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===2010 Coup=== | ===2010 Coup=== | ||
::''Main article: [[The Great Return]]'' | ::''Main article: [[The Great Return]]'' | ||
From April - May 2010, Travis received impassioned pleas from the [[Grand Ducal Cabinet|Cabinet of Westarctica]], asking him to take action to restore Westarctica's prestige in the micronational community. After his departure from the throne in 2006, Westarctica had suffered several blows to its image as a sovereign nation, including the loss of its [[Westarctica | From April - May 2010, Travis received impassioned pleas from the [[Grand Ducal Cabinet|Cabinet of Westarctica]], asking him to take action to restore Westarctica's prestige in the micronational community. After his departure from the throne in 2006, Westarctica had suffered several blows to its image as a sovereign nation, including the loss of its [[Westarctica Domain Name|official website]] and a [[Siple War|prolonged conflict]] with other [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] micronations. | ||
The ruler of Westarctica at that time was [[Grand Duke Jon-Lawrence]], who had previously served as Westarctica's chief herald and had assumed the throne from [[Grand Duke Philip]] in 2008. His rule had been criticized from Westarcticans and foreigners alike as both aggressively hostile as well as isolationist and, ultimately, negligent. | The ruler of Westarctica at that time was [[Grand Duke Jon-Lawrence]], who had previously served as Westarctica's chief herald and had assumed the throne from [[Grand Duke Philip]] in 2008. His rule had been criticized from Westarcticans and foreigners alike as both aggressively hostile as well as isolationist and, ultimately, negligent. | ||
[[File:Grand Duke Survives Brush.jpg|thumb|The Protector of Westarctica meeting with King Christopher of Vikesland in Beverly Hills]] | [[File:Grand Duke Survives Brush.jpg|thumb|The Protector of Westarctica meeting with King Christopher of Vikesland in Beverly Hills]] | ||
To fulfill the wishes of the people of Westarctica, from May - June 2010, Travis participated in a coup to remove Jon-Lawrence from the throne. The coup was successful and on 4 June, a Transitional Government was proclaimed that effectively reduced Westarctica's sovereign status to that of a Protectorate (unofficially a protectorate of Calsahara). As he was still King of Calsahara, rather than take the title Grand Duke, Travis adopted the title Protector of Westarctica and gave Westarctica's Minister of Defence, [[Duke of Waesche|Wolf Tulier]], the position of [[Prime Minister of Westarctica|Prime Minister]]. | To fulfill the wishes of the people of Westarctica, from May - June 2010, Travis participated in a coup to remove Jon-Lawrence from the throne. The coup was successful and on 4 June, a [[Transitional Government]] was proclaimed that effectively reduced Westarctica's sovereign status to that of a Protectorate (unofficially a protectorate of Calsahara). As he was still King of Calsahara, rather than take the title Grand Duke, Travis adopted the title Protector of Westarctica and gave Westarctica's Minister of Defence, [[Duke of Waesche|Wolf Tulier]], the position of [[Prime Minister of Westarctica|Prime Minister]]. | ||
===2014 restoration of the throne=== | ===2014 restoration of the throne=== | ||