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===Raising the flag=== | ===Raising the flag=== | ||
The first trip to visit the land of Calsahara didn't occur until 15 May 2010. | The first trip to visit the land of Calsahara didn't occur until 15 May 2010. The flag was raised over the capital city of Otisburg by King Montague and the Grand Chancellor. At the same time, a detailed survey of the land was taken and a photographic record was obtained for future reference. | ||
==Imperial Kingdom of Calsahara: 2011 - 2014== | ==Imperial Kingdom of Calsahara: 2011 - 2014== | ||
In January 2011, King Montague led the Calsaharan Corps of Engineers on a mission to conquer the vast empty plain surrounding Otisburg. | In January 2011, the Kingdom of Calsahara expanded from 2.5 acres to an area of over 100 acres. | ||
===Causes for the expansion=== | |||
When Calsahara was first created, an institution called the Civil Office was established to provide new citizens with gainful employment. The available jobs were all drawn from the Queen song ''The Fairy Feller's Master Stroke'' (which in turn was inspired by the painting of the same name by Victorian artist Richard Dadd. The open positions were: | |||
* Ploughman - ''a person who uses a plow'' | |||
* Tinker - ''a person who travels from place to place mending metal utensils'' | |||
* Tailor - ''a person who makes fitted clothes such as suits, pants, and jackets'' | |||
* Dandy - ''a man unduly devoted to style, neatness, and fashion in dress and appearance'' | |||
* Nymph - ''a beautiful maiden inhabiting rivers, woods, or other locations'' | |||
* Tatterdemalion - ''a person in tattered clothing of shabby appearance'' | |||
* Ostler - ''a man employed to look after the horses of people staying at an inn'' | |||
* Apothecary - ''a person who prepares and sells medicines and drugs'' | |||
* Harridan - ''a strict, bossy, or belligerent old woman'' | |||
* Junketer - ''someone taking part in a junket or banquet: a partygoer'' | |||
In late 2010, the Civil Office was dissolved by Royal Decree and the newly unemployed citizens (of which there were less than 20) were instructed by King Montage to “wander off and live in a nice little Hooverville somewhere.” The abandoned homestead a quarter mile away from Otisburg was to be the location of the Hooverville where refugees from the Civil Office could make their new home. | |||
King Montague led the Calsaharan Corps of Engineers on a mission to conquer the vast empty plain surrounding Otisburg. The [[Carrizo Plain]] contains approximately 1,400 acres of empty land broken into 700 plots of around 2.3 acres each. | |||
==Realm of Calsahara: 2014 - 2017== | ==Realm of Calsahara: 2014 - 2017== | ||