Talk:Federated States of Antarctica

The Grand Duchy of Flandrensis
Foreign Ministry,

Grand Duchy of Flandrensis To: Federated States of Antarctica

Your Excellency, Greetings.

I’m the Grand Duke of Flandrensis (http://www.freewebs.com/flandrensis/). I found by coincidence information about your micronation. So there is important information that you must know.

The micronation Flandrensis was founded on September 4, 2008 and is situated in West-Antarctica. The Grand Duchy of Flandrensis is a sovereign and independent micronation inside the borders of the Kingdom of Finismund (another micronation in Antarctica: http://finismund.blogspot.com/ ), just like Gibraltar in Spain. Flandrensis is a constitutional monarchy, has a population of 37 citizens and Dutch is the official language.

I claimed “Siple Island” (73°39'S, 125°12'W ) in West-Antarctica on 22nd November 2008. I already contact Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway, the United Kingdom and Russia (the important countries of the Antarctic Treaty). I also send mails to Namibia, Botswana, Malawi, Liberia, Ghana, Togo, Gambia, Barbados, San Marino, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco and the Vatican City for inform them about my claim on Siple Island.

The Grand Duchy of Flandrensis is member of the GUM, the UNMCN and the GAMA. The GAMA is an organization between the three legal micronation in West-Antarctica (Flandrensis, Finismund and Marie State). We found the GAMA for protecting our territories against illegal claims, with success! So we have discovered the ‘Emperor Neo I of Antarctica’ as an imposter en with the support of many other micronations we deprive him from his symbolic title en found a new empire: http://impantartico.blogspot.com/. We give this symbolic title to the King of Finismund.

For the moment we are in conflict with the Formal Grand Duchy of Westarctica. The Grand Duchy of Westarctica is a micronation that disappeared from the web sometime in early 2008.The Kingdom of Finismund was founded on 9th November 2008 and claims the territories of West-Antarctica. The Grand Duchy of Flandrensis claims Siple Island on 22nd November 2008. On that moment Westarctica didn’t exist anymore and were the claims of Flandrensis and Finismund legal! Westarctica appear suddenly back on 31st December 2008 and claims his formal territories back. The "Grand Duke" of Westarctica stops the negotiating and on 29-01-2009 Flandrensis and Finismund declares the (symbolic!) war to Westarctica. The fact is that the Federated States of Antarctica were found on January 25, 2009. So the claims of Finismund, Marie State and Flandrensis are older!

But our territories are situated in West-Antarctica, you claim whole Antarctica. You must understand that we would defend our legal claims and under no circumstances we will give up our territories, but the Grand Duchy of Flandrensis is prepared to talk with you. I will also contact Finismund about the existence of your micronation, you can also contact then on Finismund@hotmail.com.

The important issue is that we will not recognize your claim on West-Antarctica and a part of South-Antarctica.

We hope that you are willing to talk in peace and wisdom with us. You can contact me on Flandrensis@live.be and I would like to give you more information about us and other micronations on West-Antarctica. Will you please also give the official site of your micronation?

Respectfully,

Niels Vermeersch, Grand Duke of Flandrensis, Grandmaster in the Order of Flandrensis, Knight Grand Commander in the Order of Beauluna, Laird of Lochaber, Duke of Carney, Foreign Minister of Flandrensis. Grand Duchy of Flandrensis