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Nelaga Territories

2010-08-24T04:12:04Z

SaiKar:

{{Nation
|country = The Nelaga Territories
|image_flag = NelagaFlag.png
|language = English, Garla Solarian (ceremonial)
|capital = Nelagsara
|largecity = Nova Kajar, Enhasa, Thassala Bone
|website = [http://bill3000.net/wiki/index.php?title=Category:The_Nelaga_Territories SoloralWiki]
|forum = [http://nelaga.info/index.php Nelaga Forums]
|population = 7ish
|active = 7ish
|date_founded = Dec 23, 2008
|government = Meritocracy-based Timed Democracy
|leader = President Harvey Lekuan
|currency =
|animal = MagiGARP
|fruit = Enhasan Apple
|drink = Whine
|image_map=
|maps =
|spcoords =
|pacoords =
}}

'''The Nelaga Territories''' is a micronation that is the spiritual successor of the [[Flying Islands of Jasonia]], an old [[Apollo]] nation that was active in 2000 and 2001.

== History ==
[[Image:Oldkajar.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Old Kajar (image created by Yvain Wintersong)]]
The idea of creating a FIoJ successor state had been one that has been hovering around almost since the nation's fall seven years prior. Many micronationalists expressed an interest and desire in participating in such a project. However, the gruesome failures of previous attempts at a successor state, particularly the 7th Republic of [[Audentior]], made Harvey, the FIoJ's original founder, very wary of such a project under the premise that it was better to die a legend than be reborn a failure.

Harvey spent many years away from the hobby between 2001 and 2008. However, the hobby never quite forgot about Jasonia. The ever-popular micronational RPG "Control of Destiny 2" that so prominently featured the FIoJ was discovered by later micronationalists, keeping the memory alive, and good treatment of ancient FIoJ ruined cities such as Jasonia Palace and Kajar by later powers occupying the [[Jasonian Archipelago]] such as the [[Republic of Aerlig]] and [[Zindaria]] spoke of respect for the fallen sky kingdom.

Word of [[Novatainia]] cooperating with Zindaria to excavate some of the key sites in the Archipelago eventually reached Harvey, and he wrote up several "clues" to help their roleplaying adventuring expeditions, in the process becoming interested in micronationalism again as well as being amused by the remembrance of Jasonia's legacy. But the thing that pushed him over the edge and back into the hobby at large was seeing [[Maraguo]] as a semi-autonomous country with the long-dead city of Enhasa rebuilt and a version of Jasonia's historic flag flying proudly.

[[Image:Nelagaanserevolutie.png|thumb|left|250px|Artist's interpretation of the Jasonian War (image created by Jonas Windsor)]]
In late November, Harvey met with [[Bill Dusch]] and [[Scott Siskind]] and the three agreed to a plan to revive Jasonia as the "spiritual successor" state of the Nelaga Territories. This group eventually extended to the Novatainians [[Andreas the Wise]], [[Nicholas the Mad]], and the [[Demon of Fides]] as well as the Batavian [[Jonas Windsor]], representing the two major countries that controlled the Archipelago's territory that would become the new nation, as well as long-time Apollo and FIoJ veteran [[Gman Russell]]. Together, the team prepared a forum, hammered out a constitution, established some basic laws, and laid the footwork for the major recwar, the "Day of the Eagle", also known as the "[[Jasonian War]]" that publicly announced the nation's existence as well as provided a month or so of recwar combat. The actual recwar wasn't all that great, but Harvey got to recwar a freaking '''Omen-class Gravship''', Jasonia's legendary "FIoJ Fist", so he's not complaining.

On December 23rd, 2008, which is not-coicidentally also Harvey's birthday, the Nelaga Territories revealed itself to the world and the government officially went into effect, making this the nation's birthdate despite the informal gathering a month prior.

Since its foundation, the Nelaga Territories have been rather low-key, not participating in much of the internal scene save being a member of the [[Small Commonwealth]] and having Harvey serve as its Secondus for a period. Nelaga applied to the MCS two months to the day after their birthday and officially were added to the map in version 13.7.8 on Feb 14, 2009.

The low-energy vibe of the nation has caused many to occasionally (mistakenly) believe it has succumbed to abandonment, and at one point a President was actually impeached for general inactivity, but the country lives on yet.

== Government ==
[[Image:ChecksBalances.png|thumb|right|250px|Chart of the checks and balances of the Nelagan government (chart created by Harvey Lekuan)]]
Nelaga is lead by a '''President''' that acts as the diplmomatic face of the nation as well as its internal visionary. The President appoints two ministers - a minister of the interior and a minister of the exterior - and has to take on any position he cannot appoint himself. Legally, the President has little actual authority; realistically, the President's power is very significant.

The legislature of Nelaga is a '''Meritocracy-based Timed Democracy'''. The meritocracy is a rather new institution, designed to reward active, hard working citizens as well as non-citizens with "merit points" that can be cashed in for permanent additions to a person's vote count. Merits are calculated monthly, with various categories to reward contributing to the nation. This makes Nelaga one of the few micronations that actually allows non-citizens to vote, though they need to earn at least 10 merits to be able to do so and, to date, no non-citizens have taken advantage of it.

Nelagan legislature is officially a democratic voting system. Unofficially, however, many citizens make use of the "Government Workshop" to discuss ideas for laws before proposing them for a vote. If opposition occurs during a vote, it is very likely and common that the sponsor of the bill will withdraw it, making adjustments and amendments if the opposition was minor or returning it to the Government Workshop for major revision and discussion if opposition is significant. Because of this process, the actual votes themselves are almost always uneventful, with all the details having been worked out before major voting begins, and it is very common for bills to pass with all citizens voting unanimously in favor.

== Culture ==
[[Image:Starnebula.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Star Nebula, a modern joint JASO/VERA design (image created by Yvain Wintersong)]]
Nelaga's culture is largely based around '''impossible science and technology''', with most of the major focus on an antigravity-based technology they call "'''gravitronics'''." This "science" is the basis of what, according to them, allows the Archipelago to hover in midair, and is used in many of their scifi-esque vehicle and weapon designs such as the [[http://nelaga.info/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=396 Star Nebula]] fighter, a fighter used in one of Shireroth's civil wars to destroy orbiting space weaponry. The major Nelagan cultural institution is [[JASO]], the Jasonian Aeronautics and Space Organization, a R&D group developed by [[Erik Mortis]] and others during Jasonia's lifetime, seized by Shireroth in the fall of 2000, miraculously remaining intact all this time (admittedly more than a little ignored) until purchased from Shireroth by Nelaga in July of 2009.

[[Image:Chapter7.png|thumb|left|250px|A screenshot of Control of Destiny 2, showing Nelaga island outside of Kajar (CoD2 by Harvey Lekuan)]]
Nelagans also enjoy '''video games''', specifically RPGs, and it is the current location of the [[BGI]] Game HQ, a forum where Harvey and other debate video game creation. It is here that Control of Destiny 2 is discussed and new screenshots are shown, over ten years after its original conception!

Another major Nelagan focus is on '''micronatonal history''' on the large scale. Nelaga believes and accepts most any claim another micronation makes is valid, such as when its allies at Gralus they say they are a magical-based country. The only international claims they flatly oppose are ones that interfere with Nelaga-based lifestyle, such as statements that the islands cannot and do not fly.

Nelaga is also sort-of the home of the '''[[Soloralism]] religion''', a faith based largely on the canon history of the Control of Destiny games. However, as of to date, the country has no major religious institutions, and is banned from having a state religion by their Bill of Rights.

[[Image:Man O War cross section1.PNG|thumb|right|250px|The Man O War, a proposed Nelagan super-battleship (model created by Demon of Fides)]]
On the whole, Nelaga does not take itself amazingly seriously and has a fairly laid back, casual, atmosphere that more promotes random weird discussions rather than cutthroat politics.

== International ==

Nelaga's closest allies are [[Gralus]], who share very similar ideas and micronational focuses. The two countries share a fairly large overlap of citizens, share the same general political outlooks, and often work together on mutual projects or adventures.

Nelaga also has an alliance with [[Batavia]]; unfortunately, the language gap between the two countries makes meaningful relations difficult.

A strong mutual respect with [[Natopia]] has lead to the two countries agreeing to share joint control of the island of [[Ptia]], a major Soloralist religious site and a place of major importance to both nations.

Though Nelaga has no official relations with [[Interland]], the fact that Interland agreed to turn over their northern half of Maraguo island to Nelaga (save Edwardsbane an the surrounding territories) gives Nelaga at least a respectful attitude towards them.

Nelaga also has no official relations with [[Shireroth]] and often disagrees with them on political issues, but the mutual history and closeness of the two countries, not to mention a wide overlap of citizens, keeps the two countries within each other's general spheres of influence.

[[category:Nations]]
[[category:Small Commonwealth]]

Nelaga Territories

2010-08-24T04:04:28Z

SaiKar:

{{Nation
|country = The Nelaga Territories
|image_flag = NelagaFlag.png
|language = English, Garla Solarian (ceremonial)
|capital = Nelagsara
|largecity = Nova Kajar, Enhasa, Thassala Bone
|website = [http://bill3000.net/wiki/index.php?title=Category:The_Nelaga_Territories SoloralWiki]
|forum = [http://nelaga.info/index.php Nelaga Forums]
|population = 7ish
|active = 7ish
|date_founded = Dec 23, 2008
|government = Meritocracy-based Timed Democracy
|leader = President Harvey Lekuan
|currency =
|animal = MagiGARP
|fruit = Enhasan Apple
|drink = Whine
|image_map=
|maps =
|spcoords =
|pacoords =
}}

'''The Nelaga Territories''' is a micronation that is the spiritual successor of the [[Flying Islands of Jasonia]], an old [[Apollo]] nation that was active in 2000 and 2001.

== History ==
[[Image:Oldkajar.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Old Kajar (image created by Yvain Wintersong)]]
The idea of creating a FIoJ successor state had been one that has been hovering around almost since the nation's fall seven years prior. Many micronationalists expressed an interest and desire in participating in such a project. However, the gruesome failures of previous attempts at a successor state, particularly the 7th Republic of [[Audentior]], made Harvey, the FIoJ's original founder, very wary of such a project under the premise that it was better to die a legend than be reborn a failure.

Harvey spent many years away from the hobby between 2001 and 2008. However, the hobby never quite forgot about Jasonia. The ever-popular micronational RPG "Control of Destiny 2" that so prominently featured the FIoJ was discovered by later micronationalists, keeping the memory alive, and good treatment of ancient FIoJ ruined cities such as Jasonia Palace and Kajar by later powers occupying the [[Jasonian Archipelago]] such as the [[Republic of Aerlig]] and [[Zindaria]] spoke of respect for the fallen sky kingdom.

Word of [[Novatainia]] cooperating with Zindaria to excavate some of the key sites in the Archipelago eventually reached Harvey, and he wrote up several "clues" to help their roleplaying adventuring expeditions, in the process becoming interested in micronationalism again as well as being amused by the remembrance of Jasonia's legacy. But the thing that pushed him over the edge and back into the hobby at large was seeing [[Maraguo]] as a semi-autonomous country with the long-dead city of Enhasa rebuilt and a version of Jasonia's historic flag flying proudly.

[[Image:Nelagaanserevolutie.png|thumb|left|250px|Artist's interpretation of the Jasonian War (image created by Jonas Windsor)]]
In late November, Harvey met with [[Bill Dusch]] and [[Scott Siskind]] and the three agreed to a plan to revive Jasonia as the "spiritual successor" state of the Nelaga Territories. This group eventually extended to the Novatainians [[Andreas the Wise]], [[Nicholas the Mad]], and the [[Demon of Fides]] as well as the Batavian [[Jonas Windsor]], representing the two major countries that controlled the Archipelago's territory that would become the new nation, as well as long-time Apollo and FIoJ veteran [[Gman Russell]]. Together, the team prepared a forum, hammered out a constitution, established some basic laws, and laid the footwork for the major recwar, the "Day of the Eagle", also known as the "[[Jasonian War]]" that publicly announced the nation's existence as well as provided a month or so of recwar combat. The actual recwar wasn't all that great, but Harvey got to recwar a freaking '''Omen-class Gravship''', Jasonia's legendary "FIoJ Fist", so he's not complaining.

On December 23rd, 2008, which is not-coicidentally also Harvey's birthday, the Nelaga Territories revealed itself to the world and the government officially went into effect, making this the nation's birthdate despite the informal gathering a month prior.

Since its foundation, the Nelaga Territories have been rather low-key, not participating in much of the internal scene save being a member of the [[Small Commonwealth]] and having Harvey serve as its Secondus for a period. Nelaga applied to the MCS two months to the day after their birthday and officially were added to the map in version 13.7.8 on Feb 14, 2009.

The low-energy vibe of the nation has caused many to occasionally (mistakenly) believe it has succumbed to abandonment, and at one point a President was actually impeached for general inactivity, but the country lives on yet.

== Government ==
[[Image:ChecksBalances.png|thumb|right|250px|Chart of the checks and balances of the Nelagan government (chart created by Harvey Lekuan)]]
Nelaga is lead by a '''President''' that acts as the diplmomatic face of the nation as well as its internal visionary. The President appoints two ministers - a minister of the interior and a minister of the exterior - and has to take on any position he cannot appoint himself. Legally, the President has little actual authority; realistically, the President's power is very significant.

The legislature of Nelaga is a '''Meritocracy-based Timed Democracy'''. The meritocracy is a rather new institution, designed to reward active, hard working citizens as well as non-citizens with "merit points" that can be cashed in for permanent additions to a person's vote count. Merits are calculated monthly, with various categories to reward contributing to the nation. This makes Nelaga one of the few micronations that actually allows non-citizens to vote, though they need to earn at least 10 merits to be able to do so and, to date, no non-citizens have taken advantage of it.

Nelagan legislature is officially a democratic voting system. Unofficially, however, many citizens make use of the "Government Workshop" to discuss ideas for laws before proposing them for a vote. If opposition occurs during a vote, it is very likely and common that the sponsor of the bill will withdraw it, making adjustments and amendments if the opposition was minor or returning it to the Government Workshop for major revision and discussion if opposition is significant. Because of this process, the actual votes themselves are almost always uneventful, with all the details having been worked out before major voting begins, and it is very common for bills to pass with all citizens voting unanimously in favor.

== Culture ==
[[Image:Starnebula.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Star Nebula, a modern joint JASO/VERA design (image created by Yvain Wintersong)]]
Nelaga's culture is largely based around '''impossible science and technology''', with most of the major focus on an antigravity-based technology they call "'''graitronics'''." This "science" is the basis of what, according to them, allows the Archipelago to hover in midair, and is used in many of their scifi-esque vehicle and weapon designs such as the [[http://nelaga.info/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=396 Star Nebula]] fighter, a fighter used in one of Shireroth's civil wars to destroy orbiting space weaponry. The major Nelagan cultural institution is [[JASO]], the Jasonian Aeronautics and Space Organization, a R&D group developed by [[Erik Mortis]] and others during Jasonia's lifetime, seized by Shireroth in the fall of 2000, miraculously remaining intact all this time (admittedly more than a little ignored) until purchased from Shireroth by Nelaga in July of 2009.

[[Image:Chapter7.png|thumb|left|250px|A screenshot of Control of Destiny 2, showing Nelaga island outside of Kajar (CoD2 by Harvey Lekuan)]]
Nelagans also enjoy '''video games''', specifically RPGs, and it is the current location of the [[BGI]] Game HQ, a forum where Harvey and other debate video game creation. It is here that Control of Destiny 2 is discussed and new screenshots are shown, over ten years after its original conception!

Another major Nelagan focus is on '''micronatonal history''' on the large scale. Nelaga believes and accepts most any claim another micronation makes is valid, such as when its allies at Gralus they say they are a magical-based country. The only international claims they flatly oppose are ones that interfere with Nelaga-based lifestyle, such as statements that the islands cannot and do not fly.

Nelaga is also sort-of the home of the '''[[Soloralism]] religion''', a faith based largely on the canon history of the Control of Destiny games. However, as of to date, the country has no major religious institutions, and is banned from having a state religion by their Bill of Rights.

[[Image:Man O War cross section1.PNG|thumb|right|250px|The Man O War, a proposed Nelagan super-battleship (model created by Demon of Fides)]]
On the whole, Nelaga does not take itself amazingly seriously and has a fairly laid back, casual, atmosphere that more promotes random weird discussions rather than cutthroat politics.

== International ==

Nelaga's closest allies are [[Gralus]], who share very similar ideas and micronational focuses. The two countries share a fairly large overlap of citizens, share the same general political outlooks, and often work together on mutual projects or adventures.

Nelaga also has an alliance with [[Batavia]]; unfortunately, the language gap between the two countries makes meaningful relations difficult.

A strong mutual respect with [[Natopia]] has lead to the two countries agreeing to share joint control of the island of [[Ptia]], a major Soloralist religious site and a place of major importance to both nations.

Though Nelaga has no official relations with [[Interland]], the fact that Interland agreed to turn over their northern half of Maraguo island to Nelaga (save Edwardsbane an the surrounding territories) gives Nelaga at least a respectful attitude towards them.

Nelaga also has no official relations with [[Shireroth]] and often disagrees with them on political issues, but the mutual history and closeness of the two countries, not to mention a wide overlap of citizens, keeps the two countries within each other's general spheres of influence.

[[category:Nations]]
[[category:Small Commonwealth]]

Nelaga

2010-08-24T03:59:58Z

SaiKar:

''This article is about the island of Nelaga. For information on the micronation, see: [[Nelaga Territories]]''

Nelaga is the main island of the Jasonian Archipelago on Micras.

==Origins and Etymology==

Nelaga was lifted from the game Chrono Trigger, where it is the most important flying island of the Zeal Kingdom. Before the MCS, it existed on the map of the Flying Islands of Jasonia; when the MCS was founded, it agreed to include Nelaga and its surrounding (flying) islands in order to convince Jasonia to join the organization. Nelaga and its surrounding islands were originally marked with a white border, to indicate that they were flying rather than normal islands, but this decision was reversed by Series Three, when Jasonia was too dead to care. According to Jason Steffke, the name "Nelaga" is a meaningless combination of syllables.

==Geography==

The highest point of Nelaga is Mt. Urojea, 3418 m high. The north of the island is mountainous (culminating in Urojea) and dotted with caves, while the south contains a single lake and a small river flowing out to sea (a waterfall when the island is airborne). The southwest is partly forested, while the southeast is mostly plains. For an unforgettable experience of the geography of Nelaga, this writer strongly recommends the Control of Destiny line of games (ask in the MCS General forum).

==History==

Nelaga and its surrounding islands were originally the Flying Islands of Jasonia. When these fell (figuratively and literally) in 2001, their territory was annexed by the Apollo Foundation, which preserved them for the next few years. When the Apollo Foundation was stripped of its MCS lands, the territory was taken over by the Grand Commonwealth state of Aerlig, which swore (unconvincingly) it wasn't just doing it to annoy the former Jasonians. The islands became once again unoccupied after Aerlig moved to Giess, but were finally occupied by Zindaria, a historically sensitive state that takes care of the old Jasonian ruins.

In recent times, archaeological expeditions to Nelaga, especially by Zindaria and Gralus, have become popular.

Nelaga Territories

2010-08-24T03:56:55Z

SaiKar:

{{Nation
|country = The Nelaga Territories
|image_flag = NelagaFlag.png
|language = English, Garla Solarian (ceremonial)
|capital = Nelagsara
|largecity = Nova Kajar, Enhasa, Thassala Bone
|website = [http://bill3000.net/wiki/index.php?title=Category:The_Nelaga_Territories SoloralWiki]
|forum = [http://nelaga.info/index.php Nelaga Forums]
|population = 7ish
|active = 7ish
|date_founded = Dec 23, 2008
|government = Meritocracy-based Timed Democracy
|leader = President Harvey Lekuan
|currency =
|animal = MagiGARP
|fruit = Enhasan Apple
|drink = Whine
|image_map=
|maps =
|spcoords =
|pacoords =
}}

'''The Nelaga Territories''' is a micronation that is the spiritual successor of the [[Flying Islands of Jasonia]], an old [[Apollo]] nation that was active in 2000 and 2001.

== History ==
[[Image:Oldkajar.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Old Kajar (image created by Yvain Wintersong)]]
The idea of creating a FIoJ successor state had been one that has been hovering around almost since the nation's fall seven years prior. Many micronationalists expressed an interest and desire in participating in such a project. However, the gruesome failures of previous attempts at a successor state, particularly the 7th Republic of [[Audentior]], made Harvey, the FIoJ's original founder, very wary of such a project under the premise that it was better to die a legend than be reborn a failure.

Harvey spent many years away from the hobby between 2001 and 2008. However, the hobby never quite forgot about Jasonia. The ever-popular micronational RPG "Control of Destiny 2" that so prominently featured the FIoJ was discovered by later micronationalists, keeping the memory alive, and good treatment of ancient FIoJ ruined cities such as Jasonia Palace and Kajar by later powers occupying the [[Jasonian Archipelago]] such as the [[Republic of Aerlig]] and [[Zindaria]] spoke of respect for the fallen sky kingdom.

Word of [[Novatainia]] cooperating with Zindaria to excavate some of the key sites in the Archipelago eventually reached Harvey, and he wrote up several "clues" to help their roleplaying adventuring expeditions, in the process becoming interested in micronationalism again as well as being amused by the remembrance of Jasonia's legacy. But the thing that pushed him over the edge and back into the hobby at large was seeing [[Maraguo]] as a semi-autonomous country with the long-dead city of Enhasa rebuilt and a version of Jasonia's historic flag flying proudly.

[[Image:Nelagaanserevolutie.png|thumb|left|250px|Artist's interpretation of the Jasonian War (image created by Jonas Windsor)]]
In late November, Harvey met with [[Bill Dusch]] and [[Scott Siskind]] and the three agreed to a plan to revive Jasonia as the "spiritual successor" state of the Nelaga Territories. This group eventually extended to the Novatainians [[Andreas the Wise]], [[Nicholas the Mad]], and the [[Demon of Fides]] as well as the Batavian [[Jonas Windsor]], representing the two major countries that controlled the Archipelago's territory that would become the new nation, as well as long-time Apollo and FIoJ veteran [[Gman Russell]]. Together, the team prepared a forum, hammered out a constitution, established some basic laws, and laid the footwork for the major recwar, the "Day of the Eagle", also known as the "[[Jasonian War]]" that publicly announced the nation's existence as well as provided a month or so of recwar combat. The actual recwar wasn't all that great, but Harvey got to recwar a freaking '''Omen-class Gravship''', Jasonia's legendary "FIoJ Fist", so he's not complaining.

Since its foundation, the Nelaga Territories have been rather low-key, not participating in much of the internal scene save being a member of the [[Small Commonwealth]] and having Harvey serve as its Secondus for a period. Nelaga applied to the MCS two months to the day after their birthday and officially were added to the map in version 13.7.8 on Feb 14, 2009.

The low-energy vibe of the nation has caused many to occasionally (mistakenly) believe it has succumbed to abandonment, and at one point a President was actually impeached for general inactivity, but the country lives on yet.

== Government ==
[[Image:ChecksBalances.png|thumb|right|250px|Chart of the checks and balances of the Nelagan government (chart created by Harvey Lekuan)]]
Nelaga is lead by a '''President''' that acts as the diplmomatic face of the nation as well as its internal visionary. The President appoints two ministers - a minister of the interior and a minister of the exterior - and has to take on any position he cannot appoint himself. Legally, the President has little actual authority; realistically, the President's power is very significant.

The legislature of Nelaga is a '''Meritocracy-based Timed Democracy'''. The meritocracy is a rather new institution, designed to reward active, hard working citizens as well as non-citizens with "merit points" that can be cashed in for permanent additions to a person's vote count. Merits are calculated monthly, with various categories to reward contributing to the nation. This makes Nelaga one of the few micronations that actually allows non-citizens to vote, though they need to earn at least 10 merits to be able to do so and, to date, no non-citizens have taken advantage of it.

Nelagan legislature is officially a democratic voting system. Unofficially, however, many citizens make use of the "Government Workshop" to discuss ideas for laws before proposing them for a vote. If opposition occurs during a vote, it is very likely and common that the sponsor of the bill will withdraw it, making adjustments and amendments if the opposition was minor or returning it to the Government Workshop for major revision and discussion if opposition is significant. Because of this process, the actual votes themselves are almost always uneventful, with all the details having been worked out before major voting begins, and it is very common for bills to pass with all citizens voting unanimously in favor.

== Culture ==
[[Image:Starnebula.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Star Nebula, a modern joint JASO/VERA design (image created by Yvain Wintersong)]]
Nelaga's culture is largely based around '''impossible science and technology''', with most of the major focus on an antigravity-based technology they call "'''graitronics'''." This "science" is the basis of what, according to them, allows the Archipelago to hover in midair, and is used in many of their scifi-esque vehicle and weapon designs such as the [[http://nelaga.info/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=396 Star Nebula]] fighter, a fighter used in one of Shireroth's civil wars to destroy orbiting space weaponry. The major Nelagan cultural institution is [[JASO]], the Jasonian Aeronautics and Space Organization, a R&D group developed by [[Erik Mortis]] and others during Jasonia's lifetime, seized by Shireroth in the fall of 2000, miraculously remaining intact all this time (admittedly more than a little ignored) until purchased from Shireroth by Nelaga in July of 2009.

[[Image:Chapter7.png|thumb|left|250px|A screenshot of Control of Destiny 2, showing Nelaga island outside of Kajar (CoD2 by Harvey Lekuan)]]
Nelagans also enjoy '''video games''', specifically RPGs, and it is the current location of the [[BGI]] Game HQ, a forum where Harvey and other debate video game creation. It is here that Control of Destiny 2 is discussed and new screenshots are shown, over ten years after its original conception!

Another major Nelagan focus is on '''micronatonal history''' on the large scale. Nelaga believes and accepts most any claim another micronation makes is valid, such as when its allies at Gralus they say they are a magical-based country. The only international claims they flatly oppose are ones that interfere with Nelaga-based lifestyle, such as statements that the islands cannot and do not fly.

Nelaga is also sort-of the home of the '''[[Soloralism]] religion''', a faith based largely on the canon history of the Control of Destiny games. However, as of to date, the country has no major religious institutions, and is banned from having a state religion by their Bill of Rights.

[[Image:Man O War cross section1.PNG|thumb|right|250px|The Man O War, a proposed Nelagan super-battleship (model created by Demon of Fides)]]
On the whole, Nelaga does not take itself amazingly seriously and has a fairly laid back, casual, atmosphere that more promotes random weird discussions rather than cutthroat politics.

== International ==

Nelaga's closest allies are [[Gralus]], who share very similar ideas and micronational focuses. The two countries share a fairly large overlap of citizens, share the same general political outlooks, and often work together on mutual projects or adventures.

Nelaga also has an alliance with [[Batavia]]; unfortunately, the language gap between the two countries makes meaningful relations difficult.

A strong mutual respect with [[Natopia]] has lead to the two countries agreeing to share joint control of the island of [[Ptia]], a major Soloralist religious site and a place of major importance to both nations.

Though Nelaga has no official relations with [[Interland]], the fact that Interland agreed to turn over their northern half of Maraguo island to Nelaga (save Edwardsbane an the surrounding territories) gives Nelaga at least a respectful attitude towards them.

Nelaga also has no official relations with [[Shireroth]] and often disagrees with them on political issues, but the mutual history and closeness of the two countries, not to mention a wide overlap of citizens, keeps the two countries within each other's general spheres of influence.

[[category:Nations]]
[[category:Small Commonwealth]]

Nelaga Territories

2010-08-24T03:55:13Z

SaiKar: Created page with '{{Nation |country = The Nelaga Territories |image_flag = NelagaFlag.png |language = English, Garla Solarian (ceremonial) |capital = Nelagsara |largecity = Nova Kajar, Enhasa, Tha…'

{{Nation
|country = The Nelaga Territories
|image_flag = NelagaFlag.png
|language = English, Garla Solarian (ceremonial)
|capital = Nelagsara
|largecity = Nova Kajar, Enhasa, Thassala Bone
|website = [http://bill3000.net/wiki/index.php?title=Category:The_Nelaga_Territories SoloralWiki]
|forum = [http://nelaga.info/index.php Nelaga Forums]
|population = 7ish
|active = 7ish
|date_founded = Dec 23, 2008
|government = Meritocracy-based Timed Democracy
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'''The Nelaga Territories''' is a micronation that is the spiritual successor of the [[Flying Islands of Jasonia]], an old [[Apollo]] nation that was active in 2000 and 2001.

== History ==
[[Image:Oldkajar.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Old Kajar (image created by Yvain Wintersong)]]
The idea of creating a FIoJ successor state had been one that has been hovering around almost since the nation's fall seven years prior. Many micronationalists expressed an interest and desire in participating in such a project. However, the gruesome failures of previous attempts at a successor state, particularly the 7th Republic of [[Audentior]], made Harvey, the FIoJ's original founder, very wary of such a project under the premise that it was better to die a legend than be reborn a failure.

Harvey spent many years away from the hobby between 2001 and 2008. However, the hobby never quite forgot about Jasonia. The ever-popular micronational RPG "Control of Destiny 2" that so prominently featured the FIoJ was discovered by later micronationalists, keeping the memory alive, and good treatment of ancient FIoJ ruined cities such as Jasonia Palace and Kajar by later powers occupying the [[Jasonian Archipelago]] such as the [[Republic of Aerlig]] and [[Zindaria]] spoke of respect for the fallen sky kingdom.

Word of [[Novatainia]] cooperating with Zindaria to excavate some of the key sites in the Archipelago eventually reached Harvey, and he wrote up several "clues" to help their roleplaying adventuring expeditions, in the process becoming interested in micronationalism again as well as being amused by the remembrance of Jasonia's legacy. But the thing that pushed him over the edge and back into the hobby at large was seeing [[Maraguo]] as a semi-autonomous country with the long-dead city of Enhasa rebuilt and a version of Jasonia's historic flag flying proudly.

[[Image:Nelagaanserevolutie.png|thumb|left|250px|Artist's interpretation of the Jasonian War (image created by Yvain Wintersong)]]
In late November, Harvey met with [[Bill Dusch]] and [[Scott Siskind]] and the three agreed to a plan to revive Jasonia as the "spiritual successor" state of the Nelaga Territories. This group eventually extended to the Novatainians [[Andreas the Wise]], [[Nicholas the Mad]], and the [[Demon of Fides]] as well as the Batavian [[Jonas Windsor]], representing the two major countries that controlled the Archipelago's territory that would become the new nation, as well as long-time Apollo and FIoJ veteran [[Gman Russell]]. Together, the team prepared a forum, hammered out a constitution, established some basic laws, and laid the footwork for the major recwar, the "Day of the Eagle", also known as the "[[Jasonian War]]" that publicly announced the nation's existence as well as provided a month or so of recwar combat. The actual recwar wasn't all that great, but Harvey got to recwar a freaking '''Omen-class Gravship''', Jasonia's legendary "FIoJ Fist", so he's not complaining.

Since its foundation, the Nelaga Territories have been rather low-key, not participating in much of the internal scene save being a member of the [[Small Commonwealth]] and having Harvey serve as its Secondus for a period. Nelaga applied to the MCS two months to the day after their birthday and officially were added to the map in version 13.7.8 on Feb 14, 2009.

The low-energy vibe of the nation has caused many to occasionally (mistakenly) believe it has succumbed to abandonment, and at one point a President was actually impeached for general inactivity, but the country lives on yet.

== Government ==
[[Image:ChecksBalances.png|thumb|right|250px|Chart of the checks and balances of the Nelagan government (chart created by Harvey Lekuan)]]
Nelaga is lead by a '''President''' that acts as the diplmomatic face of the nation as well as its internal visionary. The President appoints two ministers - a minister of the interior and a minister of the exterior - and has to take on any position he cannot appoint himself. Legally, the President has little actual authority; realistically, the President's power is very significant.

The legislature of Nelaga is a '''Meritocracy-based Timed Democracy'''. The meritocracy is a rather new institution, designed to reward active, hard working citizens as well as non-citizens with "merit points" that can be cashed in for permanent additions to a person's vote count. Merits are calculated monthly, with various categories to reward contributing to the nation. This makes Nelaga one of the few micronations that actually allows non-citizens to vote, though they need to earn at least 10 merits to be able to do so and, to date, no non-citizens have taken advantage of it.

Nelagan legislature is officially a democratic voting system. Unofficially, however, many citizens make use of the "Government Workshop" to discuss ideas for laws before proposing them for a vote. If opposition occurs during a vote, it is very likely and common that the sponsor of the bill will withdraw it, making adjustments and amendments if the opposition was minor or returning it to the Government Workshop for major revision and discussion if opposition is significant. Because of this process, the actual votes themselves are almost always uneventful, with all the details having been worked out before major voting begins, and it is very common for bills to pass with all citizens voting unanimously in favor.

== Culture ==
[[Image:Starnebula.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Star Nebula, a modern joint JASO/VERA design (image created by Yvain Wintersong)]]
Nelaga's culture is largely based around '''impossible science and technology''', with most of the major focus on an antigravity-based technology they call "'''graitronics'''." This "science" is the basis of what, according to them, allows the Archipelago to hover in midair, and is used in many of their scifi-esque vehicle and weapon designs such as the [[http://nelaga.info/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=396 Star Nebula]] fighter, a fighter used in one of Shireroth's civil wars to destroy orbiting space weaponry. The major Nelagan cultural institution is [[JASO]], the Jasonian Aeronautics and Space Organization, a R&D group developed by [[Erik Mortis]] and others during Jasonia's lifetime, seized by Shireroth in the fall of 2000, miraculously remaining intact all this time (admittedly more than a little ignored) until purchased from Shireroth by Nelaga in July of 2009.

[[Image:Chapter7.png|thumb|left|250px|A screenshot of Control of Destiny 2, showing Nelaga island outside of Kajar (CoD2 by Harvey Lekuan)]]
Nelagans also enjoy '''video games''', specifically RPGs, and it is the current location of the [[BGI]] Game HQ, a forum where Harvey and other debate video game creation. It is here that Control of Destiny 2 is discussed and new screenshots are shown, over ten years after its original conception!

Another major Nelagan focus is on '''micronatonal history''' on the large scale. Nelaga believes and accepts most any claim another micronation makes is valid, such as when its allies at Gralus they say they are a magical-based country. The only international claims they flatly oppose are ones that interfere with Nelaga-based lifestyle, such as statements that the islands cannot and do not fly.

Nelaga is also sort-of the home of the '''[[Soloralism]] religion''', a faith based largely on the canon history of the Control of Destiny games. However, as of to date, the country has no major religious institutions, and is banned from having a state religion by their Bill of Rights.

[[Image:Man O War cross section1.PNG|thumb|right|250px|The Man O War, a proposed Nelagan super-battleship (model created by Demon of Fides)]]
On the whole, Nelaga does not take itself amazingly seriously and has a fairly laid back, casual, atmosphere that more promotes random weird discussions rather than cutthroat politics.

== International ==

Nelaga's closest allies are [[Gralus]], who share very similar ideas and micronational focuses. The two countries share a fairly large overlap of citizens, share the same general political outlooks, and often work together on mutual projects or adventures.

Nelaga also has an alliance with [[Batavia]]; unfortunately, the language gap between the two countries makes meaningful relations difficult.

A strong mutual respect with [[Natopia]] has lead to the two countries agreeing to share joint control of the island of [[Ptia]], a major Soloralist religious site and a place of major importance to both nations.

Though Nelaga has no official relations with [[Interland]], the fact that Interland agreed to turn over their northern half of Maraguo island to Nelaga (save Edwardsbane an the surrounding territories) gives Nelaga at least a respectful attitude towards them.

Nelaga also has no official relations with [[Shireroth]] and often disagrees with them on political issues, but the mutual history and closeness of the two countries, not to mention a wide overlap of citizens, keeps the two countries within each other's general spheres of influence.

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