| The Serene Principality of Serendip a micro-nation |
| All About The Serene Principality of Serendip |
| Official Name: The Serene Principality of Serendip Common Name: Serendip International Abbreviation: SPoS Form of Government: Theocratic Monarchy Monarch: Prince-Bishop David von Serendip Head of State: Prince-Bishop David von Serendip Constitution: None: the monarch rules by decree Religion: Orthodox Church of Serendip + Agnostic most common Official Language: English Population: Unknown. No recent census information is available Holidays: 1 January, New Years Day; 8 January, Emperor Norton Day; 9 April, Prince-Bishop's Birthday; 7 August, Consort's Birthday 1 November, All Saints' Day Various, as proclaimed by HSH |
| The SPoS has been in diaspora for many years. Formerly located in a secluded alpine valley on what is now the Italian-German border, the Court and Government of the Principality were forced out of its lands during the Napoleonic Wars. They took refuge at that time in the fledgling United States of America. The good citizens endured great hardships and most fled their precious valley in search of more peaceful locations. Few have ever returned. The current Court and Government are now resident in San Francisco, California, USA. The peoples of the Principality are in diaspora around the world. Serendip is a micro-nation [offically defined by the United Nations as a nation or state with fewer than 300,000 citizens]. Because we have been forced out of our native lands and have little likelihood of regaining them, The Prince-Bishop issued his 1997 Decree of Cyber-Statehood. The 97DCS, in brief, declared that in the eyes of god, the United Nations and The Organization of Unrecognized Peoples the dominion and sovereignty over specific land is not required for a Nation, The Serene Principality of Serendip would henceforth exist as a Cyber-Nation with Full and Complete Sovereignty over it's citizens, their unfixed and mobile dwellings, it's webspace, and the Royal Residence, wherever that might be. The jocular tone of this, the official government website, shall not be misinterpreted as suggesting that SPoS is a joke, but rather reflects the jocular nature of the Prince-Bishop's personality. Serendip is a very real extra-territorial Sovereign Nation, not unlike Sovereign Order of Malta. Unlike the Hutt-River Principality, the Empire of Atlantium, or the Republic of Molossia with whom Serendip aligns itself, we are without territory. In this, the cyber age, when websites and chat rooms allow relationships of all sorts to flourish across macronational borders, HSH believes that territory is no longer a prerequisite to Nationality or Statehood. Forging meaningful relationships and identities of affiliation thru the internet, means that Nations may arise and thrive without the interference of corporate or macronational governmental influence. Visit the Office of the Pardox page for more info. |
| Operated by The Office of The Paradox info@principalityofserendip.com |
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| The ancestral Palace of Serendip. Located in the remote Valle dello Serendip and once the Seat of the Phoenix Throne, the palace is now the summer home to a heavy metal rock and roll star. |
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