Principality of the Pillow Fortress
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| Motto | "Auctus Pro Se" | ||||||
| Anthem | The Big Rock Candy Mountain | ||||||
| Official language | English | ||||||
| Demonym | Pillowan | ||||||
| Adjective | Fortressian | ||||||
| Form | Sovereign semi-constitutional monarchy | ||||||
| Government | Throne, Directory, Xeer, Fourth Estate | ||||||
| Founding | January 20, 0/2018 | ||||||
| Area | 2.39 x 10^24 km³ (estimate) | ||||||
| Population Citizens Subjects |
1 8,300,000,000+ | ||||||
| Currency | Fortressian Sen | ||||||
| Calendar | Fortressian Calendar | ||||||
| Time zone | Fortressian Standard Time | ||||||
| Short name | Pillow Fortress | ||||||
| Abbreviation | PF | ||||||
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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 | ||
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| 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
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
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.