History

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Pre-Jacintoan Era

Before the founder even knew about micronationalism, he started the short-lived Second Republic of Texas in Minecraft in 2021. In early 2022, the Republic became a nonterritorial micronation. Later on October, a brief nation now known to the public as "The Happy Land" was created that only lasted for one day.

Early History and the Tacoland Wars

Setting a Foundation

Betelgeuse was founded by jan Pilin Pona in November of 2023 as the Republic of Jacinto, named after the Battle of San Jacinto. This stage of micronationalism was light and not as heavily active as Betelgeuse is today. On mid-July, it changed its name to the Republic of Betelgeuse.

A Confused Friend

When the President and Founder attempted to introduce micronationalism to his new friend, he instead created an imaginary sci-fi superpower called Tacoland, which he claimed time-traveled from the far future to the beginning of time to start. Although relations were well at first, a land dispute over Martian territory sparked the First Tacoland-Betelgeusan War from August 26-28 of 2024, resulting Tacoland to cede a strip of land on Pluto to it and Tacoland renting lands it ceded to Betelgeuse on the Sun. Then, it became a monarchy, shortly before the Second Tacoland-Betelgeusan War broke out, resulting in the occupation of Tacoland from October 2025 to May 2025, before granting its independence.

Post-Isolationist Era

Joining the Community

As Tacoland became inactive, the Prime Minister developed its Constitution in May. On late May, Betelgeuse claimed that Steve's Rebellion broke out. Then, on June 15th, Betelgeuse formed an alliance with Podland. However, it also dragged Betelgeuse into the Tarrif War against Objectland. As a result, on June 21st, it created the Rio Grande Accords, and on June 29th, the war ended as a white peace on June 29th.

Deceit All Around

From late June to Early July, Podland and Betelgeuse fought Bumland and the Fascist Dictatorship of Smart (later Popland) in the Bumlard War, which were micronations of ragebait. Although Podland and Betelgeuse misunderstood this ragebait, they won in the end, partitoning Smart in the process, although Bumland would reemerge later. From July 23 to July 24, 2025, Betelgeuse began Operation Crimson Fool, where the government staged a hack of the official Youtube Channel by Bumland.

August and September, 2025

Disputes and Gifts

In early August, Betelgeuse faced a war with Newbornbarfbruh due to a territorial dispute. Since August 13th, Betelgeuse gave the Closet Colony (now the municipality of Clozhetia) to Podland, in exchange for getting to print a unique version of the Podland Dollar. On August 16th, an incident occured in poorly governed territory in which a sign greeting people to Betelgeuse was replaced with "Welcome to the Kingdom of G-d" A few days before Black Thursday, Betelgeuse stepped in on Podland's side of its conflict with Serarin, but no one would have expected the outcome of what was to follow.

Black Thursday and Aftermath

Black Thursday is the Betelgeusan term for August 21st, 2025, the fallout of the deletion of Podland's micronational Youtube channel. It marks the end of the Golden Age. In the early morning, the Prime Minister found that Podland's Youtube channel was gone. Later that evening, a Podlandish government-in-exile was created, whose base was the Podlandish embassy at Friendship. Not only did the news spread quickly between micronations, but Bumland's government got serious in the gravity of the situation. However, Serarin was quickly defeated for its anti-Podlandish rumors.

A Nuclear Rebellion

On September 3rd, the Plants v. Zombies rebellion was established, which was made up of two cliques: the Plants Clique, and the Zombies Clique. On September 4th, Betelgeuse confirmed their possesion of a nuclear bomb and counterattacked the rebellion. The next day, Betelgeusan forces seized the nuclear bomb.

Reemergence and War

On September 5th, the leader of Podland, MintyFlinty, gave it to the Betelgeusan Prime Minister. On September 11th, the Republic of Edinland became active again. That same day, Betelgeuse joined the war against the Kingdom of Jaylish, but developments of the war have yet to be made. On September 19th, Betelgeuse began production the movie BEACON 1. On September 21st, the third Objectlandic-Podlandish Crisis occured over Objectlandic claims in Clozhetia. On September 22nd, the Podo-Betelgeusan Union dissolved.

A Nanonation

On September 28th, the former leader of Plants v. Zombiesland declared his MSM lego set to be a separate country. This was misunderstood by the Betelgeusan government to be a rebellion, but on October 1st, My Singing Monstersland was left to be a nanonation.

First Dormian-Betelgeusan War

Unlike most wars, which are declared, the First Dormian-Betelgeusan War, a major part of GMW2, gradually built up from tensions between the two nations.

Establishment of the ABO and the Final Assault

On October 9th, the Anti-Betelgeusian Organization was created by Bedonia and Objectland. The following day, Betelgeuse made its Final Assault against Tacoland, causing it to stop existing. Its remaining lands became the settlement of New Leeds. On October 12th, at 8:00 PM CDT, Betelgeuse stopped recognizing all members of the Anti-Betelgeusan Organization, with the Dormian Embassy being demolished the following day. On October 14th, the Objectlandic Embassy was destroyed.

"Betelgeusan Empire"

On October 14th, an executive order was signed giving all power to the Prime Minister, who crowned himself Emperor. On October 18th, the Empire rejected the harsh Treaty of Quanty that Dormia made, and accepted Macroland's apology for their actions. As a result, their alliance was resumed. After increased lobbying from various other micronations, the Kingdom was restored on October 19th.

Restoration of Democracy

On the same day that the Kingdom of Betelgeuse was restored, the micronation accepted an invite from the Unified People's States to join Nova Associate Micronational Organisation. At last, on October 24th and 25th, Betelgeuse's allies signed the New Treaty of Quanty to end GMW2, with it being an indecisive Betelgeusan victory.

Interwar Period

Ashes Settle

On October 29th, the Betelgeusan Air Force was created, with the Navy being created the following day. On November 3rd, Betelgeuse made an alliance form to become more professional.

Antarctic Liberation

In early November, Betelgeuse challenged Puertoria's antarctic claims of Marie Byrd land and the Betelgeusan Antarctic Territory (the latter known in Puertoria as Yoder Land) After Puertoria threatened to partition Upper Egypt and Betelgeuse and murder their citizens, Puertoria surrendered, fearing it would be publicly humiliated as a genocide chamber.

UMA-FWM Incident

Shortly after the conflict ended, Dormia was promoted to Vice Leader of a Micronational Organization by the name of the Unified Micronational Assembly. Since the UMA has an anti-Galassian bias, Betelgeuse didn't like that; they formed their own rival organization called the Union of Free Micronations. However, some micronations, like Gatvya and Carolania did not want to be in the alliance. Carolania even spoke about this in a few of his community posts. After a while, Betelgeuse then disbanded the organization. Even though peace is flourishing between both Dormia and Betelgeuse, diplomatic relations still need more time to repair.

Acquisition of Avnious

On November 18th, Avnious decided to betray Betelgeuse. The following day, after Avnious surrendered, Betelgeuse colonized the nation. However, after a rebellion broke out, more autonomy was given to the region.

Second War with Serarin

On December 1st, Serarin formally declared war on Betelgeuse. That same day, another rebellion broke out in Avnious, this time, a pro-Serarin rebellion. Although Betelgeuse gave them independence, they had to switch sides in the war.

Road to the Second Dormian-Betelgeusan War

On December 6th, 2025, Betelgeuse sent a message to its allies, requesting that they unally with Dormia if possible. He also noticed that Dormia made a Sora video publicly mocking the Kingdom of Betelgeuse, and calling its King a 5 year old.

Second Dormian-Betelgeusan War

On December 7th, Avnious escalated the tensions by declaring war on Dormia, with Betelgeuse following suit. Shortly after, the Dormian embassy in Betelgeuse got demolished for a second time. Later that day, Gatvya responded by declaring war on Betelgeuse, before calling its leader fat and stupid. The following day, Freedomland stopped recognizing Betelgeuse. On December 9th, jan Pipo finished an anti-Dormian song named "To Tell the Truth." The following day, Dormia made the New Anti-Betelgeusan Organization and responded by making an anti-Betelgeusan song called "Battle Cry of the Phoenix." On the December 12th, Central Mercia would pledge full support against Dormia. On December 13th, jan Pipo made the "State of the Battle Address," to unite their side against Dormia, with Central Mercia also making a official declaration of war against Dormia. On December 14th, progress on a second anti-Dormian song was made, however, later events caused it to never be finished. After jan Pilin Pona saw that MGRVR was thinking about quitting micronationalism, he questioned whether he was truly fighting for liberation. Betelgeuse later apologized for their actions in the war. On December 15th, Betelgeuse and Dormia agreed to end the war, with no one winning.

Road through 2026

Pre-Warceptia

Later on December 15th, Betelgeuse abolished most forms of online war, as it is frowned upon in micronationalism. On December 24th, the Judean government forced Betelgeuse to tear down Dormia's embassy. On December 27th, the Betelgeusan government apologized for this and said that no such thing would be allowed again. On January 7th, jan Pilin Pona granted My Singing Monstersland and Plants v.s. Zombiesland independence, with jan Sitamu, the leader of those new nations, responding by accepting an alliance between the three.

Warceptia Conflict

The Warceptia Conflict is a name for 3 simultaneous wars that broke out on January 2026. On January 8th, Betelgeuse declared war on Lashburnia, the first online war since the restriction on online war was put in place. Meanwhile, on January 15th, Betelgeuse declared war on Puertoria and Chason in response to their opression of Kasteria. Later, on January 23rd, Avnious declared war on Betelgeuse but a day later, they only gained a few Betelgeusan outposts from the war. On February 4th, after Betelgeuse signed the Treaty of Fafaland, the war ended, as Lashburnia simply ignored the conflict.

Post-Warceptia and the start of the Great Micronational Cold War

Later that day, the online war ban was expanded to include all onine war, effectively dissolving the Cyberforces. This led to the war with Jaylish becoming a cold war. On February 21st, Anniephantia brought Betelgeuse in Operation Haven, a plan to resolve rumors of time travel. On February 27th, the leader of Gatvya joined, but was forced to leave after sharing the operation's chat site code to Dormia. On March 1st, Betelgeuse acquired an outpost called Nova Judea. Later that March, Betelgeuse declared a "cold war" with Chason. On March 10th, Betelgeuse began Operation Boiling Pot, a plan to weaken the Mustard Pact by sending requests to some of its members. However, the operation failed. In response, Betelgeuse created the Micronational Organization for Freedom (MOF), which quickly grew. On March 23rd, The Enceladusian Global Socialist Republic broke off the UGSR, and abandoned socialism; shortly after, the nation advocated for the dissolution of the UGSR and the Mustard Pact. This was named the Second March 23rd Crisis, named after the first. Also that day, Enceladus founded an anti-UGSR micronation called the Union of Free Democratic Republics. On March 24th, Anniephantia joined the UFDR.

Nisan Crisis

On March 29th, the Abuaddis Caliphate attacked Judea's territory in Sirena. On March 30th, the Caliphate attacked Betelgeuse's colony of Nova Judea. Meanwhile, a group known as the "Liberators" occupied much of the Judean mainland. On this same day, MSMland and Plants v. Zombiesland rejoined Betelgeuse as autonomous areas. However, the two groups that are attacking Judea commited warcrimes in the land they ravage, including killing and torturing animals, strict dictatorship, and supporting micronations like Jaylish.