Meaning of bug nation | Babel Free

Definitions

A micronation that serves no purpose other than being a source of annoyance.

derogatory, obsolete

Examples

“WHEREAS the King vetoed PD 9 of the August Clark 1998; and WHEREAS Porto Claro really is a bug nation; THEREFORE the Cosâ hereby overrules the King's veto and introduces the following as Law in Talossa: […]”

“Evan Gallagher, a 20-year-old law student from Australia, found the kingdom arrogant and left it to start the Commonwealth of Penguinea. "There was something rotten in the State of Talossa," complained Gallagher. Hardly smarting from the loss, Madison dismisses Penguinea as an insignificant "bug nation."”

“Nations like Cherusken and Baja helped us gain early recognition, and elevated us from the level of bug nations. Those first recognitions helped us make other contacts, and still others.”

“It is an open question whether the famous Emperor Norton was proposing a bug nation. […] Perhaps the main difference between Emperor Norton and most micronations is that the Emperor represented only himself, albeit he became a celebrity and most San Franciscans humoured his delusion.”

“Our position, as enshrined in our Organic Law, against the futile folly of "micronational war" shows us to the world as a serious, intelligent player -- almost nostalgic for the good old days when advocating and causing micronational wars was the calling card of a "bug nation" that quickly got ostracized from the community.”

“Which of the following terrorist-supporting, single-citizen, bug nations do you wish would die off first?”

“This red hot vendetta is turning this country into another bug nation. We are supposed to be above that.”

“Anglemark called the Talossan nation "stupid" for having its own culture, language, and politics instead of "relations" with bug nations. The Libs retreated into a largely inactive funk, claiming that "we are, in effect, a banned party".”

“The strictly enforced dichotomy between "good nations" and "bug nations" not only crippled micropatriology in the same way that macronational racism at some points crippled anthropology, but led to much fiercer and more vicious debates than tended to occur later.”

“....rubbish nation...? Aren't they all rubbish nations? Every last one of us? Or is it a "bug nation" to you? *pulls a hot iron out of the fire*”

“Because people won't be able to write something like what I said above when a newbie micronationalist posts the news about Paloompa and Loompa-Loomba, since a news board does not allow replies. So, less discrimination on bug nations (a bug nation today may become a dinosaur tomorrow although we will never admit to that). AND less flame wars.”

“Happy birthday to us! I'll give a bigger speech after 3pm proper Shireroth time. But till then. I think it's rather awesome that we've made it 10 years, out lasting just about everyone. Bug nation my ass, those self righteous pompous asses.”

“Hell, I think we took even the whole Automatic thing a lot more seriously than we should have. But these days, there's no accusations of "bug nation" flying around anymore, and while there's a couple of hated micronationalists, well, I suppose every time has to have its Thomas Hubert.”

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