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Both Siple Island and Mount Siple were named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1967 in honor of the Antarctic explorer [[Paul A. Siple]] (1909–1968), who was a member of Admiral [[Richard Byrd]]'s expeditions throughout the [[Marie Byrd Land]] region of [[Antarctica]]. | Both Siple Island and Mount Siple were named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1967 in honor of the Antarctic explorer [[Paul A. Siple]] (1909–1968), who was a member of Admiral [[Richard Byrd]]'s expeditions throughout the [[Marie Byrd Land]] region of [[Antarctica]]. | ||
==Viscounty of Siple== | |||
Shortly after the transition of Westarctica from the [[Achaean Territory of Antarctica]], [[Viscount of Siple|Emilio Garcia-Sanchez]], a resident of Spain, expressed interest in joining the new nation as a member of the nobility. After some time, [[Grand Duke Travis]] granted Emilio the title Viscount of Siple with authority over the entirety of Siple Island. | |||
On 13 November 2004, the Viscounty of Siple was granted autonomy and The Statue of Autonomy for the Viscounty of Siple, which was written by the Viscount himself, was approved by the Grand Duke. It established a legislative branch within the Viscounty and increased the Viscount of Siple's power over his region. | |||
Following the birth of the Grand Duke's first son, [[Prince Ashton Roman]] on 10 February 2004, the Viscount of Siple issued a proclamation whereby the entirety of his lands were given to the newborn Prince as a gift from the people of Siple. After this event, the Viscount of Siple largely disappeared from public life in Westarctica. | |||
==The Siple War== | ==The Siple War== | ||
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This led to Flandrensis officially taking responsibility for Siple Island following the cessation of hostilities and the signing of the [[West-Antarctic Treaty]] in 2010 while both Westarctica and Flandrensis exercise joint sovereignty over the island. | This led to Flandrensis officially taking responsibility for Siple Island following the cessation of hostilities and the signing of the [[West-Antarctic Treaty]] in 2010 while both Westarctica and Flandrensis exercise joint sovereignty over the island. | ||
== | ==Principality of Siple== | ||
After the successful conclusion of the Siple War and the restoration of peace in [[Antarctica]] in 2010, Travis decided to grant full possession of Siple Island to his former adversary Grand Duke Niels of Flandrensis. Niels was given the title Prince of Siple and authority to rule the island in his own right as a royal prince. This same privilege had only been granted once before, to the [[Princess of Thurston]] in 2005. | |||
As the Prince of Siple, Grand Duke Niels is both a sovereign Head of State as well as a member of Westarctica's [[Hereditary Nobility of Westarctica|Hereditary Nobility]]. In return, Niels made Grand Duke Travis the Baron of Flandrensis, thus creating a similar situation and helping secure peace and friendship between Westarctica and Flandrensis for the future. | |||
[[Category:Islands]] | [[Category:Islands]] | ||
[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]] | [[Category:Geography of Westarctica]] | ||