The Honourable Sôgmô C. Soergel P. and Comrade Party Secretary Adam Camillus von Friedeck, in his own right king of Überstadt, frequently discuss matters of national, cultural, philosophical, and ideological concern. Today they discussed the fine line between simulationism and realism in terms of micropatriology, but the dialogue has been rephrased below as a series…
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Recipe: Puls Baltimore
Puls Baltimore, or Porridge Baltimore, is a recipe prepared in the Royal Household for an easy meal, often for breakfast. Named after one of the earliest ports in North America to import bananas, the recipe includes one of my favourite fruits, bananas, and can be prepared in a matter of minutes. It can be done…
Read MoreEquinox Report: For two seasons in a row, Citizens break charity tax records
Charity Taxes Two record-breaking seasons in a row After a slow response at the Solstice, Sandus has officially broken its records two seasons in a row! In the spring, citizens first broke the record by donating $4,193.83 USD to charity, surpassing the previous record set in Summer 2021 by $509.58. This summer, however, citizens donated…
Read MoreHow to celebrate the Armilustrium
Celebrating the Armilustrium is pretty easy and all it takes is a few ingredients! Ok, the ingredients are sometimes a little daunting, but all it really takes is a dinner and a ritual. That’s it! The Armilustrium, if you don’t know, is the most important cultural holiday in Sandus. We have been celebrating it now…
Read MoreSôgmô announces new Royal Motto
The Honourable Sôgmô of the State of Sandus has announced their new royal motto. EST MODUS IN REBUS “there is moderation in all things” The new motto replaces the relatively unused and unreferenced older motto. In August 2015, they made “ad hand me fortunam frugalitas mea perduxit” their official royal motto. A quote from Petronius’s…
Read MoreEquinox Report: A Season of Transparency & Democratisation
On an unseasonably warm Sunday afternoon, comrade citizen, one that marks the beginning of the Spring season, life continues after the immense stress and weight of two pandemic years and now plagued by threats of war and violence. These are difficult times for many people, faced with the uncertainty of life after COVID, with economic…
Read MoreSangha Sandus, Tellus hold first consultative days
This January, two organs held the first of many consultative days planned for this year to address years of significant independent activity and a lack of record keeping. On the Winter Solstice, the Sôgmô planned a series of consultative days to address Sandus’s endemic problem with record keeping and with its economic organs that often…
Read More[SC] Context Matters, that is why I am not signing the Montediszamble Convention
Like 40% of other Sandum citizens, I am a trained historian. When historians get busy and they start doing that thing they call analysis, context matters. Context can determine the difference between something that is simply a contingent fact versus an underlying cause. I also think context matters because it shows intent. Why do people…
Read More[SC] What right do I have?
Yesterday I published an op-ed about historical simulationism in micronationalism where I criticised another micronation’s propaganda, rhetoric, and justification for a political reform. This “pseudo-intellectual” “foreign interference” responded to a domestic trend in Sandum literature on Realism, which since February 2012 has argued fervently against micronational hobbyism and simulationism. I did not define simulationism in…
Read MoreWeekly Meeting: 9 September 2019
All three Grand State Officers were in attendance. The Party Secretary discussed the CCE meeting that happened on 26 August 2019 and he will write the agenda for the next CCE meeting, scheduled for 16 September 2019. He also mentioned giving the Feaster an economic command. The Facilitator mentioned several diplomatic updates, including about possible…
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