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About Us:
Micronations: "entities that resemble independent
nations or states, but which are unrecognized by them, and for the most
part exist only on paper, on the Internet, or in the minds of their
creators."
~Wikipedia
I was on a Micronational message board the other day, and (for the
fifth time in 24 hours) someone new was announcing the creation of their
new nation, Your-Name-Here-Topia. The good micronational people kindly
asked him what the purpose of his nation was. A simulation of
government? An honest desire to become a recognized nation? A simulation
of currency and economics? A fun role-playing game for your group of
friends? It made me think a lot about why I had even bothered to go
through all the research and the revisions to make a viable
constitution, let alone a functional Micronation website.
I never liked government in school. It's like history, only with
everything interesting that ever happened taken out, and compiled into
facts, figures, and balances of powers. I have absolutely no desire to
become a recognized nation, because then I'd actually have to be
responsible for it. I have no currency system, and wouldn't have the
foggiest idea about how to even begin to set one up. I haven't invited
any of my friends, because I don't want to burden them with (or expose
them to my) silliness, without express permission to do so. So why did I
create my micronation? I asked myself.
I have a hard time voting. In the last election, I refused to vote
for anyone who didn't provide the League of Women Voters with
information, a free service, even if they were the only ones on the
ballot. Half the time, no one I know cares or remembers that it's voting
day, I end up grossly unprepared, and decide to let the informed people
make the decision. The other half of the time I end up completely
exasperated with having to vote for the person I hate less.
Do you know who your representatives are? I have absolutely no idea.
I don't even know who the Mayor is these days, and he lives in my home
town, let alone who speaks for me in Congress or, more importantly, what
he (or she) stands for. I don't feel as if I have any kind of real say
in the government here, and I certainly don't feel accurately
represented.
I feel like our current system no longer does what it was originally
intended to do: watch out for the little guy. Our Government is getting
bigger and bigger by the minute, and the more laws there are, the less
freedom there is for us all. I slowly realized it was this
dissatisfaction with US politics is what made me decide to look into
making a constitution. If our system doesn't provide what I need, what
would?
The Kwedregiol Constitution is my answer to these questions. It
isn't about simulation, it's not about recognition, and it certainly
isn't about fun and games. It's a quiet statement of dissatisfaction
with the country I love so much, and it guarantees the most freedom and
representation for the most amount of people. Dissatisfied? Start up
your own Enclave from scratch and start over. One endless second
chance.
America may be the Land of
the Free, but we've gone sorely awry lately. May we live to see better
and prouder days.
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