Empire of Lemuria Fact Sheet
Current as of
May 15, 2004 CE
Long name of country: Empire of Lemuria
Short name of country: Empire of Mu, or Imperial Mu
Population: 20
Land Area (in sq. mi./km): Non-territorial
at present.
Climate: Not
Applicable at present.
Capitol: Varies
with location of Empress; final
location TBD.
Government:
Type: Imperial
Autocracy
Constitution: In
process.
Head of
Government: Her
Imperial Highness, Janna I, KGCSH
Prime
Minister: Sir Michael Andrew DeCessna,
KGCLS, KSH
Minister of
State: Presently
vacant.
Secretary of the
Council: Presently
vacant.
Minister of
Culture: Presently
vacant.
Minister of the
Exchequer: Presently vacant.
Minister of
Defense: Presently
vacant.
Chief
of the
General
Staff: Presently
vacant.
Attorney General
and
Chief Marshal: Presently vacant.
Legate
of the
Imperial
Guard: Presently vacant.
Minister of
Interior: Presently vacant.
Minister of
Research and
Education: Presently
vacant.
Minister of Technology: Presently vacant.
Minister of Communication: Presently vacant.
Minister of Commerce: Presently vacant.
Surgeon General: Presently
vacant.
Minister of
Public Affairs and
Information: Presently vacant.
Ministers
without Portfolio: Presently
vacant.
N.B.:
Currently, rule is by executive fiat
exercised by the Empress, until such time as, first,
a
Privy Council is seated, and then, an Estates General, a part of which is to
be
elected by the populace or appointed by the Regent after enactment of the
Constitution to be written.
Postal and
Census services are administered by the Ministry of Communication.
National Anthem: In process.
Suffrage: Open only to those meeting
citizenship requirements, said requirements TBD.
International Relations: Empire of Lemuria
currently belongs to no international or micronational organizations, but has
exchanged letters of
mutual recognition with the Free Republic of Pasagarda, the Empire of Ostviana and The Realm of Lykosha.
Treaties: None at present.
Defense: Armed Forces of Imperial Mu;
unified field force, with all component units operating under one
command structure.
Economy:
Policy: It has been
determined that the Empire will collect monies in several ways: through public subscription,
the sale of
bond issues, an eventual sales tax of 5 - 10%, import and export duties,
the issuance of licenses for fee and an
eventual property tax totaling no more than 1% of listed value of the property
in question, that value to be assessed in
conjunction with the Census.
The Imperial Seat has stated
unequivocally that the Imperial government will never assess a tax upon
income, progressive or otherwise,
in perpetuity.
Performance: Not Applicable at present.
Budget: Not Applicable at
present.
Currency: Lemurian Ducat (LD), Ð, of 100 cents; currently
tied to the US Dollar at twice the
value of that currency.
Banking and
Finance: The Central Bank of Lemuria is
administered
temporarily through the Ministry of
the Exchequer;
final disposition TBD.
Weights and
Measures: Metric system, with some American
Standard measurements still in use.
Energy and Natural Resources:
Electricity: Not Applicable
at present.
Water: Not
Applicable at present.
Minerals: Not Applicable
at present.
Agriculture: Not Applicable at
present.
Forestry: Not
Applicable at present.
Fisheries: Not Applicable
at present.
Industry: None
Labor: Not
Applicable at present.
Foreign Economic Relations: None
Commerce: Not Applicable at
present.
Tourism: Not Applicable
at present.
Communications:
Roads: Not
Applicable at present.
Railways: Not Applicable
at present.
Civil Aviation: Not
Applicable at present.
Shipping: Not Applicable
at present.
Telecommunications: Not Applicable at present.
Press: Rising Light!, the governmental news organ.
Social Institutions:
Justice: The judicial power is vested in a Supreme
Court
of seven Justices appointed by the
Throne,
but whose removal may only be effected
by
death, resignation or a super-majority vote of
both
Houses of the Estates General; rulings of the
Court
may be overruled by the Throne, so long as a
detailed
'Explanation of Intent' is issued with the
ruling.
Religion: No data; by
law, the Census Bureau may neither
request
nor use data of this nature in its reports
or
planning.
Education: Not Applicable
at present, although both civil,
medical
and military academies are planned.
Health: Not
Applicable at present.
Diplomatic Representatives: None
Further Reading:
Open Letter to the People at Large, 9/9/01,
CE
CFM1-1, Organization of the Armed Forces of Imperial
Mu, 2001 ed.
Key Historical Events.
At an as yet
undetermined time, c.20,000 BCE, a landmass currently referred to as 'Lemuria'
existed in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. This landmass may have been an
Australia-type island in its own right, or it may have been a single landmass
encompassing what is now Australia, New Guinea and parts of Indonesia and the Philippine
Islands. Archeological evidence of this sea-faring society has been found
scattered around the world, but concentrated in the Indian subcontinent, and
the Pacific coastal regions of North and South America. Whether this island
ceased to exist as a result of a catastrophic end of the last glacial period,
or through some other agency is currently unknown.
In the early
part of the twentieth century, Colonel James Churchward of the British Royal
Army published the first references in English to Lemuria, identifying and
detailing some of its artifacts and symbols, and presenting his theories as to
its demise and later disposition.
On September 9,
2001 CE, the 'resurrection' of the Empire of Lemuria was proclaimed in Dallas,
Texas, United States of America, North American Continent, by Michael Andrew
Cessna, styling himself as Regent of the Empire and Captain-General of the
Realm, at the same time adopting the lapsed familial honorific 'de' to his last
name, in full recognition of the fact that no 'hard' evidence for a historical
empire or state of that name existed.
As of the
publication of this edition, the government and nation are being organized. adp.
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