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Constitution, the Flag, the Coat of Arms and the Anthem Flag of Asgardia Coat of Arms of Asgardia The final decision on the national symbols will be passed by the Parliament of Asgardia 2 CREATING A SPACE NATION On 12 October 2016, at a press conference in Paris, Igor Ashurbeyli, a distin- guished aerospace scientist, visionary and philanthropist, announced the creation of Asgardia, the first space nation in the history of humanity. It is a global, integrative project, aimed at fostering peace, providing free access to space technologies for all nations and their citizens, and protecting planet Earth from natural and man-made threats from outer space. Asgardia’s concept comprises three parts – philosophical, legal and scientific/technological Asgardia invites everyone into the future 3 PHILOSOPHY Asgardia’s philosophy began with selecting the nation’s name – Asgardia. In ancient mythology, Asgard was a country in the skies, the country of gods, the country of dreams. Asgardia’s distinction in the philosophical sense is serving all humanity and every individual regardless of their personal prosperity or the prosperity of their country of origin Asgardia’s philosophical envelope is to ‘digitalise’ the Noosphere, the mirror image of humanity in space, but without the Earthly division into states, religions and nations. In Asgardia, we are all - Earthlings! Asgardia’s motto is: One Humanity – One Unity. 4 Asgardia is a nation of free-thinking people Steve Bronstein/ Getty Images LEGALITIES Many of the problems relating to global space law remain unresolved. There is too much influence of geopolitical conflicts, rooted in the history of Earthly nations. That is why it is time to create a new judicial reality in space. Asgardia’s core principle is that future space law should not become the law of the jungle. Today, only about 20 countries on Earth, out of about 200, have a space presence and lay their claim to a monopoly and certain exclusivity. Future space law must provide equal opportunities to all countries, not just to the ones that already have active space programmes and commercial interests in space A core legal principle is that Asgardia does not interfere in relations between states on Earth – and vice versa. Asgardia proposes ‘astropolitics’ as opposed to ‘geopolitics’ 5 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL Peace, Access and Protection are the three scientific and technological goals of Asgardia PEACE - to ensure the peaceful use of space. ACCESS - to create a demilitarised and free scientific base of knowledge in space. This will provide free access for all, especially for those in developing countries who do not currently have access to space access. Such access should be free and direct. PROTECTION - to protect planet Earth from natural and man-made space threats. 6 Asgardia opens up space for everyone TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE Asgardia's technical structure in space is comprised of three types of segments. Orbital segments: Satellites Clusters of net- Protective space Space arcs work-centric small sat- platforms ellites and nanosatellites Earthly segments: Mission Control Launch facility Mission center Satellite factory Center Moon segments or localities will be represented by settlements and businesses. The space technologies of Asgardia will protect planet Earth 7 FIRST HALF A MILLION PEOPLE The official website, asgardia.space, was launched on 12 October 2016, and more than 100,000 people applied in the 40 hours following the announce- ment of Asgardia’s creation. More than 500,000 applied in the first 20 days At present, website counters show the current number of Asgardians who have passed the second level of the verification, as well as the future citizens of Asgardia who have passed the third level of verification and have voted on the Constitution, the flag, the coat of arms and the anthem. Upon completion of the registration and the acceptance of the Constitution – the third level of verification – every new Asgardian is issued a certificate with a unique ID number. This ID number will be used in the future for receiving an ID card and, finally, a passport, as well as for obtaining various services from the state, including social services and banking operations. 8 In Asgardia we are all - Earthlings WHO ARE WE, ASGARDIANS? The current population of Asgardia consists of citizens of 204 Earthly nations, 175 of which are members of the UN. The Asgardia administration team organises regional groups on forums and in social networks to allow Asgardians to communicate in their native languages. LANGUAGES OF ASGARDIANS GENDER OF ASGARDIANS еnglish 45% russian 2,7% 84% 15% 1% сhinese 15% arabic 2,3% turkish 11% portuguese 2% AGE OF ASGARDIANS spanish 10% german 1,8% 8% 67% 19% 5% italian 3,3% farsi 1% french 3% japanese 0,7% 0-18 18-35 35-50 51+ Asgardia supports youth and proactiveness 9 STATEHOOD Asgardia is a future member of the United Nations with its own Constitu- tion, Parliament, a government and embassies, a Prosecutor General’s Office, a National Audit Office, a flag, an anthem, a coat of arms and so on INFORMATION AND CITIZENSHIP COMMUNICATION JUSTICE FOREIGN AFFAIRS SCIENCE TRADE AND COMMERCE YOUTH AND EDUCATION CULTURE SAFETY AND SECURITY FINANCE EQUITY AND RESOURCE INDUSTRY 10 Asgardia is an independent nation CONSTITUTION UNIFIED VOTING DAY – 18 JUNE 2017/1 ASGARD 0001 The Declaration of Unity of Asgardia and the Constitution have been accepted. The national symbols of Asgardia have been selected. The Central Electoral Commission has begun working in preparation for Asgardia’s parliamentary elections. Out of 140,000 Asgardians who took part in the voting, 101,500 (or 72.5%) voted in support of the Constitution Asgardia creates new space law 11 HEAD OF NATION On 20 January 2017, by Decree No 1, after more than 150,000 people residing in more than 150 countries had expressed their support, Igor Ashurbeyli was of- ficially announced as the Head of Nation by Decree 1. In accordance with section 2 of Article 32 of the Constitution of Asgardia, on 10 September 2017, by Decree No 10, Igor Ashurbeyli officially assumed the position of the Head of Nation. He personally instituted a constitutional limit on the duration of his term as the Head of Nation of Asgardia to be five years 12 Map of Asgardians, view from Moscow, Russia MAP 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 does not see Earthly boundaries. That is why all Earthly cities are marked with the same colour on the map of Asgardia. This map will become an effective tool for the global communication among Asgardians Asgardia is a nation without boundaries 13 Head of Nation Igor Ashurbeyli meets local Asgardians after the Hong Kong conference COMMUNITY On the official website of Asgardia, every Asgardian can have a personal blog, participate in the discussions of all publications, and conduct their own election campaigns at all levels. The forum on the website and the social media pages are organised according to subject matter and languages, so that everyone can be informed about devel- opments, participate in discussions according to their interests, and organise meetings in their communities. There are many official groups, including 50 regional ones with more than 200,000 followers on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram 14 We are not the best – we are the future ECONOMICS Private donations: Anyone can make a donation in support of the future of Asgardia on the official website. There are no limits on donations from individuals and organisations. NGO Asgardia: Non-governmental organisation Asgardia is registered to serve as a prototype for a future space nation. The organisation’s budget is comprised of entrance and annual fees both from individuals and from members of associations who take part in the development of space programmes. Asgardia AG: A joint-stock company Asgardia is an investment company that accepts means from investors for the creation of space and technological programmes. These programmes are aimed at the development of the nation of Asgardia in general, and on certain projects in particular. Asgardia is the country for startups 15 ASGARDIAN CALENDAR The calendar is based on the concept of the International Fixed Calendar and adapted for use by the space nation Asgardia. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 san моn tue wed thu fri sat sun моn tue wed thu January 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 February 29 30 31 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 March 26 27 28 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 April 26 27 28 29 30 31 01 02 03 04 05 06 May 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 01 02 03 04 June 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 01 ASGARD 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 July 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 August 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 September 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 October 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 November 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 December 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 19 August in Gregorian calendar is equivalent to 7 August in Asgardian calendar Every year and every month begins on a Sunday, which is why the same date always corresponds to the same day of the week 16 The Asgardian calendar uses a 13-month format of 28 days each, and one day that does not belong to any month, which is called Year Day and coincides with 31 De- cember.
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