Grand Unified Micronational

Grand Unified Micronational
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Membership	32 full members 0 provisional members 10 observer states 2 observer organisations
Leaders
• Chair	Henry Clémens
• Vice-Chair	Newton von Uberquie
• Supreme Justice	Jon I of Northudankton
• Director General	Adam I
Establishment
• Foundation	5 January 2009
• Constitution ratified	14 April 2009
• Attempted dissolution	20 September 2010
• Restoration	14 August 2011
• Constitution revised	19 February 2012
• Implementation of 2014 Charter	15 February 2014
• Reformed into formal discussion venue	14 June 2015
• Re-establishment	4 June 2016
• Implementation of current Charter	21 March 2021
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The Grand Unified Micronational (abbr. GUM), is an intermicronational organisation. It aims to promote intermicronational communication and cooperation. It is one of the largest, most influential, and most active organisations in micronational history, particularly in the MicroWiki community, where it originated.

GUM membership is open to any independent sovereign state. Members send delegates to Quorum, the organisation's legislative body. A chair is elected every six months to preside over Quorum and lead the Executive – this is one of MicroWiki's most prestigious offices. The chair is assisted by a vice-chair and a team of staff. The judicial branch is the Supreme Court, which consists of the supreme justice and a number of associate justices. These three branches are supported by the Permanent Office, the GUM's independent civil service.

The GUM was founded in January 2009. Between 2009 and 2010, it held a powerful sway over the community, especially under Robert Lethler's leadership. However, it was gradually weakened by competition from the new Organisation of Active Micronations. The GUM effectively collapsed after Lethler left the community in July 2010.

After several months of dormancy, the GUM was re-launched in August 2011 (this coincided with the OAM's decline). Guided by the 'Troika', its influence grew over 2012, but by 2014 inactivity beset the organisation. A new charter was adopted, but in 2015 members dissolved the GUM and transformed it into a simple discussion venue.

In 2016, the GUM re-launched again, adopting a third charter. In 2018, the organisation moved from Skype to Discord; since then, its membership has surged to an all-time high. In March 2021, the GUM adopted a fourth charter that modernised its procedures and clarified its internal law. The modern GUM has around 50 members and observers. About 70 diplomats and politicians serve as delegates and delegation staff.

The GUM has outlived a huge range of general-purpose intermicronational organisations. Its members claim territory on every continent. As of July 2020, an estimated 1000 people are residents of GUM member states, with a total of approximately 1600 citizens.

History

Background

The Grand Unified Micronational traces its origins to the Countries United in National Trade (CUNT), an organisation created by Joe Foxon of Stigistan on 18 October 2008 and based around the Hontui Sector of six micronations. Danburnia and Jonnyland both became member states on 28 November, followed by non-Huntui Sector micronations Petorio and Scientopia—the latter rejoining the organisation—on 29 November. On 28 November, both Danburnia and Jonnyland left the organisation in protest following the ejection of Tozland after President Harry Meek posted "offensive comments on the Stigistan and Danburnia Wikia [MicroWiki] pages." All three micronations created the rival breakaway organisation called the Hontui Islands in Peace (HIP) on 30 November. Though, both organisations appear to have peacefully coexisted by mid-December.

2009-10

To unite the MicroWiki community under a single banner, Tsar Royalé Jacob Tierney of Scientopia sought a merger between the two organisations, and founded the GUM on 5 January 2009. Tierney initially invited all member states of both organisations to become member states, as well as Erusia, Camuria, the Ohio Empire and St.Charlie. By 7 January, all micronations except Erusia had accepted membership into the GUM; the CUNT fully integrated into the GUM on 17 January, with the HIP becoming dormant by March. The constitutionally recognised founding members were Camuria, Erusia, Scientopia, Petorio, Stigistan, Tozland and St Charlie. Camuria was suspended in February. During Black March (2009), the GUM dealt with peace negotiations in the Meissner-Antifan War between Scientopia and the Empire of New Europe.

The GUM's first Charter was written by Robert Lethler, and was officially adopted on 19 April.

The GUM helped negotiate between Erusia and New Europe during their 'Cold War.' These were the community's most powerful states, and so this helped the GUM become MicroWiki's most influential organisation. When war eventually broke out in July 2009, the organisation was involved in peace talks. The Treaty of Universal Non-Aggression ended the conflict, and the GUM encouraged all its members to sign.

The GUM also mediated disputes over Antarctic claims. In the Siple War, the organisation originally backed Finismund and Flandrensis, but later adopted a neutral position. Other such disagreements included the Poaching Conflict and the Rhodesian War. The Rhodesian War led to the UNMCN's dissolution. This organisation was the GUM's only remaining competitor, and so its collapse cemented the GUM's hold on the MicroWiki community.

From late 2009, many older micronations fell into inactivity and many new micronations joined the community. This destabilised the status quo and decreased the GUM's influence. This was exacerbated by the rise of the Organisation of Active Micronations. However, the GUM was still respected by older micronationalists. It played a vital role in the Austenasian Civil War, negotiating for the referendum which ended the conflict.

Diplomatic tension in the community grew during the summer of 2010. This was caused by the arrival of micronations like Starland and Rajputistan, and the rise of the Intermicronational Conservative Alliance. The GUM struggled to deal with these conflicts.

Dormancy

After Robert Lethler's departure and the collapse of Erusia and Sandus in July 2010, the organisation became inactive. A merger with the Organisation of Active Micronations was proposed, but the OAM rejected all terms offered. On 22 August, acting chair James von Puchow announced reforms to revitalise the GUM. However, the only action taken was the disbanding of the Councils. James von Puchow announced on 20 September that he had dissolved the organisation.

2011-12

First re-establishment

The GUM's logo prior to 2016

Due to the GUM's inactivity, von Puchow's dissolution went unopposed. However, in February 2011, questions arose; it was unclear if dissolution was within the chair's power. In August, it was discovered that von Puchow's term had actually expired when he made his announcement; therefore, legally, the GUM was dormant and not dissolved. So, national leaders, led by Jacob Tierney and Will Sörgel, formally re-established the GUM on 14 August 2011.

A poster of support left by the GUM at Occupy London

Acting leaders were quickly elected. Tierney became acting chair, Sörgel became acting vice-chair, and Crown Prince Jonathan became Supreme Judge. Members decided that the GUM needed to consolidate for a month before its rebirth was announced. This was both to protect delegates from reprisals from other organisations (like the OAM) and to make sure the GUM could deal with whatever came its way.

Former members which were unaware of the GUM's rebirth were brought on board, suspended, or expelled, and new members like Tiana and Dorzhabad were welcomed.

The scheduled relaunch was disrupted by TASPAC. The recently returned Robert Lethler wrote a dossier making accusations against Aldrich Lucas, which Lethler presented to the GUM. Joseph Puglisi leaked news of the dossier to TASPAC, and the organisation's response led to the Yablokogate diplomatic crisis. This resulted in Tiana's and Stodænna's departure from the GUM and expulsion from TASPAC.

Following new leadership elections, all acting leaders retained their positions.

Growth

A paper signed by the delegates at the GUM's only face-to-face Quorum to date.

In late 2011, the GUM shifted away from being a micronational United Nations to become an organisation focused on serving its own members. Its work included sending a representative to Occupy LSX to express support for the Occupy movement, and successfully encouraging three-quarters of its members to sign the Treaty of Universal Peace.

New elections were held in December, won by then Crown Prince Jonathan. Constitutional reforms followed: conventions were codified and bureaucratic and defunct provisions were removed. The new document was adopted on 19 February 2012.

The next chair, Bradley of Dullahan, was the first to be removed by a vote of no confidence. On 22 April, Quorum removed him because of his disregard for the Constitution and his lack of knowledge of proceedings and conventions. Bradley was replaced with Will Sörgel as acting chair until June, when Crown Prince Jonathan was re-elected.

On 15 July 2012, Crown Prince Jonathan chaired the GUM's first in-person Quorum, following the 2012 Polination Conference. Austenasia, St.Charlie, Renasia, Sandus and Juclandia were present (James Stewart was appointed as a provisional Juclandian delegate).

Also in 2012, the GUM organised the 24 Hour Quorum – the first event of its kind. This ran from 14 to 15 August and was attended by micronationalists from the community and beyond. Five or more people stayed online and talking for 24 hours. Some participants were sponsored, leading to around 80 GBP (US$128) in charitable donations.

During this time, great influence was still wielded by Soergel, Tierney, and Jonathan, who were referred to as the Troika.

2013-15

Leadership scandal and a new charter

January 2013 saw controversy. Chair Yaroslav Mar and vice-chair Bradley of Dullahan were accused of conspiring with Haakon Lindstrom (the Security Council secretary) to remove Sandus and Juclandia for political reasons. The dispute led to some members departing and all three officials resigning.

Crown Prince Jonathan became acting chair on 19 January. The organisation soon returned to normality, with former members rejoining and the March, June and September elections going as planned.

In late 2013, activity declined, and the December elections were nearly forgotten. This prompted new efforts to revitalise the organisation. On 15 February 2014, Quorum approved a new Charter. This abolished the Security and Advancement Councils and introduced the Secretariat. Re-elected as chair, Bradley of Dullahan introduced the GUM Staff, a body that combined all executive offices with the supreme judge. This group met regularly.

Vera Hewitt became chair in June 2014. Following supreme judge Taeglan I Nihilus's recommendations, more charter revisions were made. A mock trial was also held, to give the organisation some experience with legal matters. These projects continued into Adam I's term. In September, the Quorum expanded the Secretariat by creating junior secretaries.

Lounge phase

During Taeglan I's term, activity declined again, and Wyvern, a long-time member state, left in February 2015. In March, campaign promises to restore the GUM's reputation were fatally undermined: the election was invalidated for low turnout. Consensus was growing – both internally and externally – that it was time to dissolve the GUM for good.

On 12 April, Adam I (eventually elected in April) began the process of turning the GUM into a formal discussion venue. This was based on a proposal from Austenasia. After this motion was passed, the GUM ceased all activity for almost two months. Finally, on 14 June, an extraordinary constituent Quorum repealed almost all of the Charter.

Graph showing the number of full member states since 2014.

Following the GUM's dissolution as an organisation, the Lounge Skype group was retained. This functioned as a formal venue for discussion between micronationalists, with the chair as moderator. On 30 July, under new electoral rules, Emperor Jonathan I was elected for a third term.

2016-21

Second re-establishment

The GUM continued as a discussion group until 2016. On 14 April, after several weeks of private discussion, Jonathan I and others proposed restoring the GUM as an organisation. Likely opponents were removed from the Lounge, and a Quorum was held. Meetings and discussion continued for several weeks, until a new charter was approved on 23 May. The first eighteen states to ratify became the GUM's new members. The organisation was officially restarted on 4 June. Fionnbarra Ó Cathail was elected chair by nine votes to one, and took power on 25 June.

The GUM's logo between 2016 and 2021

The GUM's membership grew over the next year. On 7 May 2017, the organisation – then with Henry Clémens as chair – held a second 24 Hour Quorum, which raised over US$140 for charity. But in December 2017, following a community-wide dip in activity, Quorum decided to meet only monthly. Activity declined to a low point under Adam I of Uberstadt.

Discord and COVID-19

Adam I of Adammia, elected in July 2018, moved the GUM from Skype to Discord (months after the rest of the community). This resulted in membership doubling to 32. To celebrate the GUM's tenth anniversary, a third 24 Hour Quorum was held in January 2019. In June, the Birmingham Summit became the UK's first micronational summit for four years. It was also the first summit organised by the GUM.

The GUM continued to grow under Bradley of Dullahan, Thomas Bainbridge and Newton von Uberquie, reaching a record 40 members. However, the latter two chairs' terms were marred by scandals, with Bainbridge often criticised for acting ultra vires.

The COVID-19 pandemic led to a community-wide surge in activity, as other events were cancelled and micronationalists were forced to stay home. The GUM's activity was also boosted by perceived toxicity in the MicroWiki@Discord server, with some seeing the GUM as a safe haven.

In May 2020, the fourth 24 Hour Quorum raised GBP 266 for COVID-19 relief. However, plans for more in-person summits were postponed due to the pandemic. Despite this, Newton von Uberquie and Matthew of Essexia made history by being the first chair and vice-chair to meet in-person for over 8 years. The two had a formal meeting in Greater Baddow, Essexia on 20 July 2020.

In December 2020, the supreme justice came under scrutiny when – just before an election – he banned a vice-chair candidate, Leon Mountain. Thomas Bainbridge, an observer delegate, advised Supreme Justice Bradley of Dullahan that Mountain had a criminal record in Hrafnarfjall (an observer); at the time, anyone with a criminal conviction under any member's law was ineligible to serve as a delegate. But intense debate broke out, as it was not clear if this also applied to observers. Delegates also questioned whether the original conviction was sound. The dispute was resolved when Quorum granted Mountain clemency, nullifying the ban.

At the end of his term, after controversies like the one surrounding Leon Mountain, Newton von Uberquie initiated the GUM's first charter reform since 2016.

Charter reform and new projects

Jack Dean became chair in January 2021, elected with the most votes in the organisation's history. The 2020 election had the highest turnout on record: 95.8%.

Newton von Uberquie's charter reform continued under Dean, with supreme justice Anthony Clark leading a special commission. Clark drafted an all-new document, updating procedures and clarifying internal law. On 21 March, the GUM adopted its fourth charter. At the same time, the GUM also adopted its current logo, designed by Clark. Throughout 2021, four amendment packages were passed, further refining the new document. A key change was converting large parts of the charter to statutory law, making it easier to amend.

In April, multiple members left the organisation, which led to a statement from Dean. While recognising that each one left for domestic reasons, Dean still announced two new projects: the Green Development Project and a new Micronational Guide Project.

Anthony Clark became the next chair in July 2021. His administration initially focused on internal matters, like recordkeeping and the GUM's online presence. Under previous administrations, recordkeeping was so poor that even the chair didn't always know which states were members. As the term progressed, the Clark administration organised the GUM's first Asia event, the 2021 24-Hour Quorum, a GUM Census, and a GUM World Map. Work also began to re-launch the GUM Guides as a quasi-journal.

In December 2021, Clark suspended James Frisch, who was the acting supreme justice, and Vera Hewitt, the delegate for the New Richmond Republic, for inappropriate conduct and breaches of decorum. Both Newton von Uberquie, then the supreme justice, and Patrick Renwick, then an associate justice, resigned over Frisch's suspension, claiming that it was arbitrary.

2022

Controversy and inactivity

Adam I became chair in January 2022. The first months of his term were beset with controversy. On 2 January, Quorum considered the suspension of James Frisch and Vera Hewitt. Members chose to hold a closed session, before voting to lift Frisch's suspension and extend Hewitt's by one month.

On 13 January, several delegates sued the GUM over the vice-chair's decision to delay giving Sophia Albina delegate roles. The delay was first because of the alleged drunkenness of the appointing primary delegate, and then second because of alleged safeguarding concerns. The lawsuit alleged illegality, defamation, and discrimination, and led to the first completed trial of modern GUM history (in Quebec et al. v Baustralia, the supreme justice ruled that no actionable claims were raised). After extended and acrimonious legal arguments (lasting two weeks and running to nearly 12,000 words), the supreme justice found that drunkenness was not grounds to delay an appointment, but found in favour of the GUM on the safeguarding, defamation, and discrimination claims. No orders were made against either party.

On 29 January, controversy erupted over the MicroWiki administration's decision to lift a user's ban. The administration received a furious response to both its decision and its subsequent response to criticism. The backlash peaked when the supreme justice, Abrams Wiucki-Dunswed, in protest against the decision, used a technical exploit to remove nearly 2,000 users from MicroWiki@Discord. Wiucki-Dunswed was removed by a vote of confidence on 31 January, making his term the shortest of any supreme justice. In the GUM's history, this was the first vote of no confidence against a supreme justice, and only the second vote of no confidence against any official (the first was against Bradley of Dullahan when he was chair).

On 21 March, Jack Dean resigned as vice-chair and was replaced by Vera Hewitt. The remainder of Adam I's term suffered from executive inactivity; it also saw nearly a 30% decrease in the GUM's total number of members and observers.

June 2022 election and Barauskis administration

The June 2022 election was highly controversial. There were five tickets, including two joke campaigns. Vera Hewitt, the vice-chair, was the clear favourite to win, but her involvement in a rumourous in-joke damaged her reputation. Ultimately, Anthony Barauskis and Rory Leonard won a shock victory; Hewitt received a huge number of last-preference votes. Hewitt began disrupting the GUM server, leading to her administrator powers being revoked by the chair. A vote of no confidence was tabled against her, but she promptly resigned as vice-chair, before withdrawing the New Richmond Republic from the GUM. She was later banned from the organisation on 18 August.

The chair, Adam I, then announced his brief incapacity, leading to Bradley of Dullahan becoming acting chair. A chaotic emergency Quorum followed, where Leonard, Dullahan, and Jonathan I were all rejected as potential replacement for Hewitt. The acting chair was subject to vote of no confidence petition for his handling of the Quorum. Newton von Uberquie was eventually confirmed as the new vice-chair, replacing Bradley of Dullahan as acting chair; the petition against Dullahan was therefore dismissed.

On 15 August 2022, following among other things the resignation of Varuna Sriraya as Membership Development Secretary, a vote of no confidence was brought against Barauskis by six delegations. On 16 August, Barauskis announced his resignation as chair, at which point Leonard, his deputy, took office as his acting replacement; Barauskis served only 46 days in office.

Present

On 6 September 2022, Jonathan Augustus and Newton von Uberquie were elected Chair and Vice Chair of the organisation. At the end of their administration, a package of reforms was passed, which, amongst other things created the Permanent Office, and the offices of the director general and advocate general.

In January 2023, Shiro Mephistopheles and Jonathan Augustus took office as chair and vice-chair. After the end of their respective terms on July 1 2023, Simon White and James Bornstein took office as chair and vice-chair. On December 11, 2023, Anthony Baruskis and Sertor Valentius announced their candidacy for the Chair and Vice-chair positions in the GUM, and after winning elections, took office as chair and vice-chair on January 1 2024. On July 1 2024, their terms came to an end, with Newton taking over as a chair for the new term and Anthony becoming vice-chair, after successfully winning in the elections against the Chris-Snagoveanu campaign. On 29 July 2024, Vera Hewitt's ban from the GUM was lifted after a motion to lift her ban achieved a majority.

Structure

The GUM is comprised of four branches: Quorum, the Executive, the Supreme Court, and the Permanent Office. Quorum is the supreme legislative body. The chair acts as the executive leader of the GUM while the Supreme Court enforces GUM law.

Quorum

Quorum is the main assembly, where members discuss and vote on motions. The frequency of Quorum sessions have changed over the years: originally weekly, they became monthly in 2017. Currently, they're held irregularly at the chair's discretion. Quorum's permanent general legislation is published in the GUM Statutes.

Executive

The Executive is led by the chair and vice-chair, and consists of all non-judicial staff. There are six secretaries: development, events, press, recruitment, regional, and statistics. There is also a safeguarding officer, an archivist, and a head technical administrator, as well as a team of mentors.

The chair is the GUM's executive leader. Experienced delegates are elected for six-month terms (before 2015, terms were only three months long). They chair Quorum sessions, administer the Executive, and represent the organisation. The chair is also often involved in diplomatic conflict resolution.

The first unofficial chair was the GUM's founder, Jacob Tierney, although the official inaugural chair was Kalvin Koolidge of Petorio.

Portfolio	Founded	Responsible for	Current secretary
Events	2019	organising events and summits of any sort	James Murray
Recruitment	2019	promoting GUM membership and observership; vetting applicants	Philip J
Communications	2022	merged from press and statistics; covers both media presence and running surveys to collect data of member states.	Matthew Xia

Supreme Court

Main article: Supreme Court of the Grand Unified Micronational

The Supreme Court is the GUM's judicial body. The court's most senior judge is the supreme justice (currently Jon I of Northudankton), who is elected by Quorum for six-month terms. There are also three associate justices. The Court is administered by a registrar.

The supreme justice is second-only in power to the chair, and their responsibilities extend beyond hearing cases. They serve as the GUM's chief legal officer, and often advise Quorum and the Executive. The supreme justice can veto unlawful Quorum motions and any charter amendment. In certain cases, they can unilaterally demote members, expel observers, reject applicants, and suspend delegates.

The Court also deals with civil claims. Only a handful of cases progress to trial. The protracted lawsuit Newton von Uberquie et al. v GUM was the first case in the Court's recent history where contested claims led to a judgement. New Florence v Development Secretary et al. was uncontested and ended in default judgement, but was one of only three recent cases that led to binding orders; Jaax J prohibited the GUM from incentivising the purchase of plastic bags for life (the other two cases were applications from Quorum asking for members to be expelled; both applications failed).

Much of the Court's time is spent issuing non-binding advisory opinions. Anyone can file a reference with the Court, asking for guidance on specific legal questions.

The Court's procedures are modelled on English, Welsh, and US common law. The procedures are complex and sometimes require specialist counsel to navigate.

Permanent Office

The Permanent Office is the GUM's independent civil service, led by the director general (currently Emperor Adam I). The office consists of a number of deputy directors:

• the safeguarding officer (deputy director of safeguarding)
• the advocate general (deputy director of legal services)
• the archivist (deputy director of archives) and assistant archivist
• the technology officer (deputy director of technology)
• the registrar (deputy director of court administration).

The Permanent Office also includes mentors – experienced delegates appointed to assist new ones.

Heritage Council

Main article: Grand Unified Micronational Heritage Council

The GUM Heritage Council (GUMHC) is an assembly within the GUM that is "responsible for creating and maintaining a public database of significant micronational sites, cultural works, and documents." Chaired by the Convenor, the assembly meets in continual session with a rolling membership of four 'assessors' from amongst GUM delegations chosen by lot every month from a pool of all delegations of the GUM. Once a nation has served as an Assessor, it is withdrawn from the pool of potential assessors until every delegation has had a chance to sit on the council. The council is limited to hearing four applications to its database per month to prevent a monopolisation by one set of assessors. The incumbent Convenor is Newton von Uberquie.

Defunct organs and positions

Security and Advancement Councils

The Advancement Council was responsible for development within and between members. The Security Council was responsible for intermicronational peace and security.

Both councils consisted of up to five members, elected by Quorum. They were both disestablished in August 2010, but reformed a year later. The Advancement Council was deactivated in March 2013, as an indirect result the 2012-13 GUM leadership scandal. The Security Council was disestablished in March 2013, due to a lack of business. The Advancement Council was disbanded permanently when the new charter was adopted in February 2014.

Former secretariats

Main article: Former GUM Secretary positions

After the Security and Advancement Councils were dissolved, three secretarial positions were established. The Secretary for Security and Community Affairs was to continue the Security Council's work, and the Secretary for Culture and Education and the Secretary for Science and Research were to continue the Advancement Council's work. These positions were abolished in June 2014 when the organisation transitioned into a discussion group. In 2016, Quorum set up the short-lived Secretariat for Conflict Resolution and Intermicronational Law. The Secretariat's establishment was led by the Mcarthian delegation; it was dissolved when Mcarthia left the GUM.

Other previous secretariats include press, recruitment, development, statistics, and regional.

Justice Commission

The Supreme Court was formerly known as the Justice Commission. Before August 2010, Robert Lethler was often perceived to control Justice Commission proceedings. With few established legal conventions, the other justices were often forced to follow him. The Justice Commission tried New Scientopia over negligent disclosure of information regarding New Europe, offered trial to Camuria, banned hacking, and published legal opinions regarding events like the Rhodesian War.

Members and observers

Main article: Member state of the Grand Unified Micronational

The GUM's membership includes members, provisional members, and observers (both states and organisations). Provisional members are almost all recent applicants who are 'on trial.' If their provisional period goes well, they are promoted to full membership.

Members and provisional members send up to three delegates, who can contribute to discussions and debates. Only delegates for full members can vote and stand for election.

Observers send just one delegate who can observe proceedings and join in discussions in the lounge, but can't speak in Quorum sessions. Observership must be renewed every three months (by notice to the chair), or it expires.

Full members

Member state	Code	Date of admission	Incumbent Offices
Empire of Adammia	ADM	17 December 2017	Director-General
Commonwealth of Agatonia	AON	30 September 2024
Republic of Avalonia	AVA	31 July 2022
Soyuzist Republic of Azameen	AZA	21 September 2022
Kingdom of Burdette	BUR	4 June 2021
Cosminian Empire	CSM	4 May 2023
Elmwycke	ELM	17 September 2021
Gymnasium State	SGY	8 December 2018
Imperium Aquilae	IPA	14 January 2021
Kingdom of Imruland	IMR	8 November 2024
Empire of Imvrassia	IVR	13 October 2022
Krlesia	KRL	25 January 2022
Kingdom of Landopia	LAN	15 October 2024
Mercia	MRC	4 June 2016
Free Nation of New Athens	NAT	12 May 2024	Membership Development Secretary
New Richmond Republic	NRR	19 August 2024
Commonwealth of New Virginia	NVA	27 May 2020
United Micro-Federation of Northudankton	NDK	23 September 2023	Supreme Justice
Palasia and Iceni		8 November 2024
Kingdom of Pibocip	PBC	9 July 2021
Kingdom of Queensland	QSL	11 February 2021
Great Renostopian State	FKJ	27 November 2019
Principality of Sancratosia	SNC	3 October 2022	GUMHC Convenor
Saspearian	SAS	11 February 2021
Serene Beaconite Republic	SBR	27 May 2020	Archivist
Triumvirate of Sonderan	SON	11 August 2019	Safeguarding Officer
Republic of Tinland	TIN	31 October 2021
Uber-Essian Union	UEU	1 June 2020	Chair
Commonwealth Empire of Wakoku	DRG	23 June 2024
Kingdom of West Sayville	WSV	23 December 2020
Technocratic Capital of Würdigeland	WUR	26 August 2024	Vice-Chair
Empire of Yata	YAT	6 August 2024
Imperial Federation of Zenrax	ZNX	21 June 2022

Provisional members

Provisional member state	Code	Date of admission

Observer states

Observer state	Code	Date of admission
Republic of Upper Shwartz Morgen Lorgen Land	GML	11 January 2020
Kingdom of Mayursia	MAY	16 December 2023
Democratic Republic of Baliga	BLG	18 February 2024
Sun Republic	SNR	12 March 2024
Sultanate of Selatan	SEL	20 March 2024
Eldonian Empire	EDN	30 June 2024
Republic of the Union of Ratchasima	RTC	11 July 2024
HWC Empire		6 August 2024
Kingdom of Ranzania	RZA	20 August 2024
Kingdom of Agerauri		8 November 2024

Observer organisations

• Constantia Pact
• World Micronational Chess Federation

Permanent observers

St Charlie, Bokonton, and Francisville were at one point permanent observers. They were members in September 2010 (when the GUM was allegedly dissolved), but did not participate in the 2011 relaunch. They had stated that they might consider resuming membership in the near future.

Permanent observership did not have to be renewed. In April 2012, permanent observership was abolished, as it gave preferential treatment to former members who by this point were clearly uninterested in properly rejoining. The three permanent observers became ordinary observers and new permanent observers were banned. In July 2012, the status was revived, but it was re-abolished in February 2014 when the new charter came into force.

See also

• Chair of the GUM
• GUM Advancement Council
• GUM Security Council
• Elections in the GUM
• Member state of the GUM
• Criticism of the GUM

External links

• Official website
• Discord server
• Membership and observership application form
• Charter
• Statutes
• Supreme Court Rules
• Grand Unified Micronational at Encyclopedia Westarctica