Micrasian Passport and Visa Index

The Micrasian Passport and Visa Index is a project launched by researchers at the Government department of the University of Svorgas, who were investigating the visa policies of various Micrasian states. The index was released on the last day of 1692 AN, and ranks and evaluate the various visa policies of Micrasian states.

Methodology

The researchers looked at all 48 member states of the MCS. The researchers looked at the visa requirements that governments placed on foreign citizens visiting their country, but ignored any scenarios in which a nation placed restrictions on their own citizens from travelling to other countries. The researchers only looked at the standard normal passport from each country, excluding passports that are held by autonomous territories or peoples, or of diplomatic/state passports.

The data was gathered from a variety of sources, including government websites and interviews with government officials. For some smaller nations with little diplomatic contact with Senya, some guesswork was required. The study also concluded that it was able to gain the information from every nation in part due to Senya's policy of neutrality and good standing in the international community.

Status of the Bassarid Periphery

Although the individual nations of the Bassarid Periphery issue their own passports, the report bundled these nations together as the Bassarid Periphery due to many nations, particularly those outside of the USSO, having a singular policy for all of these states. In the few situations in where there are discrepancies, the policies for citizens of the Iron Cult of Leng are taken.

Status of Elwynn and Amokolia

At the time of the survey, the separatist Republic of Elwynn and Amokolia was enjoying de facto independence. However, this state was only recognised by Calbion and Kalgachia, and as such was ignored in the survey.

Indexes pertaining to passport power

Two indexes were compiled alongside the main Passport Power Index; a rank of how many nations each passport got visa free access to, and a rank of how many nations each passport holder was prohibited from. The prohibited list focused entirely on governments who had policies to not allow any citizen from a nation to enter as a matter of policy, rather than nations that regularly denied visa applications from that country.

Number of nations that can be visited without a visa

Nation	Number
Alduria-Wechua	21
Elwynn	20
Mercury
Senya
Sanama	19
Constancia	18
Craitland
Natopia
Shireroth
Jääland	17
Floria	16
Ransenar
Unified Governorates
Drak-Modan	15
Suren
Tellia
Hurmu	14
Imperial Trade Union
Jingdao	13
Nova England
Ralgon
Bassarid Periphery	12
Palesmenia
Thraci Confederation
Çakaristan	11
Dark Berry Islands
New Batavia	10
Zeed
Batavia	9
Kalgachia
Phinbella
The Hexarchy
Byalia	8
Calbion
Goëtia
International Mandate
Lostisland
Meckelnburgh
Plazas de Irian
South Sea Islands
Nova Caradia	7
Port Balaine
Réunion
Sankt Ludwigshafen
Voxland
West Skerry and Sri Pashana
Arbor	6
Graecia

Number of nations that deny entry to nationals

Nation	Nations barred from entering
Arbor	8 (Alduria-Wechua, Constancia, Drak-Modan, Natopia, Nova Caradia, Sanama, Shireroth, Unified Governorates)
Jingdao	8 (Alduria-Wechua, Calbion, Constancia, Drak-Modan, Floria, Jääland, Natopia, Nova Caradia)
Phinbella	7 (Calbion, Constancia, Drak-Modan, Floria, Jääland, Sanama, Unified Governorates)
Calbion	6 (Batavia, Constancia, Drak-Modan, Elwynn, Jingdao, Ralgon)
Çakaristan	5 (Alduria-Wechua, Calbion, Constancia, Natopia, Sanama)
Plazas de Irian	5 (Calbion, Constancia, Floria, Jääland, Sanama)
Bassarid Periphery	4 (Calbion, Nova Caradia, Shireroth, Unified Governorates)
Drak-Modan	3 (Arbor, Calbion, Sanama)
Goëtia	4 (Arbor, Calbion, Constancia, Unified Governorates)
Graecia	3 (Calbion, Constancia, Drak-Modan)
The Hexarchy	3 (Calbion, Constancia, Ralgon)
Unified Governorates	3 (Arbor, Calbion, Kalgachia)
Alduria-Wechua	2 (Arbor, Graecia)
Constancia	2 (Arbor, Calbion)
Floria	2 (Arbor, Calbion)
International Mandate	2 (Calbion, Constancia)
Jääland	2 (Arbor, Calbion)
Kalgachia	2 (Arbor, Constancia)
Lostisland	2 (Calbion, Constancia)
Meckelnburgh	2 (Calbion, Constancia)
Natopia	2 (Arbor, Calbion)
Ralgon	2 (Calbion, Constancia)
Réunion	2 (Calbion, Constancia)
Voxland	2 (Calbion, Constancia)
Batavia	1 (Constancia)
Byalia	1 (Constancia)
Elwynn	1 (Arbor)
Imperial Trade Union	1 (Calbion)
New Batavia	1 (Constancia)
Nova Caradia	1 (Constancia)
Nova England	1 (Constancia)
Palesmenia	1 (Constancia)
Port Balaine	1 (Constancia)
Ransenar	1 (Arbor)
Sanama	1 (Arbor)
Sankt Ludwigshafen	1 (Constancia)
Shireroth	1 (Arbor)
Suren	1 (Arbor)
Thraci Confederation	1 (Constancia)
West Skerry and Sri Pashana	1 (Constancia)
Craitland	0
Dark Berry Islands	0
Hurmu	0
Mercury	0
Senya	0
South Sea Islands	0
Tellia	0
Zeed	0

Micras Passport Power Index

The Micras Passport Power Index was made by calculating a score for each nation based off a value for each requirement from other nations. An individual country's score was the combined total of visa requirements from all the 47 other nations on the planet.

Points	Requirement
4	Freedom of movement
3	Visa free
2	Visa on arrival
1	Visa
0	Travel prohibited

This formula allowed for nations in free trade groups, such as the Raspur Pact, USSO and the Xäiville Convention to score highly, with the best ranked nation outside of these three organisations being the Thraci Confederation, who placed 22nd, whilst the lowest ranked members of these organisations were the Bassarid Periphery and Jingdao, who scored joint 24th place. This meant that, excluding the Thraci Confederation, every other nation which is not a part of a free trade alliance ranked below every nation that is a member.

In particular, the scores from the Raspur Pact members were considerably higher than the others, due to the larger number of member states. That said, Mercury, Senya and Craitland all ranked inside the top 10.

The bottom of the list was a mix of nations with limited and somewhat isolationist policies. Nations such as Arbor, Calbion and Graecia additionally had lower scores due to their poor relations with the Raspur Pact states in particular, many of whom had banned citizens of these nations from entering.

Rank	Nation	Points
1	Alduria-Wechua	100
2	Elwynn	99
3	Sanama	98
4	Shireroth	95
5	Constancia	94
	Mercury
	Natopia
8	Senya	93
9	Craitland	92
10	Floria	91
	Jääland
	Ransenar

Rank	Nation	Points
13	Unified Governorates	89
14	Drak-Modan	86
	Suren
16	Hurmu	84
17	Nova England	82
	Tellia
19	Imperial Trade Union	80
20	Palesmenia	78
	Ralgon
22	Thraci Confederation	74
23	Çakaristan	73
24	Bassarid Periphery	72
	Jingdao

Rank	Nation	Points
26	Dark Berry Islands	70
	New Batavia
28	Zeed	69
29	Batavia	68
30	Byalia	66
31	South Sea Islands	65
32	International Mandate	64
	Kalgachia
	The Hexarchy
35	Lostisland	63
	Meckelnburgh
	West Skerry and Sri Pashana

Rank	Nation	Points
38	Nova Caradia	62
	Phinbella
	Sankt Ludwigshafen
41	Goëtia	61
	Port Balaine
43	Calbion	60
	Plazas de Irian
	Réunion
	Voxland
47	Graecia	58
48	Arbor	53

Findings

The findings found that citizens of Alduria-Wechua enjoyed the greatest visa benefits from their passport, despite being barred from entering Arbor and Graecia. Of the passport holders that can travel to every country, Mercurian citizens fared best. On the other side, citizens of Arbor had the weakest passport by every metric.

Whilst the Raspur Pact and the USSO's areas of free movement propelled their member states up the rankings, both suffered from politically motivated bannings, though it should be noted these often came from Arbor and Calbion, rather than members of their rival pact. Meanwhile, none of the signatories of the Xäiville Convention are banned from any country, comprising 5 of the 8 nations who aren't.

Another interesting point is that no nation prohibited more than five other nations from entering, with the exception of three; Arbor (who prohibit 14 nationalities from entering), Calbion (who prohibit 21) and Constancia (who prohibit 26). Whilst Arbor and Calbion can be considered "pariah" states who have little diplomatic contact with other nations, particularly of the major alliances of the world, Constancia, a Raspur Pact member, are the only nation who out of course prohibit nationals of nations they do not recognise from visiting their country.

On the flip side, four nations; Craitland, Goëtia, the International Mandate and Zeed, provide visa free access to every other nationality on Micras. However, it should be noted that in Goëtia this is due to the lack of formal border enforcement, and as such foreign nationals may not necessarily be welcome. Using the same scoring system as the Micras Passport Power Index, Craitland can be judged to have the most liberal visa scheme on Micras.

International Reactions to the findings

•  Senya: The government of Senya hailed the findings as "proof of Senya's good standing in the world" and noted that the Senyan people should be "proud of their placement". Furthermore, the Senyan government hailed the success of the Xäiville Convention as a beacon of Democracy, Stability and Human Rights.