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The Hampton Republic, a Online Country

The Hampton Republic is the first of it's kind online/web country. Created by a web designer known as the Comordore Hampton in April of 2011 to raise social awareness and foster a sense of civic duty. The concept is to give duel citizenship to all that ask for it. The members will participate in the mock government of the Hampton Republic in the hopes that they will become interested in their own government. It is not that dis similar to an array of student government programs in both high schools and collage campuses that attempt to get the young involved in the workings of government. Unlike Nation.1 [|Nation.1], that was a program to give children and young adults around the world a voice, The Hampton Republic uses a made up island nation as a starting point with a loosely defined government. They will create their own posts within the government and face economic and social issues that range from native population issues and rights, growth and recession and as the population grows they will have to face the will of the people. == The Republic Structure ==

The republic is based on a combination of dictatorship and democracy. A head of state known as the Comordore is advise by the senate and others in the government. elections are held, voting by majority decides all matters of state. the creators intent to mirror issues in other countries to engage the population in debate and participation. Citizenship and all participation is without cost, save for the time and effort to be part of the system.

The Republic's Details The Hampton Republic has it's own flag and fictitious location in the Mid Atlantic Ocean.with a flare of comedy the land mass ranges from 62 feet above sea level to 3 feet below. The flag has dolphins and penguins adorning it and creatively named faun and flora that make the island undetectable from the air.