Attera Launches South Asia Assistance Fund

In the wake of the recent devastating tsunami that caused vast destruction and loss of life throughout the East Indies and many other Indian Ocean islands and coastal regions, the Atteran government has created the Atteran South Asia Assistance Fund (ASAAF).

With authorisation from Prime Minister Johanns fonn Klosso, the ASAAF's goal is to raise "to raise at least US$200 to help alleviate the crisis in South and Southeast Asia", a target believed to be reasonable and achievable given the financial status of the majority of Atterans.

Donations will be forwarded via Catholic Relief Services in Baltimore and are being co-ordinated by Charles Beard, who said: "All micronationalists, of every country or macronationality, are invited to participate in ASAAF's fundraising drive. While the donation will be made in the name of the Solomonic Empire of Attera, the micronations of all who participate will be mentioned in the letter I send to CRS. I implore you, for the sake of those who are suffering, to consider making a donation to ASAAF."

He added: "I believe ASAAF's work can help build bridges between micronations and micronationalists, but more importantly, with those who are suffering, and do not have the luxury of micronationalism."

Molossia Bans Smoking

Smoking has been banned in the Republic of Molossia as from December 9th.

In defence of the ban, President Kevin Baugh stated: "Smoking is a blight upon the world, a dangerous vice that has no place in an enlightened society. The Current American Leader said a few years ago, 'there is such a thing as too much freedom', and in this rare case I agree with him. Smoking is a freedom our nation does not need."

Transgressors face an instant fine, and expulsion if they are visiting the country. Current Molossians are not expected to be affected as none of them smoke. The ban only applies to all uses of tobacco, not to any other similar substances, and is applicable both in public and in private.

- Khamsin Molossia News

Micronations Hit the Blogospheric Radar!

Hits to the Micronations.Net website increased twentyfold on December 23rd following a short posting about micronations on the Metafilter weblog. The article and its follow-up comments include links to wide variety of micronational references spanning a number of years.

Meanwhile, Micronations.Net itself was the featured subject of Bruce Eisner's Vision Thing, the personal blog of writer and psychologist Bruce Eisner, on December 26th, while micronations themselves were proposed as a new "industry" for the Blogshares fantasy blog shares market.

Treesia Increases Early Lead

Speedway Stadium, Treesia- After two draws in the opening round of the 2004 EIFA Champions Trophy, no-one was willing to settle for level scores yesterday, with definite winners emerging in each match of the second round.

The closest match of was that between world numbers one and two Treesia and Aerlig, which finished with a final score of 3-2. Both teams had a good first half, each managing to score a goal. The game looked set to finish in a two-all draw before Treesia stole away with four minutes to go, running the length of the field before setting up a magnificent shot from just outside the square. Aerlig goalkeeper Tyde vanHorshan, recently returned from injury after the Babkha Tri-Nations incident, could do nothing to stop the goal which shot between the goalposts at tremendous speed.

Karnali showed off its own skills, almost immediately proving too much for EIFA newcomer Navland, which looked as though it was already out of the match after the first ten minutes. Karnali pounced on their inexperience and broke away, scoring an amazing 10 goals to Navland's 2.

Attera faced its second loss of the tournament, when it went down to Cranda 6-3.

Treesia now sits with a clear lead at the top of the Champions Trophy league table with two wins and six points, followed by Karnali and Cranda who have one win each. Aerlig and Navland sit on one point with a draw each to their names, while Attera sits solely at the bottom with no points.

The EIFA Champions Trophy action takes place every second day until November 19th, with three matches per day. It is hosted by the Sovereign Order of Treesia at the Speedway Stadium Treesia, and live results can be seen on the official website.

Treesia Celebrates in Classic Style

Speedway Stadium, Treesia- The Sovereign Order of Treesia has rounded off its fourth anniversary celebrations in classic fashion, and reinforced its position as being the world's number one ranked football team, by opening the 2004 EIFA Champions Trophy with a decisive 7-4 victory over the rising power of Atteran football in a fast-paced match on Tuesday.

The Treesian attack proved too much for the Atterans, who were unable to limit the scoring to a insurmountable total. Treesia broke away early in the first half, scoring four goals, to which Attera could only manage three. Attera crumbled in the second half, scoring just one goal in reply to three from Treesia.

In other matches in the same round, Navland was unable to score anything against Aerlig's strong defence, with the game finishing in a 0-0 draw. Cranda and Karnali also ended the round with a draw at 4-all.

The EIFA Champions Trophy is being hosted by the Sovereign Order of Treesia at the Speedway Stadium Treesia. The tournament ends on November 19th, and live results can be seen on the official website.

News Shorts- Football: 2, YAMOs: 0

Adelwin, Aerlig- EIFA has now opened applications to host the 2004/05 EIFA World Cup, billed as the biggest micronational sporting event in history. Interested nations should visit the EIFA HQ.

Speedway Stadium, Treesia- The 2004 EIFA Champions Trophy is about to start in Treesia, with the top six ranked football nations battling it out to be Champion of Champions. Last year's champions Aerlig face an uphill battle after a year in the slumps, with Treesia and Karnali the firm favourites.

Halberd Lighthouse, Treesia- Die again, live again Treesia has celebrated its fourth anniversary, a colossal achievement for any nation. Babkha helped celebrate by slaughtering one thousand Mondesians.

Raspur, Babkha- The Raspur Micronational Community, recently formed at a conference in the of the same name, appears to have ground to a halt, just like so many other YAMOs. The Cyberians held the Presidency for October, but not much occurred, and we are yet to hear from the November President Mahina. Still only five nations have ratified the charter, with host nation Babkha yet to do so.

MicroXchange2 Set to Trade Soon

Lemuria- Legislatures and financial experts around the world are bracing themselves for the impending launch of MicroXchange2, which could revolutionise the micronational econo-sphere.

When the original PHP MicroXchange was launched to great acclaim last year, a large number of nations flocked to the system, which enabled them to transfer currency between nations at the click of a button. The system automatically calculated exchange rates and was hailed as the next sliced bread. However, it wasn't long before it came crashing to the ground, causing wide spread economic chaos (read: inactivity).

The production team of MicroXchange2, led by programming guru Sander Dieleman, has almost completed the new system. With an expanded array of features including private messaging, calculators and a snazzy control panel (as opposed to just a nifty one), the team is hoping that a number of nations will move their banks to the system.

New Bureaucracy to Handle Bureaucracy

Shirekeep, Shireroth- Celebrations have begun to recede after Monday’s celebrations with the splitting of the Ministry of the Interior into separate Ministries of Information and the Interior. Kaiser Raynor XI was on hand to cut the ribbon at the new headquarters, before posing the ever-so confusing question: “Let the infoing begin?�.

The new ministry has already suffered some teething problems, with the forums created in Spanish. Perhaps it was the work of some bitter employees at the streamlined Ministry of the Interior.

Host the EIFA World Cup

The English Intermicronational Football League (EIFA) is now accepting applications from nations to host the 2004-2005 EIFA World Cup.

The World Cup is the biggest English Micronational sporting event, and will be held during December and January of 2004-2005. Previous hosts, the Republic of Aerlig (2002) and the Theocracy of Mediterranea (2003-04) have enjoyed a large influx of visitors into their nation as a result of hosting the Cup.

The World Cup is open to all member nations of EIFA. At present, there are 11 member nations, but EIFA always greets a number of new members at the start of each World Cup.

EIFA opens the opportunity to host the World Cup to its members, providing they meet the criteria. Prospective hosts, who meet the criteria, must submit an application to the EIFA Head Office by no later than Sunday, November 14^th 2004.

Criteria for hosting the World Cup include:

* A prospective host nation must be at least six (6) months old

* A prospective host nation must have been a member of EIFA for at least three (3) months.

* A prospective host must have an active forum which has open access to non-citizens and members

A host nation will be selected by what it can offer the World Cup and EIFA, and how it will handle such activity and responsibility. As the World Cup host, a nation will be required to:

* Maintain a stadium (forum) in which World Cup matches can be played

* Maintain a website to keep teams and spectators abreast with World Cup developments.

* In conjunction with EIFA collect, tabulate and announce results of the World Cup matches.

* In conjunction with EIFA create a fixture for the World Cup

* In conjunction with EIFA award prizes to the winners of the World Cup

* In conjunction with EIFA ensure maximum publicity of the World Cup.

If your nation is interested in hosting the World Cup, please submit an application. Applications will only be accepted via email to eifa@mncentre.net.

Lachlan Powers
Director of EIFA

Application to Host the World Cup

Official Name of Applicant Nation:
Common Name of Applicant Nation:

Link to Forums:
Link to Website:

Name of Official Representative of Applicant Nation:
Official Title of Representative of Applicant Nation:
Email Address:

In which city do you propose the World Cup be held?
What is the name of the main stadium at which games will be played?

Is your nation willing to commit the time required to assist EIFA in running the World Cup, maintaining a forum and a website?
Will your nation allow free access to visitors during the Cup?

What other plans do you have? (Prizes, ceremonies, sponsors etc).
Please attach any accompanying information regarding the above question.

Please also provide links to any information you may have about the main stadium and/or city in which the Cup will be held.

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EIFA Tri Nations GF Rematch Produces a Winner!

Adelwin, Aerlig - The Superdome was again packed to the rafters today with people queuing in the streets for days to get their hands on tickets for the Grand Final Rematch of the EIFA Tri-nations Tourney. With the current world champions of German Soccer and the runners-up in the English World Cup doing battle, an estimated 67,000 people made their way to the dome to watch the match.

They weren't to be disappointed either. The match got off to a blazing start, with a Babkhan goal in the first five minutes sending the crowd wild. When the Atterans quickly replied, a deafening roar echoed through the stadium. A scuffle broke out between a number of Babkha and Atteran nationals in the Eastern Stand after Babkha put away two more goals to take the lead 3-1, but with those fans removed the crowd went back to focusing on the game to notice that the Atterans had shot away to 3-4. The teams went back and forward scoring before the end of the first half, levelling the scores at 8 all.

The Babkha defence in the second half proved too much for the Atterans however, who only managed to score 2 goals in response to Babkha's 4.

With Babkha's win in this Tourney they have risen to 11th in the World Rankings, just below Navland and Cranda. Additional points to Attera sent it above New Macadam, while Aerlig was bumped up one place above Karnali to second.

EIFA is certainly heating up, with more action soon to come including the Champions Cup and the October Karnalian Tournament, all before the World Cup in three months time!

FINAL SCORE: Babkha 12 defeated Attera 10
CROWD: 67,028 @ MZM Superdome, Adelwin

The Olympic Report

Last Friday (September 17th), the Micronational Olympics 2004, an event co-organized by Shireroth and Mahina, were closed by the posting of Scott Siskind's final speech. This was a bit of surprise, since some people knew that an Olympic event was under discussion and only a select few knew where and when it was held, or even that it was held in the first place.

In his speech, Scott spoke about the unifying power of sports in general and the Olympics in particular. The event had brought some nations (that we otherwise might never have heard about, such as Natopia and Mahina) closer to the micronational community, even if the major part of this community was absent from the Olympics.

The primary goal of the Olympics is not politics, though, but sport. The original plans contained both physical sports and mind sports - the first everyone could hold in their own backyards (if it they were large enough for a 3,000m parcours), the mind games such as Reversi and Chess were to be held online. Since there are no results shown for these, it is doubtful these events ever took place. The physical sports (frisbee throwing, tennisball throwing, 3000m running and 100m running) did take place, and according to the true Olympic spirit no-one cheated on the times or misjudged the distances. The non-running events were a clear victory for the Natopians, who also had the largest number of participants. Further details of the results can be found in the preceding article.

The lack of publicity surrounding this event is a pity, even more so since it was good opportunity for micronationalists to get some physical exercise instead of sitting in front of a computer all day. Apparently one journal was intended to be the official news publisher for the Games, but in the end this never materialised, while the Olympic Committee forum in Shireroth gave the impression that the Games just fizzled out. Let us hope, though, that this event will continue in the future, because it is an excellent initiative.

Natopia Sweeps the Boards at the Olympics

Following a marathon effort by our correspondents, we are pleased to report on the results of the 2004 Intermicronational Olympic Games. The Games were held jointly by Mahina and Shireroth (from August 13th to 29th), with Mahina doing the website, Shireroth the forum, and everyone else the games. Unfortunately everyone was waiting for someone else to do the publicity, mostly because there was supposed to be an official olympic newspaper, but for some reason (or several), this failed to materialize, but everyone was to polite or busy with other stuff to mention this or do something about it, which is why we're the first ones to actually write anything about what happened.

There were five "offline" (physical) events at the Games this year, namely Discus (with Frisbee), Shot Put (with Tennis Ball), the 100 Metre Run, the 3,000 Metre Run, and the Long Jump. There were also five "online" (mind) events: Yahoo Reversi, Yahoo Checkers, Yahoo Chess, Monopoly and Risk. However, we assume that most of these did not take place, as the official results have only been published for four of the "offline" events, and we can't tell you when, exactly, these events took place, as no dates and times for them have been published.

But all this should not detract from the fact the micronational world's best atheletes did take part in physical events, and did very well in them, although of course some did better than others. The official results are as follows:

Discus (with Frizbee)
Her Honor Sherry Lochhaas (Natopia) - 84 feet (Gold)
His Supremacy Aaron Pavletich (Natopia) - 75 feet (Silver)
His Sovereign Excellency Nathan Shepard (Natopia) - 56 feet (Bronze)
His Excellency President Kevin Baugh (Molossia) - 52 feet
His Royal Majesty Bryan (Mahina) - 51 feet
His Honor Craig Billmeyer (Natopia) - 33 feet

Shot Put (with Tennis Ball)
His Supremacy Aaron Pavletich (Natopia) - 123 feet (Gold)
His Honor Craig Billmeyer (Natopia) - 98 feet (Silver)
Her Honor Sherry Lochhaas (Natopia) - 83 feet (Bronze)
His Sovereign Excellency Nathan Shepard (Natopia) - 82 feet
His Royal Majesty Bryan (Mahina) - 71 feet, 6 inches
His Royal Majesty Samuel (Navland) - 70 feet, 2 inches
His Excellency President Kevin Baugh (Molossia) - 56 feet

100m Run
Brandon Baker (Navland) - 13.79 seconds (Gold)
His Royal Majesty Samuel (Navland) - 15.11 seconds (Silver)
His Royal Majesty Bryan (Mahina) - 21.23 seconds (Bronze)

3000m Run
President Radu Chinan (Gabilonia) - 16 min 18 sec (Gold)
His Royal Majesty Bryan (Mahina) - 20 min 14 sec (Silver)

The final medal tally was as follows:
Natopia - 6 (2 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze)
Navland - 2 (1 Gold, 1 Silver)
Mahina - 2 (1 Silver, 1 Bronze)
Gabilonia - 1 (1 Gold)

The End of Menelmacar

After a good month of compelete inactivity, Ric Lyon has declared the end of OAM, and with it the official end of the Menelmacar era. This end was long anticipated, because before the last month of inactivity, the country had already been withering away for about a year and was only being kept alive by idle chatting between Mari Greenwood and Kathyrn.

In his final speech, Ric Lyon, probably the only person who had citizenship in all incarnations of the micronation, referred to the hopeful start of the new nation in the summer of 2002 and to its long and slow downfall during the following year. His speech was written in Tolkienian style, in accordance with the theme of the micronation. Finally he addressed the new inhabitants of the land that Menelmacar once occupied on the MCS map: "My last hopes remain in the new rulers of Fëanoria, that they will toil the barren land, and make her once more bloom in all splendour. Blessings I give to the friends in the Red Antilles of the Fëanorian Isles." Ironically he ended the speech in the OAM forum with "peace and somemen", a phrase contributed to Archetype23, former arch-enemy of this part of Menelmacar.

It is not certain that Ric Lyon had the authority to declare the end of Menelmacar, as he officially resigned his citizenship on the 25th of February this year. However, it is unlikely that anybody cares enough to contest his declaration.

League Spreads Out Across the Field

On the second EMSL matchday, the world's premier teams started to pull away form the rest, with the Trishuli Extremes showing great promise by scoring a massive nine goals against their opponents, the Halberd Harriers. The only other match played saw the Dynamo beat Wizards SC Westmore by five goals to four.

Four teams once again failed to turn up, although rumours of invasions or revolutions just to get them to play have been dismissed as idle fantasies.

The official results are as follows:

Halberd Harriers - 0, Trishuli Xtremes - 9
DRAs Capitalist Shmazerz - 3, Redstar Bandera - 0
Vayelon Firewolves - 3, Gotzborg Eagles - 0
The Dynamo - 5, Wizards SC Westmore - 4
Mayo Sportistinda - 3, Baden Tigers - 0
FC Attera Imperial - 0, Adelwin Power - 3

The better teams are now starting to break away from the others - there are now four top teams, four middle teams and four bottom teams in the league, with the updated table looking thus:

1. Trishuli Xtremes - 6 points
2. DRAs Capitalist Shmazerz - 6 points
3. Mayo Sportistinda - 6 points
4. The Dynamo - 6 points
5. Wizards SC Westmore - 3 points
6. Vayelon Firewolves - 3 points
7. Adelwin Power - 3 points
8. Halberd Harriers - 3 points
9. Baden Tigers - 0 points
10. Gotzborg Eagles - 0 points
11. Redstar Bandera - 0 points
12. FC Attera Imperial - 0 points

The next matchday is Friday 24th September.

IFNA to Launch News Accreditation Scheme

MICRONATIONAL EYE, MICRAS - Micronational news editors are expected to be kept on their toes following the announcement of a news accreditation scheme by the Intermicronational Federation of News Agencies.

The proposed scheme, passed with the support of IFNA members, will certify publications that achieve a minimum standard of content, editing, grammar, punctuation and spelling. Publications will be monitored at regular periods and a special public accreditation noticeboard will be established to inform publications of corrections that need to be made in order for them to achieve full accreditation.

The scheme is expected to be launched by the end of the month.

Sovereign Order Finally Chooses Its Chairman

HALBERD LIGHTHOUSE, S.O. TREESIA - Following what may be one of the most protracted votes ever in micronational history (with nominations having started back in May), Eoin Dornan has been overwhelmingly elected as the first Chairman of the Sovereign Order of Treesia.

Dornan founded and led the original Barony of Treesia and Fabon in October 2000, when the world looked very different, and is currently Prime Minister of Attera. He was elected from a list of three candidates, which included former cleric J John Herueus and Grand Chancellor Sir Iain de Vembria.

Chairman Dornan was unavailable for comment at time of press, but he is expected to fulfil his duties with as much dedication as he gave to Treesia as Ard-Baron, and without unduly impinging on all the other things he gets up to, which you can read all about in his no-holds-barred Livejournal.

No-show Teams Fail to Spoil First Games

ERSENIL, AERLIG - The EMSL achieved a record attendance on Friday when two thirds of its member teams turned up for the first game of the new soccer season. As a result two proper matches were played and only four games were won on forfeits. Six of the teams that did turn up now share the lead of the league table with three points each, while the others are languishing at the bottom with none.

Last season's lyrical commentator Baruch O'Shaughnessy also failed to make an appearance, thus sharing the embarrassment of a no-show with the Baden Tigers, FC Attera Imperial, the Gotzborg Eagles and Redstar Bandera. EMSL Head Honcho Jouker Sendler reminded the teams that plays can be submitted for all the matches in advance, so the team managers have no excuses for failing to show up with their teams in time for each match.

This season's league has features 22 match days, plays every Friday and ends in the New Year. The results for the first match are as follows:

Trishuli Xtremes - 3, Adelwin Power - 1
Mayo Sportistinda - 3, FC Attera Imperial - 0
Baden Tigers - 0, The Dynamo - 3
Wizards SC Westmore - 5, Vayelon Firewolves - 3
Gotzborg Eagles - 0, DRAs Capitalist Shmazerz - 3
Redstar Bandera - 0, Halberd Harriers - 3

The league table stands thus:

1. Halberd Harriers - 3 points
2. DRAs Capitalist Shmazerz - 3 points
3. The Dynamo - 3 points
4. Mayo Sportistinda - 3 points
5. Wizards SC Westmore - 3 points
6. Trishuli Xtremes - 3 points
7. Vayelon Firewolves - 0 points
8. Adelwin Power - 0 points
9. Baden Tigers - 0 points
10. Gotzborg Eagles - 0 points
11. Redstar Bandera - 0 points
12. FC Attera Imperial - 0 points

The next matches take place on Friday 17th September.

Formula Z Finishes With a Flourish

COURLAND BARRACKS, GOTZBORG - Motorsports fans were awed when members of the Gotzborg Royal Family attended the final Formula Z race last Sunday (5th), and then presented the end-of-season prizes afterwards. King August Charles II raided the family silver to hand over some glittering trophies to the first Formula Z World Champion Driver, Trevon Andarosel, as well as series co-organiser and race winner Iain de Vembria, and the World Champion Team, Knightrider Racing.

In his acceptance speech, Andarosel broke down in tears as he thanked "my team, the organisation committee of Formula Z and the MML, the nations who hosted the tracks,... my pet sandworm, my parents and other family, the university for wasting their bandwidth, the guys who developed HTML, PHP and MySQL, Brattain and Bardeen for building the first transistor, James Maxwell for developing the electromagnetic theory, and, finally, Extreme007 for not discovering how to win races before halfway through the season."

Formula Z is a motorracing simulation that was launched in the wake of the growing success of other micronational sports, particularly association football, and has achieved a remarkably consistently high level of participation for each race. Charles II said of it: "Formula Z is an enjoyable respite from stuffy government offices, heated debates, and diplomatic activities. It is an engagement in which people from all over micronations come together to challenge others, themselves and participate in something that is fun."

Races were held in seven micronations in this year: Attera, Aerlig, Babkha, Prya, Istvanistan, S.O. Treesia and Gotzborg.

MNN Unveils Revamped News Service

Just two months after the launch of its news aggregation service, MNN 24/7 has been completely revised to be more reader-friendly and to be able to offer extra services in the future.

The original javascript-based aggregator has been completely replaced following an increasing number of compatability and reliability issues. The new system is entirely PHP-based and was created by Sander Dieleman, using a PHP RSS parser called LastRSS, and with original feeds additionally processed by FeedBurner to be as accessible as possible.

New features include source names showing with each headline, and an automated list of sources that automatically updates itself when news weblogs are inactive for more than a month. Additionally, there is a new "News on Your Site" script that automatically updates itself for both headlines and sources.

MNN head Iain de Vembria said: "We are very pleased with the performance and flexiblity of the new system and are particularly grateful to Sander Dieleman for his tireless work behind the scenes. The micronational community will benefit greatly from our enhanced service."

News Shorts (4 August 2004) (8 Shorts)

Attera - The EIFA AtterCup concluded last week with the team from Navland taking home the trophy, beating World Cup winners Karnali in the final.

Attera - Attera celebrated its 25^th Anniversary a couple of days ago. Happy birthday from all of us at the Inquisitor!

Babkha/Attera - The Babkhan/Atteran cold war of the past three years has finally concluded with the signing of the Argaath Perez Accords.

Shireroth - Shireroth's Landsraad is currently on a week's break to allow things to settle down and give people a break from the current law making frenzy. The nations legislature looks set to settle the chicken-in-the-lawbook debate when it returns.

Shireroth - The Shirerithians are underway with planning for a face-to-face conference of Shirerothian affairs. Events such as a meeting of the Landsraad and performance of the micronational classic Mogbeth are set to take place on Labour Day weekend (whenever that might be ;)).

Panzerland - The nation run by the guy with the fantastic Stalag13.com email address is considering making Slobovia a protectorate of itself. Discussions are underway between Slobovia's President Thompson and the Panzerlandian Kaiser about the arrangements.

Panzerland - Panzerland is roaring onto the MN scene with its German-themed forum. The Waffenwerks are swinging into production, so before their heads get too big drop into the nation (http://p205.ezboard.com/bpanzerland) and stop a Blitzkreig. Hail Wulf!

Shireroth - The Olympic Games are just nine days away, and so are the micronational equivalent. Discussion is still occurring over whether Monopoly will be included in the final program, but it looks like ten nations will compete in the tournament.

English Soccer Takes Off Again

Adelwin, Aerlig- The two English Soccer Leagues, EIFA (National Teams) and EMSL (Club teams) have again kicked off, with the relaunch of EIFA and the launching of the third season of the EMSL.

EIFA recently concluded the AtterCup tournament in Attera, seeing two new nations joining the association. With the conclusion of the tournament EIFA also launched a new website and ranking system, available online at www.mncentre.net/eifa/. The new ranking system is designed to make the league more accountable, being based on points and ranks of different tournaments.

Planning is currently underway for the upcoming EIFA Champions Cup to be hosted by the Sovereign Order of Treesia, where the Association's top six teams will battle it out to try and improve their ranking position.

The EMSL is also restarting in September, with the league currently taking team registrations for the season. Teams interested in registering should head to the EMSL website at http://www.joachimseitz.de/aerlig/emsl/.

SanderNation V: Meet Lemuria

Lemuria - Baracãon citizen and the man behind the phrase "SanderNation" Sander Dieleman recently chalked up another mark next to the title, with the creation of the new Empire of Lemuria. Lemuria, based on the southern brother of the well-known missing continent of Atlantis, is designed to be a cultural nation picking up where other nations left off.

The nation's constitutional convention is already well underway, along with its citizenship drive. The three week old nation is already boasting five citizens, with a number of them being new to micronations.

The constitutional convention looks soon to wrap up, with participants finalising their ideas over the nation's proposed families scheme and the legislative rules. To have your say before it's too late, drop by the nation's forums at http://sander.domainmultitude.com/lemuriaforums/

Aerlig Amends The Constitution

Adelwin, Aerlig- After the failed merger attempt with the United Baronies earlier in the year, Aerlig has finally passed a new constitution which should allow proposed amendments such as the merger to go ahead in the future.

The amended constitution, only the third time it has been changed since Aerlig's establishment in 2002, was decreed into action by Protector Lachlan Powers on the 26^th after it passed a unanimous vote by referendum.

Other alterations to the constitution will also pave the way for the long needed ability to remove citizenships from inactive citizens, some of whom have been on Aerlig's citizenship rolls from day one and have not returned. The powers of the Protector of the Republic have also been further clarified, with the Protector no longer the people's Protector, but that of the whole nation.

MNN to Restrict News Weblogs

Following the recent unprecedented explosion in the variety of weblog-based micronational news sources, MNN announced today that, for the foreseeable future, it would be placing strict restrictions on adding new sources to its existing ones.

A spokesman said: "This restriction has regrettably been put in place due to a previously unknown limit on the number of active feeds that we can carry at any one time. While measures have been taken to seperately archive dormant feeds, we currently only have space for three more news weblogs, and one of those spaces has already been reserved. We would therefore encourage people who still wish to enter the field of micronational journalism to consider becoming regular correspondents for existing publications as an alternative to starting their own."

The English-language micronational news scene has changed unrecognisably over the past few months following improvements earlier this year to Blogger, which started including RSS syndication as a standard feature of its free weblogs. This led to a rapid transformation from there being a handful of static national and regional newspapers to over thirty news weblogs. However, the rate of creation has noticably slowed over the past month, as analysts expect that saturation-point has almost been reached, with most active micronations having at least one publication.

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.