Post by Nathan on Jul 24, 2004 16:20:28 GMT -6
May 31, 2003
The Annals of Natopia:
First Edition
By, HSE, the Grand Chancellor, Nathan Shepard
The rich history of Natopia begins on a hot summer morning in the Mehlville High School cafeteria. The date is August 23. It is a freshman orientation. Aaron P., Joel C., and I are all sitting at the same table. I turn over a piece of paper and, in my boredom, draw a city floating high above the earth in the clouds. After seeing my drawing, Aaron, now Supreme Commander, and Joel, now Minister of Foreign Affairs, both contribute ideas to this fictious city. In the space of several minutes the basic ideal of the city is set up. Now came the hard part. I thought of what to name this city. The three of us had established that this was a utopia, kept perfect by eliminating all imperfect citizens. Since I was the main Founder of the city, I fused the words Nathan and utopia together to form Natopia.
The City of Natopia began slowly. Several friends displayed interest in the “kill bad citizens” idea of Natopia. Natopia was not officially established until about two weeks after the founding of my personal website, The Black Hole, then known as SpaceDragon87’s Lair. The first Natopia website was a list of city officials. The Natopia Enlistment Site continued to be the main front of Natopia until the government became more structured and the culture larger. The first officials to sign up on the Enlistment Site were Sherry L. and Tasneem C.
Soon after school began, I found a rather interesting field of politics and history, micronationalism. I then reorganized my small city into a nation. The Supreme Sovereign State of Natopia was the first incarnation of Natopia as a nation. Several other incarnations include the Natopian Alliance and the Supreme Sovereign States of the Natopian Alliance. Appointed republicanism then became the basic Natopian government type. Therefore the name of Natopia was changed yet again to the current name of the Supreme Sovereign Republic of Natopia.
While Natopia was an Alliance of the Supreme Sovereign States, a constitution was drafted. This constitution was in use until a redraft was called for and executed by myself. The new constitution, The Articles of the Supreme Sovereign Republic of Natopia, faithfully spell out the role of officials, the national government, branches of the government, and the Regions.
The first area claimed by Natopia is the area surrounding my house. The original borders of Natopia are preserved as the Principality of Natopia, seat of the capitol city, Lindstrom. The Five Regions were added and borders were drawn after the annexation of Mehlville, Oakville, Lemay, and Concord. The first Region of Natopia is Dracoheim. After its conception, Dracoheim immediately asked for independence from the Republic. The Treaty of Dracoheim granted Independence to Dracoheim. Since then, however, the Region of Dracoheim has been reabsorbed into the Republic, losing its sovereignty because of inactivity.
The four other Regions have been set up to divide the Republic and easily govern the vast nation. These Regions have never had any sovereignty granted to them. They are Hoheit, Frieden, Shepard, and Lochhatonia. The first two are named after German words for sovereignty and peace, respectively. The last two are named for the Grand Chancellor and Grand Judge, respectively.
The Natopian Confederacy briefly existed with Natopia as its founding member. The Confederacy was created to help Natopia and, then independent, Dracoheim increase communication and productivity. The Confederacy has since been abandoned, as Natopia is the only member.
The foreign relations of Natopia have helped to enrich Natopian culture and government. Nations that have had prolonged contact with Natopia include the World Domination Society, lead by Cheryl C., Emilyland, lead by Emily S., Hell, lead by Alex S., and the empire lead by Mark M. The first nation to recognize Natopia that was not run by a student from Mehlville was the Republic of Helios. Natopia has fought two wars: the WDS War and the War of Emilyland. The WDS War was fought because the WDS not like the idea of a new nation in Mehlville, so it attacked us. Since then, WDS-Natopia relations are the models of cooperation as both nations have embarked on a joint project of destroying gravity. The War of Emilyland was fought when former Minister of Domestic Affairs, Emily S., resigned and attacked to prohibit the government of Natopia from exercising its sovereignty over her. She has since been exiled. During the WDS War, Natopia received support from other nations based around the world and became accepted into several micronational organizations. The most prestigious of these is the Splendid Union of Microstatia. Natopia is currently in the process of being elected as a Full Member. The other organization is the most active forum relating to micronationalism, Micro-nations.org.
Recent political history includes the termination of Nominated First Senator, Mathew S.’s candidacy. His candidacy was terminated after he revealed to me that he was no longer interested in Natopia. The Tasneemian Revolution was a period of Natopian decline. Several people stated that Prime Minister of Natopian Development, Tasneem, was planning a revolution to put Grand Judge Sherry in charge of Natopia. This has since been considered false.
Natopia has had ten months of history, and undoubtedly, many more editions of the Annals of Natopia will be made.
The Annals of Natopia:
First Edition
By, HSE, the Grand Chancellor, Nathan Shepard
The rich history of Natopia begins on a hot summer morning in the Mehlville High School cafeteria. The date is August 23. It is a freshman orientation. Aaron P., Joel C., and I are all sitting at the same table. I turn over a piece of paper and, in my boredom, draw a city floating high above the earth in the clouds. After seeing my drawing, Aaron, now Supreme Commander, and Joel, now Minister of Foreign Affairs, both contribute ideas to this fictious city. In the space of several minutes the basic ideal of the city is set up. Now came the hard part. I thought of what to name this city. The three of us had established that this was a utopia, kept perfect by eliminating all imperfect citizens. Since I was the main Founder of the city, I fused the words Nathan and utopia together to form Natopia.
The City of Natopia began slowly. Several friends displayed interest in the “kill bad citizens” idea of Natopia. Natopia was not officially established until about two weeks after the founding of my personal website, The Black Hole, then known as SpaceDragon87’s Lair. The first Natopia website was a list of city officials. The Natopia Enlistment Site continued to be the main front of Natopia until the government became more structured and the culture larger. The first officials to sign up on the Enlistment Site were Sherry L. and Tasneem C.
Soon after school began, I found a rather interesting field of politics and history, micronationalism. I then reorganized my small city into a nation. The Supreme Sovereign State of Natopia was the first incarnation of Natopia as a nation. Several other incarnations include the Natopian Alliance and the Supreme Sovereign States of the Natopian Alliance. Appointed republicanism then became the basic Natopian government type. Therefore the name of Natopia was changed yet again to the current name of the Supreme Sovereign Republic of Natopia.
While Natopia was an Alliance of the Supreme Sovereign States, a constitution was drafted. This constitution was in use until a redraft was called for and executed by myself. The new constitution, The Articles of the Supreme Sovereign Republic of Natopia, faithfully spell out the role of officials, the national government, branches of the government, and the Regions.
The first area claimed by Natopia is the area surrounding my house. The original borders of Natopia are preserved as the Principality of Natopia, seat of the capitol city, Lindstrom. The Five Regions were added and borders were drawn after the annexation of Mehlville, Oakville, Lemay, and Concord. The first Region of Natopia is Dracoheim. After its conception, Dracoheim immediately asked for independence from the Republic. The Treaty of Dracoheim granted Independence to Dracoheim. Since then, however, the Region of Dracoheim has been reabsorbed into the Republic, losing its sovereignty because of inactivity.
The four other Regions have been set up to divide the Republic and easily govern the vast nation. These Regions have never had any sovereignty granted to them. They are Hoheit, Frieden, Shepard, and Lochhatonia. The first two are named after German words for sovereignty and peace, respectively. The last two are named for the Grand Chancellor and Grand Judge, respectively.
The Natopian Confederacy briefly existed with Natopia as its founding member. The Confederacy was created to help Natopia and, then independent, Dracoheim increase communication and productivity. The Confederacy has since been abandoned, as Natopia is the only member.
The foreign relations of Natopia have helped to enrich Natopian culture and government. Nations that have had prolonged contact with Natopia include the World Domination Society, lead by Cheryl C., Emilyland, lead by Emily S., Hell, lead by Alex S., and the empire lead by Mark M. The first nation to recognize Natopia that was not run by a student from Mehlville was the Republic of Helios. Natopia has fought two wars: the WDS War and the War of Emilyland. The WDS War was fought because the WDS not like the idea of a new nation in Mehlville, so it attacked us. Since then, WDS-Natopia relations are the models of cooperation as both nations have embarked on a joint project of destroying gravity. The War of Emilyland was fought when former Minister of Domestic Affairs, Emily S., resigned and attacked to prohibit the government of Natopia from exercising its sovereignty over her. She has since been exiled. During the WDS War, Natopia received support from other nations based around the world and became accepted into several micronational organizations. The most prestigious of these is the Splendid Union of Microstatia. Natopia is currently in the process of being elected as a Full Member. The other organization is the most active forum relating to micronationalism, Micro-nations.org.
Recent political history includes the termination of Nominated First Senator, Mathew S.’s candidacy. His candidacy was terminated after he revealed to me that he was no longer interested in Natopia. The Tasneemian Revolution was a period of Natopian decline. Several people stated that Prime Minister of Natopian Development, Tasneem, was planning a revolution to put Grand Judge Sherry in charge of Natopia. This has since been considered false.
Natopia has had ten months of history, and undoubtedly, many more editions of the Annals of Natopia will be made.