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The '''Kingdom of Humanity''', surrounded by the '''Humanity Sea''', a ], was a ] in the ] established in 1878 by ] captain ], who proclaimed himself King James I. Offered as a home for the poor and oppressed of ], at the time of King James' death in 1888 the kingdom had around 2,000 residents. |
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King James was succeeded by his son King George I, who negotiated ] ties with larger powers. He was able to secure defensive support from ] with the ] ], in exchange for berthing privileges at the kingdom's ]s. |
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King Franklin I succeeded after King George's death in ]. During his reign, the kingdom's flag was designed, a ] was established, and the population of the kingdom grew to 7,000. |
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Although peaceable, the kingdom was often threatened by ]s. The valuable islands were later occupied by ] troops in ], and by ]ese forces in ]. |
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With the Japanese invasion, King Franklin was forced to leave to ]. The remaining soldiers were executed, and ] became a ] base. The anniversary of the invasion was later remembered in the public ] called Martyr's Day. |
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King Franklin was eventually succeeded by his grandson ] (his son Josiah died of ] before his ]). Meads found it necessary to buy back some of the kingdom's territory, which had been sold by an ]n ] named ]. |
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In ], the Kingdom of Humanity merged with another micronation, the ]. |
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== Other micronations claimed in the Spratly & Paracel Islands == |
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==Further reading== |
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* Marwyn S. Samuels, ''Contest for the South China Sea''. (]) |
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* Samuel Pyeatt Menefee, "Republics of the Reefs":|Nation-Building on the Continental Shelf and in the World's Oceans, ''California Western International Law Journal'', vol. 25, no. 1, Fall, 1994, pp. 83-85. |
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