Meaning of Austenasia | Babel Free

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A micronation, a purported constitutional monarchy, claiming sovereignty over a suburban house in the Wrythe, Carshalton, London Borough of Sutton with several claimed exclaves around the world. Capital: Wrythe.

Examples

“Cabinet is formed out of one representative from each town in Austenasia. The representatives are elected by the residents of the respective town every year.”

“Austenasia was created on September 20, 2008, when founding father Terry Austen, now aged 43, and his son Jonathan, now aged 16, declared independence from the Sutton suburb.”

“The leader of Austenasia has given a plot of land to the people of Renasia, in a deal that has strengthened ties between the two nations. Emperor Jonathan I handed over the patch of grass on Saturday, June 28. The 19-year-old ruler held a special ceremony at the spot in Poulter Park, Carshalton, to declare his nation would be releasing the land.”

“In 1977, the squatter residents of Freston Road in Notting Hill attempted to establish the breakaway Independent Republic of Frestonia. Another example: since 2008, the father and son-founded, budding dominion of Austenasia, composed of a handful of terrace houses not far from Croydon Ikea, has been making its own bid for freedom, if so far only obtaining recognition from a no less eccentric micronation in Manitoba.”

“Following similar moves by the EU, the Empire of Austenasia – a constitutional monarchy that rules over 24 properties in the United Kingdom – has restricted entry to many of its territories, including Palasia, a landlocked semi-detached house near Thetford, England.”

“Austenasia's emperor, Jonathan Austen, 25, has had to follow the shelter-in-place guidelines imposed by Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the other side of his front door.”

“Austenasia is a micronation formed when a father and son (the Austen family) declared independence from the UK, a declaration that the UK government treated with the contempt it (probably quite rightly) thought.”

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