Marcumba

The Republic of Marcumba is a country located in the east coast of the nation of Mexico. It's capital is Port Pomerania.

## History

On 1860, the explorer Wigan Wacklow had been traveling to the coasts of Mexico to defend the royal army of the country against the forces of Benito Juarez. He, along with the indigenous people, some slaves that he brought, fought until the war was no more. There were a total of 20 dead slaves. While the royal people lost to the war, Wigan had plans to leave the island but he had realized that his boat was taken down by the Republican army, and was condemned to 10 years of prison.

Wacklow's family, after his death, which consisted of 30 children and 2 wives, had an idea to make a land where the English people can rule peacefully. For that, in the 1880's, they had been sending slaves from Jamaica, Grenada, Guyana and the ports of Germany to the nearest peninsula. That peninsula was then the family's home, along with 300 people. The people there did not speak English that well, so one of it's sons, Athanasius Wacklow had an idea to how to express the creole culture in the nation.

The First Declaration of Independence of Marcumba has been done in 1889, when Stephen Wacklow had been creating a treaty that involved the Creoles and Wacklow's family living on the territory. It was signed by 200 people, and thus, the people celebrated that occasion with rare fireworks.

Mexico did not see the progress of the nation until 1900, when the president of the Republic tried to visit the Island of Juan Ramirez (which is known by the Marcumbans at Sica Island). The people there did not know any Spanish, and thus, framing the president for invading their territory. The Declaration of War has been signed in 1903, and with 500 Marcumban cadets that had survived over the 20,000 Mexican cadets (with some British as incognito people), the Marcumban people emerged victorious.

Marcumba's Second Declaration of Independence has been signed by one of the cadets of the Mexican Army, Goya Arturo de Henares, with 300 Marcumban people. The independence, however, was not until 1905, when the first president of the country, Jeman Shiquelle, took it's first speech in the city of Icarus Town.

## Culture

   Marcumba is one of the most diverse micronations to ever fill the area of Mexico. Most of the people there are Marcumban-Caribbean-African, which hold 89% of the population, but some people, like Marcumbian-Germans, Marcumbian Whites and Marcumbian-Mexicans fill the other side, with an outstanding population of at least 30,000 each one.

The smallest minority is the Ahua, which is a tribe descendant from the Nahuatl, the Caribbean Creoles and the northern tribes. It has a population of 203 people, most of them who live in the region of Goliath.

Although official languages are English and Sican Creole, some languages like Spanish, German, Jamaican Patois, Swabian and other Mayan languages are spoken there.

## Economy

Marcumba's currency is the Sandrel, on which is equivalent to 2.13 dollars. Formerly, it has used the Lycan, which has been considered a sign of racism for the indigenous people living on the nation, especially those from the Sica Island.

Marcumba is currently working on an expansion of the Chidrel Metro, on which will beneficiate people coming from the Far West of the nation. Other metro stations, such as The Pomeranian Underground, had been constructed earlier, and were recieved the Golden Shield of Public Transportation by the Marcumbian International Network of Transportation, in the 1930's.

## Subdivisions

Marcumba is divided into 16 regions. The smallest of them, Rainford, seems to be the most prosperous of them all due to a cultural project that started between the 1990's.

## Symbols

Marcumba's flag has been designed by Caviosa Mendez. It contains two bends, one purple, which contains a cross in the upper side of it, and one white, which contains two purple lines and a green fond with two flat lines and a traditional Marcumban key. It has been official since 1920, and replaced the black flag that has been adopted since independence.

Marcumba's symbol has been confected by 12 different artists provenient from the town of Nanchita, and it has been official in 1928.

Marcumba's national motto is Inovatius Quam Oblige (which is latin for: Better innovated than obligated.)

Marcumba's anthem is Mother Marcumba.

## Telecommunications

Marcumba has 4 national television stations: TBC, M-Tel, SIAT and ITM, on which three of them are founded on Port Pomerania, and the last one has been founded in Icarus Town.

Marcumba has 70 radio stations, 19 of them which are regionally transmittable. The most watched radio station in terms of music is Electric FM, and the most watched in terms of news is CWN (Central Worker's Network) 105.3 FM.