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Long
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Independent Long Island (ILI)
ILI Flag ILI Coat of Arms
Flag Coat of Arms
Motto: Ab Normis Discedere (To Deviate from the Norm)
Anthem: to be established



Capital Brooklyn (pop. 2,465,326)
Official languages English
Demonym Independent Long Islander or Ilier or ILI National
Leadership Cesidio Tallini, Governor of Independent Long Island
Date of Foundation 20 August 2007
Area 3,567 km²
1,377 sq mi
Population 7,559,372 (2006)
Population density 2,110 /km²
5,470 /sq mi
Registered ILI Nationals 16 (as of 13 October 2008).
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GDP No figures available
Currency Ideal currency conceived, but to be developed. Ideal currency to be developed is based on advanced knowledge discovered through the Analytic theology field.
Time zone Not available. Currently ILI observes UTC-5 and UTC-4 during the summer. ILI reserves the right to develop its own calendar standards in the future, and adopt Biel Mean Time as a time standard.
Internet TLD .ili (alternate root)
Calling Code NA. Currently ILI uses the ITU's +1 calling code, and area codes 718, 347, 917, 516, and 631 under that code, but ILI wishes to develop its own system of telephony outside of the ITU's control.
Organizational Memberships
  • Micronational Professional Registry
  • Live Nations
  • UMMOA
  • Commonwealth Nations Research Society
  • Middlebury Institute
  • Patron Saint To be established


    Independent Long Island (ILI)
    is a new country project, and considers itself a junior or developing Fourth World nation — a Fourth World nation is a large country or nation without a state, while a Fifth World nation is a small country or nation without a state.

    While the project's emphasis is in creating a viable and independent new country, and seceding from the United States, the proposal for Independent Long Island statehood — "51st state" scenario — will also be seriously considered if it finds sufficient support with the local residents. However, regardless of what the project actually achieves in the long or short term, a degree of independence is still required even in the 51st state scenario, since that would still require double secession: from both New York City and New York State.

    The Independent Long Island project was officially started on August 20, 2007 with the writing of a formal press release, and has so far attracted significant media attention. The project was started for essentially four reasons:

    1. When Long Islanders wish to distinguish themselves virtually from other areas and people of the United States, they are forced to use the Principality of Liechtenstein's .LI Top-Level Domain (TLD). While this may be sensible esthetically and superficially, the .LI TLD provides no real technical advantages in search engines, since the Principality of Liechtenstein and Long Island are different entities, on different continents, of completely different natures, and they don't even share the same official language.
    2. Colloquial usage of the term "Long Island" or "the Island" refers only to the suburban Nassau and Suffolk counties, while the more urban Brooklyn and Queens are not always thought of as being part of Long Island since they are politically part of New York City, although geographically they are still part of the island.
    3. The Native American name for Long Island is Paumanok, meaning "The Island that Pays Tribute". This was due to the fact that more warlike tribes in the areas surrounding the island forced the relatively peaceful Long Islanders to give tributes and payment in order to avoid attacks. Despite the name change since the days of Columbus, however, the character of the island has still not changed, since it is still surrounded by more belligerent tribes, who still demand tribute.
    4. A geographically and politically united Long Island needed a new name to reflect its territorial integrity more closely, a new name which also meant that it was no longer the island that pays tribute, and a name which translated into a unique and independent TLD, better representing Long Islanders.
    The new name that was given to the island is Independent Long Island (ILI), a name which clearly means that it no longer pays tribute, and the TLD which today represents this entity is the .ILI TLD, managed by the Cesidian Root.

    Independent Long Island (ILI) today also has its own flag, and hopes to develop its own independent culture. The Most Rev. Dr. Cesidio Tallini, President and Founder of the Cesidian Root, an intercontinental Internet, is acting as Governor of ILI, and will guide it either towards complete secession from the United States, or 51st statehood.

    ILI has all the trappings of a new country. Geographic Long Island is the most populated island in the contiguous United States. It is also the 17th most populous island in the world, ahead of Ireland, Sicily and Jamaica. With a combined population of over 7.5 million, the new nation would have more people than 39 states.

    Long Islanders have always exhibited a strong independent streak, and the island would also benefit more as an independent country since it is a natural inhabited island, and thus would have all the rights associated with natural, inhabited, and independent islands under international law, that is, the right to a territorial sea, to an exclusive economic zone, and to a continental shelf.

    With a territorial sea, ILI would exercise sovereignty over its territorial sea of up to 22.2 km (12 naut mi) in breadth, but foreign vessels would still be allowed "innocent passage" through those waters for purposes of peaceful navigation.

    With an exclusive economic zone, ILI would have sovereign rights in a 370-km (200-naut mi) exclusive economic zone with respect to natural resources, and certain economic activities, and would also have some jurisdiction over marine science research and environmental protection. Highly migratory species of fish and marine mammals would be accorded special protection under international law, while currently the situation is that ILI is dependent on the corrupt federal government in Washington, which often does not view protection of the natural environment with the needed attention because, after all, they don't live here. All other states would still have freedom of navigation and overflight in the zone, as well as freedom to lay submarine cables and pipelines. Land-locked and other geographically disadvantaged states, would still have the opportunity to participate in exploiting part of the zone's fisheries when the coastal state could not harvest them all, so ILI could also provide certain land-locked US states and Canadian provinces with some maritime opportunities. In fact, ILI could bridge the gap between the rights of US states, and fully sovereign states, by providing US states, and even Canadian provinces, with some of the privileges and rights they currently do not enjoy.

    With a continental shelf, ILI would have sovereign rights over the continental shelf — the national area of the seabed — for the purpose of exploring and exploiting it; the shelf would extend at least 370 km (200 naut mi) from shore, and 648 km (350 naut mi) or more under specified circumstances. ILI would still be able to share with the international community part of the revenue that it would derive from exploiting oil and other resources from any part of their shelf beyond 370 km (200 naut mi).


    A new country of ILI would also be better capable of revamping certain maritime industries, and could collect certain fees which it now cannot collect. ILI could revive much of the old Brooklyn waterfront for shipping, and even for ship and yacht design and construction, thereby creating numerous new jobs for residents. It could also issue licenses to sea-worthy vessels, since freedom of navigation on the open sea is freedom only for vessels sailing under the flag of a nation-state.

    ILI National Symbols
    National Symbol
    Symbol
    National Animal
    Atlantic blue marlin (Makaira nigricans)
    National Bird
    Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
    National Fish
    Black sea bass (Centropristis striata)
    National Reptile
    Italian wall lizard (Podarcis sicula)
    National Crustacean
    Blue crab (Callinectes sapidus)
    National Butterfly
    Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia)
    National Mollusc Hard clam or quahog (Mercenaria mercenaria)
    National Coral
    Lophelia pertusa
    National Tree
    Red maple (Acer rubrum)
    National Flower
    Larger blue flag or Harlequin blueflag (Iris versicolor)
    National Seaweed
    Sea lettuce (Ulva lactuca)
    National Mineral
    Staurolite
    National Motto
    «Ab Normis Discedere» (Latin) - "To Deviate from the Norm"


    ILI also has four large airports, and a significant tourist area with the Hamptons region. As an independent country, ILI would be better able to promote its natural tourist resources, which are by no means confined to the Hamptons, and would also profit from these to a greater degree than it does now. As an independent country, ILI could offer not just driver's licenses to illegitimate resident aliens, as New York State Governor Spitzer has recently and controversially proposed, but also ILI passports to law-abiding non-resident aliens, to people suffering from political or religious prosecution in their homelands, and to stateless people now at the mercy of insensitive UN bureaucrats, and other countries' version of the Patriot Act.

    The Law of Nations, and any special rights associated with the Law of Nations, applies only to independent countries, even the smallest and most insignificant countries, but not to US states, which are granted only a poor man's version of independence at best, what is even called by legal scholars "clipped sovereignty". As an new country, ILI would enjoy full sovereignty, and all the rights associated with full sovereignty under international law, not just clipped sovereignty.

    ILI now suffers from ridiculously high real estate prices and property taxes, and these in turn are driving away all our young people, that is, our very future. A great percentage of our federal, state, and city tax burden is also directed everywhere, even in Iraq and Afghanistan lately, but not to ILI. All of this has now created a spiral of ever-increasing real estate prices and taxes, which are disproportionate to the ever-dwindling employment opportunities available. This is a shame, because ILI has the population and wealth to be a self-sustaining sovereignty, which would streamline government, greatly lower taxes, and increase job opportunities in all fields of human endeavor. We need to pay more attention to the future of our beautiful island if we are to have the future our children and grandchildren deserve.

    Comprehensive Information About ILI

    Cesidian Classification
    Independent Long Island is a young Fourth World nation. In common speech among certain groups, the term Fourth World refers to various independence or secessionist movements, to medium- to large-sized nations without fully-recognised states. While these nations need to have substantial territory compared to micronations (Fifth and Sixth World nations), they need not be ancient, or part of any established intergovernmental organisations.
    Formal Classification
    Independent Long Island is a country unrecognised by any state; however, Independent Long Island's overseas territory, the United Micronations Multi-Oceanic Archipelago (UMMOA), is recognised by an intergovernmental organisation, the International States Parliament for Security and Peace (ISPSP).
    Additional Recognition
    Independent Long Island is recognised by the following non-governmental organisations (NGOs): Micronational Professional Registry, Live Nations, Commonwealth Nations Research Society, and the Middlebury Institute's Registry of North American Separatist Organizations.
    Historical Name(s)
    Sewanhacky (or Suanhacky, Seawanhacky, Sewanhaka): an Algonquian (or Algonkian) word meaning 'Place of Purple Shells'. This name was frequently used by the Dutch. Independent Long Island was also called Paumanok (or Pommanocc, Paumanake, Paumanack, Paumanock): an Algonquian word meaning 'Land of Tribute'. This name was frequently used by the English.
    Capital
    Brooklyn (pop. 2,465,326).
    Territory
    The counties of Kings (KG), Queens (QN), Nassau (NA) and Suffolk (SU) — Google map. Brooklyn consists of 83 neighborhoods. Queens consists of 121 neighborhoods. Nassau consists of 2 cities, 64 villages, and 70 hamlets. Suffolk consists of 31 villages, and 126 hamlets. Independent Long Island also has 2 Indian reservations, the Poospatuck and Shinnecock, both in Suffolk County. Independent Long Island also has an overseas territory, the United Micronations Multi-Oceanic Archipelago (UMMOA), and it has 11 insular possessions, no indigenous population, and an inhabitable area of 34.3 km² (13.3 sq mi).
    Official Language(s)
    English.
    Demonym
    Independent Long Islander, or Ilier, or ILI National.
    Leadership
    Hon Most Rev Dr Cesidio Tallini.
    Date of National Foundation
    20 August 2007, by the Hon Most Rev Dr Cesidio Tallini. Independent Long Island has declared its independence to the world, and the declaration was published in several important Internet media sources, as well as in the New York Times.
    Date of Discovery by European Explorers
    3 September 1609, by Henry Hudson. Hudson anchored his ship in Gravesend Bay, west of Coney Island, in order to trade with the Canarsie Indians. He offered them knives and trinkets for their corn and green tobacco.
    Area
    3,567 km² or 1,377 sq mi.
    Population
    7,559,372 (2006).
    Population Density
    2,110/km² or 5,470/sq mi.
    Registered ILI Nationals
    Over 15.
    GDP
    No comprehensive figures available.
    Currency
    Ideal currency conceived, but to be developed. Ideal currency to be developed is based on advanced knowledge discovered through the Analytic theology field.
    Time zone
    Not available. Currently ILI observes UTC-5 and UTC-4 during the summer. ILI reserves the right to develop its own calendar standards in the future, and adopt Biel Mean Time as a time standard.
    Internet TLD(s)
    .ILI and .ISLAND (alternative root).
    Calling Code
    Not Available. Currently ILI uses the ITU's +1 calling code, and area codes 718, 347, 917, 516, and 631 under that code, but ILI wishes to develop its own system of telephony outside of the ITU's control.
    Religion(s)
    Independent Long Island (ILI) is a haven of religious diversity and tolerance. It has Buddhist, Catholic, Episcopal, Jewish, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Seventh Day Adventist, Unitarian Universalist and United Methodist archdeaconries, centres, churches, congregations, councils, dioceses, fellowships, groups, parishes and temples. ILI is also the setting for Church of the Nazarene and Church of Christ churches, has several Nazarene and/or Ebionite groups, and the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, with headquarters in Brooklyn, is the main legal entity used by the Jehovah's Witnesses. More than half of all Iliers are not Protestant, Orthodox, or Catholic Christians. Out of 7.5 million Iliers, 3.9 million or about 52 percent either follow a non-majority religion, or no religion at all.
    Airports
    Flushing Airport, Francis S. Gabreski Airport, Republic Airport, East Hampton Airport, Brookhaven Airport, Long Island MacArthur Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport, LaGuardia Airport, Montauk Airport.
    Ports
    Montauk Harbor, Greenport, Port Jefferson, Brooklyn.
    Geographic Facts
    The biggest lake on ILI is Lake Ronkonkoma. The longest river is the Peconic River. The highest point on the island is Jayne's Hill, with an elevation of 400.9 feet (122.2 m) above sea level. It is situated in West Hills Country Park, a little more than a mile to the north of Melville. The center of ILI is located at latitude 40°49'54.51"N, and longitude 73° 8'7.11"W, or a little way off the northwestern shore of Lake Ronkonkoma, at the junction of Rosevale Avenue and Smithtown Boulevard.
    Wildlife Facts
    Independent Long Island's common raptor is the red-tailed hawk. The island is also home to the following hibernating mammals: the meadow jumping mouse, the bat, the groundhog, and the chipmunk. The island's only known lizard species is the Italian wall lizard. ILI also has ospreys, horseshoe crabs, pitcher plants (a carnivorous plant), and Virginia opossums.
    Native American Tribes
    When Henry Hudson discovered Long Island in 1609 there were fourteen — not thirteen, as often erroneously reported — different Indian tribes residing there. The Canarsee (Canausie) and Rockaway (Rechaweygh, Rechquaakie) lived on the west end. The Matinecock (Matinecoc), Setauket (Setalcott) and Nissequaq (Nesaquake, Missaquogue) lived on the north shore. The Mericoke (Merrick, Meroke, Merikoke, Meracock), Marsapeague (Massapequa, Marsapequa, Maspeth), Secatague (Secatoag, Secatogue), Patchogue (Onechechaug, Patchoag), and Shinnecock lived on the south shore. The Unkechaug (Unchachaug, Unquaches, Unquachog, Unquachock, Unchechauge) lived in a tract of land between the Mastic River and the Carmans River, which extended north to the middle of the island. The Corchaug (Cochaug), Manhasset (Manhansick), and the Montaukett (Montauk, Meanticut) lived on the fork of the island. Today Independent Long Island has only two remaining Indian reservations, the Unkechaug (in the Poospatuck reservation) and the Shinnecock, both in Suffolk County. There is also a group around Montauk (the Montaukett) that is seeking both state and federal recognition.
    Government Agencies
    ILI TLD, Corporations ILI (CILI), Burma Internet Liberation Organisation (BILO), Burmese Network Information Centre (BNIC).
    Government News Agency
    ILINation Info.
    Informal Citizen Association(s)
    Citizens of Independent Long Island.
    Book(s)
    A history of the future: Independent Long Island.

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    ILI Codes

    Code County
    kg
    Kings
    qn
    Queens
    na
    Nassau
    su
    Suffolk

    ILI Airports

    ICAO (IATA)
    Airport
    KFLU (FLU)
    Flushing Airport - Flushing
    KFOK (FOK)
    Francis S. Gabreski Airport - Westhampton Beach
    KFRG (FRG)
    Republic Airport - East Farmingdale
    KHTO (HTO)
    East Hampton Airport - East Hampton
    KHWV (HWV)
    Brookhaven Airport - Shirley
    KISP (ISP)
    Long Island MacArthur Airport - Islip
    KJFK (JFK)
    John F. Kennedy International Airport (formerly Idlewild Airport) - Jamaica
    KLGA (LGA)
    LaGuardia Airport - Flushing
    KMTP (MTP)
    Montauk Airport - Montauk

    ILI Ports

    World Port Index
    Port
    7450
    MONTAUK HARBOR - Montauk Harbor
    7460
    GREENPORT - Greenport
    7560
    PORT JEFFERSON - Port Jefferson
    7630
    BROOKLYN - Brooklyn