Thread:Co-Pres CatRepublic/@comment-15776551-20130930052322/@comment-10947467-20131004011921

Hello again, Your Majesty!

Wow! That is quite a sizeable claim there, what luck you have! My suggestion would be to definitely inform all those who "watch" the property of your proposed deal- to fix the site up- so that should you "sneek" onto the property while you are still technically not the owner, they know that you mean no harm.

In terms of claiming territory, it is truely as simple as planting a flag and announcing your new claim- however, depending on where you put it, it may brew trouble with the locals. In many cases, it has been as simple as claiming the property of a citizen or their family (of course, with proper consent prior to claiming). For example, the city of Schoenburg, it's suburb Tastoff in our Northern Province, along with Mackinaw Harbor and our Navy's flagship the C.R.S. Mirage- are all owed to the nation by the Shoenkneckt family. The cities of Vesticteren, Rennie, another of our navy's ships and a small field with a pond are all owed to the Minamyer family.

Another thing to do is to look for land that is unoccupied and likely unowned. Islands are usually the best for this (a good indicator being if it does not show up on google maps/is un-named on google maps). The Cat Republic has claimed an island that we've named Kyoshi Island in Belleville Lake in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is too small to be populated, but was once a hot party spot, but no longer. Not privately owed, more like local property. We threw down a sign stating we would tax anyone who litered and the litter ceased instantly- a good indicator it is ours.

A good idea would to be to send your constitution (or other docment/charter) and a declaration of independance on the local (mayoral), state (governoral), and national (presidential) level, blatetly giving out your phone number, email, or other form of contact and state that if there is any issue with you succeeding/becoming your own nation, to contact you immediately. The rule of thumb that many micronations use is sort of a "if they don't contact me, they don't have an issue with it" kind of thing.

You've also made a very smart move in joining the micronational commnity. Hopefully good word of your fair nation will spread rather quickly. The Cat Republic did not even have a page on this wikia until it had existed for 7 months! Knowledge of it spread only by word of mouth and through deviantart.

Also, another idea! If the locals so not repsond in what you consider to be "proper time", find a way to get a petition. If you can get 1,000 or more signatures, they just might have to accept your deal and let you own this run-down camp in desperate need of repair and a new leader! I would be happy to sign it personally, and I'm sure many of my citizens would as well.

I also personally think it would be a good idea to get a layout of the land beforehand. You can plan out where you want residential areas, governmental buildings, where a marketplace would be, where you would make paths if the old ones are too overgrown, and where you'd want recreational space, and possibly embassies for allied nations and DEFINITELY place a customs office at the entrance (where passports are stamped, etc.).

I do hope I was able to help some.

Wishing well in all your endeavors,

Co-President Jonathan Kelly of the Cat Republic.