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| [[Image:Cgsgray2.JPG|frame|Ben | | #Redirect:[http://mnn.mncentre.net/wiki/index.php?title=Benjamin_Gray] |
| Gray in Regalia]]
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| == Origins ==
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| Benjamin entered micronations after stumbling on micronations.org after
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| feeling dissatisfied with Nationstates.net and wishing to have a more
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| immersive experience. With a few friends he created the unsuccessful
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| Republic of Verelexia.
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| == Attera ==
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| Later on, looking for a micronation to join, Gray looked on MNO for an
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| english-speaking micronation that was a simulation with a hybrid system
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| of government. He found the Solomonic Empire of Attera as one of the
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| first results, and since militarism appealed to him he immigrated. Gray
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| started as Minister of Defence and High Judge, creating the [[Gray
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| Doctrine]], which regulated the use of forum-busting weapons. Gray
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| resigned his post as minister of defence, citing that it conflicted
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| with his role of High Judge.
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| His role as High Judge was put to the test when he presided over the
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| trial of Emperor Jacobus for inciting rebellion under the login "t'omaz
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| painn". His point-by-point counterattack of the original post earned
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| him the noble title of Ras and the Collar of the Black Star of Attera,
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| Class III. The trial of Jacobus helped to highlight several flaws in
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| Atteran Law, for example the lack of protection against double jeopardy
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| and ''ex post facto'' applications of the law.
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| Gray later won a seat in Attera's Legislature, the Yezawd Derg, as a
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| representative for Attera Proper-Major. At that time he also became
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| Minister of State, which deals with both internal and foreign affairs.
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| After a brief stint in the job in Janurary 2005 (which he lost due to
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| inactivity on his part) he became the director of the Atteran Cultural
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| Directorate.
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| Benjamin has also been a member of Attera's secret services the
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| [[Crimson Order]] and the [[Shagadaan]]. During the time of the
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| [[People's Brittannic Federation]], Gray managed to infiltrate the
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| nation under an alias and helped to bring about the "Bible Revolution",
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| overthrowing the socialist government.
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| A while later, in protest over what he perceived as an abuse of
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| imperial power, Gray resigned all positions and moved to the Royal
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| Kingdom of Gotzborg, although he returned after a promise of reform.
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| Gray is currently Deputy Prime Minister in Attera, and leader of one of
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| the Great Houses.
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| == Gotzborg ==
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| At the time of his resignations in Attera, Gray immigrated to the Royal
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| Kingdom of Gotzborg , joining their (largely ceremonial) army, and
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| getting a job as Deputy-Vice Minister of State for the Home Office with
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| the portfolio of (DVMS) Culture. After a while in that job he resigned
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| to become the Minister of Economic Affairs, where he has been
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| instrumental in implementing a functioning economy in the Kingdom. He
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| is also been a member of the Royal Criminal Police, as the head of the
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| Investigations department, holding the Rank of Deputy Commissioner. In
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| the Army his rank is Lieutenant-Colonel, as colonel-in-chief of the 2nd
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| Regiment, Royal Guard Cavalry (Life Guard Cuirassiers). Gray was
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| recently made a Knight of the Bison.
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| == Treithar ==
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| Recently Gray has worked on creating a new micronation: the
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| [[Stratocracy of Treithar]], a state ruled entirely by the military,
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| with himself as Chief of the General Staff (with the alternate title of
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| "President-General")
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| == Other Achievements ==
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| Ben is editor of the Micronational Eye, a very-much-less-than-serious
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| tabloid, and has managed to attract public attention to the hobby of
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| micronationalism by talking to Danny Wallace on live TV and getting him
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| to agree to sign a treaty of mutual recognition between his country and
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| [[Attera]], [[Treithar]], [[Antica]], [[Shireroth]], [[Stormark]],
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| [[Natopia]], [[Riponia]] and [[Anthelia]]. This treaty was signed live
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| on "Citizen TV" on the 17th August 2005.
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| Gray also works part-time as a newsreader and commentator for [[KZFO]].
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| On 22nd August 2005, Gray was awarded the [[Order of the Griffin]] for
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| managing to gain publicity for the anglophone sector on the BBC.
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| == Other Information ==
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| Ideology: Neoconservative<br>
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| EzBoard Handle: Graius
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| == Real Life ==
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| Benjamin is 17 years old and lives in London. He is currently doing his A-levels and aims to read Politics at Warwick University.
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| [[category: People]]
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