Shireroth

Bwaha...drama llamas...

Indeed! We are rather cool people, in general.

Hello Shirithians! As you may know, we've recently written a new constitution in Antica. The Republic is no more, having been replaced by the Commonwealth (a huge shift, I know; I hope the shock isn't too much to bear.) When I say "recently", I mean about three months ago. Anyway, we're into our sec...

And besides, the capture of a capital city is no guarantor of victory. It is shattering for the enemy's morale, though.

Could be...I think, though, that she was mostly influenced in the matter of marriage by:

1. The fear of losing her power and independence.

2. The terrible fate of her mother and some of Henry's other wives (psychological fear of marriage and conjugation.)

Who can say? Perhaps she did...

*dun...dunnn.....DUNNNNNNNNN*

I'm sorry, Ardy, I am getting feeble in my old age...*cough*...*cough*...OMG BLOOD! I don't know if I'd say that Elizabeth's not producing a child was a "failure." After all, if she'd been married , she would have had to surrender all of her powers to her husband; most of the leading European prince...

You should write about Nicodemus. That was an interesting time period. Besides, the decrees he made were counted in the chronology of official decrees,even though Meskan (Bill) overturned them. So why not mention him?

Ari, you forgot William the Conqueror, as well as Henry II (father of the Common Law) and Elizabeth I!

Oh young'un...the Grand Commonwealth... *takes a swig from moonshine jug marked with three X's, and reclining in his rocking chair on the porch of the cabin, begins to recall those days long past* When I was just a young man, when I first came into the world of micronationalism, the Dinarchy of Anti...

À mon avis, les Francophones devrait régner le pays. Qu'est-ce que vous pensez, Jonas?

Jess, don't be such a ninny. If you're going to storm out of Shireroth, the least you could do is lead a failed coup beforehand.

After a great many of the Shirithian nobles had sworn fealty to the Kaiser, and the crowd was beginning to filter out of the chamber, Braden Indianensis approached the bottom step of the raised dais upon which sat the Steward's Chair and the Golden Mango Throne. A herald announced him: "The Honorabl...

The Commonwealth of Antica extends its most gracious congratulations and earnest good will to Kaiser Hasan I. We hope that he may reign in peace and prosperity, with the love of his subjects, and that, when the time comes, History will remember him as a wise and virtuous ruler. We hope as well that ...

Well, if you were to ask my humble opinion, we could resolve this in a minute.

As far as Kaiserial names go, don't be discouraged if you have a non-traditional one. I was Kaiser Nicodemus I, and Biblical names aren't popular in Shireroth--even though my primary inspiration for that name came from the leader of the rats in The Secret of NIMH.

Chris.....why???!!!!!

Dear God.

Seriously, though. This whole thing's becoming an annoyance. Why don't you just make Hatter or someone Kaiser? What about Jonas?

Ech...so it is...

How perfectly morbid!

Come now, how do we know he's Iraqi?

Even disregarding the dead Middle Eastern fellow, Jayatar's poem was much better. That's one point for him on the Kaiser Scorecard.

Have either of you considered my proposal at the Front Gate?

Absolutely not. I'd rather meddle in your affairs while participating in a nation I love, Antica. Besides, the Shirithian political system is one I don't really agree with, but it would be against my principles to try and change it. Antica's a democracy, and I like democracy. I do think a commission...

Well, it is a monarchy; monarchs aren't required to be especially qualified, as the system is based on birth instead of actual merit. Perhaps the Landsraad could appoint a committee of notable and intelligent Shirithians, as well as some people from impartial third-parties, to review the claims and ...

Why don't both candidates for the Kaisership make genealogical charts showing their descent from Raynor I., and any other significant claims to the Throne they might have, and then have the Landsraad or a special court appointed by that body determine which claim is better/more interesting?

No one ever accused me of being a liberal.

*cough*


PROGRESSIVE!

SOCIALIST!!!!!

Where's Antikaiser Boniface when you need him? Or good ol' Kaiser Nicodemus?

I don't really know how you can hold lands in fief which aren't even territory of Shireroth...

What?! Actually putting forth good reasons why you ought to be Kaiser, hoping for popular approval, instead of gesticulating wildly toward some dusty, mildew-covered genealogical charts and moldy ancestral bones?!

The Commonwealth of Antica expresses its grief at the death of Kaiser Mors V, and in accordance with our deep respect for his esteemed personage, will dispense with our long-held tradition at the death of Kaisers, and not dance merrily on his tomb.

I wouldn't say that, but it did finalize my mental image of the sort of place Shireroth is; it occurred to me that I had no business trying to change the nature of anything, and that I had to go and find someplace where I could more comfortably live in accordance with my idea of how a micronation ou...

I don't even really like death metal that much, but the whole "blizzard and chaos and blaring music revolution" thing seemed like something your typical cellar-dwelling aspiring musician would say. Before he relocates to Finland, that is.