Republic of Malus

**Malus**, officially the **Republic of Malus**, is a micronation located in New York, more specifically the Rhode Island and Long Island sectors, as well as Pennsylvania.

It has been through many iterations throughout history, and has existed as a republic, confederation, and unitary state. Initially, it was founded on March 16, 2019, as the **Republic of Long Island**. That republic was then reformed into the **Confederation of Malus** on March 22, 2021. This was made up of nations who joined the Republic of Long Island after the republic was dissolved in order to form a larger, more powerful nation. It eventually became a unitary government, known as the **State of Malus** on July 29, 2022. The State of Malus would begin to take a turn to the far-right after the new leader of that nation, Henry Gibson, took power. In order to combat this, the **Republic of Malus** was born, seceding from the State of Malus on November 12.

For the majority of its history, Malus has in some way or another been ruled by Luciferio Mickomik. However, since 2022 and the creation of the Republic of Malus, more elections have occured.

The republic was initially made up of three states, those being LaVetia, Zeena, and Novum. After its independence, the Republic of Malus expanded more, gaining new territories across multiple states in the United States of America. The nation is largely left-wing, with the ruling Unitary Party of Malus being in favor of progressive causes and initiatives. However, there is still a diverse set of political parties.

## Etymology

The native name of the republic is the *Respubliko de Nova Pomo*, which is in Esperanto and translates to the "Republic of New Malus." The Republic is also influenced by the Republic of New Afrika, with the original name incorporating the word "new" because of this.

On November 27, 2022, the name of the nation was changed from the Republic of New Malus to the Republic of Malus.

## History

### Republic of Long Island

The Republic of Malus traces back its roots to the Republic of Long Island, a micronation founded by Luciferio Mickomik on March 16, 2019. The nation was founded after Mickomik's interests in mock governments and vexillology came together overtime.

#### Beginnings

The RLI's Declaration of Independence was written and sent to the governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, on March 14, 2019. Mickomik did not get a response back and this deterred him from making moves to continue the project at first. However, on March 16, 2019, he decided to go through with the plan and officially seceded from the United States. The declaration has been lost to time due to poor organization, but the republic was born. The republic existed quietly for most of its time, only becoming noticed by other micronationalists during conflicts.

#### Rapid Expansion and conflicts

In 2019, president Luciferio claimed large parts of Long Island and overseas territories. This brought the micronation into conflicts with other micronations on Long Island, as well as creating issues with micronations that had the same land claimed. The republic had attempted to branch out and create additional states for the republic, but this effort failed and the RLI was confined to one. This brought the micronation into conflict with both the Republic of Feathers and Gills and the Kingdom of Long Island.

From 6 to June 2019, the Republic of Long Island was involved in a conflict with the Republic of Feathers and Gills. On the 6 June, Max of the Nottingham-Stinoculous Empire started a dispute with president Luciferio, demanding the RLI relinquish claims and recognize the RFG, which was allied to the NSE. president Mickomik encouraged Max to look into coexistence and they reached that agreement on 15 October, ending the awkward conflict.

On 29 July, King Mark the First came to president Luciferio, inquiring about the situation with the RFG and NSE and wondering how his Kingdom of Long Island could coexist the president's republic. Luciferio told Mark I that he was looking into a "Union State" and proposed the creation of one, combining the RLI, KLI, and RFG. King Mark declined the offer and instead offered to be a part of a pact with the RLI that would strive to make Long Island a better place. president Luciferio accepted and on the first of August the situation was resolved.

On 19 October, president Luciferio asked Max, who was serving as the diplomatic representative for the RFG, if the republic would be interested in forming a defense union for Long Island with him and Mark I, king of the Kingdom of Long Island. On 20 October, he attempted to reach the leader of the RFG, however he got no response and the plan was never realized. The pact between the two micronations never saw the light of day, and early into the year 2020, the KLI is dissolved, leaving the RLI the only micronation on the Micronations Fandom website on Long Island.

#### Covid-19 Pandemic

On March 23, 2020, amid all of the Coronavirus panic and deaths, the Republic of Long Island closed all borders to the outside world and began to fully conduct intermicronational relations over the internet. The Republic became semi-isolationist. The government encouraged citizens to stay inside and wear masks when traveling. Only one citizen in the Republic of Long Island had symptoms of the Coronavirus. On June 27, 2020, the RLI began to allow citizens to travel outside of the micronation again.

#### Insurgency

In August 2020, a left wing group attempted to separate from the RLI, branding themselves the People's Republic of Long Island. This situation became known to a lot of micronationalists on Twitter, but information regarding the conflict remains difficult to come by due to a lack of archiving.

A left-wing insurgency occurred when a small separatist group attempted to seize power and establish the PRLI. There was no outbreak of physical war and no official declarations were made, but on Twitter, the social media accounts for the PRLI and RLI engaged in flame warfare and each garnered support from other micronations. Notably, the Fesmarian Government supported both governments and so did the Republic of Adolaxia, although it was initially on the side of the PRLI. The insurgency engaged in several tactics to derail and sabotage the course of the RLI, such as vandalising the wikia page, creating anti-RLI propaganda, and "clowning" on president Mickomik. Through private talks and diplomacy, the RLI and insurgents came to an agreement, wherein the RLI would recognize them as the PRLI. On 28 August 2020, a mutual recognition treaty was created by president Mickomik and signed by both parties, ending the conflict.

The end to the "Chilly Skirmish", as it was sometimes called, was celebrated by other micronationalists on Twitter who viewed the event. After all of this fighting, the PRLI lasted just four months, being incorporated into the Republic of Long Island in December 2020. It was during this time period that president Luciferio had a personal political change and started to look at issues differently. He became more left leaning and allowed the former insurgents to advise him in making decisions regarding things like social issues and economics, forming the first advisory.

#### Collapse

By January, it became clear that the micronation was stagnating. Previous unrealistic and fantastical colonial ambitions like claims to Antarctica and large parts of Long Island turned a lot of citizens off from the idea of being citizens of a micronation. president Luciferio had wanted to create union states and alliances to build up the strength and legitimacy of the micronation, but none of that ever came to fruition. Tired of trying to turn the micronation into something more serious when citizens would only see it as anything but that, president Mickomik called it quits and on March 7, 2021, declared that on the 16th, the RLI would be dissolved, officially lasting for just 2 full years.

Although no Union State was formed with the RFG or KLI, small micronational projects decided they wanted to join the RLI. Friends of the president that had micronational interests agreed to join with the RLI, creating the **Confederation of Malus**. Citizens residing in the RLI were automatically made citizens of Malus. Any alliances previously made by the republic were declared no longer valid, bringing the new confederation into a period of isolationism. During this time, Mickomik re-evaluated his political views and applied them into the policies of the confederation, notably being more open to left wing ideologies. While the president would retain most of the power in Malus, the micronation was made up of multiple political parties who had varying positions, as opposed to there only being one in the former Republic of Long Island.

### Confederation of Malus

The Confederation of Malus was established on March 22, 2021. During the final few months of the Republic of Long Island, president Luciferio had been shifting the micronation in a left wing, more inclusive way. Due to the events of the 2020-2021 anti-racism protests in the United States and additionally the Capitol Riot, president Mickomik banned any far right political parties from holding a position in the government on June 1, 2021. Of the three political parties in the confederation at the time, only one was banned, the People for Long Island party. There was only one advisor to the president who belonged to the party, however the Freedom Party of Malus publicly condemned the president's actions the following day. President Luciferio responded by having the Malusian News Media Organization release a previously unreleased interview wherein he discussed the recent Black Lives Matter protests, the Hong Kong Protests, and the Capitol Riot. This softened the citizen's view on the president, who on the 5th of June released a formal statement explaining why the party was banned. The Freedom Party backed down and were given an extra member in the advisory.

As well as banning the party, president Luciferio also created the AFA, or Anti-Fascist Alliance, which would later be re-branded to the Anti-Prejudice Alliance. The alliance was created in response to the surge of far right and homophobic micronationalism in the community and is an attempt to curb it.

In June 2021, several books became illegal to own in the Confederation of Malus. Notably, *Mein Kampf*, *Huckleberry Finn,* and *Tom Sawyer*. *Gone with the Wind* and *To Kill a Mockingbird* were banned due to their portrayal of issues like race, rape, and gender roles. On the thirteenth of July, president Luciferio reversed this ban and allowed all books to be legal in Malus.

On 24 August 2021, president Luciferio withdrew the confederation from the Anti-Prejudice Alliance. This was due to a leadership breakdown, when he attempted to pass the role off to other members and it fell through. President Luciferio also wanted to become more hostile towards condemned micronations, something other alliance members did not agree with.

#### Entry into wider micronational community

On 8 October 2021, a micronational war occurred on Long Island between a coalition of western Long Island micronations against Tesforia and its allies. The western coalition of Ausveria and Todt Hill declared war against Tesforia, which was later joined by Englica on the second day of the war. The Republican Dictat of Lake Ronkonkoma also got involved in the war hours after the conflict initially started, declaring war on the western coalition. President Luciferio was not initially aware of the war when it first broke out, however, judging other micronational reactions to the situation he came to the conclusion that it would be best to provide diplomatic support to the People's Republic of Tesforia, as Auservia's micronational values did not align with those of Malus. President Luciferio saw the support of Ausveria coming from far right micronations as another sign to side with Tesforia, and officially declared on October 28, 2021, at 12:24 EST that the confederation would be staying militarily neutral, but support the efforts of Tesforia. On November 15, president Luciferio stated that his opinion of the war soured, and he withdrew support from Tesforia, as he viewed the war as a simulationist effort on the part of Ausveria to drum up attention for the micronation. As the conflict continued to die into 2022, Malus declared the war was "officially" over on March 19, 2022.

#### 2022 troubles

On 30 December 2021, president Luciferio lifted his ban on any far right political parties from holding a position of power in the Malusian government. This was something he had enacted on June 1, and after the collapse of the PLI party, he lifted the restriction. In response to this and in celebration, the Opposition Party, a far right, anti-egalitarian party, began spreading the message of their platform. This would create controversy within the micronation, and have citizens question president Luci's decision making. The Progressive Party would denounce the Opposition Party, and the president himself would condemn the party, re-affirming his commitment to a micronation free of discrimination.

Going into 2022, the government of Malus would experience a great political change. The Freedom Party decided to merge with president Luci's Progressive Party, giving the Progressives total control of the government, with six out of six advisory spots held by the Progressives and president Luciferio being president. This further angered the Opposition Party and they ramped up their advertising, placing more stickers around the confederation and denouncing Luciferio as well as the confederation as a whole, with Niko Jaxo saying, "this isn't a country, it's a dictator's fantasy." Luciferio responded by saying the Freedom Party voluntarily merged with the Progressives, and told Jaxo to "find a way to deal with it."

Jaxo declared that the upcoming election was going to be fraudulent and rigged against him, citing the fact that Luciferio had ruled this area for over one thousand days (including his time as president of the RLI), and that no ruler would want to relinquish power. The president responded to these claims by criticizing the Opposition Party's positions and again calling them bigoted.

On 4 March 2022, president Luciferio made the controversial claim that his first year as president of Malus did not count as his first term, as he had established the office and did not win an election. This created controversy due to the fact that if he were to win the 2022 election, he would then have four more terms to rule rather than the three he would have if the first year of his presidency counted as his first term. Advisors in the Progressive Party were split on the issue, deciding to vote on March 9 on whether to count Luci's first year as his first term or to count his first election win as his first term. They came to the conclusion that his first year would count as his first term.

Leading up to the 2022 election, Niko Jaxo voiced his support for the Movement for a Satanic Future (MSF). The movement is a coalition of Satanists within and around the confederation that was created when the Satanic Order of Malus was disestablished, and satanists were looking for a new place to belong. While personally being in opposition to Satanism, Jaxo saw an opportunity to disrupt the success of Luci's presidency by supporting a movement with a grudge against the government. Jaxo began assisting the movement with propaganda and publicity. In response, the Progressive Party called out Jaxo for trying to create a disruption during an election. The Opposition Party declined to respond, and the MSF released a statement saying, "For Malus to dismiss our gripes with the government because of who assisted us with organizing is laughable." On March 11, president Luciferio proposed a Satanic state within the confederation. This proposal was rejected by the MSF and they demanded to be recognized as their own independent commune. On March 18, 2022, the MSF created their own political party, just 5 days before the election. Almost a month later as a bid to end the disgruntlement of the MSF, Luciferio declared the official religion of Malus to be Satanism on April 13, 2022.

While appeasing the MSF, this action resulted in Ausveria and the Italic Duchy of Western Long Island forming the Holy Catholic League of Long Island, which was created with the one goal of defending Long Island against the "rising threat of Satanism." This move increased the already strained relations between Ausveria and Malus, and temporarily paused the talks between Malus and Western Long Island on the development of a space program.

##### Involvement in various conflicts

Following the Long Island War, the confederation grew to be seen as more polarizing within the Long Island Micronational Area. With Malus continually not seeing eye to eye with Ausveria, and already not recognizing a number of states in that region, the confederation lost a lot of support from those micronations. On 30 March 2022, the State of Faltree officially ended diplomatic relations with Malus, claiming the two were at ideological odds. This led Luciferio to form the Satanic Social Democrats party in Faltree on 20 April. Luciferio intended to join the Lavian Secession Crisis and side against Ausveria to support Lavallette becoming independent, but initially decided against it following the break up of relations with the Long Island micronational community. Towards the end of April 2022, Malus would join two political, economic, and military micronational organizations, those being the Titanium Pact and Conquistadors Treaty Organisation. On 8 May, the CTO voted in favor of defending the Pochehovan Socialist Republic from the Eponian Empire, thus intervening in the Eighth Eponian-Pochehovan War.

In response to suddenly being involved in a war with the CTO and potentially another one in Rhode Island, the Luciferian Vanguard of Malus was created. After internally deliberating, the president and his advisors decided to vote on whether or not to address the Lavian Secession Crisis. On a vote of 4–2, it was decided that a document would be drafted to signify that Malus was firmly on the side of the Federal Republic of Lavallette. On 9 May, president Luciferio released the statement into the micronational community, stating, "Ausverian suppression of liberty should not be tolerated by the Long Island community and it will not be tolerated by our confederation." Knowing of the statement on the Lavian Secession Crisis the day before, Ausveria and Ronkonkoma jointly declared war on Malus, invading the Autonomous Satanic Region of Malus, starting the Veterans Park War.

On 20 May 2022, the Confederation of Malus withdrew from the CTO, due to them voting not to help defend the ASRM in the Veterans Park War. This took Malus out of the Eponian-Pochehovan War as well.

#### Satanic World Order

During May 2022, Luciferio entered into an alliance with the Baron of New Kendal, Kyle Lawson, and the president of the Republic of Aelzaria, William Marcinek. New Kendal and Malus had established diplomatic ties in March, with each recognizing each other on 21 March, and agreed to mutual defense on 4 April. On 14 May, Lawson contacted Luciferio again, proposing a Satanic alliance composed of New Kendal, Malus, and Kendal's new ally, the Republic of Aelzaria. Diplomatic talks between the three nations lasted four days, and on 18 May, the Satanic World Order was born. Each member in the alliance pledged to defend the other, which was immediately put to test with Malus still fighting the West Long Island Pact.

#### Becoming an Almendrian AR

On June 28, 2022, Malus joined the Almendria as an autonomous republic, signing the AR framework plan. As an autonomous republic, Malus was able to keep its identity, government, currency, and religion. The agreement required Luciferio to swear an oath of loyalty to the general-president, Tizian Aruna.

#### Reformation into the State of Malus

The transition of the Confederation of Malus into the State of Malus, sometimes called the Second Reformation Era, was a process that lasted from July 29, 2022, until August 15, 2022. Malus was reconfigured into a centralized state, with the districts being under the full control of Luciferio, rather than a governor or another type of regional leader.

### State of Malus

#### Unification of Malus and Zeena

The State of Malus was formed when the Confederation of Malus and Republic of Zeena (formerly the Fourth Republic of Zeprana) were merged into a new state. The Republic of Zeena was never truly established, and it was nonsensical to Luciferio to be ruling multiple micronations, so he decided to consolidate his power and combine the territories.

#### Re-entry into Almendria and creation of discord server

Following Terry McKeen being removed from his position as sole ruler of Almendria, Malus re-entered the union. Quickly, Luciferio became the primary financial backbone of Almendria, funding its free speech Discord alternative, AlmChat, and sponsoring giveaways for the Almendrian Discord server. Encouraged by Tizian, Luciferio created an official Discord server for the State of Malus, where a better connection between citizens and government could be created.

In August of 2022, former leader of Almendria, Kazzi, frequently made changes to the government, destabilizing it. Kazzi changed the USR into a fascist "reich", prompting Tizian to argue with him over the changes despite him formerly retiring as leader a few days ago. Kazzi's continued derailment of the government caused Tizian to nuke his own Discord server, establishing a new one and causing Almendria to have a temporary, provisional government.

#### Gibson Administration

On September 9, 2022, Luciferio was succeeded as Visser (leader) of Malus by Henry Gibson after an ultimatum set by Terry McKeen stated Malus would be invaded otherwise. Under Gibson Malus has seen new growth with Henry adding four new administrative regions to Malus. Gibson also ended the Veterans Park War by signing a ceasefire agreement with Chancellor Fred.

On September 22, Malus became independent from the USR. This resulted in Malus defeating Almendria and becoming fully independent from Almendria adding another great accomplishment to Goebbels administration.

##### Government reformation

On October 10, 2022, Gibson implemented *Visser Order #1* and created a constitution for the State of Malus. The order was divided into five sections, each detailing how the government would go on to work. Prior to the order, the government was mostly improvised, with nothing written into law. The order is the first piece of legislation that passed in Malus. The order deals with a restructuring of the government, set to take place after Gibson resigns from office.

##### Coup and economic crisis

The 2022 Malusian Coup Attempt took place on November 12, when Luciferio attempted to seize control of the Malusian Vissership from incumbent Visser Henry Gibson. This resulted in multiple members of the ruling Hyperborean Party and Hyperborean Coalition to be kicked from the Malusian Discord server. For thirty minutes, a brief power vacuum was created, wherein Mickomik declared a new nation, the **Republic of New Malus**, where he would be president until stabilization. Before his permanent changes could be implemented however, Gibson stripped him of his power and re-invited the Hyperboreans. Additionally, non-Hyperboreans were kicked, essentially turning the State of Malus into a fascist regime under one party. Luciferio declared independence and continued the project of a new nation. The secession caused the already declining Malusian economy to completely falter, going totally broke, as profitable districts had left the State and gone into New Malus.

##### Dissolution

On the 15th of December 2022, Thomas Jacobs, the Sub-Visser of Malus at the time, declared that the State of Malus was dissolved, due to Visser Henry Gibson's absence from the State of Malus. After the Republic of Malus seceded from the State of Malus, Gibson became more and more inactive as a leader, causing the citizenry to have doubts regarding his allegiance to Malusians. This culminated after a stretch of ten days without a word from Gibson, leading Jacobs to declare the State of Malus officially dissolved. A day later, Gibson made his return, claiming that his Discord account was suspended and he was unable to act as Visser. He reversed the dissolution, but ultimately this did not improve things for the nation. A month after the original dissolution, Gibson officially confirmed to Mickomik that the State of Malus was defunct. This left the **Republic of Malus** as the sole legitimate successor state.

### Origin

After Luciferio Mickomik, former Visser of the State of Malus, was replaced with Henry Gibson on 9 September 2022, Mickomik focused his efforts on creating a new micronational project. On 9 October he declared the "Free Republic of Malus". This new Free Republic lay dormant and ignored for around a month, until the 2022 Malusian Coup. During this time, Mickomik began trying to form a new political system that would benefit the citizens and not allow for an extremist takeover.

### Establishment

Despite the failure of his coup, it prompted Mickomik to declare the Republic of Malus independent, seceding from the State of Malus. This secession would go unrecognized by the State of Malus, initiating a cold war between the two nations for the time being.

#### Union with Suzmar

At 7:49 p.m. EST on 16 November, Mickomik announced an agreement signed with Aleister Paxton to temporarily unite the Republic of Suzmar with Malus. Despite becoming a state of Malus, Suzmar still opperated fully independently. The agreement had a time limit, with the option to renew in the future. Paxton opted to choose a time span of one month to work alongside Mickomik to make Suzmar a more successful nation. If it failed, Paxton and Mickomik's agreement would make Suzmar a state of Malus, expanding the nation's borders outside of New York state. As the agreement went on, it was decided Malus would annex Suzmar entirely, and this occured on September 30.

#### Alliance with the Macarena Republic

On 18 November 2022, Vice president Mickomik was made aware of a group of people known as the Macarenans, a revolutionary pro-democracy organization operating inside of the State of Malus. The group has its origins as a centrist political party in the State of Malus, then known as the Free Democratic Party of Malus. The party became defunct shortly after its creation, briefly going by the "Macarenan's Party" before being dissolved. On November 12, the Republic of Malus declared independence from Malus, and the day after so did the Macarenans, proclaiming a new Macarena Republic. Relations between Macarena and New Malus were unofficially established on November 18, with their leader, Grant Taylor, anticipating that there would be an attempt by the State of Malus to reclaim both rebel groups. On 5 December 2022, the Macarenans became the Independent State of Macarena, a Malusian territory located within the Rhode Island Sector.

#### End of hostilities between rival states

Due to the outbreak of the Second Ausverian Civil War, the Republic of Malus initially sided with the loyalist government. In turn, the State of Malus supported the separatist National Ausveria. When the State of Malus declared its support for the nationalists, the Republican Dictat of Lake Ronkonkoma's leader, Sean Mankowich, was elated at the news because it gave him another reason to go to war with Malus, as he still held a grudge from the Veterans Park War. This opened up relations between the Republic of Malus and State of Malus once again, due to them both being anti-Mankowich. A mutual recognition treaty was soon signed and territories between the two nations were finally decided upon, ending the tension that had existed since the secession of the republic.

#### Establishing political stability

President Zel and Mickomik decided that in order to stabilize the nation, political transparency would need to be established. So, they created the Citizens Council, an assembly that contained all Malusian citizens and allows them to vote on proposed legislation. They also chose the third of each month as election day, and proclaimed that a president can only serve one month in one term. On 3 December the December 2022 Malusian presidential election took place, where Zel decided to run as vice president and Mickomik as president. The two were pitted against Tizian Aruna and Logan Ferguson, members of the All Union Communist Party. The election took place over two days, due to low voter turnout. Mickomik and Zel won, with 61.1% of the population voting for their ticket and 38.9% voting for the Communist Party.

After the election Mickomik formally established the presidential powers and expectations, limiting the length of a term to one month. Prior to the declaration of the republic, Andrew Perdomo created a charter for the new nation. This was ratified on 5 December and shortly thereafter a legislative body was created and an election declared for a later, uncertain date.

### January 2023

The Republic of Malus began to experience a decline in the last month of 2022. On the fourth day of January, 2023, a presidential election took place. This election pit the Radical Satanist Party, Progressive Labor Party, and Conservatives against each other, each with a candidate vying for the presidential office. Mickomik and Zel won re-election, and made it their priority to bring back activity in the young nation. Esty Carpentieri suggested that a new, elected legislature should be established, taking the place of the Citizens Council. On January 15, it was declared that the Republic of Malus' former rival, the State of Malus, was dissolved. This caused Mickomik to abandon the treaty he had signed with Henry Gibson, and re-claim all land that was given to the State of Malus.

On January 19, the Citizens Council was dissolved and the creation of a new Malusian Senate was announced. This senate would have representatives from each state be lawmaking individuals and grant the states more autonomy. The first senators were appointed due to low activity in Malus. The United Anarchist Party led by vice president Tom Zel would go on to merge with the Radical Satanist Party, giving the RSP a big majority, with the party making up half of the seats. Additionally, new parties such as the Socialists, Biboans, and monarchists would be formed, diversifying the political landscape even more.

In January, the Republic of Malus allied with the Autonomous Digital State of Saphoria, marking the first time since the foundation of the Satanic World Order that Satanist heads of state formed an alliance.

On 24 January former leader of the State of Malus, Henry Gibson, entered talks with Mickomik regarding the transfer of territory formerly owned by the country into the Republic of Malus. It was agreed that the territories in North Carolina would not be given to the republic, however the land divided east/west between the two nations, would be annexed by the Republic of Malus officially.

#### Macarena Dispute

During January, Malus entered a dispute with the Republic of Averna over the Independent State of Macarena, which Grant Taylor had declared was no longer a territory of Malus. This was done abruptly with no notice or request to Mickomik, and thus deemed illegal by the Malusian senate. To stop a conflict from breaking out, Taylor created a meeting between himself, Mickomik, and the president of Averna, Elizabeth Langley, to determine the next steps. It was decided that Macarena would not be returned to Malus as it had already been incorporated into Averna, however Taylor did grant Malus land in Rhode Island in the form of the Independent Territory of Macarena. In addition to this territory, Malus also claimed Block Island and New Shoreham, which are islands off of the coast of Rhode Island. These territorial additions finalized the Malusian senate by bringing the number of senate seats to an even ten. On January 26, the territory of Macarena was expanded to encompass more territory than originally carved out by the Avernan government. Additionally, the senate passed the *Act to Incorporate the Independent Territory of Macarena into the Republic of Malus*. This act ensured that Macarena would eventually become a state rather than a territory, after non-Malusians either joined the Republic or were sent into Averna, as specified in the first section of the act, which states that, "All Avernan influence will be removed from Macarena, and should the Avernan government continue to meddle in Malusian politics, the Malusian Defence Force is authorized to protect our territory."

On January 30, Terry McKeen III, president of Zeprana and historical rival of Mickomik, contacted him, distressed that Malus had gained territory in Rhode Island. The interaction ended tensely, with Zeprana stating they didn't recognize the claims because they don't recognize the Republic of Malus. The same was communicated back to Zeprana from Malus.

#### Presidential reforms

On the night of 28 January the Senate passed *An Act to Establish the Terms of the Presidency*. This act changed the term length of the presidency from one month to six months. This was done due to the government's concern that frequent elections, such as the ones held in December and January, would drive down activity and lead to destabilization. Additionally, it was clarified that a president can serve unlimited consecutive terms, so long as they are elected in a fair election. Finally, it was established that should a president break the Malusian Charter, they are able to be impeached and removed from office.

#### Tensions on Long Island

On 29 January reports of National Ausveria preparing plans to invade the Republic of Malus were confirmed by the Malusian government. This caused the mobilization of the Malusian Defence Force and for communication with other micronations on Long Island to increase, as prior to this Malus had declared neutrality in the Auverian Civil War. Konstantin Antonovsky, the "Caesar of the West" of National Ausveria, stated that the justification for the invasion plot was due to history between Ausveria and Malus.

### February 2023

In the twenty-fourth edition of the *Fontum Sentinel*, the government of Fontasia proclaimed that it would side with National Ausveria, due to Malus being ruled by Mickomik. This stirred memories of the Veterans Park War, which was waged between the Ausverian Volksrepublik and Malus (along with their respective allies) over the same issue.

#### Destruction of the Senate

On February 5, Samuel W. unleashed an attack on the Republic of Malus. For months, he secretly operated within Malus as Tom Zel. The undercover operation was not noticed by Mickomik, and as a result, Samuel nuked the Discord server for the Republic of Malus, purging all citizens and turning it into the "National Ausveria Zone."

This act was widely condemned by the regional micronational community, as it led to several diplomatic shortcomings and short term crises for Malus. The same day, the senate was suspended, as multiple senators ended up resigning out of fear. Additionally, the office of vice president was made vacant because of the situation with "Zel", effectively causing Malus ot be led by only Mickomik himself once again.

Despite this, upon the creation of the new server, citizenship increased to the previous number in only two days. By February 8, due to meetings with various regional powers and former National Ausverian participants, Malusian intelligence reaches the conclusion that "Zel" was actually an alternate account controlled by Samuel the entire time, to act as a plant within Malus to gather intelligence information from Malus.

On February 10, the paramilitary branch of the Radical Satanist Party, Lucifer's Legion, discovered a vault of National Ausverian written works, and the National Ausverian Telegram channel, providing further evidence of the plot to overtake Malus. The document, *On the Question of Neighborhood*, explicitly states Malus is a target, with Samuel writing, "Malus as a state, and as a so-called “nation”, would be totally dissolved, subjugated, and its culture entirely eliminated in the new Greater Ausverian occupied territories."

#### Rebuilding

After the attack, Malus entered a reconstruction era. Despite the senate previously passing *An Act to Establish the Terms of the Presidency*, it was decided one more election would take place due to the destabilization of the nation. On February 11, the National Ausveria officially surrendered to the Ausverian Volksrepublik, marking the end of the Ausverian Civil War. This was again confirmed on February 12.

On February 19, the February 2023 Malusian presidential Election took place. Four candidates ran; Luciferio Mickomik, Lane Caldwell, Connor Anderson, and Logan. Anderson ended up winning, becoming the new president of the Republic of Malus.

### March 2023

#### Anderson Era

For his first official action as president, Anderson appointed Mickomik to the position of vice president. A survey was created and sent out to the Malusian people, voting on whether or not to pass the *Unitary Transition Act*. The act passed 3-1, and effective immediately, "plans of transitioning both in the physical and digital realms of the Republic" were set into motion. On March 3, Mickomik floated the idea of no longer recognizing Pontunia, due to the complications to the throne they faced after the Madgett v. Perdomo case.

On March 4, the cause was confirmed that the National Ausverian attack. It was determined that "Tom Zel" was the alias of Samuel's alternate account, which joined Malus in around November of 2022. For four months, the account basically served as a sleeper agent for Ausveria, which was founded at around the same time, a month after the October 2022 Ausverian Putsch Attempt. The alternate account had revealed itself accidentally on multiple occasions to people in the MicroWiki Discord Server, however due to Mickomik being banned from the server at the time, he was never alerted.

A new fascist threat seemed to be on the horizon for the Republic, as on March 5, the "Newtonian Empire" joined the Assembly of Long Island Micronations Discord server and threatened invasion. This threat was handwaved by president Anderson.

##### Black Tuesday

On Tuesday, March 7, Luciferio was banned from using the MicroWiki website and several articles relating to Malus and its history were deleted from the website. This resulted in giant gaps in the continuity of the history of the Long Island Sector being created, and disgruntlement from the regional powers. The deletion occurred when Jonathan I, co-owner of the website, used an alternative moderation account to mass-delete several pages and files related to Malus, under the pretext of "housecleaning." In addition, the Discord account for president Anderson was banned from the MicroWiki Discord server. All of this resulted in the near-total blacklisting of Malus from the MicroWiki website and for the nation to enter a period of isolation. Despite users in the server disputing the reasoning and making cases for a restoration, the bureaucrat's decisions were final.

The MicroWiki administration would stay quiet on the matter, even going as far to ban people from the Discord server who asked questions about the subject. On March 8, Andrew (a site administrator) would make a statement. The administration's reasoning for the purge would change several times. Initially, Andrew was claimed that Luciferio was banned and Malus blacklisted due to alleged harassment against others by him. They also stated that Mickomik would accuse people of being fascists or Nazis. Another claim was that an article created by Luciferio attempted to "defend a sexual predator." When these claims were contested, the MicroWiki administration refused to elaborate or show proof for their claims. On May 1, a tweet about the situation would be made.

##### Period of isolation

On March 12, the paramilitary branch of the Radical Satanist Party, Lucifer's Legion, conducted a covert operation within the Discord server of the Newtonian Empire.

Following the events of what became known as Black Tuesday in the republic, micronations in the Long Island sector effectively froze-out the nation. Early in March, the State of Faltree attempted to take over Malusian land, creating an act to occupy the state of Macarena. Stress was further compounded when the Einheitspakt, a micronational organization for economic cooperation and mutual military security, declared war on the nation on March 12. Due to the already isolated state Malus was in, and due to the Einheitspakt having far-right or otherwise problematic micronations making up the group, president Anderson chose to ignore the declarations issued against the republic in favor of focusing on making the nation unitary through reforms. Their supposed "war" would fizzle out, as the MicroWiki page for the conflict would be deleted and on April 20, Faltree would dissolve.

#### Stagnation

##### April 2023

During April, Malus once again began to experience inactivity and decline, due to a failure to rebuild the Senate and introduce legislation.

On April 11, Anton LaVey Day was created by Luciferio Mickomik as a national holiday celebrating Anton LaVey.

On April 20, Luciferio Mickomik expanded the territory claimed by Macarena, cutting into parts of Averna. The latter nation did not accept the claims, but also did not dispute them. On the same day, the State of Faltree collapsed, and Mickomik claimed the Faltrian county of Faltrian-Tueoedeth, as he was senator. The breakaway stat that eventually formed, the Federation of Faltree, would eventually be brought into the Republic of Malus as a protectorate, expanding Malusian territory even further.

In early May, preparations for the June 2023 Malusian Presidential Election began. The New Malus Conservatives were disbanded due to their inactivity, meaning that of the registered parties in the nation, all would be left-wing and two would be based on Satanism.

## Politics and government

### Executive branch

The executive branch consists of the president of Malus and the Vice president of Malus.

### Legislative branch

The legislative branch of the Malusian government is comprised of the Malusian Senate, which was created on 19 January 2023. Originally, the Citizens Council was the legislative body of the republic, however after multiple failed attempts to increase activity and create a working legislative system, the senate was formed.

### Human Rights

The Republic of Malus is a beacon of civil rights on the Long Island sector, which is dominated by repressive right-wing governments.

#### Women's Rights

The Republic of Malus is very pro-feminist, The alliance between the Radical Satanist Party, Progressive Labor Party, Socialist Party, and Biboan Party secure a 7/10 advantage in the Malusian Senate. This advantage ensures the protection of women's' bodily autonomy, feminist movements, and the attention to other female-centered issues. Men and women enjoy the same equality under the law in the Republic of Malus.

#### LGBT Rights

LGBTQ+ citizens in Malus are guaranteed equal rights to their heterosexual and cisgender counterparts. Additionally, LGBT Pride Month and a variety of pride holidays are official celebrations in the Republic of Malus.

### Foreign relations

* Autonomous Digital State of Saphoria
* Grand Duchy of Marquette
* Soverign Barony of New Kendal
* Excelsior Republic
* Italic Duchy of Western Long Island
* Second Republic of Mabruenia
* Penn Federal Republic
* Kingdom of Fontasia

### Armed forces

The Malusian Defence Force is the name of the army of Malus.

## References

1. ↑ Micronations Fandom Message Wall
2. ↑ King Mark's message
3. ↑ Mickomik's attempt to correspond with the RFG
4. ↑ Adolaxia's declaration of support for the PRLI
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 West Long Island War Declaration
6. ↑ Englica declares war on the coalition
7. ↑ Satanic Establishment Act
8. ↑ Foundation of the Holy Catholic League of Long Island
9. ↑ On the situation in Staten Island Between Ausveria and Lavallette
10. ↑ Autonomous Republic Framework
11. ↑ Order of Succession
12. ↑ Treaty of Mutual Recognition Between RoM and SoM
13. ↑ *Charter of the Republic of Malus*, Andrew Perdomo
14. ↑ "Luciferio Mickomik on Rush"
15. ↑ An act to incorporate the Independent Territory of Macarena into the Republic of Malus
16. ↑ *An act to Establish the Terms of the Presidency*
17. ↑ Malusian confirmation of National Ausveria plot
18. ↑ Fontum Sentinel Edition 24
19. ↑ Official Response to Declarations of War
20. ↑ Malusian server raid
21. ↑ Fatherland Aesthetics on Telegram
22. ↑ Samuel W. "On the Question of Neighborhood" Greater Ausveria Publications. Google. Accessed February 10, 2023.
23. ↑ *Samuel W. signing the OGF surrender treaty*. Ausverian Government. (Archived).
24. ↑ National Ausveria on Twitter
25. ↑ MW@D screenshot #1
26. ↑ MW@D screenshot #2
27. ↑ MW@D screenshot #3
28. ↑ MW@D screenshot #4
29. ↑ @Republic\_Malus. “Important thread regarding the MicroWiki situation. Disclaimer: This was written by Luciferio and not the endorsed opinion of any other party.” *Twitter*, May 1 2023, 12:17 PM