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In December 2007, while [[Grand Duke Philip]] was ruling over [[Westarctica]], he accidentally let Westarctica's [[Westarctica Domain Name|official website]] go defunct and also lost the rights to the ''Westarctica.com'' domain name. The micronational community largely considered Westarctica to have become a failed state and as a result, two newly-emerged micronations, Finismund and Marie State, both laid claim to various parts of Westarctica's territory. | In December 2007, while [[Grand Duke Philip]] was ruling over [[Westarctica]], he accidentally let Westarctica's [[Westarctica Domain Name|official website]] go defunct and also lost the rights to the ''Westarctica.com'' domain name. The micronational community largely considered Westarctica to have become a failed state and as a result, two newly-emerged micronations, Finismund and Marie State, both laid claim to various parts of Westarctica's territory. | ||
On 4 September 2008, the [[Grand Duchy of Flandrensis]] was founded and, recognizing the absence of [[Westarctica]] on the internet, proclaimed the tiny [[Siple Island]] in [[Antarctica]] as its official territory of the Grand Duchy on 28 November 2008. After the settlement of several new Antarctic [[micronations]], on | On 4 September 2008, the [[Grand Duchy of Flandrensis]] was founded and, recognizing the absence of [[Westarctica]] on the internet, proclaimed the tiny [[Siple Island]] in [[Antarctica]] as its official territory of the Grand Duchy on 28 November 2008. After the settlement of several new Antarctic [[micronations]], on 31 December 2008, [[Grand Duke Jon-Lawrence]] assumed the throne of Westarctica and restored the nation's presence on the internet at ''Westarctica.org''. Jon-Lawrence immediately asserted Westarctica's right of possession over the entirety of its [[Marie Byrd Land|claimed territory]] and branded the representatives of Flandrensis, Finismund, and Marie State as usurpers. | ||
Following Jon-Lawrence's refusal to negotiate with Flandrensis or Finismund, [[Grand Duke Niels of Flandrensis]] requested help from the Grand Unified Micronational (GUM), an inter-micronational organization similar to the United Nations, which had about a dozen member states. In the beginning, the nations of the GUM became very involved in the matter, and most, if not all of its member states, defended Flandrensis in its symbolic war for [[Siple Island]]. | Following Jon-Lawrence's refusal to negotiate with Flandrensis or Finismund, [[Grand Duke Niels of Flandrensis]] requested help from the Grand Unified Micronational (GUM), an inter-micronational organization similar to the United Nations, which had about a dozen member states. In the beginning, the nations of the GUM became very involved in the matter, and most, if not all of its member states, defended Flandrensis in its symbolic war for [[Siple Island]]. | ||