Beaugium

Grand Principality of Beaugium

Official language	English/Beaugian/French
Capital	Madness
Largest cities	Sirap
Website	www.beaugium.uni.cc
Forum	www.beaugium.uni.cc
Number of citizens	50
Number of active citizens	21
Date founded	2nd January 2006
Government	Absolute Monarchy
Current leader	HRH King PAsTA & Queen Isabelle
Currency	B.I.O.U
National animal	Wombat
National fruit/food	Mango
National drink	Tea
Map versions	9.0.0-10.1, 11.0b-???

The Grand Principality of Beaugium, known in short as Beaugium, is a micronation first dreamed up around 27th December 2005 and then founded on the 2nd January 2006. Beaugium is a Lovely Sector micronation. On Saturday March 3rd 2007 at twelve minutes to two AM, Babs pulled Beaugium form the micronational scene, however, it remained an active nation. On May 11th 2007, Babs reclaimed on the MCS

History

A Brief History (circa 1000-2005)

Beaugium has a long, proud history, and recent events have once again brought it to the fore.

Birth of a Nation

In the 11th Century, a group of Celtic tribes coalesced around the town of Arnesis, near the centre of what is now modern Beaugium. They became known as the Beaugies (a perhaps unfortunate name), a fearsome tribe famous for painting themselves in a yellow-green, slimy substance to frighten off their enemies. The country of Beaugium was founded under Arcturius the Great in 1370. Arcturius was an infamous warlord who committed many acts of barbarism in his early years, as he fought to gain power, but once his nation was united, he mellowed into a wise leader, instigating a democratic parliament well before most other European countries. Peace reigned for many years in Beaugium, until the 28-Years War (which actually lasted for 29 years, but due to a clerical error, no-one actually noticed it had finished until about 12 months later). This was fought between Beaugium and neighbouring Spexinia (the forerunner of modern-day Spexico) and was eventually resolved when it became apparent that it had all started as a result of a huge linguistic misunderstanding (the Spexican for “hello” sounding very similar to the Beaugique for “Go away tentacle-breath, you are invading my mother’s favourite Quince Orchard”).

Beaugium in the Middle Ages

From the late 14 to the late 17th Century, Beaugium went through a period of great stability and prosperity. It became a sea-faring nation, despite having no coast (other than that of the inland sea along which the Lovely Beach resides). Ships set sail to the four corners and even the three-and-a-bit edges of the Earth (following the early discovery of fractals by Beaugian mathematician Franco Beau-Newton, which was subsequently forgotten). Cibola was discovered by Beaugian Explorer Beaugio Legrande in 1488, but he got lost on the way back when he started partaking of the substance the natives had been found to be smoking, which later turned out to be rather old kippers. Science and art both underwent a renaissance in Beaugium in the 16th and 17th Centuries, with many discoveries commonly attributed to other countries actually occurring in Beaugium and being stolen by foreign spies. This led to a great sense of mistrust of other nations by Beaugians, and they became insular and secretive. This is the reason why, until so very recently, the very existence of Beaugium has been totally eradicated from the history books

Lovely

A pact between a group of small countries led to the eventual emergence of the Nation of Lovely, which came into existence in July 2005. Beaugium was initially fully integrated and lost it’s identity, until an upsurge of Beaugian Nationalism led to the Declaration of Existence of Beaugium. Reigning Monarch PAsTA took notice of Lovely's Law - 'Be Good' and abolished all archaic Beauigan laws to instate two. Be Good, and then Be Nice around six months later (this became known as the first amendmant). Some would say that this is unnecessary, since if the main Law is abided with, being nice will naturally follow, but experience of six months of “Be Good” has proved otherwise…Some consider the 1st Amendment an oppressive device by which hugs and over-niceness will be imposed against the will of the People, but it is in fact intended merely to prevent extreme nastiness – Beaugium is an extremely inclusive Nation which is vehemently opposed to all forms of bigotry, sexism, racism and violence. We are tolerant of most views with the exceptions of these.

The Royal Line of Accession

There has been an unbroken line of accession to the Beaugian Throne since Arcturius The Great founded the Nation in 1370. All bear the surname Beau.

1370-1410: King Arcturius I (“The Great”)

1410-1430: King Aphemasus I (“The Not Quite So Good”)

1430-1502: King Arcturius II (“The Old”)

1502-1531: Queen Emile I (“The Lovely”)

1531-1542: King Lemit ("The Geriatric")

1542-1590: Queen Aspergia I (“The Pedantic”)

1590-1650: King Piratos (“The Pirate”)

1650-1701: King Arcturius II ("The Slow")

1701-1745: Queen Emile II (“The Scrumptious”)

1745-1801: King Aphemasus II ("The Chimney")

1801-1843: King Arcturius III (“The Barking”)

1843-1902: Queen Vectora (“The Spatially Aware”)

1902-1938: King Arcturius IV ("The Copycat")

1938-1956: King Arcturius V ("The Risk-Taker")

1956-2005: Queen Aspergia II ("The Static")

2005- : King PAsTA I & Queen Isabelle ("The Siamese")

National Anthem

The National Anthem was modernised in 1754, and has stayed the same ever since.

View it Here

The Clopidogrel

The Beaugian Flag design was lost in the Great Blizzard of 1645, and Beaugium was then without a standard. So, to commemorate the return to Global life, the Royal Family Commisioned a new one in 2006.

This is it flying proudly on Royal Yacht 'The Hippy Queen' near the shores of Lake Jaffa

2006

2nd in line to the throne - High Prince Babs, had known all along about his Beaugian heritage, and it was he who led the upsurge of nationalism on January 2nd 2006. He had also, inadvertandly, discovered Beau Magic. He had participated in a recwar with the Lovely armed forces, and was amazed to find himself self-healing. He would rarely get hurt as a High Commander, but paper cuts and pin pricks would seal over instantly. When the family were reunited, he shown them all how to use the Beau Magic, but they never grasped it as he did. To this day, his palace is an enchated fortress and Babs retains the metamorphagus prowess.

On June 6th 2005, Babs once more made a descion for his country. He started up the Beaugian forums which were well recieved by Beaugian and Lovelite alike. Now they are the most posted upon forum in micronations, exceeding Lovely, the MCS and micronations.net

Family Tree

The official document portraying the Beau Family Tree.

Abbreviations:

BOTs - Bit on the Side

POTs - Pumpkin on the Side

Culture

The Beaugian culture is a very obscure one. The culture revolves around the sport of cricket, and Beaugium's Cricket Ground near Isabellia is the largest on Micras. The Royal Family is a controvertial body in Lovely aswell as Beaugium, with some of the family still too shy to show themselves as Beaugian, and the King having a Harem consisting of 4 wives.

Music

The population endulge in musical games on a regular basis and the only band is 'The Beaux' who have yet to reach the top 40.

Mafiosa

The Beaugian Mafia was founded in January 2005, after fears that Queen Isabelle II had been captured by terrorists. It was commanded by Don Sub, heir to the throne. Their headquarters is the Digital Fortress.

Terroists

Whilst they resided on the Lovely forums, the Beaugian family were frequently attacked by violent spammers and terrorists. Prince Trip* took deep offense at this and left, never to be seen again.

• Prince Trip was 2nd in line to the throne when he scarpered.

Internal Affairs

The Napoleon Penitentiary

The laws and punishment system was decided upon after a Lovelite outcast came to Beaugium seeking refuge, but then turned violent against both King PAsTA and Babs who had arrived to welcome the visitor. That night the Napoleon Penitentiary was created, and the 'visitor' was encarcerated in that section of the forum, but continued to breach the laws of 'Be Good' and 'Be Nice', so he was evicted from the forum, and his IP blocked.

Private Sections

The three governors of the States of Helmet, Legs and Torso, are the three highest (non-royal) posters. They each have an individual palace which is open to the public at the govenors discretion. The Royal Family have a separate section for all their palaces, which is visible, but locked to the public.

Miscellaeneous Internal Information

The Cathédral de Beau

There has been one Beaugian wedding, which involved Lady Heather, marrying her nephew, Crown Prince Sub. This occured on August 9th, 2006, at the Cathédral de Beau.

Duke Dodgy, ID06, has a yacht entitled the 'Hippy Queen' and High Prince Babs has a private jet, entitled, 'Spirit in the Skies'.

Foreign Affairs

Allies

Lovely

Tokidoki

Craiteland

Novatainia

New Brittania

Enemies

Grand Commonwealth

Alexandria

Military

Babs took general control of the country after the Forum establishment, (This was to become known as 'The Beaugian Baptism') with King PAsTA's role being mainly ceremonial. Babs had good experience with J-DIC in Lovely and went back to them and joined together the two most populated nations once more. This time, if there were to be a situation of warfare, the command of the Lovely and Beaugium armed forces would pass to a joint administrative body, consisting of the Beaugian and Lovelian Chiefs of Staff. A copy of the document can be found Here (Treaty of Madness)

Taylor Bay Recwar

Babs is still highly valued at modern day J-DIC (now DCHQ) and the Beaugian and Lovely militraies work together on many projects, including the recent Taylor Bay Recwar, where Beaugium pulled out in protest following a deep injustice. Their latest project - a Tarsica resarch and test centre - is being spearheaded by Babs and Lovely's RAND.

MRWS

Beaugium applied to join the MRWS in December 2006, and their Annual Defense Budget is $150,000,000,000.

Geography

MCS Land August 2006 - March 2007

Beaugium's land on the MCS is very spread out. The original Beaugium homeland where Arcturius gathered his people in 1370, is now near the site of Rainbollion, in the section of Beaugium under Lovely. When Lovely burst on the scene they took that area, and so when Beau's were forced into exile and separation, they travelled to an island called Sypyr, south of Cibola. Recently, Beaugium took back the area around Rainbollion, because Lovely had abandoned it. They also took James Island, Floyd Island, and a section above Lovely, and the Omega Isles south of New Oscland. The Military is controlled and permenantly based on the Omega Isles.

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Mount Yulia (image courtesy of the MCS)

Colonisation

Recently, Beaugium began to spread north form it's homeland of Sypyr and conolised and area on Cibola near Monovia.

Land Features

The areas around Lovely, the Cibolan colony and the Omega Isles are all flat-lying but Sypyr is hilly in the west, and in the east there is Mount Yulia. In the north there is Lake Jaffa, a fresh water lake, popular with fly-fishers and watersports men/women. (Not shown on MCS Physical Map.)

Mount Yulia

Mount Yulia is a dormant volcano who's last activity was 1899. Mt. Yulia was recently measured at 6,745 metres. Treks on skis are offered with experienced tour guides, and Mount Yulia is a major tourist attraction. There is a permanant research station at the summit.

Madness City Council has evacuation plans and siren alarms in place for swift evacuation of the city in the instance of an eruption.

MCS Land May 2007 - Present

When Beaugium resigned it's MCS membership in March 2007, Novatinia put forward a claim for a section of Sypyr, Beuagium's previous homeland. When Beaugium returned in May, Beaugium and Novatainia discussed options and Babs deemed it necessary to move Beaugium. Beaugium now inhabits South Island and its surrounding islands Liberty Is, Equality Is, Fraternity Is. And Aplha, Beta, Delta and Gamma Isles, known as a group as the Omaga Isles.

Other Information

Terminology

Adjective: Beaugian

Noun: Beaugium

Past Tense: to have been Beaugique

Characteristic of Beaugium: Beaugesque.

Beaugian Public Holidays

December 24th, 25th, 26th

January 1st, 29th

August 9th, 12th,

October 31st

June 16th

September 3rd

November 5th

Beaugian

Information on the Beaugian Language can be found at the Beaugian Home Office (see below)

Contact

First point of contact would be HRH High Prince Babs, who can often be found on the Beaugian Forums or the MNN forum.

External Links

Beaugian Forums

Beaugian Home Office

Beaugian Website