"Austenasia" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2008 September 20, Jonathan Austen, Act 1 (The Constitution) [Austenasian Constitution of 2008], Empire of Austenasia, archived from the original on 2018-04-19:",
          "text": "Cabinet is formed out of one representative from each town in Austenasia. The representatives are elected by the residents of the respective town every year.",
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          "ref": "2011 September 23, “Carshalton \"micronation\" pushes for independence from Sutton”, in Yourlocalguardian:",
          "text": "Austenasia was created on September 20, 2008, when founding father Terry Austen, now aged 43, and his son Jonathan, now aged 16, declared independence from the Sutton suburb.",
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          "ref": "2014 July 9, Tom Gillespie, “Leader of 'independent micronation' Austenasia in Carshalton donates land to Renasia”, in Telegraph & Argus, archived from the original on 2017-10-10:",
          "text": "The leader of Austenasia has given a plot of land to the people of Renasia, in a deal that has strengthened ties between the two nations. Emperor Jonathan I handed over the patch of grass on Saturday, June 28. The 19-year-old ruler held a special ceremony at the spot in Poulter Park, Carshalton, to declare his nation would be releasing the land.",
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          "text": "In 1977, the squatter residents of Freston Road in Notting Hill attempted to establish the breakaway Independent Republic of Frestonia. Another example: since 2008, the father and son-founded, budding dominion of Austenasia, composed of a handful of terrace houses not far from Croydon Ikea, has been making its own bid for freedom, if so far only obtaining recognition from a no less eccentric micronation in Manitoba.",
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          "text": "Following similar moves by the EU, the Empire of Austenasia – a constitutional monarchy that rules over 24 properties in the United Kingdom – has restricted entry to many of its territories, including Palasia, a landlocked semi-detached house near Thetford, England.",
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          "ref": "2020 June 21, James Hookway, “Fake Countries Have a Hard Time Dealing with the Pandemic, Too”, in The Wall Street Journal, archived from the original on 2020-06-21:",
          "text": "Austenasia's emperor, Jonathan Austen, 25, has had to follow the shelter-in-place guidelines imposed by Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the other side of his front door.",
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          "ref": "2023, Geraint Johnes, Economics for Lovers of Literature, Springer Nature, →ISBN, pages 50–51:",
          "text": "Austenasia is a micronation formed when a father and son (the Austen family) declared independence from the UK, a declaration that the UK government treated with the contempt it (probably quite rightly) thought.",
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