Mornastan
Mornastan | |
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| Motto: Mornastan victor (Latin: Mornastan victorious) | |
| Anthem: N/A | |
| Capital and largest city | Chapeau Noir |
| Official languages | English |
| Demonym(s) | Mornastanian |
| Government | Dictatorship |
| Establishment | 2022 |
| Population | |
• (as of March 2022) census | 27 |
| Currency | GBP |
| Time zone | (UTC) |
Mornastan is a micronation in the South of England formed on March 11, 2022, with the Declaration of Independence. Following the independence a Supreme Leader was declared and a political system was created.
History
Formation
Mornastan was formed on March 11, 2022, with the Declaration of Independence by the Supreme Leader and General of the Army.
The initial territories included the capital Chapeau Noir as well as the forest and shrubland to the west. This territory was 3.76 hectares large and was home to a large range of wildlife.
Early Years
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Politics and government
Political Personnel
Supreme Leader
The position of Supreme Leader was established immediately after the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The Supreme Leader is the official head of the country. All laws enacted need the express permission of the Supreme Leader to go ahead. Also, the Supreme Leader holds the ability to create laws with no approval needed from other parts of the government.
Prime Minister
The Prime Minister is the head of Mornastan's ministries and ministers and co-ordinates the various ministries. There is currently no Prime Minister in office.
Ministers
Ministers each lead their own ministry. The ministerial jobs available are Foreign Minister, Defence Minister, Minister of Justice, Trade Minister, Minister of the Environment, Health Minister, Minister for Education, and Transport Minister. There are currently no ministers in office.
Ministry Staff
Ministry Staff are the backbone of Mornastan's government. They undergo the day-to-day activities that keep the country running.
Elections
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Law and order
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Military
Organization
Military Personnel
Officers
Field Marshal - Field Marshal is the highest obtainable rank within the Armed Forces. This rank has become an honorary one, only to be used in times of war.
General - The role of General is a commanding role. Generals hold the most senior appointments, and work in direct co-ordination with those at the very top.
Lieutenant General - The Lieutenant General commands a unit of the Corps size, as well as holding senior staff appointments in the Ministry of Defence and other headquarters.
Major General - The Major General commands a unit of the division size, as well as holding staff appointments in the Ministry of Defence and other headquarters.
Brigadier - The Brigadier commands a section of their division or serves as a director of operational capability and development groups.
Colonel - The Colonel commands a battalion. They are also the principal advisors to senior officers.
Lieutenant Colonel - The
Major - The Major serves as the primary staff officer for companies within their division. They manage personnel, logistics and operational missions, as well as the general upkeep of their company..
Captain - The Captain is the second-in-command of their company. They may also instruct at service schools and combat training centres and serve as training instructor.
First Lieutenant - The First Lieutenant is at the detachment command level or above. They may also instruct and lead training groups.
Second Lieutenant - The Second Lieutenant is a new officer. They are on probation and are usually executive officers to a First Lieutenant.
NCOs
Regimental Sergeant Major - The Regimental Sergeant Major is the senior enlisted advisor to the commanding officer. They carry out policies and standards and advise the commander on the performance, training, appearance and conduct of enlisted soldiers. They are the highest ranking NCO within their regiment.
Company Sergeant Major - The Company Sergeant Major is the chief administrative assistant and highest ranking NCO within their company. He or she commands all other sergeants within the company and will often lead parade when the whole company is assembled.
The First Sergeant is the principal NCO of a company. He or she instructs other Sergeants, advises the commander and helps train all enlisted Soldiers. They also assist officers at the company level.
Staff Sergeant - Sometimes known as Colour Sergeant, the Staff Sergeant commands a detachment of soldiers. Often, a staff sergeant will have one or more sergeants under his or her leadership. They are responsible for developing, maintaining and utilizing the full range of a soldier's potential.
Sergeant - The Sergeant commands a group of soldiers, and sometimes serves as second-in-command of their detachment. Sergeants oversee soldiers in their daily tasks, and are expected to set a standard for lower-ranked soldiers to live up to.
Soldiers
Corporal - Corporal is the base level of the non-commissioned officer (NCO) ranks, or an NCO in training. Corporals serve as team leader of the smallest units, sometimes only presiding over a single soldier. Like sergeants, they are responsible for individual training and personal appearance of soldiers.
Lance Corporal - A soldier at the rank of Lance Corporal knows all there is to know and is working towards the rank of Corporal. Lance Corporals work under the supervision of Corporals in the training of soldiers.
Private - Enlisted soldiers reach the rank of Private by completing their Basic Combat and Discipline Training.
Cadet - A Cadet is a soldier undergoing their Basic Combat and Discipline Training.
Branches
Guardsman Corps
The Guardsman Corps are elite soldiers handpicked by the Supreme Leader himself to guard him at all times.
Territorial Defence Corps
The Territorial Defence Corps are a division of the armed forces that undergo tasks such as patrolling the border and the general defence of the nation.
Infantry Corps
The Infantry Corps are the backbone of soldiers in and around the nation of Mornastan. Soldiers in this regiment may come from any detachment within Mornastan's territories.
Military Police
The Military Police undergo the duties of both a soldier and a police officer, keeping law and order across the nation in co-ordination with the regular constabulary.
Conflicts and Operations
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Geography and climate
Geography
The flatter landscape is made up of open ground with chalk paths, surrounded by thickets. The steeper ground leading up to the ridge is low-density woodland. The top is more open, with patches of pine woodland and gorse bushes, and there is a triangulation point. Because of the height of the hill at 206 metres (676 ft), the peak was largely spared the farmers' plough and the ground has not been "improved" for monoculture crop fields as much as the rest of the surrounding hills were after the second world war. Unimproved chalk downland is internationally rare and hosts archaic plants and rich biodiversity.
Biodiversity
The scarp top still retains some rich ancient grassland fragments, especially where the slope begins to tip northwards. At least twenty-one old meadow species have been counted here and there are tiny fragments of heathy grassland. Many chalk loving species including wild flowering majoram, butterflies and insects frequent the area. There are also areas of waxcap fungi, which include meadow, crimson and scarlet waxcap, together with many smaller waxcap species and scatters of earth tongues and clumps of fairy club. In some years, the strange, yellow bird’s-nest orchid has been found here as well as frog and bee orchids.
As is the case over the entire area, the rich biodiversity is present where there is heavy grazing. Mornastan was once well-populated by rabbits and hence the short grass used to be heavily grazed, but myxomatosis has wreaked havoc on rabbit populations. The decline in rabbits has had knock on effects on the species that can live in the area. For example, the grayling butterfly have not been seen there since the late 20th century.
In order to keep the scrub under control, the local authorities graze the top area using sheep and Exmoor ponies for the tougher plants. However, the area and particularly the lower grasslands are still under-grazed, meaning much of the scarp slope between Mornastan and the nearby hills is still invaded by scrub. Consequently, grayling and other species that used to frequent this rich, biodiverse chalk downland area still have not returned despite management and the lower slope pastures are separated from the crest by large thickets making access both along and up the slope difficult unless you're on a path.
Climate
In Mornastan, the summers are comfortable; the winters are long, very cold, and windy; and it is partly cloudy year round. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 2 °C to 20 °C and is rarely below -3 °C or above 24 °C. The warm season lasts for 3.1 months, from 15 June to 18 September, with an average daily high temperature above 18 °C. The hottest month of the year in Lewes is August, with an average high of 20 °C and low of 13 °C.
The cool season lasts for 4.0 months, from 23 November to 21 March, with an average daily high temperature below 10 °C. The coldest month of the year in Lewes is February, with an average low of 2 °C and high of 8 °C.
In Mornastan, the average percentage of the sky covered by clouds experiences significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.
The clearer part of the year in Mornastan begins around 1 April and lasts for 6.4 months, ending around 13 October.
The clearest month of the year in Mornastan is July, during which on average the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 58% of the time.
The cloudier part of the year begins around 13 October and lasts for 5.6 months, ending around 1 April.
The cloudiest month of the year in Mornastan is December, during which on average the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy 65% of the time.
A wet day is one with at least 1 millimeter of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. The chance of wet days in Mornastan varies throughout the year.
The wetter season lasts 4.8 months, from 25 September to 19 February, with a greater than 27% chance of a given day being a wet day. The month with the most wet days in Mornastan is December, with an average of 10.4 days with at least 1 millimeter of precipitation.
The drier season lasts 7.2 months, from 19 February to 25 September. The month with the fewest wet days in Mornastan is July, with an average of 6.3 days with at least 1 millimeter of precipitation.
Among wet days, we distinguish between those that experience rain alone, snow alone, or a mixture of the two. The month with the most days of rain alone in Mornastan is November, with an average of 9.9 days. Based on this categorization, the most common form of precipitation throughout the year is rain alone, with a peak probability of 35% on 30 December.
The length of the day in Mornastan varies extremely over the course of the year. In 2022, the shortest day is 21 December, with 7 hours, 56 minutes of daylight; the longest day is 21 June, with 16 hours, 32 minutes of daylight.
The average hourly wind speed in Mornastan experiences significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.
The windier part of the year lasts for 5.6 months, from 8 October to 26 March, with average wind speeds of more than 21.6 kilometers per hour. The windiest month of the year in Mornastan is January, with an average hourly wind speed of 25.7 kilometers per hour.
The calmer time of year lasts for 6.4 months, from 26 March to 8 October. The calmest month of the year in Mornastan is July, with an average hourly wind speed of 17.3 kilometers per hour.
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