Welcome to this web page. Here you may see the Parchment of
Microstatia, the official charter of the Splendid Micro-Union of
Microstatia (SPUM). It is in an equal status with the Treaty SPUM,
which can also be viewed at the SPUM's official home page.
Thank you. Below is the text of this said document:
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The Parchment of Microstatia:
Preamble:
We the Peoples of the Splendid Micro-Union of Microstatia
determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of
micronational war,
to reaffirm faith in the fundamental human rights,
in the dignity and worth of the human person,
in the equal rights of men and women and of micronations large and
small,
and to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the
obligations arising from treaties and other sources
of micro-international law can be maintained, and to promote
micronational progress and better the standards of life in larger
micro-freedom, have resolved to combine Our efforts to accomplish
these aims.
We the Peoples of the Splendid Micro-Union of Microstatia, in Order
to form a more perfect Union of
Microstates, establish Inter-micronational Justice and domestic
Tranquillity, provide for the common defense, promote the general
Welfare, and
secure the Blessings of Liberty to Ourselves and Our Posterity, do
ordain and fully establish this document.
We of the Greater Inter-micronational Community, delegating towards
Ourselves, the station of representing
the community as a whole, hoping that the individual representatives
of this new culture and the greater associations of it shall be among
this
worthy station and with Us in Union, to form a Great Peace among all
of Us; to preserve the individuality, culture, languages and
governments of
them, and to form an institution worthy of representing Us all in
Macronational Alliances, do form, this the Constitution of the
Splendid
Micro-Union of Microstatia, to hereafter, be called “The Parchment of
Microstatia.”
----******************, Big Chief and Secretary-General of the
Splendid Micro-Union of Microstatia---.
ARTICLE I: Some Rights:
The Constitution guarantees the rights and freedoms set out here, to
each and every approved member, in it subject only to such
limits prescribed
by law as can be demonstrated and justified in a free and democratic
republic. All members have the right to free assembly, as long as the
above
mentioned assembly does, not infringe upon the rights of other
citizens by acting in a pervasively defamatory manner.
----Grand Poobah (Abby Pritchard) of The Lobster Nation----.
ARTICLE II-I: War:
War between the members is forbidden.
II-II:
In case of war between a member and a non-member, all delegates are
forbidden to support the non-member in the conflict.
II-III:
Any member starting a conflict with a non-member must plead its case
before the Senatus. Acting without approval will result in punishment
or
expulsion.
II-IV:
Methods of conflict must be judged by the Senatus to insure a fair
result. Witnesses must be selected for the conflict, and any
micronation involved
in the conflict will be forced to abstain from any votes regarding
this conflict.
II-V:
Any micronation which does not believe in micronational war is exempt
from the above terms, as long as they do not violate their own codes.
These nations will be forced to abstain from any votes regarding this
conflict.
----Diplomacy and Intelligence Minister of the Aerican Empire----.
ARTICLE III-I: TREATY OF SPUM:
The Treaty of SPUM, the articles therein, and the laws and
proclamations of it are law within the Splendid Micro-Union of
Microstatia. The
Parchment of Microstatia has equal status with the Treaty of SPUM.
III-II:
Any members who commit violations of the Treaty of SPUM or Parchment
of Microstatia will be punished as the Senatus decides.
III-III:
Amendments to the Parchment of Microstatia may be made by a majority
vote of the Senatus. Other ways an amendment may be made are thus:
1. The approval of the Secretary-General , Big Chief and two other
members of the SPUM.
2. The approval of the entire Regulor and three other members of the
SPUM.
3. A majority vote of the Regulor and the approval of the Big Chief
and Secretary-General.
III-IV
In addition to the powers granted by the treaty of SPUM, the Regulor
shall have the right to take military action or declare sanctions
against
another micronation (using the Alta Flut).
----His Majesty ******************** I of the New Worcester Kingdom----.
ARTICLE IV-I: PRESIDENTS:
The Senatus shall have a President who shall be elected by the
Senatus once a year. The President of the Senatus shall have the
right to veto any
proposition or decision of the Senatus. If it is vetoed, then it must
be decided upon by the Secretary-General. The Senatus President may
call an
“Senaton” to discuss emergency issues with members of the Senatus.
IV-II:
The Regulor shall have a President who shall be elected by the
Regulor once a year. The President of the Regulor shall have the
right to veto any
proposition or decision of the Regulor. If it is vetoed, then it must
be decided upon by the Senatus. The Regulor President may call a
“Grollon” to
discuss emergency issues with members of the Regulor.
IV-III:
The Regulor and Senatus Presidents may together call a “Coligrup”.
The Coligrup will be a joint session of the Regulor, Senatus,
Secretary-General
and Big Chief.
----New Worcester Kingdom----.
ARTICLE V: GOALS:
The goals of the SPUM shall be:
1. To unite the micronational community (Microstatia).
2. To put ‘micronation’ in dictionaries across the world.
3. To end micro-wars, and micro-aggression.
4. To establish a micro-language to be a second language for all
micronationalists.
5. To create public recognition of micronations.
6. To be recognized by the United Nations.
7. To solve conflicts and support human rights.
8. To establish micronational treaties.
9. To insure the upholding of micronational treaties.
10. To bring equality to all micronations.
11. To start a Micronational Congress Fair (where all micronations’
delegates join together and talk every 2-4 years).
12. To promote micropatrology.
13. To promote “World Singular Secession” (where everyone on Earth
creates a micronation).
14. And to help form a Peaceful Microstatian Community, where all
micronations are free of their macronations and peace and freedom is
the
Supreme Law.
----New Worcester Kingdom----.
ARTICLE VI: Vice Secretary-General:
There shall be a Vice Secretary-General who shall be appointed by the
Big Chief every two years. If the Secretary-General quits, then one
month
later, the Vice Secretary-General will become the Secretary-General.
----New Worcester Kingdom----.
ARTICLE VII-I: Council of Treaty Observance (COTO):
There shall be a Council of Treaty Observance (Coto). It shall have
no more than nineteen members. The Kingdom of Danos and the New
Worcester Kingdom, so long as they exist, are permanent members of
the Coto. They have the authority to enforce all treaties between
members.
Any treaty violators will be punished by the Coto. The Coto has the
supreme authority on SPUM treaties. The Coto must help members create
peace treaties with one another.
VII-II:
There shall be a President of the Coto who shall be elected by
members of the Coto once a year. The Coto shall decide his powers and
duties within
the Coto.
----New Worcester Kingdom----
ARTICLE VIII-I: Joining:
All micronations must be taken seriously, whether religious,
socialist, democratic, monarchist, or some other system. The system
of government
may not be considered when a government is applying to join the SPUM.
All systems of government are welcome, if they choose a
delegate/representative for the SPUM.
VIII-II
Role-playing micronations, model nations, counter-countries and
imaginary states may join the SPUM. Mesonations may join the SPUM.
Ephemeral states may join the SPUM. Micro-Nations, Micro-States,
unrecognized nations, individuals, and macronations may join the SPUM.
Micronation(al) alliances, unions, groups, organizations and
societies may join the SPUM. All governments, governing bodies,
parliaments,
congresses, unions of peace and micronations may join the SPUM.
VIII-III
To join, the Secretary-General must be contacted. Then the Secretary-
General must let the applicant join (if they fit the requirements).
The Regulor
may over-rule this decision for the security of the SPUM. A month
later, the applicant may try again.
VIII-IV
To join the SPUM, you do not have to have a government or ruling
body. There must be no less than one citizen for that applicant to
join. It/he/she
must be no less than two days old. The applicant must agree to this
oath,
“We (name of applicant) will follow and obey the Treaty of SPUM and
Parchment of Microstatia,”
in either English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Latin, Italian,
Mandarin, German, Willish, Talossan, Babel, Russian, Polish, Welsh,
Irish Gaelic,
Scottish Gaelic, Reunian or Triparian.
If applicant is qualified and has taken the oath, the applicant shall
be added to SPUM membership and to the Senatus.
VIII-V
One month after being expelled, an ex-member of the SPUM may apply to
rejoin.
----New Worcester Kingdom----
ARTICLE IX: Treaties:
All members of the SPUM must obey treaties and inter-micronational
agreements they have signed between another nation. Failure to do so
will be
reported to the Coto who shall decide punishment.
--New Worcester Kingdom----
ARTICLE X-I: Alta Flut:
For the general protection of the Splendid Micro-Union of Microstatia
and all of Its respective members, there shall be a SPUM military, to
be
called the “Alta Flut”. Each member of the Senatus may give no more
than ten citizens of theirs to serve in the Alta Flut. Each member of
the
Regulor may give no more than five citizens of theirs to serve in the
Alta Flut. Each member of the Coto may give no more than three
citizens of
theirs to join the Alta Flut.
X-II
The Regulor may appoint Generals to control twenty members of the
Alta Flut each.
X-III
The Alta Flut is not a real military and doesn’t actually ‘fight’.
The military is for dealing with ‘micronational internet aggression’
between
micronations. When two micronations get in a fight which may harm
the reputation or respect of the SPUM, the Alta Flut will take action
by
attempting to resolve the conflict through e-mail (without spaming,
bugging, abuse or anything illegal).
----New Worcester Kingdom----
ARTICLE XI: Big Chief Succession:
The Big Chief, or monarch of the SPUM, shall pass His/Her succession
through eldest child to eldest child. If the Big Chief has no
children, then
the Big Chief’s eldest brother or sister will become Big Chief. If
the Big Chief has no brothers or sisters, then the Senatus shall vote
on a new Big
Chief.
----New Worcester Kingdom----
ARTICLE XII: Mediators:
If there are unresolvable conflicts in the micronational community,
the Secretary-General may appoint a mediator to help deal with the
problem.
----New Worcester Kingdom----
ARTICLE XIII: Talossan Policy:
In order to convince the Kingdom of Talossa (Regipats Talossan) to
join the Splendid Micro-Union of Microstatia, this policy is created.
The
Kingdom of Talossa is free from the judgment of the Regulor or
Senatus. The Kingdom of Talossa does not have to obey the parts of
the Parchment
of Microstatia and the Treaty of SPUM that It does not agree with.
There shall always be a ninth place on the Regulor for the Kingdom of
Talossa
when It wishes to join. The Kingdom of Talossa shall have no more
than one vote in the Senatus and Regulor.
----New Worcester Kingdom----
ARTICLE XIV: Acts:
The Secretary-General or any member of the Senatus may make a
proposition. The Secretary-General must then call a vote of the
Senatus. The
Senatus members shall either vote yes or no. If it is passed by a
majority vote, it becomes an act. The act is SPUM law which should be
displayed
and published by the SPUM.
----New Worcester Kingdom----
ARTICLE XV: League of Seccesionist States:
Whereas, the Splendid Micro-Union of Microstatia has high goals and
cannot accomplish these by Itself,
Whereas, all micronations and micronationalist groups have the right
to exist,
Wheareas, the cooperation of these groups with Us shall be the only
way to finish Our goals,
It is proclaimed that the League of Seccesionist States is recognized
by the SPUM as an institution that shall also have the right to
recruit
micronations and that shall have the right to exist unhindered.
It is proclaimed that the League of Seccesionist States may join the
SPUM if It decides to.
And it is proclaimed that the League of Seccesionist States and its
organs are free from the jurisdiction of the SPUM.
----New Worcester Kingdom----
ARTICLE XVI: Seceding from the SPUM:
If You are a Member and wish to secede from the SPUM, you must
receive a majority vote of the Senatus.
----The Kingdom of Danos----
ARTICLE XVII: Schedule of voting:
There shall be a schedule of voting for each and every proposition or
bill of one of the organs of the SPUM. A bill or proposition may be
looked
over for two weeks before a vote is done upon it.
----The New Worcester Kingdom
ARTICLE XVIII: Format:
The SPUM shall be a format for the discussion of micronational
concerns, and shall always hold a policy of open membership. This
organization
shall offer a glance into the world of micronational opinion and
allow antagonists and observers alike a better opportunity to
understand what
they are doing in a broad and objective sense of the word.
----New Worcester Kingdom----
ARTICLE XIX: Committees:
If and when the Secretary-General should decide that a piece of
legislation or other matter requires a group to investigate it,
he/she shall form a
committee to perform this function.
XIX-I
The committee members shall be chosen from among the delegates by the
Secretary-General.
----New Worcester Kingdom----
ARTICLE XX: Additional Organs:
In addition to the Senatus, Regulor and Coto, in the interest of
representing the People of the Micronational World and in the
interests of fair
judgment, there shall be:
a Universal House of People or Uhp which shall be composed of one
representative from each hemisphere, elected by the Senatus. The
Uhp shall
also be composed of one representative from every continent and also
from India, Meso-America, and the island-states of the world.
The Uhp
shall have a Speaker, elected by the Uhp Itself. The Uhp shall have
all the powers of the Senatus but without the executive powers.
----New Worcester Kingdom----
ARTICLE XXI: The Call to the Micro-Global Ratification and Election
Campaign:
WHEN in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one
people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with
another, and assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and
equal station of “micronation”, they must secede from their
macronations
and become their own form of self-government.
AND assuming upon the duty of uniting these self-governing bodies,
the SPUM, as the Universal Government of All Micronations has, written
this, the Constitution of the SPUM. And asking upon all micronations,
it becomes necessary that, to unite them, they must ratify this
constitution.
So this campaign, the CMGRAEC campaign is established. It is devoted
to having all or a majority of micronations approve and accede to this
constitution.
----New Worcester Kingdom----
ARTICLE XXII: JUSTICE:
To none will the SPUM sell, to none deny or delay, the right or
justice.
----New Worcester Kingdom----
ARTICLE XXIII: Declarations:
The SPUM shall abide by the Geneva Convention on the Treatment of
Prisoners of War and the United Nations Convention on the Law of
the
Sea.
----New Worcester Kingdom----
ARTICLE XXIV-I: Senatus process:
The Senatus may make rules and orders with respect to the mode in
which its powers, privileges, and immunities may be exercised and
upheld,
such that for any question to be passed in the positive shall require
at least an absolute majority of affirmative votes.
XXIV-II
All proclamations, amendments, acts and laws of the SPUM which have
been passed by the Senatus must be recorded in such a manner that each
member shall have access to the records. If published in a magazine
or newsletter, then it must be published monthly. If recorded on the
internet,
then it must be updated. If published in book form, then it must be
readily available for purchase.
----New Worcester Kingdom----
ARTICLE XXV: Judiciary:
The Senatus, by majority vote of no less that 51% of the Senatus, may
establish an amendment relating to a Supreme Micronational Court or
Intermicro-Court of such, to act as the supreme judiciary organ of
the SPUM. Only then shall it be established. Until then, the Senatus
and
Secretary-General shall act as the judiciary branch.
----New Worcester Kingdom----
ARTICLE XXVI: Sanctioning and joint war:
Upon the majority approval of the Regulor, the SPUM may place
sanctions on a member or non-member state. Upon the majority approval
of the
Senatus, the SPUM may declare a joint war on a non-member state.
----New Worcester Kingdom----
ARTICLE XXVII: Prime dictates:
The Secretary-General of the SPUM may declare a Prime Dictate. The
Prime Dictate becomes international micro-law immediately, unless
disapproved by a majority vote of the Senatus.
----New Worcester Kingdom----
ARTICLE XXVIII-I: War or not?:
The Big Chief can let a member, if on the Regulor, do the forbidden
action of declaring war (see ARTICLE XI-II of the Treaty of SPUM).
This does
not defy V-I of the Treaty of SPUM. It does not say “anything
against” the treaty. This article allows a “pardon from crime”.
XXVIII-II
The Senatus may also issue pardons for inter-micronational crimes.
----New Worcester Kingdom----
ARTICLE XXIX: NONE CAN!:
Nobody may force or persuade someone else to do an activity to which
this person has no desire (under the Parchment of Microstatia).
----The Free Republic of Laputa----(Article 1, (2) of their
constitution).
DONE:
Started September 26, 1998 AD., Saturday (or in the year I of the New
Worcester Kingdom) and finished on. October 9, 1998, Friday, in
the
First SPUM Constitutional Congress (I-SCC) in the Origo Colony and
also Babal Province of the New Worcester Kingdom.
It was signed by the New Worcester Kingdom and Kingdom of Danos on
October 10, 1998, AD, Saturday.
ANNEX:
I. ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF THE SPLENDID MICRO-UNION OF MICROSTATIA (9).
THE NEW WORCESTER KINGDOM, KINGDOM OF DANOS, AERICAN EMPIRE, LOBSTER
NATION,
UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS, THE DOMINION OF ASPHYNXIA, THE
FEDERAL MAYA
REPUBLIC, THE SULTANATE OF FREELONIA, AND THE DEMOCRATIC UNION OF
RATELON.
II. ORIGINAL OBSERVER MEMBERS (1).
THE FREE REPUBLIC OF LAPUTA.
III. ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF THE REGULOR (5).
THE NEW WORCESTER KINGDOM, KINGDOM OF DANOS, AERICAN EMPIRE, LOBSTER
NATION,
AND THE FEDERAL MAYA REPUBLIC.
IV. STATES INVITED TO ACCEDE TO THIS CONSTITUTION.
THE KINGDOM OF TALOSSA, THE PRINCIPALITY OF FREEDONIA, THE HUTT RIVER
PROVINCE, THE
HOLY EMPIRE OF REUNION, BAJA ARIZONA, THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS, THE
KINGDOM OF
LANDRETH, THE SERENE PRINCIPALITY OF MONASTICO, THE FREE COMMONWEALTH
OF
PENGUINEA, THE KINGDOM OF TRIPARIA, AND THE GRAND DUCHY OF
GROGNARDIA.
V. THE FIRST SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE SPUM.
************* *********** **************
VI. THE FIRST BIG CHIEF OF THE SPUM.
Chief ************** *********** *************.