Shireroth

By my fishy hand,

The nobility shall be amended as follows:

Duck of Machinaria: Jack Daniel
Duck of Yardistan: Captain Morgan
Duck of Straylight: Jose Cuervo
Duck of Elwynn: Arthur Guinness
Duck of Kildare: John Jameson

Also,
YOU CANNOT IGNORE MY GIRTH!

-Ghoti of Fishday

Oh Gary, you so crazy.

I am pleased.

Gary Oak, you cannot ignore his girth...

I think I'm missing a reference pointer...

Always good for a lol

My eyes now feel violated.

Is that the actual origin for that one? I always assumed it was an odd translation of a quote from the anime.

Yes, that is the origin of that meme

But I don't think that's the original site it was posted on...

No, but the chat bit is where the whole thing came from

Internet memes make no sense.

Your Kaiserness, it is sentiments such as that which set Shireroth apart from Antica.

(Though privately I do wonder sometimes whether Shireroth, as well as micro-nationalism in general, is one big giant meme.)

I fear it may in fact be.

Do not call Shireroth a meme! MALARBOR DEMANDS IT!

If micronationalism was a meme, it would be more popular.

QED

Maybe we should make it a meme?

Though we did have one. that pic of that kid with the flag and the title. "Micronations is serious business" or whatever it said.

Demon of Fides wrote:If micronationalism was a meme, it would be more popular.

Well played.

Yeah.. we do seem to be a dying hobby.

There's a story to our decline.

Talossa*, of course, was the original non-serious micro-nation, and it was founded in 1979. After the Internet started becoming more popular in the 1990s, the phenomenon sort of snowballed. Shireroth was a product of that growth. Sadly, I think the hobby jumped the shark in 2007 when Lovely was created by a comic and the BBC to capitalize on the phenomenon. After that point, we've just been trying to preserve what there was before. We need something to make the hobby fun and unique again. Shireroth already is that, but it needs more citizens. Also we need micro-nationalism as a whole to improve, not just Shireroth; it's only fair.

That's the motivation. Now here is the solution. Micro-national union. Aryeztur has been lately mentioning this idea. I recently shared with him some ideas of my own. Let it not be federalized but rather a loose confederation, with just a few common things, like a currency and banking system, human rights, and a single point website, one-stop-shop for all your micro-national needs, be it passports, citizenship applications, or embassies, and combined with social networking**. Perhaps let the organization be a renamed and expanded Small Commonwealth. Also have a more subjective rating system and catolog for micro-nations than the existing forumlist, something which would show the unique things each micro-nation has to offer.

Also I would add distribute MCS map on the basis of population, and, in the case of recwars, coin tosses, so you don't see vast intercontinental monstrosity such as Antica's attempt at re-creating the Mongol Empire at its height on Micras. But then I am sure some might have some opposition to making the map fairer.

* I've written for its magazine, Qator Itrins, and corresponded with some of its highest 'officials'. I know they were truly dedicated to depicting a fictional nation for entertainment purposes. Most of their citizens were adults (avg. age 30+) and some were highly educated. Although I don't find everything about Talossa appealing, such as its intentional detachment from the rest of micro-nationalism, it deserves some respect as the first in many generations of Internet-based micro-nations.

** Babkha's FaceBurqa or whatever it is has the right idea.

Yeah.. I kinda like the empire we worked so hard to create.

There are debates about a merger between Nelaga, Shireroth and Gralus on the Gralan forum, you know?

Yeah, and kinda missing the other people interested in following it through besides you, me and Ari ....

There are debates about a merger between Nelaga, Shireroth and Gralus on the Gralan forum, you know?

No. I haven't checked Gralus' forum in ages but since I am a Shirerithian I ought to. Moreover, as a Shirerithian I have questions about said merger, and they're best aired on Gralus' forums anyway.

Also, Andreas, you'd have to point me to the thread in which this discussion is occurring.

Here. The other citizens heard about it via ... other citizenly stuff. But the forum's public on Gralus so I guess it's public knowledge.

EDIT:http://www.novatainia.org/Gralus/phpBB3 ... 113#p17113

A possible model. I'd still want to see more widespread support for this to go ahead.

On a side Note. Corey. You ready to take the throne?

Yup, bring it on

*grabs the Steward's hat off Corey's head*