The Valley of Aosta, a great history of micronationalism

Flag of Aosta

Coat of arms of Aosta

Valle d'Aosta is one of the twenty regions that make up the Italian Republic. Its capital and most populated city is Aosta. It is located in northwestern Italy, bounded on the north by Switzerland, on the east and south by Piedmont and on the west by France. It is one of the five regions with special status, in Italy. Located in the Western Alps, on both sides of the Dora Baltea basin, it is part of the Alps-Mediterranean Euroregion.

LOCATION

It is located at the confluence of the Buthier with the Dora Baltea (in French, Doire baltée), at the junction of the roads leading to the Mont Blanc tunnel and the Great San Bernardo.

HISTORY

Aosta was founded by the halls; in the 25 a. C. became capital of the region colonized by the Romans and took the name of Augusta Praetoria.

During the Roman period it was enriched with buildings, bridges, aqueducts and still preserves from this period the walls, the typical urban structure in the form of a chessboard and important monumental testimonies.

In the Middle Ages, after enduring the dominations of the Goths, Franks and Saracens, it passed to the Savoy in 1025.

In 1031–1032 Humbert I of Savoy, the founder of the House of Savoy, received the title Count of Aosta from Emperor Conrad II of the Franconian line and built himself a commanding fortification at Bard. Saint Anselm of Canterbury was born in Aosta in 1033 or 1034. The region was divided among strongly fortified castles, and in 1191 Thomas I of Savoy found it necessary to grant to the communes a Charte des franchises ("Charter of Liberties") that preserved autonomy—rights that were fiercely defended until 1770, when they were revoked in order to tie Aosta more closely to Piedmont, but which were again demanded during post-Napoleonic times. In the mid-13th century Emperor Frederick II made the County of Aosta a duchy (see Duke of Aosta), and its arms charged with a lion rampant were carried in the Savoy arms until the reunification of Italy in 1870.

The region remained part of Savoy lands, with the exceptions of French occupations from 1539 to 1563, later in 1691, then between 1704 and 1706. As part of the Kingdom of Sardinia it joined the new Kingdom of Italy in 1861. It was also ruled by the First French Empire between 1800 and 1814. During French rule, it was part of Aoste arrondissement in Doire department.

The region gained special autonomous status after the end of World War II; the province of Aosta ceased to exist in 1945.

LANGUAGES

In Aosta, the Valdostan dialect of the Franco-Provençal language is used. The official languages are French and Italian.

CLIMATE

The valleys, usually above 1600 metres, annually have a Cold Continental Climate (Dfc). In this climate the snow season is very long, as long as 8 or 9 months at the highest points. During the summer, mist occurs almost every day. Areas between 2000 metres and 3500 metres usually have a Tundra Climate (ET), where every month has an average temperature below 10 °C (50 °F). This climate may be a kind of more severe Cold Oceanic Climate

AOSTA INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT

Aosta have always been a place where citizens want to be independent from Italy.

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA

Several micronationalists and libertarians support Aosta independence. 

MOVEMENT OF CULTURAL OPINION

Pays d'Aoste is a non-profit, non-profit cultural opinion movement that is part of the cultural association Centro Studi Jean-Baptiste De Tillier founded in Aosta in 1989.

The Pays d'Aoste group was founded in 2012 with the intention of defending and promoting the identity of Valle d'Aosta.

PAYS D'AOSTE

It all started at the beginning of 2012, both during and after the numerous conferences to present the book "The Question of Valle d'Aosta: a nation without a State", which took place in many places in Valle d'Aosta by Mauro Caniggia Nicolotti and Luca Poggianti.

During these meetings, several people interested in developing issues related to the Valle d'Aosta identity and the history of our land decided to organize together in a cultural movement.

Strong, therefore, of such interest on the part of many, on October 27 the group "Pays d'Aoste" was established within the cultural association Centro Studi De Tillier.

"Pays d'Aoste" is a cultural and non-partisan, non-denominational opinion movement that aims to bring together all those people and groups that recognize themselves in the principles listed here.

We care about Valle d'Aosta and we intend to work to safeguard its territorial integrity, as well as ethnic-linguistic and cultural autonomy, but also its historical autonomy. Therefore, we support and demand the right to self-determination of the inhabitants of Valle d'Aosta.

In fact, we believe that the dissemination of well-being among the citizens of Valle d'Aosta and the social and economic development of Valle d'Aosta can not ignore the defense of these values.

For them it is a priority that Valle d'Aosta recover its ancestral history, the only ingredient that can allow the reconstruction of a strong common sense of belonging to the territory, the compass of our future.

This group was born, as was initially said, from a rib of the Centro Studi De Tillier, a cultural association founded in 1989 and that since then has hundreds of initiatives (editorial, artistic, cultural, ...).

Its members have different ages, professions and backgrounds, but all converge in the commitment to defend the identity of Valle d'Aosta.

We never ask our members to vote, nor give them a voting address or chichessia.

Recently on the network appeared some criticisms towards us, defining a "ghost" movement of opinion that calls itself "Pays d'Aoste", but even adjectives (let's say "debatable") directed to our representatives and their way of thinking. We understand why these attitudes.

We are not looking for confrontation, but dialectics ... and after freedom of thought and action and respect for democratic and moral rules.

We are not tied to any political party or movement, nor do we have to account for this or another politician, or private interests or of various kinds.

We are a group that cares about Valle d'Aosta and its events. Is there something strange or subtly political in all this? We do not ask for a vote, nor ambitions for the candidacy; we do not take public contributions and we do not consider that the absolute Word prevails over any other thought.

We are simply Valle d'Aosta, who care about their territory and express this affection in the way they consider most appropriate to their abilities and desires.

All with respect to all diversity; not only of thought, but also of ethnicity, language, religion, color and other characteristics that, for us, represent only the human wealth of this world and should never be a reason for exclusion. Integration and exchange are among the many ingredients of life in common, the spirit of freedom and peace.

Historical agreement between The Night Cap Nation and the House of DeHerrera

Joshua Thomas Crute, said in social media, the following: ''Thank you to the great King William. 

King of the House Of DeHerrera for the warm welcome and friendship between our Nations.''

Yesterday, 10th december of 2017, two micronations reached an agreement. The Night Cap Nation and the House of DeHerrera.

The sovereign of The Night Cap Nation is the Captain Joshua Thomas Crute, while the Head of the House of DeHerrera is William DeHerrara-Villarini.

Both, yesterday, signed a treaty of Friendship and Cooperation.

Republic of Waduya

The Dictator is a 2012 British-American political satire black comedy film co-written by and starring Sacha Baron Cohen as his fourth feature film in a leading role. The film is directed by Larry Charles, who previously directed Baron Cohen's mockumentaries Borat and Brüno. Baron Cohen, in the role of Admiral General Aladeen, the dictator of the fictional Republic of Wadiya visiting the United States, stars alongside Anna Faris, Ben Kingsley, Jason Mantzoukas, and an uncredited appearance by John C. Reilly.

Argument

For years the Republic of Wadiya, in North Africa, has been ruled by Admiral General Haffaz Aladeen (Sacha Baron Cohen), a childish, lascivious, despotic, misogynist, anti-Western and anti-Semitic dictator who surrounds himself with female bodyguards. Aladeen refuses to allow Wadiyano oil to be sold internationally and is working on the development of nuclear weapons. After the Security Council of the United Nations decides to intervene militarily, Aladeen travels to the UN headquarters in New York to address the Council.

Shortly after arriving, he is kidnapped by Clayton, a hitman hired by his uncle Tamir, who intends to betray him. Tamir replaces Aladeen with a decoy called Efawadh, whom he intends to manipulate to sign a treaty that nominally aims to democratize Wadiya and allow the export of oil from the country leaving it in the hands of foreign interests.

Aladeen escapes after Clayton accidentally caught fire, but his huge beard had been shaved by Clayton, making him virtually unrecognizable. Soon he meets the activist Zoey, who offers him a job. Aladeen rejects the offer and travels to the "Little Wadiya" in New York located near the Marcy Avenue station, populated by refugees from his country, many of them fleeing from Aladeen. There, he meets "Nuclear" Nadal, former head of Wadiya's nuclear arms program and exproxeneta (he provided Aladeen's women), whom Aladeen believed he had previously executed. Nadal explains that the Wadiyan rebels have infiltrated his intelligence unit, sending all the people he had ordered to exile to exile.

Wanting his former bodyguard job, Nadal promises to help Aladden thwart Tamir's plans and regain his position as "supreme leader", provided that Aladeen will be the new head of Wadiya's WMD program. Aladeen agrees and accepts the offer of Zoey's work, since it takes place at the hotel where the treaty will be signed.

Aladeen gradually falls in love with Zoey after she refuses his sexual advances and later sees how she confronts a policeman with courage and passion. Around the business struggles of Zoey, Aladeen begins imposing strict schedules around the world, forming a personality cult around Zoey and intimidating an inspector to give the store a good review. However, Aladeen's relationship with Zoey becomes tense after he reveals his true identity.

After acquiring a new beard taken from a corpse, Aladeen infiltrates the hotel and tells Efawadh to leave. At the signing ceremony, he breaks Tamir's document in front of the UN delegation, and has a passionate speech praising the virtues of the dictatorship, establishing unwelcome parallels to current issues in the United States. However, upon seeing Zoey in the room, he declares his love for her and, knowing the views strongly held by Zoey, votes to democratize his country and open the Wadiya oil fields, but in a way that the population benefits. Angry with Aladeen to stay in power, Tamir tries to kill him but Efawadh jumps in front of the bullet and receives the shot but survives, since his job "was to receive bullets in the head".

A year later, Wadiya celebrates its first democratic elections, although they are rigged in favor of Aladeen (having now added the title of President Prime Minister Admiral General). Later, she marries Zoey, but is surprised when she breaks a cup with her foot and reveals herself as a Jewess.

Scenes during the final credits show Aladeen, driving green cars, visiting a Nadal reintegrated, and later Zoey reveals in a television interview that she is pregnant with the couple's first child. Aladeen responds to the news by asking Zoey if she is having "a child or an abortion." The film begins with a note that said it was dedicated to the memory of Kim Jong-il.

10 REASONS WHY PONTINHA'S INDEPENDENCE CASE IS NOT THE SAME AS CATALONIA'S CASE

10 REASONS WHY THE CASE OF PONTINHA IS NOT THE SAME AS CATALONIA

1.	The Principality of Pontinha is seceded from 1903.	Catalonia tried to secede       in 2017.
2.	The Principality of Pontinha has been recognized as independent by the King of Portugal	The Republic of Catalonia has not been Recognized by the Spanish Authorities.
3.	The Principality of Pontinha’s independence won’t create a crisis in Portugal, if it secedes.	The Republic of Catalonia will create a crisis in Spain, Andorra and France, if it secedes.
4.	The Principality of Pontinha’s independence movement is supported by 100% of Pontinha’s population	The independence of Catalonia is only supported by a part of the population.
5.	The Principality of Pontinha’s independence movement is supported by 100% of Pontinha’s owners	The Republic of Catalonia is only supported by a part of the owners of Catalonia.
6.	The Principality of Pontinha’s independence movement is supported by Pontinha’s monarch	The Catalonia Region has not been supported the Sovereign of Catalonia.
7.	An independent Principality of Pontinha would create an increase of international tourists to Madeira’s Island	An independent Republic of Catalonia would create a decrease of international tourists in Catalonia and Andorra.
8.	The Principality of Pontinha’s independence is not related with political interests.	The Republic of Catalonia’s independence is related with political interests.
9.	The Principality of Pontinha could be useful for humanity for experimenting an utopical libertarian project.	We can’t make experimental political projects on a Region like Catalonia, because the consequences could be too bad.
10.	If the Principality of Pontinha secedes, this situation won’t provoke a problem in Europe	If the Catalonia Region secedes, that would create an international problem, especially in markets.

10 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT PONTINHA

The conflict between Pontinha and Portugal, explained by Self Herald

Self Herald designed a comic to explain the history of Pontinha, as a legitimate country, which has been incorpored ''de facto'' by Portugal. To congratulate Prince Renato II for his effort, Self Herald designed this comic for him.

An actor which founded his own micronation

Today's  article is about an excentric man, Joshua Thomas Crute. He is known as the Captain. He is the founder of a micronation, but he is still more than that. He is a Crute Actor, MC and Comedian. He was very famous in social media, but became more famous when he decided to create a project of country.

First I am going to talk about his radio ''THE NIGHT CAP''

This radio was born on November 2007 and called The Night Cap and started on community radio station 3WBC where Joshua stayed until early 2011 moving to 3MDR.

The Night Cap is a twice a week live to air radio broadcast that has a strong cult following of dedicated fans from not only in Melbourne, but around Australia and America and around the world.

With the successful integration of social media, they were able to spread the word about their program.

The Night Cap radio show is a fun, exciting and most importantly interactive show that is as dedicated to its fans as they are to us.

The platform of The Night Cap is unique whereby we allow their listeners to create the shows content – they tell us what they want – and we deliver! 

Celebrity interviews, new music releases, red carpet events, news and opinions, and live discussion all live, on-air and open to our listeners.

Now I will talk about the Micronation founded by Joshua, which has the same name as the radio.

The 25th of November, the Night Cap, which is the radio of Joshua Thomas Crute, turned 10 years old. To celebrate its birthday, The Night Cao made the bold decision to form a Micronation. Of course, with the same name as the radio. The Sovereignty of The Night Cap Nation was created.

The Sovereignty of The Night Cap Nation is in fact now its own Nation, it has international relationship with the Republic of Molossia.

The Captain Monarch of the The Sovereignty of The Night Cap Nation is Joshua Thomas Crute, which is known as the Captain. In fact he was recognized by the Molossian authorities, as a captain. Joshua holds the commissioned rank of Honorary Captain of the Molossian Navy.

The President of Molossia gave the Honororay rank of Lieutenant of Arm Services. There is not any diplomacy between both nations, but they respect each other. We can see Joshua, The Captain, has a lot of contacts with Heads of State of several micronations, including the authorities of the Republic of Molossia.

In honour to this great man, Joshua Thomas Crute, we designed a portrait.

Prince Renato II, in a LUXURY MAGAZINE

A quite honour to have a friend like ours, His Majesty the Prince Renato II. For promoting his Principality we designed for him the following picture, a picture which he deserves.