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Opinion: GUM trails behind CUP in latest Zed survey - why?

  The MicroWiki General Survey is an annual survey held in November which asks for micronationalist's opinions and demographics, with questions relating to the year it takes place. It is held by Zarel Smith of Statistic-Dime. 2020's survey was held between 4–15 November, and reached a record 63 responses, up 85% from the 2019 survey which had 34 respondents, making it Smith's largest of his near-2 year career so far. We here at MicroWeekly published the results of the survey earlier today. Of the ten questions featured, two of them asked participants' opinions on intermicronational organisations, first the Grand Unified Micronational (GUM), the largest in the MicroWiki Sector and one of the oldest intermicronational organisations, and the Cupertino Alliance (CUP), a developmental organisation that was revived this year. The options respondents could pick were "strongly positive", "positive", "negative" and "strongly negative", as

Statistic-Dime 2020 MicroWiki General Survey - An Overview

 The results have been released for the 2020 installation of the MicroWiki General Survey. The MicroWiki General Survey is an annual survey held in November which asks for micronationalist's opinions and demographics, with questions relating to the year it takes place. It is held by Zarel Smith of Statistic-Dime. The survey, which officially opened on 4 November and closed on 15 November eleven days later, reached a record 63 responses, up from the 2019 survey which had 34 respondents, indicating a 85 percent increase from last year. This makes it Smith's second-largest survey ever he was involved in, and the largest survey he solely conducted, as well as the largest survey conducted by Statistic-Dime. Despite him solely creating it, it was extensively advertised by fellow community members, namely Logan Ross—whom had previously worked with Smith in the 19th MicroWiki Influence Survey—Daniel Roscoe—owner of Roscoe Statistics—and Cristian Dobrev of Plushunia, commonly known as C

Conspiracy in the Sejm: Politician declared persona non grata

By Sertor Valentinus, 15 October 2020 Matachewan politician Alvin Matthews has been blacklisted from multiple micronations following a conspiracy to initiate a cold war. Matthews is known for his former status as a member of the Sejm of Matachewan and as the Health Minister for the United Kingdom of Ainsworth and Fesmar. Matthews was dismissed from the Sejm following accusations of unprofessional behavior. In turn, the disgraced politician had attempted to rejoin the Sejm through the creation of a colony. When this failed, Matthews declared independence from Matachewan. Allegations had also surfaced suggesting that Matthews had transferred his colony to another micronation, in order to sway said nation into spying on Matachewanian affairs. Nicholas Lokin of Humberlea stated that the actions Matthews had taken were intended to spark a cold war between the two nations. Shortly after these allegations were published, it was also discovered that Matthews had exploited his administrative ro

Casper von Naveria wins September Micronationalist of the Month award

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By Zarel Smith Micronationalist of the Month is a monthly award which awards the "best, most influential micronationalist of that month" according to the voters in a public poll. The award is ran by a committee within the company Statistic-Dime, and has been running monthly since January 2020. Casper von Naveria, a micronationalist politician best known as the Duke of Naveria, has been declared the Micronationalist of the Month for September 2020 with 15 votes (40.5%), also making him tied with Jayden Lycon in January 2020 for the most votes received. Casper has overseen continuous growth and developed within his nation Naveria, which had its Independence Day celebrations on 9 September. Following a huge change to diplomatic relations, seven micronations signed treaties with Naveria. There was also a "strong recommendation to sign the Wrythe and Edgbaston Conventions to preserve integrity and encourage professionalism", which is expected to happen within October.