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Asgardia Proposes asgardia.space DECLARATION OF UNITY OF ASGARDIA We, the free people of the first in the history of humanity Space Kingdom ASGARDIA, based on the birthright of a Human in the universe, adopt this DECLARATION • Asgardia is a free and unified Space Nation. • Asgardia participates in the global events • The objectives of Asgardia are: on Earth, similar to the Earth’s States, based – To ensure peace in space; on its membership in the respective international – To ensure equal opportunities in space for organisations. all Asgardians, currently residing on Earth, Asgardia respects, complies with the rights • Chair of Parliament Head of Nation Supreme Justice regardless of their Earthly citizenship; of citizens of the Earth’s States, and protects Lembit Opik Igor Ashurbeyli Yun Zhao – To ensure the protection of the entire Asgardia’s citizens in the exceptional nature of BEGINNING humankind. their space citizenship. • Anyone can become a citizen of Asgardia, • Asgardia has no place for political parties. On 12 October 2016, at a press conference in Paris, Igor Ashurbeyli, a distinguished conditional on assenting to the Declaration, and However, every Asgardian can freely participate aerospace scientist, visionary and philanthropist, announced the creation of Asgardia, abiding by the Constitution and the legislation in the political life on Earth. the first space nation in the history of humanity. of Asgardia. • Asgardia mirrors the Earth without reflecting • All citizens of Asgardia are equal, irrespective Earthly borders. Nevertheless, in the framework CONSTITUTION of their Earthly country of origin, residence, of Earthly laws, every Asgardian can freely live citizenship, race, nationality, gender, religion, within the borders of any Earth State. Creation of the Constitution is a significant milestone in the history of a new Space Nation. language, financial standing. • Asgardia is a nation of free spirit, science, Referendum on it’s approval began on 18 June 2017, a date which was later declared as • Asgardia respects the laws of and international internationalism. However, Every Asgardian Asgardian public holiday: National Unity Day. On 9 September 2017 Dr. Igor Ashurbeyli approved BUILD treaties concluded by the Earth’s States, and can freely practice any religion of the Earth the results of the vote on Asgardia’s Constitution. 72.5 % of Asgardians voted in favour of wishes to be recognised as having equal status in Asgardia. the proposed Constitution. In accordance with Article 32 of the Constitution of Asgardia, on 10 THE FUTURE as the Earth’s States. • There is no place for the history of Earthly September 2017, by Decree No.10, Igor Ashurbeyli officially assumed the position of Head of TOGETHER • Asgardia does not interfere in any affairs of conflicts in Asgardia. Asgardia creates a new Nation. The Constitution later became the foundation for parliamentary elections in Asgardia WITH the Earth’s States based on reciprocity. peaceful history of the future space humankind. and for the formation of the government. ASGARDIA! We, the people of Asgardia, will do everything for the prosperity of our new space nation created by us; for the safeguarding of our motherland – planet Earth; and the development of the entire INAUGURATION humankind in space. We are not the best, we are the future. One humanity – one unity. On 25 June 2018, at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Igor Ashurbeyli was inaugurated as the Head of Nation. The official ceremony was attended by about 500 guests from This Declaration is a primary document for the creation of ASGARDIA. It was proposed for more than 50 countries, ambassadors, representatives of a number of the largest non public discussion on March 27, 2017 by Decree No.4, and had been adopted by referendum governmental organisations, recently elected Members of Parliament of Asgardia, held from 18 June to 9 September 2017, as a part of Constitution. astronauts, space industry leaders, scientists, international lawyers and media Space Nation of Asgardia representatives from all over the world. 2 3 FLAG COAT OF ARMS GENESIS Asgardia began with selecting the nation’s name. In ancient mythology, Asgard is a dwelling place of the gods, the celestial home of dreams. The concept of Space "Noah's" Ark, as the savior of human race and entire terrestrial gene pool, formed the basis of Asgardian scientific researches and paradigm of Asgardia space infrastructure. The flag of Asgardia symbolises The coat of arms of Asgardia a place of the first space Nation symbolises the unity of all Space ARK in our solar system Asgardians on earth and beyond Bright yellow circle in the center is The golden circle at the base is the Radiation the Sun, positioned against the back- Sun, the center of our Solar System, Protection NATIONAL ground of the blue sky. the foundation for growth and SPACE SYMBOLS prosperity of all Asgardians from all CHILD Nine yellow orbits symbolise the nine Earthly countries. In center is an ancient OF planets of our solar system. image of the "divine" flower of life, Space Child IS THE MAIN ASGARDIA the symbol of Asgardia. Encircling it the MISSION Three white external orbits symbol- motto of Asgardia: One Humanity – OF ASGARDIA izes the infinity of humanity's new One Unity. The motto surrounded by Artificial discoveries in space that are yet to 12 petals that are equal in size and evenly be made, and the role of Asgardia distributed, signifying the equality of Gravity in creating such a future. all the official languages of Asgardia. The coat of arms has a crown on top as symbol constitutional monarchy. MOTTO ANTHEM MISSION ONE HUMANITY – Listen to the Anthem The birth of the first Space Child on the Noah’s Space Ark is the main mission on the government website of Asgardia. The implementation of this mission will create the basis for reproduction ONE UNITY asgardia.space of human population in space. The emblem of our mission is a schematic representation of a space ark with a newborn baby (space child) on board, where cosmic radiation protection and artificial gravity are provided. 4 5 ASGARDIA SCIENCE LEGAL ASGARDIA OPENS Asgardia is a platform for stimulating and implementing the most The geopolitical conflicts on Earth, deep-rooted in the history PROPOSES SPACE FOR advanced space science research. Asgardia supports startups and of Earthly nations, stand in the way of creating a new, fair legal ‘ASTROPOLITICS’ attracts investments for creation of space infrastructure. reality in space. EVERYONE INSTEAD OF Life support ‘GEOPOLITICS’ Space physiology Astrobiology systems The main legal goal is the creation of an independent state recognised by other countries on planet Earth. Human New materials Space tourism performance New space law should not become the law of the jungle. Energy Commercial space Recycling Space exploration will be equally available to all earthly nations harvesting transportation and to all people. Space Water and Countermeasures architecture oxygen supply A core legal principle is that Asgardia does not interfere in relations between states on Earth – and vice versa. Space debris Space weather Etc. 6 7 ASGARDIA IN SPACE On 12 November 2017, the Asgardia-1 satellite was successfully launched from the Wallops flight facility (Virginia, USA). Thus, Asgardia officially obtained its first ASGARDIANS EARTHLINGS territory in space. 150,000,000 7,500,000,000 ASGARDIA ON EARTH We are a Space Nation, but we reside on Earth. Asgardia don’t see Earthly borders and don’t create borders in space. A unique map of Asgardia shows the location of Asgardians on planet Earth. The map shows Earthly cities with the number of Asgardians residing in each of them. ASGARDIA ASGARDIAN NETWORK THE SPACE NATION Asgardia is where Asgardians are. We have created a unique social network available to all Asgardians, based on global Asgardian's map and showing their location on Earth. Via this ASGARDIA social network, Asgardians can communicate with each other, create communities, maintain ASGARDIA IS scientific and cultural ties, conduct research, while being in a different part of the world. WILL A NATION POPULATION OF ASGARDIA CONSTITUTE WITHOUT 2% OF BORDERS 7 PARLIAMENT 150 150 EARTH’S 6 GOVERNORS 15 1 500 POPULATION Las Vegas New York 5 PREFECTS 150 15 000 Houston Communities News Havana 4 MAYORS 1 500 150 000 3 CITIZENS 15 000 1 500 000 Democracy Economy 2 RESIDENTS 150 000 15 000 000 Brasilia Lima 1 ASGARDIANS 1 500 000 150 000 000 Governance Asunción 2020 2030 8 9 WHO ARE WE, ASGARDIANS? 12 AREAS OF GOVERNANCE WE ARE The current population of Asgardia is comprised of more than 1 million people ASGARDIA from 235 Earthly nations, 191 of which are members of the UN. INFORMATION AND FROM MORE CITIZENSHIP INVITES THAN 200 COMMUNICATION PROFESSIONALS OFFICIAL LANGUAGES OF ASGARDIA GENDER OF ASGARDIAN COUNTRIES JUSTICE FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TALENTS AND FROM english 75,4% hindi 1,2% 80% 18% 2% ALL TRADE SCIENCE CONTINENTS turkish 7,4% french 1,2% AND COMMERCE spanish 5,3% german 0,7% YOUTH CULTURE AGE OF ASGARDIANS AND EDUCATION chinese 3,0% arabic 0,6% 83% 11% 6% SAFETY ECONOMY AND FINANCE russian 2,6% farsi 0,5% AND SECURITY EQUITY italian 1,6% indonesian 0,5% MANUFACTURING 18-39 40-49 50+ AND RESOURCES 10 11 HIGHEST AUTHORITIES THREE BRANCHES OF POWER HEAD OF NATION PARLIAMENT GOVERNMENT COURT The Head of Nation is the most LEGISLATIVE BRANCH EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF JUDICIARY BRANCH senior official of Asgardia, the OF POWER POWER OF POWER Guarantor of the Constitution, who sets the main directions of domestic and foreign policy, and represents Asgardia in the nation and abroad, acting in the capacity of Commander-in-Chief; this does not require power of attorney. ASGARDIA ASGARDIA REALIZES SUPREME SPACE COUNCIL IS A FREE THE AND ETERNAL The Supreme Space Council is Former British politician, Professional lawyer, activist Professor, Head of INDEPENDENT a special governance body in Leader of the Welsh Liberal for democracy, a consultant, the Department of Law DREAM OF Asgardia, which shall analyse the Democrat Party and a political figure, and an at the University of Hong NATION adherence to laws and the actions regular contributor as a electoral specialist with more Kong.
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