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* Junketer - ''someone taking part in a junket or banquet: a partygoer'' | * 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 ( | In late 2010, the Civil Office was dissolved by Royal Decree and the newly unemployed citizens (less than 20 individuals) 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. | ||
===Annexation of Hooverville=== | |||
On 16 January 2011 King Montague and soldiers from the Royal Corps of Engineers journeyed a quarter of a mile into the neighboring United States to pay a visit to the exiled members of the Civil Office, who had been previously instructed to live the Hooverville shantytown. | |||
In an interview with ''The High Plains Reporter'', King Montage stated: | |||
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We felt it was our responsibility to check on their progress. I didn’t want to accidentally cause a ''Wrath of Khan'' incident with our exiled countrymen. Upon arriving at Hooverville, however, we found it completely deserted. Almost as though no one had ever been there. | |||
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After conducting a thorough inspection of the dilapidated property, the Corps of Engineers climbed up the steps of Hooverville and entered the structure. As they did, a large white barn owl flew out of the ruined interior. The flight of the white owl was interpreted as a divine sign that the owl was inviting the Calsaharans to take possession of the building. At that moment King Montague turned to his aide-de-camp and said: "Let’s just take all this for the fatherland, what do you say?" | |||
The King then led his followers due west to the [[Seven Seas of Rhye]] and followed the coastline until it led them back to the borders of Otisburg. When they arrived back at the capital, King Montage and the Grand Chancellor declared every inch of ground they had trod upon to be an inseparable part of the Kingdom of Calsahara. | |||
===Status as an Empire=== | |||
Rather than declare himself Emperor of Calsahara, the name of the nation was altered to be an "Imperial Kingdom" and King Montague maintained his title of King, similar to Queen Victoria in the days of the expansion of the British Empire. | |||
Calsahara was divided into three areas, each with the status of a petty kingdom: | |||
* Calsahara - Otisburg and surrounding area. ''(2.5 acres)'' | |||
* Travonia - Area surrounding Hooverville. ''(30 acres)'' | |||
* Rhye - Area between Otisburg and the Seven Seas of Rhye. ''(88 acres)'' | |||
After this time, Royal Decrees began to be called "Imperial Decrees." | |||
==Realm of Calsahara: 2014 - 2017== | ==Realm of Calsahara: 2014 - 2017== | ||
In 2013, King Montague and Queen Cathryn filed for divorce. This resulted in a crisis in the Calsahara government. The members of the Chancellery voiced their desire to have someone other than the disgraced King Montague rule their land. After months of bickering and internal pressure, King Montague abdicated and passed the throne to his son, who was crowned as King Nicholas in late 2014. In a power-sharing agreement, the executive power to govern was split between King Nicholas and the newly-created office of Dictator For Life. Naturally, McHenry was the only serious candidate for the office. | |||
The official name of the country was changed to "Realm of Calsahara." | |||
===Resignation of the Dictator for Life=== | |||
On 23 January 2017, Travis McHenry resigned as Dictator for Life, citing continued hostility from members of the Chancellery, which made it impossible for him to govern effectively. Rather than attempt to lead the nation as a puppet on a string, Travis gave up his position as co-executive of Calsahara and put full responsibility for the government in the hands of King Nicholas. | |||
===Calsahara after Travis' departure=== | |||
From the time Travis departed the nation, activity in the government fell to nonexistent levels. No member of Calsahara's government made any visits to the country during that time, in fact, none of them (aside from Travis McHenry) had visited Calsahara's territory since 2012. | |||
Neither King Nicholas nor Grand-Chancellor Arledge made any attempt to represent the interests of Calsahara from this time forward. | |||
==Colony of Westarctica: 2017 - Present== | ==Colony of Westarctica: 2017 - Present== | ||