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| |fullName=Kingdom of Lovely | |||
| |shortName=Lovely | |||
| |status=New | |||
| |flagImage=] | |||
| |secondImage=] | |||
| |secondImageType=Coat of Arms | |||
| |motto=Die dulci freure | |||
| |englishMotto=Have a nice day | |||
| |anthemName=Danny Wallace is the King<sup>1</sup> <!-- TODO: Find out the right title. --> | |||
| |anthemComposer=] | |||
| |location=Danny Wallace's flat in ] | |||
| |areaClaimed=None. <sup>2</sup> | |||
| |membership=~50,000 | |||
| |foundationDate=], ] | |||
| |leadership=King Danny I (]) 2005- | |||
| |purpOrgStruct=] | |||
| |language=] | |||
| |purpCurrency=IOU (Interdependent Occupational Unit) | |||
| |footnotes= | |||
| 1. The exact title is unknown. | |||
| 2. The land used by the block of flats has not been claimed by Lovely, so it remains the territory of the ]. <!-- Source: Hitchhiker89 on the talk page. --> | |||
| |}} | |||
| ] | |||
| The '''Kingdom of Lovely''' is the name of a largely ]-based ] that claims as its territory the flat in ], of producer and comic writer ]. Wallace's conception of the micronation, during the winter of ]-], was filmed for the 2005 ] ] '']''. As of ] ], Lovely had over 52,000 citizens registered on its website. | |||
| ==The country== | |||
| Danny Wallace claims the title of King of the micronation situated in East London, but citizens of Lovely (who become citizens through entering their details on the micronation's website or its section of the ]) are invited to declare a room in their own house (or indeed the entire house itself) to be an ] for the country, by taking a ] displaying Lovely's flag within their dwelling. | |||
| Lovely's flag, coat of arms and motto were designed by London-based design studio Pentagram. The pixellated coat-of-arms is intended to reflect the internet-based nature of the micronation, as did the studio's final flag, a pixellated ]. Wallace, however, preferred a different flag proposal, featuring a blue stripe and a red stripe at erratic angles on a white background - that is, the same colours as the Union Jack, but positioned off-centre in an eccentric fashion. The ] motto is ''Die dulci freure'' (sic - the correct Latin is ''fruere''), meaning "Have a nice day". | |||
| The country's unit of currency is the ''Interdependent Occupational Unit'' (]). The currency is based on the ] phrase, "Time is money" - that is, IOUs are exchangable for an amount of the recipient's time, e.g. paying a citizen for 5 minutes of washing up. Currently, each member of the micronation's official ] receives one tenth of an IOU for each post made. No actual way to make use of these accumulated IOUs has yet been announced to the public, however. | |||
| During the run of ''How To Start Your Own Country'', additional material was broadcast to ] viewers after each episode in the style of a national broadcaster named 'Citizen TV'. This was presented live by Danny Wallace and featured news, a special guest (usually a member of Danny's government) and Wallace conversing with citizens who had called in. A memorable moment occurred when Danny fired his foreign minister Rich live on air for lack of activity. | |||
| Danny attempted to submit a song of his own composition, ''Stop The Mugging And Start The Hugging'', as the Lovely entry to the ]. The contest's scrutineer ] met with Danny and was sympathetic to his cause, but informed him that Lovely could not enter the Contest as it has no national television or radio station of its own and therefore could not join the EBU. Danny then submitted his song to the ] in an attempt to receive their backing, but the BBC judges were unimpressed. | |||
| ===History=== | |||
| Danny originally tried to start a nation by "invading" ] in London using a ] landing vehicle with the help of his friend Jon Bond, Lovely's Minister of Defence, who once worked as a security guard at ], making him the closest thing Danny had to an "army". However, the ] were contacted by some perturbed locals, warding Wallace off. After seeking help, and gaining ideas from many, including the claimed leaders of ], the author ] and ], who claims to own the moon, Danny declared his flat to be a sovereign nation on ] 2005 and he set about populating the micronation. The country remained nameless for several weeks after it declared itself independent, and thousands of suggestions for names were put forward online. Danny chose his two favourites, 'Home' and 'Lovely', and let his citizens decide the winner by online vote. The country was officially named on ] ] at an invitation-only gathering of citizens held in ]. | |||
| ===Government=== | |||
| The Government of Lovely largely consists of friends of King Danny who were recruited at a meeting held at a London pub. Other ministers were chosen by a public vote on the website or awarded their positions as a reward for particularly hard work on behalf of the nation. Hardworking citizens can also be rewarded with the Order of Excellence of King Danny (OED), an accolade similar to a ] ]. | |||
| *King Danny I - ] | |||
| *Jon Bond – ] | |||
| *] – ] | |||
| *Kieran – ] | |||
| *Nathan – ] | |||
| *Nerys – Minister for Ladies and That | |||
| *] – ] | |||
| *Dan – ] | |||
| *Ambassador Evilina1 & Ambassador Tony - ]s | |||
| *Jap3 - ] | |||
| *Lord Rich – Former Minister of Foreign Affairs | |||
| The country is currently trying to establish a ] and has several active ] such as the PoE, the RV,] and the Glories. | |||
| ===National Anthem=== | |||
| :''Yesterday was dark and dingy, | |||
| :''My tempererament was rather whingy, | |||
| :''Thing's had got me wonderin', | |||
| :''Why I lived in London, | |||
| :''Anyway - my days were grey, | |||
| :''Now I welcome all and sundry, | |||
| :''Everyone can join my country, | |||
| :''Listen if you're near them, | |||
| :''Maybe you can hear them say... | |||
| :''You've got to... | |||
| :''Teach the world to sing, | |||
| :''Danny Wallace is the king, | |||
| :''For justice and politeness, | |||
| :''Are the laws that he will bring, | |||
| :''Where the order of the crown, | |||
| :''Is to frown upon the frown, | |||
| :''We done a constitution, | |||
| :''And we even wrote it down... | |||
| :''Although our nation may be small, | |||
| :''It's the nicest of them all, | |||
| :''A land of opportunity, | |||
| :''Where crime's against the law, | |||
| :''Every subject do you part, | |||
| :''With your hand upon your heart, | |||
| :''A kingdom-come-democracy to start... | |||
| :''Everyone is just the same, | |||
| :''It doesn't matter who you name, | |||
| :''Anyone can be a Dame, or Sir, or Lord, | |||
| :'' | |||
| :''People gather round completely, | |||
| :''Listen as I tell you sweetly, | |||
| :''All across our nation, | |||
| :''Join the recitation with me... | |||
| :''You've got to... | |||
| :''Teach the world to sing, | |||
| :''Danny Wallace is the king, | |||
| :''For justice and politeness, | |||
| :''Are the laws that he will bring, | |||
| :''Where the order of the crown, | |||
| :''Is to frown upon the frown, | |||
| :''We done a constitution, | |||
| :''And we even wrote it down... | |||
| :''Although our nation may be small, | |||
| :''It's the nicest of them all, | |||
| :''A land of opportunity, | |||
| :''Where crime's against the law, | |||
| :''Every subject do you part, | |||
| :''With your hand upon your heart, | |||
| :''A kingdom-come-democracy to start... | |||
| :''You've got to... | |||
| :''Teach the world to sing, | |||
| :''Danny Wallace is the king, | |||
| :''For justice and politeness, | |||
| :''Are the laws that he will bring, | |||
| :''Where the order of the crown, | |||
| :''Is to frown upon the frown, | |||
| :''We done a constitution, | |||
| :''And we even wrote it down... | |||
| ==Politics== | |||
| The '''Fluffy Friendly Federation''' is a political party registered with the Parliament of Lovely. The Fluffy Friendly Federation usually refers to itself by its abbreviation: FFF. The FFF have attracted a wide number of members from across Lovelies political spectrum. Unfortunately, the FFF has faced many turbulent times where several opponent parties such as VIVA, have tried to sabotage its policies and create rifts. The FFF is vocal about its policies. Some of this party's policies are as follows: | |||
| # Loves everything to be fluffy and is against anything spikey. | |||
| # Wishes the stability of the Kingdom of Lovely. | |||
| # Condemns any attempt to destabilize the Kingdom of Lovely through any means. | |||
| The FFF's current president is Alan Brown. As president, Alan Brown is an active member of FFF and struggles hard to bring the FFF into the fold of the Kingdom of Lovely's ]. He frequents the forums of the Kingdom of Lovely under the name of "Barc0de" and lobbies for representation, equal opportunities and other important measures. | |||
| == See also == | |||
| * '']'' | |||
| * '']'' | |||
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