Novanglia

	Kingdom of Novanglia
	Motto; "Dont tread on me."
	United States and Canada
Capital city	New Gettysburg
Official language(s)	English
Official religion(s)	No official at government level.
Short name	Novanglia
Demonym	Novanglian
Government	Constitutional Monarchy
- King	Stephen I 'the Bear'
- Chancellor	Duke Edward I
- Chief of Staff/High Command	Stephen I
Legislature	Parliament
- Type	- Constitutional
- Number of seats	- 20
- Last election	- March 1, 2020
Established	March 1, 2016
Population	30
Currency	Novanglian Dollar (the Nova)
Time zone	UTC−5
National sport	Soccer
National animal	Black Bear

Novanglia, officially the Kingdom of Novanglia (formerly New Yankeeland and New England) or also commonly known as New Yankeeland or New England, is a micronation located in the United States founded on March 1, 2016. The name Novanglia, in Latin, means New England.

2016

Novanglia was founded on March 1, 2016. King Stephen I had always wanted his own nation, but never knew how to start one. In early 2016, King Stephen I discovered the Conch Republic and the Republic of Molossia. After a bit of research and thinking, the founder decided to form his own micronation. The Kingdom of Novanglia's original name was the Republic of Stelegiriots. Stephen I was named as President and Matt as Vice President.

In October 2016, Stelegiriots renamed to the United Provinces of New England and remade its flag. This flag is still in used to this day as its used for all her vassels. In 2018, the flag was updated to its current appearance by by Emperor Charles II of the United Imperial Empire. In January, the nation renamed to Republic of New Yankeeland.

2017[]

In February 2017, a vote regarding government change was held, and the people voted to for the nation to become a constitutional monarchy. The nation was renamed to Kingdom of New Yankeeland crowning Stephen I as king and naming Matt the prime minister.

In late 2017, after being scouted by the IUM and LOMN, Novanglia went from being a no name nation to being recognized by dozens of nations and being a player on the micronational stage. The kingdom ended up becoming a member of the "Big Six" and and part of the Security Council.

2018[]

In 2018, Novanglia took part in the 2018 Microcup, an event that brought micronations together for a international soccer or football event. Novanglia won its match against New Rizalia 5-3. Novanglia would win that part of the cup. of April 10, Prior to the organization's dissolution, Novanglia was in charge of the Intermicronational Trade Organization.

From May 18 to May 21, a cold war stand off between the Duke of Kearsarge-Oceania and Novanglia over the Ark Island took place. From the May 22 to June 2, a war broke out over it. In the end Novanglia won and Kearsarge-Oceania was made into a puppeted nation. Kearsarge-Oceania was renamed to the Duchy of Elizabeth and Prime Minster Edward was crowned Duke.

In June 4, 2018, when Novanglia was still named New Yankeeland, the nation had protracted itself to be the Federal Empire of New Yankeeland with Prussia, Texas, and Elizabeth being its puppets. In early August, Novanglia left the League of Micronations due to issues with several members. Later on August 30, 2018, Novanglia reverted to being a kingdom, losing its empire. Prussia would rename to the Archduchy of Albion and Texas would also leave. However, Elizabeth would remain as a vassal to Novanglia. A few days later, on September 9, New Yankeeland was renamed back to New England. On September 29, the Nov-Anglo Commonwealth was founded as an alliance for the old Federal Empire.

Novanglain — official flags for Albion-Novanglia made by King Cameron

The passing of C series bills began on October 4. The C series was a series of reforms under which the name, Novanglia, was adopted due to confusion and New England being overused. On October 6, Novanglia commenced Operation Mustang, overthrowing the Texas Government and installing a new government renaming it to Tejas. The operation ended on October 8th and was successful, with Tejas becoming a vassel of Novanglia two days later. On December 28th, it was announced that Novanglia once more would become a empire again.

2019[]

In 2019, the King wrote out his State of the Realm Address, stating that he wished for Novanglia to be come more realist rather than fantasy, and lay out his "King Plan" for the next few years. On February 17th, 2019, Esmeralda agreed to join the realm under the agreement that Stephen would be head of state and Princess Emma would remain head of government. In June, Archduke John I resigned as co-ruler of ANUK, giving Stephen I the role of head of State over Albion. On July 7, the nation renamed from United Kingdom of Albion-Novanglia and Esmeralda to United Kingdom of Novanglia, as it was shorter and Novanglia was the dominant one in the realm.

2021[]

On February 20, 2021 it was reformed into the United Kingdom of the Northeast Highlands after Novanglia had reorganized it duchies and reformed Elizabeth into a kingdom with Stephen I as it ruler still making a united kingdom once more. The name Northeast Highlands comes form northernmost part of the Appalachians often called the Northeastern Highlands where both Novanglia and Elizabeth are.

2022[]

On January 27 a vote was pass to reform the realm and down size it to fit the model of molossia

Culture[]

Novanglia's culture is a mix of Canadian and New England regional culture. Novanglians are a very progressive type of people. They are also very supportive for scientific advances, believe in global warming, support the arts, and are patriotic about the kingdom and military. Arguably, just about all Novanglians are big into history. Whether it be military history, world, political, etc., Novanglians believe that advances in life are pleasant, but the way these advancements were made possible shouldn't be forgotten. Often, towns, uniforms, the military, arts, and vehicles' appearances are based upon old school American styles and or technology. Novanglian culture is very much heavy infunese and big on the military. Many citizen has served or are some way or another part of the military. And some citizen or military buffs as well.

Sports[]

Soccer[]

Recently, Novanglia has been very interested in Soccer due to the 2018 Microcup. Novanglia made its own team to compete in. Novanglia National Soccer Team nicknamed the NNST or the Black Bears after the nation national animal. After winning in the Microcup, Novanglians went wild upon hearing the news and interest in Soccer soared so much that talks have been underway to make a national soccer league for the Novanglia Soccer League.

Holidays[]

January 8th, Emperor Norton Day
January 28th, Railday
March 1, Novanglian Independent Day
May 25th, Patriots Day
June 28th, His Majesty Day
July 1-3, Gettysburg Days
September 2nd, WW2 Victory Day
November 27th, Novanglian Thanksgiving
December 25th, Christmas

Geography[]

Novanglia is mostly made up of woodlands and hills. Novanglia is backed up to small brook and a river few miles away. Novanglia's climate is mostly colder, with plenty of precipitation throughout the year.

Dukedom 2018-Present[]

Novanglia main lands are spilt up into two duchies. New Gettysburg in Northern Novanglia (Massachusetts) Elizbabeth in Southern part of Novanglia (New Jersey).

Novanglia is made up of 3 duchies and one county.

Duchy of Massachusetts[]

The Duchy of Massachusetts is the oldest duchy out of the three and is considered the main duchy, as it holds the nation's capitol and His Majesty's palaces. The duchy is ruled by King Stephen I himself.

Duchy of Monadnock[]

Government[]

Novanglia's government is a Prussian-style monarchy, with monarchs and a singular parliament and a Chancellor that the King appoints located in the Union capital, made up of members from both nations' governments. All the ministers are appointed by the monarchs and/or prime ministers. However, they must be approved by a majority of the people they represent. Half of the union's governmental power is made up by the monarchs, the other half made up by their respective sides of the parliament.

Government Politics[]

Imperialist Policy

This will replace MIC and Neutral policies. The overall goal is an imperialist idea, as the nation itself cannot be an imperial federation. However, under this policy the Kingdom can still behave as if it were so. The policy will keep the MIC policy, allowing for the king and Federalist Party to build, upgrade the military and declare war.

C Series Bills[]

Under the C Bills, the nation was renamed permanently to Novanglia, as the nation will no longer be permitted to rename. Its goal was to reunite the old realm under one banner again. The currency was upgraded, with the name remaining the same. The new coins were quarters minted in the nickel alloy of value 1/4th of a dollar. Dollars are also printed in the following denominations: 10s, 20s, 50s, and 100s. Old currency is currently being phased out at the discretion of the state over a 10 year period.

The national head of state retained the title of "King". The title of Kingdom of Novanglia was created and granted to the Head of State. All privileges of said title are granted to the aforementioned. The head of state received a stipend of 10 million novas compensation to live off of, and special ability to grant pardons. The update and recation of the education system for our nation. The national language was declared to be English. The calendars were made to be the old National French Republic versions. This bill was created for a program developing and encouraging art literacy and culture for the nation.

On November 8, 2018, the passing of C bills and other reformations concluded. The last law passed was that the king could no longer rename any names.

King's Plans[]

The King's Plans were laid out in the king's State of the Realm Address in 2019. The address stated that the plan may take a few years, but the goal is to shift Novanglia's focus from fantasy to reality. In it, King Stephen I planned to make units in the military and make the military realist rather than "made up", fix economical problems, and bring the NBC to the main stage in the nation.

Parliament[]

Party Name	Leader	Members	Seats in Parliament
Federalist Party (Conservatism)	King Stephen I	12	12 / 30
Laissez-faire Party (Market Liberal)	Brandon Daivd	9	9 / 30
Farmer-Labor Party (Social Democrats)	Duke Edward I	10	10 / 30

Economy[]

Novanglia has a small economy, with most goods such as oil, metal, food needing to be imported. The few exports that Novanglia has is agriculture, lumber, military weapons and supplies, wood crafted goods, and food. The majority of the economy comes from shipping and trade

Trade Partners[]

Current trading partners:

United Imperial Empire
Kingdom of Holloway
Archduchy of Albion
Republic of New Rizalia

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Currency

Though Novanglia has a small but rapidly growing economy, the nation does have its own currency. However due to a very small economy, bartering is encouraged by

the government and is widely used throughout the kingdom. The currency is based on the silver and copper standards where the nova will be backed by silver, while the novarine will be backed by copper.

5 Nova - paperback = $1

50 Novarine - coin = $1

In addition to the nova, Novanglia also accepts US and or Canadian dollars as legal tender,

Royal Bank of Novanglia[]

Royal Bank of Novanglia was created on September 10, 2018 by King Stephen as the main bank of Novanglia. On October 30. 2018, the bank became operational.

Military[]

The Novanglian Military is part of the Northeast Highlands Royal Armed Forces

Novanglia's Own Regiments[]

Royal Highlander Guard Regiment of Novanglia (Black Hats)
9th Massachusetts Irish Volunteers of Novanglia (Fighting 9th)

Royal Navy of Novanglia[]

1st Fleet 'Coast Guard

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Micronations or micronational organizations that Novanglia currently recognizes and are allied with are: