Orders, decorations, and medals of Gapla

The orders, decorations, and medals of Gapla are a system in which a variety of government orders, decorations, and medals, controlled by the Monarchy of Gapla, are conferred onto citizens (and rarely non-citizens) of the Federated States of Gapla. Awardees can choose to accept or decline the award, and the Sovereign Prince has the power to revoke all awards.

Many of these awards come with insignia, such as ribbons and medals, as a commemorative symbols of belonging to an order, which are sometimes given by the government for free to the awardee. However, the awardee usually needs to purchase them from the government or, unofficially, a third-party company. Ownership of insignia is not a requirement for any award.

List

The following is a list of the awards, decorations, and medals of the Federated States of Gapla.

Order name	Grade		Post nominals	Ribbon bar
Federal Orders (3)
The Most Eminent Order of the Gaplan Star			OGS
The Most Valiant Order of the Gaplan Revolution	1st class	Commander	CGR
	2nd class	Officer	OGR
Order of the Gaplan People	1st class	Commander	CGP
	2nd class	Officer	OGP
	3rd class	Fellow	FGP
Service Ribbons (4)
Service Ribbon for Bravery	1st class		RB
	2nd class
Service Ribbon for Loyalty			RL
Service Ribbon for Science			RSc
Service Ribbon for the Arts			RA
Special Titles and Orders (2)
Hero of the Gaplan Revolution		Main	Prefixed title
		Auxillary	Prefixed title
Order of Aware			OA
Order of Pious Greed			OPG

History

Awards have been used to honor Gaplan citizens since 2019, the first of which was HRFSG (Heroes of the Revolution of the Federated States of Gapla). This award was founded in late 2019 to honor the heroes of the Gaplan Revolution, an important historical event in which the Gaplans defeated Michael Hubbard.

Since then, a variety of honors and orders have been created and removed. The honors system underwent a large reformation at MicroCon 2022, when the presentation of the awards of other micronations inspired a change in Gapla's highly outdated honors system, which consisted of awards attainable only through achievements in early Gapla. Wyatt Baek and Chelsea Chen discussed and unveiled the first version of a new honors system at the conference, and the honors system today is a revised version of that system.