HSH Lord Jonathan, Duke of Sweetpea Valley – the former Emperor Jonathan I – has been appointed an Ambassador-at-Large by the Prime Minister, Lord Andrew Musgrave, with authorisation to oversee a new diplomatic project proposed in Cabinet.
Historically, the Empire of Austenasia has focused much of its attention in terms of foreign affairs on the so-called MicroWiki community of small nations, centred on the Grand Unified Micronational (GUM) organisation.
However, following a perceived decline in standards of professionalism and an increased tolerance of poor behaviour within the GUM, Austenasia withdrew its membership in September last year, having first joined almost fifteen years previously in October 2009.
At this time, the idea was floated of founding a new organisation to replace the gap left in the Empire’s foreign affairs by its departure from the GUM.
Concrete steps in this direction have now been taken with the creation of the new office of Ambassador-at-Large for a New Diplomatic Organisation. This position has been given to Lord Jonathan, whose personal connections with foreign heads of state following years of experience first as Prime Minister and then as Emperor have been considered invaluable for the diplomatic tasks ahead.
The official remit of the new ambassadorial post is to “contact well-established and prominent small nations with whom Austenasia holds diplomatic relations to propose and arrange the establishment of a new international association”.
A list of the nations to be invited to discuss such an association has not been confirmed, but it is understood that the focus will likely be on nations that operate primarily outside the MicroWiki sphere.
