The Governor also had the power, through gubernatorial decree, to regulate anything not deemed by the Constitution of St.Charlie or past laws.
Direct democracy
Administrative regions
The Federation was divided into 3 Provinces, which were distributed in the cities of Lisbon, Orlando and Montreal each province was divided into cities:
| Name | Capital | Population | Notes |
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| Luvietie | Arceu | 1 | |
| Osceola | Osceola City | 1 | |
| Montosh | Rulon | 2 |
Geography
Koss, with territory in 3 different macronations(Canada, United States, Portugal), was one of the biggest St.Charlian Federation, though not highly populated.
Kossian Mainland
Kossian Mainland(In Portuguese: Kós Continental, Papian: Kos Continentelie) was a name commonly used by kossians to describe the continetal part of Koss located in the iberian peninsula more specifically in the eastern region.
Kossian Northern Enclaves
Kossian Northern Enclaves(In Portuguese: Enclaves Kossianos do Norte, pp: Enclavies Kosi den Nord ) was the name given to the areas not located in the Mainland. These 2 territories were divided into two different locations, one on the central Florida's bedrock, and the other located in the Canadian Island of Montreal.
Climate
| Climate data for Kossian Northen Enclaves | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 72 (22.2) |
75 (23.9) |
86 (30) |
96 (35.6) |
99 (37.2) |
101 (38.3) |
106 (41.1) |
104 (40) |
102 (38.9) |
94 (34.4) |
84 (28.9) |
75 (23.9) |
106 (41.1) |
| Average high °F (°C) | 39.1 (3.94) |
42.4 (5.78) |
50.5 (10.28) |
62.0 (16.67) |
71.6 (22) |
80.1 (26.72) |
84.9 (29.39) |
83.4 (28.56) |
76.0 (24.44) |
64.6 (18.11) |
54.6 (12.56) |
43.8 (6.56) |
62.75 (17.083) |
| Average low °F (°C) | 26.9 (-2.83) |
28.9 (-1.72) |
35.2 (1.78) |
44.8 (7.11) |
54.0 (12.22) |
63.6 (17.56) |
68.9 (20.5) |
67.9 (19.94) |
60.8 (16) |
50.0 (10) |
41.6 (5.33) |
32.0 (0) |
47.88 (8.824) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −6 (-21.1) |
−15 (-26.1) |
5 (-15) |
12 (-11.1) |
32 (0) |
44 (6.7) |
52 (11.1) |
50 (10) |
39 (3.9) |
28 (-2.2) |
12 (-11.1) |
−13 (-25) |
−15 (−26.1) |
| Average Precipitation inches (mm) | 3.65 (92.7) |
3.09 (78.5) |
4.36 (110.7) |
4.49 (114) |
4.19 (106.4) |
4.41 (112) |
4.60 (116.8) |
4.44 (112.8) |
4.28 (108.7) |
4.40 (111.8) |
4.02 (102.1) |
4.00 (101.6) |
49.93 (1,268.2) |
| Average Snowfall inches (cm) | 8.0 (20.3) |
9.4 (23.9) |
3.7 (9.4) |
.6 (1.5) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
.3 (0.8) |
4.8 (12.2) |
26.8 (68.1) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 10.4 | 9.2 | 10.9 | 11.5 | 11.1 | 11.2 | 10.4 | 9.5 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 9.6 | 10.6 | 122 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 4.1 | 2.9 | 1.8 | .3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .2 | 2.3 | 11.6 |
| Sunshine hours | 162.7 | 163.1 | 212.5 | 225.6 | 256.6 | 257.3 | 268.2 | 268.2 | 219.3 | 211.2 | 151.0 | 139.0 | 2,534.7 |
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Demographics
Language
As an originally Brazillian micronation, Koss had for most of its existant Portuguese as its only official language. However, in January 8, 2013, the Federal Language Act was passed by the Grand Assembly, stating the Federation of Koss had three official languages: Portuguese, English and Papian. However, in 2015 the Federal Reform removed English from its status as an official language.
Education
The Regia Universitatis was the only educational body in Koss. Administration and control of public and private universities were carried out by the Ministry of Culture.
Culture
As a South American entity, the Latin American traditions and customs had a great impact and influence in its culture. The culture was also largely influenced by aspects of entities such as the Grand Duchies of Luxembourg and Tuscany. Koss had a very rich literature scene, great writers go from Leon Frajmund to Lucas Campos. Koss was mostly known for its poetries, poems and short stories. There were talks within Grand Assembly to create an Academy of Letters (in Portuguese: Academia de Letras, in Papiam: Academie den Letres) so writers could publish their work with the certificate of quality of the Academy.
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