Yardistan revolted!
Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2004 4:44 pm
Quote:Tymarian NewsYARDISTAN REVOLTS!- Capital District, United Republic of Tymaria-- 20 Novemeber-26 November 2001Amid the peace and calm of Tymaria's forums there was one area of discontent this week. In Shireroth, one of the states that were created out of the Hegemony of Alexandros during the Constitutional Convention, exists a district known as Yardistan. Yardistan, an Anarchic Monarchy where annexations of everything from toothbrushes and people's foreheads to other micronations and micronational citizens are held in high esteem, burst on the scene by annexing Mr. Whit. Mr. Whit a citizen of Interland responded with his own annexations, albeit tongue in cheek. After several posts over the course of a week, the annexations between Whit and Nick the Yardistani Ruler, went from inside joke to extreme seriousness. By the 24th, things had gone completely out of control where Nick the Yardistani mentioned offhandedly that he could respond with a spam cannon. The next day the Prime Executive, Mr. Scot responded by ordering Nick to remove the comment and apologise. Nick refused and the situation continued to spiral out of control with other citizens joining in the argument. Kaiser Metzler joined in the Yardistani cause since Yardistan had annexed his state of Shireroth earlier that day. The Prime Executive called in Minister of Defense Diga Makonnen who immediately moved to diffuse the situation by sending his Marshal of the Army, Marshal Noseworthy to issue orders to the Yardistani Government to yield to Tymarian Authority and to give up the spam cannon. Again the Yardistani government declined and Marshal Makonnen called for Yardistan and Shireroth to "get packing". Within a few hours, realizing that the situation could very well cause a major spam attack from both the Tymarian military and the Yardistanis, Marshal Makonnen called for calm and pressured all to cool off and negotiate. The negotiations apparently went very well with the inclusion of both Nick the Yardistani and the Prime Executive, who both apologized for making the situation more serious with threats and demands. The main winners of this incident were the Yardistani government who negotiated protectorate status within Tymaria which would give them freedom to annex things in peace and more freedom than the states. Other winners were the Tymarian military who proved that the military is not completely bent on conquest, but is willing to negotiate peace especially if it means keeping Tymaria one nation.Lessons learned by this revolt is that the Tymarian government desperately needs to get it's laws and justice system working immediately. Without laws, and active courts to try individuals, it is virtually a police state in a sense because the military had to step in because of lack of a police force. Although Marshal Makonnen has publicly stated that the Tymarian Defense Forces will never step in to govern Tymaria except for situations where there someone illegally moved against the government such as to topple it, or if the Prime Executive was removed from power by impeachment and a new one must be elected, there were concerns about the use of the military on Tymarian soil. Another lesson was that there must be legislation that will clearly determine what can be done by disgruntled states or populations. Overall this situation could have torn the micronation apart, but due to the quick thinking and level headedness of outstanding individuals, Tymaria has survived it's first internal crisis with minimal pain and suffering. Just found it amusing when I came accross it. bit of history.. http://www.tymar-sun.0pi.com/tymar-sun4.htm Erik Mortis BrookshireCommoner of Alexandretta