Principality of Nossia

The Principality of Nossia was a protectorate of the Karno-Ruthenian Empire and it was founded on 05 January 2016 by Prince Carlo I of Lamburg, inspired by the Principality of Monaco, the Byzantine Empire, the Second French Empire, the Empire of Brazil, and other small kingdoms in Ireland, as much as the Principality of Lampedusa and the Kingdom of Corsica. Nossia operates as a simulationist project. Its cultural aspect lies in the desire to spread the Venetian culture, especially the Talian dialect and its foreign policy is focused on the active participation of the principality in the integration of the Anglophone and Lusophone spheres of micronationalism. It has been the province of the Empire of Lifréia from May 2015 until the end of the Nossian-Lifreian Civil War, when it became independent. On 20 February 2017, after several weeks of negotiation between Carlo I and Oscar I, it was decided that the principality would join the Empire as a protectorate, the first of the imperial history. The agreement between Karnia-Ruthenia and Nossia foresaw that the protectorate would last for a month, since for the imperial government it would be a sufficient period of time for the princely government end all their disputes to join the Empire or give up doing it. Despite the relatively peaceful period, the principality chose to maintain its independence through a referendum held on 16 March 2017, the result of which was recognized by the Emperor-King of Karnia-Ruthenia the following day.

=History=

Insurgency
Carlo of Lamburg was appointed Governor of the Province of Astra by his brother, the Kanfre of Lifréia in early 2015. In an internal dispatch to the Imperial Household, the Kanfre Ivan VII (then called Lopes I) refered to his brother as "the most trutworthy person I known." While in office, Carlo came in contact with secessionist factions in the Province. One of them, that operated under the anodyne facade name of "Pope Pius XI Society" took Carlo as one of its commanders. Another organization was referred to by the names of "the Blue Brigades" or "The Moderate Secessionists". Carlo, after his entry into the organization and now an adherent of Astran independency, didn't agree with the violent ways disseminated by the Society and sought a more peaceful alternative, leaving for the "Blue Brigades". With the provincial elections of May of 2015, he managed to form a sizeable "secessionist" cabinet. From that moment, it seemed that all was going accordingly to the plans of the governor. Diplomatic talks with the lifreian government were to be held soon. However, hostilities broke out after a member of the so-called "Pius XI Society" (A radical secessionist group) attacked the provincial government headquarters. This triggered a swift response from the Lifreian Government who declared martial law and assumed control of the Provincial Government. Observing the volatile situation, Carlo armed the "Blue Brigades", waiting for the worst.