Grand Republic of Cycoldia

Grand Republic of Cycoldia Latin: Rēs pūblica Grandis de Cycoldia French: Grandiose République de une Cycolde
← 2018 — Present
National Flag Coat of Arms
Motto Grandeur by Force
National Anthem Two Grenadiers
Capital city	Empreton
Largest city	Empreton
Official language(s)	English (UK), Latin
Short name	Cycoldia
Demonym	Cycoldian
Government	Constitutional Monarchy
- Summi Imperatoria	Christina I
- Prime Minister	Avery Prasatik
- Regent	Ekaterina Elswick
- Chief Marshal	Colin Paul
- Chief of the CSDF	Thaddeus Miller
Legislature	General Assembly of Cycoldia
- Type	- Unicameral
- Number of seats	- 20
Established	6 November 2018
Area claimed	5.5891943km²
Population	201
Currency	$ (USD)
GDP (nominal)	$325,278.55 ▲ Very High (National Equity used)
HDI	0.909 ▲ Very High
Time zone	(CST/CT)
RIS 002 code	GC, CYC
National sport	Chess
National animal	Golden Eagle
This nation is a member of the YAMO Federation
Official Website of Cycoldia

The Grand Republic of Cycoldia, (pronounced /sikoʊldiə/), commonly known as Cycoldia (see the Etymology Section) is a micronation located in Houston. It was founded by Christina I on 6 November 2018. Though founded as an absolute monarchy, it is a constitutional monarchy. The nation has been represented previously at MicroCon 2019. It has been heavily involved in the MicroWiki Sector. Cycoldia as well is the leading nation of the Cycoldian Imperium, established by Christina I in Imperial Order 2.7.

Etymology

The full name of the nation is "The Grand Republic of Cycoldia of the Grand Duchy of Greater Houston, The Duchy of Denver, The Duchy of Tequrovidea, and the Sub-Duchy of Crystal Bay, along with the Joint-Crown Territory of Lur alongside the colonies of the Atkison Island, the Blue Water Atoll, the Territory of Primus, and Hog Island, and descendant of the Republic of Flirbonia". With the origin of the name of Cycoldia coming from the original proposed name "Cyclodia", though it is not known where the origin of Cyclodia came from. Cycoldia was suggested by a former member of the Royal Family of Cycoldia, who had said of "Cyclodia" that it "sounds like a blood disease". This resulted in Christina I changing the name of the nation to Cycoldia, and the name has been continued to be used to this day. The name Cycoldia has been confused with Cyclodia multiple times, including by some official foreign relations, such as Ruayano, Etukan, Slabovia, Dracul, etc.

History

The Grand Republic was founded on 6 November 2018, under the name "Republic of Cycoldia". On 11 December 2018, the then incumbent Chief of the Armed Forces was found to have been plotting a military coup. The coup was eventually prematurely revealed to the Government, which within two weeks was convicted of treason, which the accused pled guilty for. The accused was exiled from Cycoldia for 3 years.

Cycoldia was once notable for engaging in micronational war, with it being at "war" multiple times, including five civil wars. . The Grand Republic was at war with the Empire of Etukan due to Etukan declaring a coalition war against Cycoldia. Cycoldia had also agreed to join the United Imperial Empire on 5 May, although then breaking away on 21 May due to the UIE's government saying that if the "Cannon Law of Texas" was not accepted then they would replace the Cycoldian Government.

This caused the Grand Republic to be born for a second time on 21 May 2019 at 8:55CT PM. Since becoming independent, the nation had become a member of the League of Micronations as a Security Council member, and the sovereign (Christina I of Cycoldia) had become the Minister of Voting and Elections, and the Co-Owner of the League.

On 30 June 2019 the Grand Republic defeated the Order of the Lotus, and was able to sign a peace with Eora (Etukan). This was after countless failed attempts for peace negotiations with the nation. On 24 August the Grand Republic peacefully annexed Ticronvidia, causing Ticronvidia to change their name to the Duchy of Tequrovidea, as a governing member of Cycoldia.

During the year of 2020 Cycoldia expanded a lot, becoming more involved in the MicroWiki Sector and having more involvement with micronations outside of the sector as well, such as Dracul. Christina I as well interacted with more in person meetings, such as one with Stephen Luke, Shiro, and Charles Ross.

From left to right:
Christina I, Stephen Luke, Charles Ross, and Shiro

Crisis of the 7th

On 7 July, Ethan F., after losing the election, decided to question the legitimacy of the Imperial Government. This was done by mocking the Summi Imperatoria's divine right theory way of rule. Ethan was quickly arrested at 00:25. The Prime Minister at the time and President of the National Spicy Association publicly apologized for his subordinate's actions. Then Ethan F. tried appealing to other nations governments, eventually receiving no aide, and even being mocked by them. At 02:17 the Summi Imperatoria of Cycoldia then made a motion to dissolve the General Assembly. The proposed reason was for the General Assembly being inefficient bureaucracy that was not prepared to run a government. At 17:45 the Summi Imperatoria announced that the General Assembly was suspended until further notice. The crisis ended when Ethan F. stopped communication with Cycoldia.

MicroCon 2019

The Summi Imperatoria did attend MicroCon 2019 representing Cycoldia. While she was in attendance at the convention she helped found the YAMO Federation, and was even awarded the MicroCon Attendance Medal (Slabovia), Space and Planet Exploration Medal (Republic of West Who), and the Medal of Friendship (Grand Duchy of Danduros). She attended both the Gala Dinner and the General Conference.

Shutdown and Crisis of the 25th

On 25 August, Summi Imperatoria Christina I declared that she would be temporarily handing over the government to the recently announced Regent. The Summi Imperatoria did continue to act in the nation, as she suspended the requests for citizenship and interacted with the citizens. Although she did this she still had continued to stay away from acting on foreign diplomacy and foreign interactions, differing to the Regent for those. The shutdown ended up lasting 3 days, with the Summi Imperatoria enacting that the government would be active and operational. The Regent kept their position and the (at the time) Prime Minister had become more interactive to the government and the features of aiding the citizens.

Tequrovidea

The Summi Imperatoria signing the treaty

On 24 August 2019 the Treaty of Chondvel was signed, annexing the 2nd Kingdom of Ticronvidia into the Semi-Independent Duchy of Tequrovidea. The terms of the treaty was as followed:

1. The Second Kingdom of Ticronvidia will become a semi-independent duchy of the Grand Republic of Cycoldia.
2. Ticronvidia will rename to Tequrovidea
3. Tequrovidea will have a local army, a local currency, local laws (while still abiding by Cycoldian laws), and the Ticronvidian Protectorates of Hosamia and Wefren are to be autonomous duchies within Tequrovidea

On 11 December 2019 Jahonnes of Tequrovidea illegally declared independence from the Grand Republic of Cycoldia. Cycoldia's General Assembly then passed a decision at 10:52CST on 12 December 2019 declaring that the secessionist state was not permitted, and was in fact a revolution. Christina I of Cycoldia also added that "They have shown that they will not use diplomacy or reason, they have placed horrible officials in power and worse ones for higher offices, they have invited Etukan into their nation, Elysium to top it, and Suyash Adikhari to be the hierarchy. They have called our officials a 'w**ch' and they have opened an illegal rebellion, this is unacceptable". She also placed Eva Yaren in the position of Duchess of Tequrovidea, making the government of Tequrovidia fully disputed, with both sides claiming legitimacy. The position of the Duchess of Tequrovidea is currently held by Ekaterina Elswick.

COVID-19 response

See also: COVID-19 pandemic in the micronational community

On 17 March 2020 Christina I caught COVID-19 during a trip to Denver while helping an elderly family member, following her return to Houston the family member had died and had been found to have died of complications due to COVID-19. Following this Her Imperial Majesty and family members recently in contact with her were quarantined in the Capitol building, with Grandeur Print reporting that one person was suspected to have COVID-19 (Christina I) and a state of emergency was declared in Cycoldia. Later Her Imperial Majesty was confirmed to have had COVID-19 along with her mother and step father. Later it had been revealed that she did in fact have COVID-19 during that time. As well during that time an emergency Ministry of Health was formed. The first Minister of Health was Leah Telford, until she was replaced by William Denton, until his dismissal as a minister and removal from the nation. Following the removal of William Denton there was no given replacement, causing the ministry to be under the direct control of Christina I. Later the Ministry of Health planned to released a survey to the citizenry of Cycoldia regarding COVID-19 Infectivity, in partnership with Statistic-Dime on 25 March 2021, which surveyed citizens about COVID-19 Infectivity among Cycoldian citizens and their families.

Government

The government of Cycoldia works as a constitutional monarchy, with the Constitution limiting the government and speaking on the ways to elect leaders.

• The Executive Branch is the Summi Imperator/Summi Imperatoria, the Imperial Cabinet, and the Chief of Staff (this will sometimes be coupled with the Departmental system).
• The Judicial Branch is lead by the Court of Houston, and leads over the entire judicial system of Cycoldia, although the Summi Imperator/Summi Imperatoria is the Chief Justice of the Court of Houston.
• The third and final branch of government is the Legislative Branch, which only comprises of the General Assembly, although also in the General Assembly the Summi Imperator/Summi Imperatoria is the Speaker of the General Assembly. The Prime Minister also acts as the Deputy Speaker of the General Assembly when the Speaker is not present.
• The CSDF also is the official police department of the Cycoldian government. It is also a piece of the government according to the Constitution of the Grand Republic of Cycoldia.
• The Regent is essentially the Crown Prince/Princess, they are as the essentially Vice Summi Imperator/Summi Imperatoria, but they are able to lead large sections of the government, even when the Summi Imperator/Summi Imperatoria is there. The Regent also acts as Summi Imperator/Summi Imperatoria whenever they are not there to make actions and run the government.

The Royal Sword of the Grand Republic of Cycoldia

The following are high ranking officials of the Cycoldian Government:

• Summi Imperatoria Christina I
• Regent Ekaterina Elswick
• Prime Minister Avery Prasatik
• Chief of the Armed Forces Colin Paul
• Chief of the CSDF Thaddeus Miller
• Deputy Prime Minister Johann I

General Assembly seats

Main article: General Assembly of Cycoldia

	Party	Logo	Party Leader	Spectrum	Ideologies	Seats	High Ranking Positions
	Monarchist Party of Cycoldia		Christina I of Cycoldia	Monarchist	Royalism	12 / 20	Summi Imperatoria, Prime Minister
	Democratic Party of Cycoldia		Eovnia Pual	Moderate Left	Democratic	2 / 20	N/A
	Unitary Party of Cycoldia		Christopher T.	Libertarian	Libertarianism	1 / 20	N/A
	Independent	N/A	N/A	Non-Aligned	N/A	5 / 20	N/A

Diplomacy

Cycoldia states it has been recognised by the United States Department of Education by technicality, as per a stamp on the passport of Christina I of Cycoldia.Cycoldia is in the following organisations or alliances (Multi-Micronational Pacts):

• YAMO Federation
• United Micronational League

As well the Grand Republic of Cycoldia recognises the following nations (Non-Mutual):

• All United Nations member states (Excluding the People’s Republic of China)
• Republic of China (Taiwan)
• Vatican City
• Grand Duchy of Westarctica
• Republic of Molossia
• Ruritania
• Slabovia

The following nations are members of the Cycoldian Imperium:

• Dathuria
• United Kingdoms of Creek and Lake
• United Royal Republics of Jockromasa

The Grand Republic of Cycoldia has mutual recognition with the following nations:

• Kingdom of Gradonia
• Empire of Veritas
• Principality of Ledilia
• Commonwealth of Dracul
• Aenopia
• Sunsonia
• Caddia
• Altearn Federation
• Grand Duchy of Flandrensis
• Aerican Empire
• Kingdom of Lytera
• Prussian-Caribbean Empire
• Arthurian Empire
• Democratic Republic of Georgienstine
• Regelis
• Republic of West Who
• Metropolitan Electorate of Fidelis
• Firefly Kingdom
• Commonwealth of Naveria
• Begley Commonwealth
• State of Pacem
• State of Vishwamitra
• Bayrische Demokratische Republik
• Archduchy of Mimas

The Grand Republic of Cycoldia has ceased mutual recognition with the following nations:

• Phoklandian Free State
• Federated States of Gapla
• Grand Kingdom of Matachewan
• Commonwealth of Essexia
• United Republics of Antarctica
• Free Socialist State of Paloma
• Desert District
• Empire of Kapreburg

(The Grand Republic of Cycoldia also attended MicroCon 2019, and Christina I of Cycoldia has said that she has intentions to attend MicroCon 2022, possibly with another person.)

Entry into the nation

Policies for entry into the nation of Cycoldia have differed over time, though the position of Border Officer (BO) has stayed constant throughout the nation's history. If a diplomat is to register then policy is that the head of state of the respective nation is to confirm that they are acting as a diplomat.

Culture

Holidays

Date	Name
1 January	New Year's Day
6 May	Christina I Day
7 May	Constitution Day
June	Pride Month
30 June	Victory Day
30 August	Missy Barrett Day
6 November	Independence Day
16 November	Eugene Thomas Day
4th Thursday in November	Thanksgiving
Winter Solstice	Yule
25 December	Christmas

The Pride Flag of the Grand Republic of Cycoldia. Made by Christina I of Cycoldia.

Cycoldia has a very mixed culture. Cycoldia is mostly aligned with the culture of the United States of America, with a majority of the population living in territory claimed by the United States of America. Cycoldia also has a very deep devotion to the monarchy. As well the nation is a secular society, with the freedom of religion and no official national religion. Cycoldia is thought as a very heavily militarised nation, with 16.9% of the population being in the military. Cycoldia also has a very nonpartisan education system, with the General Assembly having no place in education, instead the Summi Imperator/Summi Imperatoria having the authority over the educational system. Cycoldia also has a very interventionist system in multiple intermicronational issues. Cycoldians are also very patriotic with zero separatist movements in the nation's history. The nation also harbours a large number of diplomats, having approximately 30 diplomats representing entities in the nation, circa January of 2021. The nation also mainly uses Discord to communicate with it's citizens and as well mainly uses it to conduct diplomacy and foreign relations but also will meet on other sites and in real life.

Cycoldiaball

The Cycoldiaball has been used in the nation for a long time dating as long as September 2019, including with pieces such as with the version of it with the ball attacking an unknown entity. As well the Cycoldiaball has been very influential in representing the nation and its people such as in a group picture of many Countryballs.

One of the first instances of Cycoldiaball

Cycoldia in Hetalia

Cycoldia was first introduced in Hetalia by an artist on twitter named @seborgaboi on 17 February 2020. Later they made a page on Tumblr in which there are more made ones of Cycoldia in Hetalia, with the page being ask-hws-cycoldia. Christina I also has submitted a question to the page on Tumblr . In Hetalia Cycoldia is depicted wearing either a uniform or an orange t-shirt, with her hair being braided. As stated by the person who manages the tumblr page they are not affiliated with the Cycoldian government and that they are only in the Cycoldian discord server and know Christina I of Cycoldia, though they are not connected to anyone else in the government.

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  First instance of Cycoldia Hetalia by @seborgaboi on Twitter

The Nowellian

Main article: The Nowellian

On 19 October Christina I of Cycoldia released a puzzle mystery called The Nowellian, in which she then challenged people to reach the "Prasatik Solution". The next day at 00:00CT she then released the final clue, which was a link to this page on Microwiki. There currently has been 4 people able to solve The Nowellian, Cameron Koehler, Aidan McGrath, Casper Naverović, and Isaiah Burdette, though Cameron Koehler and Aidan McGrath's are no longer recognised by the Cycoldian government. It is and has been sponsored by the Cycoldian government, as the person to create it is Christina I of Cycoldia (Monarch of Cycoldia). The Nowellian has been said to have to do with the Cycoldian political scene. Her Imperial Majesty has also created a channel on Cycoldia's official Discord server, called "nowellain-updates".

State-produced films

• Glory to Cycoldia - It is a film of Christina I of Cycoldia burning the Etukan Flag. The burning started to pick up at 6:41 in the video, whenever the flags start burning as a whole. There were a total of 6 flags to be burnt during the propaganda piece.
• The Summi Imperatoria’s Will - It is a short 8 second video of Christina I of Cycoldia in full secondary uniform firing a pistol cap gun. After she fired the cap gun she threw it to an unknown location. After throwing said cap gun she unsheathed the Royal Sword of Cycoldia. The video had a pool in the corner of the video, and displayed the flag in the background. As well the video was taken by a mobile phone.
• Tour of the Cycoldia Minecraft World - It is a 37 minute tour of the stated official Minecraft world of Cycoldia by Christina I of Cycoldia. Alex I of Lytera and Samilias I of Sunsonia as well speak in this video. As the description of the video states the audio of Christina I of Cycoldia was corrupted by the recording software and was unable to be recovered, while the audio for the other two was not corrupted. The comment on the video left by the official account of Cycoldia is "8:49 - 9:11 is a cool part".
• Her Imperial Majesty and Charles Ross Stand for the Cycoldian and Draculian Anthems - It is a short video in which Christina I stands with Charles Ross while the anthem of Cycoldia, and then the former anthem of Dracul play. Charles Ross had been acting as the Draculian Ambassador to Cycoldia during the visit.

April Fools Day 2020

For April Fools Day in 2020 Christina I declared that the government would adopt the denied EU proposal Barcode flag, that the National religion would be Pastafarianism, that the new national name would be the United States of Cycoldia, and that the new national language would be English (Russian). Later in the day she made the flag the "Head Fire Man" from a video by CallMeCarson, seen in a video on skribbl.io.

Climate

Due to being in Houston, Cycoldia has a humid subtropical climate, it has high amounts of moisture, large amounts of rainfall, and high temperatures. It has a normal annual precipitation of 49.77 inches (1,264 mm), and consistent rainfall throughout the year, but does have some dry spells. The most recent hurricane was Hurricane Harvey, though it hit before the foundation of Cycoldia. A large winter storm hit Cycoldia on February 13 2021, ending on February 17 2021. During it both the Capitol Building and Military High Command Centre lost power, though the Capitol Building had a generator during it.

Climate data for Houston (Intercontinental Airport), 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1888–present
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °F (°C)	84 (28.9)	91 (32.8)	96 (35.6)	95 (35)	99 (37.2)	107 (41.7)	105 (40.6)	109 (42.8)	109 (42.8)	99 (37.2)	89 (31.7)	85 (29.4)
Average high °F (°C)	62.9 (17.17)	66.3 (19.06)	73.0 (22.78)	79.6 (26.44)	86.3 (30.17)	91.4 (33)	93.7 (34.28)	94.5 (34.72)	89.7 (32.06)	82.0 (27.78)	72.5 (22.5)	64.3 (17.94)	79.7 (26.5)
Average low °F (°C)	43.2 (6.22)	46.5 (8.06)	52.5 (11.39)	59.4 (15.22)	67.6 (19.78)	73.5 (23.06)	75.1 (23.94)	74.8 (23.78)	69.8 (21)	60.9 (16.06)	52.1 (11.17)	44.6 (7)	60.0 (15.56)
Record low °F (°C)	5 (-15)	6 (-14.4)	21 (-6.1)	31 (-0.6)	42 (5.6)	52 (11.1)	62 (16.7)	54 (12.2)	45 (7.2)	29 (-1.7)	19 (-7.2)	7 (-13.9)	5 (-15)
Average Precipitation inches (mm)	3.38 (85.9)	3.20 (81.3)	3.41 (86.6)	3.31 (84.1)	5.09 (129.3)	5.93 (150.6)	3.79 (96.3)	3.76 (95.5)	4.12 (104.6)	5.70 (144.8)	4.34 (110.2)	3.74 (95)	49.77 (1,264.2)
Average relative humidity (%)	74.7	73.4	72.7	73.1	75.0	74.6	74.4	75.1	76.8	75.4	76.0	75.5	74.7
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in)	9.6	9.2	8.8	6.8	8.0	10.6	9.1	8.3	8.0	7.9	8.2	9.5	104.0
Sunshine hours	143.4	155.0	192.5	209.8	249.2	281.3	293.9	270.5	236.5	228.8	168.3	148.7	2,577.9
Source: NOAA (relative humidity and dew point 1969–1990, sun 1961–1990)

Climate data for Houston (William P. Hobby Airport), 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1941–present
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °F (°C)	85 (29.4)	87 (30.6)	96 (35.6)	94 (34.4)	100 (37.8)	105 (40.6)	104 (40)	106 (41.1)	108 (42.2)	96 (35.6)	90 (32.2)	84 (28.9)
Average high °F (°C)	63.0 (17.22)	66.0 (18.89)	72.4 (22.44)	78.8 (26)	85.4 (29.67)	90.1 (32.28)	92.1 (33.39)	92.6 (33.67)	88.4 (31.33)	81.2 (27.33)	72.4 (22.44)	64.5 (18.06)	78.9 (26.06)
Average low °F (°C)	45.1 (7.28)	48.5 (9.17)	54.3 (12.39)	60.9 (16.06)	68.7 (20.39)	73.9 (23.28)	75.5 (24.17)	75.7 (24.28)	71.7 (22.06)	63.1 (17.28)	53.9 (12.17)	46.7 (8.17)	61.5 (16.39)
Record low °F (°C)	10 (-12.2)	14 (-10)	22 (-5.6)	36 (2.2)	44 (6.7)	56 (13.3)	64 (17.8)	66 (18.9)	50 (10)	33 (0.6)	25 (-3.9)	9 (-12.8)	9 (-12.8)
Average Precipitation inches (mm)	3.87 (98.3)	3.21 (81.5)	3.20 (81.3)	3.25 (82.6)	4.75 (120.7)	7.10 (180.3)	4.66 (118.4)	5.06 (128.5)	5.21 (132.3)	5.99 (152.1)	4.32 (109.7)	4.03 (102.4)	54.65 (1,388.1)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in)	9.2	9.0	8.0	7.1	7.3	9.9	9.1	9.8	9.1	7.6	8.5	9.1	103.7
Source: NOAA

Flag

Main article: Flag of Cycoldia

The first Flag of Cycoldia was a rectangular standard with 3:2 dimensions. The later design was also a rectangular standard with the original flag design as the canton and ten red stripes and nine white stripes, similar to the design of the Flag of the United States, with approximate dimensions of 4:3. The current design of the Cycoldian flag has slight alterations, including the change of the stripe being no longer clipped by the canton, as well the dimensions are changed to approximately 3:2. The flag's meaning is that the canton symbolises the original two capital system, in which the two capitals are merging together to make one nation. The bars of the flag were added later, with the meaning being people involved in the foundation of the nation, and the items that are honoured by the nation.

External

• Official Cycoldia Website
• Official Discord Server
• Official Patreon