User:Edgard

User:Edgard
Long live Deborah Vance.
Overview
Name	Edgard Carrillo
Discord Username	@eddyplolz
Pronouns	Any
Active Since	2002
Origin	Puerto Rico
Location	San Diego, CA
Current Roles
Admin	Nouvelle Alexandrie Natopia Oportia
MCS	Cartographer Council Member
Recognition
10× FNORD Award Winner 2× Odlum Award for Overall Achievement
Quick Links
Talk Page · Sandbox Storylines & To-Do Last Will Discord
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Edgard Carrillo is a Puerto Rican micronationalist based in San Diego who has been building imaginary countries since before they knew there was a word for it. As a kid, he drew maps, invented governments, and wrote constitutions for nations that existed only in his head; usually with his brother and a couple of cousins that were bored enough to amuse their antics. In 2002, they discovered that a lot of other people did this too, and that they had forums and chat rooms. He spent many hours at a clunky old computer in a basement in Michigan with his brother doing this. The rest, as they say, is (fictional) history.

Their first creation, Madland, was renamed Alexandria in 2004 after he developed (slightly, marginally...) better taste. San Martin followed a few years later. When a friend (Lewis) suddenly "retired" (likely found the grass outside more appealing) from the hobby, they inherited Hamland, which eventually descended into civil war and rebranded as Caputia before finally dissolving. He later inherited Natopia and Oportia from their retiring founders as well. They have, by this point, become the unofficial retirement home for Micras nations. He prefers to think of it as being trusted to keep things alive rather than simply being unable to say no. (Or being at the right place at the right time during someone's ragequit or crashout.) They currently serve as the primary administrator of Nouvelle Alexandrie, Natopia, and Oportia, which means he spends an unreasonable amount of time thinking about news stories, elections, legislation, and things like, what would be Nouvelle Alexandrie's version of Juan Gabriel? (It's Aurelio Palacios.)

The hobby, however, proved surprisingly practical. All those years of drafting legislation and debating policy paid off in Model United Nations and Model Congress during high school. And it got them involved in politics locally, which then took him to Washington, DC. Previously a Republican, after having a dose of reality and "growing up" in Washington, D.C., they have matured and aged politically into a pragmatic progressive and "bleeding heart fucktard" (their words). When asked about their gender, he's known to say "I hope that you do not think of me as a person, but a collection of thoughts that creates a very angry miasma". Whether this information says the hobby is respectable or just means they were always this way is left as an exercise for the reader.

Edgard also serves as a Cartographer and Council Member of the Micras Cartography Society. They have received ten FNORD Awards over the years, including the Odlum Award for Overall Achievement in 2015 and 2017, which he suspects means they should probably find other hobbies but, as always... absolutely will not.

He has been reliably informed that touching grass is also an option, but has yet to investigate.

Recognition

Year	Award	Category
2023	FNORD Awards	Journalism
2022	FNORD Awards	Journalism
2020	FNORD Awards	Best Revolutionary Concept (MicrasCast)
2018	FNORD Awards	Journalism (CBC)
2018	FNORD Awards	Cultural Development (Caputian cinema)
2017	FNORD Awards	Odlum Award for Overall Achievement
2016	FNORD Awards	Conflict Resolution
2016	FNORD Awards	Leadership
2015	FNORD Awards	Odlum Award for Overall Achievement
2006	FNORD Awards	Conflict Resolution

Current Projects

Edgard currently serves as the primary administrator and owner of:

Nation	Notes
Nouvelle Alexandrie	Owner since 2020. Main creative project.
Natopia	Inherited 2022. One of the longest-running nations on Micras.
Oportia	Inherited 2023.

He also maintains citizenship in Benacian Union and Constancia.

Founded Nations

In order of foundation date. † = closed or dissolved.

Nation	Years	Notes
Madland/Alexandria	2002–2017 †	Founded as Madland, renamed 2004.
San Martin	2006–2008 †	Co-founded with Troy Thompson and David Redstone.
Hamland	Inherited 2015-2017 †	Inherited upon founder's retirement. Later rebranded as Caputia.
Caputia	2017–2019 †	Emerged from Hamland after civil war.
Ransenar	2019–present	Now part of Benacian Union.
Natopia	Inherited 2022	Inherited upon founder (Nathan) retirement.
Oportia	Inherited 2023	Inherited upon founder (Niko) retirement.
Nouvelle Alexandrie	2020–present	Includes Wechua and Alduria.