H Whittingham

Mr H Whittingham
Mr H Whittingham in 2016. Wearing Consular regalia.
Federal Consul of the Free Empire of Highland
assumed office 26th December 2016
Predecessor	Office established
Successor	Incumbant
Federal Consul election 2016	(At-large) (90%)
President of the Free Empire of Highland
Unilaterally seized office and declared himself in office 18th December 2016 - 26th December 2016
Predecessor	Office established
Successor	Office abolished due to the ending of the uncodified constiution period
Federal Consul election 2016	(At-large) (90%)
Personal Information
Born	London, United Kingdom
Citizenship	Free Empire of Highland
Nationality	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Honorary citizen of the Empire of Austenasia
Ethnicity	Caucasian
Political party	None (independent)
Residence	National Building (Free Empire of Highland)
Occupation	Secessionist Politician Libertarian campaigner Micronationalist advocate
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religion	Christianity (Roman Catholicism)
Military service
Nickname(s)	"The vindicator"
Allegiance	Free Empire of Highland
Service/branch	National Militia
In service	2016 - present
Rank	Commander

Mr H Whittingham is the foremost politician and founder of the Free Empire of Highland. Having been interested in micronationalism after coming across Microwiki, he declared the Free Empire of Highland to give its citizens more freedom. He was president during the first period when the constitution was uncodified but when the constituion was adopted on the 26th December 2016 he was unanimously elected Federal Consul by the National Convention of Citizens. He also became commander of the National Militia.

Path into micronationalism

As a child Mr H Whittingham was fascinated by the idea of micronations. After having watched "how to start your own country" (still available on youtube.) He quickly came to the conclusionn that borders were in fact arbitrary and therefore micronations had just as good a claim to sovereignty as macronations. He was captivated by established micronations such as the Republic of Molossia and the Principality of Sealand. In 2016 he decided to set up his own micronation with the ultimate goal of sovereignty but in the meantime to give its citizens an understanding of how nations and political systems operate.

As Federal Consul

Mr H Whittingham is currently the first and only Federal Consul of the Free Empire of Highland. He has in this role pioneered the creation of the National Park Corporation and the Highlandian Shield (the nations' currency.)

He has consistently stated he will: "step down if that is the will of the National Convention of Citizens" but any challenge to his continued leadership has not materialised.

Politics

Mr H Whittingham can be described politically as a libertarian. and a minarchist who beleives that the best form of democracy is direct democracy

the political position of Mr H Whittingham

As an entrepreneur

Mr H Whittingham was the creator of the Highland Media Corporation. This corporation owned and managed the National Web and Media Portal which can be found here (archive only).It has posted many articles and it's purpose was to allow non-resident citizens and others to keep up to date with the nations affairs. It's pages, which were advertised in the "More News" section of Microwiki gained a substantial number of views and comments. However it was decommissioned in favour of a new national website: which can be found here.

Personal

Mr H Whittingham takes a keen interest in politics and often reads up on international affairs online. Keeping up to date with news from the United Kingdom (the Free Empire of Highland's only neighour) through online news sources such as that of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

Mr H Whittingham also spends time promoting the Free Empire and the idea of micronationalism more generally. He operates the "Reddit" account: "Highlandgov" and can be reached via a private message to this account. He regularly uses the account and is active on the r/micronations "subreddit" of the site where he engages in discussions with fellow secessionists and answers question from new micronationalsits or interested parties about his nation, as well as micronationalism in general.

Mr H Whittingham is a practising Christian and attends mass regularly.

See also

All Articles for the Free Empire of Highland
People	Mr H Whittingham
Government	Federal Consul National Convention of Citizens
Other Articles	Highlandian Shield LGBT Rights in the Free Empire of Highland National Militia Federal Consul election 2016 National Park Corporation