The lore and faerie tale of Wikiland and its noble and majestik King Jimbo I

Jimboland The Free Kingdom of Wikimedia Wikiland
	Flag
	Motto: The kingdom that anyone can edit discussed
	Anthem: Hymn of Wikiland
	Wikiland is located at Canada and a part of America
Capital	Meta(simulated) Tampon(real) (formerly Wikicities, Wikipedia)
Largest city	En
Official language(s)	Wikiese ; Dork ; En
Government	Limited monarchy, formally consensus-driven federation
King	Jimbo I
National hero(es)	King Jimbo I and The knights of the Round desk ; some guy wearing a hat
Currency	WikiMoney ; Edit
Religion	User-Made Ones
Area	1/5 hectare
Time Zone	Internet Beat Time
Internet TLD	.wikimedia.org, albeit exceptions exist
Calling code	945

The Free Kingdom of Wikimedia, informally known as Wikiland, is a secessionist entity, and aspirant nation, located in St. Petersburg, Florida. While it possesses very little physical territory—limited to eighty-nine servers at a co-location facility—it has attracted immigrants from all over the world, and cultural conflicts resulting from this are a major social problem.With a population of over 22/7 (Not Pi Dammit) weirdos it is the largest nerd sanctuary in the world. Wikimedia is NOT WIKIA, although Wikia wishes they did own it.

While monarchy was popular in Wikiland, Socialism also dominated parts of the kingdom.

History[edit]

Wikipedia was founded in the late 1990s by Jimbo I as an alternative to the largely over-commercialized nations of that time. The capital was located at En, which has a certain degree of special status; in particular particularly naive immigrants tend to arrive there. Evidence suggests that Jimbo I plagarised the idea of a Wikocratic nation from the Uncyclopedia page Wikocracy. He also had the cheek to name his country Wikiland. The King's residence was in En, which gave it certain political advantages. Owing to a influx of non-English-speaking immigrants, a series of small municipalities have been set up, most notably Fr, Es, Ja, and Zh. Most Wikipedians now live outside the capital.

Due to En being overcrowded, the King moved his residence to Wikimediafoundation, a small city built outside Wikipedia, which itself lost its independence and was assimilated as a stubkingdom into the Free Kingdom of Wikimedia, although it retains tight controls on editing freedom and citizenship, requiring co-option of existing citizens to join. Given that this is the government house, entrance is limited to only to highly placed citizens of other large language WMF wikis. An internal wiki is known to exist, but it is well hidden. The newly-created simulation of Meta became the model capital of Wikiland, while its real capital, Tampon, became the public trash dump and wikigovernment residence.

In 2000 Encyclopædia Britannica forcefully acquired Wikimedia but was forced to let it go in 2002.

In 2007 most Unyclopedia Administrators were mysteriously killed by a large band of men bearing ~~Wikipedian Grenadiers~~ Nazi insignia, all carrying Sub-Machine Guns of some sort. This sparked the first WikiRebellion in that same year.

Politics[edit]

At first, it operated as an absolute monarchy; since December 2003 this has been changing. In practice, a group of "sysops" handle day-to-day law enforcement; they are de facto appointed for life, though occasional impeachments have happened. Major punishments used to be administered by a tiny technocracy; this is under revision. King Jimbo I remains its official ruler; however, Queen Angela rules from behind the scenes.

Major political parties are the Inclusionists and Deletionists, the former being radically expansionist. Tensions between German and Polish immigrants are high, and present a social problem, as does the issue of extending recognition to Palestine and Atlantium.

While the bill known as "Spoon Legislation Law" or SLL was recently approved on the by King Jimbo, meaning that all citizens are required to have a spoon on their person, this is out of paranoia and fear of the Zombie attacks of the middle ages returning. As well as fears that the Kraut-Polack war will unfair, now both sides will legally have to possess a spoon before destroying each other then over-throwing their own government.

Geography[edit]

Wikipedia has very little territory, estimated under 1/5 hectare, in a co-location facility. The territory is completely urbanized, and climate is quite moderate year-round, to within several degrees Celsius. Agriculture of the normal kind is impossible due to zoning laws and operation Fart Storm (Which has covered the Sun in Wikiland for many years); the extant agriculture, confusingly enough, only grows flames.

In order to protect the little territory, the people of Wikiland created a volunteer army whose flag was this.

Economy[edit]

While the King has supported Wikipedia at great length, more territory was recently acquired by means of a non-binding tax and blackmailing. A major economic problem is the unauthorized duplication of Wikipedian intellectual property by residents of other nations. Little is being done about this, though some foreigners are moving into voluntary compliance.

It is generally believed that without his Majesty's personal sponsorship, Wikipedia would be unable to function. This is a regrettable situation for many. Some have suggested sending U.S. foreign aid to Wikipedia, but this has been rejected because someone lost the MapQuest directions.

Demographics[edit]

The vast majority of Wikipedians are technically literate, and many are young and somewhat leftist. This leads to occasional conflicts.

Culture[edit]

Wikipedia largely uses Wikiese, a dialect of Standard English, at least within En, Wikimediafoundation, Meta and Commons. However, some terms such as consensus and vandal are not used, having become profanities. While Wikipedia is largely peaceful, fights often break out between immigrant groups, and on sensitive issues such as abortion, religion and circumcision.

External links[edit]

This page was originally sporked from wikipedia:WP:BJAODN.

The lore and faerie tale of Wikiland and its noble and majestik King Jimbo I

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