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|name = Upper Bascal (eng)
Negara Baskal (zsm)
نݢارا بسکل
Negaghe Baska (bml) |year_start = 2009 |year_end = 2014 |year_start2 = 2018 |image1 = |image2 = |motto = Bekerjasama demi kejayaan !
بکرجاسام دمي کجايأن
(Work Together for success!) |anthem = Negara Baskal, Tanah Airku (Bascal my homeland)
نݢارا بسکل، تانه ايرکو |location = Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia |capital = RKuala Terengganu |largest_city = Singapore Street A.D |languages = Malay, Bascal Malay
Recongnised languages: Gutaish, Arabic, English, Kelantanese |religions = Islam |demonym = Bascalian |government = Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic |head of state = Imperator |head of government = Governor |3rd_h = |hos_name = |hog_name = |3rd_h_name = |legislature = National Parliament of Bascal |type = Unicameral |seats = 4 seats |election = December 2010 (presidental election) |established = 7 January 2009 |area = 1 acre |population = 9 |currency = Bascal Dollar (unused)
Malaysian Ringgit (official) |time_zone = BST (UTC +8)
DST not observed (UTC+8) |nat_sport = Badminton, Cycling |nat_dish = Rice and Noodle |nat_drink = None |nat_animal = Fighting fish |patron saint = Prophets of Islam |notes = Bascal is a member of UAMW,UIM,MASA |web = Official Website }}

Upper Bascal (IPA: bɑːskɑːl, Malay: Baskal, Bascal Malay: Baska, Jawi script:بسکل), officially known as the State of Bascal, was a landlocked micronation located in Malaysia. It was established on 7 January 2009 by Amir Syafiq, his friends, and his families. The State of Bascal was an enclave surrounded by the state of Terengganu, Malaysia. The capital city of Bascal was Kamp Basca D.C and the largest city was Singapore Street. On 26 October 2011, it changed the name from "Land Republic of Bascal" to the "State of Bascal".

Bascal was a unitary parliamentary constitutional republic consisting of 8 districts, 22 areas and 1 autonomous territory. Bascal was a member of Union Against Micronational War, Micronational Association of Southeast Asia, Union of Islamic Micronations and Intermicronational Blue Cross and Blue Crescent Movement, and a permanent observer of Association of Indonesian Micronations from 2011 until it's dissolution in 2014.

On 15 November 2014, the State of Bascal officially dissolved as an independent micronation and rejoined with the State of Terengganu, Malaysia after its 5 years in existence.




== Etymology =='

Bascal derives from the Malaysian word Basikal which means Bicycle. It is also a name of the predecessor of Bascal, "Kampong Basikal" which literally means a bicycle village.