Knowing your place in the alternative polities sector – Prime Minister's statement

KINGDOM OF CURIMAE
OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER

Knowing your place in the alternative polities sector
Statement of the Prime Minister, issued May 27, 2026

Amidst the drama in the Filipino portion of the micronations channel that escalated since May 2026, we went desperate to save their sanity while continuing to participate in the alternative polities sector. We had to realize that the real world never cares about the volatile emotions of the participants in the Filipino portion.

A crucial step to maintaining our sanity is to realize that after all, the Republic of the Philippines is the only real country in the context of Filipino alternative polities. We have to hold that Micronations or virtual states are not real countries because most of the time they exist on electronic platforms or on sheets of paper written by their participants. Micronations have virtually no control over their claimed resources; real-world commercial enterprises de facto decide how those alternative polity projects exist on their infrastructure and data services. Another limiting factor is that micronations, despite their pretense of sovereignty, almost always shy away when faced with troubles outside their fences or outside their PlayStation screens.

In many chat rooms, we reminded participants of the Filipino portion that when the drama keeps worsening, we would not show ourselves as fellow micronationalists, but as fellow Filipino citizens. We can also show them Philippine government documentation of us if real-world enterprises owned by their families were to require identity authentication. We also posted music videos of Lupang Hinirang into their chats to remind them of our true sovereign. To avoid future pressure from the fandom that goes by the phrase Philippine Micronations Community (PMC), we stopped describing ourselves as micronations and instead started identifying as alternative polities. This is also to comply with the laws of the Philippines.

In the prelude, the PMC fandom published a deluded “joint resolution” saying that the Prime Minister of Curimae should resign and permanently exit the fandom. As the King of Curimae is not available at this moment, it appears that the fandom intends to push Curimae towards anarchy. Participants of the fandom also hurled libelous accusations. Overall, it turned out that most of the PMC™ fandom spoke ill of Curimae and its allies.

On the false accusations of atrocities, we would like to remind you that we never killed anyone. If atrocities really happen, the PMC fandom players should immediately call the Philippine National Police, the Armed Forces of the Philippines, or other emergency services. Issuing and signing a “joint resolution” to force a resignation of someone not affiliated is illogical and, depending on real-world laws, crosses the line into grave coercion, harassment, or unjust vexation. The “joint resolution” also shows the PMC fandom’s true colors: they bully and harass anyone who challenges their methods.

One thing that looks like a legal minefield in the Filipino portion of the micronations channel is that the seal of a certain Association of Micronations in the Philippine Islands plagiarizes Philippine state insignia. Carrying suns with rays, a blue band, a red band, and yellow stars, the seal looks like it is Philippine state insignia, except for the dove. Using logos that resemble Philippine state insignia for projects that clearly do not represent Filipinos at large is a taboo: aside from penalties under the Philippine Flag and Heraldic Code, such an action is outrageous to Filipinos who are highly culturally-conscious. Philippine state insignia or anything that looks like such should not be utilized in contexts and environments where frivolity prevails, such as the Filipino portion of the micronations channel. When designing insignia for your own alternative polity project, be creative and avoid copying from real-world state insignia.

In an agenda to have Curimae expelled from an Internet-based organization of alternative polities, many PMC players accused the Prime Minister of driving someone towards suicide. An Internet-based community is not meant to resolve cases of suicides. If they strongly believe that a suicide happened, they should contact the real-world authorities to determine what led to the suicide and ultimately to seek a dignified closure. The Prime Minister of Curimae doesn’t carry weapons. He doesn’t carry lethal injections. He also never bullied anyone on the Internet. Depending on the reported suicide case, the real-world authorities may mandate an exhumation procedure and a thorough examination of the dead body.

Another issue surrounding our allies is that someone accused our allies of speaking negatively about a figure that is entirely unknown to us. While libel and slander are legitimate concerns, continuing to mention the figure’s name even when warning about penalties under the Philippine Revised Penal Code could actually cause further damage to the figure’s reputation. As it is obvious that all of us are completely uninvolved in any aspect of the subject’s life, it would be better to stop mentioning the subject altogether.

To legitimately protect the subject’s reputation, removing all mentions and references to the subject would be a better idea. For example, on Meta Platforms’ Messenger application, the user might utilize the “unsend” function, which as of May 2026, can be triggered by tapping the “delete” button and then the “delete for everyone” button. We should never mention anyone, especially private persons, in which we have no relevant business in real life.

Sovereignty is serious business and nobody really likes immense responsibilities of managing whole communities with no one else to seek help from. Being the ultimate authority in a given volume of space means having to see the most macabre aspects of existence without any filter in the name of devising accurate and realistic solutions. Most people would cover their eyes or hide away upon witnessing mutilated bodies. Handling gruesome issues is known to contribute to serious psychiatric disorders.

In other words, to maintain a semblance of order, a portion of humanity has to sacrifice their own wellbeing to save the wellbeing of everything else. Richard Stallman implied in his 2013 article (2017 revision) that we need a state to defend the wellbeing of the people and of Mother Nature. You can read his article by going to https://stallman.org and then finding on page the text “Why We Need a State.”

Ultimately, we have to remind ourselves of who our true sovereign is. In our case, the Republic of the Philippines is our true sovereign, and we are Filipino citizens first. When the drama in the micronations channel of the alternative polities sector goes too much, the most realistic option we can do is to log out of our iPad screens, get outdoors, look at the flag outside our houses, and ask people which country we are stepping on. To protect our sanity, we can leave toxic chat rooms and block harassers with the setting being “block [user] and any additional profiles they may create.” Once again, Mabuhay ang bansang Pilipinas.

Issued by:
GENESIS JOHN CORVERA MARTINEZ
PRIME MINISTER OF CURIMAE