Empire of Cronic
Empire of Cronic | |
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| Motto: "Always up the hill, never down" | |
| Anthem: God Save the King | |
| Location | Northwest England, United Kingdom |
| Capital | Neuestadt |
| Official languages | English |
| Demonym(s) | Croncian |
| Government | Absolute Imperial Monarchy |
• Emperor | Joesph I |
| Legislature | The Royal Decisions Chamber |
| Population | |
• Estimate | 11 Cronicans |
| Currency | Cronican Royal Chip |
The Empire of Cronic, more commonly known as Cronic, is a micronation located in Northwestern England. The Empire declared itself independent in early April 2021. It hopes to change the world for the better.
History
Creation Era (April 2021 - June 2022)
On the 12th of April 2021, the constitution was written by His Majesty King Joesph I who shortly stepped down from the throne, leaving HRH Princess Lucy to ascend to the throne and become Queen Lucy I. Although, HRH Prince Joesph has said that he considered returning to the throne after HM Queen Lucy I's reign, but that ended up not happening and he returned to the throne anyway. There was a period of time when the spirit of Cronic died, politicians stopped debating, and citizens stopped contributing. But in December 2021, HRH Prince Joseph stepped up and tried to fix Cronic and pushed for an early general election for the prime minister. He ran against 3 other candidates and won. After that, he began reviving the once dead micronation. After winning the 2nd General Election, Prime Minister Joesph began to develop many offices, such as The NIO (National Intelligence Office)
Development Era (June 2022 - September 2022)
The Prime Minister Joseph Baker founded the Cronican military, as well as the first museum in Cronic. Also during this era, the prime minister began trying to create a national currency and begin developing the micronation. Cronic hit its hottest temperature ever on the 18th and 19 July 2022, reaching up to 38.8°C. Because of this, Prime minister Joseph and his cabinet passed the Climate Change Act along with The Farming Act of 2022 to help people out in extreme heat. On the 19th of July 2022, Prime Minister Joesph approached the prime minister of Cambria (known as Darth or Doc 54), and asked Darth if he would like to form an alliance which led to the creation of the UFAW (United Front Against Warmongers) which he and Darth led. The motion of the alliance was to stop warmongers and bring peace to the micronational Reddit community. A month later the UFAW merged with a new and upcoming alliance known as the WMA (World Micronational Alliance) creating the MPA, of which Cronic is still a member of and in the high council. On the 17th of September, Cronic had its doubts and handed the President of the MPA at the time Joshua Alexander (known to many as 'legend' or 'legendofthegreat') a 48-hour notice meaning if the MPA’s state did not improve, Cronic would leave the alliance. Cronic would go on to remain in the alliance after legend started making major changes to the alliance during the 48-hour period, so as to not lose Cronic, a very important and valued member of the alliance. On the 26th of August 2022, Prime minister Joesph's whole cabinet resigned mysteriously, and he began scrambling to find decent citizens who might be up to the job until the next election rolled around. In August, Then president Alexander of the then Republic of Terredepaix, created a quote “soviet union of sorts” with Terredepaix and other micronations. Cronic was a part of this union, but the union ultimately failed when cronic and cambria, the 2 states other than Terredepaix that made up the union, quickly seceded a few hours after the union's creation.
Kingdom Era (September 2022 - October 2022)
The Kingdom Era would see Cronic go through major governmental and political reforms, as the now former Prime Minister disagreed with the government type of Cronic, as he said that “it did not match the national identity or the people’s thoughts.” and because of this Cronic became a Constitutional Monarchy from the Constitutional Republic. Not much was completed in this era but was considered an important era in Cronican Politics as more articles were added to the constitution but no major constitutional reforms.
Cronican Golden Era (October 2022 - November 2022)
The Cronican golden era began when the intermicronational cryptocurrency-esk currency called “commerciaque” was created by Prince and former prime minister Joesph, Prime minister Alexander, and king Brad Blakerson of Yoppinland. It stemmed from cronic making its own currency and beginning to heavily focus on economics and the economic scene. Since then, cronic has grown exponentially, creating more laws, ministries, a court of law, and a justice system, including lawyers to represent Cronican clients, and figuring out how Cronican colonization works. Speaking of Cronican colonization, Cronic got a new colony during this era, which was gifted to cronic by the founder of the federal republic of Cambria as a symbol of their relationship! Cronic also held a census during this era, as well as elected members of parliament for cronics subdivisions and colonies. Cronic began to expand its relations outside of the MPA since it realized that the MPA was just the beginning. It has reached out to micronations such as The Kingdom of Salanda, the Republic of Aweland, and many others. HRH Prince Joseph Baker also introduced a new measure to help tackle the commerciaque hyperinflation issue, he is set to announce to the citizens of Cronic that a certain amount of Commerciaque in order to create a decrease in supply for the Commerciaque, and an increase of demand hopefully decreasing the inflation and increasing the value of the Commerciaque. In November 2022, Cronic held a General Election. The election is for the roles of Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for four constituencies. There were 3 candidates running for Prime Minister, and they were: Raisin, Josh Alexander, and Darth. Raisin was actually running for all of the positions! The Results were announced on 1 November at 4:00 pm GMT, and the Prime Minister Elect would be sworn in at 9 PM GMT. The official state radio station of Cronic, Radio Neuestadt, broadcasted the very first General Election Debate with both sides getting across very good points about Cronic and Micronationalism in general. Recently, the Kingdom of Cronic announced that it will be downgrading to an observership in the MPA due to a number of concerns raised by HRH Prince Joseph. Prince Joesph later apologized for his erratic behaviour and explained that he was under stress during the time he made this announcement. Prime Minister Alexander won a second term in the November General Election of 2022. He pledged to extend the term of Prime Minister to 4 months, which is currently being voted on in the Cronican Parliament, and to expand relations in the micronational community on behalf of Cronic. He also announced he would make some changes and updates to the constitution, as well as hold a vote on whether or not Cronic should keep its monarchy or not, which turned out to be a majority “keep the monarchy,” and so Cronic did. He also said he would make qualifications and requirements for political positions and citizenship in Cronic, which has yet to be held up for a vote in the Parliament, but Prime Minister Alexander will put it up for a vote as soon as he comes up with the qualifications and requirements that he suggested. The University of Neuestadt was founded on the 2 of November during this era, proving to be another great addition within cronic and helping Cronicans to be educated. The University teaches online as to try and reach and educate as many cronicans and other citizens of other micronations as possible. On the 6th of November, it was announced that Cronic would undergo becoming an Empire, HRH Prince Joesph of Neuestadt also announced that'd he would be resigning as MoD (Ministry of Defence) and MP for Neuestadt in the next coming days in order to re-take the throne, this was unopposed. With this announcement, it was declared that the democratic system in Cronic would remain as so the entire government. HRH Prince Joseph of Neuestadt became HM Emperor Joseph I on the 7th of November. HM Emperor Joseph, with backing from parliament, joined the United Empires as a sort of union with Cambria and Vendaliba. On the 10 November, a organisation would be formed by 2 inland citizens called the AMO (Anti-Monarchist Organistion) began threating to remove the monarchy and ignite a civil war. They gave the goverment and and the monarch a blackmail notice of sorts saying that they had until the 13 November at 12:00 PM to abolish the monarchy, or else Cronic would see civil war.
Warfare Era (November 2022 - January 2023)
Unfortunately, the AMO stuck to their promise, and at 12:04 PM on the 13 November, Civil war had been ignited with an offical Declaration of War being sent to HM Emperor Joseph I. The Emperor showed the Declaration of War by the AMO, and announced to the Cronican Discord Server that civil war had begun. The MPA and other key individuals announced their support for Cronic during the moments afterwards, and the United Empires immediately began to provide advice and information to fight with. At 3 PM the first battle, known as The Battle of Foundation, took place with both sides using airsoft guns as weaponry. It was known as the battle of foundation, since it was a crucial battle and could’ve determine who could win the entire war. Unfortunately, The Cronican Royal Army did loose this battle, as the AMO made gains and held their own, but a few hours later near 8 o'clock, President Ran DB of The Republic of Besonia announced that Besonia had declared war in support of Cronic! Other MPA members shortly followed Besonia in Declaring War on the AMO such as Terredepaix and Paxaris. The United Empires has also introduced an advisor system where people can offer advice to the troops on the frontlines in Eastern Cronic. The first and current phase includes the initial invasion by the AMO, and Cronic's main defense on the Eastern and Northern front. The first phase consisted of mainly trench warfare and also seen both sides using airsoft rifles and guns as weaponry. The Royal Parliament seem to be rather supportive of the war and has passed The Territories Act 2022 allowing conscription and military spending to increase it also passed The Policing and Healthcare Act 2022 which will introduce a health service and a police service. Unfortunately for Vendaliba and the UE, Cronic left the union after the entire Royal Parliament Debated and proposed to leave the UE due to the monarch of Vendaliba (Kael Hopkinson's) remarks on the ongoing Cronican Civil war claiming that the Cronican Troops should just "speed it up". Although at war and out of the UE, The Royal Parliament was also quite relaxed and also focused on passing more laws such as The E-Sports Act 2022 which introduced a new virtual football league. This act also introduced the foundation of The Cronican FA and The Federal Duke of The Aistiai Commonwealth (Commonly know as PL or Poland) was appointed by HM Emperor Joseph I due to his great knowledge of the sport. On the 28 November, it was decided that another 10,000 commerciaque should be taken out of circulation in order to battle the commerciaque hyperinflation rates, and HM Emperor Joseph I proposed The Economic Inactivity Act 2022 on the following day. This law would introduce a suspension if you are not active in the economy aspect of the commerciaque. At the beginning of December, Kael Hopkinson apologised to the micronation of Cronic and HM Emperor Joseph I about the remarks he made and his reaction to Cronic leaving the UE although he has not been active since. On 7 December, The Cronican Parliament finally proposed and passed The Human Rights Act 2022, which was considered a major moment in the history of Cronic. Two days before The Human Rights Act 2022 was proposed and passed, it was announced that the Royal Cronican Air Force would be founded along with the Royal Space Agency due to new funding and access to Cronic's very first air vehicle. This was also considered a historical moment for Cronic. The following days would see the lowest recorded tempertures in cronican history with the lowest temperture being 6.1°C. On 19 December, HM Emperor Joseph I announced that Cronic would be dissolving, and he would leave the Micronational community, due to a lack of faith in the “communities current state” on 3 January 2023. After some convincing by the MPA, Cronic and HM Emperor Joseph I would stay, but leave the Micronational community. On the 26 December it was announced that the war against the AMO would be drawing towards a close and a peace deal was expected to be signed after Christmas, along with this announcement many key allies began withdrawing from the war. At first this did lower moral but Cronic eventually accepted the fact they withdrawn from the war. On the following day, the very first air vehicle was enlisted into The Royal Cronican Air Force and is yet to be enlisted into the Royal Space Agency, it has been named as the LR01 drone. It was yet another addition to the military thanks to the The Territories Act 2022. HM Emperor Joesph I has also revealed some of his micronational idea's to particular members of the micronational community. This included attempting to build a football stadium and buying plots of land to make Cronic a more physical micronation rather than a digital one. These plans were later confirmed in His Majesty's "10 Year Plan" which would see a large fully functional cronic in 2032 instead of a digital cronic, these plans also inspired multiple other leaders and heads of state of micronations including Terredepaix, a Cronican ally. On January 1, 2023, at 5:00 PM local time, a ceasefire was held in Eastern Cronic between the AMO and the Pro-monarchists after the Cronican Pro-monarchists “cracked the AMO troops.” The war was declared over on January 2, 2023 at 10:00 AM local time, and the AMO territory and AMO forces were fully integrated back into Cronic.
Post Civil War Era (January 2023 - April 2023)
On January 1, 2023, a general election was held, but there were not many candidates, so the election was pushed to January 2, 2023, and by that time, there were enough candidates to run the election. A few hours later, it was announced that PL of the Aistiai Commonwealth had won the Prime Ministership! On January 3, 2023, PL was inaugurated as prime minister, and appointed his cabinet. On the night of the 26 January, HM Emperor Joesph I founded the EML or the European Micronationalists League with PL and Cronic and Aistiai became the founding members of this new alliance. The goal of the alliance is to promote micronationalism and micronational diplomacy across Europe. Although quiet, Cronic is still somewhat quite active in the micronational community and still retains it's MPA Membership in April 2023!
Post-MPA Era (May 2023 - July 2023)
Unfortunately, the empire would loose one of its greatest supporters the Micronational Peace Alliance on 1 May. This news shocked many when it was declared that the MPA would cease to exist and shocked past and current MPA members, it should be known that the Emperor retained the Cronican MPA Membership until the last moments. Although no longer in the alliance, Cronic will continue diplomacy with former MPA member states. On 7 May, Emperor Joseph would annouce one-on-one alliances, he hopes to gain some new allies after loosing them due to the MPA dissolving. The Day afterwards, a general election would be held and the Cronican People would vote Josh alexander in once again! On the 11 June 2023, Eastern Cronic would unfortunately be flooded by a burst swimming pool a citizen would be questioned though currently nothing has came from this and things seem to be continuing as usual. A General Election is currently taking place, the current Prime Minister Josh Alexander would do next to nothing during this term and many candidates have signed up and voting has recently got underway. Ran DB and his party came out victorious at the July and are already changing Cronic for the best, the new PM along with his minster of economics and the Emperor himself are currently in the process of trying to restart the Cronican Economy.
Dissolution and Reformation Era (October 2023 - Present Day)
The emperor would dissolve Cronic on 1 October when personal matters became of a number one priority to him, he thanked all micronations and micronationalists who had been there since his first day on the micronational scene. The empire would return however in early February, the emperor made made the empire an absolute monarchy as he felt it was necessary and he is currently working on a new constitution as he feels that the current one needs a total reform.
Government and politics
The politics of Cronic are pretty straight forward, the Emperor would take a law or bill to his advisors and would gather their thoughts and opinions before deciding to sign a law into effect.
Earldoms
| Name | Earls |
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| Neuestadt | N/A |
| Eastern Cronic | N/A |
| St Harrison's | N/A |
| Starr Plaza | N/A |
Military and Conflicts
The Cronican Civil War (13 November 2022 - 2 January 2023)
The Cronican Civil war was a series of battles that are currently deciding the future of Cronic. The first and current phase includes the initial invasion by the AMO, and Cronic's main defense on the Eastern and Northern front. The first phase consisted of mainly trench warfare and also seen both sides using airsoft rifles and guns as weaponry. The invasion started on 12:04 Local Time, 13 November. The first battle, the Battle of Foundation, took place and The Cronican Royal Army did lose the first battle after nearly 4 hours of fighting. However, a few hours later at 19:56, President Ran DB of The Republic of Besonia announced that Besonia had declared war in support of Cronic, which was a major surprise, considering Besonia has a strict no war policy, which would be later switched to a no combat policy. Other MPA members shortly followed Besonia in Declaring War on the AMO such as Terredepaix and Paxaris. This was the first instant that Cronic was forced to use it's small military to defend itself and because of this it was very inexperienced on a battlefield, however it is teaching Cronican Forces valuable lessons as well as uniting Cronic in times of conflict. On January 1, 2023, a ceasefire was held between AMO and Cronican Pro-monarchist forces in Eastern Cronic, and the war would be declared over the next day on January 2, 2022.
His Majesty's First Infantry Divsion
His Majesty's First Infantry Divsion does not have a long history but recently it has began to be used and has been deployed in the ongoing Cronican Civil war. This Divison was also the main force in Operation Jet Black. The soilders in this divison are highly under qualifed but they took a stand against the aggressive AMO during the Cronican Civil war. It conducted it's first Military Drills since the Civil war on 10 June completing basic shooting practice before also completing a parade.
Law Enforcement
The National Security Agency
The National Security Agency or NSA for short was founded on the 31 March 2023 with the responsibility of keeping Citizens safe. The agency has not achieved much up to this point.
Economy
Cronic currently does not have an active economy although there as been plans proposed and HM Emperor Joseph Baker I is also drafting up his own plan to jump-start the economy. He has already designed and proposed a currency made out of paper which he approved named the Cronican Royal Chip, although the currency is not currently worth anything at this moment in time. Cronic abandoned the Great British Pound (GBP £) as one of the national currencies when the pound began to shrink in value on the 23rd of September when Prime Minister Liz Truss's Right-wing government scared the markets with the "mini-budget" this also led to the Pound being worth €0.93 (The Euro €). In response to this, this led to the of the pound abandonment ordered by HM Emperor Joseph Baker. On September 28, 2022, Prime Minister Alexander held a vote in parliament to pass his proposed act, called the “Independent Currency Act of 2022,” that would make Cronic completely independent of the British pound, due to that currency’s downfall, and the implementation of an official Cronican currency that would be used across cronic. HM Emperor Joseph I is to make an announcment about the Economy in the next coming days. Unfortunately, the commerciaque would not last and would be disbanded and Cronic began to connect back to the Great British Pound just for the meanwhile. After some speculation over a long period of time, it was decided that physical trade and the economy shall be started and it is currently being decided if that is to go ahead. Announcements from the Emperor have been tossed about the economy and mentions of a PO Box and other ideas like that came into play, it is currently known information that this is the way Cronic will approach phyiscal trade.
The Commerciaque rise and fall
On the 2nd of October 2022 we introduced a new digital currency called the Commerciaque which has been a great success with an amazing 5 other micronations adopting the currency either as a secondary or an offical currency. It had began the economy of Cronic and had started the economy of a close ally of Cronic, the Terredepaixan Federation. HM Emperor Joseph discovered that this was a great way of starting the cronican economy and contacted King Alexander along with the prime minister of Terredepaix and king of Yoppinland, Brad Blakerson, and the three of them sat down and began creating the economies of Terredepaix and cronic. Also on the 3rd of October, a fully functioning stock market started its first day. The Commerciaque later spread to many other micronations, and also became the official currency of the Micronational Peace Alliance, which cronic is an official member state of. Unfortunately, the Commerciaque dream would not last forever, the currency had hyperinflation issues and activity issues. Many people have tried to introduce some sort of measure to keep inflation under control, but unfortunately, these measures have either been abandoned or failed, however, there is hope. HM Emperor Joseph I is bound to introduce a new team of experts to solve the two issues threatening the Cronican economy and many other micronational economies. HM Emperor Joseph I has proposed to The Royal Parliment a certain tactic that could help decrease hyperinflation. it is known as Shock Therapy. The plan is to remove a certain amount of Commerciaque in order to decrease the supply of commerciaque and increase the demand for commerciaque, which will hopefully reduce the hyperinflation issue and the activity issue plus many more issues along with it. It was eventually proven that the Shock Therapy method was unsuccessful in its attempt at trying to combat hyperinflation, more methods are being discussed but for now The Winter crisis continues. A new virtual real estate program has been set up in the MPA Discord server giving you the oppertunity to own a channel and you may customise it however you would like it. If it did work out in the MPA Discord Server, it would of been implemented in the Cronican Discord Server but alas it didn't do well as expected. HM Emperor Joseph I is to make an announcment about the Commerciaque Winter Crisis in the next coming days. Unfortunatly, the commerciaque would not last and would be disbanded and Cronic began to connect back to the Great British Pound just for the meanwhile.
The Cronican Economic Restart
On the 1 August The Emperor would announce on the Cronican Discord the restart of the Cronican Economy. This would include announcing that the Cronican Royal Chip or CRC would be directly linked to the value of (1lb) alumunium which is currently sat at 0.25 US Dollars.
Culture
British and Irish ancestry
Most citizens of Cronic are either British or Irish as such the cultures make up the cronican culture, it is considered that despite the cultural differences, most cronican citizens get along! The National Dish of Cronic is Fish and Chips, this is since Cronic is based in a coastal area and British Coastal areas are known for their fantastic Fish and Chips while the National Drink is considered to be Guinness to represent Irish ancestry and is considered to also be Ireland’s favorite drink. The National Sport in Cronic is considered Football (or soccer) since many have recently became attached to it after The World Cup 2022 in Qatar (Cronic condemned FIFA and Qatar for being corrupt however the sport was not condemend since it is a beautiful game!). Cronic has it's very own muesem named The Museum of International History and Culture! This museum has been around since July 2022 and currently has one display.
Sports
On the 27th November 2022 The Cronican FA and the The Cronican E-Football Ultimate League (or CFUL) was formed via The E-Sports Act 2022. The President of The Cronican FA was selected personally by the emperor and has been named, the First President of the Cronican FA is The Federal Duke of The Aistiai Commonwealth. He was selected due to his large amount of footballing knowledge. The First game was a sucess with a total of 2 games being played and 6 points being earned by a select number of teams! The CFUL has a total of 10 games, after that the winner is decided by either higher points or if the points are level it will be decided on goals scored. All games take place on FIFA 22 with custom teams and players. Cronic also has a micronational E-Football team and plans to take place in the Micronational Association Cup that will see other micronational E-Football teams play each other and will begin on 14 January 2023. On the 20 February, Neuestadt FC was founded and had a friendly game but weeks later on the 7 March, the first official CPL (Cronican Premier League) game took place immediatly after the foundation of Xer City who are located in Eastern Cronic!
Current CPL League Table
The CPL League Table is updated every matchday!
| Position | Name | Points | Goals Scored | Games played |
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| 1st | Neuestadt FC | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| 2nd | Xer City FC | 1 | 4 | 1 |
National holidays
| Name | Date | Reason for holiday |
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| New Year's Day | 1 Jan | To celebrate the new year |
| Valentine's Day | 14 Feb | To celebrate love |
| Micronationalism Day | 19 Feb | To celebrate the creation of Sealand and micronationalism |
| St. Patrick's Day | 17 Mar | To celebrate Cronic's national heritage |
| Consitution Day | 12 Apr | To celebrate the creation of the constitution |
| Justice Day | 15 Apr | To campagin for the Justice of the 97 Liverpool FC fans |
| Victory Day | 9 May | To celebrate the end of the Second World War |
| Reflection Day | 4 Jun | To reflect on our humble lives |
| Cancer Awareness Day | 1 Jul | To reflect on those who lost their lives to cancer and to spread awareness |
| Armistice Day | 11 Nov | To reflect on the troops that sacrificed their lives in the terrible World Wars |
| Foundation Day | 14 Dec | To celebrate the HM Emperor Joesph Baker I's birthday |
| Christmas Day | 25 Dec | To celebrate the sacrifice the lord made for us |
| New Year's Eve | 31 Dec | To reflect on the past year |
Cronic’s Relations with other micronations
Cronic is very active in the micronational community and has membership in multiple alliances, the most notable of all being the Micronational Peace Alliance or MPA for short. Cronic considers the micronations of The Aistiai Commonwealth, the micronation of Yoppinland and the micronation of The State of Woodlandia to be the closest allies of Cronic. If you wish to contact Cronic you may do so by contacting u/CronicGovt on reddit.
Current relations with other micronations
In the table below, it shows the current relationship status between Cronic and other micronations. Right now, Cronic has relations with 15 other micronations however we do not communicate with Almendria due to what they stand for. If you wish to contact Cronic to open relations you may do so by contacting u/CronicGovt on reddit!
| Allies of Cronic | Good Relations | Neutral | Weak Relations | Enemies of Cronic |
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| Republic of Besonia | Kingdom of Salanda | Serboslavia | The Republic of Socaland | Almendria |
| State of Woodlandia | Republic of Aweland (defunct) | Garmaxia | ExtremeLanky | |
| Aistiai Commonwealth | Imperial Vendaliba | |||
| The Kingdom of Yoppinland | Pristine Kingdom of Salem | |||
| Kingdom of Paxaris | ||||
| The Holy Hill Billy Empire |