King Lewis I

King Lewis I is the current head of state of Hamland. He founded the nation and is the only King in the history of Hamland. He is responsible for most of the modern Hamland. He is from Scotland and has never previously been involved in any micronation before Hamland. He is famed for his leadership of the nation for its first four and a half years.

Founding of Hamland
He founded Hamland in 2006 when he thought of the idea of starting a new nation as a joke. He and his school freinds decided to work on the project when it eventually evolved into the modern country. Two other nations were formed at the time to rival Hamland; Taeland and Deskland, which is now known as Tonaria by freinds of Lewis. He was originally the general of Hamland running the country as a Communist Dictatorship due to his interest in Communism, but after 2 weeks he tried new systems of trimocracy and constitutional monarchy.

As Head of State
King Lewis has run Hamland as the head of state since it's founding. He founded two of the Major parties in the country, one being the HNP which was set up in a nationalist manner and the other being the HDP which closer reflected his views on where the state should head.

Lewis mainly sought to create a distinct identity for the country at the beginning but further on became more interested in the different identities within the whole state. Most policies were of a left wing variety and his philisophical opposition to monarchy often came at odds with the neccesity for a stable head of state in a small community. This led to the creation of Esezo at one point.

As Hamland developed, so did the idea of what it should be. From the founding of the joke, he viewed the country as being an interesting experiment into how people react to nationality and states from the creation of a new state. At the same time, Lewis' enthusiasm for economic theory and systems led Hamland to be one of the most cutting edge nations in terms of creating its own structures.

As he became busier, Lewis became less active in the community but still checks to see what is happening.