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Oustfest is celebrated on January 14th / Vivantiana 25. It is the day on which all old citizens who haven't been seen in years lose their citizenship and in which people who dodn't claim their jobs lose them.
  
As established by [[Steward Nikkolo I]], Oustfest became the day on which all old citizens who hadn't been seen in years lost their citizenship and in which people who didn't claim their jobs lost them. This did meet with some criticism, of course, but it seemed to get the nation through a month of 5 posts a day.
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== History ==
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In January 2003, [[Steward Nikkolo I]] issued [[Imperial Decree 44]] and [[Imperial Decree 46]], requiring all citizens to return to Shireroth by 14 January in order to declare that they were citizens of no more than three micronations and lay claim to any jobs or titles that they had and wished to keep. This was an attempt to generate activity in Shireroth during a time of unusually low participation on the part of its citizens, and the effort mostly succeeded. Subsequently, Oustfest became a bit of a tradition.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 09:09, 11 September 2020

Oustfest is celebrated on January 14th / Vivantiana 25. It is the day on which all old citizens who haven't been seen in years lose their citizenship and in which people who dodn't claim their jobs lose them.

History

In January 2003, Steward Nikkolo I issued Imperial Decree 44 and Imperial Decree 46, requiring all citizens to return to Shireroth by 14 January in order to declare that they were citizens of no more than three micronations and lay claim to any jobs or titles that they had and wished to keep. This was an attempt to generate activity in Shireroth during a time of unusually low participation on the part of its citizens, and the effort mostly succeeded. Subsequently, Oustfest became a bit of a tradition.