Month: January 2020

The population of the Empire of Austenasia has passed 100 for the first time in its history, now standing at 102. This comes as a result of a new town, Nahona, yesterday being annexed alongside the registration of three residents for the hitherto uninhabited crown dependency of Trebizond. Nahona consists of a 21.2 acre property…

Lord John Gordon (left) and Prince Dionisiy I (right) Emperor Jonathan I yesterday confirmed two candidates for next month’s general election. Prince Dionisiy I of the Fatherland Party will be standing against Lord John Gordon of the Whig Party. Lord Gordon is Representative of Palasia, and Prince Dionisiy is Representative of Theodosiopolis. The Whig Party…

Yesterday saw an Act of Parliament passed establishing Tuesday 11 February as the day on which the majority of New Virginia will secede from Austenasia to become an independent state. As announced at Christmas, the City of New Richmond and the Towns of Terentia and Augusta will be leaving Austenasia to form the Commonwealth of…

Crown Dependency of Trebizond A new Austenasian Crown Dependency has been founded, consisting of territory formerly belonging to the Empire of Trebizond. The Empire of Trebizond existed between 1204 and 1461 as a break-away state from the medieval Roman Empire, begrudgingly recognised by the latter in 1282. The new Crown Dependency of Trebizond consists of…

The Imperial Geographical Society yesterday conducted an expedition to Tarsus, the biblical hometown of St Paul the Apostle. St Paul’s Well The expedition was comprised of Lord Dionisiy Tezdzhan-Smahin and his wife Lady Mariia. It was the first expedition to take place outside of Europe, and the first to not have included Emperor Jonathan I…