Nathan Waffel-Paine

Nathan Shepard was born on September 20, 1987. He is currently a senior in high school living in St. Louis, Missouri USA. Nathan enjoys history, especially European and Ancient history, cartoons, science fiction books written in the Fifties, and art, especially abstract and free-form.

Nathan founded the City of Natopia (currently the Sovereign Imperial Kingdom of Natopia) on August 23, 2002. Since that time he has constantly been involved in bringing that nation a degree of prominence and respect in the community. In his 3 years of micronationalism, Nathan has been a citizen of Korhal, Lavalon, Antica, and Alrodria. Nathan's Korhali citizenship allowed him to gain Antican citizenship while retaining other citizenships, a rare anomaly due to Antica's citizenship policy, due to Korhal being annexed into Antica. Lavalon was a primary concern of Nathan's for almost a year. Joining at the request of Zachary Klaas, Nathan was immediatly appointed to the position of Chief Justice, the position he served for his entire life in Lavalon. Nathan left Lavalon in early 2005 due to personal differences with the newest generation of Lavalonian immigrants. After the Venerable Union of Aligned States (VUAS) brought Lavalon under Natopia, Nathan returned to Lavalon as a resident. Nathan's Lavalonian residency/citizenship was self-terminated for a final time when Lavalon left VUAS.

Nathan Shepard, and usually Tasneem Chowdhury, are associated with the Free Juice and Bagels Party, and the "Bagelcratican Plot." During the months leading up to Nathan's departure from Lavalon, members of the opposition to the Progressive Bagelcratican Party of Lavalon, then the majority party of Lavalon, began to say that the Bagelcraticans were simply a tool for Natopian domination of Lavalon. Some would say this accusation proved true, citing VUAS, whiles others maintain that the opposition was demonstrating "rasism towards Natopians."