A primarily non-territorial, secular, progressive, global sovereign state, founded in 1981, based in Sydney, Australia, with citizens from over sixty countries.
On August 7, 2001 at 20:15 Mountain Standard Time, the five members of the Independent Internet Committee (IIC) declared a micronation comprised of information that exists in many physical nations. This micronation has written a constitution, created a government, and established a code of laws.
Founded on 12 June 1998 by a group of friends, with the objective of promoting promoting Portuguese culture, and was the first primarily non-territorial non-sovereign state to adopt Portuguese as an official language.
Diverse republic supporting individual responsibilities and rights. The name was chosen in honor of the Cathars, a religious sect of the Middle Ages, and not the village in France.