CIS
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| Official language | English |
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| Capital | Union City |
| Largest cities | Varied with member nations |
| Website | N/A |
| Forum | CIS forum |
| Number of citizens | 13 |
| Number of active citizens | 0 (Nation Inactive) |
| Date founded | Believed to be 16th August 2005 |
| Government | Union |
| Current leader | Dr-Spangle |
| Currency | CIS Credits |
| National animal | Eagle |
| National fruit/food | N/A |
| National drink | N/A |
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| Map versions | 7.0.6 - 13.7.8 |
The Confederacy of Independent States was partially responsible for the introduction of the so-called Lovely Sector nations into the Micran Sector of micronationalism. Founded by Seperatist (Zayd Al-Ani) in August 2005 and his comrades known as Biffa, PeoplesPoet and Bean, the organisation had its origins as a resistance cell in Lovely against Danny Wallace's government, although its actions never amounted to more than causing a nuisance on government forums. Al-Ani is believed to have founded the organisation some time in early to mid 2005 and migrated over to the Micran Sector, creating a CIS forum and establishing the Confederacy as a supranational entity of united, small micronations. By late 2005 Seperatist was actively recruiting new micronations in the Micran Sector to join the CIS, many of whom used the organisation as a quicker way to get land on the MCS map of Micras and to circumvent the organisation's Three Month Rule. The CIS acted in its early days more as a Federated Micronation than a supranational alliance body such as the Grand Commonwealth, claiming on the MCS as one entity and theoretically maintaining a unified military, foreign policy, and economy. However most of the CIS' member nations openly flouted these rules, leading to division and dischord within the CIS from late 2005 onwards.
Many CIS nations later left the organisation and sought full independence, and the lack of centralisation in the CIS and its lack of exclusivity led to a stigma being attached to the organisation and nations who had been a part of it. Nonetheless the CIS gradually became an integral part of the Micran Sector and remained a loose organisation of primarily new and small micronations until its inactivity and eventual removal from the MCS map in February 2009.
Political Structure
From the very beginning the CIS was intended as a centralised, united, group of micronations who would pursue a common economic and foreign policy. Due to the youth of most CIS member nations, and an understandable desire on their part to experience full political independence, these rules were largely ignored. As the CIS claimed for the first time on the MCS, for example in February 2006, there were already territorial disputes between how the organisation's land should be divided between its member nations, with Matbaa and Jamzinia particularly dissatisfied with their allocations. Many nations who joined initially were in fact seccessionist, such as Kemetia and Gosling, and others such as Tchistanski brought their inherited political disputes with them to the organisation. Although theoretically a centralised forum with sub-boards for each nation was to be used, most nations ignored this too and used the CIS as a military alliance resource.
As the CIS was viewed as a nation in its own right by the MCS administrators, it claimed various 'CIS Admin Territories' for future members of the organisation, which was viewed in a bad light by many who saw it as 'reserving' land for non-existent nations. This tactic was later revoked in favour of adding fictionalised nations, created by the CIS central administration, such as Conga, Galactica, Stasia and Gaia (later to become Tellia) into the CIS' territory. One heir of the CIS' history in Lovely was the Freedom Republic, a rebel statelet set up by Seperatist and his allies whose history gradually became a part of the organisation's culture.
The Executive Head of State of the organisation was the President, who was supposedly selected from a rotating presidency of member nations. Nonetheless, Seperatist remained President until his departure from Micronationalism and when democratic elections were eventually held, the new President, Maximos (of Matbaa and later of Ashkenatza) ruled only for one week before replaced by Oscar of New Oscland, and finally Dr-Spangle, who led the CIS until its death.
