On 4 October 2010 the Micronational Professional Registry (MPR) introduced MPR Categories. MPR Categories are categories that are part of a classification system, whose purpose is to organise essential information about individuals.

Contents 1 MPR Categories 1.1 Age 1.2 Race 1.3 Gender 1.4 Sexual Orientation 1.5 Gender Identity 1.6 Relationship Status 1.7 Residential Status 1.8 Religion 1.9 Native or Strong Language 1.10 Education 1.11 Citizenship/Nationality 1.12 Life Memberships 2 Criticisms and responses 3 External links 4 References

MPR CategoriesEdit

MPR Categories convey instant information about an individual's age, race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, relationship status, residential status, religion, language, education, citizenship/nationality, and life membership(s) in a way that is comprehensive, succinct, non-discriminatory, and visually appealing. An example of an MPR Categories application can be viewed here.

Below are all MPR Categories and subcategories, and through this system you can tell everybody about yourself:

AgeEdit

A number (in years) between 14 and 122

RaceEdit

y – Yellow (Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent)

bk – Black (Black racial groups of Africa)

w – White (Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa)

bn – Brown (Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander)

r – Red (Original peoples of North and South America)

i – Indigo (Transracial or Other)

GenderEdit

m – male

f – female

Sexual OrientationEdit

e – heterosexual

o – homosexual

b – bisexual

a – asexual

Gender IdentityEdit

c – Cisgender

t – Transgender

Relationship StatusEdit

sg – Single

rl – Relationship

en – Engaged

mr – Married

p – Poly

wd – Widowed

sp – Separated

d – Divorced

Residential StatusEdit

ss – Solo Single

rm – Roommate

uc – Unmarried Couple

cf – Childless Family

nf – Nuclear Family

pf – Poly Family

ef – Extended Family

spf – Single Parent Family

br – Blood Relative

ReligionEdit

asa – Asatru

ath – Atheist

bah – Baha’i

bud – Buddhist

ces – Cesidian

cc – Chopra Center

cr – Chinese Religionist

chr – Christian (Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox)

cs – Christian Science

con – Confucianism

eck – Eckankar

fg – Falun Gong

gn – Gnostic

hk – Hare Krishna

hin – Hinduist

mus – Muslim

jai – Jainism

jw – Jehovah’s Witness

jew – Jewish

lds – Latter-day Saint

nag – New Age

nth – New Thought

sci – Scientologist

7da – Seventh-day Adventist

shi – Shinto

sik – Sikh

tao – Taoism

uch – Unification Church

uu – Unitarian Universalist

wic – Wiccan

zor – Zoroastrian

Native or Strong LanguageEdit

ISO 639-1 and ISO 639-3 codes

EducationEdit

Educational Level

1 - Primary school diploma

2 - Secondary school diploma

3 - Associate's or Foundation degree

4 - Bachelor's or Diplomate's degree

5 - Master's or Professional's degree

6 - Doctorate's or Scholar's degree

Valid with ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 and ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codes, or MPR codes:

um – United Micronations Multi-Oceanic Archipelago

ns – non-secular

Citizenship/NationalityEdit

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 and ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codes, or MPR codes:

2sc – Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

5wc – Fifth World Community

ant – Antarticland

atla – Empire of Atlantium

boho – Duchy of Bohemia

bu – Free Burma

christ – Freetown Christiania

ct – City of Cyberterra

dewa – Imperium of DeWaCo Estates

df – Dominion of British West Florida

ili – Independent Long Island

kb – Republic of Kabinda

lad – Ladonia

linna – League of Indian Nations of North America

malta – OSJ Malta

nsk – NSK State

oca – Oasis Open City

pd – Padania

pic – Kingdom of Pictland

pnu – Principality of New Utopia

po – Principality of Orient

pp – Principality of Pontinha

red – Kingdom of Redonda

reu – Holy Empire of Reunion

sea – Principality of Sealand

sos – State of Sabotage

stc – St. Charlie

ta – The Talossas

ttf – The Tallini Family

tx – Texas

um – United Micronations Multi-Oceanic Archipelago

vall – Principality of Valldemosa

vl – Kingdom of Vikesland

vt – Vermont

wa – Western Armenia

wl – Wirtland

wsa – World Service Authority

Life MembershipsEdit

Only life memberships with significant privileges/benefits should be listed in this category. The MPR only recognises the following organisations in this category:

caa – California Alumni Association

psaa – Penn State Alumni Association

cclp – Chamber of Computer Logistics People (CCLP) Worldwide

Criticisms and responsesEdit

While some micronationalists have expressed misgivings about MPR Categories, the HMRD Cesidio Tallini has responded to their concerns by stating that people don't have to use MPR Categories if they don't want to. Moreover, "As a micronationalist . . . I am just as open about that to the world as a gay person who has come out of the closet, and MPR Categories are for self-expression and self-expression purposes alone (they would fall under US First Amendment rights issues, and/or under Cesidian law issues). In Cesidian law, you have both a right to Privacy, and a right to Freedom of Ideas or Expression; in this case, you can choose to use either. I, and Cesidian law, respect both types of choices."

Concerning the criticism that many micronations have been left out of the classification, Tallini has responded, "I'll be very honest: I actually don't have friendly relations, even informal, with most of the [nations] above, so the only criteria I've used to add them to the list is the most objective I could think of, i.e. whether they can use (or deserve) a top-level domain (TLD), and if I can answer that affirmatively, then their codes deserve to be added to the list, along with the sovereign states of the world." Tallini also stated that, "the micronations added to the state/nation list, besides the ISO states already included in most listings are, in a sense, supermicronations, not just regular micronations, either by importance or by population."

External linksEdit

• MPR web site

ReferencesEdit

• MPR Categories introduced, by HMRD Cesidio Tallini, MPR News, 7 October 2010