What is Pannonia?
The Republic of Pannonia (in Pannonian French: Républiqe de Pannonie) is a micronation founded on 11 November 2011 by B. N. Brunner, current president. It is a statecraft project aiming to establish and maintain a territorial presidential republic. Although the Republic of Pannonia had previously been non-territorial, it is now claiming small, unused pieces of land in European macronations. It is located primarily in the United Kingdom and Hungary with some territories in Greece. Citizenship can be acquired on its website for free. The republic issues passports, secondary license plates and international ovals in the form of printable documents.
Etymology
Pannonia was an ancient province of the Roman Empire. Although the micronation has no relation to the ancient Roman territory (except the fact that several Pannonian provinces are located in Hungary, it uses the same name translations (e.g. Pannonie and Pannónia). Moreover, the majority of the republic's territories (named provinces) have names deriving from the names of ancient Pannonian cities and auxiliary forts, such as the capital Sirmie (from Sirmium), Savarie (from Savaria), Çélie (Celeia), Çertisse (from Certissa), Sérvine (from Serbinum or Servitium) and Scarbantie (Scarbantia).
In other languages
Since the Republic of Pannonia consists of a multilingual and intermacronational community, several translations of its name are in use. These names have all derived from the same Latin root and, therefore, can be considered very similar.
- French (Pannonia) - Républiqe de Pannonie, Pannonie
- Hungarian - Pannóniai Köztársaság, Pannónia
- French (France) - République de Pannonie, Pannonie
- Greek - Δημοκρατία της Παννονίας, Παννονία
- Italian - Repubblica Pannonica, Pannonia
- Esperanto - Respubliko Panonio, Panonio