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The Achaean Territory was a new country project that evolved into a [[Micronation]] named Westarctica in June 2004. | The Achaean Territory was a new country project that evolved into a [[Micronation]] named Westarctica in June 2004. | ||
== | ==Pre-sovereignty history== | ||
==="The New Land Claim"=== | ==="The New Land Claim"=== | ||
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Finally, Travis determined that although Article 4 of the Antarctic Treaty prohibits any ''nation'' from making new claims on the Antarctic continent, it would not prevent an ''individual'' from doing so. He called his prospective claim "The New Land Claim," and slowly began to further develop the concepts and ideals of the territory. | Finally, Travis determined that although Article 4 of the Antarctic Treaty prohibits any ''nation'' from making new claims on the Antarctic continent, it would not prevent an ''individual'' from doing so. He called his prospective claim "The New Land Claim," and slowly began to further develop the concepts and ideals of the territory. | ||
===First concepts=== | ===First concepts of government=== | ||
At the time he discovered the unique political situation of Marie Byrd Land, Travis had been reading ''The Iliad'' and decided to give his claimed territory a culture that honored the ancient Greeks. | At the time he discovered the unique political situation of Marie Byrd Land, Travis had been reading ''The Iliad'' and decided to give his claimed territory a culture that honored the ancient Greeks. | ||
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His coronation as Consul-General took place on 12 September 2001 at Marmaris Castle in Marmaris, Turkey. Following the coronation ceremony, Travis began to refer to himself as "His Eminence, the Consul-General of Achaea." | His coronation as Consul-General took place on 12 September 2001 at Marmaris Castle in Marmaris, Turkey. Following the coronation ceremony, Travis began to refer to himself as "His Eminence, the Consul-General of Achaea." | ||
===Staking | ===Staking the claim=== | ||
It wasn't until 30 October 2001 that Travis wrote what would effectively be a | [[File:The Claimant Letter.jpg|thumb|250px|right|10th copy of The Claimant Letter that was printed and signed, but not sent.]] | ||
::''Main article: [[The Claimant Letter]]'' | |||
It wasn't until 30 October 2001 that Travis wrote what would effectively be a declaration of independence for the Achaean Territory of Antarctica. After purchasing special watermarked stationary paper, Travis composed [[The Claimant Letter]] on 29 - 30 October while he was home on leave at his mother's residence after completing his first naval deployment to the Mediterranean Sea. | |||
Although he completed writing the letter on the 30th, he didn't print and sign it until the following Thursday, on the evening of November 1st. As before signing the first of the nine letters, he uttered the words: "With this pen, the die is cast." He then signed all nine letters, placed them into envelopes, addressed each envelope to one of the original signatory nations of the Antarctic Treaty, then mailed them at the Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania post office the following morning. | |||
Despite the Claimant Letter being dated 30 October and signed on 1 November, the 2nd of November is the day celebrated as Independence Day in Westarctica due to it being the day [[Grand Duke Travis|Travis McHenry]] gained the courage to undertake the action of actually mailing the letters. | |||
==The Achaean Territory as a sovereign nation== | |||
===First steps=== | |||
The first step taken by the Consul-General was the creation of an informational website to share the existence of the Achaean Territory with the rest of the world. He purchased the domain name www.achaea.org and created a website using Geocities with a Yahoo account registered under the username ''achaeanterritory''. | |||
[[File:Viscount of Whitmore1.jpg|thumb|right|The Viscount of Whitmore photographed in the same room where The Claimant Letter was signed, two weeks after it was signed.]] | |||
From 15 November 2001 - June 2002, the Consul-General spent the majority of his time reaching out to polar scientists and trying to gather friends to serve as members of the nobility. He gave titles to numerous friends, including [[Viscount of Whitmore|Neil Whitmoyer]], [[Baron of Havola|George Morin]], [[Countess Radlinski|Jeanne Morin]], and [[Count of Kohler|Joseph Day]]. Although they were expected to take their rightful places as Achaea's legislature, most of these new nobles did little to participate in the growth of the Achaean Territory, aside from Neil Whitmoyer, who actively encouraged the Consul-General and even posed for a picture wearing the Achaean Greatcoat, a semi-official uniform item for Achaean nobles. | |||
===Laws of the Territory=== | |||
Throughout the summer of 2002, the Consul-General was writing and revising the legal codes of the Achaean Territory. On 2 August, on behalf of the nation and the assembly of nobles, which was now called the Chancellery, the Consul-General decreed [[The Achaean Civil Code|the Achaean Civil Code]]. The Civil Code was based heavily on the Napoleonic Code, but modified to better suit a modern nation. Several months later, on 5 December, [[The Achaean Royal Charter|the Achaean Royal Charter]] was decreed. The Royal Charter outlined the duties and responsibilities of the Consul-General and the members of the nobility as well as procedures for appointing new nobles and the process for succession to the Crown. | |||
[[Category:The Achaean Territory]] | [[Category:The Achaean Territory]] | ||