Talossa

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Talossa, also known as the Kingdom of Talossa (Talossan: Regipäts Talossan tzl), is one of the earliest micronations – founded in 1979 by then-14-year-old Robert Ben Madison of Milwaukee and at first confined to his bedroom; he adopted the name after discovering that the word means "inside the house" in Finnish. Among the first such projects still maintained, it has kept up a web presence since 1995.[1][2] Its internet and media exposure since the late 1990s contributed to the appearance of other subsequent internet micronations.

Talossa claims several places on Earth as its territory, especially a portion of Milwaukee, calling it the "Greater Talossan Area"; no such claim, however, is recognized by the United Nations or by any sovereign nation. As of 5 August 2023, the number of active citizens is said to be 157.[3] Including those who are no longer citizens for various reasons, those who are under the age of 14 and so are not yet citizens, and those from the ESB Affair[4] there are 564 total registered individuals. The current King of Talossa is Sir Txec Róibeard dal Nordselvá,[5] who in December 2024 succeeded John I.

Culture

Talossan culture has been developed over the years by Robert Madison and other fans. The Talossan language, also created by Madison in 1980,[6] claims a vocabulary of 35 000 root words and 121 000 derived words[7] – including fieschada ([fjeˈʃaðə]), meaning "love at first sight".[8][9]

History and growth

Talossa was founded as a kingdom on 26 December 1979,[10] by Madison, shortly after the death of his mother. Madison maintained Talossa throughout his adolescence, publishing a handwritten newspaper and designing a flag and emblem. During this time its only other members were about a dozen relatives and acquaintances. This changed in the mid-1990s, when a series of stories in the New York Times[11]Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag Between 1997 and at least 2000, it was the most prominent intermicronational organisation on the Internet.[11][12]

Madison disestablished the "kingdom" in late 2005, but Talossa is still active today despite the lack of involvement of the original founder.[13]

Madison registered "Talossa"[14] as a service mark in 2005 and created Talossa, Inc., a Wisconsin not-for-profit corporation. By 2013 the service mark had been cancelled and the corporation had been administratively dissolved.[15]

Government

National government

Talossa is a constitutional monarchy under His Majesty King Txec of the House of Nordselva. The Head of Government is Seneschal (Prime Minister) Most Honourable Baron Alexandreu Davinescu. The Talossan legislature is called the Ziu which is bicameral and which consists of the Senäts (Senate), the upper house of the Ziu and the Cosă (Parliament), the lower house of the Ziu. The executive branch is conducted by the Seneschal[16] and the judicial branch is conducted by the Judiciary of the Kingdom of Talossa[17] which consists of the Cort Pü Inalt (Uppermost Court) and the General Cort (Lower Court).

Provincial governments

The Kingdom of Talossa consists of eight provinces which maintain a provincial assembly. In the provinces of Atatürk and Florencia parties are assigned seats in proportion to election results where the parties assign members accordingly. In the remaining provinces of Belacostă, Cézembre, Fiovă, Maricopa, Maritiimi-Maxhestic and Vuode provincial citizens may claim seats by declaration.[18]

Talossan language

Talossan
Talossan
Pronunciation[tɐɫɔˈsan]
Created byRobert Ben Madison
Date1980
Setting and usageTalossa
Purpose
Constructed languages
  • Artistic languages
    • Talossan
Latin (Talossan alphabet)
Sourcesa posteriori language (Romance)
Official status
Regulated byLa Società per l'Ilesnaziun del Glheþ Naziunal
Language codes
ISO 639-3tzl
tzl
Glottologtalo1253[19]

Madison invented Talossan (tzl or el glheþ Talossan tzl) as a constructed language for his micronation. With its relatively large vocabulary, which is mostly French-based, it has been described at least once as one of the most detailed fictional languages ever invented.[9] The former Association of Talossan Language Organisations (ATLO) maintained a website describing the language for new learners, providing language information, research and online translation to and from English.[20] The ISO 639 designation is "tzl".[21] That website is now deprecated, and new resources will[when?] be created with the formation of la Società per l'Ilesnaziun del Glheþ Naziunal (Society for the Facilitation of the National Language, SIGN).

The language was overseen by the Comità per l'Útzil del Glheþ ("Committee for the Use of the Language," CÚG), a group formed by Madison which periodically issued both Arestadas (decrees) to describe and document changes in language usage of the language and Pienamaintschen (supplements), to update the vocabulary list. The CÚG maintained a multi-lingual website providing access to the recent recommendations of the committee.[22] However, the CÚG has been dormant for a prolonged period of time and therefore the La Società per l'Ilesnaziun del Glheþ Naziunal ("Society for the Facilitation of the National Language", SIGN) has been founded in September 2017.[23]

See also

Literature

  • Clemens J. Setz: Die Bienen und das Unsichtbare, Suhrkamp Verlag, Berlin 2020, pp. 174–184.[ISBN missing]

References

  1. ↑ "Castles in the air." The Economist, 20 December 2005.
  2. ↑ "Shortcuts: Starting your own country" CNN.com, 27 September 2006.
  3. ↑ "Talossan Database". http://www.talossa.ca/files/citizens.php. 
  4. ↑ "Talossa Entry". http://wiki.talossa.com/Eiric_B%C3%B6rnatfiglheu. 
  5. ↑ https://talossa.com/
  6. ↑ talossan.com. History . Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "The CÚG and Its Mission ," El Glheþ Talossan, 2012. Accessed 2 June 2016.
  8. ↑ "L'Översteir[Usurped!]" (Translator), El Glheþ Talossan, 2012. Accessed 2 June 2016.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named wired
  10. ↑ R. Ben Madison (2008), "Ár Päts: Classic History of the Kingdom of Talossa" accessed on 2020-03-18.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Stephen Mimh (2000) Utopian rulers and spoofs stake out territory online. New York Times, May 25, 2000
  12. ↑ Fuligni, Bruno (1997) (in fr). L'État c'est moi: Histoire des monarchies privées, principautés de fantaisie et autres républiques pirates. Editions de Paris. p. 221. ISBN 978-2-90529-169-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=Yr0WAQAAIAAJ. 
  13. ↑ Ryan, John; Dunford, George; Sellars, Simon (September 2006). Micronations: The Lonely Planet Guide to Home-Made Nations. Lonely Planet. p. 101. ISBN 1-74104-730-7. 
  14. ↑ Talossa entry , U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Accessed June 2, 2016
  15. ↑ Talossa entry in Wisconsin Financial Institutions register. Accessed on 2010-01-01.
  16. ↑ "Making sure you're not a bot!". https://wiki.talossa.com/Seneschal. 
  17. ↑ "Making sure you're not a bot!". https://wiki.talossa.com/Judiciary. 
  18. ↑ "Making sure you're not a bot!". https://wiki.talossa.com/Realm#Provincial_politics. 
  19. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Talossan". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/talo1253. 
  20. ↑ "El Glheþ Talossan | Information and Resources for the Student and User of the Talossan Language". http://www.talossan.com/. 
  21. ↑ Documentation for ISO 639 identifier: tzl, 2013-01-23. Accessed 2 June 2016.
  22. ↑ Comità per l'Útzil del Glheþ[Usurped!], CÚG
  23. ↑ "Making sure you're not a bot!". https://wiki.talossa.com/La_Societ%C3%A0_per_l'Ilesnaziun_del_Glhe%C3%BE_Naziunal. 



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