Micronational anthems

 One thing that seems to come up regularly on the micronational forums is that newly-formed micronations ask for help in "composing a national anthem". I get it - well-written anthems are a stirring audible reminder of your micronation's history and culture. But it's also a lot of work!

Fortunately, once again, it's The Internet To The Rescue!

I've played around with the Build Your Own National Anthem page over on Slate a few times - it's neat, but only generates the words, you'd be on your own for the music.

I just ran it again for Slabovia, and it came up with this one:

Total Isle

(Anthem of Slabovia)

You're the light of the soul,

Eternal fire's flame,

Mother of ours, land of Slabovia.

Strive for honour, sons and daughters,

Do the right, be firm, be fair.

In battles for freedom, and battles for our lot

We have won our banners of victory!

The entire people will safeguard the independence

And the freedom of the Slabovian nation.

Prepare to accept responsibility

And to help each other!

O sea of palest em'rald,

Merging to darkest blue,

Whene'er my thoughts fly Godward,

I always think of you.

Against the cannons, march on, march on!

Remember, through my joy, each march.

Rays of this strong dawn

Are like a mother's kisses,

That keep us, sustain us,

Against the injuries of fate.

So, yeah, that's neat. But, again, no melody. However, with the boom of generative AI over the last few years, there are now several sides that will use it to create an anthem for you. I'll leave it to you to decide if it's worth using "Plagiarism-as-a-Service" to create your anthem, given all the bad things we now know about generative AI generally. I'm not going to link to any of them here, because I haven't tried any of them and don't want it to seem like an endorsement, but a quick search for "national anthem generator" in your favourite search engine should yield several likely hits.

Good luck and have fun!