Royal Institute of Micronational Antiquities
The Royal Institute of Micronational Antiquities, founded by Liam Sinclair in April 2005, is an organization dedicated to the documentation of historical records of the Anglophone Micronational Sector through first-hand and second-hand research works (i.e. it is not an archival document library) by its membership and other interested parties.
The Institute is based in Lonenberg, and holds HRM August Charles II as its patron given that he bestowed the designation of "Royal" upon the institute. The Institute was initially known as the "Royal Institute of Micro-Antiquities" and changed its name to its current form on July 31, 2005.
As of 2016, the Royal Institute no longer functions specifically within its role, but it does continue to exist in name. It's website is used to house the archives of numerous micronational news services while also hosting the Coprieta Standard news service.
Membership
While formal rules have been adopted for acquiring and maintaining membership in the Royal Institute, these rules have not come into use due to its small size, as well as the need for its further administrative development. Since the Institute was founded, it has had six individuals as Members.
Members
- HRM August Charles II, Patron;
- Liam Sinclair, President & Founder;
- Sir Iain de Vembria, Member;
- Robert Davis, Member;
- Freddy Warren, Member; and,
- Carson Smith, Member.
Endeavours & Projects
The Institute aims to encourage the Anglophone Sector population to participate in the documentation of history. To this end, the Institute sponsors various historical events, with the major event being the annual essay contest in which interested participants throughout the sector submit essays on a subject of micronational history. However, it is mostly focused only on the nations that Liam Sinclair himself had been a part of, such as Attera and Amerada.
Robert Davis Library
The official library of the Institute is named in honour of Robert Davis, who was instrumental in the founding of the Institute as well as its first member (other than Liam Sinclair). The library holds copies of all writings and documents held by the Institute as well as maintains various micronational news media archives, such as those of publications formerly hosted on the now-defunct Geocities.com network, for public access.
The RIMA Journal
With his commitments to the Atteran Chronicle World and Attera ending in February 2005, and with his Gotzborg duties not requiring much intensive work, Liam Sinclair decided to fill the void in his nearly-continuous participation in micronational news through a new publication associated with the Royal Institute, called the RIMA Journal.
Created in April 2005, and published until February 26, 2006, the RIMA Journal was initially a weblog that distributed press releases for the Royal Institute, before it became more focused on communicating micronational history to its readers through original academic articles. On becoming a monthly magazine, the RIMA Journal also profiled various arts and culture issues in micronationalism, provided coverage of current affairs, and provided several articles, from short articles to a central feature article, on a dedicated historical theme.
The July 2005 issue of the RIMA Journal cemented its position as the Anglophone Sector's most popular news and history publication (in circulation at that time) as that issue had close to 350 downloads.
Due to Sinclair's macronational obligations, publication of the popular monthly edition was halted following the release of the August 2005 issue. Irregular updates via the RIMA Journal blog did occur during the downtime of the monthly issue, and in December 2005, the monthly issue returned to the presses. The second volume, planned to be four issues much like the first volume of Summer 2005, produced three issues before cancellation. The RIMA Journal monthly was cancelled permanently on 26 Feb 2006.
- RIMA Journal Magazine Monthly Back Issues
- RIMA Journal December 2005
- RIMA Journal June 2005
- RIMA Journal January 2006
