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MicroCon 2022 was a micronational event that occurred from August 4 - 7, 2022 at Sam's Town Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was the fourth conference to be held under the MicroCon banner. The event had initially been planned for Summer of 2021, but was delayed due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. It was hosted Westarctica.

Immediately following MicroCon 2017, Grand Duke Travis and King Timothy of Shiloh discussed the possibility of jointly hosting a summit in Las Vegas, Nevada. Vegas was selected due to its cheap flights, wide array of hotel options, and first class entertainment. The first planning meeting of the Organizing Committee occurred on 7 January 2020 at Downtown Disney in Anaheim, CA, only a few miles away from the site of the first MicroCon. The event's official website was launched two days later to share the committee's proposed schedule.

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• 4 Aug - MicroCon 2022, hosted by Westarctica, begins in Las Vegas, Nevada.
• 18 Jul - The Order of the Polar Cross is created to celebrate Westarctican diplomacy.
• 30 Jun - The GUM awards Westarctica its 2022 "Best non-GUM Micronation" award.
• 31 May - Grand Duke Travis conducts a diplomatic visit to Atlantium.
• 24 May - Grand Duke Travis attends a diplomatic dinner with leaders from Atlantium and the Principality of Wy.
• 4 Mar - Viscount Boschert passes away. He is the first peer of Westarctica to die.
• 27 Feb - The Principality of Kolios becomes a protectorate of Westarctica.
• 24 Feb - Westarctica issues a statement condemning Russian aggression toward Ukraine.

This month in history The USS Glacier August - While doing research on obscure parts of the world, Travis McHenry discovers that a large slice of Antarctica, known as Marie Byrd Land, is the only piece of the continent not claimed by any world government. Researching the possibilities further, he realizes that the Antarctic Treaty only prevents governments from issuing new claims to Antarctic lands, but does not prevent individuals acting on their own accord from doing such. (2001) 01 August - The Noble Order of Westarctica, Westarctica's first Order of Chivalry is established. (2004) 02 August - The Achaean Civil Code is decreed by the Consul-General and the Chancellery. (2002) 02 - 03 August - The Grand Duke processes over 1,000 citizenship applications in support of GISHWHES: Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen. Citizen's Day is declared a public holiday to commemorate the heroic feat. (2016) 05 August - The Westarctican Royal Guards participate in Exercise: Westarctic Chill with Slabovia. (2019) 07 August - Grand Duke Travis attended a climate change symposium onboard Greenpeace's icebreaker Arctic Sunrise. (2018) 15 August - The world's first non-profit cyrptocurrency, WestarcticaCoin is created by the Royal Blockchain Authority. (2018) 18 August - The Marana Accords are agreed upon with the Principality of Kolios. (2021) 25 August - The first Westarctica Art Expo is concluded. (2018) 27 August - The USS Glacier (pictured), a U.S. Navy icebreaker that explored much of Westarctica's coastline, is launched in Pascagoula, Mississippi. (1954) 31 August - Platinum award-winning recording artist, Griffith Frank is given the title Count of Canisteo for services to the Crown. (2017)

Featured image The Crosson Ice Shelf is an Antarctic ice shelf, about 35 miles (56 km) wide, north and northeast of Mount Murphy along the Walgreen Coast of Westarctica. The ice shelf is nurtured by the Smith, Pope, Vane, and Haynes Glaciers. It was mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–66. Crosson Ice Shelf was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Commander W.E. Crosson, U.S. Navy, Commanding Officer of the Antarctic Construction Group during Operation Deep Freeze 1973. Photographer: John Sonntag/Nature (More Images)

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