South Mondesia
| Official language | English, Afrikaans (?) |
|---|---|
| Capital | Bernington |
| Largest cities | Auckland, Regmenton, Ottington, Cape Town |
| Website | South Mondesia Website Archive |
| Forum | South Mondesian Forum Archive |
| Number of citizens | 10 |
| Number of active citizens | 0 (Nation Inactive, annexed to Shireroth) |
| Date founded | 10th December 2001 |
| Government | Presidential Republic |
| Current leader | President Peter Little |
| Currency | unknown |
| National animal | unknown |
| National fruit/food | unknown |
| National drink | unknown |
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| Map versions |
3.5.0 (as an independent nation) 4.5.5 - 6.6.2 (as Shirereithan territory) |
South Mondesia was founded on the 10th of December 2001 by Peter Little and had a loose New Zealand and South African theme throughout various stages of its history. Though only surviving just over three years and certainly not one of the most influential micronations at the time, it is however important in micronational history given its central role in the rise of Babkha and the decline of Tymaria.
History
South Mondesia under Peter Little initially enjoyed the success of a smoothly functioning government and at first, ten active citizens including Little himself, before a chain of diplomatic events led to its swift decline. On the 21st of January 2002, Glen Bohach, a friend of Little's, declared North Mondesia independent of South Mondesia as the United Dominions of North Mondesia, adopting a Celtic cultural theme with two provinces named Monlan and Gwyndor.
As such, South Mondesia was already divided and humiliated by the seccession before Babkha began to take an interest in the situation. Empowered by its success in the War of the Orchids, Osman Shahanshah of Babkha invaded South Mondesia in a RecWar commonly known as the 'Mondesian Genocide' of late 2002. President Peter Little appealed to Shireroth, which was now part of Tymaria, for aid and to everyone's surpise agreed to make South Mondesia a Shirereithan protectorate in return. South Mondesia had also felt threatened by Amerada, and was reassured by the diplomatic strength Tymaria wielded. Little toyed with the idea of making South Mondesia a state of Tymaria, but this plan was shot down by South Mondesia's legislature and Little joined Tymaria of his own accord as a citizen of the Free Republic.
However, despite Shireroth securing South Mondesian territory from the advancing Babkhan forces, it was clear that South Mondesian independence would not last for long and as the Yardistani Annexation Corps overran South Mondesia, Little left micronationalism and South Mondesia became a Shirereithan protectorate. However, this state of affairs would not last long and though many former South Mondesian citizens urged Little to return and resurrect his Republic once more, he declined. South Mondesia's protectorate status only lasted a few months before it became a Duchy, then a fully integrated region of Shireroth, before finally disappearing altogether.
