Imperial Information Desk
Issue 14
February News:

Maron runs for Sec-Gen
Nathan Maron is running for Secretary General of the LoSS. Story to appear in the March news paper.

New Colony Joins
A new colony, Israelia, ruled by president Simcha, has joined the Aerican Empire as our newest colony.

Portugese article translated
The Portugese article has been translated into English.

Aerica in the News
A newly arrived citizen, Bruno, sent a copy recently of a January article form a Portugese news magazine to the Emperor. This article was a short discussion of micronationalism, and a third of the article was devoted to the Aerican Empire. Bruno was kind enough to send a copy of the article to the Emperor, who is having it translated into English. The Portugese version was sent to the Aerican Cultural Institute, and has prompted moving forward the schedule for the opening of the Aerican Museum.

Aerican Museum Opens Ahead of Schedule
Following the appearance of the article sent in by citizen Bruno, the Aerican Cultural Institute has advanced plans to open the Aerican Museum. The Museum, oriogonally scheduled to open May for the Empire's thirteeth birthday, was instead opened on February fifth, and currently contains only two sections: The portugese article in question and an excerpt from the East Cyberian "Red Reporter."
Any citizens interested in submitting to the Museum are invited to do so. An area of the Museum will be set aside for cultural works or art put forth by citizens, be it in the form of story, art, poetry, or something else.
We reached Emperor Lis in his office. "This is a great day for us," he said. "All citizens can take great joy in seeing that we have been noticed by a news agency, regardless of its size. I hope that [the Museum] will be a boon to us all."
A curator for the Mueum has not been chosen yet, but letters to the Museum will be forwarded through the Procaid address used by much of the web-site.

New Citizens:
Aerica welcomes Julius Cesar, Joao Elias, Sam McCallister, Bruno, Snniper, John, Jimbob, Antonio Marchetti, and Simcha.

Aerica Joins the World Micronation Union
In a meeting of the Inner Council today, the Emperor announced that he was in favor of the Aerican Empire becoming a member of the newly formed World Micronation Union. Because of their speed in replying, the DIM's envoys were offered the position of head of the North American section. Minister Glark announed after a short period of waiting that he had accepted the position on behalf of the Empire.

Holidays:

Last Month's news:
New Citizen:
Aerica welcomes Albor and Blitz.

Aerica Caught In Reunion's Crusade
In the wake of the most recent crusade called by the government of Reunion, the Aerican Empire has both risen in micronational prestige and infamy.
When Reunion tried to issue a formal apology and condemnation of Pedro Aguiar, their move was o send the letter, written by their emperor himself, to the LoSS. However, their ambassador had not been adde to the mailing list and did not have posting rights yet. As a result, just weeks after the Aerican Empire was finally added to a place of respect on Reunion's diplomatic page, Tristan Glark and Emperor Lis were approached by the emperor of Reunion with a request that they be Reunion's temporary spokesman.
Minister Glark took advantage of this, and forwarded the letter immediatly. It was a carefully calculated move; on the one hand, the empire would be seen as an ally of Reunion. On the other, they would be seen as a tool of the holy empire. accepting the risks, Minister Glark posted it. The ensuing discussion did not, in the end, draw the Empire into it, and in fact Minister Glark was approached by representatives of the Republic of Orange for diplomatic relations soon after.
Minister Glark had this to say to us:
"It was a proud day for us when [the DIM] was asked to send the letter for Reunion. It shows us that are climbing the ladder of influence to our rightful place. I'm only sorry that we couldn't be of more help to Reunion during their crisis."
The Aerican Empire is currently planning to abstain on the upcomming votes in the LoSS on the issues presented by both sides of the argument, in light of the lack of concrete evidence able to be put forth by participants.

Citizen Rejection Causes Concern
A recent citizen application to the Aerican Empire has caused a great deal of concern among certain citizens and members of the government. In the last week of December, 1999, an application was recieved applying with the name of Saddam Hussein. The application also contained many rascist messages, such as the listing of "Kurd Killing" under favorite sports.
One dozen citizens were polled by members of the citizenship department and by the Emperor himself regarding this application. All details of the application were hidden from citizens except for the name, which was found to be offensive almost unnanimously, and the application was rejected with an option to reapply under a different name. The new name chosen was Hitler's Daughter, and a second poll showed this to be worse than the first.
The rejection of this citizen has caused much concern over rights of free speech and citizenship, never before a concern. When questionned on the matter, the Emperor had this to say:
"I have nothing personally against names like this. The descision to reject him was made after getting imput from a significant portion of the population, chosen randomly, and I stand by it."
The Emperor also commented that the prospective citizen may have had better luck applying somewhere where the majority of the government isn't Jewish, but denied that his feelings were a factor in the rejection.

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