Ministry of Foreign Relations (Princia)

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Official flag of the Ministry of Foreign Relations
The current design of the Princian passport issued by the Ministry of Foreign Relations

The Ministry of Foreign Relations (officially the Royal Ministry of Foreign Relations though the full name is rarely used), abbreviated to the Foreign Ministry and initialised as RMFR, is a government department of the Princian Commonwealth charged with regulating immigration, security and foreign policy. This means it is responsible for Dresmonaut Intelligence, Princian international recognitions, the Unified Military Defence Force and the issuance of domestic work permits and passports (as well as other such identity documents required for international travel). RMFR was created on the 18th March 2019 upon the establishment of the Alliance of Micronational Crowns by Princia, an alliance that once had a total of eleven members at its peak but was dissolved in June 2020 due to inactivity. If the Prince's Order votes to amend Princia's foreign policy in any way, whether that be to declare war or enter into an alliance – it must first gain unbiased approval from RMFR to do so, and must provide valid reasoning and substantial evidence as to why this should be allowed. The most recent act of the Prince's Order to be approved by RMFR was the 2022 Act of Russo-Macronational Condemnation, which imposed widespread sanctions on the Russian Federation as a consequence of its invasion of Ukraine. RMFR is, since 2 March 2022, additionally responsible for Princia's international recognitions; such as the recognition of Crimea to be a part of Ukraine or recognition of the Republic of Ireland's sovereignty over the entire island of Ireland. The most recent amendment to Princia's recognitions is that of Turkey being recognised as Turkiye. The stated mission of the Foreign Ministry is to act as a barrier between potential warmongering dictators and the legislative capabilities that could jeopardise inter(micro)national peace. RMFR is yet to use its veto authority in Princian foreign relations.

International recognitions

This section displays only the Princian recognitions that are different from that of the conventional internationally-accepted recognitions, with all controversial or uncommon recognitions specified in the table below. Princia currently operates a system of unilateral recognition of all other micronations, provided their claims do not overlap with Princia's. If two micronations' claims overlap, Princia recognises both claims equally unless specified otherwise.

Name Flag Details
Earth
Princia recognises the "One World Flag" as the flag of Earth, the third planet from the Sun
Falkland Islands
Princia recognises the UK's sovereignty over the Falkland Islands and thus recognises this name as opposed to Islas Malvinas
Republic of China
Princia recognises the ROC's sovereignty over its claims in mainland China (all excluding Mongolia, Tuva, Pamir, Arunachal Pradesh, Jiangxinpo, Trans-Zeya, Trans-Karakoram and Hong Kong) and therefore deems the Chinese Civil War illegitimate
State of Palestine
Princia recognises the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine 1948 & United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 (II) and as of January 2022 directly condemns the Israeli government's war crimes against the Palestinian state and people, labelling it "no better than the Holocaust in its persecution of Palestinians nor better than apartheid in its segregation." Following an informal meeting between ministers on 17 October 2023, a statement was issued by the ministry officially labelling Israel's activities as genocide, and further asserted that the mere existence of the State of Israel is "inherently evil," calling for the creation of the State of Israel & Palestine where peoples of any ethnicity and religion will be treated and represented equally
State of Israel
Ukraine
Princia recognises Ukrainian sovereignty over both the Crimean peninsula and the Donbas region, having previously recognised the Republic of Crimea as a nation independent from both Russia and Ukraine until January 2022. In the case of the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War – Princia de jure sides with neither country, advocating only that peace be re-established, although de facto this means that Princia effectively sides with Ukraine as Russia is the main aggressor in said war
Republic of Ireland
Effective as of 1 October 2022: Princia recognises the Republic of Ireland as the sole nation occupying the island of Ireland, rejecting the United Kingdom's claims over the six counties of Antrim, Armargh, Down, Fermanagh, Derry and Tyrone. This means that Princia also recognises the name Derry as opposed to Londonderry as the name of both the city and county
Union of Burma
Princia recognises the name Burma as opposed to Myanmar
Republic of Belarus
Princia recognises the "white-red-white" flag as the proper flag of Belarus and does not recognise Alexander Lukashenko's presidency as democratically legitimate
Russian Federation
Princia does not recognise Vladimir Putin's presidency as democratically legitimate
Republic of Finland
Princia recognises Finnish sovereignty over the territories involved in the Karelian question that were once lost to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics as a consequence of the 1940 Moscow Peace Treaty and 1947 Paris Peace Treaties
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Princia recognises the SADR's full independence from the Kingdom of Morocco and recognises the terms Sahrawia, Saharawia, Western Sahara and Hassaniya to refer to the nation
Republic of Korea
Princia recognises the Republic of Korea (also known as South Korea)'s sovereignty over the entire Korean peninsula and therefore deems the Korean War illegitimate
Republic of Hong Kong
Princia recognises the Republic of Hong Kong an independent nation, independent of both the Republic of China and People's Republic of China
Aotearoa
Princia recognises both names New Zealand and Aotearoa to refer to the nation, with a preference for Aotearoa
Republic of Turkiye
Princia recognises the names Turkey, Türkiye and Turkiye to refer to the nation, with a preference for Turkiye
Gibraltar
Princia recognises the United Kingdom's full sovereignty over the strip of Gibraltar in accordance with the 1967 and 2002 referendums, asserting a previous political declaration by the Gibraltar Parliament that it "is not Spain's to claim nor Britain's to give away."

Princian neutrality

Princia holds a long history of partial neutrality, while still maintaining military alliances with other micronations. Following the collapse of the League of Micronations on MicroWikia, Princia has been extremely hesitant to join military alliances – and is often referred to as a hermit state despite actively encouraging peace in the micronational community. The ideal, as stated by HM Prince Joshua I, would be to enter into not a military alliance, but an alliance in which each state agrees to recognise and respect every other members' independence while not being obligated to defend each other in the event of an external declaration of war. This alliance should also comprise a customs union and a partial monetary union in which every member state either uses the alliance's shared currency or pegs their existing currency to it. The former Alliance of Micronational Crowns was an early Princian attempt of reaching this ideal.

XYZ Encoding Standard

The XYZ Encoding Standard, abbreviated to XYZ-ES, is a system for encoding three-letter codes for micronations in conjunction with ISO 3166. Unlike many micronational encoding systems, the XYZ-ES is exclusively for the use of the Princian state, which also takes the liberty of designating codes to micronations. The XYZ-ES works with ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 by prefixing its codes with either X, Y or Z – signifying the state in question is micronational rather than macronational – with the letter itself connoting the location of said micronation: X for Europe, Y for Africa or Asia, and Z for the Americas.

States encoded (IMSO 1 alpha-2 re-encoding)

Country name Official state name Capital city location Code
 Aethodia Technocratic Republic of Aethodia Americas Z-AE
 Arkazja Republic of Arkazja Europe X-AR
 Atovia Kingdom of Atovia Americas Z-AT
 Ausveria Ausverian Volksrepublik Americas Z-AV
 Baustralia Kingdom of Baustralia Americas Z-BU
 Belcity Republic of Belcity Europe X-BC
 Bepistan Bepistani Reich Americas Z-BP
 Carnovia Principality of Carnovia Europe X-CR
 Caudonia Principality of Caudonia Americas Z-CU
 Chrisland Republic of Chrisland Africa/Asia Y-CL
 Dostykstan Republic of Dostykstan Africa/Asia Y-DS
 Ebenthal Kingdom of Ebenthal Americas Z-EB
 Forestria Imperial States of Forestria Americas Z-FO
 FRID Holy Republic of FRID Americas Z-FR
 Garránia Empire of Garránia Americas Z-GA
 Herzetia State of Herzetia Americas Z-HZ
 Ikonia Kingdom of Ikonia Americas Z-IK
 Kapreburg Empire of Kapreburg Americas Z-KB
 Lake Ronkonkoma Republican Dictat of Lake Ronkonkoma Americas Z-LR
 Marquette Grand Duchy of Marquette Americas Z-MQ
 Melite Democratic Christian Federation of Melite Europe X-ML
 Molossia Republic of Molossia Americas Z-MO
 Nortenland Kingdom of Nortenland Americas Z-NL
 Norton Kingdom of Norton Europe X-NT
 Ocean States Federal Republic of Ocean States Americas Z-OS
 Pacem State of Pacem Americas Z-PM
 Penn Federal Republic Penn Federal Republic Americas Z-PF
 Pinang Republic of Pinang Europe X-PN
 Pontunia Kingdom of Pontunia Europe X-PT
 Princia Princian Commonwealth Europe X-PR
 Roscamistan Republic of Roscamistan Europe X-RC
 Salanda Kingdom of Salanda Europe X-SL
 Saspearian Saspearian Americas Z-SP
 Sancratosia Principality of Sancratosia Americas Z-SN
 Sealand Principality of Sealand Europe X-SE
 Seborga Principality of Seborga Europe X-SB
 Slitronia Great Kingdom of Slitronia Europe X-ST
 United Republics United Republics of Michigan Americas Z-UM
 Wegmat Federal Union of Wegmat Americas Z-WG
 Western Long Island Italic Duchy of Western Long Island Americas Z-WL
 Vishwamitra State of Vishwamitra Africa/Asia Y-VH
 Vulhalin Empire of Vulhalin Americas Z-VU