Report: Batavian Queen's coronation masks instability

KONINGENWAARDE, BATAVIA - Dignitaries from across Micras yesterday descended on the Cathedral of s' Koningenwaarde to witness the coronation of the new Queen of the Batavians, Anna. Gazette reporters witnessed the moment of coronation amongst a crowd packed with foreign dignitaries. Those invited included representatives from Bastion nations such as Shireroth, Gralus and Natopia, as well as others such as Gotzborg and Alexandria.

A commemorative spoon
of Queen Anna III -
Does Micras swallow the
story of a stable Batavia?

The ascension of Anna Windsor-Rosendaal, child of Queen Fränzi-Ferdinanda I des Vinandy and Constantijn Windsor, to the throne of Batavia solidifies the constitutional arrangement of the Benacian empire which will henceforth be known as the Sixth Kingdom. A new constitution is planned but requires the signature and approval of the new monarch. Anna is the first ruler of the Batavians to follow Sisera, also known as the Heavenly Light, who ruled both Batavia and South Batavia (Zuidbatavie) as part of the Jingdao Empire. Since Jingdao collapsed, Batavia has been without a monarch, and Anna brings to an end a period of great instability for one of the great powers of Micras.

However, the stability presented by the coronation and the new constitution is undermined by the co-existence of another state claiming to be the true successor to the Batavian national legacy. Known as the 'St. Anna government' because of its capital city and claiming islands marked as a dependency of the Democratic Republic of Flanders, this Kingdom of Batavia is currently seeking full recognition by the Micronational Cartography Society. It is supported by Flanders as well as the Viking Empire of Stormark, who recently ratified a Treaty of Assistance providing direct military support to the fledgling 'Free Batavian' government. What is clear from a recent public claim of copyright infringement regarding the Batavian coat of arms made by Batavian Jonas - unofficially but not formally settled by Stormarker provision of a new one - is that this long-running clash will only produce more bad blood on Micras before the matter is settled as non-Dutch sector micronations form ranks and ally with either government. This was demonstrated by the recent, still-unresolved dispute between both Batavias and the new Micran State of Haifa, caused by the latter's attempt to recognise both states.