Republic of Todia
Republic of Todia Catalan: República de Todia | |
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 Coat of arms
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| Motto: "Libertas ante omnis" (Latin) "Freedom before all" (English) | |
| Anthem: Freedom and Peace | |
 Map of Europe, Todia, marked with the green dot. | |
| Capital | City of Todia |
| Official languages | Catalan |
| Recognised regional languages | |
| Scheduled languages | |
| Ethnic groups | 40% White 20% Asian 20% Arab 20% Indian |
| Religion | Secular state (no official state religion) 40% Islam 20% Catholic 20% Protestant 20% Hindu |
| Demonym(s) | Todian |
| Government | Unitary presidential republic under a non-partisan democracy |
| Christian Laudani | |
• Vice President | vacant |
| Legislature | General Assembly |
| Independence from Italy | |
• Establishment | 24 April 2022 |
| Population | |
• January 2023 estimate | 18 citizens |
| HDI (2022) | 0.824 very high |
| Currency | Todian franc (TFR) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| Date format | dd-mm-yy |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +39 |
| Internet TLD | .it |
Website Todian Government Website | |
The Republic of Todia (Catalan: República de Todia) is a self-declared sovereign state, commonly know as a micronation by external observers and also known as Todia (TD). Todia is located in Europe, landlocked within Italy. Todia is a Presidential Republic under a non-partisan democracy. At the 2022 census, Todia has 14 registered inhabitants. The official language in Todia is Catalan and four recognized national languages: English, Italian, Russian and French. The Republic of Todia is an observer of the Pacific Association of Micronations, a provisional member of the League of Independent Nations and was also a member of the defunct Union of Peace. Todia scores a 3.8 on Roscoe's Scale of Micronational Seriousness, a 3.2 on David's Micronational Potential Index, and a 4.0 on the Categoric-Gradial System of Classification. The Republic of Todia has a space agency the Todia Space Agency. Since 14 Decemeber 2022 with the Presidential Decree N.01, approved by the Presidential Council, the Republic of Todia recognises six new langauges: German, Kazakh, Arabic, Chinese, Indonesian and Japanese. Todia scored a 9.0 out of 10 on the Micronational Democracy Index making it the 8th micronation in the Micronational Democracy Index list.
Etymology
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History
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Todia was formed on 24 April 2022 by the current President Christian Laudani. Todia is considered to be the successor of the Republic of Christiania, founded in 2019 and dissolved on 31 December 2021. The form of the state was inspired by several countries in europe like San Marino, Monaco and Andorra. Todia has established its first diplomatic relations on 8 June 2023 with Principality of Sancratosia and continued to establish diplomatic relations with several nations. During June 2022 the Todian Discord server suffered an informatic attack carried out by Terry McKeen III. The capital city of the Republic of Todia is City of Todia located in the District of Northern Todia. In May 2023 the country started using Catalan as sole official language. In June 2023 Todia became a member of the OMENU and submitted membership applications for the League of Independent Nations and the Grand Unified Micronational.
Geography
The Republic of Todia is situated at an elevation of 400mt on the sea level. Situated at 20 km from the Ligurian riviera, the Todian climate is a typical meditterean climate with temperatures that in summer (2022) can reach even 40 degrees and in winter -5 degrees. Near Todia various animals can be seen like Grey-Doves and Sparrows, also sometimes snakes can be seen. Todia is joined to the central-western section of the European continent by the Alps. Due to its position, it constitutes a bridge between Europe and Africa. Todia has a prevalence of hilly areas (41.6% of the territory) compared to mountainous areas (35.2% of the territory), or flat areas (23.2%). The Todian soil today is the result of anthropization and is partly mountainous, partly hilly, partly volcanic, partly endolagunar with bumps, polesine, islands, dried up by reclamation.
Districts
The Republic of Todia is split into three Districts:
- District of Northern Todia; Capital city: City of Todia.
- District of Central Todia; Capital city: Novotodivsk.
- District of Southern Todia; Capital city: Llibertat.
And one Special Administrated Overseas Department:
- Todian Antartic Territory; Administrative center: Penguin Port (De facto), City of Todia (De iure)
The capital city City of Todia is located in the District of Northern Todia. The three districts form the province of Greater Todia.
Politics
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| Christian Laudani President of Todia |
Vacant Vice President of Todia |
Government
According to the Constitution, Todia is governed under a Unitary presidential republic under a non-partisan democracy, with the President, Christian Laudani, as head of state. The executive power is exercised by the Vice President as the head of government, who presides over the Presidential Council, alongside the President and the High Councellor.
The prerogative to propose and promulgate laws belongs to the General Assembly, which has the power to modify current laws and approve and propose new laws. This shared legislative power is also applied for every revision of the Constitution.
Foreign relations
Todia recognises unilaterally all the micronations (except for Arcadia, Almendria and Fontasia that are considered terroristic assosiations) which adhere to the declarative theory of statehood (every state that have a defined territory, a permanent population, a government and the capacity to enter in relation with other micronational states) is de facto recognized by Todia. Currently Todia has diplomatic missions in Indonesia, the Netherlands, Poland and Italy. On 25 April 2022 the Republic of Todia founded its first embassy in Italy. It maintains unilateral recognition with Kosovo, Palestine, Taiwan, Artsakh, and Seborga.
The Republic of Todia is an observer of the OMENU, Pacific Association of Micronations and was a member of the defunct Union of Peace.
Countries that have established informal diplomatic relations with Todia
Republic of Molossia: from 10 July 2023
| Country | Treaty signed on | Date of establishment | Notes |
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 Principality of Sancratosia
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8 June 2022 | 1 December 2021 | Host of Digi Micro Summit |
| Lovinia | 2 July 2022 | 2016 | |
 Kotland
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4 July 2022 | 26 April 2022 | |
| Kingdom of Great Esteria | 8 August 2022 | 2022 | Attendee of Digi Micro Summit |
| Republic of Victor | 13 August 2022 | January 2022 | |
 Democratic Republic of Satoshi
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23 August 2022 | 12 February 2022 | Host of Digi Micro Summit |
 Republic of Poets
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26 August 2022 | 6 July 2022 | Attendee of Digi Micro Summit |
 Second Crowned Republic of Yu-Xia
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27 August 2022 | 3 February 2020 | Member of the Cupertino Alliance |
| Empire of Yamatai | 7 September 2022 | 22 July 2022 | |
| Empire of Vishima | 31 October 2022 | 2022 | |
 Republic of Terredepaix
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20 November 2022 | 27 August | |
 Empire of Belangard
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1 January 2023 | 15 October 2021 | Attendee of Digi Micro Summit |
| Country | Establishment date | Leader | Category | Notes |
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 North Korea
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9 September 1948 | Kim Jong-Un
(eternal president: Kim Il-Sung) |
Macronation | Not recognised for violating human rights of North-Korean People |
 China
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1 October 1949 | Xi Jinping | Macronation | Not recognised for violating the sovereignty of the Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| Tsardom of Arcadia | Unknown | Terry McKeen III | Micronation | Responsible for raiding the Todian infrastructure |
| Almendria | 1 January 2016 | Tizian Aruna | Micronation | Responsible for raiding the Todian infrastructure |
| Kingdom of Fontasia | 1 March 2022 | Connor I | Micronation | Responsible for raiding the Todian infrastructure |
| Country | Establishment date | Leader | Category | Notes |
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 Palestine
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15 November 1988 | Mahmoud Abbas | Macronation | Recognised instead of Israel |
 Artsakh
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10 December 1991 | Arayik Harutyunyan | Breakaway state | Todia recognises as legitimate territory of Artsakh the current adminitsrated territories by Artsakh ad the occupied territories by Azerbaijan. |
 Kosovo
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17 February 2008 | Vjosa Osmani | Macronation | |
 Taiwan
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7 December 1949 | Tsai Ing-wen | Macronation |
Culture
| Date | National Holidays |
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| 1 January | New Year's Day |
| 27 January | International Holocaust Remembrance Day |
| 24 April | Independence Day |
| 25 April | Liberation Day |
| 1 May | Worker's Day |
| 21 October | President's Day |
| 24-25 December | Christmas Eve and Day |
The culture of Todia is closely linked to Italian, Ukrainian, Russian and Armenian culture because of the variety of cultures present in the country. The national Todian sport is swimming practiced mainly in summer but also in other seasons except winter. The national animal is the bear, which is also featured in the coat of arms.
The Republic of Todia has a national on-demand and live service that operates on YouTube. The official state-owned television network is the Todia Broadcasting Company (previously called TCTV) that broadcast on [1]. tbcFM is the state-owned radio service operated by Radiodifusió Todiá. tbcFM available worldwide for free on Zeno FM.
On 24 June 2022, the 2 months anniversary of the Republic of Todia, the first museum of the country was created, the Museum of the Car Model with over than 400 car models from all over the world was opened in City of Todia. The president at the grand opening said: "This is the first step to create an incredible cultural developement in Todia ".
Transports
See also: Trams in Todia
Currently Todia is building its Tramway that will connect all the cities in the country with a total of four lines. The first line,the Line 1, was inaugurated on 18 May 2023 by the President, who also presented the project and the rolling-stock of the Line 2, that will be opened in June. The Autoritat de Transport de Todia is the responsible and the owner of the tramway and the bus network of the country.
On 1 January 2023 the Ministry of Trasportation has founded TodiAir, the flagship airline of Todia. TodiAir will operate from the Todia International Airport, which shares its runaways with the Albenga Airport located in the Province of Savona, Italy.
Symbols
See also: Coat of arms of Todia
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Current National Flag
6 June 2022–Present -
Current Todian Coat of arms
8 July 2023–Present -
Former National Flag
24 April 2022–6 June 2022 -
Former Todian Coat of arms
24 april 2022–8 July 2023 -
Todian National Seal
