Templar Kingdom ™
Culture
Ideology:
The templar kingdom follows the following ideologies:
- Templarism (Medievolution): the return to more simple times, less complicated live style, without mobile phones, without fax, without computer, TV and the latest useless gadets that only make the coporations rich and people poor. With more handmade products and more time for meditation.
- Green thinking: the return to a live style with less waste, less throw away products, less pollution in the air, water and earth, no nuclear waste or arms, return to an era of more planting of trees, more city parks, more recycled products, re·use of products and care for nature. the use of alternative energies and reduce of toxic waste in our food. surfival guide
The Templar Kingdom is unique and different, in its ethnicity, in that it is the only christian nation that has Christ as king and that its army is templar knights, who still hold to the knight's oath. Also the Templar Kingdom is unique in it currency, it being a 12 piece system and not 10(100) piece system as all other nations and it's calender starts from 1118AD, it being year 0 of TY system. The templar Kingdom is also different in that it recommends it's citizen to dress in the Templar clothing style (see image)
The Templar Kingdom is also sometimes called the "Protestant Vatican" or the "Iberian Vatican" (Depending on the view you are talking about; "religious afiliation" or "geographic location".) "Map-North" according to the Templar Kingdom is East (towards Jerusalem)
The Templar Kingdom has proclaimed, the Convento do Christo (at Tomar, Portugal) as one of the 7 micronational wonders of the world.
In the Templar kingdom vehicles drive on the left as in the UK.
Music
The national musics of the kingdom are: Merengue, Bachata, Salsa, Tango & Flamengo, which is daily played on the Euro News Channel.
Musea
Beaulosagñe wants to buy a destroyed castle and restore it. It plans to incorporate in this castle a permanent templar museum, a monastery (where templars can study and learn), the royal library (which is being build as we speak and will be moved in, when the castle is purchaced), a swordmanship traing camp, and medival shops. (where medival products can be bought.)
Templar Kingdom is also putting together a museum of micronational currencies, both coin and banknotes. If any micronation is interested in having their currency being part of this museum, send us your currency and we gladly incorporate it in the museum, and add the name of the donor and micronation to the list of donors. contact us at: ginoscorpio@hotmail.com Library
The Kingdom is precently building the most extensive library on: Templars / Crusade / Christianity / Holy Grail / King Arthur / Excalibur / Knights / Knights honour code / Swords / Shields / Helmets / Heraldry / Medieval Clothing / Wax Seals / Castles / Fortresses / Fortified cities / Warfare tactics, documentation (in english only). If any one is interested in adding their own works, or like to add more information, in printed form, to the royal library (in english only) let us know. We will gladly incorporate it in the library and add your name to the list of donors of the royal library. contact us at: ginoscorpio@hotmail.com. [books]
Beaulosagñe prides itself on having books still printed in the Letterpress printing system and having books bound in gold-embossed leather-binding. Paperback books are hardly sold, because citizens prefer book durability over cheap price.
Language
The Templar Kingdom uses the Latin Alphabet and Its officail Languages are Spanish (ES), Portugese (PT), French (FR),
English (EN) Dutch (NL) German (DE).
Books, newspapers, pamflets, brosures or any other printed/photo copied material as wel as any billboard or sign has to be in one of the official languages, (mentioned above) in any other language is forbidden and can be fined with a fine. folloing the Austria example
Beaulosagñe uses a special vowel system for diphthongs, which is unique to the Templar Kingdom.
Famous Quotes
- "Destroy your past, and you destroy who you are." HRH Prince Eugenio II
- "A People with no past is a people bound to make the same mistakes, since they have not learned from the past." HRH Prince Eugenio II
Art Academy
Beaulosagñe also supports a medival arts academy, where young talented students can learn the arts of caligraphy, medival painting, medival sculpture, medival architecture, gegorian song and stained glass. every year awards are given our to the best in their respective fields. For more information about the Arts Academy:
