To celebrate the third anniversary of the Popular Union of Occitania, the government has created a culural project, the Occitanian third anniversary postcard project.

A postcard representing the traditional flag will be sent from territory to territory around the world. The government will coordinate its journey. In addition, it can also be sent to micronations friends of Occitania.

The postcard will leave, the State of Shalom, on September 1st. At each stage of his journey, the card will be placed in an envelope; the hosts can sign the card and write a word on a sheet that will travel with the card.

At the end of her trip, the postcard will be exhibited at the Postal Museum in Babougrad.

To host the postcard, governors and foreign leaders can fill this forumular.

Dear friends,
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Three days ago, the Occitanian Federal Court in a control session broke and canceled almost all diplomatic treaties signed by our diplomatic service since our foundation, on September 15, 2015.

Our ministry respects this sovereign decision.

The reasons for this decision are explained by the absence of a legal framework when we have signed these treaties, indeed no legal structure authorized this act. We have made a mistake of juridical appreciation, we have understood it and we assume it.

This decision, far from being an amateurism, shows that our nation has an effective administrative justice as well as solid institutions.

Today we invite our allies to send us their standard documents, to restore as soon as possible our diplomatic links. Similarly, we have documents ready for ratification.

This mistake will not happen again, since we now have all the legal instruments to conclude this kind of agreement,this is the result of our political maturity.

Sincerely, B.CHKAYA , MFA Minister 

I- federal elements

name of the federal element / population

Three Flowers / 14
Luigi / 7
Medoc / 3
Novo-Ivanovsk / 3
Pineland / 3
Shalom / 3
Babougrad / 2
Soternes / 2
Tagtabazar / 2
Dunsula / 1
New-Iustus / 1
New-Occitanian-Granada / 1
Oslovia / 1
Palmola /1

TOTAL = 45/80

II- occitanians living abroad

name of the country / occitanians living there

Algeria / 1
Antigua & Barbuda / 1
Argentina / 2
Bangladesh / 1
Belgium / 2
Canada / 1
China / 1
Croatia / 1
France / 4
Germany / 1
India / 1
Lituania / 1
Mexico / 2
Morocco / 1
Serbia / 2
Spain / 2
United Kingdom / 3
United States of America / 6
Venezuela / 2

TOTAL = 35/80
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name of the ethnic community according to the occitanian Ministry of Immigration / occitanians member of this community

Catalan / 16
Japanese / 10
French / 12
Spainard / 3
North American White / 12
Latino / 9
Polish / 1
Korean / 1
Arabic / 3
Lituanian / 1
Serbian / 2
English / 3
Galician / 1
Chinese / 1
German / 1
Indian / 1
Hungrian / 1
North American Black / 1
Bengali / 1

TOTAL = 80

The Prime Minister of the Popular Union of Occitania, Babou Chkaya paid an official visit to the region of Val d'Aran in Catalonia. The themes of this visit were the common Occitanity and the current political situation in Catalonia.

Chkaya visited several places of cultural interest in the region, related to the Occitan culture or with the Republican retreat during the Spanish Civil War in the cities of Les, Bossòst and Veilha 

This visit was also intended to bring the support of the Popular Union of Occitania to the Aranese population in the political-juridical conflict with the Spanish government after the ban on the preferential use of the Occitan language in the area ; and more generally supports Catalonia in its movement of social and democratic emancipation.

For the people living in Dunsula, Luigi, New Iustus, New Occitanian Granada, Novo Ivanovsk, Sezentrania and Tagtabazar, the election will take place on May 19.

For the people living in Babougrad, Medoc, Oslovia, Palmola, Shalom, Soternes and Three Flowes, the election will take place on May 20.

For the people living abroad, the e-vote will take place bewteen May 16 and May 19. The e-vote website will be send to all the foreign citizens by mail. 

MELOCOTON PARTY

Our program for Occitania here!

Our parliament, the Vergadering will vote shortly, a law asking the Federal Court to hold a popular consultation that will submit to the people, whether our country should remain a member of GUM or not. The popular consultation should be organized in the middle of March 2018.

We will explain in three points why our union must leave the GUM.

The Popular Union of Occitania is a full member of the GUM since this summer and this participation does nothing to improve our diplomatic situation. 

Our government had begun our integration into the GUM with the aim of establishing new diplomatic relations, to participate in exchanges, to unite us in a group sharing the same interest for the micronational world. 

​But it was not at all the experience that we have lived. Internally, the GUM collapses from the inside through its bureaucracy which causes inactivity in the form of a vicious circle. The former chairman, Henry Clément, cannot present any results because apart from running the day-to-day business he has had no plans for the future or large-scale projects.

​For months the GUM sees its eminent members leaving, Abeldane a few days ago for example. The GUM in my opinion is dead. We can no longer stay in this ''empty shell''. There are neither plans for the future. 

From our side, we have developed and created our own commonwealth. ​We can if we leave the GUM, redistribute our diplomatic efforts towards our own organization.

"Commies", "populace" ... were adjectives to describe you, people of Occitania inside the GUM. Nations have despised us since our arrival, pseudo-emperors have been arrogant towards us. ​For our dignity, let's leave these hypocrites.

Occitania is a multicultural micronation with territories in many parts of the world, we now have about 70 citizens who are entitled to respect and dignity. Our coexistence is our strength.

During this weekend, which was marked by the transition to the year 2018, the President of the Union Babou Chkaya visited the Spanish community of Occitania in the federal states of Aragon, Rio de Nata and New-Igolstadt.

These federal state rights are located in the El Pueyo de Araguás municipality, in the Sobrarbe region, in the north of the Spanish province of Huesca, on the French border.

The President also visited cultural sites in the municipalities of Bielsa, Ainsa and Boltaña. With the spainard community in Aragon, he spent the New Year's Eve respacting "the twelve grapes of luck" tradition (Las doce uvas de la suerte in spanish). The tradition consists of eating a grape with each bell strike at midnight of December 31. According to the tradition, that leads to a year of prosperity.

On Monday, January 1, the president visited the rural territories of the federal state of Aragon to collect topographic data and take pictures to promote this territory. He climbed the Eastern Mountain, the highest point of Occitanian territory which rises to 885 meters.

This trip will be the last of Chkaya, who will give way to Juan Cisneros, elected in December on
January 15 next.

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Union of the Left : 25 votes, 78,13%
V. Novikov (IND) : 4 votes, 12,5%
PIP : 3 votes, 9,37%

Montserrat (Union of the Left) : 9 votes, ~28%
FP (Union of the Left) :  9 votes, ~28%
Esquerra! (Union of the Left) :  7 votes, ~28%

​V. Novikov (IND) : 4 votes, 12,5%
PIP : 3 votes, 9,37%
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Midi-Gironde : 100%
New World : 70%
Iberia : 69,23%
Septemtrio : 42,85%
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FEDERAL TURNOUT : ​55,73%
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Babou Chkaya (Esquerra!/Union of the Left) : 7 votes, 77,77%
Blank votes : 2 votes, 22,22%
Invalid votes : N/A

Turnout : 100%

Vicent Branchadell (Montserrat/Union of the Left) : 9 votes, 100%
Lluis Esteve (PIP) : N/A
Blank votes : N/A
Invalid vores : N/A

Turnout : 69,23 %
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Jakub Baran (FP/ Union of the Left) : 9 votes, 81,81%
Blank votes : 2 votes, 18,18%
Invalid vores : N/A

Turnout : 42,85%
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Juan Cisneros (PIP) : 3 votes, 42,85%
Vladimir Novikov (Independent) : 4 votes, 57,15%
Blank votes : N/A
Invalid vores : N/A

Turnout : 70 %​
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TAGTABAZAR 

Juan Cisneros (PIP) : 2 votes, 100%
Blank votes : N/A
Invalid vores : N/A

Turnout : 100 %​
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Vicent Branchadell (Montserrat/Union of the Left) : 9 votes, 100%
Blank votes : N/A
Invalid vores : N/A

Turnout : 69,23 %
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Voters 6, votes cast 6 (turnout 100%)

Babou Chkaya (Esquerra!/Union of the Left) : 4 votes, 66,66%
Juan Cisneros (PIP) : 1 vote, 16,66%
Vladimir Novikov (Independent) : 1 vote, 16,66%

On November 18, 2017, in anticipation of future elections, the government conducted a federal census.

By ​Community
​
The largest ethnic community of Occitania are Catalans who represent 26% of the total population. They live in two federal elements, the State of Bayarri and the Federal Republic of Three Flowers. Follow the French people with 19%, the Spainards with the same number as the white Americans : 10%.  The others largest communities with Latin Americans (8%) and Japaneses (6%).

The most populated federal element is the Republic of Three Flowers.

-Republic of Three Flowers : 14
-State of Himeji : 4
-State of Medoc : 3
-Republic of Sezentrania : 3
-State of Shalom: 3
-Federal City of Babougrad : 2
-State of Bayarri : 2
-State of Carpetania : 2
-Republic of Tagtabazar : 2
-State of Kambagrad : 1
-State of Oslovia : 1
-State of Palmola : 1
-Saint Sanctuary of All-Saints : 0
-State of Aragon : 0
-State of Highland : 0
​-State of Lyudi : 0
-State of Maltemps : 0
-State of Monkey Bay : 0
-State of Nata River : 0
-State of New-Ingolstadt : 0
-State of Novolitova : 0
-Territory of Ved : 0

-United States of America : 5
-French Republic : 4
-Republic of Serbia : 2
-Kingdom of Spain : 2
-Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela : 2
-People's Democratic Republic of Algeria : 1
-Antigua and Barbuda : 1
-Argentine Republic : 1
-Kingdom of Belgium : 1
-Canada : 1
-Republic of Croatia : 1
-Kingdom of Morocco : 1
-Republic of India : 1
-United Kingdom of Great Britain and Nothern Ireland : 1

Since the founding of the Union of Occitania on September 15, 2015, the population has been constantly increasing. We can see two phases of growth.
The first is called "slow", begins at the foundation and ends in  March 2017. Over a period of more than a year and a half, the population slowly increases.
The second, called "fast" start at the end of March 2017  and seems to always happen. It includes a large territorial expansion and bursts of citizenship requests. The base population doubles during this period.