On St George’s Day 2015, whilst the nation was temporarily
without a government, Phoebles, the one and only Autonomous Anarcho-Surrealist
Utopia of Micromercian, announced his intention to declare The Autonomous
Anarcho-Surrealist Utopia of Micromercia independent of the United Kingdom in
general and the Westminster Parliament in particular.
The
Autonomous Anarcho-Surrealist Utopia of Micromercia occupies an approximately
one half of a millihectare corner of The Snug in Ye Olde Dolphin Inne, Derby.
The official flag of the Autonomous Anarcho-Surrealist
Utopia of Micromercia.
History
In
July of 918 AD, some decades after the crushing of The Great Heathen Army (Mycel
Heathen Here) and the liberation of Derby from the tyranny of the Dane Law by
the housecarls of Lady Æthelflæda, the Snug of Ye Olde Dolphin Inne (At that
time the Eallniew Delfin Inn) was granted autonomy by Ælfwynn who had succeeded
Æthelflæda as Lady of the Mercians (Myrcna Hlæfdige) a month earlier, on the
occasion of her mother’s demise. The exact events leading to this grant are not
known and the relevant paperwork has subsequently been mislaid.
In
1745, following the rout of Bonnie Prince Charlie’s Highland Army, which had
been billeted in The Dolphin, at the Battle of Swarkstone Bridge, a little way
south of Derby, a grateful king George II wrote a letter of thanks to the
landlord in which it is certain that the monarch ratified the independent
status of The Snug. If only the current whereabouts of this historic document
were known.
In
the mid to late 1960s there were a small number of drug fuelled attempts to
establish a Free State within the confines of The Dolphin Inn. These invariably
came to naught, primarily due to restrictions imposed by the draconian
licensing laws of the time.
Then,
on the 23rd of April 2015 The Autonomous Anarcho-Surrealist Utopia
of Micromercia became a reality. The future is in our hands.
Titular Head of State
Boz
(dec.)
Economy
The
Autonomous Anarcho-Surrealist Utopia of Micromercia has a tab at the bar and is
currently running a fiscal deficit.
Population
Phoebles
Citizenship
Visiting
immigrants are welcomed personally by the landlord of The Olde Dolphin Inne and
Temporary Citizenship is freely granted to anyone willing to buy a round.
Future
The
ultimate aim of The Autonomous Anarcho-Surrealist Utopia of Micromercia is to
break out geographically from the confines of Ye Olde Dolphin Inne and form a
loose federation with the historic Mercian capitals of Repton and Tamworth and
environs there of. Together we will revive the traditional brewing industry in
Burton, nationalise Rolls Royce and the railways and restore the Derby Navigation
in order to establish a maritime link with the mighty trading ports on the
banks of Humber and Mersey. It is our intention that the NHS will once more
have proper matrons and nurse’s uniforms and that veterinary services will be encompassed
within a fully funded welfare state.
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