Neo Westphalian Europe Part 37: Republic of Iceland

Iceland is another arctic nation that was formerly a part of Denmark. It sought its independence and got it in 1918. Initially it was in Commonwealth still with Denmark and the Danish Monarchy remained at the head of its Executive branch. In 1944 it pushed for full independence and became an independent Republic in its own right. 

Iceland is another Scandinavian region that is of some importance to the new wave of Westphalianism. It seems that the Scandinavian countries are at the forefront of these independence movements. Maybe it is an aspect of the Viking psyche. It was Iceland that was one of the first countries to push back against the new, global, Roman Empire of the western banking structures. After the economic attacks against sovereignty around the world, which occurred in 2008, the Icelandic population was one of the few that took steps to defend itself. 

It set up a hard wall against the banker’s empire and even punished some of the bankers responsible for the out of control global empire and its crimes against humanity. In more recent years this wall has slipped a bit again, as it has opened its borders back up to potentially hostile capital flows, from around the world. However if the new Trump era ushers back in an age of some economic protectionism, then it is highly probable Iceland will be at the fore front of experimenting with how such a system may look in the 21^st century. 

Because it is an island Iceland is set to remain stable, with its current borders unchanged during the process of devolving power ahead. This means Iceland will remain a country made up of the current Northwest, Northeast, South, Southwest, Reykjavik North and Reykjavik South Constituencies of Iceland.

The flag of Iceland is another in the family of Nordic Cross flags. It was adopted in 1944, when Iceland gained full independence. It is based on the earlier state and maritime flag, which Iceland flew when it was still a part of Denmark. That flag was adopted in 1915 and was mostly the same except it used a lighter shade of blue.

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