User:Ne15313/United Kingdom of Appalachia

Appalachia, officially the United Kingdom of Appalachia, is a self-proclaimed state located in southern Pennsylvania, United States, about seven miles north of York, PA. The micronation claims the municipalities of Manchester, PA, York Haven, PA, and Andersontown, PA, along with the unincorporated communities of Mt. Wolf, Conewago, and Zion's View.

Traditional History
According to tradition, the first king of Appalachia, later counted as a king of the UKA, was James I, crowned on the winter solstice of 1715, when the king was about 20 years of age. James, whose actual name was John Paul (or possibly Johannes Pauly), had heard stories of the great Prussian Empire, where his father had been born. Deciding that he too would become a great king, he declared his family's farm in the British colony of Pennsylvania an autonomous Kingdom; the Kingdom of Appalachia, to be more exact. He reigned until 1756, when he died suddenly at the age of seventy-six. He was then succeeded by his eldest son, Francis I; whose reign was a dark time for the Kingdom.

Originally, the heir was to be Daniel, First Prince of Pike, but on July ninth, 1784, a group of British soldiers occupied the family's farm. Francis attempted to fight back, but Daniel as well as several of his daughters were killed in the crossfire. When Francis died in 1799, his younger son, Francis II, succeeded him.

Over the next century, the kings Francis II, James II, and Andrew I reigned with little issue (Though James II can be credited with keeping his nation out of the US Civil War). In 1910, Charles I was crowned.

Actual History
The United Kingdom of Appalachia was created on 20 September 2005 as a union between the nations of Appalachia and Etalia, which had begun to go defunct. On December 30 of that year, James IV was crowned King of Appalachia. However, he was married to the heir to the throne of both Trondenland and Etalia--Princess Daniella-Natalia. In order to prevent a succession crisis,the governments of both nations decided to merge into the Appalachian Union. After Waltlyn joined in 2009, the nation was known as the United Kingdom of Appalachia. In 2011, Daniella-Natalia was crowned queen of Etalia and Trondenland.

For a period of approximately twenty-nine hours, the Commonwealth was dropped into the Appalachian Civil War, and ended at 6:01 PM on November 7, 2015, with the Empire of Cammandaria succeeding.

James and Daniella-Natalia both abdicated on January 6, 2016, after which time their twelve-year-old son Jacob (he chose the regnal name Andrew, though he is listed as Jacob V of Trondenland) became de facto king, to be crowned January 10, 2016.