Empire of Stomaria

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Empire of Stomaria
Flag of Stormaria.png

Motto
"Loyalty - Honour - Courage"
Fleet, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Official language(s) English
Short name Stomaria
Demonym Stomarian
Government Federal absolute monarchy
- Emperor Andrew Stott
Legislature Imperial Court
Established 16 June 2019
Population 13 (2022 estimate)
Currency Stomarian Stater

Official website

The Empire of Stomaria is a micronation based in the United Kingdom. It was created by Mr. Andrew Stott after the two political parties he founded in the UK failed miserably and were laughed out of the political arena. While Stomaria was initially held in high esteem by the greater micronational community, its reputation suffered after Stott released a series of videos on YouTube criticising the attendees and organizers of MicroCon 2023 and MicroCon in general. This has led some analysts to label Stomaria a "joke" micronation created exclusively for the purpose of trolling other micronations on social media.

Andrew Stott

Stomaria is the brainchild of Mr. Andrew Stott, who proclaimed himself Emperor shortly after creating the country. Publicly, his motivation for founding Stomaria is altruistic and noble, but Stott's career as a failed political party leader suggests he has taken refuge in micronationalism as a result of his wounded ego and unrelenting desire to rule a fascist government.

United People's Party

In 2012, Andrew founded the United People's Party (UPP), a short-lived political party in the United Kingdom. It claimed to stand for "a non-xenophobic form of nationalism." However, most political commentators in the UK concluded the party was borderline fascist and it was dismissed as a serious contender in upcoming elections. Alan Valentine was the party's lead candidate and failed to garner 1% of the vote in his sole electoral attempt. Due to the tremendous failure of Stott's leadership and the public recognizing the party's thinly veiled fascism, the UPP was disbanded.

Patriotic Socialist Party

After the dismal failure of the United People's Party, Andrew Stott founded the Patriotic Socialist Party in 2014 as a successor body. The party participated in several elections in 2014, and was brutally beaten in all of them. In the Newark Parliamentary by-election, its candidate, Lee Woods, garnered only 18 votes (.05%).

Stott's ego was suitably crushed by these continuing failures and he resolved to run for election himself in the 2015 Newbury General Election. He used the tagline: "You don't have to hate anyone in order to love your country." Given the fact that his party logo strongly resembles neo-Nazi symbology, including the logo of Stormfront, the oldest website on the internet, he was again dismissed as a fascist and stood no serious chance at winning the election. He came in eighth out of eight candidates garnering a mere 53 votes (less than 1%).

To add insult to injury, Stott lost his £500 election deposit due to his pitiable results.

Creation of Stomaria

After his crushing electoral defeat, Andrew Stott began searching for an alternative form of ego satisfaction. He discovered the micronational community and decided to create his own country where he would be the autocratic ruler and no one could question his leadership.

Although the official date of Stomaria's foundation is 16 June 2019, Stott registered the domain name stomaria.com a few weeks prior on 24 May 2019. There is no indication of where Stott derived the name "Stomaria" from, but it is frighteningly close to "Stormfront." The star on the center of the Stomarian flag also bears a slight resemblance to his Patriotic Socialist Party logo.

After creating Stomaria, Stott declared himself Emperor Andrew.

Government

The Emperor of Stomaria has complete power over Stomaria and is an absolute monarch. The Emperor is surrounded by his Imperial Court which advises him on national matters.