Demographics:

Population: Official (as of 2004.23TR [April 23, 2013 GR]) 60 citizens broken down as follows:

40 citizens of status 1 (see below)
2 citizens of 2a status (see below)
2 citizens of 2b status (see below)
12 citizens of 2c status (see below)
4 citizens of status H (see below)

Total population (Citizen and non-resident alien) 31 (+/-5 some days, but never to exceed 34) on most days between the hours of 7:00 AM and 2:35 PM between the months of September and June, except on holidays such as Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, weekends or during inclement weather, fire drills or assemblies.

Most persons are non-resident aliens holding student or work visas.

The citizen population (world wide) of the PRoT is currently 60. (Proud to announce the birth of our newest and 6oth T'Fivian, Jso7m060, aka HRS)

Area: 30’ x 23’ proper and 1 embassy (@10’ x10’)

Location: Room 210, Garden City High School, Garden City, in the County of Wayne, in the State of Michigan, in the United States of America, in the North America, in the Western Hemisphere, on the planet Earth, in the solar system of Sol, in the Galaxy of the Milky Way, in God’s Universe which is in His Hand.

Capital: Ceremonial: Podium

Legislative: LapTop

Form of Government: Constitutionally Limited Monarchy, known as a TashBahndom, with (By the grace of God and the blessings of the PapaTashBahn,) a Constitutionally Limited Republic.

Head of State: His Grace, the Lord Jso7m378, by the Grace of God, PappaTashBahn of T’Fiws, General Secretary of the Confederation of the People’s Republics of Formicro, Ithlien, and T’Fiws, Lord of the No-So-Bright-Knights, Grand Knight of the Holy Order of the IXOE, and Keeper of the Sacred Words, May He Live Forever. Amen.

Flag: The People’s Republic of T’Fiws’s flag is: Gold, three green hills base, a lamp of knowledge with three flames center, a red mullet and wolfstinger Chief. Motto: Es ist wie es ist.

Official Seal: A single red star on a black oil lamp with three flames.

Military: There are two knighthood orders that serve the P.roT.. The Order of the XIOXS is an honorary Knighthood Order that functions as the official military of T’Fiws. The Knights of the Cougar (AKA Cougar Knights) is our newest knighthood order whose proper function has not yet been determined.

The P.roT. also appreciates the PRoTection the United States of America has afforded us since the 1990s and of course the Garden City Police Department in an unofficial capacity.

Flower: Sweet Pea

Animal: The Garden City High School Mouse . Once considered so rare that most zoologist rejected the very existence of the GCMouse as fairy tale. Recently, due to severe shifts in the environment of T’Fiws, the numbers of GCMice has increased to such a large number that they threaten to become the most numerous of all indigenous species in T’Fiws.

Bird: Cardinal

Motto: We have three official mottoes.
¸ On our coat of Arms: Es ist wie es ist! (It is as it is!)
¸ Official Motto: Gott sei mit euch. (God be with you.)
¸ Between 7:00 Am and 3:00 PM: Weapons of Mass Instruction

Chief Exports: Postage stamps and blue, black pens, Yggdraswill (a caffeinated energy drink), Hoopdieswill (a carbonated energy drink), Twits (a chocolate, caramel, and cookie styled candy bar) and land (by the square inch)

Gross Domestic Product (GDP): N1000.

Government/Political Institutions:
The head of government and of state is His Grace, the Lord Jso7m378, by the Grace of God, PappaTashBahn of T’Fiws, General Secretary of the Confederation of the People’s Republics of Formicro, Ithlien, and T’Fiws, Lord of the No-So-Bright-Knights, Grand Knight of the Holy Order of the IXOE, and Keeper of the Sacred Words, May He Live Forever. Amen. The “TashBahn” (as he is affectionately refered to by his peers) rules by divine right. There are two houses in the Limited Republic.

There is an upper house, which consists of nobility and all other citizens that the TashBahn has granted a Title. The nobility may assist the TashBahn in the making of laws, Ordinances, Constitutions, and etc..

The lower house consists of citizens who may vote on some issues.

The Judiciary consists of a lower court presided over by a jury of “peers” and the TashBahn. Appeals may be made to the Court of Jesters, (a.k.a. “the administrators.”) The TashBahn abides by all decisions the Court of Jesters in all matters except those that endanger the sovereignty of the People’s Republic of T’Fiws, or the Confederation.

The official police department is known affectionately as De’Per (pronounced diaper). De’Per is the Department of Persuasion headed by a member of the Court of Jesters, General Suzie Denise.

Official Language: The official language of the People’s Republic of T’Fiws is English, using the Tengwar font. Some Confederation words have been added.

Military: The Holy Order of the XOIES is an honorary knighthood order that functions s the military. However, the People’s Republic of T’Fiws does enjoy the PRoTection of the USA and the Garden City Police Department, in an unofficial sense.

Citizenship: The Ministry of Citizenship (MiniCit) has jurisdiction over all matters of citizenship rights. Any non-resident alien or other person wishing to become a citizen of the People’s Republic of T’Fiws must submit, in writing, in triplicate, a request for application. A small fee of $0.25 American or N0.25 should be enclosed for processing the request. A written application will be mailed out to the person requesting application. This application should be filled out in triplicate and mailed back to the MiniCit. There is a $0.25 American or N0.25 fee of application.

There are three levels of citizenship in T’Fiws: Level 1, 2 and H.
Level 1 citizens must have earned 3 A’s on tests in Mr. Lenze’s classes to apply for admission. Level 1 citizens must also pass a MiniCit admission test, they may be granted citizenship by any ruler in the Confederation, or they may purchase their citizenship for $100.00 American currency or N100.

Citizenship Levels are:
1 Citizen
2a Full Citizen
2b Full Citizen B
2c Citizen 2 C
H Honorary Citizen

Only Four persons have been granted Honorary Citizenship: Jesus, John Hanson, Marcus Swift, and St. Augustine of Hippo.

Citizenship Rights by Level: All citizens of the People’s Republic of T’Fiws will be privy to the same basic rights: property, voting, access, life, and liberty.

1 Simply enjoy the right of citizenship with free and unlimited access to People’s Republic of T’Fiws (when open), voting rights, and, of coure, the Right to Life, Liberty, and Property

2a Rights same as Level 1
Right to hold office in Lower House if elected, and all other citizenship rights as spelled out in the Articles of Confederation of PRoFIT

2b Right to hold office in Upper House if elected, all other citizenship rights as spelled out in the Articles of Confederation of PRoFIT,
and/or same rights as 2a, only purchased

2c Right to hold any office and rise to any rank within the P.roT., and same rights as above, but may serve in Upper House

H Honorary. There are three Honorary Citizens of T'Fiws: Jesus, John Hanson (first President of the United States) and St. Augustine.

Citizens of T’Fiws have no official names. It has been found that names cause much confusion of identity and therefore all citizens are given a number (hereby known as “names”) by which they are known. All names begin with the five digits Jso7m, followed by a specific designation. Cougar Knights are unique in this that their digits are CKxxxxx.

His Grace, the TashBahn, may he live forever. Amen. Reserves the right to rescind any and all citizenship without cause.

Since the Antechamber Treaty of 01PR (10TR [2003GR]) all citizens of T’Fiws are also citizens of Formicro and Ithilien by virtue of membership in the Confederation.

It never snows in T’Fiws.

The Official and Most Wonderful History of the People’s Republic of T’Fiws

Part I:
Although the People’s Republic of T’Fiws (PRoT) was established in the recent past, it has a long and glorious history. In the early days (before its founding) it was part of a vast forested wilderness uninhabited by any humans. In 1825 GR the United States of America opened the long awaited Erie Canal. In that same year two men, Marcus Swift and his friend Luther Reeves, left New York state and came to Michigan to help settle this vast frontier. They came to Detroit and then traveled up the Rouge river (as far as present day Merriman and Warren Roads on the border of Garden City and Westland). Here, in the middle of a thickly growing woods the two men claimed land (Luther Reeves later sold his claim). At that time there were no inhabitants of this land. Although Marcus Swift did not establish the sovereign people’s Republic of T’Fiws, he is often referred to as the Father of the Republic because of his tremendous struggle to settle the land for future generations. (Source: The History of Garden City, MacFie, (1969), Garden City Board of Education)

In 1993 GR, the founder of T’Fiws claimed his classroom in Garden City High School to be a soveign state, independent of the United States of America, based on the discovery of the land claim, filed in Wayne County which had given Marcus Swift title to the land. This document (which has since been lost [due to a fire or something]) granted Marcus Swift full authority over the territory now being discussed. The specific wording of this land claim gave Marcus Swift “sole authority” over the land in question. In a settlement made between the founder of T’Fiws and representatives of the United States, the entire original land claim of Marcus Swift was turned over to the United States in exchange for the right of sovereignty over room 210 of Garden City High School (6500 Middlebelt Road, Garden City, Michigan 48135). The Treaty of Sovereignty, as this treaty has come to be called has been misplaced for the present by the founders but they are confident that the United States government has their copy available to the public (contact the US Department of Foreign Affairs).

T’Fiws has been an independent sovereign state since 1993 GR. This became Year 1 of the T’Fivian calendar (01TR). In 04TR (1997 GR) an insurrection was begun by discontented resident aliens who were opting to establish a rebel state within the boarders of T’Fiws. The rebels set fire to their desk and were then detained and removed from T’Fiws by the Ministry of Persuasion and given detention in the United States. The insurrection collapsed. Thus the Battle of the Desk, as this war has been named, was a failure for the rebels.

Again on June 06TR (1999 GR) , a group of citizens aided by outlanders from the United States (but not to be assumed as acting in an official capacity for the US) attempted to stage a referendum and take over the Republic. This group, known as the Green Party was a subversive communist group that had ties to Red China. The TashBahn (may he live forever) had the country evacuated for a period of three months. This act ended the Revolution as the citizens did not return to T’Fiws when the boarders were re-opened in September. The event has come to be called the Green Revolution.

In 07TR (2000 GR), after an unprovoked attack on the PRoT by the Kingdom of Ithilien, a short war ensued between the two TashBahndoms. This war, known as the War of the Antechamber, ended with a peacefull settlement when His Grace, Lord Jso7m378 &ct. and King David the Only of Ithilien &ct. realized the danger of such actions to the security of their respective nation (it was later learned that members of the Green Party above had set up the whole mishap in an attempt to destablilize the Upper Floor (the lands of T’Fiws and Ithilien in a further attempt to seize power.) ,negotiations were begun with Ithilien to join their TashBahndoms in confederation with T’Fiws which took place on January 1, 08TR (2001 GR) to co-inside with the millennium. A committee of correspondence was then established to set up Articles of Confederation pending adoption (and still pending).

A third state, For Micronesia joined the confederation three days after school resumed in January 07TR (2001 GR).

An embassy was established in the United States in 09TR (2002 GR) to help assist in the transition to citizenship as T’Fiws began growing rapidly due to immigration from the US.

In September 12TR (2005 GR) a terrorist group from the United States (again with no known ties to the government of the US) known as the “Custodians” crossed the boarders after hours and began a series of terrorist activities against the citizens and resident aliens of T’Fiws. The Bio-War (as the event is being called) was a well staged and executed attack on the very environment of T’Fiws. Pollutants from the US (not connected with the government of the US) were left in and around the country, building up molds and pollens, becoming toxic to life as we know it. The TashBahn solicitated the US’s help in capturing the ring leaders of the attacks but was unable to effect positive change in the situation until it became intolerable. In June 13TR (2006 GR) the terrorist were captured, permanently removed from T’Fiws, and put before a public hearing in the US for their plot. Again the terrorist were thwarted and the Bio-War was ended. The good will of the people of the United States was bestowed on the People of T’Fiws when a new floor replaced the contaminated floor of T’Fiws (making T’Fiws the only country in the world [that we know of] that has had its entire floor replaced!)

It was in the year 13TR that the population of T’Fiws had its largest leap forward from 12+/- 5 to 29! Making T’Fiw the fastest growing country (in terms of population) in the world.

In 13TR, Lord Jso7m3725 was appointed Misiter of the Propigation of T’Fiws or Lord Jso7m3725, by the grace of God and behest of the PapaTashBahn, MiniProp of T’Fiws, may he live forever. Amen.

Also in the year 13TR, His Grace, the TashBahn, proclaimed Lord Jso7m3726, Historian Maximus. His Title is now Lord Jso7m3726, by the grace of God and behest of the PapaTashBahn, Historian Maximus of T’Fiws, may he live forever. Amen.

On November 10, 13TR (6PR, 2006 GR) T’Fiws found itself in three wars all at one time. At about 8:35 as the His grace, the TashBahn, &tc was making a state visit to America, a group of terrorist called Keenosians attacked him. His grace the TashBahn &tc thwarted the attack and dealt a severe blow to the ring leader. Later that same day another Terroist cell from the United States (again with no known ties to the government of the US) crossed the border and attacked the person of His Grace. Drawing His sword and doing combat with the terrorist (there must have been 10 or twenty of them) single-handedly the TashBahn defeated the Terrorist and saved the PRoT from certain calamity. An Hour later, the terrorist cell once again attacked and were thwarted bu His Grace while the Knight Templar stood by to ensure a fair (except that the TashBahn was way over matched for them) fight. These two battles have come to be called the First and Second Empoorer Revolutions.
(Brandon Larson AKA the Emporer (yep, spelled that way!) was the “brains (?) behind the terrorist. He hoped to establish a new empire of Emporer and PRoT was the first place he attacked. The Emporer’s brain will be cleaned in Room 101 on Dec, 5, 13TR after the Court of Jesters found him guilty of the attacks.)

July, 15PR, the Government purchased a mobile unit to allow for more comfortable state visits by the TashBahn. Mobile T'Fiws is the name it carries.

Over the summer of 15PR, the United States surprised His Grace by secretly replacing the floor of the country (at no expense to the people of T'Fiws), making T'Fiws the only nation in the world to have it's entire floor replaced!

It was suggested that a new motto be added to our list, "The Floor's the Limit!" but this was voted down.

January 1, 20PR, the new constitution went into effect. Thus T'Fiws is officially a Constitutionally Limited Republic.