Principality of the Pillow Fortress

State flag State seal
Identity
Official name	Principality of the Pillow Fortress
Short name	Pillow Fortress
Abbreviation	PF
Motto	"Auctus Pro Se"
Anthem	The Big Rock Candy Mountain
Eidolon	Ebba Dreadnought
Political Status & Government
Territorial status	Independent
Form	Sovereign semi-constitutional monarchy
Political relationship	Sovereign state
Capital	n/a
Government	Throne, Directory, Xeer, Fourth Estate
Head of state	Julia Platz-Halter
Head of government	Julia Platz-Halter
People & Culture
Official language	English
Demonym	Pillowan
Adjective	Fortressian
Geography & Population
Area	2.39 x 10^24 km³ (estimate)
Population	8,300,000,001+
Citizens	1
Subjects	8,300,000,000+
Population density	≈ 3.47 × 10−15 people/km³
Civic Information
Currency	Fortressian Sen
Calendar	Fortressian Calendar
Time zone	Fortressian Standard Time
History
Established	January 20, 0/2018
Preceded by	n/a
Succeeded by	n/a
Colors
Official colors

The Principality of the Pillow Fortress is a sovereign and independent micronational "state in waiting" founded on 20 January, 0/2018 by Julia Platz-Halter, its reigning Princess.

Name and Etymology

The name "Pillow Fortress" derives from the term "pillowfort", a strategy in the trading card game Magic: The Gathering that the First Princess was fond of playing at the time of the Principality's founding. There has never been a literal pillow fort associated with the Principality, the name having been chosen as a whimsical way of implying peace and prosperity.

Other Languages

The proper way to render the Principality's name in languages other than English is through direct translation and not transliteration. Words in the target language with as close a meaning to the English "pillow" "fortress" and "principality" are to be used and then arranged in whatever manner is grammatically correct.

Names of the Pillow Fortress in Other Languages
Language	Name	Pronunciation
Japanese	枕要塞公国	[makɯɾa joːsai koːkokɯ]
Spanish	Principado de la Fortaleza de Almohadas	[pɾinsiˈpaðo ðe la foɾtaˈlesa ðe almoˈaðas]
French	Principauté de la Forteresse d’Oreillers	[pʁɛ̃.si.po.te də la fɔʁ.tə.ʁɛs dɔ.ʁɛ.je]
Portuguese	Principado da Fortaleza de Almofadas	[pɾĩsiˈpadu da foʁtaˈlɛza dʒi awmoˈfadas]
German	Fürstentum der Kissenfestung	[ˈfʏʁstn̩tuːm deːɐ̯ ˈkɪsn̩ˌfɛstʊŋ]
Catalan	Principat de la Fortalesa de Coixins	[pɾinsiˈpat də lə fuɾtəˈlɛzə də kuˈʃins]
Esperanto	Princlando de la Kusenfortreso	[print͡sˈlando de la kusenforˈtreso]
Modern Standard Arabic	إمارة حصن الوسائد	[ʔiˈmaːrat ħisˤn al.waˈsaːʔid]
Russian	Княжество Подушечной Крепости	[ˈknʲaʐɨstvə pɐˈduʂɨt͡ɕnəj ˈkrʲepəsʲtʲɪ]
Korean	베개요새 공국	[pe̞ɡe̞jo.sɛ koŋɡuk̚]
Greek	Πριγκιπάτο του Φρουρίου των Μαξιλαριών	[priŋɡiˈpato tu fruˈriu ton maksi.laˈrjon]
Latin	Principatus Arcis Pulvinorum	[priːŋkiˈpaːtus ˈarkis pulwiːˈnoːrum]
Czech	Knížectví Polštářové pevnosti	[ˈkɲiːʒɛtstviː ˈpolʃtaːr̝ovɛː ˈpɛvnostɪ]
Swedish	Furstendömet Kuddfästningen	[ˈfɵʂʈɛnˌdøːmɛt ˈkɵdːˌfɛstnɪŋɛn]

Government

The Pillow Fortress is a constitutional monarchy with a government comprised of multiple co-equal estates: the Directory (legislative), the Throne (executive), the Xeer (judiciary), and the Fourth Estate. The Princess serves as head of state, head of government, and commander-in-chief of the armed forces. Political power within the Principality is lead and organized by the Libertine Party, which holds a constitutionally mandated position of privilege within the government, though independent political parties are also allowed to exist and participate.

Territory

See Fortressian Administrative Divisions

Currently, the territory of the Principality consists of two non-territorial provinces, the Pillowans Abroad Province and the Dawn Interval Province, one terrestrial claim, the Marie Byrd Colony, and multiple celestial claims organized under the aegis of the Fortressian Sol System Governing Regime - Terrestrial Territories Excluded. No further territorial claims are planned unless and until the Pillow Fortress is capable of extending full sovereignty over them. Additionally, the Pillow Fortress is in perpetual union with one client state which claims territory of its own, the Republic of the Serene Gate.

Law

See Fortressian Law

The supreme law of the Principality is the State Charter, which defines certain qualities of state which are to be permanent. The second highest law of the Pillow Fortress, superior to all others except the State Charter, is the Constitution. The purpose of the Constitution is to establish the fundamental structure of the government. In some circumstances, it is legal for the Constitution to be scrapped and replaced with a new one. Below the Constitution is the Pillow Fortress Code, the combined civil and criminal code of the Principality, and the Royal Decrees, which have the force of law unless and until overturned by the Directory.

History

See Fortressian History

The Pillow Fortress developed into its current form over the course of decades, starting out as a series of sci-fi world building projects which gradually lost their fantastical elements, becoming more and more focused on the governing structures of a single component country. Eventually, after what was believed to be the loss of the most recent iteration's data, it was decided the next implementation would not be fictional, but a proper micronation. The Pillow Fortress declared independence on January 20, 0/2018 and has been steadily growing ever since.