Republic of Todia

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Republic of Todia
Catalan: República de Todia
Flag of Todia
Flag
Coat of arms of Todia
Coat of arms
Motto: "Libertas ante omnis" (Latin)
"Freedom before all" (English)
Anthem: Freedom and Peace
Map of Todia
Map of Todia
Capital City of Todia
Largest city Llibertat
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
• President
Christian Laudani
• Vice President
vacant
Legislature General Assembly
Independence 
from Italy
• Establishment
24 April 2022
Area
• Total
 000,015 km2 (5.8 sq mi)
Population
• March 2024 population
 19 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 +770 (proposed)
Internet TLD .tda
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.

The official language in Todia is Catalan. Apart from Catalan, English, Italian, Russian and French are recognized as regional languages, with English and Italian being the most used ones, and their usage is permitted in the government . Todia can be considered either a Catalan and an Italian micronation.

The Republic is governed under a presidential republic under a non-partisan democracy, the president leads the government and is the head of state. The president is the most important political figure and is elected directly by the citizens every 10 years.

The Republic of Todia is an observer of the Pacific Association of Micronations, a provisional member of the League of Independent Nations and was a member of the defunct Union of Peace. Todia scores a 3.8 on Daniel'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.

Etymology

The name Todia comes from the Super Mario caracter Toad, the favorite caracter of the founder of the nation Christian Laudani.

History

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 became a provisional member of the League of Independent Nations.

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.

Time

Todia is geographically located in the Central European Time Zone and observes summer time (daylight saving time), from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October. States within the CET area switch to Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+02:00) for the summer.

Climate

Climate data for Todia
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 10.3
(50.5) 		11.6
(52.9) 		14.2
(57.6) 		17.6
(63.7) 		20.9
(69.6) 		25.0
(77.0) 		28.0
(82.4) 		27.8
(82.0) 		24.7
(76.5) 		20.1
(68.2) 		14.7
(58.5) 		11.6
(52.9) 		18.9
(66.0)
Average low °C (°F) 4.6
(40.3) 		5.2
(41.4) 		7.6
(45.7) 		10.5
(50.9) 		13.8
(56.8) 		17.3
(63.1) 		20.1
(68.2) 		20.0
(68.0) 		17.6
(63.7) 		13.5
(56.3) 		8.6
(47.5) 		5.8
(42.4) 		12.1
(53.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 74
(2.9) 		79
(3.1) 		94
(3.7) 		66
(2.6) 		71
(2.8) 		41
(1.6) 		20
(.8) 		48
(1.9) 		71
(2.8) 		110
(4.2) 		97
(3.8) 		61
(2.4) 		830
(32.6)
Source: Enea[1]

Administrative divisions

Todia is composed by one province, which is composed by three disticts:

The districts and the province are directly controlled by the central government but have regional offices which take care of local infrastructure and elections.

Todia has claimed a territory in Antartica which is governed as a Special Administrated Overseas Department:

The capital city City of Todia is located in the District of Northern Todia.

Cities

The most populous settlements of each district (CIty of Todia, Novotodivsk and Llibertat) are called cities..

Municipis

Todia has a total of five municipis spread all over the country. The District of Northern Todia comprhends the following municipis:

  • Lhantse
  • Port del Pacific

The District of Central Todia comprhends the municipi of Ruva, meanwhile the District of Southern Todia comprehends the municipis of:

  • Estrella dels Vents
  • Las Llacunes/Duana

Politics

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 and head of government. 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, the unicameral legislature of Todia, 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.

Ministries

The current ministries of the government of Todia include:

  • Office of the Vice President
  • Ministry of Culture and Education: responsible for promotion, protection and dissemination of culture, historical heritage, art, books, reading and literary creation, promotion of language and Catalan culture, checks the right-duty of citizens to attend compulsory schools and also for organizing various culture related activities. The Ministry protects the state schools and university in the country.
  • Ministry of Environmental Policies: responsible for the protection and safeguarding of the environment and natural resources.
  • Ministry of External and Regional Affairs: responsible for the maintenance of diplomatic relations between Todia and governments and international organizations. It is also responsible for the protection of regional minorities.
  • Ministry of Finances: responsible for expenses, revenues and the national budget. The National Bank of Todia is managed by the Minister of Finance.
  • Ministry of Internal Affairs: responsible for maintaining internal matters and internal security.
  • Ministry of Communications and Broadcasting: responsible for maintaining the national broadcaster RAT and phone and internet lines.
  • Ministry of National Defense: responsible for protecting the citizens, the national infrastructures and territorial integrity. The Todian Police Force and the Border Patrol are part of the Ministry of National Defense.
  • Ministry of Social Affairs: responsible for providing welfare programmes for socially abled, promote social justice and equity, welfare of women and child and the LGBT community.
  • Ministry of Sports: responsible for maintaining and administering sports related activities.

Law and order

Todia hasn't an army and the only authorities which protect the citizens are the Todian Police Force, which deals with both online crimes and crimes that occur on the Todian soil, and the Todian Border Control, which protects the border at the checkpoint in Las Llacunes. As one of the safest micronations in Europe, an army wasn't needed.

Foreign relations

See also: Foreign relations of Todia

Todia recognizes unilaterally all the micronations (except for Arcadia, Almendria and Fontasia that are considered terrorist associations) 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 maintains diplomatic missions in Indonesia, the Netherlands, Poland and Italy.

Todia is a signatory of the Wrythe Convention and of the Montediszamble Convention.

The Republic of Todia is an observer of the OMENU, Pacific Association of Micronations, the Union Against Micronational War and was a member of the defunct Union of Peace.

Economy

Taxes

There is no income tax on citizens in Todia. A 15% VAT tax is applied for most of the products, meanwhile a 10% VAT tax is applied on basic necessities products.

Currency

The official currency is the Todian Franc (Tfr) was introduced in 2022. Due to geographical proximity with Italy, the Euro (EUR) is accepted in payments alongside the US dollar.

Post

The Post of Todia is the Todian governmental agency which offers postal savings products, logistics, and financial and insurance services throughout Todia. The Post of Todia is responsible also for the emission of postage stamps.

Culture

Date National Holidays
1 January New Year's Day
27 January International Holocaust Remembrance Day
24 April Independence Day
Day of Rememberance of the Armenian Genocide
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.

National simbols

Sports

The national Todian sport is swimming practiced mainly in summer but also in other seasons except winter.

Flag

The flag is composed by three horizontal stripes: the first stripe is white, and symbolizes neutality, the second stripe is red, and symbolizes the blood which was poured out by the ancestors for the acquisition of independence and the last stripe is blue, and symbolizes peace among all the citizes.The national animal is the bear, which is also featured in the coat of arms.

Media

The Republic of Todia has a national on-demand and live service which operates on YouTube. The official state-owned television network is the Todia Broadcasting Company (previously called TCTV) that broadcast on [2]. tbcFM is the state-owned radio service operated by Radiodifusió Todiá. tbcFM available worldwide for free on Zeno FM.

Museums

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 connected by its Tramway that connects 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 has been 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 Transportation 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

References

  1. ↑ "Savona weather averages". Enea. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
  2. ↑ YouTube/ Todian Brodcasting Company

External links

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