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<div>'''TalossaFest''' is an annual festival, party, and get-together of [[Talossa]]ns. Traditionally, TalossaFest happens in the [[Greater Talossan Area]] (GTA) in the summer (June through August), although TalossaFests have become increasingly more international. The festival allows all Talossans to come together and celebrate the greatness of the [[Talossa|Talossan nation]]<br />
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'''TalossaFest''' was created by Prime Minister [[Thomas Buffone]] in 1989 as a way to bring Talossans together as a people and as a nation. The first TalossaFest was held at [[The Gun Club Site]] in [[Vuode|Vuode Province]] on 22 July 1989. In the pre-[[cybercit]] era, Talossafests were held exclusively in the GTA, however as the number of "cybercitizens" increased, it became necessary to break TalossaFest into a group of festivals held at various venues and locations throughout the year.<br />
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===Names===<br />
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While the festival is called TalossaFest, the various offshoot festivals that are not held within the GTA are generally referred to by replacing the suffix "fest" with the location of the event. For example, "TalossaWest" is held in Denver, USA, while "TalossaEast" has been held in Kentucky and New York, USA.<br />
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[[Category:Culture]]</div>Sierviculhttps://wiki.talossa.com/index.php?title=File:Stand_tall_talossans.pdf&diff=21951File:Stand tall talossans.pdf2015-03-15T19:59:39Z<p>Siervicul: Sheet music of Stand Tall, Talossans (Talossan national anthem).</p>
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<div>== Summary ==<br />
Sheet music of Stand Tall, Talossans (Talossan national anthem).<br />
== Licensing ==<br />
{{official}}</div>Sierviculhttps://wiki.talossa.com/index.php?title=Benito&diff=20873Benito2014-06-20T11:14:39Z<p>Siervicul: </p>
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<div>{{province<br />
|name=Benito<br />
|date=April 20th, {{year|1982}}<br />
|flagimage=Be flag.gif<br />
|mapimage=Be map.png<br />
|cun=[[Ieremiac'h Ventrutx]]<br />
|prem=Maestro<br />
|premn=[[Lüc da Schir]]<br />
|motto=<br />
|sen=[[Tric'hard Carschaleir]]<br />
|dem=Benitian<br />
}}'''The Sovereign Province of Benito''' ({{IPA-all|bɛˈnitɔ|pron}}), in [[Glheþ|Talossan]] ''la Provinçù Soveran da Bhenito'' ({{IPA-all|lɐ pɾɔvinˈsu sɔvɛˈɾan dɐ bɛˈnitɔ}}), is a province of [[Talossa]]. Formerly known as Mussolini, the province name was changed following a referendum of its citizens, during which the actions of the Italian dictator of the same name were denounced. The renaming was affirmed at the national level through [[Acknowledging the Renaming of Mussolini Province|38PD1]], which became law on April 26, 2008. The province was granted the right to self-govern during the 39th Cosa with the proclamation of a [[Constitution of Benito|Constitution]] by Viceré [[Owen Edwards]].<br />
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== Geography ==<br />
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Benito lies south of [[Atatürk]], west of [[Vuode]] and north of [[Florencia]], which was initially a canton of Benito. It is bordered by Milwaukee River on the west.<br />
The province is divided into two cantons: Garibaldi (to the north) and Mazzini (to the south). As per Article Four of the provincial constitution, Garibaldi is Benito's provincial capital.<br />
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== Politics ==<br />
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=== Head of State ===<br />
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The Head of State is the '''Viceré''' (known in other provinces as the Cunstaval or Constable). The Viceré is appointed for an indefinite term by the Monarch to serve as the vice regal representative to the Province. Under the Benitian Constitution, the authority of the Viceré is limited to powers which mimic those of the Monarch at the National level.<br />
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=== Head of Government ===<br />
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The Head of Government is the Maestro. The Maestro is elected by the members of the Legislative Chancellery, the Benitian legislature. Under the Benitian Constitution, the Maestro can issue legislative proclamations, which are similar to [[Prime Dictate|Prime Dictates]] at the national level.<br />
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=== Legislature ===<br />
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The Legislative authority of the province is vested in the [[Legislative Chancellery]], a unicameral legislature composed of 11 seats held by members, or Chancellors, directly elected during the General Election. Chancellors may be removed from office by legislative force, in limited circumstances, upon being presented with a Writ of Impeachment pursuant to Benitian law.<br />
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=== Provincial Honours ===<br />
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As per 39LC30, the Maestro of Benito is entitled to enroll worthy Benitians into the Order of Benito, the province's only honor established by law.<br />
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The current recipients of the Order of Benito are:<br />
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! Name !! Date !! Admitted by<br />
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| [[Istefan Perþonest|Don Istefan Éovart Perþonest, O.Be.]] || April 21st, 2013 || Maestro Timoþi M. Asmourescu<br />
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| [[Flip Molinar|Don Flip Molinar, O.Be.]] || April 21st, 2013 || Maestro Timoþi M. Asmourescu<br />
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| [[Timoþi Asmourescu|Don Timoþi M. Asmorescu]] || February 28th, 2014 || Maestro Lüc da Schir<br />
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==External Links==<br />
* [http://benito.moonfruit.com Website and forums of Benito province]<br />
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{{prov}}</div>Sierviculhttps://wiki.talossa.com/index.php?title=Maritiimi-Maxhestic&diff=20872Maritiimi-Maxhestic2014-06-20T11:13:23Z<p>Siervicul: </p>
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<div>{{Province<br />
|name=Maritiimi-Maxhestic<br />
|flagimage=Mmflag.png<br />
|mapimage=Mm map.png<br />
|cun=[[Bradley Holmes]]<br />
|prem=Grand General Secretary<br />
|premn=Sir [[Mick Preston]], [[UrN]]<br />
|date=November 30th, {{year|1984}}<br />
|dem=Maritiimi-Maxhestian<br />
|motto="Onward! Upward! Forward!"<br />
|sen=Sir [[Mick Preston]], [[UrN]]<br />
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::''Today is ''Maritiimi-Maxhestic Istuporaziua'', a special holiday to celebrate the province of Maritiimi-Maxhestic! Wow!''<br />
'''La Provinçù da Maritiimi-Maxhestic''', {{IPA-all|lɐ provinˈsu ðɐ mɐɾiˈtimi mɐˈd͡ʒɛstik|pron}}, in short '''Maritiimi-Maxhestic''' ({{IPA-all|mɐɾiˈtimi mɐˈd͡ʒɛstik}}), is a province of Talossa. Long one of the most active provinces, it has a dark past but a bright future, having turned a history of fractiousness and tyranny into a glorious march towards democracy and freedom. It is also one of the most attractive and cultured of provinces, with its vast lands comprising most of the nation's parkland and access to the [[Mar Talossan]], as well as the Milwaukee Art Museum.<br />
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==History==<br />
The fifth province is generally considered to have been created on September 30th, {{year|1984}}, when its majority constituent province of Maritiimi was created in the [[Cantonization]] from the vast [[New Territories]], a large area that had been annexed in the [[Edgewood Proclamation]] of 26 January {{year|1983}}. The new province of Maritiimi was named for its position along the coastline of the [[Mar Talossan]], but actually consisted entirely of territory that is now part of present-day [[Vuode]] (Canton 76). Subsequent territorial shifts ceded this canton to Vuode while expanding the province vastly to the south, with the addition of Canton 109 (present-day Maritiimi Canton) during the creation of the Southwest Territories. During this era of the province's existence, it was either lawless or else governed by [[Danihel Lorentzescu]] (who seized control and attempted to secede from Talossa).<br />
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The nearby province of [[Port Maxhestic]] — briefly also known as Südlicher Großhaven — was also created in the [[1985 Land Reforms]], but became notable over the following years for being the personal domain of fractious local strongman [[Ian von Metairia]], whose heritage and martial spirit gave the province its proud Germanic culture and flavor (as well as an amorphous and unknown capital, Jahnlähle). Metaira ruled with an iron fist for many years in Port Maxhestic, until his defeat in an election by Charmaine Cvala-Smith in {{year|1991}}. In outrage, he shifted to Maritiimi Province, and in response to his later clamoring, Port Maxhestic was combined with its larger neighbor of Maritiimi in another reorganization on 2 April {{year|1993}}. Port Maxhestic lives on as Canton 153, and remains a substantial portion of the modern province.<br />
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Maritiimi-Maxhestic's final territorial alteration came during [[Reunision]], when the province happily ceded a portion of this canton to help create the new province of [[{{fio}}]], receiving in compensation a substantial portion of [[Maricopa]]n territory in return and yielding the new Villatx Freiric Canton.<br />
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In the years since, the citizens of Maritiimi-Maxhestic have become particularly known for their high level of activity in Talossa, as well as a general fascination with vowels. The tradition of <br />
Metairian fervency is continued in their gentle insistence that the provinces of [[{{cez}}]] and [[{{fio}}]] should rightfully be governed by Maritiimi-Maxhestic. The justifications given for this belief are alternately ludicrous and nonsensical.<br />
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==Territory==<br />
[[File:Mmmap.png|thumb|The cantons of the province.]]Maritiimi-Maxhestic is comprised of the three cantons of Maritiimi, Port Maxhestic, and Villatx Freiric (also known as Frédéricville).<br />
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===Maritiimi===<br />
*[http://www.mam.org/ Milwaukee Art Museum] - This museum, with more than 30,000 works of art and more than 400,000 visitors a year, is the premiere museum of the [[Greater Talossan Area]]. With more than 125 years of operation, its four floors and forty galleries feature a wonderful array of American, European, and Talossan works. Open Tuesday-Sunday 10am-5pm and Thursday until 8pm.<br />
*[http://www.villaterracemuseum.org/index.html Villa Terrace Decorative Art Museum] - Built in the style of an Italian Renaissance villa, this institution features a wonderful collection of decorative arts from the 15th to 18th centuries.<br />
*[http://www.charlesallis.org/ Charles Allis Art Museum] - This museum's paintings and prints are housed in the Tudor mansion where the Allis family once resided.<br />
*[http://www.jewishmuseummilwaukee.org/index.php Jewish Museum] - Milwaukee's Jewish community has been central to the city's heritage for generations, and remain vital to modern Talossa. This museum showcases some of that history and the contributions of the Jewish Cestours.<br />
*[http://www.warmemorialcenter.org/ War Memorial Center] - This beautiful building serves as a resource center for American veterans, a memorial center with an eternal flame, and a museum of WW2 posters.<br />
*McKinley Marina - A public marina with multiple slips for rent, McKinley Marina is Talossa's most-trafficked gateway to the Mar Talossan.<br />
*Parks - Including Veteran's Park, Juneau Park, Back Bay Park, McKinley Park, and probably some other parks. Maritiimi has the greatest amount of parkland not only in Maritiimi-Maxhestic, but in all of Talossa.<br />
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===Port Maxhestic===<br />
*[http://www.harborhousemke.com/ Harbor House] - Part of the Bartoletta string of restaurants, the Harbor House serves some of the finest seafood meals in the country.<br />
*[http://www.discoveryworld.org/ Discovery World] - An aquarium, museum, and center for innovation, Discovery World hosts an extraordinary number of events and clever ways to learn about science.<br />
*Lakeshore State Park - Fishing, sports fields, and jogging paths provide a way for local citizens and Cestours to get some exercise and enjoy the outdoors.<br />
*Henry W. Maier Festival Park - Host of PrideFest, Polish Fest, Summerfest, Festa Italiana, German Fest, African World Festival, Irish Fest, Mexican Fiesta, and the Indian Summer Festival.<br />
*[http://www.marcusamp.com/ Marcus Amphitheatre] - No venue on the planet hosts bigger names and bigger events than the Marcus Amphitheatre. Lady Gaga, the Dave Matthews Band, and Bruno Mars are just some of the recent shows here.<br />
*Seasonal LakeWalk - A well-maintained and beautiful walk along the Mar Talossan, the Seasonal LakeWalk is an exquisite stroll along the length of the province.<br />
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===Villatx Freiric===<br />
*[http://www.bacchusmke.com/ Bacchus] - One of the Bartoletta string of restaurants, Bacchus is fine dining at its best. Also available for private bookings.<br />
*[http://www.davidbarnettgallery.com/ David Barnett Gallery] - The David Barnett Gallery represents more than 600 artists, including Picasso ceramics and Milton Avery oil paintings, as well as emerging Cestour artists.<br />
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==Flag==<br />
The flag of Maritiimi-Maxhestic is described in vexillological terminology thus: "Per Scandinavian cross, 1 Per fess vert and gules, 2 and 3 Argent, 4 Tierced in pale gules, or, and azure; a Scandinavian cross sable fimbriated argent and refimbriated sable; overall at the center of the cross a plate fimbriated sable charged with an anchor sable festooned at its head with a ribband azure bearing the legend '8-1-93' sable."<br />
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This flag, which is deeply historic, contains a plenitude of symbolism designed to honor the heritage of this brave province. The central device, an anchor, comes from the first symbol adopted by Port Maxhestic when it was created out of the South Territory in {{year|1985}}. It is a reference to the seaport nature of the province. The banner upon it is the date of the absorption of Port Maxhestic into Maritiimi, on August 1st, {{year|1993}}. <br />
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The Scandinavian cross and the overall layout of the flag evoke the War Ensign of the German Empire, and the War Ensign of the North German Confederation before that. This reflects the German heritage of many Milwaukeeans and many early Talossans - leading Maritiimi-Maxhestican Duke von Metairia, in particular. <br />
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In the upper left quadrant is an homage to the national flag. This also references the territorial status of Maritiimi - a status it arguably held for many years, even to such a point as to openly revolt and attempt to secede in {{year|1986}}. In the lower right, there is a reference to the colors of Maritiimi, originally taken from a long-defunct provincial arms from {{year|1989}} but which now serve as colors for the whole province.<br />
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==Governance==<br />
{{MMNav}}Maritiimi-Maxhestic has operated under a [[Constitution of Maritiimi-Maxhestic|provincial constitution]] since May 12th, {{year|2008}}, when local voters approved it by referendum. Under this constitution, the province is governed by an [[government of Maritiimi-Maxhestic|Assembly]] of local representatives, selected by political parties according to their share of the vote. Elections are conducted by the national [[Chancery]] or by a specially selected local [[government of Maritiimi-Maxhestic|M3]]. Each term, or convocation, the Assembly passes [[Statutory law of Maritiimi-Maxhestic|statutes]] or amends the [[Election law of Maritiimi-Maxhestic|election law]]. The Assembly is headed by a [[government of Maritiimi-Maxhestic|Grand General Secretary]] (GGS), whose tasks are mostly ceremonial. Clerical work is performed by the Grand Specific Undersecretary (GSU), while the Maximally Magnificent Majordomo (M3) maintains the electoral database and conducts elections.<br />
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{{Prov}}</div>Sierviculhttps://wiki.talossa.com/index.php?title=Wittenberg&diff=20561Wittenberg2014-05-07T09:24:22Z<p>Siervicul: /* History */ some clarification and additional details</p>
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<div>'''Wittenberg''' (also known as ''Witt'' or less correctly ''The Witt'') is the name used in [[Talossa]] for the Kingdom’s privately administered on-line discussion forum. It is currently hosted on [http://www.proboards.com/ Proboards]. <br />
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The forum contains several individual "Boards", which serve to make it easier to keep different sorts of conversations (and business) separate and organized. Confusingly enough, “Wittenberg” is also the name of the most important of the Boards, the one at the top of the list that’s advertised as a “General all-purpose forum for discussing all things Talossan”. Each Board contains many Threads (conversations); each Thread contains any number of Posts (individual contributions to a conversation). Wittenberg posts show up on Google searches.<br />
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Every Talossan [[ÁrTal|citizen]] is urged to have an account on Wittenberg, and most do. Besides citizens, accounts are given to prospective citizens and (by the [[Seneschal|Prime Minister’s]] special invitation) to non-citizen guests.<br />
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The administrators of Wittenberg are [[Lord Hooligan]] and [[John|King John]]. The administrators have power to edit, move, or delete posts; to move or delete entire threads; to reset passwords, change account settings, suspend accounts, even banish users permanently. Because of its importance to the national dialogue (since so many citizens are [[cybercit]]s), there are some laws and regulations[http://talossa.proboards.com/post/19829/thread] that govern the administration of Wittenberg, but it nonetheless remains a private enterprise. This accounts for the nature of "[[Wittiquette]]," the rules of propriety that are enforced on Wittenberg. It also accounts for the administrators' ability to take occasional direct action, as when plagiarism[http://talossa.proboards.com/thread/2671/poetry-filiocht] or obscenities are edited out.<br />
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== History ==<br />
[[Ryan Hughes]] created the first Talossan message forum in mid-1997: the Talossan Discussion Group, popularly referred to as the "Disco Group" (http://www.enteract.com/~ryan/talossa/talk/index.html). Shortly thereafter, [[Charles Sauls]] created another forum which he named "Wittenberg" as a project of his [[Schmeckenista Front for the Advancement of Cybercits]]. The name was chosen as an appropriate place for people to post things (like Martin Luther posting his theses to the doors of Wittenberg Cathedral). When Hughes left Talossa for [[Penguinea]] in late September 1996, he shut down his Disco Group, and Wittenberg was left as the hub of online interaction for Erteiers. Each subsequent primary message forum for Talossa has been named after Sauls' Wittenberg, with the number typically incremented after each change of host and/or administrator ("Wittmeister").<br />
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*Wittenberg I - Charles Sauls' original Wittenberg, located at http://www.pacinfo.com/~saulsc/bbs. It had a black background and a particular feel that would later become iconic, and was repeatedly imitated.<br />
*Wittenberg II - When Sauls departed the country, [[Jon Peck]] took over. It was only used a short time.<br />
*Wittenberg III - This was the second version administered by Peck. It was intended to fix technical problems found in Witt II, but had many problems of its own. It was abandoned in short order.<br />
*Wittenberg IV - The third Witt with Peck as Wittmeister, this version saw long use.<br />
*Wittenberg V - The first Witt to be set up and administered by [[Robert I]].<br />
*Wittenberg VI - Started on 10 Feb {{year|2000}} by [[Tamorán dal Navâ]], this board lasted for a year and a half until technical problems brought it down.<br />
*Wittenberg VII - This short-lived board only existed during the transition between Witt VI and Witt VIII.<br />
*Wittenberg VIII - Administered by Wittmeister [[Marti-Pair Furxheir]], this Witt saw long service, from May 2001 through February 2003.<br />
*Wittenberg IX - Also administered by Furxheir, this attempted implementation of a new forum software was unpopular and used for only a few days during February 2003.<br />
*Wittenberg X - Wittenberg X (also administered by Furxheir) entered service in February of {{year|2003}}. It was the version of Wittenberg in service at the time of formation of the [[Republic of Talossa]] and was seized as the forum of the Republic from 1 June {{year|2004}}.<br />
*Wittenberg XI - The current Proboards forum. Originally administered by [[Peter Hottelet]], then transferred to King John.<br />
*Wittenberg XII - The now-defunct board used by the [[Republic of Talossa]], after they stopped using Witt X. At one point the Republic changed hosts again, but instead of incrementing to Wittenberg XIII, the new version was referred to as Wittenberg XII(b). It was abandoned and archived after [[Reunision]].<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Wittiquette]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
[http://talossa.proboards.com/ Wittenberg]<br />
[[Category:Wittenberg]]</div>Sierviculhttps://wiki.talossa.com/index.php?title=Holidays&diff=20464Holidays2014-05-03T00:59:17Z<p>Siervicul: /* Days of Observance */ correct information about Newspaper Day</p>
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<div>{{cult}}<br />
Certain days are officially designated as '''public holidays''', or ''Feschtas Püblici'' ({{IPA-all|ˈfeʃtɐs ˈpybɫɪt͡ʃi|pron}}), and are observed by the government of the [[Kingdom of Talossa]]. Government offices are closed on these days except for emergency services and national security. Private businesses are also encouraged to observe these holidays.<br />
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* '''New Year's Day''' (1 January)<br />
* '''Landmark Day''' (3d Monday in January) commemorates all Talossan landmarks, including [[Grecian Delight]] (Grecian Delight Remembrance Day is observed on 19 January, the day that hallowed national landmark was destroyed by arson in 2010)<br />
* '''Culture Day''' (3d Monday in February) commemorates the rich culture of the Kingdom, in line with Napoleon's Memorial Wargaming Day (observed 21 February, the day of the closing of the historic Talossan site, [[Napoleon's]] Wargame Shop), and serving as a traditional kick-off day for celebration of Berber Heritage Month (March)<br />
* '''Cestour Day''' (final Monday in May) celebrates Cestour heritage and the rich history of the protoTalossan realm, in line with Juneau Day (observed on 28 May, commemmorating the victory of the protoTalossan Juneaumen over the Kilbournites at the Battle of the Bridges)<br />
* '''Foundation Day''' (4 July) celebrates [[King Ben|King Robert I]]'s Birthday (2 July) and [[Organic Law]] Day (6 July). It is a legal requirement that a fireworks celebration be held at the shore of ''La Mar Talossan'' on a date roughly between King Robert I's Birthday and Organic Law Day.<br />
* '''Monarchy Day (observed)''' (1st Monday in September) commemorates the resumption of the Talossan monarchy with the coronation of [[Florence Yarney|Florence]] on 24 August 1987<br />
* '''Armistice Day''' (11 November) commemorates the proclamation of peace following the Great War, and the invincible moral support that the Kingdom of Talossa contributes to all foreign conflicts, and that it would have contributed to that one in particular had the Kingdom been founded by then<br />
* '''Victory Day (observed)''' (4th Thursday in November) celebrates the triumphant victory of our nation in every single war it has ever fought (specifically, the victory won on 25 November 1980 in the [[Cone Wars]])<br />
* '''Dependence Day''' (25 December) commemorates the final day of dependence of this nation on another, and oh, also celebrates Christmas Day<br />
* '''[[Independence Day]]''' (26 December) celebrates Talossa's first day of independence (by law, the houses, buildings, and streets of the nation are found decked out in the national colours of red and green in the days leading up to Independence Day)<br />
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==Days of Observance==<br />
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Other days on the calendar have been named from time-to-time as '''days of observance''', or ''Ziuas Auservadas''. Government offices are open and business is conducted on these days (unless falling on a day listed above as a public holiday).<br /><br />
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* '''11 January:''' Labour Day (commemorating the failed Communist ''coup d'etat'' that took place on this day in 1980).<br />
* '''19 January:''' Grecian Delight Remembrance Day.<br />
* '''20 January:''' Penguin Awareness Day.<br />
* '''21 January:''' Squirrel Appreciation Day.<br />
* '''28 February:''' Off-With-Their-Heads Day (reminding all citizens to practice active Talossanity).<br />
* '''March:''' Berber Heritage Month.<br />
* '''31 March:''' Mindless Patriotism Day.<br />
* '''20 April:''' Reunision Day (''la Ziua dal Rëuniziun''), commemorating the Reunision of Talossa, which was achieved on this day in 2012.<br />
* '''23 April:''' Newspaper Day (commemorating the first publication of a Talossan opposition newspaper, [[Talossan National News|TNN]], on this day in 1985)<br />
* '''1 May:''' Holiday of Hatred (recalling the theft of the Talossan flag that occurred on this day in 1983); this is Talossa's Flag Day, a day Talossans spend without displaying the flag and in contemplation of the importance of our national symbols.<br />
* '''28 May:''' [[Solomon Juneau]] Day.<br />
* '''Summer:''' [[TalossaFest]], traditional festive gathering of Talossans in the Kingdom and elsewhere.<br />
* '''24 June:''' Immigration Day (commemorating the opening of immigration, this day in 1981).<br />
* '''11 September:''' [[The International Memorial Day Act|International Memorial Day]].<br />
* '''15 September:''' Game Day.<br />
* '''22 September:''' [[Alfred W. Lawson]] Day (commemorating the protoTalossan baseball player, aviation pioneer, novelist, prolific writer, and eccentric creator and promulgator of the metaphysical "science" of Lawsonomy and religion of Lawsonianism, namesake of the international airport serving Talossa, and general all-around kook).<br />
* '''28 September:''' Democracy Day (commemorating the first elections in Talossa, this day in 1981).<br />
* '''12 October:''' [[King John|Sovereign]]'s Birthday.<br />
* '''16 October:''' Publicity Day (commemorating the publication of the [[Publicity|first article about Talossa]] to appear in the foreign press, in the Milwaukee Sentinel, this day in 1984).<br />
* '''10 December:''' Human Rights Day.<br />
* '''12 December:''' ''Llimbaziua'' (Language Day) (commemorating the first use of the [[Talossan language]], this day in 1980). On Llimbaziua, the [[CUG|Committee for the Use of the Language]] typically issues an ''[[Arestada]]'' and ''[[Pienamaintsch]]''.</div>Sierviculhttps://wiki.talossa.com/index.php?title=TNN&diff=20463TNN2014-05-03T00:57:06Z<p>Siervicul: create redirect</p>
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<div>#REDIRECT [[Talossan National News]]</div>Sierviculhttps://wiki.talossa.com/index.php?title=St%C3%B8tanneu&diff=20462Støtanneu2014-05-03T00:52:38Z<p>Siervicul: /* Language */ fix link</p>
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<div>[[Image:kri1980.jpg|thumb|left|King Robert I in 1980, the year of Støtanneu's foundation]] '''Støtanneu''' was a newspaper founded {{year|1980}} by [[Robert I|King Robert I]] (Ben Madison). The original name of the paper was ''Støtannet'', which Madison took to mean ''the tusk'' in Norwegian (actually ''støttannen''), and was later Talossanised as ''Støtanneu''.<br />
Støtanneu was active from its foundation to the abdication of Ben Madison, although the creation of the [[Talossa|Kingdom]]'s bulletin board [[Wittenberg]] actually shrinked its activity. <br /><br />
=== Language ===<br />
Much of Støtanneu (especially before the [[Cybercit]] era) was written in [[Glheþ|Talossan]], a language that, at the time of the foundation of the newspaper, was spoken only by Madison [http://talossan.com/?page_id=242]. A huge percentage of the Talossan lexicon was created while writing the newspaper's issues. Also, in the older issues there are some words that are no longer in the dictionary.<br />
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===Later History===<br />
During the Cybercit era, Støtanneu came to be published online and in English, and publication became increasingly intermittent. In its last incarnation, after Madison's departure from Talossa, Støtanneu was the name of the message forum for his [[Talossan Émigré Community]].<br />
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[[Category:Culture]][[Category:Press]]</div>Sierviculhttps://wiki.talossa.com/index.php?title=St%C3%B8tanneu&diff=20461Støtanneu2014-05-03T00:52:15Z<p>Siervicul: correct translation, add later history</p>
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<div>[[Image:kri1980.jpg|thumb|left|King Robert I in 1980, the year of Støtanneu's foundation]] '''Støtanneu''' was a newspaper founded {{year|1980}} by [[Robert I|King Robert I]] (Ben Madison). The original name of the paper was ''Støtannet'', which Madison took to mean ''the tusk'' in Norwegian (actually ''støttannen''), and was later Talossanised as ''Støtanneu''.<br />
Støtanneu was active from its foundation to the abdication of Ben Madison, although the creation of the [[Talossa|Kingdom]]'s bulletin board [[Wittenberg]] actually shrinked its activity. <br /><br />
=== Language ===<br />
Much of Støtanneu (especially before the [[Cybercit era]]) was written in [[Glheþ|Talossan]], a language that, at the time of the foundation of the newspaper, was spoken only by Madison [http://talossan.com/?page_id=242]. A huge percentage of the Talossan lexicon was created while writing the newspaper's issues. Also, in the older issues there are some words that are no longer in the dictionary.<br />
===Later History===<br />
During the Cybercit era, Støtanneu came to be published online and in English, and publication became increasingly intermittent. In its last incarnation, after Madison's departure from Talossa, Støtanneu was the name of the message forum for his [[Talossan Émigré Community]].<br />
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[[Category:Culture]][[Category:Press]]</div>Sierviculhttps://wiki.talossa.com/index.php?title=Wittenberg&diff=20460Wittenberg2014-05-03T00:27:45Z<p>Siervicul: /* History */ typos</p>
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<div>'''Wittenberg''' (also known as ''Witt'' or less correctly ''The Witt'') is the name used in [[Talossa]] for the Kingdom’s privately administered on-line discussion forum. It is currently hosted on [http://www.proboards.com/ Proboards]. <br />
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The forum contains several individual "Boards", which serve to make it easier to keep different sorts of conversations (and business) separate and organized. Confusingly enough, “Wittenberg” is also the name of the most important of the Boards, the one at the top of the list that’s advertised as a “General all-purpose forum for discussing all things Talossan”. Each Board contains many Threads (conversations); each Thread contains any number of Posts (individual contributions to a conversation). Wittenberg posts show up on Google searches.<br />
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Every Talossan [[ÁrTal|citizen]] is urged to have an account on Wittenberg, and most do. Besides citizens, accounts are given to prospective citizens and (by the [[Seneschal|Prime Minister’s]] special invitation) to non-citizen guests.<br />
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The administrators of Wittenberg are [[Lord Hooligan]] and [[John|King John]]. The administrators have power to edit, move, or delete posts; to move or delete entire threads; to reset passwords, change account settings, suspend accounts, even banish users permanently. Because of its importance to the national dialogue (since so many citizens are [[cybercit]]s), there are some laws and regulations[http://talossa.proboards.com/post/19829/thread] that govern the administration of Wittenberg, but it nonetheless remains a private enterprise. This accounts for the nature of "[[Wittiquette]]," the rules of propriety that are enforced on Wittenberg. It also accounts for the administrators' ability to take occasional direct action, as when plagiarism[http://talossa.proboards.com/thread/2671/poetry-filiocht] or obscenities are edited out.<br />
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== History ==<br />
Wittenberg was created by Ryan Hughes is 1997. It got its name as an appropriate place for people to post things (like Martin Luther posted his theses to the doors of Wittenberg Cathedral). Each time the host has changed, the number has been incremented.<br />
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There have been many Wittenbergs across the history of Talossa. The first was Wittenberg I. Some early incarnations of Wittenberg lasted only a very short time before being replaced by later versions. Wittenberg X entered service in February 2003. It was the version of Wittenberg in service at the time of formation of the [[Republic of Talossa]] and was seized as the forum of the Republic from 1 June {{year|2004}}. The Kingdom then created the current Proboards forum, Wittenberg XI, as a replacement. The Republicans later moved to different forums referred to as Wittenberg XII and XII(b), but joined the Kingdom's citizens at Wittenberg XI upon [[Reunision]].<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Wittiquette]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
[http://talossa.proboards.com/ Wittenberg]<br />
[[Category:Wittenberg]]</div>Sierviculhttps://wiki.talossa.com/index.php?title=Wittenberg&diff=20459Wittenberg2014-05-03T00:27:14Z<p>Siervicul: /* History */ correct and expand on version numbers</p>
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<div>'''Wittenberg''' (also known as ''Witt'' or less correctly ''The Witt'') is the name used in [[Talossa]] for the Kingdom’s privately administered on-line discussion forum. It is currently hosted on [http://www.proboards.com/ Proboards]. <br />
<br />
The forum contains several individual "Boards", which serve to make it easier to keep different sorts of conversations (and business) separate and organized. Confusingly enough, “Wittenberg” is also the name of the most important of the Boards, the one at the top of the list that’s advertised as a “General all-purpose forum for discussing all things Talossan”. Each Board contains many Threads (conversations); each Thread contains any number of Posts (individual contributions to a conversation). Wittenberg posts show up on Google searches.<br />
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Every Talossan [[ÁrTal|citizen]] is urged to have an account on Wittenberg, and most do. Besides citizens, accounts are given to prospective citizens and (by the [[Seneschal|Prime Minister’s]] special invitation) to non-citizen guests.<br />
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The administrators of Wittenberg are [[Lord Hooligan]] and [[John|King John]]. The administrators have power to edit, move, or delete posts; to move or delete entire threads; to reset passwords, change account settings, suspend accounts, even banish users permanently. Because of its importance to the national dialogue (since so many citizens are [[cybercit]]s), there are some laws and regulations[http://talossa.proboards.com/post/19829/thread] that govern the administration of Wittenberg, but it nonetheless remains a private enterprise. This accounts for the nature of "[[Wittiquette]]," the rules of propriety that are enforced on Wittenberg. It also accounts for the administrators' ability to take occasional direct action, as when plagiarism[http://talossa.proboards.com/thread/2671/poetry-filiocht] or obscenities are edited out.<br />
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== History ==<br />
Wittenberg was created by Ryan Hughes is 1997. It got its name as an appropriate place for people to post things (like Martin Luther posted his theses to the doors of Wittenberg Cathedral). Each time the host has changed, the number has been incremented.<br />
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There have been many Wittenbergs across the history of Talossa. The first was Wittenburg I. Some early incarnations of Wittenburg lasted only a very short time before being replaced by later versions. Wittenberg X entered service in February 2003. It was the version of Wittenberg in service at the time of formation of the [[Republic of Talossa]] and was seized as the forum of the Republic from 1 June {{year|2004}}. The Kingdom then created the current Proboards forum, Wittenberg XI, as a replacement. The Republicans later moved to different forums referred to as Wittenberg XII and XII(b), but joined the Kingdom's citizens at Wittenberg XI upon [[Reunision]].<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Wittiquette]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
[http://talossa.proboards.com/ Wittenberg]<br />
[[Category:Wittenberg]]</div>Sierviculhttps://wiki.talossa.com/index.php?title=Template_talk:ScribeMiss&diff=15416Template talk:ScribeMiss2014-01-18T18:41:10Z<p>Siervicul: /* Missing Laws/Acts */</p>
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<div>== Missing Laws/Acts ==<br />
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I'll get to creating those numbering redirects for these missing laws sometime tomorrow. Love the template! :) [[User:Dien|Dien]] ([[User talk:Dien|talk]]) 04:14, 18 January 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Most of them actually seem to be working! Example: [[21RC19]].--[[User:AD|AD]] ([[User talk:AD|talk]]) 04:18, 18 January 2014 (UTC)<br />
::Hmm I didn't even notice. I must have been subconsciously thinking ahead when I ran the bot. xD [[User:Dien|Dien]] ([[User talk:Dien|talk]]) 04:31, 18 January 2014 (UTC)<br />
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This template seems handy, but one problem with it is that when looking at the list of statutes there will no longer be any indication of which ones have missing text. One can look at the missing laws category, but that is not organized by Clark, which makes it not so useful for figuring out where to look for the missing text. Thoughts? [[User:Siervicul|Siervicul]] ([[User talk:Siervicul|talk]])</div>Sierviculhttps://wiki.talossa.com/index.php?title=Mart%C3%AC-Pa%C3%ACr_Furxh%C3%A9ir&diff=11796Martì-Paìr Furxhéir2013-07-03T12:14:57Z<p>Siervicul: remove non-Talossan name</p>
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<div>'''Martì-Páir Furxhéir''' was a citizen of Talossa. <br />
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Furxhéir became a citizen of Talossa on 21 January {{year|2001}} and two months later was appointed Secretary of State by Prime Minister [[Michael Pope]] to commence the fourth Clark of the 28th Cosa. He served nearly five Cosas as [[Secretary of State]], leaving the Kingdom while holding that office and also while a sitting Senator, during the crisis of 2004 that created the [[Talossan Republic]].<br />
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|o=[[Scribe of Abbavilla]]<br />
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[[Category:Former citizens|Furchéir, Martì-Paìr]]</div>Sierviculhttps://wiki.talossa.com/index.php?title=History&diff=11795History2013-07-03T12:13:35Z<p>Siervicul: /* Abdication Era (Axhitaziun Atx) (2004-2006) */ Talossify a couple of names</p>
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<div>__NOINDEX__<br />
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The '''history''' of the [[Kingdom of Talossa]] is long and illustrious. While the roots of the nation lie with our ancient [[Berber]] forebears and the local heritage of neighboring [[Milwaukee]], the history of Talossa itself is comparably more recent.<br />
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==Dictator Era (''Dictatür Atx'') (1979-1981)==<br />
This period of Talossan history is marked by almost complete Madisonian dominance, with every single aspect of Talossan life defined and controlled by the founder, [[Robert I]]. His legal powers are dictatorial and generally unlimited.<br />
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*'''26 December {{year|1979}}I''' - Talossa is founded as a one-person "democratic dictatorship" by Robert I. [[Gary Cone]] is recognized as the U.S. Ambassador to Talossa.<br />
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*'''11 January {{year|1980}}''' - Dictatorship abandoned in favor of "Communist People's Republic." The date of this failed coup is still commemorated in Talossa as Labour Day.<br />
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*'''10 February {{year|1980}}''' - Atheistic communism abandoned; return to dictatorship. (Some reports claim that the communist coup failed on 1/11, later on the same day it began.)<br />
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*'''1 August {{year|1980}}''' - ''[[Støtanneu]]'' begins regular publication as the first Talossan media.<br />
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*'''1 September {{year|1980}}''' - [[Gary Cone]] no longer recognized as U.S. Ambassador and treated as persona non grata when his theism is discovered.<br />
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*'''24 September {{year|1980}}''' - Third Talossan Revolution. Talossa becomes a republic for the first time. Antarctica and Portugal annexed in first claimed expansion of Talossan territory.<br />
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*'''8 October {{year|1980}}''' - Republic abandoned; return to dictatorship as Robert I reassumes the throne for the second time. Claims to Antarctica and Portugal abandoned.<br />
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*'''18 November {{year|1980}}''' - Declaration of war against Gary Cone's Glib Room Empire, following physical assault by Cone against Robert I's sister, Jennifer Madison.<br />
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*'''21 November {{year|1980}}'''- [[John Jahn]] recognized as new U.S. Ambassador. Simultaneously, Jahn forms the state of KJK according to the ideals of Robert I's "World Singular Secession." The KJK and Talossa are joined by [[Art Verbotten|John Eiffler]]'s "Kingdom of Thord" in a "League of Secessionist States," or "LOSS". LOSS unites in war against the Glib Room Empire.<br />
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*'''25 November {{year|1980}}''' - [[Cone Wars|Battle of the Garage]]. Glib Room Empire formally surrenders; end of the seven-day Cone War.<br />
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*'''29 November {{year|1980}}''' - John Jahn resigns as U.S. Ambassador over dispute about racism.<br />
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*'''11 December {{year|1980}}''' - Robert I decrees the creation of the Talossan language. The following day sees its first use and is commemorated as ''Llimbaziua''.<br />
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*'''1 July {{year|1981}}''' - Talossa adds first citizens other than Robert I: [[Dan Lorentz]], [[Josh Macht]], [[Robert Murphy]], [[Harry Wozniak]], and [[Dawn Scher]] become nonvoting citizens.<br />
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*'''14 July {{year|1981}}''' - Robert I abdicates and leaves Talossa, giving as his reasons his belief that his dedication to Talossa is proving a hindrance to his ambition to meet and date girls.<br />
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*'''22 July {{year|1981}}''' - Robert I returns to Talossa, having spent a week striking out with girls despite his abdication.<br />
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*'''8 August {{year|1981}}''' - Robert I reassumes the throne for the third time; first elections announced. Robert I forms right-wing Royal Socialist Party. Dan Lorentz forms left-wing Democratic Dandipratic Party.<br />
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*'''18 September {{year|1981}}''' - First elections begin.<br />
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*'''22 September {{year|1981}}''' - "Regipäts Talossán" is coined by Robert I as name of nation.<br />
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*'''27 September {{year|1981}}''' - First elections end. The DDP takes majority with three votes over the RSP's two.<br />
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==Expansion Era (''Expança Atx'') (1981-1983)==<br />
Talossa begins to be influenced by people other than Robert I, if only slightly, and large annexations are made of new land, with the borders of Talossa expanding and contracting wildly until they assume roughly modern proportions. The country remains essentially a dictatorship.<br />
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*'''28 September {{year|1981}}''' - Dan Lorentz is sworn in as first [[Seneschal]].<br />
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*'''11 October {{year|1981}}''' - Seneschal Lorentz is removed by Robert I.<br />
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*'''18 October {{year|1981}}''' - The RSP is dissolved. Robert I forms the Thundersword Movement as a new fascist party after being defeated as Senior Class President by what he would later call "mobs of racist Blacks".<br />
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*'''9 January {{year|1982}}''' - Robert I abdicates. Council for Nationalist Victory instituted to rule the country.<br />
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*'''21 January {{year|1982}}''' - Council for Nationalist Victory abolished. Robert I reassumes the throne for the fourth time.<br />
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*'''9 March {{year|1982}}''' – [[Pengöpäts]] is annexed as unpopulated territory by Talossa.<br />
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*'''16 March {{year|1982}}''' – Cheap Glory Act enacted by Robert I; Madison home (now officially [[Vuode]] Province), nearby Downer Woods, and a local beach in modern [[Atatürk]] Province is added to Talossan territory.<br />
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*'''2 April {{year|1982}}''' – Talossa declares a sympathy war against Argentina, siding with Great Britain in the Falklands War.<br />
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*'''17 April {{year|1982}}''' – Treaty of Shorewood. Area comprising Lake Park, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, and Riverside High School (Mussolini – now [[Benito]] – Province) ceded to Talossa by current U.S. Ambassador. Talossa also annexes other areas of Milwaukee, including the area of Mitchell Airport. Annexations are poorly recorded and unsubstantive.<br />
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*'''17 August {{year|1982}}''' – [[Cézembre]] annexed (Cézembre Province).<br />
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*'''1 January {{year|1983}}''' – First Cabinet ministers named. Dan Lorentz returns as Seneschal, Bob Murphy becomes Foreign Minister, and John Jahn as War Minister (effective the following month).<br />
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*'''26 January {{year|1983}}''' – Edgewood Proclamation. Talossa assumes defined shape closely resembling modern borders.<br />
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==Establishment Era (''Cünstavalità Atx'') (1983- 1990)==<br />
Many of the myths and traditions that would later define the nation are established or sparked, while royal power is decreased tremendously in deferment to the increasing importance of the citizenry to Talossa as democracy is introduced.<br />
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*'''1 May {{year|1983}}''' – Theft of the flag of Talossa; Holiday of Hatred established.<br />
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*'''22 May {{year|1984}}''' – Robert I announces the Berber Hypothesis.<br />
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*'''16 October {{year|1984}}''' – The first major media article on Talossa is published, by Seneschal Dan Lorentz in the Milwaukee Sentinel. The date of publication is commemorated to this day as Publicity Day.<br />
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*'''26 December {{year|1984}}''' – The [[Ziu]] is created by Robert I; the [[Senäts]] is appointed by the King and the [[Cosâ]] is elected. The Senäts remains empty and is not used.<br />
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*'''23 April {{year|1985}}''' – John Jahn’s ''[[Talossa National News]]'' is created as the first opposition paper.<br />
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*'''12 May {{year|1985}}''' – A 1985 [[Organic Law]] is established by the King; the rambling document grants veto authority to Robert I on every aspect of Talossa and is still superseded by the first Constitution, but sets up the Ziu and other traditions.<br />
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*'''22 July {{year|1985}}''' – Elections become more free, as non-votes cease to be automatic votes for the Robert I.<br />
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*'''1 January {{year|1986}}''' – Vuode Crisis: Premier Dan Lorentz vows to secede Vuode from Talossa.<br />
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*'''10 March {{year|1986}}''' – Vuode Crisis ends upon public referendum about Vuode’s future.<br />
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*'''10 January {{year|1987}}''' – Robert I clarks a referendum to name [[Robert II|Robert Dobberpuhl]], recent immigrant to Talossa, as the new King to try to defer calls for full democracy.<br />
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*'''11 February {{year|1987}}''' – After the referendum returns a slight majority in favor of Dobberpuhl, he is sworn in as Robert II. The Constitution is declared void.<br />
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*'''29 March {{year|1987}}''' – A Lorentz government deposes Robert II and enacts strong strictures on royal power, beginning the brief and unofficial "[[Peculiar Republic]]" period of Talossa.<br />
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*'''15 August {{year|1987}}''' – [[Sandee Prachel]] becomes Talossa's first female Seneschal.<br />
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*'''24 August {{year|1987}}''' – After a referendum on the topic, [[Florence Yarney]] (formerly Robert I's English teacher in high school) is sworn in as King Florence I. Five-month "Peculiar Republic" ends.<br />
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*'''1 September {{year|1987}}''' – The first [[Clark]] (legislative agenda and report) is compiled, named for the shop (Clark Graphics) where they were photocopied.<br />
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*'''1 October {{year|1987}}''' – King Florence I is retitled Queen Florence I by the Cosa after briefly being officially Kingess Florence I. The citizenship essay "What Talossa Means To Me" is established by an act of Cosa, and all new citizens are required to purchase Robert I's book ''The History of Talossa''.<br />
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*'''27 February {{year|1988}}''' – Florence I abdicates, and Robert I is restored to the throne with limited powers in the Restoration.<br />
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*'''24 June {{year|1988}}''' – Creation of the [[1988 Constituziun]] by Robert I, Dan Lorentz, [[Andrew Wozniack]], John Jahn, and Bob Murphy. King’s power is limited into narrow channels of veto and the Seneschal acquires the power of [[Prime Dictate]]s.<br />
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*'''21 January {{year|1989}}''' – First [[Living Cosa]] held by Seneschal [[Tom Buffone]].<br />
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*'''1 April {{year|1989}}''' – Jennifer Madison creates the [[Talossan Sponge Party]], the first of the apathy parties.<br />
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*'''26 December {{year|1989}}''' – Tenth anniversary of Talossa's founding.<br />
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*'''14 February {{year|1990}}''' – A direct mail campaign by John Jahn's [[Talossan Nationalist Party]] marks the advent of modern electioneering in Talossa.<br />
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==Quiet Era (''Þagal Atx'') (1990-1994)==<br />
One of the most serious periods of general inactivity and diminishment of interest in Talossa, marked by a series of failing governments. Several scandals occur, thanks in part to the necessity of placing new and untested – but active - citizens into high positions.<br />
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*'''1 April {{year|1990}}''' – A longer period of general inactivity begins with the nation’s first Vote of No Confidence, ousting Seneschal Harry Wozniak.<br />
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*'''15 November {{year|1990}}''' – The National Destiny Referendum of Robert I asks Talossa whether the status quo should be maintained under the Constituziun, the country should return to a dictatorship, or if Talossa should be dissolved. Voters affirm the status quo, but the move sparks little interest.<br />
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*'''13 August {{year|1991}}''' – Robert I offers the Covenant of Rights and Freedoms as a referendum, and it passes.<br />
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*'''30 October {{year|1991}}''' – The Cosa passes reforms that permit the elimination of “dead citizens” from the rolls.<br />
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*'''14 January {{year|1992}}''' – After the introduction of write-in votes and some subsequent joke votes for "Mickey Mouse", Dan Lorentz and Josh Macht register the [[Mickey Mouse Movement]] and claim the votes in the first instance of [[Joke Maneuvering]].<br />
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*'''1 April {{year|1992}}''' – Seneschal John Jahn dissolves the government to avoid an incipient Vote of No Confidence due to political maneuvering by Robert I.<br />
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*'''9 April {{year|1992}}''' – Talossa recognizes the new province of [[Bradford]], formed by the Harry Wozniak, Bob Murphy, and Dan Lorentz.<br />
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*'''1 June {{year|1992}}''' – Seneschal Tom Buffone is voted No Confidence after refusing to fill his Cosa seats or engage in any activity as Seneschal. Buffone claims he did not authorize the issuance of a Clark, so the vote was illegal. The Cort Pü Inalt upholds his petition, but orders another vote. Buffone remains in office.<br />
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*'''21 June {{year|1992}}''' – Robert I proposes a referendum to settle the question of peculiarism versus derivatism, but while it achieves a majority it fails to get a supermajority and become law, leaving the matter unsettled.<br />
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{|class="info" width="40%" style="float: right" align="center"<br />
|align="center"|'''Memorable Words of Talossan Monarchs'''<br />
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“I am King of a nation of dreamers, but I cannot be King of every dream.”<br />
<br />'''[[Robert I]]'''<br /><br />
<br />“I am a friend of small, furry animals.”<br />
<br />'''[[Robert II]]'''<br /><br />
<br />"Call me the king of swat, the king of rock and roll, and the King of Talossa.”<br />
<br />'''[[Florence]] I'''<br /><br />
<br />"What Talossa tells us now, in her falsely-rumoured twilight, is that the greatest irony of Talossan history, perhaps, is that for some, Talossa is far too ‘real’ for their tastes.”<br />
<br />'''[[Robert I]]'''<br /><br />
<br />“May Talossa survive this government!”<br />
<br />'''[[Robert I]]'''<br />
|}<br />
*'''31 October {{year|1992}}''' – Second Vuode Crisis: Robert I declares that if the Seneschal did not recognize Talossa as a real country, then he could not object to his secession from it with his home province. In retaliation, Seneschal Buffone declares that if Robert I was seceding, then he was also automatically abdicating.<br />
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*'''21 November {{year|1992}}''' – Second Vuode Crisis ends after twenty-one days after the [[Cort Pü Inalt]] issued a binding but (to King Robert's mind) unpersuasive ruling declaring Talossa inherently derivativist and thus that the secession of Vuode had been unlawful and was null and void. Robert I is declared a traitor and penalized with a removal of voting privileges for one Clark.<br />
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*'''1 May {{year|1993}}''' – After an incredible effort at raising votes, the Robert I's Progressive Conservative Party obtains a supermajority of seats in the Cosa despite lingering accusations of fraud. The resulting Cosa votes the King a unilateral line-item veto, power to choose an heir without approval, and institutes the modern [[Three Strikes]] rule.<br />
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*'''1 August {{year|1993}}''' – Maritiimi Province is joined with Port Maxhestic to form [[Maritiimi-Maxhestic]].<br />
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*'''14 October {{year|1993}}''' – Record low turnout in election with only eleven votes received – less than half the votes of the previous election.<br />
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*'''30 July {{year|1994}}''' – [[Momgate]]: [[Dave Kuenn]] attempts to send out a mailer in violation of a Robert I law requiring political advertisements to be registered with the Chancery; the Cort Pü Inalt throws out the law in favor of mail privacy. Robert I uses the ruling to issue a referendum without having to inform the opposition and eliminate the loophole which permitted Momgate in the first place. Later investigation would lead to censure of Kuenn and exposure of voter fraud on his part.<br />
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==Internet Era (''Inter'riet Atx'') (1995-2003)==<br />
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Talossa goes online and explodes into a drastically changed country, gaining an enormous amount of new citizens and becoming dependent on electronic versions of previous traditional institutions.<br />
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*'''Date uncertain {{year|1995}}''' – Robert I marries Min Jenny Pan, known as Queen Jenny<br />
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*'''21 August {{year|1995}}''' – Talossa goes online, getting its first email address.<br />
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*'''1 December {{year|1995}}''' – Senäts is restored to power, as a bar to a potential influx of new citizens.<br />
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*'''15 January {{year|1996}}''' – Talossa's webpage goes online for the first time.<br />
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*'''1 February {{year|1996}}''' – [[Chris Collins]] becomes the first Cybercit.<br />
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*'''10 April {{year|1996}}''' – Støtanneu goes online.<br />
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*'''8 May {{year|1996}}''' – John Jahn and [[Nathan Freeberg]] form the [[Talossans for Talossa]] Party to oppose Cybercit involvement in response to a huge influx of citizens.<br />
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*'''14 December {{year|1996}}''' – First accusations against Robert I of having "pocket votes" during the first election over the Internet.<br />
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*'''6 July {{year|1997}}''' – The Organic Law, primarily authored by [[Matthias Muth]] and [[Evan Gallagher]], is overwhelmingly approved by referendum. It introduces the "[[Real Cosa]]" of 20 seats. The date is later commemorated with an official government holiday.<br />
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*'''26 September {{year|1997}}''' – [[Miestrâ Schivâ]] rejected by the Uppermost Cort for citizenship. Governor of Pengopats Evan Gallagher and [[Ryan Hughes]] leave Talossa. This "First Exdous" sets off a wave of political turmoil in Talossa.<br />
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*'''16 October 16 {{year|1997}}''' – New micronation, "Free Commonwealth of [[Penguinea]]", founded by Schiva, Gallagher, and Hughes.<br />
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*'''January {{year|1998}}''' – New Talossan Prime Minister Dan Wardlow begins to negotiate with Penguinean leaders for peace treaty. Increasingly undermined by King Robert, Wardlow splits from PC to form own "Peace and Freedom Party" (PFPT).<br />
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*'''21 February {{year|1998}}''' – Three new citizens are inducted in this Clark. Unusually, all become prominent in future Talossan affairs—[[Ián Anglatzarâ]], [[Istefan Perþonest]], and [[Tamorán dal Navâ]].<br />
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*'''21 February {{year|1998}}''' – Charles Sauls authorized by law to have dual citizenship in Penguinea, as the turmoil that started the previous September continues to churn.<br />
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*'''March {{year|1998}}''' – PFPT heavily defeated after Wardlow quits Talossa in mid-campaign; Tamorán dal Navâ becomes Prime Minister. Some PFPT supporters leave Talossa.<br />
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*'''21 June {{year|1998}}''' – University of Talossa chartered, Talossa adopts one Geneva Convention.<br />
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*'''1 September {{year|1998}}''' – [[Matt Dabrowski]]'s citizenship application is rejected in the first known refusal of a citizenship request by the Cosa. Dabrowski's widely known inclination towards the [[Progressive Conservative]]s is a major factor in his rejection; a strong tradition will develop against pre-citizenship recruitment by political parties (or "[[Broosking]]" as it will later be called).<br />
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*'''21 January {{year|1998}}''' – Queen Jenny becomes a Talossan citizen. Matt Dabrowski becomes a Talossan citizen despite the previous rejection.<br />
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*'''21 March {{year|1999}}''' – Semi-Permeable Wall Act comes into effect despite Robert I's efforts against it, ending Talossa's long association and difficulties with micronations.<br />
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*'''26 December 1999/XX''' – Twentieth anniversary of Talossa's founding.<br />
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*'''1 March {{year|2000}}''' – Wired magazine runs an [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.03/kingdoms_pr.html article on Talossa]. A brief flurry of immigration occurs in response.<br />
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*'''21 September {{year|2000}}''' – Robert I divorces Queen Jenny with a law so offensive in content that it later becomes the only Talossan act to ever be entirely expunged. [[Liberal Party|Liberals]] oppose the bill and suffer a firestorm of abuse from Robert I in response.<br />
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*'''21 January {{year|2001}}''' – Robert I marries Amy Durnford under Talossan law.<br />
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*'''June {{year|2001}}''' – King declares that he will never appoint a Liberal Party government, regardless of election results. Members of the Liberal Party renounce citizenship ''en masse'' in the "Second Exodus".<br />
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*'''4 December {{year|2002}}''' – Robert I departs the Progressive Conservatives, which had dominated Talossan politics ceaselessly and overwhelmingly since 1993. He and [[Wes Erni]] found [[La Mhà Nheagrâ]].<br />
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*'''10 January {{year|2003}}''' – Progressive Conservative support plummets; it remains the largest party, but brand-new party Mhà Nheagrâ takes almost as many votes. Robert I declares that this proves that there are no "[[pocket votes]]". Others note that the "pocket votes" moved to Robert I's new party just as expected.<br />
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*'''January {{year|2003}}''' – Ex-Liberal Ián Anglatzarâ attempts to rejoin Talossa. His application is vetoed by Robert I in a move of [[Gruber Commission|disputed legality]].<br />
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*'''13 March {{year|2003}}''' – Robert I announces his intention to name Louis Guzmán, Queen Amy's five-year-old grandson, as the heir to the throne of Talossa.<br />
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*'''14 October {{year|2003}}''' – The "Real Cosa" is eliminated and the 200-seat Cosa is returned. Mhà Nheagrâ now takes a near-majority and is the largest party.<br />
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==Abdication Era (''Axhitaziun Atx'') (2004-2006)==<br />
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This period was marked by increasing civil strife, including the mass defection of many citizens to the new micronation of the Republic of Talossa and culminating in the Great Abdication.<br />
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*'''22 November {{year|2003}}''' – Furxheir Incident: Secretary of State [[Martì-Pair Furxheir]] strips Gary Cone of his seats and gives them to [[Ieremiac'h Ventrutx]] in the face of questionable accusations of fraud, thereby giving the Progressive Conservatives a majority and the Mhà Nheagrâ-[[Zefençadeirs del Päts Talossán]] coalition a minority. The Cort Pü Inalt rules the action illegal and reverses it, putting the Mhà Nheagrâ- Zefençadeirs del Päts Talossán back in power. Controversy divides the nation.<br />
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*'''25 November {{year|2003}}''' – Noodles Summit: Internal peace is achieved with an agreement to transition to a Mhà Nheagrâ government provided Robert I resigns his seats and the Organic Law be amended to keep the monarch from the legislature permanently.<br />
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*'''1 June {{year|2004}}''' – While Robert I vacations, [[Ieremiac'h Ventrutx]], [[Tamorán dal Navâ]], [[Michael Pope]], [[Andrew Lowry]], [[Gödafrïeu Válcadác'h|Gödafrïeu Válcadác'h]], Andrea Thompson, Lisa Skovalia, Gregory Tisher, [[Gjermund Higraff]], Uglhán Cruceatúl, and Matthias Muth leave Talossa and join with Penguinean Miestrâ Schivâ to form the [[Republic of Talossa]]. They proclaim the "secession" of Maritiimi-Maxhestic, Cézembre, Maricopa, and Florencia. They are soon joined by [[Ián Anglatzarâ]] and Martì-Pair Furxheir. The Talossan domain (talossa.com) – administered by Furxheir - is changed to the Republic webpage, and all citizens of the Kingdom are banned from the existing Wittenberg. This event is sometimes known as the "Third Exodus".<br />
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*'''14 June {{year|2004}}''' – The Kingdom establishes a new Wittenberg in a different location. By-elections fill vacant positions and immigration requirements are lowered.<br />
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*'''10 September {{year|2004}}''' – [[Louis]], Robert I's adopted grandson, is named heir by Robert I and confirmed by the Ziu.<br />
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*'''9 December {{year|2004}}''' – [[Fritz von Buchholtz]] immigrates, and becomes the center of a new influx of citizenry.<br />
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*'''26 December {{year|2004}}I''' – Twenty-fifth anniversary of Talossa’s founding.<br />
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*'''12 April {{year|2005}}''' – The Republic's Constitution is approved and goes into effect. It would remain in effect for the remainder of the Republic's history.<br />
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*'''19 April {{year|2005}}''' – Government of the United States "recognizes Talossan sovereignty", when the name of the nation “Talossa” is trademarked by Robert I.<br />
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*'''7 May {{year|2005}}''' – [[John Woolley]] immigrates.<br />
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*'''13 August {{year|2005}}''' – Months of contention come to a head, when after having initiatives defeated in the Ziu on several occasions, Robert I demands the membership rolls of Fritz Buchholtz's [[Conservative Loyalist Party]] and is refused.<br />
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*'''15 August {{year|2005}}''' – The Great Abdication: Robert I abdicates the throne for the sixth and final time and renounces his citizenship. King [[Louis ]]I succeeds him to the throne. Robert is followed in renunciation by several other longtime citizens.<br />
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*'''14 September {{year|2005}}''' – Madison brings an ''ex parte'' suit (''[[2005_Erni_v._Talossa_(UC)|Erni v. Talossa]]'') seeking to overturn many citizenships issued under the direction of Buchholtz as Minister of Immigration. The Cort Pü Inalt upholds the actions of the minister and rules against Robert Madison's ex parte suit. In response, Madison declared Talossa "dead".<br />
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*'''Late 2005-2006''' - Multiple amendments to Organic Law and legislative reforms are proposed and established that restrict the power of the monarch and securing Talossa as a true constitutional monarchy with an apolitical head of state. As part of this process, the royal household and the cabinet ministries are also reorganized, the immigration process is changed, the [[Hopper]] is established.<br />
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*'''29 November {{year|2006}}''' – In response to a request from his family, the Ziu, acting as guardian of the minor King Louis I, abdicates the throne on his behalf. With no heir, it remains empty and [[Gregory Rajala]] is named regent by the court.<br />
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*'''December 2006-March 2007''' - Debate rages in Talossa over the question of the vacant throne. The governing CLP hold out hope that an [[Old Growth]] citizen (or a reformed Ben Madison) could eventually take the throne and argue it be held in regency until that time. The argument of [[Princess Bride Meme|converting the Kingship to an elected office]] is also made by some in the CLP. The CLP's coalition partner, the RUMP, advocates following the Organic Law's mandate that a new King be elected. The difference in opinion leads to many CLP Cosa members switching parties, giving the RUMP a working majority in the Cosa, though confidence in the government of CLP Prime Minister [[Samuhel Tecladeir]] is still upheld. With no Old Growther interested in taking the throne, Distain [[Lord Hooligan]] and others propose that the Ziu nominate John Woolley. The nomination goes before the electorate for ratification.<br />
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==Modern Era (''Actüell Atx'') (2007-)==<br />
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*'''14 March {{year|2007}}''' – John Woolley, now King John I, assumes the throne after a national referendum.<br />
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*'''April {{year|2007}}''' - Fritz Buchholtz surprises the nation before elections to the 37th Cosa by declaring the dissolution of the CLP, which had governed Talossa since the Great Abdication. Some voters cast ballots for the CLP, ignorant of the declaration (the Cosa seats won by the defunct party are filled by royal appointment), and the CLP's coalition partner party the RUMP takes over the government, inaugurating a long "Era of Good Feelings" in which political opposition is minimal and fragmented.<br />
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*'''21 June {{year|2007}}''' - In response to the dissolution of the CLP, the Ziu creates the [[Order of the Cincinnatus]] to recognise the contributions to Talossa by the CLP and its leaders through its existence. Buchholtz, Tecladeir, Danihel Laurier, Quedeir Castiglha, and Greg Rajala are given the award.<br />
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*'''21 March {{year|2008}}''' - The Talossan space program is established with the creation of the Bureau of Space Exploration and Rocketry (BEER).<br />
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*'''25 April {{year|2008}}''' - The renaming of Mussolini Province to Benito, which had been proclaimed by that province's legislature, is recognized and declared by a Prime Dictate.<br />
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*'''12 May {{year|2008}}''' - [[Maritiimi-Maxhestic]] ratifies a [[Constitution_of_Maritiimi-Maxhestic|provincial constitution]] by local referendum.<br />
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*'''21 May {{year|2008}}''' - The Cosa passes [[The Men in Black II Act]], requiring each government to provide a budget and financial report.<br />
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*'''21 December {{year|2008}}''' - Talossa declares its adherence to the UN Charter, and its intention to seek membership the United Nations.<br />
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*'''21 April {{year|2009}}''' - The [[Magistracy|Court of Magistracy]] is established as an court inferior to the Cort P&uuml; Inalt.<br />
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*'''21 May {{year|2009}}''' - Talossa declares its adherence to the agreements of the Geneva Conventions.<br />
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*'''19 January {{year|2010}}''' - The Talossan landmark Grecian Delight is destroyed by arson. When the Cosa meets in May, the lost landmark is commemorated in Talossan law.<br />
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*'''21 August {{year|2010}}''' - The slate of recognised national holidays is officially set with the passage of [[The Citizens and Cestours Public Holiday Act]].<br />
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*'''1 December {{year|2011}}''' - Miestr&acirc; Schiv&acirc;, representing the foundering Republic of Talossa, delivers the famous "[[Modest proposal|Modest Proposal]]" to begin negotiations that would dissolve the Republic and allow Republican Talossans to become citizens of the Kingdom.<br />
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*'''19 April {{year|2012}}''' - [[Reunision]] unites Talossans in a single nation once more. The Republic of Talossa is formally dissolved and its citizens are expedited through the immigration process of the Kingdom using special legislation.<br />
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*'''1 June {{year|2012}}''' - On the eighth anniversary of the founding of the Talossan Republic, according to the terms of the Reunision agreement and the wishes of the Republican Talossan citizens who had been assigned to [[Maricopa]] province temporarily, the province of [[Fiova]] is established from territory donated by Maricopa and Maritiimi-Maxhestic, and Republican Talossans are reassigned to citizenship in the new province by special legislation. [[Istefan Per&thorn;onest]] is named the province's first Constable and Fiovans begin establishing provincial government.<br />
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*'''19 February {{year|2013}}''' - After a successful [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/14097077/talossan-stamp-project Kickstarter], Talossa's [[Royal Bank & Post]] ships its first "regular issue" stamps.<br />
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The '''history''' of the [[Kingdom of Talossa]] is long and illustrious. While the roots of the nation lie with our ancient [[Berber]] forebears and the local heritage of neighboring [[Milwaukee]], the history of Talossa itself is comparably more recent.<br />
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==Dictator Era (''Dictatür Atx'') (1979-1981)==<br />
This period of Talossan history is marked by almost complete Madisonian dominance, with every single aspect of Talossan life defined and controlled by the founder, [[Robert I]]. His legal powers are dictatorial and generally unlimited.<br />
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*'''26 December {{year|1979}}I''' - Talossa is founded as a one-person "democratic dictatorship" by Robert I. [[Gary Cone]] is recognized as the U.S. Ambassador to Talossa.<br />
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*'''11 January {{year|1980}}''' - Dictatorship abandoned in favor of "Communist People's Republic." The date of this failed coup is still commemorated in Talossa as Labour Day.<br />
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*'''10 February {{year|1980}}''' - Atheistic communism abandoned; return to dictatorship. (Some reports claim that the communist coup failed on 1/11, later on the same day it began.)<br />
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*'''1 August {{year|1980}}''' - ''[[Støtanneu]]'' begins regular publication as the first Talossan media.<br />
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*'''1 September {{year|1980}}''' - [[Gary Cone]] no longer recognized as U.S. Ambassador and treated as persona non grata when his theism is discovered.<br />
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*'''24 September {{year|1980}}''' - Third Talossan Revolution. Talossa becomes a republic for the first time. Antarctica and Portugal annexed in first claimed expansion of Talossan territory.<br />
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*'''8 October {{year|1980}}''' - Republic abandoned; return to dictatorship as Robert I reassumes the throne for the second time. Claims to Antarctica and Portugal abandoned.<br />
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*'''18 November {{year|1980}}''' - Declaration of war against Gary Cone's Glib Room Empire, following physical assault by Cone against Robert I's sister, Jennifer Madison.<br />
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*'''21 November {{year|1980}}'''- [[John Jahn]] recognized as new U.S. Ambassador. Simultaneously, Jahn forms the state of KJK according to the ideals of Robert I's "World Singular Secession." The KJK and Talossa are joined by [[Art Verbotten|John Eiffler]]'s "Kingdom of Thord" in a "League of Secessionist States," or "LOSS". LOSS unites in war against the Glib Room Empire.<br />
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*'''25 November {{year|1980}}''' - [[Cone Wars|Battle of the Garage]]. Glib Room Empire formally surrenders; end of the seven-day Cone War.<br />
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*'''29 November {{year|1980}}''' - John Jahn resigns as U.S. Ambassador over dispute about racism.<br />
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*'''11 December {{year|1980}}''' - Robert I decrees the creation of the Talossan language. The following day sees its first use and is commemorated as ''Llimbaziua''.<br />
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*'''1 July {{year|1981}}''' - Talossa adds first citizens other than Robert I: [[Dan Lorentz]], [[Josh Macht]], [[Robert Murphy]], [[Harry Wozniak]], and [[Dawn Scher]] become nonvoting citizens.<br />
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*'''14 July {{year|1981}}''' - Robert I abdicates and leaves Talossa, giving as his reasons his belief that his dedication to Talossa is proving a hindrance to his ambition to meet and date girls.<br />
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*'''22 July {{year|1981}}''' - Robert I returns to Talossa, having spent a week striking out with girls despite his abdication.<br />
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*'''8 August {{year|1981}}''' - Robert I reassumes the throne for the third time; first elections announced. Robert I forms right-wing Royal Socialist Party. Dan Lorentz forms left-wing Democratic Dandipratic Party.<br />
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*'''18 September {{year|1981}}''' - First elections begin.<br />
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*'''22 September {{year|1981}}''' - "Regipäts Talossán" is coined by Robert I as name of nation.<br />
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*'''27 September {{year|1981}}''' - First elections end. The DDP takes majority with three votes over the RSP's two.<br />
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==Expansion Era (''Expança Atx'') (1981-1983)==<br />
Talossa begins to be influenced by people other than Robert I, if only slightly, and large annexations are made of new land, with the borders of Talossa expanding and contracting wildly until they assume roughly modern proportions. The country remains essentially a dictatorship.<br />
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*'''28 September {{year|1981}}''' - Dan Lorentz is sworn in as first [[Seneschal]].<br />
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*'''11 October {{year|1981}}''' - Seneschal Lorentz is removed by Robert I.<br />
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*'''18 October {{year|1981}}''' - The RSP is dissolved. Robert I forms the Thundersword Movement as a new fascist party after being defeated as Senior Class President by what he would later call "mobs of racist Blacks".<br />
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*'''9 January {{year|1982}}''' - Robert I abdicates. Council for Nationalist Victory instituted to rule the country.<br />
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*'''21 January {{year|1982}}''' - Council for Nationalist Victory abolished. Robert I reassumes the throne for the fourth time.<br />
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*'''9 March {{year|1982}}''' – [[Pengöpäts]] is annexed as unpopulated territory by Talossa.<br />
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*'''16 March {{year|1982}}''' – Cheap Glory Act enacted by Robert I; Madison home (now officially [[Vuode]] Province), nearby Downer Woods, and a local beach in modern [[Atatürk]] Province is added to Talossan territory.<br />
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*'''2 April {{year|1982}}''' – Talossa declares a sympathy war against Argentina, siding with Great Britain in the Falklands War.<br />
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*'''17 April {{year|1982}}''' – Treaty of Shorewood. Area comprising Lake Park, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, and Riverside High School (Mussolini – now [[Benito]] – Province) ceded to Talossa by current U.S. Ambassador. Talossa also annexes other areas of Milwaukee, including the area of Mitchell Airport. Annexations are poorly recorded and unsubstantive.<br />
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*'''17 August {{year|1982}}''' – [[Cézembre]] annexed (Cézembre Province).<br />
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*'''1 January {{year|1983}}''' – First Cabinet ministers named. Dan Lorentz returns as Seneschal, Bob Murphy becomes Foreign Minister, and John Jahn as War Minister (effective the following month).<br />
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*'''26 January {{year|1983}}''' – Edgewood Proclamation. Talossa assumes defined shape closely resembling modern borders.<br />
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==Establishment Era (''Cünstavalità Atx'') (1983- 1990)==<br />
Many of the myths and traditions that would later define the nation are established or sparked, while royal power is decreased tremendously in deferment to the increasing importance of the citizenry to Talossa as democracy is introduced.<br />
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*'''1 May {{year|1983}}''' – Theft of the flag of Talossa; Holiday of Hatred established.<br />
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*'''22 May {{year|1984}}''' – Robert I announces the Berber Hypothesis.<br />
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*'''16 October {{year|1984}}''' – The first major media article on Talossa is published, by Seneschal Dan Lorentz in the Milwaukee Sentinel. The date of publication is commemorated to this day as Publicity Day.<br />
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*'''26 December {{year|1984}}''' – The [[Ziu]] is created by Robert I; the [[Senäts]] is appointed by the King and the [[Cosâ]] is elected. The Senäts remains empty and is not used.<br />
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*'''23 April {{year|1985}}''' – John Jahn’s ''[[Talossa National News]]'' is created as the first opposition paper.<br />
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*'''12 May {{year|1985}}''' – A 1985 [[Organic Law]] is established by the King; the rambling document grants veto authority to Robert I on every aspect of Talossa and is still superseded by the first Constitution, but sets up the Ziu and other traditions.<br />
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*'''22 July {{year|1985}}''' – Elections become more free, as non-votes cease to be automatic votes for the Robert I.<br />
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*'''1 January {{year|1986}}''' – Vuode Crisis: Premier Dan Lorentz vows to secede Vuode from Talossa.<br />
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*'''10 March {{year|1986}}''' – Vuode Crisis ends upon public referendum about Vuode’s future.<br />
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*'''10 January {{year|1987}}''' – Robert I clarks a referendum to name [[Robert II|Robert Dobberpuhl]], recent immigrant to Talossa, as the new King to try to defer calls for full democracy.<br />
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*'''11 February {{year|1987}}''' – After the referendum returns a slight majority in favor of Dobberpuhl, he is sworn in as Robert II. The Constitution is declared void.<br />
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*'''29 March {{year|1987}}''' – A Lorentz government deposes Robert II and enacts strong strictures on royal power, beginning the brief and unofficial "[[Peculiar Republic]]" period of Talossa.<br />
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*'''15 August {{year|1987}}''' – [[Sandee Prachel]] becomes Talossa's first female Seneschal.<br />
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*'''24 August {{year|1987}}''' – After a referendum on the topic, [[Florence Yarney]] (formerly Robert I's English teacher in high school) is sworn in as King Florence I. Five-month "Peculiar Republic" ends.<br />
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*'''1 September {{year|1987}}''' – The first [[Clark]] (legislative agenda and report) is compiled, named for the shop (Clark Graphics) where they were photocopied.<br />
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*'''1 October {{year|1987}}''' – King Florence I is retitled Queen Florence I by the Cosa after briefly being officially Kingess Florence I. The citizenship essay "What Talossa Means To Me" is established by an act of Cosa, and all new citizens are required to purchase Robert I's book ''The History of Talossa''.<br />
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*'''27 February {{year|1988}}''' – Florence I abdicates, and Robert I is restored to the throne with limited powers in the Restoration.<br />
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*'''24 June {{year|1988}}''' – Creation of the [[1988 Constituziun]] by Robert I, Dan Lorentz, [[Andrew Wozniack]], John Jahn, and Bob Murphy. King’s power is limited into narrow channels of veto and the Seneschal acquires the power of [[Prime Dictate]]s.<br />
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*'''21 January {{year|1989}}''' – First [[Living Cosa]] held by Seneschal [[Tom Buffone]].<br />
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*'''1 April {{year|1989}}''' – Jennifer Madison creates the [[Talossan Sponge Party]], the first of the apathy parties.<br />
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*'''26 December {{year|1989}}''' – Tenth anniversary of Talossa's founding.<br />
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*'''14 February {{year|1990}}''' – A direct mail campaign by John Jahn's [[Talossan Nationalist Party]] marks the advent of modern electioneering in Talossa.<br />
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==Quiet Era (''Þagal Atx'') (1990-1994)==<br />
One of the most serious periods of general inactivity and diminishment of interest in Talossa, marked by a series of failing governments. Several scandals occur, thanks in part to the necessity of placing new and untested – but active - citizens into high positions.<br />
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*'''1 April {{year|1990}}''' – A longer period of general inactivity begins with the nation’s first Vote of No Confidence, ousting Seneschal Harry Wozniak.<br />
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*'''15 November {{year|1990}}''' – The National Destiny Referendum of Robert I asks Talossa whether the status quo should be maintained under the Constituziun, the country should return to a dictatorship, or if Talossa should be dissolved. Voters affirm the status quo, but the move sparks little interest.<br />
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*'''13 August {{year|1991}}''' – Robert I offers the Covenant of Rights and Freedoms as a referendum, and it passes.<br />
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*'''30 October {{year|1991}}''' – The Cosa passes reforms that permit the elimination of “dead citizens” from the rolls.<br />
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*'''14 January {{year|1992}}''' – After the introduction of write-in votes and some subsequent joke votes for "Mickey Mouse", Dan Lorentz and Josh Macht register the [[Mickey Mouse Movement]] and claim the votes in the first instance of [[Joke Maneuvering]].<br />
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*'''1 April {{year|1992}}''' – Seneschal John Jahn dissolves the government to avoid an incipient Vote of No Confidence due to political maneuvering by Robert I.<br />
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*'''9 April {{year|1992}}''' – Talossa recognizes the new province of [[Bradford]], formed by the Harry Wozniak, Bob Murphy, and Dan Lorentz.<br />
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*'''1 June {{year|1992}}''' – Seneschal Tom Buffone is voted No Confidence after refusing to fill his Cosa seats or engage in any activity as Seneschal. Buffone claims he did not authorize the issuance of a Clark, so the vote was illegal. The Cort Pü Inalt upholds his petition, but orders another vote. Buffone remains in office.<br />
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*'''21 June {{year|1992}}''' – Robert I proposes a referendum to settle the question of peculiarism versus derivatism, but while it achieves a majority it fails to get a supermajority and become law, leaving the matter unsettled.<br />
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{|class="info" width="40%" style="float: right" align="center"<br />
|align="center"|'''Memorable Words of Talossan Monarchs'''<br />
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“I am King of a nation of dreamers, but I cannot be King of every dream.”<br />
<br />'''[[Robert I]]'''<br /><br />
<br />“I am a friend of small, furry animals.”<br />
<br />'''[[Robert II]]'''<br /><br />
<br />"Call me the king of swat, the king of rock and roll, and the King of Talossa.”<br />
<br />'''[[Florence]] I'''<br /><br />
<br />"What Talossa tells us now, in her falsely-rumoured twilight, is that the greatest irony of Talossan history, perhaps, is that for some, Talossa is far too ‘real’ for their tastes.”<br />
<br />'''[[Robert I]]'''<br /><br />
<br />“May Talossa survive this government!”<br />
<br />'''[[Robert I]]'''<br />
|}<br />
*'''31 October {{year|1992}}''' – Second Vuode Crisis: Robert I declares that if the Seneschal did not recognize Talossa as a real country, then he could not object to his secession from it with his home province. In retaliation, Seneschal Buffone declares that if Robert I was seceding, then he was also automatically abdicating.<br />
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*'''21 November {{year|1992}}''' – Second Vuode Crisis ends after twenty-one days after the [[Cort Pü Inalt]] issued a binding but (to King Robert's mind) unpersuasive ruling declaring Talossa inherently derivativist and thus that the secession of Vuode had been unlawful and was null and void. Robert I is declared a traitor and penalized with a removal of voting privileges for one Clark.<br />
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*'''1 May {{year|1993}}''' – After an incredible effort at raising votes, the Robert I's Progressive Conservative Party obtains a supermajority of seats in the Cosa despite lingering accusations of fraud. The resulting Cosa votes the King a unilateral line-item veto, power to choose an heir without approval, and institutes the modern [[Three Strikes]] rule.<br />
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*'''1 August {{year|1993}}''' – Maritiimi Province is joined with Port Maxhestic to form [[Maritiimi-Maxhestic]].<br />
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*'''14 October {{year|1993}}''' – Record low turnout in election with only eleven votes received – less than half the votes of the previous election.<br />
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*'''30 July {{year|1994}}''' – [[Momgate]]: [[Dave Kuenn]] attempts to send out a mailer in violation of a Robert I law requiring political advertisements to be registered with the Chancery; the Cort Pü Inalt throws out the law in favor of mail privacy. Robert I uses the ruling to issue a referendum without having to inform the opposition and eliminate the loophole which permitted Momgate in the first place. Later investigation would lead to censure of Kuenn and exposure of voter fraud on his part.<br />
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==Internet Era (''Inter'riet Atx'') (1995-2003)==<br />
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Talossa goes online and explodes into a drastically changed country, gaining an enormous amount of new citizens and becoming dependent on electronic versions of previous traditional institutions.<br />
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*'''Date uncertain {{year|1995}}''' – Robert I marries Min Jenny Pan, known as Queen Jenny<br />
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*'''21 August {{year|1995}}''' – Talossa goes online, getting its first email address.<br />
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*'''1 December {{year|1995}}''' – Senäts is restored to power, as a bar to a potential influx of new citizens.<br />
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*'''15 January {{year|1996}}''' – Talossa's webpage goes online for the first time.<br />
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*'''1 February {{year|1996}}''' – [[Chris Collins]] becomes the first Cybercit.<br />
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*'''10 April {{year|1996}}''' – Støtanneu goes online.<br />
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*'''8 May {{year|1996}}''' – John Jahn and [[Nathan Freeberg]] form the [[Talossans for Talossa]] Party to oppose Cybercit involvement in response to a huge influx of citizens.<br />
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*'''14 December {{year|1996}}''' – First accusations against Robert I of having "pocket votes" during the first election over the Internet.<br />
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*'''6 July {{year|1997}}''' – The Organic Law, primarily authored by [[Matthias Muth]] and [[Evan Gallagher]], is overwhelmingly approved by referendum. It introduces the "[[Real Cosa]]" of 20 seats. The date is later commemorated with an official government holiday.<br />
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*'''26 September {{year|1997}}''' – [[Miestrâ Schivâ]] rejected by the Uppermost Cort for citizenship. Governor of Pengopats Evan Gallagher and [[Ryan Hughes]] leave Talossa. This "First Exdous" sets off a wave of political turmoil in Talossa.<br />
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*'''16 October 16 {{year|1997}}''' – New micronation, "Free Commonwealth of [[Penguinea]]", founded by Schiva, Gallagher, and Hughes.<br />
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*'''January {{year|1998}}''' – New Talossan Prime Minister Dan Wardlow begins to negotiate with Penguinean leaders for peace treaty. Increasingly undermined by King Robert, Wardlow splits from PC to form own "Peace and Freedom Party" (PFPT).<br />
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*'''21 February {{year|1998}}''' – Three new citizens are inducted in this Clark. Unusually, all become prominent in future Talossan affairs—[[Ián Anglatzarâ]], [[Istefan Perþonest]], and [[Tamorán dal Navâ]].<br />
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*'''21 February {{year|1998}}''' – Charles Sauls authorized by law to have dual citizenship in Penguinea, as the turmoil that started the previous September continues to churn.<br />
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*'''March {{year|1998}}''' – PFPT heavily defeated after Wardlow quits Talossa in mid-campaign; Tamorán dal Navâ becomes Prime Minister. Some PFPT supporters leave Talossa.<br />
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*'''21 June {{year|1998}}''' – University of Talossa chartered, Talossa adopts one Geneva Convention.<br />
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*'''1 September {{year|1998}}''' – [[Matt Dabrowski]]'s citizenship application is rejected in the first known refusal of a citizenship request by the Cosa. Dabrowski's widely known inclination towards the [[Progressive Conservative]]s is a major factor in his rejection; a strong tradition will develop against pre-citizenship recruitment by political parties (or "[[Broosking]]" as it will later be called).<br />
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*'''21 January {{year|1998}}''' – Queen Jenny becomes a Talossan citizen. Matt Dabrowski becomes a Talossan citizen despite the previous rejection.<br />
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*'''21 March {{year|1999}}''' – Semi-Permeable Wall Act comes into effect despite Robert I's efforts against it, ending Talossa's long association and difficulties with micronations.<br />
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*'''26 December 1999/XX''' – Twentieth anniversary of Talossa's founding.<br />
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*'''1 March {{year|2000}}''' – Wired magazine runs an [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.03/kingdoms_pr.html article on Talossa]. A brief flurry of immigration occurs in response.<br />
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*'''21 September {{year|2000}}''' – Robert I divorces Queen Jenny with a law so offensive in content that it later becomes the only Talossan act to ever be entirely expunged. [[Liberal Party|Liberals]] oppose the bill and suffer a firestorm of abuse from Robert I in response.<br />
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*'''21 January {{year|2001}}''' – Robert I marries Amy Durnford under Talossan law.<br />
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*'''June {{year|2001}}''' – King declares that he will never appoint a Liberal Party government, regardless of election results. Members of the Liberal Party renounce citizenship ''en masse'' in the "Second Exodus".<br />
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*'''4 December {{year|2002}}''' – Robert I departs the Progressive Conservatives, which had dominated Talossan politics ceaselessly and overwhelmingly since 1993. He and [[Wes Erni]] found [[La Mhà Nheagrâ]].<br />
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*'''10 January {{year|2003}}''' – Progressive Conservative support plummets; it remains the largest party, but brand-new party Mhà Nheagrâ takes almost as many votes. Robert I declares that this proves that there are no "[[pocket votes]]". Others note that the "pocket votes" moved to Robert I's new party just as expected.<br />
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*'''January {{year|2003}}''' – Ex-Liberal Ián Anglatzarâ attempts to rejoin Talossa. His application is vetoed by Robert I in a move of [[Gruber Commission|disputed legality]].<br />
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*'''13 March {{year|2003}}''' – Robert I announces his intention to name Louis Guzmán, Queen Amy's five-year-old grandson, as the heir to the throne of Talossa.<br />
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*'''14 October {{year|2003}}''' – The "Real Cosa" is eliminated and the 200-seat Cosa is returned. Mhà Nheagrâ now takes a near-majority and is the largest party.<br />
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==Abdication Era (''Axhitaziun Atx'') (2004-2006)==<br />
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This period was marked by increasing civil strife, including the mass defection of many citizens to the new micronation of the Republic of Talossa and culminating in the Great Abdication.<br />
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*'''22 November {{year|2003}}''' – Frenette Incident: Secretary of State [[Martin-Pierre Frenette]] strips Gary Cone of his seats and gives them to [[Ieremiac'h Ventrutx]] in the face of questionable accusations of fraud, thereby giving the Progressive Conservatives a majority and the Mhà Nheagrâ-[[Zefençadeirs del Päts Talossán]] coalition a minority. The Cort Pü Inalt rules the action illegal and reverses it, putting the Mhà Nheagrâ- Zefençadeirs del Päts Talossán back in power. Controversy divides the nation.<br />
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*'''25 November {{year|2003}}''' – Noodles Summit: Internal peace is achieved with an agreement to transition to a Mhà Nheagrâ government provided Robert I resigns his seats and the Organic Law be amended to keep the monarch from the legislature permanently.<br />
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*'''1 June {{year|2004}}''' – While Robert I vacations, [[Ieremiac'h Ventrutx]], [[Tamorán dal Navâ]], [[Michael Pope]], [[Andrew Lowry]], [[Gödafrïeu Válcadác'h|Jeffrey Ragsdale]], Andrea Thompson, Lisa Skovalia, Gregory Tisher, [[Gjermund Higraff]], Uglhán Cruceatúl, and Matthias Muth leave Talossa and join with Penguinean Miestrâ Schivâ to form the [[Republic of Talossa]]. They proclaim the "secession" of Maritiimi-Maxhestic, Cézembre, Maricopa, and Florencia. They are soon joined by [[Ián Anglatzarâ]] and Martin-Pierre Frenette. The Talossan domain (talossa.com) – administered by Frenette - is changed to the Republic webpage, and all citizens of the Kingdom are banned from the existing Wittenberg. This event is sometimes known as the "Third Exodus".<br />
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*'''14 June {{year|2004}}''' – The Kingdom establishes a new Wittenberg in a different location. By-elections fill vacant positions and immigration requirements are lowered.<br />
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*'''10 September {{year|2004}}''' – [[Louis]], Robert I's adopted grandson, is named heir by Robert I and confirmed by the Ziu.<br />
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*'''9 December {{year|2004}}''' – [[Fritz von Buchholtz]] immigrates, and becomes the center of a new influx of citizenry.<br />
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*'''26 December {{year|2004}}I''' – Twenty-fifth anniversary of Talossa’s founding.<br />
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*'''12 April {{year|2005}}''' – The Republic's Constitution is approved and goes into effect. It would remain in effect for the remainder of the Republic's history.<br />
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*'''19 April {{year|2005}}''' – Government of the United States "recognizes Talossan sovereignty", when the name of the nation “Talossa” is trademarked by Robert I.<br />
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*'''7 May {{year|2005}}''' – [[John Woolley]] immigrates.<br />
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*'''13 August {{year|2005}}''' – Months of contention come to a head, when after having initiatives defeated in the Ziu on several occasions, Robert I demands the membership rolls of Fritz Buchholtz's [[Conservative Loyalist Party]] and is refused.<br />
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*'''15 August {{year|2005}}''' – The Great Abdication: Robert I abdicates the throne for the sixth and final time and renounces his citizenship. King [[Louis ]]I succeeds him to the throne. Robert is followed in renunciation by several other longtime citizens.<br />
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*'''14 September {{year|2005}}''' – Madison brings an ''ex parte'' suit (''[[2005_Erni_v._Talossa_(UC)|Erni v. Talossa]]'') seeking to overturn many citizenships issued under the direction of Buchholtz as Minister of Immigration. The Cort Pü Inalt upholds the actions of the minister and rules against Robert Madison's ex parte suit. In response, Madison declared Talossa "dead".<br />
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*'''Late 2005-2006''' - Multiple amendments to Organic Law and legislative reforms are proposed and established that restrict the power of the monarch and securing Talossa as a true constitutional monarchy with an apolitical head of state. As part of this process, the royal household and the cabinet ministries are also reorganized, the immigration process is changed, the [[Hopper]] is established.<br />
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*'''29 November {{year|2006}}''' – In response to a request from his family, the Ziu, acting as guardian of the minor King Louis I, abdicates the throne on his behalf. With no heir, it remains empty and [[Gregory Rajala]] is named regent by the court.<br />
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*'''December 2006-March 2007''' - Debate rages in Talossa over the question of the vacant throne. The governing CLP hold out hope that an [[Old Growth]] citizen (or a reformed Ben Madison) could eventually take the throne and argue it be held in regency until that time. The argument of [[Princess Bride Meme|converting the Kingship to an elected office]] is also made by some in the CLP. The CLP's coalition partner, the RUMP, advocates following the Organic Law's mandate that a new King be elected. The difference in opinion leads to many CLP Cosa members switching parties, giving the RUMP a working majority in the Cosa, though confidence in the government of CLP Prime Minister [[Samuhel Tecladeir]] is still upheld. With no Old Growther interested in taking the throne, Distain [[Lord Hooligan]] and others propose that the Ziu nominate John Woolley. The nomination goes before the electorate for ratification.<br />
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==Modern Era (''Actüell Atx'') (2007-)==<br />
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*'''14 March {{year|2007}}''' – John Woolley, now King John I, assumes the throne after a national referendum.<br />
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*'''April {{year|2007}}''' - Fritz Buchholtz surprises the nation before elections to the 37th Cosa by declaring the dissolution of the CLP, which had governed Talossa since the Great Abdication. Some voters cast ballots for the CLP, ignorant of the declaration (the Cosa seats won by the defunct party are filled by royal appointment), and the CLP's coalition partner party the RUMP takes over the government, inaugurating a long "Era of Good Feelings" in which political opposition is minimal and fragmented.<br />
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*'''21 June {{year|2007}}''' - In response to the dissolution of the CLP, the Ziu creates the [[Order of the Cincinnatus]] to recognise the contributions to Talossa by the CLP and its leaders through its existence. Buchholtz, Tecladeir, Danihel Laurier, Quedeir Castiglha, and Greg Rajala are given the award.<br />
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*'''21 March {{year|2008}}''' - The Talossan space program is established with the creation of the Bureau of Space Exploration and Rocketry (BEER).<br />
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*'''25 April {{year|2008}}''' - The renaming of Mussolini Province to Benito, which had been proclaimed by that province's legislature, is recognized and declared by a Prime Dictate.<br />
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*'''12 May {{year|2008}}''' - [[Maritiimi-Maxhestic]] ratifies a [[Constitution_of_Maritiimi-Maxhestic|provincial constitution]] by local referendum.<br />
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*'''21 May {{year|2008}}''' - The Cosa passes [[The Men in Black II Act]], requiring each government to provide a budget and financial report.<br />
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*'''21 December {{year|2008}}''' - Talossa declares its adherence to the UN Charter, and its intention to seek membership the United Nations.<br />
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*'''21 April {{year|2009}}''' - The [[Magistracy|Court of Magistracy]] is established as an court inferior to the Cort P&uuml; Inalt.<br />
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*'''21 May {{year|2009}}''' - Talossa declares its adherence to the agreements of the Geneva Conventions.<br />
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*'''19 January {{year|2010}}''' - The Talossan landmark Grecian Delight is destroyed by arson. When the Cosa meets in May, the lost landmark is commemorated in Talossan law.<br />
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*'''21 August {{year|2010}}''' - The slate of recognised national holidays is officially set with the passage of [[The Citizens and Cestours Public Holiday Act]].<br />
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*'''1 December {{year|2011}}''' - Miestr&acirc; Schiv&acirc;, representing the foundering Republic of Talossa, delivers the famous "[[Modest proposal|Modest Proposal]]" to begin negotiations that would dissolve the Republic and allow Republican Talossans to become citizens of the Kingdom.<br />
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*'''19 April {{year|2012}}''' - [[Reunision]] unites Talossans in a single nation once more. The Republic of Talossa is formally dissolved and its citizens are expedited through the immigration process of the Kingdom using special legislation.<br />
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*'''1 June {{year|2012}}''' - On the eighth anniversary of the founding of the Talossan Republic, according to the terms of the Reunision agreement and the wishes of the Republican Talossan citizens who had been assigned to [[Maricopa]] province temporarily, the province of [[Fiova]] is established from territory donated by Maricopa and Maritiimi-Maxhestic, and Republican Talossans are reassigned to citizenship in the new province by special legislation. [[Istefan Per&thorn;onest]] is named the province's first Constable and Fiovans begin establishing provincial government.<br />
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*'''19 February {{year|2013}}''' - After a successful [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/14097077/talossan-stamp-project Kickstarter], Talossa's [[Royal Bank & Post]] ships its first "regular issue" stamps.<br />
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The '''history''' of the [[Kingdom of Talossa]] is long and illustrious. While the roots of the nation lie with our ancient [[Berber]] forebears and the local heritage of neighboring [[Milwaukee]], the history of Talossa itself is comparably more recent.<br />
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==Dictator Era (''Dictatür Atx'') (1979-1981)==<br />
This period of Talossan history is marked by almost complete Madisonian dominance, with every single aspect of Talossan life defined and controlled by the founder, [[Robert I]]. His legal powers are dictatorial and generally unlimited.<br />
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*'''26 December {{year|1979}}I''' - Talossa is founded as a one-person "democratic dictatorship" by Robert I. [[Gary Cone]] is recognized as the U.S. Ambassador to Talossa.<br />
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*'''11 January {{year|1980}}''' - Dictatorship abandoned in favor of "Communist People's Republic." The date of this failed coup is still commemorated in Talossa as Labour Day.<br />
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*'''10 February {{year|1980}}''' - Atheistic communism abandoned; return to dictatorship. (Some reports claim that the communist coup failed on 1/11, later on the same day it began.)<br />
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*'''1 August {{year|1980}}''' - ''[[Støtanneu]]'' begins regular publication as the first Talossan media.<br />
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*'''1 September {{year|1980}}''' - [[Gary Cone]] no longer recognized as U.S. Ambassador and treated as persona non grata when his theism is discovered.<br />
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*'''24 September {{year|1980}}''' - Third Talossan Revolution. Talossa becomes a republic for the first time. Antarctica and Portugal annexed in first claimed expansion of Talossan territory.<br />
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*'''8 October {{year|1980}}''' - Republic abandoned; return to dictatorship as Robert I reassumes the throne for the second time. Claims to Antarctica and Portugal abandoned.<br />
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*'''18 November {{year|1980}}''' - Declaration of war against Gary Cone's Glib Room Empire, following physical assault by Cone against Robert I's sister, Jennifer Madison.<br />
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*'''21 November {{year|1980}}'''- [[John Jahn]] recognized as new U.S. Ambassador. Simultaneously, Jahn forms the state of KJK according to the ideals of Robert I's "World Singular Secession." The KJK and Talossa are joined by [[Art Verbotten|John Eiffler]]'s "Kingdom of Thord" in a "League of Secessionist States," or "LOSS". LOSS unites in war against the Glib Room Empire.<br />
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*'''25 November {{year|1980}}''' - [[Cone Wars|Battle of the Garage]]. Glib Room Empire formally surrenders; end of the seven-day Cone War.<br />
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*'''29 November {{year|1980}}''' - John Jahn resigns as U.S. Ambassador over dispute about racism.<br />
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*'''11 December {{year|1980}}''' - Robert I decrees the creation of the Talossan language. The following day sees its first use and is commemorated as ''Llimbaziua''.<br />
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*'''1 July {{year|1981}}''' - Talossa adds first citizens other than Robert I: [[Dan Lorentz]], [[Josh Macht]], [[Robert Murphy]], [[Harry Wozniak]], and [[Dawn Scher]] become nonvoting citizens.<br />
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*'''14 July {{year|1981}}''' - Robert I abdicates and leaves Talossa, giving as his reasons his belief that his dedication to Talossa is proving a hindrance to his ambition to meet and date girls.<br />
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*'''22 July {{year|1981}}''' - Robert I returns to Talossa, having spent a week striking out with girls despite his abdication.<br />
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*'''8 August {{year|1981}}''' - Robert I reassumes the throne for the third time; first elections announced. Robert I forms right-wing Royal Socialist Party. Dan Lorentz forms left-wing Democratic Dandipratic Party.<br />
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*'''18 September {{year|1981}}''' - First elections begin.<br />
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*'''22 September {{year|1981}}''' - "Regipäts Talossán" is coined by Robert I as name of nation.<br />
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*'''27 September {{year|1981}}''' - First elections end. The DDP takes majority with three votes over the RSP's two.<br />
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==Expansion Era (''Expança Atx'') (1981-1983)==<br />
Talossa begins to be influenced by people other than Robert I, if only slightly, and large annexations are made of new land, with the borders of Talossa expanding and contracting wildly until they assume roughly modern proportions. The country remains essentially a dictatorship.<br />
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*'''28 September {{year|1981}}''' - Dan Lorentz is sworn in as first [[Seneschal]].<br />
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*'''11 October {{year|1981}}''' - Seneschal Lorentz is removed by Robert I.<br />
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*'''18 October {{year|1981}}''' - The RSP is dissolved. Robert I forms the Thundersword Movement as a new fascist party after being defeated as Senior Class President by what he would later call "mobs of racist Blacks".<br />
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*'''9 January {{year|1982}}''' - Robert I abdicates. Council for Nationalist Victory instituted to rule the country.<br />
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*'''21 January {{year|1982}}''' - Council for Nationalist Victory abolished. Robert I reassumes the throne for the fourth time.<br />
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*'''9 March {{year|1982}}''' – [[Pengöpäts]] is annexed as unpopulated territory by Talossa.<br />
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*'''16 March {{year|1982}}''' – Cheap Glory Act enacted by Robert I; Madison home (now officially [[Vuode]] Province), nearby Downer Woods, and a local beach in modern [[Atatürk]] Province is added to Talossan territory.<br />
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*'''2 April {{year|1982}}''' – Talossa declares a sympathy war against Argentina, siding with Great Britain in the Falklands War.<br />
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*'''17 April {{year|1982}}''' – Treaty of Shorewood. Area comprising Lake Park, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, and Riverside High School (Mussolini – now [[Benito]] – Province) ceded to Talossa by current U.S. Ambassador. Talossa also annexes other areas of Milwaukee, including the area of Mitchell Airport. Annexations are poorly recorded and unsubstantive.<br />
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*'''17 August {{year|1982}}''' – [[Cézembre]] annexed (Cézembre Province).<br />
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*'''1 January {{year|1983}}''' – First Cabinet ministers named. Dan Lorentz returns as Seneschal, Bob Murphy becomes Foreign Minister, and John Jahn as War Minister (effective the following month).<br />
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*'''26 January {{year|1983}}''' – Edgewood Proclamation. Talossa assumes defined shape closely resembling modern borders.<br />
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==Establishment Era (''Cünstavalità Atx'') (1983- 1990)==<br />
Many of the myths and traditions that would later define the nation are established or sparked, while royal power is decreased tremendously in deferment to the increasing importance of the citizenry to Talossa as democracy is introduced.<br />
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*'''1 May {{year|1983}}''' – Theft of the flag of Talossa; Holiday of Hatred established.<br />
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*'''22 May {{year|1984}}''' – Robert I announces the Berber Hypothesis.<br />
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*'''16 October {{year|1984}}''' – The first major media article on Talossa is published, by Seneschal Dan Lorentz in the Milwaukee Sentinel. The date of publication is commemorated to this day as Publicity Day.<br />
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*'''26 December {{year|1984}}''' – The [[Ziu]] is created by Robert I; the [[Senäts]] is appointed by the King and the [[Cosâ]] is elected. The Senäts remains empty and is not used.<br />
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*'''23 April {{year|1985}}''' – John Jahn’s ''[[Talossa National News]]'' is created as the first opposition paper.<br />
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*'''12 May {{year|1985}}''' – A 1985 [[Organic Law]] is established by the King; the rambling document grants veto authority to Robert I on every aspect of Talossa and is still superseded by the first Constitution, but sets up the Ziu and other traditions.<br />
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*'''22 July {{year|1985}}''' – Elections become more free, as non-votes cease to be automatic votes for the Robert I.<br />
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*'''1 January {{year|1986}}''' – Vuode Crisis: Premier Dan Lorentz vows to secede Vuode from Talossa.<br />
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*'''10 March {{year|1986}}''' – Vuode Crisis ends upon public referendum about Vuode’s future.<br />
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*'''10 January {{year|1987}}''' – Robert I clarks a referendum to name [[Robert II|Robert Dobberpuhl]], recent immigrant to Talossa, as the new King to try to defer calls for full democracy.<br />
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*'''11 February {{year|1987}}''' – After the referendum returns a slight majority in favor of Dobberpuhl, he is sworn in as Robert II. The Constitution is declared void.<br />
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*'''29 March {{year|1987}}''' – A Lorentz government deposes Robert II and enacts strong strictures on royal power, beginning the brief and unofficial "[[Peculiar Republic]]" period of Talossa.<br />
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*'''15 August {{year|1987}}''' – [[Sandee Prachel]] becomes Talossa's first female Seneschal.<br />
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*'''24 August {{year|1987}}''' – After a referendum on the topic, [[Florence Yarney]] (formerly Robert I's English teacher in high school) is sworn in as King Florence I. Five-month "Peculiar Republic" ends.<br />
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*'''1 September {{year|1987}}''' – The first [[Clark]] (legislative agenda and report) is compiled, named for the shop (Clark Graphics) where they were photocopied.<br />
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*'''1 October {{year|1987}}''' – King Florence I is retitled Queen Florence I by the Cosa after briefly being officially Kingess Florence I. The citizenship essay "What Talossa Means To Me" is established by an act of Cosa, and all new citizens are required to purchase Robert I's book ''The History of Talossa''.<br />
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*'''27 February {{year|1988}}''' – Florence I abdicates, and Robert I is restored to the throne with limited powers in the Restoration.<br />
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*'''24 June {{year|1988}}''' – Creation of the [[1988 Constituziun]] by Robert I, Dan Lorentz, [[Andrew Wozniack]], John Jahn, and Bob Murphy. King’s power is limited into narrow channels of veto and the Seneschal acquires the power of [[Prime Dictate]]s.<br />
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*'''21 January {{year|1989}}''' – First [[Living Cosa]] held by Seneschal [[Tom Buffone]].<br />
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*'''1 April {{year|1989}}''' – Jennifer Madison creates the [[Talossan Sponge Party]], the first of the apathy parties.<br />
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*'''26 December {{year|1989}}''' – Tenth anniversary of Talossa's founding.<br />
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*'''14 February {{year|1990}}''' – A direct mail campaign by John Jahn's [[Talossan Nationalist Party]] marks the advent of modern electioneering in Talossa.<br />
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==Quiet Era (''Þagal Atx'') (1990-1994)==<br />
One of the most serious periods of general inactivity and diminishment of interest in Talossa, marked by a series of failing governments. Several scandals occur, thanks in part to the necessity of placing new and untested – but active - citizens into high positions.<br />
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*'''1 April {{year|1990}}''' – A longer period of general inactivity begins with the nation’s first Vote of No Confidence, ousting Seneschal Harry Wozniak.<br />
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*'''15 November {{year|1990}}''' – The National Destiny Referendum of Robert I asks Talossa whether the status quo should be maintained under the Constituziun, the country should return to a dictatorship, or if Talossa should be dissolved. Voters affirm the status quo, but the move sparks little interest.<br />
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*'''13 August {{year|1991}}''' – Robert I offers the Covenant of Rights and Freedoms as a referendum, and it passes.<br />
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*'''30 October {{year|1991}}''' – The Cosa passes reforms that permit the elimination of “dead citizens” from the rolls.<br />
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*'''14 January {{year|1992}}''' – After the introduction of write-in votes and some subsequent joke votes for "Mickey Mouse", Dan Lorentz and Josh Macht register the [[Mickey Mouse Movement]] and claim the votes in the first instance of [[Joke Maneuvering]].<br />
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*'''1 April {{year|1992}}''' – Seneschal John Jahn dissolves the government to avoid an incipient Vote of No Confidence due to political maneuvering by Robert I.<br />
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*'''9 April {{year|1992}}''' – Talossa recognizes the new province of [[Bradford]], formed by the Harry Wozniak, Bob Murphy, and Dan Lorentz.<br />
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*'''1 June {{year|1992}}''' – Seneschal Tom Buffone is voted No Confidence after refusing to fill his Cosa seats or engage in any activity as Seneschal. Buffone claims he did not authorize the issuance of a Clark, so the vote was illegal. The Cort Pü Inalt upholds his petition, but orders another vote. Buffone remains in office.<br />
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*'''21 June {{year|1992}}''' – Robert I proposes a referendum to settle the question of peculiarism versus derivatism, but while it achieves a majority it fails to get a supermajority and become law, leaving the matter unsettled.<br />
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{|class="info" width="40%" style="float: right" align="center"<br />
|align="center"|'''Memorable Words of Talossan Monarchs'''<br />
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“I am King of a nation of dreamers, but I cannot be King of every dream.”<br />
<br />'''[[Robert I]]'''<br /><br />
<br />“I am a friend of small, furry animals.”<br />
<br />'''[[Robert II]]'''<br /><br />
<br />"Call me the king of swat, the king of rock and roll, and the King of Talossa.”<br />
<br />'''[[Florence]] I'''<br /><br />
<br />"What Talossa tells us now, in her falsely-rumoured twilight, is that the greatest irony of Talossan history, perhaps, is that for some, Talossa is far too ‘real’ for their tastes.”<br />
<br />'''[[Robert I]]'''<br /><br />
<br />“May Talossa survive this government!”<br />
<br />'''[[Robert I]]'''<br />
|}<br />
*'''31 October {{year|1992}}''' – Second Vuode Crisis: Robert I declares that if the Seneschal did not recognize Talossa as a real country, then he could not object to his secession from it with his home province. In retaliation, Seneschal Buffone declares that if Robert I was seceding, then he was also automatically abdicating.<br />
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*'''21 November {{year|1992}}''' – Second Vuode Crisis ends after twenty-one days after the [[Cort Pü Inalt]] issued a binding but (to King Robert's mind) unpersuasive ruling declaring Talossa inherently derivativist and thus that the secession of Vuode had been unlawful and was null and void. Robert I is declared a traitor and penalized with a removal of voting privileges for one Clark.<br />
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*'''1 May {{year|1993}}''' – After an incredible effort at raising votes, the Robert I's Progressive Conservative Party obtains a supermajority of seats in the Cosa despite lingering accusations of fraud. The resulting Cosa votes the King a unilateral line-item veto, power to choose an heir without approval, and institutes the modern [[Three Strikes]] rule.<br />
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*'''1 August {{year|1993}}''' – Maritiimi Province is joined with Port Maxhestic to form [[Maritiimi-Maxhestic]].<br />
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*'''14 October {{year|1993}}''' – Record low turnout in election with only eleven votes received – less than half the votes of the previous election.<br />
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*'''30 July {{year|1994}}''' – [[Momgate]]: [[Dave Kuenn]] attempts to send out a mailer in violation of a Robert I law requiring political advertisements to be registered with the Chancery; the Cort Pü Inalt throws out the law in favor of mail privacy. Robert I uses the ruling to issue a referendum without having to inform the opposition and eliminate the loophole which permitted Momgate in the first place. Later investigation would lead to censure of Kuenn and exposure of voter fraud on his part.<br />
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==Internet Era (''Inter'riet Atx'') (1995-2003)==<br />
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Talossa goes online and explodes into a drastically changed country, gaining an enormous amount of new citizens and becoming dependent on electronic versions of previous traditional institutions.<br />
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*'''Date uncertain {{year|1995}}''' – Robert I marries Min Jenny Pan, known as Queen Jenny<br />
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*'''21 August {{year|1995}}''' – Talossa goes online, getting its first email address.<br />
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*'''1 December {{year|1995}}''' – Senäts is restored to power, as a bar to a potential influx of new citizens.<br />
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*'''15 January {{year|1996}}''' – Talossa's webpage goes online for the first time.<br />
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*'''1 February {{year|1996}}''' – [[Chris Collins]] becomes the first Cybercit.<br />
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*'''10 April {{year|1996}}''' – Støtanneu goes online.<br />
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*'''8 May {{year|1996}}''' – John Jahn and [[Nathan Freeberg]] form the [[Talossans for Talossa]] Party to oppose Cybercit involvement in response to a huge influx of citizens.<br />
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*'''14 December {{year|1996}}''' – First accusations against Robert I of having "pocket votes" during the first election over the Internet.<br />
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*'''6 July {{year|1997}}''' – The Organic Law, primarily authored by [[Matthias Muth]] and [[Evan Gallagher]], is overwhelmingly approved by referendum. It introduces the "[[Real Cosa]]" of 20 seats. The date is later commemorated with an official government holiday.<br />
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*'''26 September {{year|1997}}''' – [[Miestrâ Schivâ]] rejected by the Uppermost Cort for citizenship. Governor of Pengopats Evan Gallagher and [[Ryan Hughes]] leave Talossa. This "First Exdous" sets off a wave of political turmoil in Talossa.<br />
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*'''16 October 16 {{year|1997}}''' – New micronation, "Free Commonwealth of [[Penguinea]]", founded by Schiva, Gallagher, and Hughes.<br />
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*'''January {{year|1998}}''' – New Talossan Prime Minister Dan Wardlow begins to negotiate with Penguinean leaders for peace treaty. Increasingly undermined by King Robert, Wardlow splits from PC to form own "Peace and Freedom Party" (PFPT).<br />
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*'''21 February {{year|1998}}''' – Three new citizens are inducted in this Clark. Unusually, all become prominent in future Talossan affairs—[[Ián Anglatzarâ]], [[Istefan Perþonest]], and [[Tamorán dal Navâ]].<br />
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*'''21 February {{year|1998}}''' – Charles Sauls authorized by law to have dual citizenship in Penguinea, as the turmoil that started the previous September continues to churn.<br />
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*'''March {{year|1998}}''' – PFPT heavily defeated after Wardlow quits Talossa in mid-campaign; Tamorán dal Navâ becomes Prime Minister. Some PFPT supporters leave Talossa.<br />
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*'''21 June {{year|1998}}''' – University of Talossa chartered, Talossa adopts one Geneva Convention.<br />
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*'''1 September {{year|1998}}''' – [[Matt Dabrowski]]'s citizenship application is rejected in the first known refusal of a citizenship request by the Cosa. Dabrowski's widely known inclination towards the [[Progressive Conservative]]s is a major factor in his rejection; a strong tradition will develop against pre-citizenship recruitment by political parties (or "[[Broosking]]" as it will later be called).<br />
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*'''21 January {{year|1998}}''' – Queen Jenny becomes a Talossan citizen. Matt Dabrowski becomes a Talossan citizen despite the previous rejection.<br />
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*'''21 March {{year|1999}}''' – Semi-Permeable Wall Act comes into effect despite Robert I's efforts against it, ending Talossa's long association and difficulties with micronations.<br />
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*'''26 December 1999/XX''' – Twentieth anniversary of Talossa's founding.<br />
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*'''1 March {{year|2000}}''' – Wired magazine runs an [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.03/kingdoms_pr.html article on Talossa]. A brief flurry of immigration occurs in response.<br />
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*'''21 September {{year|2000}}''' – Robert I divorces Queen Jenny with a law so offensive in content that it later becomes the only Talossan act to ever be entirely expunged. [[Liberal Party|Liberals]] oppose the bill and suffer a firestorm of abuse from Robert I in response.<br />
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*'''21 January {{year|2001}}''' – Robert I marries Amy Durnford under Talossan law.<br />
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*'''June {{year|2001}}''' – King declares that he will never appoint a Liberal Party government, regardless of election results. Members of the Liberal Party renounce citizenship ''en masse'' in the "Second Exodus".<br />
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*'''4 December {{year|2002}}''' – Robert I departs the Progressive Conservatives, which had dominated Talossan politics ceaselessly and overwhelmingly since 1993. He and [[Wes Erni]] found [[La Mhà Nheagrâ]].<br />
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*'''10 January {{year|2003}}''' – Progressive Conservative support plummets; it remains the largest party, but brand-new party Mhà Nheagrâ takes almost as many votes. Robert I declares that this proves that there are no "[[pocket votes]]". Others note that the "pocket votes" moved to Robert I's new party just as expected.<br />
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*'''January {{year|2003}}''' – Ex-Liberal Ián Anglatzarâ attempts to rejoin Talossa. His application is vetoed by Robert I in a move of disputed legality.<br />
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*'''13 March {{year|2003}}''' – Robert I announces his intention to name Louis Guzmán, Queen Amy's five-year-old grandson, as the heir to the throne of Talossa.<br />
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*'''14 October {{year|2003}}''' – The "Real Cosa" is eliminated and the 200-seat Cosa is returned. Mhà Nheagrâ now takes a near-majority and is the largest party.<br />
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==Abdication Era (''Axhitaziun Atx'') (2004-2006)==<br />
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This period was marked by increasing civil strife, including the mass defection of many citizens to the new micronation of the Republic of Talossa and culminating in the Great Abdication.<br />
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*'''22 November {{year|2003}}''' – Frenette Incident: Secretary of State [[Martin-Pierre Frenette]] strips Gary Cone of his seats and gives them to [[Ieremiac'h Ventrutx]] in the face of questionable accusations of fraud, thereby giving the Progressive Conservatives a majority and the Mhà Nheagrâ-[[Zefençadeirs del Päts Talossán]] coalition a minority. The Cort Pü Inalt rules the action illegal and reverses it, putting the Mhà Nheagrâ- Zefençadeirs del Päts Talossán back in power. Controversy divides the nation.<br />
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*'''25 November {{year|2003}}''' – Noodles Summit: Internal peace is achieved with an agreement to transition to a Mhà Nheagrâ government provided Robert I resigns his seats and the Organic Law be amended to keep the monarch from the legislature permanently.<br />
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*'''1 June {{year|2004}}''' – While Robert I vacations, [[Ieremiac'h Ventrutx]], [[Tamorán dal Navâ]], [[Michael Pope]], [[Andrew Lowry]], [[Gödafrïeu Válcadác'h|Jeffrey Ragsdale]], Andrea Thompson, Lisa Skovalia, Gregory Tisher, [[Gjermund Higraff]], Uglhán Cruceatúl, and Matthias Muth leave Talossa and join with Penguinean Miestrâ Schivâ to form the [[Republic of Talossa]]. They proclaim the "secession" of Maritiimi-Maxhestic, Cézembre, Maricopa, and Florencia. They are soon joined by [[Ián Anglatzarâ]] and Martin-Pierre Frenette. The Talossan domain (talossa.com) – administered by Frenette - is changed to the Republic webpage, and all citizens of the Kingdom are banned from the existing Wittenberg. This event is sometimes known as the "Third Exodus".<br />
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*'''14 June {{year|2004}}''' – The Kingdom establishes a new Wittenberg in a different location. By-elections fill vacant positions and immigration requirements are lowered.<br />
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*'''10 September {{year|2004}}''' – [[Louis]], Robert I's adopted grandson, is named heir by Robert I and confirmed by the Ziu.<br />
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*'''9 December {{year|2004}}''' – [[Fritz von Buchholtz]] immigrates, and becomes the center of a new influx of citizenry.<br />
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*'''26 December {{year|2004}}I''' – Twenty-fifth anniversary of Talossa’s founding.<br />
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*'''12 April {{year|2005}}''' – The Republic's Constitution is approved and goes into effect. It would remain in effect for the remainder of the Republic's history.<br />
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*'''19 April {{year|2005}}''' – Government of the United States "recognizes Talossan sovereignty", when the name of the nation “Talossa” is trademarked by Robert I.<br />
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*'''7 May {{year|2005}}''' – [[John Woolley]] immigrates.<br />
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*'''13 August {{year|2005}}''' – Months of contention come to a head, when after having initiatives defeated in the Ziu on several occasions, Robert I demands the membership rolls of Fritz Buchholtz's [[Conservative Loyalist Party]] and is refused.<br />
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*'''15 August {{year|2005}}''' – The Great Abdication: Robert I abdicates the throne for the sixth and final time and renounces his citizenship. King [[Louis ]]I succeeds him to the throne. Robert is followed in renunciation by several other longtime citizens.<br />
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*'''14 September {{year|2005}}''' – Madison brings an ''ex parte'' suit (''[[2005_Erni_v._Talossa_(UC)|Erni v. Talossa]]'') seeking to overturn many citizenships issued under the direction of Buchholtz as Minister of Immigration. The Cort Pü Inalt upholds the actions of the minister and rules against Robert Madison's ex parte suit. In response, Madison declared Talossa "dead".<br />
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*'''Late 2005-2006''' - Multiple amendments to Organic Law and legislative reforms are proposed and established that restrict the power of the monarch and securing Talossa as a true constitutional monarchy with an apolitical head of state. As part of this process, the royal household and the cabinet ministries are also reorganized, the immigration process is changed, the [[Hopper]] is established.<br />
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*'''29 November {{year|2006}}''' – In response to a request from his family, the Ziu, acting as guardian of the minor King Louis I, abdicates the throne on his behalf. With no heir, it remains empty and [[Gregory Rajala]] is named regent by the court.<br />
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*'''December 2006-March 2007''' - Debate rages in Talossa over the question of the vacant throne. The governing CLP hold out hope that an [[Old Growth]] citizen (or a reformed Ben Madison) could eventually take the throne and argue it be held in regency until that time. The argument of [[Princess Bride Meme|converting the Kingship to an elected office]] is also made by some in the CLP. The CLP's coalition partner, the RUMP, advocates following the Organic Law's mandate that a new King be elected. The difference in opinion leads to many CLP Cosa members switching parties, giving the RUMP a working majority in the Cosa, though confidence in the government of CLP Prime Minister [[Samuhel Tecladeir]] is still upheld. With no Old Growther interested in taking the throne, Distain [[Lord Hooligan]] and others propose that the Ziu nominate John Woolley. The nomination goes before the electorate for ratification.<br />
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==Modern Era (''Actüell Atx'') (2007-)==<br />
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*'''14 March {{year|2007}}''' – John Woolley, now King John I, assumes the throne after a national referendum.<br />
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*'''April {{year|2007}}''' - Fritz Buchholtz surprises the nation before elections to the 37th Cosa by declaring the dissolution of the CLP, which had governed Talossa since the Great Abdication. Some voters cast ballots for the CLP, ignorant of the declaration (the Cosa seats won by the defunct party are filled by royal appointment), and the CLP's coalition partner party the RUMP takes over the government, inaugurating a long "Era of Good Feelings" in which political opposition is minimal and fragmented.<br />
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*'''21 June {{year|2007}}''' - In response to the dissolution of the CLP, the Ziu creates the [[Order of the Cincinnatus]] to recognise the contributions to Talossa by the CLP and its leaders through its existence. Buchholtz, Tecladeir, Danihel Laurier, Quedeir Castiglha, and Greg Rajala are given the award.<br />
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*'''21 March {{year|2008}}''' - The Talossan space program is established with the creation of the Bureau of Space Exploration and Rocketry (BEER).<br />
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*'''25 April {{year|2008}}''' - The renaming of Mussolini Province to Benito, which had been proclaimed by that province's legislature, is recognized and declared by a Prime Dictate.<br />
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*'''12 May {{year|2008}}''' - [[Maritiimi-Maxhestic]] ratifies a [[Constitution_of_Maritiimi-Maxhestic|provincial constitution]] by local referendum.<br />
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*'''21 May {{year|2008}}''' - The Cosa passes [[The Men in Black II Act]], requiring each government to provide a budget and financial report.<br />
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*'''21 December {{year|2008}}''' - Talossa declares its adherence to the UN Charter, and its intention to seek membership the United Nations.<br />
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*'''21 April {{year|2009}}''' - The [[Magistracy|Court of Magistracy]] is established as an court inferior to the Cort P&uuml; Inalt.<br />
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*'''21 May {{year|2009}}''' - Talossa declares its adherence to the agreements of the Geneva Conventions.<br />
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*'''19 January {{year|2010}}''' - The Talossan landmark Grecian Delight is destroyed by arson. When the Cosa meets in May, the lost landmark is commemorated in Talossan law.<br />
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*'''21 August {{year|2010}}''' - The slate of recognised national holidays is officially set with the passage of [[The Citizens and Cestours Public Holiday Act]].<br />
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*'''1 December {{year|2011}}''' - Miestr&acirc; Schiv&acirc;, representing the foundering Republic of Talossa, delivers the famous "[[Modest proposal|Modest Proposal]]" to begin negotiations that would dissolve the Republic and allow Republican Talossans to become citizens of the Kingdom.<br />
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*'''19 April {{year|2012}}''' - [[Reunision]] unites Talossans in a single nation once more. The Republic of Talossa is formally dissolved and its citizens are expedited through the immigration process of the Kingdom using special legislation.<br />
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*'''1 June {{year|2012}}''' - On the eighth anniversary of the founding of the Talossan Republic, according to the terms of the Reunision agreement and the wishes of the Republican Talossan citizens who had been assigned to [[Maricopa]] province temporarily, the province of [[Fiova]] is established from territory donated by Maricopa and Maritiimi-Maxhestic, and Republican Talossans are reassigned to citizenship in the new province by special legislation. [[Istefan Per&thorn;onest]] is named the province's first Constable and Fiovans begin establishing provincial government.<br />
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*'''19 February {{year|2013}}''' - After a successful [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/14097077/talossan-stamp-project Kickstarter], Talossa's [[Royal Bank & Post]] ships its first "regular issue" stamps.<br />
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[[Category:History]]</div>Sierviculhttps://wiki.talossa.com/index.php?title=Maricopa&diff=9590Maricopa2012-10-23T09:53:09Z<p>Siervicul: /* Territory of Maricopa */ providing additional historical information</p>
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<div>{{province<br />
|name=Maricopa<br />
|date=September 21st, {{year|1996}}<br />
|flagimage=Ma flag.gif<br />
|mapimage=Ma map.png<br />
|cun=[[Ma la Mha]]<br />
|prem=Premieir<br />
|premn=[[Iustì Canun]]<br />
|dem=Maricopan<br />
|sen=[[Iustì Canun]]<br />
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}}<br />
'''Maricopa''' is a province of Talossa. What with us bumped up against the gentle flow of the river ([[Media:Ma_map_Large.gif|see map]]), here in Maricopa, we boast of having the best climate in the Kingdom. A visit to our fair province will convince you too: the weather is nicer in Maricopa than anywhere else in Talossa. We don't want to make the other provinces feel bad or anything, but one can't argue with Mother Nature, and she has blessed Maricopa. Except when it rains or snows or something, but at least when it doesn't, we get some pretty good weather here. You really should come see.<br />
{{MaricopaNav}}<br />
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==Territory of Maricopa==<br />
The Province of Maricopa was created from the South-west Territories (''Las Teritorias del Sudur-Ovest'' OS: ''Las Teritôriâs del Sudur-Ovest'') by [[The Provincial Status for the South-West Territories Act|21RC33]] - The Provincial Status for the South-west Territories Act on 21 September, 1996/XVII.<br />
The South-West Territories area was annexed to Talossa on 26 January 1983/IV and formed part of the "New Territories," and, after 30 November 1984/V, South Territory. On 27 July 1985 South Territory was broken up and those areas not made into Provinces were reconstituted as the South-west Territories.<br />
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The South-west Territories remained unorganised until the Cosa in January 1994 attempted to raise it to Provincial status under the name Flúviâ ("River") Province. The name was in honour of an earlier "Flúviâ Territory," mostly located in what is now Fluvia-Montevudio Canton of Atatürk Province. A referendum on its constitution was scheduled for February 1994/XV, but inactivity delayed a final decision. In November 1994/XV the Cosa passed a bill naming Robert Ben Madison Governor of the South-West Territories with power to conduct a referendum on the new constitution, but public apathy prevented the referendum from being conducted and the TSO remained Talossa's only metropolitan non-provincial region until the creation of Maricopa Province in 1996/XVII.<br />
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At its formation, Maricopa was the largest Talossan province with six cantons. However, in 2012 it ceded the two southernmost cantons, Paliaçelia (Eng. Buffonia) and Vilatx Freiric (Eng. Frédéricville), as part of the [[Reunision]]. Paliaçelia became part of [[Fiôvâ]], while Vilatx Freiric became part of [[Maritiimi-Maxhestic]].<br />
===Geographic Boundaries===<br />
Maricopa Province is bordered to the west and north by the Milwaukee River, to the south by Juneau Avenue, to the east by (from south to north) North Prospect Avenue, the southbound lane of Wisconsin State Highway 32, Warren Avenue and the tunnel crossing the river into the US. The original southern border extended to East Mason Street.<br />
===Boundary of Cantons===<br />
The territory of Maricopa Province consists of four remaining cantons:<br />
<ul><br />
<li>'''Taglheiria''' (Eng. ''Schneideria'') - the northernmost Canton of Maricopa, bordered on the south by Brady Street and Holton Street.</li><br />
<li>'''Zuerieiria''' (Eng. ''Murphysboro'') - bordered by Brady Avenue to the north, Juneau Avenue to the south, Van Buren Street to the west, and Astor Street to the east.</li><br />
<li>'''Sandadia''' (Eng. ''Prachelion'') - bordered to the south by Juneau Avenue, to the east by Van Buren Street, and to the northwest by the River.</li><br />
<li>'''Ovestia''' (Eng. ''Wesernia'') - bordered on the north by Brady Street, to the south by Juneau Avenue, and to the east by Highway 32.</li></ul><br />
===Landmarks and Locations===<br />
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==Government and politics==<br />
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===National Politics===<br />
====Ministers====<br />
* Attorney General, [[Béneditsch Ardpresteir]]<br />
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====Senators====<br />
* Rt. Hon. [[Sir Iustì Canun]] (Term Expires With 45th Cosa)<br />
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====Members of Cosa====<br />
* [[Munditenens Tresplet]] -- RUMP<br />
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===Provincial Governance===<br />
====Constables | Cunstavais====<br />
At the recommendation of the Prime Minister, the King appoints a Cunstaval (Constable) for each province, who serves as Head of State for the province, holding powers akin to the King on the national level, except that the Cunstaval cannot dissolve parliament.<br />
The Cunstaval of Maricopa is known as the Governor-General (Tal. ''Governadeir-Xheneral'').<br />
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====Premiers | Premieirs====<br />
Each parliamentary assembly elects a Premier, who serves as Head of Government for the province, and administers the laws of the province. Each province refers to its Premier by a name of its own choice.<br />
A new Premieir may be elected by the Cabana at any time, but a resolution continuing the current Premieir in office or selecting a new one must be passed during each Cosa.<br />
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====Assemblies | Aßemblatschti====<br />
Each of Talossa's provinces has its own single-chamber parliament. The name used to identify each provincial parliament is determined by each individual Province. The number of seats in each provincial assembly varies and can be set by provincial law. Seats in the assembly are assigned by leaders of the political parties in proportion to the votes cast for that party. As a result of the most recent election, seats were assigned thus:<br />
"Maricopans serve in the Cabana by simple non-partisan request, each holding a single seat"<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
! style="background:#99cc99;" colspan=4 | Current Officers<br />
|-<br />
! style="background:#99cc99;" |<br />
! style="background:#99cc99;" | Office<br />
! style="background:#99cc99;" | Role<br />
! style="background:#99cc99;" | Current holder<br />
|-<br />
| colspan=4 |<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan=2 style="background:#99cc99;" | '''Executive Branch'''<br />
| style="background:#dcdcdc;"| ''Cunstavál''<br />
| style="background:#dcdcdc;"| Representative of the Crown<br />
| [[Ma_la_Mha|Most Hon. Ma Baron Hooligan]]<br />
|-<br />
| style="background:#dcdcdc;"| ''Premieir''<br />
| style="background:#dcdcdc;"| Head of Government<br />
| [[Iustì_Canun|Sir Iustì Canun, UrGP]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan=4 |<br />
|-<br />
| style="background:#99cc99;" | '''Cabana'''<br />
| style="background:#dcdcdc;"| ''Premieir''<br />
| style="background:#dcdcdc;"| Leader of the Cleivi<br />
| [[Iustì_Canun|Sir Iustì Canun, UrGP]]<br />
|-<br />
| style="background:#99cc99;" | <br />
| style="background:#dcdcdc;"| ''Members''<br />
| style="background:#dcdcdc;"| Member of the Cleivi<br />
| [[Béneditsch Ardpresteir]]<br />
|-<br />
| style="background:#99cc99;" | <br />
| style="background:#dcdcdc;"| ''Members''<br />
| style="background:#dcdcdc;"| Member of the Cleivi<br />
| [[Eiric Biançéu]]<br />
|-<br />
| style="background:#99cc99;" | <br />
| style="background:#dcdcdc;"| ''Members''<br />
| style="background:#dcdcdc;"| Member of the Cleivi<br />
| [[Sir C.M. Siervicül]]<br />
|-<br />
| style="background:#99cc99;" | <br />
| style="background:#dcdcdc;"| ''Members''<br />
| style="background:#dcdcdc;"| Member of the Cleivi<br />
| [[Dien Tresplet]]<br />
|-<br />
| style="background:#99cc99;" | <br />
| style="background:#dcdcdc;"| ''Members''<br />
| style="background:#dcdcdc;"| Member of the Cleivi<br />
| [[Txec Róibeard Nordselva]]<br />
|}<br />
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==Royal Officers from Maricopa==<br />
==== Cnec'hts es Damas / Knights and Dames ====<br />
* [http://www.kingdomoftalossa.net/index.cgi?lingo=&page=ArmsBurks&noble=CANUN Sir Iustì Carlüs Canun, UrGP, FCAR]<br />
* [http://www.kingdomoftalossa.net/index.cgi?lingo=&page=ArmsBurks&noble=SIERVICUL His Honour the Former Senior Justice Sir Cresti Mataiwos Siervicül, Esq., UrN, PCAR]<br />
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== ==<br />
==== La Cantzelería / The Chancery ====<br />
* Secretary of State: Sir Iustì Canun, UrGP<br />
* Undersecretary of State: Béneditsch Ardpresteir<br />
== ==<br />
==== L'Avocatür Rexhital Talossan / The Royal Talossan Bar ====<br />
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* Senior Member: Sir Dr. Cresti Mataiwos Siervicül, SC<br />
* Member: Béneditsch Ardpresteir<br />
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== ==<br />
==== Coletx d'Armeux / The College of Arms ====<br />
===== Pursuivant Emeritus=====<br />
* The Bartleby Pursuivant Emeritus, Sir Cresti Siervicül, UrN<br />
===== Fellows =====<br />
* The Odd Fellow, Sir Iustì Canun, UrGP<br />
* The Jolly Good Fellow, Béneditsch Ardpresteir<br />
== ==<br />
==== ====<br />
==== ====<br />
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==Culture==<br />
===Provincial Anthem===<br />
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==Sports & Games==<br />
Maricopa is the home of Talossa's own boys of summer, the Maricopa Brewers.<br />
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Sir '''Cresti Siervicül''', [[UrN]] (Christian Butler) is a citizen of Talossa.<br />
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Attracted first to Talossa by its language, Siervicül spent nine years "lurking" before becoming Talossan on 13 August 2005, three days before the abdication of [[Robert I]].<br />
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One of three co-founders of the [[RUMP]] political party, he joined the [[CUG]] to help resurrect the work on the language.<br />
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He served in the Cosa until being appointed to the [[Uppermost Court]], and served as Puisne Justice until 2012. He returned to the Cosa for its 44th session.<br />
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==Personal Life==<br />
A resident (with his non-Talossan wife and their young dandelion Iac'hdon) of the Washington, DC area, Siervicül is an attorney by profession.<br />
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<div>__NOINDEX__<br />
Sir '''Cresti Siervicül''', [[UrN]] (Christian Matthew Butler, b. 28 January 1977) is a citizen of Talossa.<br />
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Attracted first to Talossa by its language, Siervicül spent nine years "lurking" before becoming Talossan on 13 August 2005, three days before the abdication of [[Robert I]].<br />
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One of three co-founders of the [[RUMP]] political party, he joined the [[CUG]] to help resurrect the work on the language.<br />
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He served in the Cosa until being appointed to the [[Uppermost Court]], and served as Puisne Justice until 2012.<br />
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==Personal Life==<br />
A resident (with his non-Talossan wife and their young dandelion Iac'hdon) of the Washington, DC area, Siervicül is an attorney by profession.<br />
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==Offices==<br />
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