Renaldo Chang

His Royal Highness
Renaldo Chang Prince of Folia Tail
CGR CGP Service Ribbons: RB Auxiliary Hero of the Gaplan Revolution
Official portrait, 2024
8th Deputy President of Gapla
Assumed office: 3 October 2023
President	Emma Bunnell
Predecessor	Chelsea Chen
2nd Speaker of the National Assembly
In office: 31 March 2023 - 2 October 2023
President	Emma Bunnell
Predecessor	Wyatt Baek
6th Counciliar Assistant of Gapla
In office: 28 February 2021 - 2 February 2022
President	Wyatt Baek
Predecessor	Bright Li
Successor	Scott Chiang
4th Secondary Assistant of Gapla
In office: 3 February 2022 - 31 August 2022
President	Chelsea Chen
Predecessor	Vera Sy
1st Governor of Folia Tail
Assumed office: 26 March 2019
President	Emma Bunnell
Personal Information
Full name
His Royal Highness Renaldo I, Prince of Folia Tail
Born	Fountain Valley United States of America
Citizenship	Gapla United States Brazil Taiwan
Political party	Free Rightist Party
Residence	Grand Center of the Folian Dragon, Folia Tail, Federated States of Gapla
Religion	Evangelical Protestant Christianity
Education	Royal Gaplastovian Academy Woodbridge High School
Military service
Allegiance	Federated States of Gapla
Battles/wars	Gaplan Revolution Northern Emeralkia Conflict

Renaldo Chang, styled as His Royal Highness Renaldo I, Prince of Folia Tail in the Monarchy of Gapla, is a Gaplan conservative politician who is currently the Deputy President of Gapla. He is known for his state, Folia Tail, which he created and grew, as it is one of the largest and most influential in Gapla, along with its rivals Elemental and Emeralkia. In addition, he is also known for his contributions to the Gaplan Revolution, and has been honored with the title of Auxiliary Hero of the Gaplan Revolution for his bravery and opposition to Michael Hubbard. He is also credited for being one of Gapla’s first financial donors, supporting its projects and goals.

Politically, he is considered to be an important figure in the Gaplan right, and is known for his far-right views on issues such as the LGBT community and abortion. He also considers himself a Folia Tail regionist as well as a Gaplan nationalist. He is known to argue with several left-wing members of Gapla on these issues, and has attracted a substantial conservative following.

However, he is not very popular within the general public in elections due to his perceived right-wing extremism, and has had limited electoral success. Despite this, he has achieved a landslide electoral victory against Connor Hetner in the 2023 Gaplan general election, becoming Deputy President of Gapla. Many state this is largely in part due to Connor's views, which many consider far-left, Connor’s absence of an endorsement from Chelsea Chen, a popular moderate figure on the left, and lower voter turnout.

Awards and honors

The following is a list of honors, domestic and foreign, received by Renaldo Chang:

Awards and Honors of Renaldo Chang

Domestic honors

All from the Federated States of Gapla.

• Commander of the Gaplan Revolution (CGR)
• Commander of the Gaplan People (CGP)

Service ribbons

All from the Federated States of Gapla.

• Service Ribbon for Bravery, Second Class (RB)

Foreign honors

From countries other than the Federated States of Gapla.

Renaldo Chang has not received any foreign honors.

Micronational career

Unification of Chickenopolis

While the story is lesser well known than Emeralkia, Chickenopolis and Emeralkia have similar founding stories. When Renaldo heard about Gapla, he decided that he wanted to venture into micronationalism independently as the Grand Kingdom of Chickenopolis. However, most students in the class mainly paid attention to Gapla rather than Chickenopolis.

On a rainy day in which PE was replaced indoor yoga in the MPR, Wyatt Baek, who was President of Gapla at the time, successfully convinced Renaldo to let Chickenopolis to join Gapla in the union as the fourth state of Gapla.

Before rise to power

The royal standard of Renaldo Chang as grand prince.

Foundation days

During the foundation days, Chickenopolis participated in interstate sessions, albeit without much success. Vera Sy named her state after Chickenopolis (Syopolis). The state wasn't very active yet wasn't inactive. Renaldo was also not an important figure at this time.

Gaplan revolution and renaissance

Renaldo applied for membership to Hubbard Sucks and was accepted as a member. He was not a major figure in the organization or in Gapla until his rise to power in the Gaplan Renaissance and his second, very dramatic rise in the next school year. During the Gaplan Renaissance, Renaldo sided with the Xadians and Musiclandians. In this capacity, he climbed up the ranks of the State of Xadia to reach a powerful military position. After the fall of Xadia, Renaldo aggressively attacked former Xadian colonies, seeking to be the next Xadia.

However, while his state got incredibly powerful for a little less than a week, he was defeated by an Elementalian task force that had conquered the territory of the other side (Ozzah). With the fall of Xadia and Ozzah, Elemental was left unopposed, and Renaldo wished to counter that. However, he was unsuccessful every time and soon fell inactive.

Rise to power and later events

Return to Gapla and rise of Folia Tail

The flag of the State of Folia Tail, which Renaldo founded.

After falling very inactive for quite a long time, Renaldo largely criticized the Federated States of Gapla, calling it a "fake nation" with "no purpose" and that "Wyatt's police doesn't exist." He repeatedly made fun of the country over Zoom, but was largely ignored by the Gaplan authorities.

However, a few weeks later, Renaldo contacted the Gaplan government on how to be active in Gapla again. Renaldo's previous criticism is likely due to not knowing how to be active and taking an alternative approach. The government welcomed and celebrated Renaldo back, and he soon defended the country in the school Zoom meetings. Renaldo then renamed his state from Chickenopolis to "Delsgade," as he thought it was a more proper name for the state. Notably, Vera Sy was extremely upset at this decision.

He later tried to deny that the criticism of Gapla at the beginning of the year happened, and then grew ashamed after after he was disqualified for the award of the Leaflet of Gaplan Fortune (LGF), an award dedicated to those who are loyal to Gapla, because of his prior actions.

He eventually renamed his state to Folia Tail after the rise to power, which, through the help of former Xadian states and some hard work, consistently caught up to and even defeated Elemental in a session. Along with Chelsea Chen, he was the first funders of Gapla, buying titles, a crown, Gapla Dollars, and more.

Accusations of Gaplan and Folian nationalism

Renaldo was accused of sending messages that undermine his education, such as "Folia Tail defeating Elemental > Schoolwork" and "Folia Tail > [The rest of] Gapla > School." The effects of this are unknown. Some people have called Renaldo a Gaplan nationalist due to his excessive pride of being Gaplan, and especially a citizen of Folia Tail, however, he is also known to display this for his other citizenships, especially Brazil and Taiwan. He has commented that Gapla should be recognized by the international community and that it is the "best country in the world."

Competition with Elemental and Chelsea Chen

Folia Tail's main competitor is Elemental. As part of the left-right divide and general interstate competitions, Folia Tail has always been competing with Elemental, its left-wing rival. Renaldo is also prone to arguing with Chelsea and the rest of the Socialist Party, known for posting dozens of "Socialism is Cancer" GIFs in a row in the #socialist-party channel of the Gaplan Discord server.