Hagios Georgios

Hagios Georgios

Ἅγιος Γεώργιος (Hellenic)
Hagios Georgios Ἅγιος Γεώργιος (Hellenic)
Special Administrative Division
Ἅγιος Γεώργιος transcription(s)
• Romanisation	Hájios Jeṓrjios
	Flag of Hagios Georgios Flag Official logo of Hagios Georgios Coat of arms
	Mottoes: Hellenic: «Ἐλευθερία – Ἰσότης – Δικαιοσύνη» ; (Liberty – Equality – Justice)
	Anthem: «Ὕμνος εἰς τὴν Ἑλευθερίαν»; "Hymn to Liberty";
	Map of Hagios Georgios
Micronation	Græcia
Established	21 April 2024
Founded by	Quintus De Vitaliis
Seat	Pelekan
Government
• Archon	TBD
Demonyms	Ἁγιογεωργίτης (m.), Ἁγιογεωργίτις (f.)
Languages
• Official	Hellenic
Time zone	UTC+02:15 (Græcian Eastern Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:15 (Græcian Eastern Summer Time)
Postal code	n/a
Area code	+30
Vehicle registration	n/a

Hagios Georgios (Hellenic: Ἅγιος Γεώργιος, romanised: Hájios Jeṓrjios, pronounced: [ˈ(h)a.ʝi.os ʝeɔ̌ːr.ʝi.os]) is one of the five Special Administrative Divisions of Græcia. It was formed on 21 April 2024 AD, scattered in three distinc areas of Hellas: two portions are located in Achaea, one in Attica, and one on the island of Thera (Santorini), Cyclades.

Name

Hagios Georgios is the Hellenic name of the former principality, which was known as "St. George".

History

East Patras Dukedom

The lands of Hagios Georgios were initially claimed micronationally by the then Duke Dean II, who founded the East Patras Dukedom (Hellenic: Δουκᾶτον Ἀνατολικῶν Πατρῶν) on 26 June 2007 AD. For the first 10 years of its existence, it served as "only a movement and model nation", per its founder.

Principality of St. George

In AD 2012, the founding members of the state decided to turn it into a principality; thus, it was renamed to the Principality of St. George (Hellenic: Πριγκηπᾶτον τοῦ Ἁγίου Γεωργίου), named after the macronational neighborhood that surrounded its initial land claims in the city of Patras, and its leader became Prince Dean II. St. George declared its independence on its 10th anniversary: 26 June 2017 AD. As of 2017, there were 15 recorded inhabitants in that year's census. St. George's currencies were the US Dollar, alongside Euro.

St. George became a member of the League of Hellenistic Micronations on 12 March 2017 AD. By AD 2021, St. George was no longer actively participating in the League. Following the abolishment of the General Secretariat of the League, St. George lost its status and was demoted to [inactive] Observer on 21 September 2022 AD. On 21 April 2023 AD, St. George became a Protectorate of Græcia, following the guidelines established by the League: for one year, the integrity of the micronation is defended by the volunteer protector-micronation. If one year passes without the return of the legal government, the protector has the right to absorb the protectorate and incorporate it as part of his micronation; otherwise, the control of the region must be returned to its legal governor(s). As predicted, Prince Dean II never replied to anyone's emails during that period; therefore, on 21 April 2024 AD, a year after its establishment, the Protectorate of St. George was officially dissolved and assimilated by Græcia, given the status of "special administrative division".

Symbols

Flag
Coat of arms

Government and politics

Even though a monarchy, the constitution greatly favoured the citizens and ensured that everyone, even the monarch himself, were equals. This was unlike other nations, such as the United Kingdom, where the monarch is above the law.

Following St. George's declaration of independence, the Prince pushed for the prohibition of central as well as regular banking with the executive order E.O.1.2018. His aim was to protect the country from banks taking control and prevent "debt fueled deficit spending and inflation". Although this was merely an executive order, the people supported this clause in the immutable section of the constitution to ensure that future citizens would also be protected.

In addition to protecting his citizens from the repercussions of a banking system, the Prince had also signed executive orders with the goal of protecting citizens' privacy, following revelations in the USA regarding government surveillance. This act was met with positive feedback from the citizens.

The government was structured into three branches: The Executive, the Legislative, and the Judicial.

Executive Branch

The Prince held the executive powers and was the head of state. His role entailed signing bills into law, or vetoing them to the National Council, carrying out foreign and domestic policy and signing and enforcing executive orders. The Prince had the right to assign certain responsibilities to other citizens, such as the secretary of foreign affairs, although never did so.

The Prince also had a cabinet of counselors and ministers. The purpose of this cabinet was to propose and plan policy and to discuss proposed legislation.

The Prince lived in the mansion on Filotheis Street, which was often referred to as "Filotheis Mansion" (Hellenic: Μέγαρον Φιλοθέης, Méğaron Filoþéīs).

The layout of the National Council. Dark blue represents the speaker (the Prince), light blue are the voting members, light grey are the vacant voting seats and with orange are the observer seats

Legislative Branch

The legislative branch was composed of a bicameral legislature. The upper house was the National Council, whose members were voted by citizens, and the People's Assembly whose members were all citizens over the age of 18 and not members of the National Council. There was one People's Assembly for each of the two administrative regions. The Prince was also the speaker of the National Council, which served as a voting seat.

The National Council had 7 voting seats, 1 of which was the speaker, and 2 non–voting seats which were referred to as "Observers" and were equal to the number of administrative districts. As of 2020, 4 of the voting council seats were vacant.

Judicial Branch

The judicial function of the government was handled by the National Council and was heavily overshadowed by a jury of citizens who were meant to balance the powers of the National Council and ensure fairness in the decisions.

Law and order

The Saint George's Police Force (SGPF) was established upon declaring independence. Due to the lack of staff, this was an autonomous branch of the military and handles only civil matters. Also, because of non–existent crime, the Prince decided early in AD 2018 to only use the force in a need-to basis, in order to save resources.

The Principality had strict laws pertaining to major threats, such as drug and human trafficking and strict child protection laws. The laws were so strict, that any crimes in this field was regarded as seriously as treason against the state and could result in immediate loss of citizenship for the perpetrators on top of any decision of the court of law.

Foreign relations

St. George had established relations with the following micronations:

Austenasia
Imvrassia (November 2018)
Karnia-Ruthenia
Græcia (10 December 2020^[1])

St. George also unilaterally recognised the following macronations:

All United Nations members.
Taiwan

Military

The Principality of Saint George Defence Forces (SGDF), was established upon declaring independence and its purpose was to be a defending force.

Organization

In AD 2017, right after the formal declaration of independence, the Prince ordered the establishment of the following branches:

Branch	Abbreviation	Duties
Saint George Ground Forces	SGGF	The primary role of the SGDF is to actively protect the nation's sovereignty. Other responsibilities include border patrol and early warning in case of border breaches.
Saint George Search and Rescue Force	SGSAR	The SGSAR has an active role of saving lives in its region of responsibility.
Saint George Research and Development	SGRND	This branch researches and develops new technology. The purpose of the R&D is to ultimately develop equipment that will be used by the military.

Screenshot from the SGDF's wildfire hunting platform (WHUP)

By law, all citizens (both men and women) younger than the age of 50 and older than the age of 18 were required to be a member of the armed forces and train. However, in times of peace it was not required for all citizens to be in active duty, but rather only on a need-to basis. All citizens had the right to bear arms.

Research and Development

The SGRND was considered to be a very important part of the military, due to its massive production of projects.

A noticeable R&D project was dubbed Project Pegasus (SG-1 UAV) which aimed to develop a national drone to be used for border patrol and to aid in search and rescue missions. There were a few other projects, such as a platform that was meant to find and track wildfires, which was called "Wildfire Hunting Platform" or WHUP (pronounced woop). The WHUP was directly managed by the SGSAR.

Social Impact

As there were no real threats against the nation, except for in the cyberspace, the SGDF had assumed a special role regarding the well-being of the country, as well as helping neighboring countries. A noticeable contribution with a significant social impact was the use of the SGDF's wildfire hunting platform. The SGDF also had an advanced mapping department, managed directly by the SGRND.

Economy

Although the economy was heavily reliant of the host country's economy, the Principality did produce certain services.

The latest gross domestic product (GDP), which was reported on 27 March 2019 AD, was a total of $718,300, up $8,000 from March 2019. The territories contributed with the production of olive oil, oranges, lemons and tangerines, intended for internal consumption, and by developing tourism.

Culture

Hellenic was the de facto language of the Principality. However, the English language was used for official purposes. The population was 100% of Greek descent and the official religion was Eastern Orthodoxy.

Hagios Georgios

Following the official end of St. George that was sealed by the dissolution of the protectorate, the newly founded special administrative division was renamed to "Hagios Georgios". Patras, the former capital city of St. George, became the seat of the regional government of Hagios Georgios. It was subsequently moved from the homonymous neighborhood to what is now known as Pelekan (Hellenic: Πελεκάν, Pelekán).

Government

The Archon of Hagios Georgios is yet to be determined.

Economy

TBD

Geography

Subdivisions

Hagios Georgios is subdivided into four districts:

District	Area (m²)	Area of influence (km²)	Administrative seat
Athmonon (Hellenic: Ἄθμονον, Áþmonon)	TBD	TBD	Amarysia Hall
Pelekan (Hellenic: Πελεκάν, Pelekán)	TBD	TBD	Kyrenia Hall
Rhion (Hellenic: Ῥίον, Říon)	TBD	TBD	Orahova Auditorium
Thera (Hellenic: Θήρα, Þī́ra)	TBD	TBD	Villa Santorini