Republic of Caelesta
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Republic of Caelesta Републкa Каелестеанэ (Caelestan) | |||||||||||||||
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| Motto: "Beautiful Community, Beautiful Lands" | |||||||||||||||
| Anthem: Soarele, Patria! (Romanian) The Sun, The Country! | |||||||||||||||
 Map of Caelesta | |||||||||||||||
| Status | Defunct | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Romania Republic of Moldova (Feb 2021 - Sep 2022) | ||||||||||||||
| Capital | Pulchritudo | ||||||||||||||
| Official languages | English Caelestan | ||||||||||||||
| Religion | Secular State | ||||||||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Caelestan Caelestian | ||||||||||||||
| Government | Unitary semi-democratic republic | ||||||||||||||
• Leader | Connie Sarah | ||||||||||||||
• Prime Minister | Vân Tinh Nghiên Tuyết | ||||||||||||||
| Legislature | Parliament of Caelesta | ||||||||||||||
| Independence from Romania | |||||||||||||||
• Established | 28 February 2021 | ||||||||||||||
• Dissolved | 22 December 2022 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||||
• | 0.0209 km2 (0.0081 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||||
• 2022 estimate | 24 | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (CAST) | ||||||||||||||
| Date format | dd/mm/yyyy | ||||||||||||||
| Driving side | right | ||||||||||||||
| Internet TLD | .ce | ||||||||||||||
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The Republic of Caelesta (Caelestan: Републкa Каелестеанэ), simply referred to as Caelesta, was a self-declared landlocked country that had little to no recognition located in Eastern Europe. It shared a border with Romania in the Western and Central Provinces and a border with the Republic of Moldova in the Eastern Provinces. The total area of the country used to stand at 6.627 square kilometers (2.559 square miles) and then at 2.960 square kilometers (1.140 square miles), but after the September 2022 Territorial Shifts, the new territory of Caelesta standed at 0.0209 square kilometers, which was significantly smaller, the whole territory combined being smaller than the old Province of Ravansa's territory. The population of the country was at 24 people. The capital of the country used to be located in the District of Corindalesti, which later got merged with Astravenesti Munincipality in the Province of Corindalesti, the new capital of the country becoming the "DF"CZ. The Capital would then get it's name changed, on the 9 November 2021, to Pulchritudo.
The country was founded on the date of the 28 February 2021 by Connie, the current leader of the country. The official and most used currency is the Romanian Leu (RON). The two recognized languages in the country are the English, which is the most spoken language in the country, and the Caelestan language. Currently, the biggest ethnic group of the country is Romanians, standing at 30.43%.
The country was formed out of 3 provinces: Corindalesti Province, Vatra Province, and Ravansa Province, as well as the Capital Territory of Pulchritudo.
Citing from the "Important Information" page on the Caelestan Government Website: "Caelesta is a micronation founded by an ambitious transgender teenager from Botosani who wishes to build a community that promotes good values, such as equality between all people."
Etymology
The country's original name pre-foundation was the Republic of Liberta, later being changed to the Republic of Caelesta to avoid conflicts with the existing Liberta micronation.
Caelesta comes from the Latin word caelestis, meaning heavenly (lit. of the sky, from caelum + genitive ending).
History
Pre-Founding era (31st December 2020 - 28 February 2021)
Celesta, before its founding on 28 February 2021, used to be called the Republic of Liberta, but it was changed to avoid conflicts with the already existing Liberta micronation. Even earlier than that, the Republic was only formed out of the territories currently in the region of the Province of Corindalesti, only later would the country annex the territories in the nowadays Vatra Province and Ravansa.
Post-Founding era (28th of February 2021 - 27 October 2021)
After its founding, Caelesta has already established, on the dates of the 7 and 8 March 2021, with the Pinangese Republic and the Republic of Snagov, mutual recognition treaties. It has also had a redesign in it's national flag and coat of arms. The first occurrence of Caelesta dropping their recognition on another nation happend on the 21 March 2021, when the Leader announced that Caelesta wouldn't recognize Carpatia anymore.
On the 30 March 2021, Caelesta has started officially forming it's own Government, made out of Provincial Presidents and the Leader.
On the 1 May 2021, Caelesta has shifted it's territory in hopes of it avoiding areas inhabited by people who arent aware of the country.
Post-Inactivity era (27 October 2021 - 22 December 2022)
Shortly after the Summer of 2021 has started, Caelesta's Government fell under an inactivity that would severely harm the country. The Leader hasn't tried doing anything about it because of her feeling mentally overloaded and has left Caelesta alone for all of the Summer, September and a bit of October.
On the 27 October 2021, The Leader has signed an Order which hopes to restore the country from it's inactivity period. The Leader has also said that she will take it more slowly, as taking it too quickly was what caused her to get overloaded mentally and become inactive. The Order dissolves the entire Government, purges the political parties and the Provincial President spots, announces new Prime Minister elections, announces the temporary takedown of the Citizenship signup page, along more important stuff for the country going forward.
On the 29 October 2021, the Citizenship Applications have re-opened before the 2021 Caelestan Prime Minister Election, after being closed for the entire day of the 28 October 2021.
On the 30 October 2021, the Sign-up page for the 2021 Caelestan Prime Minister Election has been opened on the Governmental Site, and will be opened until the 3 November 2021, with a chance of extending the deadline beyond the 3 November.
On the 5 November 2021, the Leader, on behalf of the country, has officially signed the Wrythe Convention, claiming that "it is an important step for the development of the country.".
On the 9 November 2021, the Leader has signed her last Order before the 2021 Prime Minister Election. In that Order, she has announced the following name changes: the Capital's name ("DF"CZ -> Pulchritudo) and her middle name (Julie -> Sarah).
On the 13 November 2021, the Prime Minister election has officially concluded, making Mihnea Coman the new Prime Minister of the country with 3 votes out of 4, while the second candidate, Aleksy Gwaj, only got 1 vote. This could also be considered the end of the Summer Political Inactivity of Caelesta, as the Leader has said that she and Mr. Coman will do more with the country (e.g. Joining the Cupertino Alliance/GUM, establishing new Governmental Positions, drafting a constitution etc.)
On the 22 November 2021, Caelesta got it's first Constitution done and ready to be applied. This represents another big step in the right direction for the country.
On the 23 November 2021, Esty Carpentieri would become the first Member of Parliament after the Inactivity Period, following it being announced the following day, on the 24 November 2021. The Parliament now only has 2 vacant spots, for the Province of Corindalesti and the Province of Vatra.
On the 8 December 2021, Ayane Martinez would occupy the Parliament Representative seat for the Province of Corindalesti, leaving only one more vacancy, the seat for the Province of Vatra.
Also on the 8 December 2021, the Republic of Caelesta has been formally accepted as an Observer State to the Cupertino Alliance.
On the 7 January 2022, a "Plan of Action for the Future" has been published to the citizens of Caelesta after a period of 17 days of being reviewed by the Government of Caelesta. This plan establishes goals that the Republic of Caelesta will try reach or achieve in 2022, the near future or the further-away future. This also marks the end of a de-facto small political break in Caelesta, that lasted throughout the Winter Holidays.
On the 11 January 2022, Caelesta has officially filled its very last Parliament Vacancy, the Province of Vatra getting its first Parliament Representative since the first Parliament Member has been admitted, after the 27th of October Order, over a month ago.
On the 2 February 2022, Caelesta was officially admitted as a Full Member for the Cupertino Alliance.
On the 12 February 2022, work on the National Pre-Octombrian Archive was temporarily declared as being over, with it having a total of 8 old orders/agreements form before the 27 October 2021. The Annexation of the new territory for the Capital has also been announced as being halted due to the inactivity of the Prime Minister, Mihnea Coman.
On the 21 February 2022, the Leader has announced that she was running out of patience regarding the inactivity of the Prime Minister, saying that she "would not let Caelesta slip into another Inactivity Crisis". She has also announced a few solutions to the situation of the Annexation Order, which included moving the Election Dates to an earlier date, organizing a Referendum, or just waiting until he comes back. The latter solution turned out to be the best, as the Prime Minister came back on the 26 February 2022, signing the Order. The new territory was implemented into Caelesta one day after Independence Day, on the 1 March 2022.
On the 28 February 2022, Caelesta celebrated its first Independence Day. The Leader has also given a 'speech' encouraging Caelestans, as well as everyone else, to help the Ukrainian Refugees that are fleeing Ukraine by donating, housing them, or through any other means, also affirming that "Caelestan solidarity with Ukraine will never die out".
On the 20 March 2022, after the Government of Caelesta signed an Order on the 19 March 2022, Provincial Capitals would end up returning to Caelesta. Pulchritudo would also end up getting its own symbols, which include a Flag, Coat of Arms, and a Logo.
On the 13 April 2022, the sign-up form for the Early 2022 Caelestan Prime Minister Election was launched by the Leader. Following this, two citizens would end up signing up to the Election on the 20 and 24 April 2022 respectively. The sign-up form is set to end on the 6 May 2022, the election itself taking place on the 7 and 8 May 2022.
On the 8 May 2022, the Election would end, with Tuyet becoming the new Caelestan Prime Minister. This was shortly followed by a month-long period of inactivity due to the Leader's Life becoming overloaded.
After the 8 May elections, Caelesta fell into another deep inactivity crisis, with the Leader promising to come back and do other reforms to recover Caelesta from this inactivity crisis too during the Summer Time of 2022. Some reforms include reducing the number of citizens to only the ones in the Discord Server, rethinking Caelesta's territorial claims, and rethinking Caelesta's governmental structure.
On the 24 August 2022, the Broad Front party was disbanded by its only remaining member, Mihnea Coman.
On the 25 September 2022, the Government of Caelesta signed a new order to reform the territory of Caelesta and introduce expiry dates for Citizenships.
Dissolution
On December 22, Connie signed an order declaring the dissolution of Caelesta.[1]
After the dissolution, Prime Minister Aurora Twinkle formed a government-in-exile with Connie's consent. This government-in-exile joined Empire of Garrania in early 2023.
Government
The Government of Caelesta was formed out of the Leader, Connie Sarah, the Prime Minister of the country, Mihnea Coman, and the Parliament of Caelesta, which had 4 representatives.
The Executive and Judicial Powers in the country were held by both the Prime Minister and the Leader.
The Legislative Powers were held by the Parliament of Caelesta and the Leader.
Before the new constitution was adopted, the Government of Caelesta was formed out of just the 3 former Provincial Presidents and the Leader, all of them holding the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Powers.
Political Parties
There were 4 Active Political Parties.
| Party | Abbreviation | Membership | Party Leader | Ideologies | Seats in the Parliament | Seats in the Government (Overall) | |
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| Broad Front (Disbanded) | BF | 1 | Mihnea Coman | Democratic Socialism, Left-wing populism, left-wing nationalism, republicanism, secularism and green politics | 0 / 3
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0 / 4
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| United Workers Union | UWU | 1 | Ayane Martinez | Democratic Socialism, Anti-Fascism, Green Politics, Workplace Democracy, and Internationalism | 1 / 3
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1 / 4
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| Democratic Conservative Party – Партидул Демократ Консерватор | DCP – ПДК | 1 | Vân Tinh Nghiên Tuyết | Centre-right, Libertarianism, Cultural conservatism, Social market economy | 1 / 3
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2 / 4
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| Coalition Future: The Green Liberals - Coaliția Viitor: Liberalii Verzi | CF:TGL - CV:LV | 1 | Ioannis Papadopoulou | Liberalism, Green Politics, Green Liberalism, Liberal Conservatism, Social Liberalism | 0 / 3
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0 / 4
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| Caelestan Liberal Union - Uniunea Liberală Caelesteană | ULC | 1 | Alessandro | Liberalism, Progressivism, Green Politics and Caelestan Nationalism. | 0 / 3
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0 / 4
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| Independents | x | 2 | x | Big tent | 1 / 3
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1 / 4
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Land Claims
The Caelestan Leader, Connie, had published a page on the Government's website, on the date of the 10th of March 2021, stating that the claims of Caelesta were completely titular, and that the Government of Caelesta holds no de facto power over them, but that they may be considered part of the Nation, in hopes of not violating the points of the Wrythe Convention and the Edgbaston Convention. The Leader has also specified that she will try to make the country violate no points that the Wrythe and Edgbaston Conventions uphold in hopes of signing them in the future.
On the 1st of May 2021, Caelesta has shifted it's territories which the Leader hopes is enough for the country to be eligible to sign the Conventions mentioned above.
Provinces of Caelesta
The table below contains all of the Provinces of the Republic of Caelesta (as of July 27, 2022)
| Flag | Arms | Name | Capital | Region | Pop. | Area | Provincial Presidents (Former) | Parliament Representatives (Current) |
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Province of Corindalesti | Port-Dresleuca / Порт-Дреслеука | Western Region | 9 | 0.659 ha | Morwenna Fydtroust (until Oct 27th) | Ayane Martinez |
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Province of Vatra | Barnarel / Барнарел | Eastern Region | 7 | 0.539 ha | Leon Montan (until Oct 27th) | Aurora Twinkle |
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Province of Ravansa | Costevky / Костевкий | Eastern Region | 4 | 0.579 ha | Chris Miller (until Oct 27th) | Mihnea Coman |
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Pulchritudo
(Capital Territory) |
Pulchritudo | Western Region | 4 | 0.310 ha | Connie (until Oct 27th) | Connie** |
** - The Pulchritudo Territory's Parliament Representative spot is temporarily occupied by the Leader until the country finds people to occupy said spot.
The "De Facto" Control Zone ("DF"CZ)
The Caelestan "DF"CZ was a small area within the Capital of Caelesta, the District of Corindalesti, where the Caelestan Authorities have almost full control, with the rest of the country being considered a "De Jure" Control Zone or "DJ"CZ. After the May 2021 Territorial Shifts, the "DF"CZ has become the new Capital of the Country.
On the 9th of November 2021, the name of the "DF"CZ would cease to exist, it being renamed to a more colloquial name, that name being Pulchritudo.
Geography of Caelesta
General Information
The 3 provinces of Caelesta used to be distributed within 2 countries in Eastern Europe: Romania and the Republic of Moldova. After the September 2022 Territorial Shifts, Caelesta has entirely left the Republic of Moldova. Before the September 2022 Shifts, one of the Provinces, the Province of Vatra, was located in the Southern Bukovina region, surrounded by Romania from all sides, the Province of Corindalesti was located in the Western Moldavia region, also surrounded by Romania from all sides, and the Province of Ravansa was located in the Bessarabian region, surrounded by the Republic of Moldova from all sides. After the 2022 Shifts, all of the Provinces of Caelesta are located in a small park, surrounded by Romania.
Despite the country being located and surrounded by other countries using the Eastern European Time zone, it uses its own timezone, called the Caelestan Standard Time, which is set, and will never change, at UTC+3:30.
International Relations
The Republic of Caelesta had international relations with other nations, as well as being part of Micronational Organisations.
Recognised Micronations/Micronations that are allied with Caelesta
Unilateral Recognition
Principality of Sealand, since 6th of March 2021
Republic of Molossia, since 6th of March 2021
Bilateral Recognition
Pinangese Republic, since 7th of March 2021
Snagov, since 8th of March 2021
Republic of Hilbert Dimension, since 15th of April 2021
Republic of Aswington, since 23rd of December 2021
Former Bilateral Recognition
Gayveria, 13th of March 2021 until the 1st of April 2021 (Dissolution)
| Name of the Organisation | Current Status of Caelesta within the Organisation | Date when Caelesta was admitted to the Organisation |
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| Cupertino Alliance | Full Member | 8 December 2021 (Full Member since 2nd February 2022) |
Visa Policy of Caelesta
On the 19th of March 2021, Connie, the Leader of Caelesta, signed an agreement to introduce Caelesta's new visa policy. More information on the visa policy has been published on the government's website.
Macronational Visa Policy
Visa-free access
Visa-free access from non-LGBT-free zones in Poland
Visa on arrival
Visa required before arrival
Micronational Visa Policy
Caelesta also has put in place a special Visa Policy directed towards Micronations. Every Micronation had visa-free access to Caelesta, with a few exceptions, notably:
| List of Micronations that require a Travel Visa | Date when established |
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| Aenderia | 19 March 2021 |
| Ausveria | 19 March 2021 |
| Nichensburg / Normano-Nichish Kingdom | 21 March 2021 / 7 April 2021 |
The Caelestan Language
The Caelestan Language was a language that is official in the Republic of Caelesta. It is written in the Cyrillic script and it has it's base from the "Moldovan Cyrillic" language that already exists.
LGBTQ+ stances of the Republic of Caelesta
Caelesta, since its foundation, had always been a very LGBTQ+ friendly country, the Leader herself being transgender and also an avid LGBTQ+ rights activist within the micronational space.
| Category | Republic of Caelesta |
| Same-sex sexual activity |  (Always legal)
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| Equal age of consent | (Since foundation)
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| Anti-discrimination laws in all areas | (Since foundation)
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| Hate crimes laws covering both sexual orientation and gender identity | (Since foundation)
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| Anti-hate speech legislation | (Since foundation)
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| Recognition of same-sex couples (e.g. civil unions) | (Since foundation)
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| Marriage Equality (e.g. Same sex marriage) | (Since foundation)
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| Homosexuals allowed to serve openly in the military | *No standing army |
| Transgender people allowed to serve openly in the military | *No standing army |
| Right to change legal gender | (Since foundation)
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Population of Caelesta
Religious makeup of Caelesta (31 December 2021)
Number of People
The Population of The Republic of Caelesta was, on the 10th September 2022, at 24 people, the population being distributed in the following settlements:
- Province of Corindalesti - 9
- Province of Vatra - 7
- Province of Ravansa - 4
- Pulchritudo Capital Zone - 4
National Makeup
Currently, on the 25th September 2022, in Caelesta, the National Makeup is as goes:
- Romanians – 29.16% (7)
- British – 12.5% (3)
- Italians – 8.33% (2)
- Americans – 8.33% (2)
- Greeks – 4.16% (1)
- Chinese – 4.16% (1)
- Taiwanese – 4.16% (1)
- Slovaks – 4.16% (1)
- Indians – 4.16% (1)
- Australians – 4.16.% (1)
- Turkish - 4.16% (1)
- Others – 12.5% (3)
Religious Makeup
Following a census held during the period of the 25th of December 2021 and the 31st of December 2021, with a turn-up of 5 citizens out of 20 at that time, we are able to see that a majority of Caelestans are Atheist and/or Not Affiliated with any religion.