Choconya
Chocolate, the Foundation
"Eating chocolate every single day, who does not want to live there? That's what Lisa Elliott and Tammie Lee thought too. During a boring lesson geography they founded Choconya, a religious mouvement about chocolate.
Lisa become the "Chocolate Goddess" and the official holiday is Easter, of course because you can eat a lot lot lot chocolate.
Because of the religious character the mouvement dind't attract new members anymore at a certain time. So Lisa got rid of her goddess-status, and let herself crown queen and set up on 25 september 1997 the present micronation.
Choconya has survived already several frictions, among them a few separations and a civil war ... but Choconya is still there and keeps up pretty good relations with the other micronations."
Original Choconya website:
http://www.geocities.com/choconyan
Exceptions & Conflict
It seems that Choconya took sides in the events following the First War of Cyberian Liberation. From the Mattimeo Messenger of September 14, 1998, --
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Choconya, Falkenberg Impose Embargo on Cyberia, Hickey Asks for GA Complaint Against Choconya
In their continuing attempts to blackmail Cyberia into recognizing the false claims of East Cyberia to the Provinces of Mala and Windsor, the Kingdoms of Choconya and Falkenberg last week imposed an embargo on Cyberian goods. This is in addition to diplomatic sanctions previously imposed by the two monarchies against Cyberia. The embargo is largely symbolic due to the fact that little or no trade previously existed between either despotism and Cyberia.
In response to the latest moves by Choconya and Falkenberg, Dep. Peter Hickey (PFP-At Large) introduced a resolution in the Chamber of Deputies last week calling upon the President to bring a formal grievance in the Grand Alliance Council against Choconya, seeking relief and restitution against Choconya for "aggression and attempting to interfere with the internal affairs of Choconya." Both Cyberia and Choconya are members of the Grand Alliance. The Chamber will vote on Hickey's resolution in its next meeting.
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From the Portugese microwiki
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The Kingdom of the Chocônia (in English, Choconya) is a anglophone modelist micronation. Chocônia (spelling later changed to"... nya") was established by Australians & New Zealanders to be the land of chocolate. It merged with Reunion but then seceeded and united with Pingüínia (Penguinea). After another unsuccessful union, Choconya decided you live separately to under Queen Lisa I.
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Other mentions of Choconya
Denis: "I searched the net to find some pictures of Choconya but I found out that Choconya is no longer. I got that information from Claudio de Castro."
'He wrote me in a mail :
"Choconya used to be a province of the "micronational superpower", the Holy Empire of Réunion (Imperial Territory of Greater Choconia), from which it secceeded in Feb, 1998 (they claimed their chocolate-lovers religion was not accepted by the christian empire). Founded by Lisa Elliot and Rick Harwood, two australians (with the union of their two nations, Soveraat and Great Choconia), after the seccession from the Holy Empire (http://www.reuniao.org ) they became a Monarchy (KINGDOM OF CHOCONIA), on which Queen Lisa I ruled.
After a while, the nation became "the New Commonwealth of Choconia" with Mr. Harwood as Chancellor.
Later on (around July, 1999), it finally, and unfortunately died. Elliot and Harwood are now citizens of Penguinea, another micronation."
http://members.fortunecity.com/niksje/id4.htm
The illustrious Cody Williams attempted to revive the nation later, with little success. For a time Cocoanut Grove was considered as the capital city. It was annexed by Emperor Jacobus to the United Imperium as a condominium (with Audentior), and later as a protectorate.
The intent was to make a Free City and intermicronational meeting site, but this did not come to pass.
