Official register of the State of Sandus
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The Sandum people have unanimously reëlected Gaius Soergel Publicola as our micronation’s monarch. Out of seven eligible and active voters, seven votes were cast in the first election since the monarch’s title was renamed to Upasaka, Soergel’s title as an ordained Buddhist householder. Participation in this year’s election was up from last year’s when only
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Polls have opened in Sandus’s thirteenth Winter Solstice Election, but this will be the first time the Sandum people will be asked whether the micronation’s monarch under their new title, Upasaka, has the requisite legitimacy to govern Sandus. Emails containing citizens’ ballots and with the necessary security string have been sent to all eligible voters,
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To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the creation of Sandus on 26 May 2009, our micronation’s monarch, C. Soergel Publicola, has decreed this Monday that they will take a new title, “upāsaka.” Literally meaning “one who sits by,” an upāsaka is a Sanskrit and Pali term for an ordained layperson who acts as an attendant.
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The Sôgmô has unveiled a new Armilustrium rite that brings together the holiday’s, and our micronation’s, various backgrounds. The new rite will be published in a booklet format ahead of this weekend’s ritual at Senepyard Court in Anne Arbour. The Armilustrium rite has changed over the years but its components have stayed largely the same.
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Charity Taxes, Participation Down Only three citizens have declared charity taxes so far for the last season. Those citizens have so far declared that they have given $2,614.23 USD to charity in Spring 2023, slightly down from the previous season’s $3,025.54. Some citizens reported that they were reëxamining the focus of their philanthropy, to better
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It’s long been our law: Sandum citizens should give charity. In Sandus, this means giving dāna, alms, tithes, donations, or mutual aid, but we consider giving anything valuable (money, possessions, time, or labour) altruistically (with the intention to benefit others) to be charity in our country. It is all about that intention to help and
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The Honourable Sôgmô Gaius Soergel Publicola has announced the creation of a new state organ tied to the seat of the Sôgmô and the royal family, Senepyard Court. This residence has been historically called “the Palace of State” when the Sôgmô lived in Kremlum Sandus province, but since 2017 the name for the Sôgmô’s residence
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Charity Taxes: Changes to System, and Current Response at 14% Before getting to the data, we announce that the Sôgmô will begin pioneering two new changes to the charity tax system starting next season. First, the Sôgmô has announced that the Central People’s Government will begin to send notices to remind citizens of the equinox
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