In 1967, an offshore platform in the North Sea was seized by a pirate radio operator. This would become the Principality of Sealand, an unrecognized micronation. Recently, CMU's administration was struck with inspiration, and decided to secede from the United States, to form its own micronation.
The sovereign state of Carnegie-Mellon Republic (CMR) encompasses approximately 0.6 square kilometers, with a 4.8km border, soon to be secured with concrete walls with many bottle-cap-sized holes. Carnegie-Mellon is yet to establish diplomatic relations with any nations, minus one. Scotland has been receptive, and sent a bouquet of thistles to the CMR embassy in Edinburgh.
Carnegie-Mellon's government is set to be a constitutional republic, with a president and seven ministries. The Dietrich Ministry of Humanities and Social Sciences will be responsible for statecraft and international relations, and is currently working to draft a constitution. The Ministry of Fine Arts is writing a national anthem, which should be on Soundcloud by the end of the week.
The United States has been, as one press release described, "agitated." CIT has been redesignated as the Carnegie Institute of Defense, which is now working tirelessly to secure our borders against a confused and heartbroken US military. CMU Rocket Command has been vital in defending the skies above the Republic, and the Naval ROTC has quickly secured CMU's territorial waters.
No longer do CMU undergraduates aspire to work for the military industrial complex of the past; the Mellon Ministry of Science has established a state-run defense contractor, Lockheed Mellon, to put the Republic's brightest minds to work.
While CMR currently relies on imports for some products, a self-sufficient economy is a not-so-distant dream. Many of the former academic buildings within the state's borders are now being repurposed as indoor farms, and free from the burden of studying, those in the Tepper Ministry of Business are settling into jobs in agriculture, manufacturing, and distribution.
