Mandragorat Wandystanu watching from inside the one and a half years. It is a country founded on freedom of creation, processing, and continuous build anew. Redefining the meaning and educates. tension between the PA and the rest of the country has increased since May. Benefits of Autonomy were quite large and in some areas allowed to keep at bay the Prince. Benefits from the merger of the Principality of states, resulting in one became an autonomous province, were not huge. Wandejskich few activists began to work in the arena of national autonomy has lived his former life. The Union, "a return to the motherland", definitely failed. Residents of the Palestinian openly admit to cultural differences. They even went so that the newly elected Palestinian president, after receiving a peerage by a double oath - of loyalty Prince, but ... the autonomous province. Rozsierdziło is His Highness and it was one of the first harbingers of differences, which for years was able to sweep under the carpet.
In the seventh anniversary of the state, the Chancellor decided to put the statues Sarmatia Prince Peter Nicholas in the capital cities of all provinces. Monument erected also Genosse-Wanda Stadt. Do not, however, the residents asked the Palestinian Authority for approval. Some of them, with the President at the head, revolted, because the Constitution guaranteed the Palestinian self-government. The monument stood not for long. Militia Radical Civic Democrats blew it in the air, to the delight of the crowd wiwatującego. Uproar. The prince remained silent, but the former opponents of unification, who believed that Sarmacja too much depends on the decision of the PA, began to be revealed and openly criticize Wandystan. There was another altercation, this time about foreign policy. Mandragorat Wandystanu gained from the Prince of the privilege of conducting its own foreign policy. However, delayed the development of doctrine, and in the meantime People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs started talking with the policies of foreign countries. For monarchists was equivalent to rebellion. And although the President publicly forbade the Commissioner for further discussions, the proponents of a strong government campaign against the Duke began to Palestinian citizens.
Club was founded St. Basil. Basilian Mandragoratu demanded equality in rights with other provinces. It started with an open political struggle. Senators Speaker of the House of the Principality, while Mandragora Socjogramu, called a meeting Crisis wandejskich elites. The meeting, however, secretly recorded and People's Commissar for information, an advocate of separation from the Duchy Wandystanu, has released a recording. All residents of the Principality to hear "tapes of truth", the President of the Palestinian Authority, and many important Mandragorów Wandejczyków, they say that sooner or later Wandystan separated from the Principality, but must be strengthened and "zwandeizować, k @ #% a, Sarmacja" . Strength bazylian ended. The same evening, the Chancellor, zealous bazylianin, made the Prince a request for a state of emergency.
" woke up and again it was not teleranka" - these words described one of the aristocrats of the incident the next morning. entered a state of emergency. The Prince set up a Committee for National Salvation. Residents are limited freedom to travel around the country. Ordered to imprison so. wandejskich conspirators. Were detained, deprived of their right to communicate with the outside world. "Journal Royal - big province Baridas - Managed to print some of the smuggled through the bars of proclamations, but soon after it was closed.
" conspirators" Bounced. Wandystan strengthened the internal border of the Sarmacja. KON dismissed by a judge of the Supreme Court of the Principality, Mandragora Dawn, reported that the scrutiny are incompatible with the Constitution and found empty throne. Speaker of Chamber of Senators took over as the Prince and called free election. Unfortunately, most territory of the Principality was dominated by former Prince and the Basilian KON, as a result of Marshall announced the dissolution of the Principality of Sarmatia, and the President declared independence by Mandragorat.
" Where is the horse?" Instead of "the eagle does not defeat CROW!"
Does the above description relates to a contemporary state? Or maybe it is a complete fiction, which can be partly refers to the incidents of December 1981? Neither the first nor the second explanation is not entirely correct. Not really, because the description actually applies to a functioning state, but a virtual state, and in fact is a reference to get martial law, although to a large extent in establishing an entirely accidental. There's no denying that described the story presents a completely different reason decree a state of emergency, and KON, no matter how he was like, I will never Wrona.
So what were described in the incident? Fun? Reconstruction of the incidents of December in the context of a computer game event? Or maybe it was actually processed (for uncertain - the true, if they can pinpoint who is) and mix it for the simulation of social network? "Where is the Horse," there is no such overtones as "CROW eagle does not defeat." Nevertheless, there are similarities, and a simulation of reality can be like a parallel universe. If there is, Who knows if it is not similar to ours, but it need not be identical. And this "nieidentyczność" virtual simulation emphasizes the country's virtual state, that is ... well, that is, what?
virtual reality simulator of the state as
As Wikipedia suggests, virtual State government is a simulation process based on a virtual community activity. This definition is worth attention because of its accuracy - puts the emphasis on activity mediated by the Internet virtual communication channels, points to the existence of virtual communities around the country, and takes into account the aspect of the simulation, which consists of building from scratch the institutions of state and maintaining the processes are similar to occurring in the "real" country. It can be assumed that the definition, although taken from Wikipedia, it is true, because the inhabitants of virtual states as a person immersed in the space channel hipermedium Internet communication, you probably would have reacted quickly to the false information about his activities. Micronations citizens themselves - because such a tracing language is also used to determine the v-state (although the English term micronation means more micro-states of the "our" reality) - talk about this activity: "it's more than a game." Especially when trying to determine micronation as online games. Citizens also note pozarozrywkowe aspects of the activity of the v-state. He says residents Wandystanu, which is hidden Wander under the pseudonym Lord: " our state is the most perfectly viable project of civic education" .
Wandystan definitely stands out Polish virtual states. Not only that, it is not typical of the monarchy - and the majority of Polish v-states are political systems based on the authority of the king or prince, and in support of their nobility and gentry. Also, because of references to actual political systems, which are strongly opposed to the monarchy. Wandystan retained some elements of monarchist: top of the hierarchy of social standing mandragorzy who are untouchable, and shall hold office for life, but their political possibilities are much greater than those which have the British Queen. Besides Mandragorat is a functioning democracy, which refers, even if the names of the departments, the democracy of ancient Rome and ... the Soviet Union.
At the head of state is elected every four months the president, who represents Wandystan abroad, is the head of state, directs the government (Council of People's Commissars), and while in office granted him the title of Dear Leader. Commissioners direct the work of different police stations: foreign affairs, youth and sports activation, wandejskiego heritage and education and people's commissariat for propaganda. They are appointed by the president, as head of the Service ... Security, which may in many cases, in accordance with the Law on the SB, to make provocations and act outside the law wandejskim. Head of the SB is not with impunity, subject to the SB, which includes the People's Tribune and ... Censor. Tribune is elected for a four-month-year term and chaired wandejskiego parliament, the People's Hural, which sit on the democratically elected kwiatoni. They may report a veto in relation to the presidential acts, change the Constitution and enact laws according to their own projects. Tribune plebiscites may issue on appeal Kwiatoń, but also praetor, and censor, and alienation from the functions of the President Mandragoratu. It may also announce a plebiscite on the new constitutional law.
The Censor gives wandejskie citizenship, but also has the right to take it. Control the functioning of state bodies, it also has the possibility of appointing inspectors folk to examine specific cases of alleged abuse of power. The last important official of the Praetor, who heads the People's Court. Appoint judges, consider the case, it seems judgments on behalf of Mandragoratu Wandystanu.
Mandragorzy and four senior officials inspect peeling each other, thereby reinforcing the social control over the exercise of power. It is significant that the distribution of offices is not fixed once and for all. The current balance of power was established just a year ago, before going through various stages. And although the current system of office is stable, to change it just will engaged citizens who use of democratic possibilities, adopting amendments to the Constitution. Interesting is the rotation of offices, it is rare that the most important elective public functions were exercised more than twice in a row by the same people. Residents seek new challenges, new opportunities are not willing to stagnation and to use only already existing solutions.
institutions and the grassroots projects
Wandystanie operates in a number of institutions that are only partially or not at all controlled by the state. An example might be Sarmacka People's Army. The soldiers formed military units, sometimes with strange names such as Baridejski Ćwierćbatalion Buffalo Soldier (black rasta soldiers born in other micronations, Baridasu Kingdom) or Troop Gelloński Machine (founded by weavers). And although the military has official superiors, is based on voluntary haul. Explanation of the conduct of war in the virtual world is a subject for a separate text. It is worth mentioning that the war resolution based on the number and quality of communications on the course of military action - wins the party is able to convince its own citizens colorful description of the war. In a world where reception is mediated by various types of messaging, information is the best weapon.
This army, however, only a narrow slice of grassroots activity Wandejczyków. Very important role played by religion. But it is not about creating associations of followers "real" religion. There arise a new, virtual religious movements, but inspired by the true religions. And so the Pope - Father And Secular Idi Amin, the current leader of the Secular Church Wandejskiego - guards' Wandowych Scriptures "(the mythical founder of Wandystanu, Socialist Comrade Wanda) and publishes articles found secular. Besides functioning religious minorities such as Wanda-Krishna (not further defined by an ideology) and Bravogirlizm also worshiped in neighboring Baridasie, which of course refers to the poor content of the magazine for female teenagers.
Freedom of transmission and transformation
Processing wandejskiej culture is not only the modification of ideas and tracks from the "real world". Wandystan uses the latest technological advances used by the learning community. Mandragoratu Party as the only Polish micronations, there are only a small proportion of managed centrally by the administrator. Most of the information on the site arises from the activity of citizens who have the ability to modify the contents of all pages wandejskich. The form of web content management system resembles the state Mandragoratu wiki. Just click to go to the editing form, remove outdated information, add an image or correct links. Pages wandejskie updated quickly, mistakes are rare and there is no mention of stagnant, as people not only modify the virtual system by wikipedyjny state, but are also able to create new pages, new institutions, and to exercise their appropriate content. Communication takes place by both the web and mailing list, where - in contrast to the many Polish micronations - people can freely express their views and emotions. They do this often using profanity, which - perhaps because they refer to the line of revolutionary rhetoric - even became an indispensable part of the landscape wandejskiego communication.
Mix ideology - libertacjalistyczny consensus
Wandystanie used in the processor technology, editing and creating information, which makes the generated knowledge becomes the single value, detached from the sum of the individual merits of the inhabitants of their commitment, it's just further proof of the nature of this stretch remiksowego v-Polish statehood. The same is true of wandejskim political system. It is impossible to enter here into the history Mandragoratu, But we say that the creature was created at the initiative of the rebellious citizens of the Principality of Sarmatia, who created an alliance of libertarians and socialists and not agreed with Prince on changes in the state. Thus, from the very beginning is a bizarre marriage of Mandragorat v-Communists, Socialists v-v-libertarians. Two very different visions of freedom, seasoned with a pinch of monarchist roots and a relatively small population v-anarchists formed the crucible from which emerged, perhaps not entirely coherent, but a stable political system. During the follow libertacjalizmem called him, I am aware, however, that this term does not fully reflect the complexity of the case.
Because wandejskiego bizarre origin of the political system, you will find an interesting job titles in the administrative structure of the state. The Council of People's Commissars, the Security Service and the Citizens 'Militia, state symbols, and SAL Soviet uniforms and social solidarity coexist with the libertarian vision of free market and progress in the implementation of direct democracy and citizens' anarchistic attitude that reminds cavalier attitude of the nobility of the First Republic. What's interesting, political parties do not argue with you on the line far left - liberals gauge, but taking the standard cocktail of both outlooks, rather quarrel about whether taxes are to be either A national or local, with which the country work more closely together, and finally : better place for radical, revolutionary action and build a peaceful country.
Virtual state - real civic education
Mandragorat Wandystanu can be considered as specific learning environment designed for people interested in various aspects of the state. Citizens have a high degree of political consciousness, political activity is driven mainly by people with defined political opinions, resulting in Wandystanie takes constant brainstorming and made attempts to transform the state model. Citizens are varied because of the degree of formal education completed. Dominated by high school students, college students and young graduates.
mikronacyjnej Continued development of culture through the confrontation of views and direct or indirect derive from culture "real world" by using modern communication technology provides ample opportunity. First of all, people learn how to simultaneously work together and use those technologies: the mailing lists, discussion forums, content management systems, blogs, wikis, etc. created a knowledge society based on access to information.
Mandragoratu In the communication space can be divided into informal education, which is taken from the bottom up and is often the accidental, the freedom to acquire new knowledge during the activity and (re) construction of space social, but also attempts to formal learning. Formal education can take place in formal educational institutions, strictly, such as research institutes and universities - but these, despite repeated attempts to start, never actually began the actual business. Formal education also works occasionally in military units in the form of various types of training, takes the shape of prosecutorial or judicial internships. For some time, it is popular apprenticeship at various offices. This is usually political allies in the training of their successors. An example might be one of the former People's tribunes, who learned his role as acting first secretary of the Grandstand.
with non-formal education can also be found in various fields of activity. Among other things, while working in the press agencies doing business in the economic system, the activities of cultural institutions, etc. Because Wandystanu allow residents contribute through open information systems, knowledge is constantly being produced and together - even through the exchange of information and errors. An interesting example is the user's economic system Cintra II (Central Index Transactions) launched after several months of testing guide has been prepared not only by the creator of the system, but also by users who have become familiar with where wandejską economy, improve the book, as well as catching errors in the functioning of the system and transmit the information to the principal author.
Wandejski economic system, though interesting, would require at least kilkustronicowego card (the manual itself is already is longer). Certainly it is worth noting that, apart from mining, trade, acquisition of skills, production of intermediate products produced from raw materials, residents have the opportunity to travel, but also connecting to the clans. Clans are a kind of federation of trade, which from affiliated raise taxes (taxes on transactions also automatically collect state and local government units, rates are passed according to law). Clans also allow for the common defense in case of attack other clans that want to grab property, or calling for "redistribution of wealth." It can therefore say that the economic system is based on a sense of extreme free-market logic, combined with a quasi-tribal clan system. You supervise a little, basically limited to being a tax collector. This economy is a kind of simulation game in the game, because participation in the economic system is optional (you can opt out of exploring the intricacies of economics).
culture of participation and the economics of processing
micronation, even a small (and this is Mandragorat Wandystanu with its twenty-citizens) may be an important element of the v-world. And so it happens, and built culture requires study not less and not less involved than exploring the culture of an institution or foreign social worlds. So I managed to only briefly indicate the possibility of building artificial culture based on continuous processing and redefining meanings. Continuous reconstruction micronations subject to the whole culture. Remixing, if I may use such determination, takes place in the sphere of political ideology, institution building from above, the creation of grassroots initiatives, web content and art, all powered by energy participants, seeks to target, which is the result of the contribution of individual units. It is therefore a project in statu nascendi , which constantly draws on the culture of "real world", but the real story is used to shape an entirely new story, giving new meanings to old texts by their position in the new, liquid contexts.
really created a virtual world? Edward Castronova proposes to speak rather of artificial worlds, not virtual. I think he is right, because the social world micronations, built on the basis of broad Internet messaging, is just as real (in the sense of sincerity emerging relationships) as well as discussions on the forums about the everyday worries and problems. It also seems that mediated the establishment of relationships and construct imaginary tales in the world based on the nodal architecture is not hypermedia is neither worse nor better than a world based on the interaction face to face "and using the so-called. old media.
Who knows if micronation are not currently one of the most interesting area of \u200b\u200beducation. Following in the footsteps of Henry Jenkins, one can say that in virtual worlds, children are much more creative than ever had, acting in school plays such as local government. The possibilities are limitless, differently from For online games, which at any time may be excluded, each may also be expelled from the game if his sentence is not exactly correspond to the expectations of producers. Thus, perhaps, in accordance with the vision, which spins Castronova, heading for a world in which social interactions, but the whole cultural production will take place in and around online games. But we can ask whether shifting their activity to the artificial worlds, we intend to do so only according to rules of the game imposed on us, or may want to try self-production, współkreowania principles with other participants, so that even in our artificial worlds to feel the power of creative participation in the process of governance.
micronation certainly provide this capability. And though now their worlds are at the foundations of outdated websites, mailing lists and communication via MSN, you can not say they are worse than a beautifully-generated worlds, World of Warcraft or Second Life. As the authors write Wikinomics: "Billions of connected individuals can now actively participate in innovation, wealth and social development in a manner which we never dreamed of. And when the masses of people cooperate together to celebrate art, culture, science, education, the apparatus of power and economy in surprising but entirely worthwhile way. " This does not necessarily depend on us while the direct gains from the grassroots network activity. Artificial worlds can play an educational role, allow children and adults learn by simulation and treatment in controlled their worlds so that they can a bit to break free from commercial pressures and simple (boorish?) teaching economics in the worlds of commercial games, and they can learn the value of "moral economy of information."
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