Tabarca

The Republic of Tabarca (Spanish: Reoública de Tabarca), is a micronation which composes of the Tabarca Island and it's island borders. It's capital and largest city is Puerto de Tabarca, and it's official language is Spanish.

## History

In the imperial times, the Aragonese people called the island Illa de San Pau, in honor of Saint Paul. According to some people, the island was the place where Saint Paul had been traveling to in it's last years of life.

At the end of the Civil War and the defeat of the Republicans, to avoid being arrested by the Franquista government, Some republican supporters such as Antonio Marquesas and Juan Vill' d'Erino, had been moving on to an island called Tabarcas, which, despite it being a populated island, they thought it was inhabitated because they landed on the eastern part of it. Antonio and the other Republican governments made slack houses on where nobody lived.

In 1941, a plan to revive the island as an independent colony made only for the Republican supporters has been made. The Congress of Santa Puebla, which was led by the mayor of the island, Vilars de Montjuic, and one of the supporters, Esteban Balaguer, was held in a home, and over 200 people had been visiting the congress. After the congress had been made, the Partido Nacionalista Tabarcano had been founded, and thus, taking over the island and it's uninhabited borders.

In 1942, the Declaration of Independence, which was signed by Balaguer, the leader of the PNT, along with 30 Tabarcan nationalists and even the former president of Spain, Manuel Azaña, was held outside, in the shores of the island. They decided to make a plan to urbanize and capitalize all the island, thus becaming a city-state.

## Culture

Tabarca's culture derives from the Castillian and the African cultures. There were Catalan people residing on the area, but since the constitution of 1976, many of the Catalan people had been traveling to Catalonia for more space.

Tabarca's patron is Saint Paul, and it's feast is celebrated every second Friday of October. Other patron saints include the Virgin of the Sea of Tabarca, which is celebrated outside the isle on a boat every April.

Tabarca's favorite sport is Football, and despite being a city-state, over 20 teams are located between the island, and most of these belong to small companies and colleges within it.

## Economy

Tabarca's national currency is the islote, which is equivalent to 3 dollars and one cent. The islote has been one of the most rarest to find dollars in the world, and some of those islotes contain pictures of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck on it since the 1980's, possibly to promote a television program in the nation.

Tabarca's economy mostly relies in fishing, aviculture, and manufacturing. Many of the towers there have been demolished due to the lack of space in the island, and some of the houses have chicken farms outside them.

## Subdivisions

Tabarca used to be a singular city state, but the government since the 1970's established the "barrios" division for the land. There are 9 barrios, 7 of them which are located within the island.

## Symbols

Tabarca's flag has been confected by a resident of the island, Claudi Benivillás, in the 1910's. The flag was proclaimed a symbol of the republic since the independence of the nation in 1942. It is a red flag composed of two stripes within each other, one teal and one white, along with a castle in the upper side of it.

Tabarca's anthem is Himno de Tabarca, which was adopted from a song in the 1930's honoring the Spanish Republic.

## Telecommunications

Tabarca's most watched telecommunication system is the Radio. A majority of the stations do not play music as filler, such as the national radio station, Libre Tabarca Stereo, which is based on the city of Santa Puebla. The television service called TNT is the only network in the island, and it is divided into 3 stations.