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The '''[[Claimant Letter]]''' is the founding document of [[Westarctica]]. The purpose of the letter was analogous to a Declaration of Independence, although Westarctica was not under the authority of any world government at the time it declared itself to be a [[sovereignty|sovereign]] nation.
The '''[[Minister of the Environment]]''' was a cabinet-level position in the [[Grand Ducal Cabinet]] of [[Westarctica]] from 2005 - 2010. Westarctica's first Minister of the Environment was Eduard Versluijs, the Baron of [[Mount Andrus|Andrus]].


Starting in August 2001, [[Grand Duke Travis|Travis McHenry]] began researching the feasibility of making a legal claim to the previously unclaimed sector of [[Antarctica]] known as [[Marie Byrd Land]]. After closely studying the articles of the [[Antarctic Treaty]], Travis determined that the terms of the treaty would only prevent a ''country'' from making a claim to Antarctica territory, but it would not prevent an ''individual'' from doing the same.
When he first became a member of the [[Hereditary Nobility of Westarctica]], Eduard was keenly interested in pursuing automated defense forces in the waters of the [[Southern Ocean]]. To this end, he was made Chief of the Robotics and Surveillance Branch of the [[Minister of Defense|Ministry of Defense]].


Travis decided to register a legal claim to the entirety of Marie Byrd Land by sending formal letters to the polar affairs offices of the seven countries with [[territorial claims in Antarctica]] as well as the United States and Russia.
After making some radical proposals for automated squid-like robots that would monitor the security of Westarctica from underwater, the Baron saw the practical application for automated monitoring of the oceanic environment and requested that his project be moved from the Ministry of Defense to the Ministry of the Environment. As no such ministry existed at that time, [[Grand Duke Travis]] created it and placed Eduard at its head.


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The Minister of the Environment was a cabinet-level position in the Grand Ducal Cabinet of Westarctica from 2005 - 2010. Westarctica's first Minister of the Environment was Eduard Versluijs, the Baron of Andrus.

When he first became a member of the Hereditary Nobility of Westarctica, Eduard was keenly interested in pursuing automated defense forces in the waters of the Southern Ocean. To this end, he was made Chief of the Robotics and Surveillance Branch of the Ministry of Defense.

After making some radical proposals for automated squid-like robots that would monitor the security of Westarctica from underwater, the Baron saw the practical application for automated monitoring of the oceanic environment and requested that his project be moved from the Ministry of Defense to the Ministry of the Environment. As no such ministry existed at that time, Grand Duke Travis created it and placed Eduard at its head.

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