Hello! Saluí! Namasté! Jai Bhagwan! Om Namah Shivaya! With the blessings of Ganesha, Kali, Durga, Lakshmi, Saraswati, Shiva, Krishna, Radha, Rama, Sita and all the Devas and Devis, welcome to the Internet home of the Inner Realm of Patria, or in Sanskrit Antarbhumi Ramrajya. Patria, unlike some other micronations or virtual nations, has never formally issued a declaration of secession from a macronation, i.e. a "real" country such as Canada (the macronation with which Patria has enjoyed a special relationship since 1867), and does not claim a physical area such as a few city blocks in Toronto - although back in the 1970's there had been visions of it occupying an impressive chunk of real estate, possibly in Central Asia, having a population almost that of Canada, and even claiming a colonial empire that included Madagascar and the disputed Spratly Islands. Rather, Patria is an "Inner Realm" that exists anywhere you want it to be and is accessible to anyone through meditation and sadhana (yoga practices). Patria was established as a sovereign, independent realm on June 30, 1818, (an auspicious date in a previous lifetime of this site's creator) although its recorded history - then known as the Republic of Castoria - began in 1972-73 when as an eighth-grader at Toronto's Forest Hill Junior High, Michael Brooker (friend me on Facebook) needed a diversion to help survive his home-room class, and later to survive high school and being a teenager in the (ugh!) 1970s. In those days, the names "Republic of Castoria" and "Patria" were used interchangeably, but "Castoria" fell out of favour circa 1978, surviving today only in the name of the capital city, Castoropolis. Once a liberal, secular republic, Patria underwent a profound and powerful spiritual transformation (known popularly as the "Dharmic Revolution") beginning in late 1989, sparked in part by the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War. Since 1992 Patria has been a de facto Hindu theocracy, nurturing and propagating the teachings of Sanatan Dharma ("sanatan" = eternal; "dharma" = truth or righteousness, but is difficult to translate literally), as taught in the Vedic scriptures, the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, and the Bhagavad Gita, as well as in Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy of ahimsa (nonviolence), and commonly referred to in the West as "Hinduism", although the Constitution of Patria recognizes a First Amendment-type guarantee of religious/spiritual tolerance.

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Please note that this website is the successor site to Patria's original website that went 404 when Yahoo killed off Geocities circa 2009. It is also a simple site, containing only the most basic information. For a deeper dive into Patria, visit the Internet Wayback Machine and search the URL www.geocities.com/patria1818. 

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ELECTION TIME IN PATRIA!!

#Patriavotes2026 - the race for Patria's Fifty-Third Congress (LIII Con. Pat.)

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On April, 18, 2026, Patria's 53rd general election was held (the Precinct of Fredonia voted one week early). The Hindu nationalist and Patria-first SRM (Spiritual Regeneration Movement) won the most seats - 108 - a highly auspicious number in Hinduism. Nonetheless, the SRM will have to play nice with the Bernie Sanders-inspired Social Democrats, the new-age/yoga-inspired Chakra Party and the Green Party (much like real-world Greens) as they fell far short of the simple majority of 167 seats in the 333-seat legislature. Note that in certain cases a two-thirds super-majority is required to pass legislation in Congress, although most bills can be ratified by a simple 50% plus one majority vote. Also note that the 53rd Congress is likely to be the last to consist of 333 seats. In 2030, the 54th Congress will almost certainly be much smaller, due to Patria's shrinking population. The so-called "Honey, I shrunk the Congress" bill failed to pass in the Fourth Session of the 52nd Congress, but a similar bill is expected to pass in the new Congress and will significantly reduce the size of Congress from 333 to possibly 298 or even 280 seats.

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The following are the seat allocations in the 53rd Congress:

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SRM – 108 (+18 from 2022)

Social Democrats – 82 (-2)

Chakra – 52 (-24)

Green – 28 (+11)

National Union – 15 (-7)

Lilith – 14 (+6)

IAM – 8 (+4)

Jungle – 7 (-3)

Libertarian – 4 (-1)

Peoples’ Party – 2 (unchanged)

Reconstruction Party – 2 (unchanged)

others* – 11

*one seat each: Popular Front of Caesarea, Family Values, Patriots' Union of Nova Columbia, Lazurian Independent Party, Progressive Labor of Centralia, Patriots’ Front of Aeolia, United Farmers of Antioch, Freedom Party of Ambrosia, Free Mauretania Party, Pottsylvanian Alliance, Patriots’ Union of Haldimania.

 

(22 parties represented; 11 with only one seat)​

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