Kingdom of Deepak
Kingdom of Deepak | |
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| Motto: Latin: “Non Sibi sed Toti” (Not for oneself but for all) (de jure) English: “Not for oneself but for all” | |
| Capital | Municipality of Discord |
| Official languages | English |
| Recognised national languages | Afrikaans Czech Dutch Estonian Filipino French German Hungarian Japanese Norwegian Russian Scots Scottish Gaelic Serbian Slovak Spanish Vietnamese Welsh |
| Recognised regional languages | de facto Filipino, Vietnamese |
| Ethnic groups (August 28th, 2020) | 63.78% Other 13.6% Dutch 13.6% Polish 9.1% German |
| Religion (July, 2020) | 31.8% Non-religion or unconfirmed 22.7% Christian —13.6% Roman Catholic —9.1% Other or unspecified 18.2% [w:Agnosticism |
| Demonym(s) | Deepakian |
| Government | Federal semi-direct democracy under a multi-party parliamentary semi-constitutional monarchy |
• High King | Issac I |
• Princess of Larishonak | Delta I |
• King | Kacper I |
• Prime Minister | Vienna LiteStone |
| Legislature | Parliament |
| Online micronation | |
• First constitutional monarchy declared | 20th July, 2020 |
• First elections | 23rd July, 2020 |
• Flag and name changed | 22nd August, 2020 |
| Population | |
• August, 2020 estimate | 22 |
• August, 2020 census | 5 |
| Currency | Deepakian Dolnugs (§) |
| Time zone | UTC (Greenwich Mean Time, WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (British Summer Time, WEST) |
| Not observed by County of Filipinas or the County of American Viet. | |
| Date format | dd/mm/yyyy |
The Kingdom of Deepak, commonly known as Deepak, is an online micronation founded on the 20th of June, 2020, by Issac Richards. It lays no claim to any physical territories or to actual sovereignty from any United Nations member state.
The kingdom is a semi-constitutional monarchy currently headed by the High King; the reigning monarch has the constitutional responsibilities to protect the constitution and people of Deepak - they also serve as Royal Speaker. The Royal Family can currently take part in elections and Senate sessions; with the ability to veto laws that may be deemed harmful to human rights or are ‘undemocratic’.
The Kingdom of Camden has little history in external relations, they only had relations with up to 5 nations at one time - diplomatic relations were provisionally cut on 16 August 2020.
Etymology
The Kingdom of Deepak was originally known as the Kingdom of Camden, after Camden Town, which was the inspiration for the state as the majority of members were fans of 101 Dalmatian Street on Issac’s social server, which was set in the city.
Flag
Both flags for the Kingdom of Camden were based on fictional characters on the show.
History
The Kingdom of Camden ultimately has its roots in Issac Richards’s first micronation, the Commonwealth of Wales - which was founded on January 2017, consisting of 20 citizens at its peak. His first micronation was the result of him becoming more nationalist and beginning to favour Welsh seperatism. Unfortunately, very little information exists from this period as it was mostly deleted offline when Issac Richards took it down from the Amino Sector. The Commonwealth was succeeded by the Kingdom of Deheubarth, which by 2018 had disbanded, due to most citizens renouncing their citizenship.
A year later, Issac Richards had come back to micronationalism under New Eiffel, hoping to take part in the next elections; he also joined Daragonia, Brienia, Rascia, Adonia and Free Paradise before leaving all but New Eiffel and Daragonia to found his own micronation.
The Kingdom of Camden was made because Issac Richards wanted to found his own Discord nation with online friends, due to micronationalism hardly being popular locally. The Kingdom of Camden was meant to be a successor to a Social Discord server - less than half of the server joined the micronation on the day of its founding.
First Camdenite Elections
The first Camdenite elections took place on the 22nd and 23 July 2020 - for the Prime Ministerial and Senate elections respectively, Vianna LiteStone won the Prime Ministerial elections with a 62.5% majority (with 12.5% being transferred to her from the Protection and Security Party) against Bunnicula Boyo who received 25% of the vote. Preben from Le Parti Démocratique de la République, Andrew West (independent) and Lazar Petrović from the Protection and Security Party won 7-2-1 seats in the Senate elections respectively.
LiteStone Era (23rd July - August 2020)
On 1 August 2020, a referendum took place on ‘Dylan’s Treehouse’ and the Kingdom of Camden’s discord server on whether to merge servers or not; the vote won a 9-4-1 vote. The merge of both servers took until 7 August 2020.
On 7 August 2020, a Union between the Kingdom of Camden and the Kingdom of Garuda under the name ‘Deepak-Garuda’ was proposed in a national referendum, with a unanimous three votes against the union. Camden would later adopt the name ‘Deepak’ on 16 August 2020 - the vote won 8 votes against 3.
An executive order from President Vienna LiteStone declared that foreign relationships would be suspended temporarily. Despite consulates being removed from the server, many micronations still retain consulates for the Kingdom of Camden and a treaty of friendship with the Kingdom of Lytera is still in de jure effect.
Politics and government
The Kingdom of Camden has a monarch as Head of State, and an elected monarch that enacts the law. It is also a direct democracy, where voters can propose and vote for legislation independently once approved by a scrutiny session by the legislation (unless a low amount of citizens vote for it then the Senate will vote on the matter). Currently, the reigning monarch has the power to scrutinise and veto laws; he also has the role of Lord Speaker in the Senate meetings.
The reigning monarch is the head of state and represents Camden in its international relations (as well as the Prime Minister and an appointed Minister for these matters). The High King may veto laws adopted by parliament. The High King can call refferenda and dissolve parliament, on the account of a referendum.
The High King is the current head of the executive branch of Camden, with the Prime Minister being the current head of the legislative branch. There is currently no judicial system despite being specified in the constitution.
Legislative authority is vested in the unicameral Senate, made up of 10 seats which are voted for monthly (or on the people’s/High King’s demand). Persons must receive at least 10% of the national vote to win a seat in parliament - at least two people must take part in elections. The Prime Minister then proposes a government which must then be approved and which is formally appointed by the High King. The High King and Parliament may also pass votes of no confidence in the entire government or individual members.
A Prime Minister is voted in separately from the Senate, these votes are based on a single transferable vote and occur monthly.
Constitutional crisis
For the first month of its foundation, the Kingdom of Camden didn't yet have a finished constitution - thus, most laws when scrutinised are based on what the Members of Senate would perceive as infringing on the current system of democracy and people’s rights. This has been especially an issue with the Protection and Security Party, which was believed to have been malicious. Issac Richards was drafting the constitution since the day of its foundation, it took up until 30 July 2020 to complete it - it was then promulgated on 1 August and eventually voted in on 5 August 2020.
Foreign relations
The Kingdom of Camden had few foreign relations, including formal relations with the Principality of New Eiffel, the Kingdom of Compen, the Kingdom of Disrael and the Kingdom of Lytera - these nations all previously had a consulate however only Lytera has a treaty of friendship with Camden. Informal relations were also proposed with the Grand Duchy of Misberia and the Kingdom of Efransa. Foreign relations were sometimes voted for by the public or are arranged via an executive order from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the reigning monarch.
Military
The Kingdom of Camden currently has no official military. During the July 2020 elections; the Protection and Security Party, a former Dreiwertist party under the wing of Lazar Petrović, promised the founding of a military when elected.
Economy
The Kingdom of Camden currently has no official currency yet; under the Organised and Clean Party campaign, Vienna LiteStone promised the creation of the Camden - it is in the progress of being made.
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