Month: August 2014

The online application form for Honorary Subjectship. The two hundredth Honorary Subject was yesterday registered with the Secretary-General. Honorary Subjectship is a completely titular affiliation to Austenasia which carries with it no rights or duties whatsoever. The status – which was created in November 2008 – is granted after applicants register online via a form…

The religious views of all subjects and residents of Austenasia have been asked in order to update the Empire’s data on religion within Austenasia. Said data was last updated just over a year ago, with several new Austenasians since having joined the Empire and some having changed their religious views since then. Just under half…

A copy of the Codex Jonathanus in Parliament Hall. What has been described as “one of the most extensive pieces of legislation” in the history of small nations was adopted today as the long awaited Austenasian civil code came into force. Known as the Codex Jonathanus, the civil code is an amended version of the…

Austenasia’s population has increased by one, with a friend of Lord John Gordon taking up permanent residence in Palasia. Airan Bloomfield, who has been appointed head of Palasia Police Force, moved to Palasia late last month. This has brought the total population of the Empire up to 42, and also made Palasia the most populated…

Falmouth, Cornwall, UK Lady Evren Filgert, Representative of Porthbokon, yesterday met with Sir James von Puchow – Deputy Chief Ambassador and de facto leader of Landashir – and members of his family in the Cornish town of Falmouth. Filgert and von Puchow both met in the Main Street of the coastal town of Falmouth and visited a…

The cotton flag coloured with Oregonian dye by Apotheker. The first item to be sent on an Oregonia-Wrythe trade route arrived at its destination this morning. The item was a rectangular piece of cotton fabric, coloured with dyes produced by the Überstadti company Apotheker from blood-berry bushes (Oregon grape) growing in the Austenasian crown dependency…