All Your Spies Are Belong To Us

Thoenen Helios, recently caught as a spy within the Empire of Antica, is now allegedly up to some new antics. Just recently, a new person came to Feianova with the name of "Bruce". He applied and received citizenship through their assembly, and accused Jouker Sendler of being an informant for Antica and Shireroth, which sparked Mr. Sendler's resignation of citizenship in Feianova.

Now, this all being interesting enough in itself, one might think that the story ends here, but in fact, the story has not begun. The real story is that Thoenen is this "Bruce". While admitted personally, the public proof of this is for anyone to take a look at the Ezbaord profile of "Revolution2020", and you will see that this person has the email address of this "Bruce", yet the same AIM screen name as Thoenen. He claims that he "intended to be caught", although this is arguable whether that is true, or simply Thoenen trying to save some of his dignity.

- Our Other Secret Correspondent

News Shorts (28/06/04)

Feianova- Who says no good things can come from war? Recent alligations against the Feianovan Commune saw a tripling in the average number of visits to the nations forums on June 28. The nation is also celebrating the return of founder, Sander Dieleman, and three new citizenship applications in the past week.

Shireroth/Feianova Tensions flared at forums across the microworld after it was claimed this week that Feianovan agents were infiltrating Antica's forums. Babkha, Shireroth, MNN and Feianovan forums all had threads with more than two pages arguing over the unfolding events. Things seem to have settled down now, with Shirerothian citizens now arguing over wether they despise Amerada or Cyberia more, and how crappy their forums are.

Cyberia- Cyberia has decided to join the MCS Map, after what appears to be a long time not on it. They have requested, however, that should they leave, their part of the map go with them.

New Prime Minister for Aerlig

Adelwin, Aerlig- After former Prime Minister Lachlan Powers' term of more than one and a half years, it took just nineteen days for the fourth Prime Minister of the Republic, Mr Kevin Dobson, to be dismissed as head of the government.

Mr Dobson was dismissed from the Office of the Prime Minister by Protector Lachlan Powers this week, after the Protector called for a new vote of confidence due to the Prime Ministers inactivity. Mr Dobson, who has claimed the post from Mr Powers just weeks before in a 3-2 vote of parliament, was replaced with the unanimous election of newcomer Zachery Klass as the nations Prime Minister.

Prime Minister Klass was quick to move the government into gear, appointing his cabinet of ministers in just a few days. Former Prime Minister Powers, the Leader of the Opposition, was awarded with the Deputy Prime Ministership, while National Party Member Jouker Sendler was granted the Internal Affairs Portfolio. New MP Thoenen Helios has taken up the position as Aerlig's Minister of External Affairs.

The Protector announced later in the week that a by-election may soon be held to fill the vacancy left in Parliament by inactive member Dobson.

EIFA AtterCup Kicks Off This Week

Attera- The EIFA Football Season is revving up again with the start of the EIFA AtterCup this Friday in Attera.

To be battled out between Aerlig, Feianova, Attera, Treesia, Navland and Karnali, the cup is running in a round robin tournament out of Attera's shiny new Rasnet Group Stadium. The first game will kick off on Friday evening between Attera and Aerlig, while Feianova battles reigning World Cup Champions Karnali. Newcomer Navland will then face off against the football heavyweights from Treesia.

Aerlig swears in new Protector

Adelwin, Aerlig- The coronation of the fifth Aerlig Protector took place last week, with the swearing in of former Prime Minister Lachlan Powers as the nations head of state.

Crowds lined the streets of the nations new capital, Adelwin, to cheer the hometown citizen, who will be the first person from the capital city to serve in the nations top job. The ceremony saw a procession up the cities main street, Republic Drive, terminating at the top of the hill with the Oath of Office at Statesman House, the Aerlig National Parliament. Prime Minister Zachery Klass congratulated the new leader, wishing him the best of luck.

Mr Powers fills the position which has been largely vacant over the past four to five months, and is one of just two remaining original citizens of the Republic. Protector Powers immediately issued a statement drawing the Central Court under the power of the Protector, as is allowed under the constitution.

The Helios Scandal

FEIANOVA CITY, FEIANOVA/AQUILARIA, ANTICA/KAMALSHAHR, BABKHA - A major espionage scandal has been uncovered over the last week that threatens to engulf the Feianovan community, with special ramifications also appearing in Babkha, where a Feianovan dual-citizen, Theonen Helios, has been placed under an order to keep the peace by the Supreme Court, in what appears to be the preliminary act to an indictment.

On June 24th, the Dinarchy of Antica published allegations that citizen Theonen Helios, was involved in efforts on behalf of Feianova to cause a general war against Antica. To this end Helios is alleged to have fed the Kingdom of Babkha false information concerning the imminence of an Antican attack on the Babkhan infrastructure. The Babkhan Shah responded to the Antican allegations by acknowledging that his government had been aware that Helios was involved in spreading disinformation but declined to elaborate.

It appears that Helios was caught after separate investigations by the Antican Intelligence Service and the Imperial Babkhan Army into alleged “papel� Ethan Aster and a “dodgy dossier� provided by Thoenen Helios were linked by the Shirerithian intelligence agency SHINE.

In Babkha the allegations have been deemed serious enough to merit legal proceedings being brought against Helios. In Kamalshahr the bureaucracy has been assembling over the weekend the mechanisms for a trial. With Associate Justice Ardashir Osmani binding over Helios to keep the peace in the Kingdom of Babkha, until such time as his case is brought to trial, and the Shah inviting a neutral third party to take the post of Director of Public Prosecution on a 30-day contract, it is reported from contacts in the Babkhans Vizierate of Home Affairs that an indictment might be issued as soon as next Monday (June 28th).

Thoenen Helios has resigned all Micronational citizenships in an attempt to head off retribution and has also published apparent confession. Nonetheless critics of teh impending legal action against Helios have questioned whether Babkha has any jurisdiction in this matter as the accused is now no longer a Babkhan. However, sources close to the Shahyiar Palace have countered by pointing out that crimes alleged to have occurred while a person was a Babkhan citizen still need to be addressed by the court to, firstly, assert the supremacy of the law and, secondly, to confirm one way or another the accused's innocence or guilt.

The Helios scandal has, moreover, caused some confusion in Babkha, with the Supreme Court having issued an order stopping the declaration of Thoenen Helios as a traitor. Most bizarrely, Grand Vizier Rakesh Ackbar, who made the original petition that led to the ruling, appeared to be petitioning against his own government, which in turn responsibility in some part for the administration of Babkha’s ezboard. There have been some calls for his resignation if he intends to be, as is speculated, Thoenen Helios’ defence council, on the grounds of a conflict of interest that might well arise from the head of government defending a former citizen accused of betraying that selfsame government.

What is unclear is the extent to which other Feianovan dual citizens in Babkha were aware or involved in the alleged occurrences. If their invlovement was as extensive as the Anticans claim, the possible rogue activities of one individual could soon become clouded in a major Intermicronational crisis.

The case continues...

- from our Secret Correspondent

Molossian Military Academy Reopens

After a year-and-a-half hiatus, the Molossian Military Academy has reopened.

The Academy, the only institution of its type online, is dedicated to providing academic military training to those individuals that are involved in or may be seeking a military career, especially in the micronational world. The program is free of charge, and provides a certificate of completion when the course is complete. The course includes testable and non-testable readings, and successful completion involves passing three short examinations, one dealing with an historical battle, one dealing with tactics and one dealing with leadership.

The Academy has graduated many students in the past, and this success is expected to continue in the future.

- Khamsin Molossia News

Related Links:
Molossian Military Academy

Quote of the Day (June 27th 2004)

"Ardashir is a real rolemodel for those wishing to be Arch Enemies. You should be more like him."
- David Northworthy Beckford -

Formula Z Roars Into Aerlig!

The second race of Formula Z's inaugural season took place in this morning's summer sunshine by the Bay of Ersenil. The tight and twisty nature of the track proved a challenge for all the drivers and teams, but the finish saw Knightrider Racing and its two drivers, Eoin (Sexy Helmet) Dornan and Iain de Vembria, take a decisive lead in teams' championship, while Trevon Anderosel of Nanite Racing heads the Drivers' Championship.

Meanwhile a Steward's Enquiry into the first race in Attera has uncovered a technical problem which resulted in the misreporting of lap positions. The results for that race have been recalculated and republished, and have also been incorporated in the cumulative leaderboards shown below.

The official results are as follows:

Race Results - Aerlig
(Race Points - Driver - Team)

51 - Trevon Andarosel - Nanite Racing
43 - Iain de Vembria - Knightrider Racing
43 - Eoin "Sexy Helmet" Dornan - Knightrider Racing
43 - Ardashir Khan Osmani - Osman-Almagro
39 - Ras Noseworthy - Team Attera
39 - Eddy Tarantino - Brascino
37 - King Samuel - Navigators
34 - Arpad Orenko - Cyva Racing Team
33 - Spetzjoe - Nanite Racing
32 - Victor Alont - Cyva Racing Team
32 - extreme007 - Xtremes
31 - Mattlore Devious - reNaUT
30 - Amir Shervanis - Osman-Almagro

Drivers' Championship Leaderboard (after two races)
(Cumulative Race Points - Driver)

93 - Trevon Andarosel
83 - Iain de Vembria
82 - Eoin "Sexy Helmet" Dornan
79 - Ras Noseworthy
79 - Eddy Tarantino
76 - Arpad Orenko
76 - extreme007
75 - Ardashir Khan Osmani
74 - King Samuel
73 - Mattlore Devious
67 - Victor Alont
67 - Amir Shervanis
33 - Spetzjoe

Team's Championship Leaderboard (after two races)
(Cumulative Race Points - Team)

165 - Knightrider Racing
143 - Cyva Racing Team
142 - Osman-Almagro
126 - Nanite Racing
79 - Team Attera
79 - Brascino
76 - Navigators
76 - Xtremes
73 - reNaUT

Related Links:
Steward's Enquiry into the Atteran results
Ersenil Race Track website
Formula Z Website

Shireroth Explodes

SHIREKEEP, SHIREROTH - The past few weeks have seen a massive surge in activity for the Imperial Republic of Shireroth, with the daily posts going from 39 a day up to (at most recent count) 111 per day! This surge in activity is most definitely attributable to one event: the 'practical joke' played by those of Shireroth's political elite referred to so amiably as 'the old boy's club' by their detractors and semi-detractors alike. This event, which saw one Kaiser deposed, another 'joke' Kaiser instated and then resign, and finally the 'real' Kaiser Los II take the throne, spurred the Shirerithian citizens, all set for the summer lull, into action.

Those elements already likely to kick up a fuss if something happened which really ticked them off (namely Duke Rakesh Ackbar of Brookshire and Duke Philip Locke of Hyperborea), were ticked off and kicked up a fuss, quite rapidly. They formed the Union for Progress, and (perhaps) PAST, although the author is unsure whether this is an organisation or some sort of maxim, and quickly displayed an overpowering ignorance of almost every political concept which has been fostered in Shireroth for the last couple of years, especially the infamous 'you have no rights, get used to it' philosophy.

People in Shireroth used to get resentful when compared to America, or when analogies were made using American comparisons, but only, admittedly, if these ticked Erik off. Now, just mention the words 'bourgeois republic', 'France', 'national assembly', 'rights', 'Prussia', 'federal' or a host of others, and you get a cheap fireworks display, courtesy of the new partisan pyrotechnical politics initiative in Shireroth.

The two 'sides', which have been named 'progressives' and 'conservatives', with both terms being used with pride and derision simultaneously, seem reluctant to find any common ground, at least without swearing rather immaturely at each other (admittedly this occurs far more frequently on one side than the other), or at least with some petty name-calling.

The idea came to both sides at once that they who produce the most legislation would then control the country. Unfortunately, either the progressives don't seem to be able to cope with the LawBook format, or their grand schemes are too massive to cope within its confining boundaries. Efforts to define ministries by the progressives, something which has been done in the past with no trouble whatsoever, have been met with howls of outrage, namely by those set to have 'their' ministries or institutions 'meddled with', and claims that the ministries were sacrosanct or above the Landsraad.

A casual observer, which the author must admit he is not, would perhaps comment that one side is finding their old weapons of complicity and unwritten laws fast becoming useless, and the other side is finding that the weapons they thought suitable for pursuing their campaign are fast flaking to show the rust underneath. The Praetor has ordered that no more bills be presented until he says so, has in fact done this twice, to cope with the further boom in legislation as his first order was removed, and has introduced another order stating that all bills must be in LawBook format.

Although amazement is forever being expressed at Shireroth's boom in activity, we must remember we were saying the exact same thing last year, when Kaiseress Aurefiction was in power. Gods willing though, the new Kaiser won't go out in a blaze of frustration, cursing all those who ever did anything and banning a person who is virtually a Shirerithian institution from taking power, comparisons must be drawn. There are rocky times ahead for Shireroth, the author is taking bets on three exiles and a public flogging, three to one, but only if the factions remain the same, though. The author takes no account for wild cards.

- Eoin Dornan, Shirithian Correspondent

Aerlig Elections Return an Upset

Adelwin, Aerlig - The Republic of Aerlig recently completed its ninth set of elections, with an upset win to the newly formed Liberal Republican Party.

The Liberal Republicans won two of the five seats in the National Parliament, and are now leading a minority government under the leadership of party leader Kevin, who has been yet to show up to accept the position. In the meantime, Deputy Prime Minister Zachary Klass has been leading the nation's affairs.

The win was an upset for the incumbent Prime Minister, Lachlan Powers, who had held the top position in government since the Republic's third Parliament back in 2001. Mr Powers, currently serving as Leader of the Opposition, has not given up on the nation, however, and is expected to be inducted this week as the Head of State, the Protector of the Republic.

News Shorts (17/06/04)

Feianova - Problems with the Feianovan forums were finally laid to rest a few weeks ago week with the launch of new micronational portal, www.mncentre.net. Visit the new website to find out the pages hosted thereon.

Feianova: Relations between Feianova and Antica have stalled, with the passage of an act in Feianova restricting citizens other than the Director of External Affairs from traveling to the nation. Feianova took the action in an attempt to limit activity in Antica.

Antica: Antica has moved onto heightened security this week for reasons which they do not appear to be sharing, even with their own security forces. They also appear to have received a new citizen in the form of a new micronationalist, a rarity these days.

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FNORD Award Nominees Announced

MNN, Treesia - The FNORD Awards have moved into voting mode, with the finalisation of nominations earlier this week.

A large number of nominations have been received from a variety of nations, with all but one of the twelve awards receiving multiple nominations. The Achievement in Diplomacy award received four nominations, although three of these are to different parties involved in the Attero-Babkhan negotiations earlier in the year. Three nominations were received for Best New Micronationalist, while five nations battle it out for the title of Best New Micronation. The award to watch out for should be the Tallini award for Egotism, however, with five nominees in the running for comparison to the egotist Tallini himself.

A full list of nominations is included below.


1) Achievement in Diplomacy
* Rakesh for the Attero-Babkhan negotiations
* Ardashir Khan for the Attero-Babkhan negotiations
* Johanns for getting Arminy to merge
* The Atteran Empire (Ras Noseworthy, HIH Diga) and the Kingdom of Babkha (HIH Tahmaseb, HE Ardashir, HE Rakesh) for their national effots

2) Achievement in Constitution or Legal Framework Design
* Scott Siskind for Shireroth's "Treaty in a Can"
* The Joint Committee on Unification, Hanover and Pendronia, Chaired by Lord Sigare of Pendronia
* The Babkhan Constitution Convention
* The 4th Crimson Constitution

3) Best Website Design
* Babkha (www.babkha.com)
* Shireroth (www.shireroth.org)

4) Best New Micronationalist
* Delphi of Anticia
* Trevon Andarosel of Shireroth
* Jesus Pablo Santiago of Baracão
* J John Herueus of Treesia

5) The Odlum Award for Overall Achievement
* King Alexander for modern Hanover
* Alarico Veto Cguila for modern Baracao

6) The Peter Little Award for Micronational Literature
* The Burning Sands of Tashbaan
* The Hanoverian Never-Ending Story

7) The Sander Award for Best New Micronation
* Guimontia
* Kingdom of Gotzborg
* Kingdom of Breuddwyd
* Mediterranea
* Feianova

8) Achievement in Economics
* Char-lez Braden aka Alexander I for Hanoverian automated banking
* Sander Dieleman for phpMX
* Austi Scot Shireroth's economy.

9) Achievement in News
* MZM for The Inquisitor
* Eoin Dornan for the Furball
* Cyberia for reviving news

10) Best Forum Design
* Lachlan Powers for Feianova
* Iain for Ifreann

11) The Tallini Award for Egotism
* The Dictatorship of Guimontia
* Kieran for having a henchman.
* Jacobus
* Rakesh for nominating himself
* Lachlan for nominating himself
* Balty Majeed for adopting a son and Kumarastan

12) Best Speaker
* Rakesh Ackbar for Babkhan Election speeches, Baracaoan court rulings etc
* Xavier Cervantes of Baracao
* Scott Siskind of Shireroth

Furball and Inquisitor Unite

MZM Offices - Feianova City, Feianova - The future of micronational media changed direction again today, with the amalgamation of the two currently largest and oldest publications, the Apollo Furball and MZM's The Inquisitor.

The two publications united just yesterday under the new banner of the Apollo Inquisitor, and with the merge moved to the new blogging format, which is taking micronationalism by storm. As a results, AI articles are now available on the MNN NewsFeed. The new publication will now be managed by Feianovan company The MZM Group.

Past editions of all the previous publications from the Furball, Inquisitor and Aerlig Post can be viewed online at www.mncentre.net/news.