Grand Republic of Cycoldia

Grand Republic of Cycoldia Rēs pūblica Magna de Cycoldia (Latin) 9 other names French: [Grande République de une Cycolde] Spanish: [Gran República de Cycolda] Russian: [Великая Республика Циколдия] German: [Große Republik Cycoldia] Polish: [Wielka Republika Cycoldii] Hungarian: [Cycoldia Nagy Köztársaság] Welsh: [Uchel Weriniaeth Sicoldia] Bulgarian: [Велика Република Сайкоулдия] Younger Futhark: ᚴᚱᛅᚾᛏ ᚱᛁᛒᚢᛒᛚᛁᚴ ᚬᚠ ᚴᛁᚴᚬᛚᛏᛁᛅ
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Grandeur by Force" Royal Motto: "Semper Ducens" (Latin) "Always Reigning"
Anthem: "Two Grenadiers"
Location of Cycoldia in Texas
Capital and largest city	Empreton
Other languages	English, Latin
Demonym(s)	Cycoldian
Government	Unitary parliamentary semi-constitutional monarchy
• Summi Imperatoria	Christina I & II
• Prime Minister	Kevon, Viscount Brookhaven
Legislature	General Assembly
Independence  from the United States
• Established	6 November 2018
• First Constitution	7 May 2019
• Cycoldian Imperium	28 February 2021
• Current Constitution	7 April 2023
Area
• Total	5.589 km2 (2.158 sq mi)
• Water (%)	0 (2023)
Population
• 2022 estimate	300+
GDP (nominal)	estimate
• Total	$424,317.73
HDI	▲ 0.917 very high
Currency	U.S. dollar ($) (USD)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
RIS 002 code	GC
Internet TLD	.com
Website www.cycoldia.com

The Grand Republic of Cycoldia, (pronounced /sikoʊldiə/), commonly known as Cycoldia (see etymology) is a micronation. Located in Houston, it is entirely landlocked by Texas and the United States of America. It is a hereditary monarchy, in which the monarch, the Summi Imperatoris is either selected by the previous or following absolute primogeniture. The capital city is Empreton, which includes both the Capital and Pine districts. The official languages of Cycoldia are English and Latin, of which the first is used on most government documents and is the most spoken language in the nation. The claims of Cycoldia are divided into the Capital and Pine districts, both located within Empreton.

Cycoldia was founded on 6 November 2018 by Christina I & II as an absolute monarchy. It later changed to a constitutional monarchy upon the signing of the constitution on 7 May 2019. Historically as well there were attempts though to alter this, such as the short lived Constitutionalist Party who had wished to alter the Cycoldian constitution in favour of heightened republican changes to government.

Cycoldia formerly was a member of the Grand Unified Micronational, joining on 10 November 2019 until it was expelled from the organisation on 26 April 2020. They as well are a member of the YAMO Federation, being a founding member of the organisation, as well as a member of the Cycoldian Imperium, being the leading nation of it. As well delegates of it have attended various intermicronational summits.

Etymology

The full name of the nation is "The Grand Republic of Cycoldia of the Grand Duchy of Greater Houston, the Duchy of Denver, the Duchy of Tequrovidea, and the Sub-Duchy of Crystal Bay, along with the Joint-Crown Territory of Lur alongside the colonies of the Atkison Island, the Blue Water Atoll, the Territory of Primus, and Hog Island, and descendant of the Republic of Flirbonia". With the origin of the name of Cycoldia coming from the original proposed name "Cyclodia", though it is not known where the origin of Cyclodia came from. Cycoldia was suggested by a former member of the Royal Family of Cycoldia, who had said of "Cyclodia" that it "sounds like a blood disease". This resulted in Christina I & II changing the name of the nation to Cycoldia, and the name has been continued to be used to this day. The name Cycoldia has been confused with Cyclodia multiple times, including by some official foreign relations, such as the GUM, Slabovia, Dracul, etc.

History

The Grand Republic was founded on 6 November 2018, under the name "Republic of Cycoldia". The flag was put on display the same day, with it being changed by the time of the first display copy. A month later, on 11 December, the then incumbent Chief of the Armed Forces was found to be plotting to overthrow the government, agreeing to a rank reduction to recruit before then being discharged after it was found that they had continued planning such coup, then pleading guilty to a sentence of three years of exile, of which they were permitted to return on 19 December 2021.

Cycoldia throughout its history has engaged in micronational warfare, having declared war several times. Those times included five civil wars which Cycoldia participated, in which the result was the establishment of the General Assembly. Cycoldia as well has formerly been at war with the Empire of Etukan, before the war ended in a white peace on Victory Day (30 June 2019). In its history it as well has only been under the rule of a foreign power once, during the period between 5 May 2019 and 21 May 2019 in which it was under the control of the United Imperial Empire, which ended when Charles II demanded that the Constitution was removed, in which the General Assembly then voted to seceded from the UIE at 21 May 2019 at 20:55 CST.

During this, Cycoldia was a member of the League of Micronations, with Christina I & II being the Minister of Voting and Elections. Later Cycoldia became a Security Council member following a scandal with Charles II of the UIE and his brother James I. This ended with the UIE's expulsion from leadership and Christina I & II being made Co-Owner of the League.

During the year of 2020 Cycoldia expanded, becoming more involved in the MicroWiki Sector and having more involvement with micronations outside of the sector as well, such as Dracul. Christina I & II as well interacted with more in person meetings, such as one with Stephen Luke, Shiro, and Charles von Graustark.

In following years, Cycoldia continued to interact across the community, including the creation of the Cycoldian Imperium, an organisation with Cycoldia leading it. This later included the Richensland Crisis and the Ela'r'oech Dispute.

Crisis of the 7th

On 7 July, Ethan F., after losing the election, decided to question the legitimacy of the Imperial Government. This was done by mocking the Summi Imperatoria's divine right theory way of rule. Ethan was quickly arrested at 00:25. The Prime Minister at the time and President of the National Spicy Association publicly apologised for his subordinate's actions. Then Ethan F. tried appealing to other nations governments, eventually receiving no aide, and even being mocked by them. At 02:17 the Summi Imperatoria of Cycoldia then made a motion to dissolve the General Assembly. The proposed reason was for the General Assembly being inefficient bureaucracy that was not prepared to run a government. At 17:45 the Summi Imperatoria announced that the General Assembly was suspended until further notice. The crisis ended when Ethan F. stopped communication with Cycoldia.

MicroCon 2019

The Summi Imperatoria did attend MicroCon 2019 representing Cycoldia. While she was in attendance at the convention she helped found the YAMO Federation, and was even awarded the MicroCon Attendance Medal (Slabovia), Space and Planet Exploration Medal (Republic of West Who), and the Medal of Friendship (Grand Duchy of Danduros). She attended both the Gala Dinner and the General Conference.

Shutdown and Crisis of the 25th

On 25 August, Summi Imperatoria Christina I & II declared that she would be temporarily handing over the government to the recently announced Regent. The Summi Imperatoria did continue to act in the nation, as she suspended the requests for citizenship and interacted with the citizens. Although she did this she still had continued to stay away from acting on foreign diplomacy and foreign interactions, differing to the Regent for those. The shutdown ended up lasting 3 days, with the Summi Imperatoria enacting that the government would be active and operational. The Regent kept their position and the (at the time) Prime Minister had become more interactive to the government and the features of aiding the citizens.

Tequrovidea

The Summi Imperatoria signing a treaty

On 24 August 2019 the Treaty of Chondvel was signed, annexing the 2nd Kingdom of Ticronvidia into the Semi-Independent Duchy of Tequrovidea. The terms of the treaty was as followed:

1. The Second Kingdom of Ticronvidia will become a semi-independent duchy of the Grand Republic of Cycoldia.
2. Ticronvidia will rename to Tequrovidea
3. Tequrovidea will have a local army, a local currency, local laws (while still abiding by Cycoldian laws), and the Ticronvidian Protectorates of Hosamia and Wefren are to be autonomous duchies within Tequrovidea

On 11 December 2019 Immanuel Johannes illegally declared independence from the Grand Republic of Cycoldia. Cycoldia's General Assembly then passed a decision on 12 December 2019 declaring that the secessionist state was not permitted, and was in fact a revolution. Christina I & II addressed the General Assembly the next day.

They have shown that they will not use diplomacy or reason, they have placed horrible officials in power and worse ones for higher offices, they have invited Etukan into their nation, Elysium to top it, and Suyash Adikhari to be the hierarchy. They have called our officials a 'w**ch' and they have opened an illegal rebellion, this is unacceptable.

— Christina I & II, 12 December 2019

She also placed Eva Yaren in the position of Duchess of Tequrovidea, disputing the legitimacy of Immanuel Johannes as Duke of Ticronvidia. The position of the Duchess of Tequrovidea is currently vacant, and is traditionally occupied by the Regent of Cycoldia.

On 7 June 2022 Immanuel Johannes, the former Duke of Tequrovidea when it revolted, sent an open letter which spoke ill of one of the revolutionaries. It as well apologised towards insults made towards Cycoldian officials during it and stated that the revolution was not needed, specifically detailing concerning that Cycoldia had planned on releasing the territory on the same day of which it revolted.

Cycoldia was never as bad as he, or even I, have said it was. Cycoldia were no oppressors. Suyash was blowing it out of proportion... It was unsophisticated, unwarranted, and immoral. Thank you for listening and have a great rest of your day.

— Immanuel Johannes, 7 June 2022

The following day, the General Assembly voted in favour of opening negotiations regarding the situation in a motion proposed by Moradin Fenri and seconded by Avery Prasatik.

COVID-19 response

See also: COVID-19 pandemic in the micronational community and COVID-19 pandemic in Cycoldia

Territory	Cases	Deaths	Recoveries	Sources
Duchy of Denver	1	1	0
Grand Duchy of Greater Houston	2	0	2
Non-Residential	19	4	15
Total	22	5	17

On 17 March 2020 Christina I & II caught COVID-19 during a trip to Denver while helping an elderly family member, following her return to Houston the family member had died and had been found to have died of complications due to COVID-19. Following this Her Imperial Majesty and family members recently in contact with her were quarantined in the Capitol building, with Grandeur Print reporting that one person was suspected to have COVID-19 (Christina I & II) and a state of emergency was declared in Cycoldia. Later Her Imperial Majesty was confirmed to have had COVID-19 along with her mother and step father. As well during that time an emergency Ministry of Health was formed. The first Minister of Health was Leah Cohen, until she was replaced by William Denton, until his dismissal as a minister and removal from the nation. Following the removal of William Denton there was no given replacement, causing the ministry to be under the direct control of Christina I & II. Later the Ministry of Health planned to released a survey to the citizenry of Cycoldia regarding COVID-19 Infectivity, in partnership with Statistic-Dime on 25 March 2021, which surveyed citizens about COVID-19 Infectivity among Cycoldian citizens and their families. Cycoldia officially has listed five deaths from the disease, making it the highest public death count among micronations recognised by Cycoldia.

Government

Cycoldia is a constitutional monarchy, with the most recent constitution passed on 7 April 2023. It limits the power of the monarchy and the Government. The government is lead by the Prime Minister who appoints their own cabinet and serves the General Assembly. Elections for the General Assembly are held every March and September, with the most recent election being held in March 2023.

Aidan Fritz voting with the first paper ballot to be used in a Cycoldian general election during the March 2023 general election.

The following are the most senior officials of the Cycoldian Government:

• Summi Imperatoria Christina I & II
• Prime Minister Arthur Lacey-Scott-FitzLacia
• Chief Marshal Brandon Mierzwa
• Chief of the CSDF Thaddeus Miller

General Assembly seats

Main article: General Assembly of Cycoldia

Members of the General Assembly

Voting Members
Member	Party		Seat Number
HIM Christina I & II		Monarchist Party	1
HNH Arthur Lacey-Scott-FitzLacia		Monarchist Party	2
HNH Avery Prasatik		Monarchist Party	3
HH Amelia Banks		Monarchist Party	4
HE Kevon Burnett		Monarchist Party	5
Hon. Brandon Mierzwa		Monarchist Coalition	6
HNH Thaddeus Miller		Monarchist Party	7
HH Christopher Tran		Unitary Party	8
Hon. Maximilian Greig		Monarchist Party	9
Hon. Aidan Fritz		Unitary Party	10
Non-Voting Members
Member	Party		Member State
Hon. Julia Night		Monarchist Party	Lur
Hon. Anthony de Dathuria		Monarchist Party	Dathuria
Hon. Ra'ees Richards		Independent	Creek and Lake
Hon. Evan Paul		Democratic Party	Jockromasa
Vacant	—		Sequeria

Diplomacy

Cycoldia has been quite diplomatically focused in its history, with the Foreign & Colonial Office managing most affairs diplomatically. The Foreign Minister is the primary official to manage any issue of diplomacy, though at times the Summi Imperatoria may intervene. The current Foreign & Colonial Minister is Arthur Lacey-Scott-FitzLacia. While policies have differed on the entry of diplomats, the position of a border officer (BO) has continued. The sole incident that has occurred on diplomatic entry have been some issues of misuse of it, though it is a rare occurrence.

Cycoldia states it has been recognised by the United States Department of Education by technicality, as per a stamp on the passport of Christina I & II. Cycoldia is in the following organisations or alliances (Multi-Micronational Pacts):

• YAMO Federation
• United Micronational League

Christina I & II speaking to other delegates at MicroCon 2019 during the Gala.

As well the Grand Republic of Cycoldia recognises the following nations (Non-Mutual):

• All United Nations member states
• United States
• Belarusian Democratic Republic
• Republic of Molossia
• Ruritania
• Slabovia
• Republic of China
• Vatican City
• Grand Duchy of Westarctica

The following nations are members of the Cycoldian Imperium:

• Altearn Federation
• Dathuria
• Jockromasa
• Lur
• Lacia
• Sequeria

The Grand Republic of Cycoldia has mutual recognition with the following nations:

• Aenopia
• Aerican Empire
• Arthurian Empire
• Bavarian Democratic Republic
• Begley Commonwealth
• Republic of Caddia
• Grand Duchy of Flandrensis
• Metropolitan Electorate of Fidelis
• Firefly Kingdom
• Kingdom of Gradonia
• State of Iceni
• Empire of Lehmark
• Kingdom of Lytera
• Matachewan
• Archduchy of Mimas
• Kingdom of Oskonia
• State of Pacem
• Grand Emirate of Raphania
• Regelis
• Kingdom of Salanda
• Principality of Sancratosia
• Kingdom of Sildavia
• Empire of Veritas
• Republic of West Who

The Grand Republic of Cycoldia has ceased mutual recognition with the following nations:

• United Republics of Antarctica
• Biologia
• Federal Republic of Caddia
• Desert District
• Commonwealth of Dracul
• Commonwealth of Essexia
• Federated States of Gapla
• Social Republic of Georgienstine
• Empire of Kapreburg
• Principality of Ledilia
• Commonwealth of Naveria
• Free Socialist State of Paloma
• Penzancian Federation
• Phoklandian Free State
• Prussian-Caribbean Empire
• Sunsonia
• State of Vishwamitra

(The Grand Republic of Cycoldia also attended MicroCon 2019 and MicroCon 2022 and Christina I & II has said that she has intentions to attend MicroCon 2023 in both Europe and America.)

Culture

Holidays

Date	Name
1 January	New Year's Day
6 May	Christina I & II Day
7 May	Constitution Day
June	Pride Month
30 June	Victory Day
30 August	Missy Barrett Day
6 November	Independence Day
16 November	Eugene Thomas Day
4th Thursday in November	Thanksgiving
Winter Solstice	Yule
25 December	Christmas

The Pride Flag of the Grand Republic of Cycoldia. Made by Christina I & II.

Cycoldia has a very mixed culture. Cycoldia is mostly aligned with the culture of the United States of America, with a majority of the population living in territory claimed by the United States. The gender makeup of the nation is male oriented, with 79.4% of the population reporting their gender as male, 16.9% as female, and 3.7% as non-binary. Cycoldia also has a very deep devotion to the monarchy, as 93.5% of all citizens rated a 50% or more loyalty to the monarchy as of 2 September 2021. As well the nation is a secular society, with the freedom of religion and no official national religion. Cycoldia also has a very nonpartisan education system, with the General Assembly having no place in education, instead the Summi Imperator/Summi Imperatoria having the authority over the educational system. Cycoldia also has a very interventionist system in multiple intermicronational issues. Cycoldians are also very patriotic with zero separatist movements in the nation's history. The nation also harbours a large number of diplomats, having approximately 30 diplomats representing entities in the nation, circa January 2021. The nation also mainly uses Discord to communicate with its citizens and as well mainly uses it to conduct diplomacy and foreign relations but also will meet on other sites and in person.

Cycoldiaball

The Cycoldiaball, a Cycoldian countryball, has been used in the nation for a long time dating as long as September 2019, including with pieces such as with the version of it with the ball attacking an unknown entity. As well the Cycoldiaball has been very influential in representing the nation and its people such as in a group picture of many Countryballs.

One of the first instances of Cycoldiaball

Cycoldia in Hetalia

Cycoldia was first introduced in Hetalia by an artist on twitter named @seborgaboi on 17 February 2020. Later they made a page on Tumblr in which there are more made ones of Cycoldia in Hetalia, with the page being ask-hws-cycoldia. Christina I & II also has submitted a question to the page on Tumblr. In Hetalia Cycoldia is depicted wearing either a uniform or an orange t-shirt, with her hair being braided. As stated by the person who manages the tumblr page they are not affiliated with the Cycoldian government and that they are only in the Cycoldian discord server and know Christina I & II, though they are not connected to anyone else in the government.

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  First instance of Cycoldia Hetalia by @seborgaboi from Twitter on 17 February 2020

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  Another instance of the design with a separate uniform

The Nowellian

Main article: The Nowellian

On 19 October Christina I & II released a puzzle mystery called The Nowellian, in which she then challenged people to reach the "Prasatik Solution". The next day at 00:00CT she then released the final clue, which was a link to this page on Microwiki. There currently has been 4 people able to solve The Nowellian, Abrams Wiucki-Dunswed, Aidan McGrath, Cassius Varrene, and Isaiah Burdette, though Abrams Wiucki-Dunswed and Aidan McGrath's are no longer recognised by the Cycoldian government. It is and has been sponsored by the Cycoldian government, as the person to create it is Christina I & II (Monarch of Cycoldia). The Nowellian has been said to have to do with the Cycoldian political scene. Her Imperial Majesty has also created a channel on Cycoldia's official Discord server, called "nowellain-updates".

April Fools Day 2020

For April Fools' Day in 2020 Christina I & II declared that the government would adopt the denied EU proposal Barcode flag, that the National religion would be Pastafarianism, that the new national name would be the United States of Cycoldia, and that the new national language would be English (Russian). Later in the day she made the flag the "Head Fire Man" from a video by CallMeCarson, seen in a video on skribbl.io.

Climate

Due to being in Houston, Cycoldia has a humid subtropical climate, it has high amounts of moisture, large amounts of rainfall, and high temperatures. It has a normal annual precipitation of 49.77 inches (1,264 mm), and consistent rainfall throughout the year, but does have some dry spells. The most recent hurricane was Hurricane Harvey, though it hit before the foundation of Cycoldia. A large winter storm hit Cycoldia on February 13, 2021, ending on February 17, 2021. During it both the Capitol Building and Pine Palace lost power, though the Capitol Building had a generator during it.

Climate data for Houston (Intercontinental Airport), 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1888–present
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °F (°C)	84 (28.9)	91 (32.8)	96 (35.6)	95 (35)	99 (37.2)	107 (41.7)	105 (40.6)	109 (42.8)	109 (42.8)	99 (37.2)	89 (31.7)	85 (29.4)	109 (42.8)
Average high °F (°C)	62.9 (17.17)	66.3 (19.06)	73.0 (22.78)	79.6 (26.44)	86.3 (30.17)	91.4 (33)	93.7 (34.28)	94.5 (34.72)	89.7 (32.06)	82.0 (27.78)	72.5 (22.5)	64.3 (17.94)	79.7 (26.5)
Average low °F (°C)	43.2 (6.22)	46.5 (8.06)	52.5 (11.39)	59.4 (15.22)	67.6 (19.78)	73.5 (23.06)	75.1 (23.94)	74.8 (23.78)	69.8 (21)	60.9 (16.06)	52.1 (11.17)	44.6 (7)	60.0 (15.56)
Record low °F (°C)	5 (-15)	6 (-14.4)	21 (-6.1)	31 (-0.6)	42 (5.6)	52 (11.1)	62 (16.7)	54 (12.2)	45 (7.2)	29 (-1.7)	19 (-7.2)	7 (-13.9)	5 (−15)
Average Precipitation inches (mm)	3.38 (85.9)	3.20 (81.3)	3.41 (86.6)	3.31 (84.1)	5.09 (129.3)	5.93 (150.6)	3.79 (96.3)	3.76 (95.5)	4.12 (104.6)	5.70 (144.8)	4.34 (110.2)	3.74 (95)	49.77 (1,264.2)
Average relative humidity (%)	74.7	73.4	72.7	73.1	75.0	74.6	74.4	75.1	76.8	75.4	76.0	75.5	74.7
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in)	9.6	9.2	8.8	6.8	8.0	10.6	9.1	8.3	8.0	7.9	8.2	9.5	104.0
Sunshine hours	143.4	155.0	192.5	209.8	249.2	281.3	293.9	270.5	236.5	228.8	168.3	148.7	2,577.9
Source: NOAA (relative humidity and dew point 1969–1990, sun 1961–1990)

Climate data for Houston (William P. Hobby Airport), 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1941–present
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °F (°C)	85 (29.4)	87 (30.6)	96 (35.6)	94 (34.4)	100 (37.8)	105 (40.6)	104 (40)	106 (41.1)	108 (42.2)	96 (35.6)	90 (32.2)	84 (28.9)	108 (42.2)
Average high °F (°C)	63.0 (17.22)	66.0 (18.89)	72.4 (22.44)	78.8 (26)	85.4 (29.67)	90.1 (32.28)	92.1 (33.39)	92.6 (33.67)	88.4 (31.33)	81.2 (27.33)	72.4 (22.44)	64.5 (18.06)	78.9 (26.06)
Average low °F (°C)	45.1 (7.28)	48.5 (9.17)	54.3 (12.39)	60.9 (16.06)	68.7 (20.39)	73.9 (23.28)	75.5 (24.17)	75.7 (24.28)	71.7 (22.06)	63.1 (17.28)	53.9 (12.17)	46.7 (8.17)	61.5 (16.39)
Record low °F (°C)	10 (-12.2)	14 (-10)	22 (-5.6)	36 (2.2)	44 (6.7)	56 (13.3)	64 (17.8)	66 (18.9)	50 (10)	33 (0.6)	25 (-3.9)	9 (-12.8)	9 (−12.8)
Average Precipitation inches (mm)	3.87 (98.3)	3.21 (81.5)	3.20 (81.3)	3.25 (82.6)	4.75 (120.7)	7.10 (180.3)	4.66 (118.4)	5.06 (128.5)	5.21 (132.3)	5.99 (152.1)	4.32 (109.7)	4.03 (102.4)	54.65 (1,388.1)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in)	9.2	9.0	8.0	7.1	7.3	9.9	9.1	9.8	9.1	7.6	8.5	9.1	103.7
Source: NOAA

Flag

Main article: Flag of Cycoldia

The first Flag of Cycoldia was a rectangular standard with 3:2 dimensions. The later design was also a rectangular standard with the original flag design as the canton and ten red stripes and nine white stripes, with approximate dimensions of 4:3. The current design of the Cycoldian flag has slight alterations, including the change of the stripe being no longer clipped by the canton, as well the dimensions are changed to approximately 3:2. The flag's meaning is that the canton symbolises the original two capital system, in which the two capitals are merging to make one nation. The bars of the flag were added later, with the meaning being people involved in the foundation of the nation, and the items that are honoured by the nation.

External

• Official Cycoldia Website
• Official Discord Server
• Official Patreon

References

Footnotes

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