List of micronations
Encyclopedia
Micronations, sometimes also referred to as model countries and new country projects, are small, self-proclaimed
entities that claim to be independent sovereign states but which are not acknowledged as such by any recognised sovereign state, or by any supranational organization. They should not be confused with microstate
s, which are recognised independent states of a small size, nor should they be confused with unrecognised states, which may have legitimate claim to sovereign state status.
Motivations for the creation of micronations include theoretical experimentation, political protest, artistic expression, personal entertainment and the conduct of criminal activity. Micronations can also exist in various forms, including in the physical world (on land, at sea and in outer space
), online, in the minds of their creators—or some combination of these. Some micronations issue coins, flags, postage stamps, passports, medals, and other items.
} located on a stone "that looks like a tractor" in Lake Immeln, Scania
, Sweden
. It is recognised by Ladonia
.
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| Celestia
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| 1949
| A defunct micronation claiming all of outer space
.
| James Thomas Mangan
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| Conch Republic
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| 1982
| A group claiming tongue-in-cheek independence from the United States of America in protest at a blockade established by the US Border Patrol
at the upper end of the Florida Keys
.
||Dennis Wardlow
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| Copeman Empire
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| 2003
| The Copeman Empire is run from a caravan park in Norfolk, England, by its founder Nick Copeman, who changed his name by deed poll to HM King Nicholas I.
| Nick Copeman
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| Coral Sea Islands
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| 2004
| Established as a symbolic political protest by a group of gay rights activists, the Coral Sea Islands is a micronation based in southeast Queensland
, Australia
.
|Dale Anderson
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| Dubeldeka
|
| 2000
| Created by the Khandekars in 2000, in response to a dispute with the New South Wales Department of Public Works and Wingecarribee Shire Council, over plans to connect their property to mains sewerage.
| Vasudeo Khandekar
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| Elleore
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| 1944
| A tongue-in-cheek micronation founded by a group of school teachers as a summer camp on the island of Elleore, Denmark.
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| EnenKio
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| 1994
| Claims Wake Atoll in the Marshall Islands, and has been deemed a scam for selling passports and diplomatic papers.
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| Filettino
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| 2011
| Mayor Luca Sellari, from the small town with a population around 550, declared the independence from Italy
in protest to austerity measures resulting from the European economic crisis. Filettino has printed its own currency, the fiorito.
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| Forvik
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| 2008
| An islet in Shetland, Scotland
, declared an independent Crown dependency
by Stuart Hill, who claims that the United Kingdom
has breached the 1469 deal with Denmark
, which transferred the Shetland Islands to the Scottish crown.
| Stuart Hill
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| Freetown Christiania
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| 1971
| Christiania, also known as Freetown Christiania (Danish: Fristaden Christiania) is a self-proclaimed autonomous neighbourhood of about 850 residents, covering 34 hectares (85 acres) in the borough of Christianshavn in the Danish capital Copenhagen.
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| Frestonia
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| 1977
| Freston Road in west London
staged a "secession" from the United Kingdom
as Frestonia. In a legal dispute regarding the unauthorised performance of his play The Immortalist, Heathcote Williams won a ruling from the UK courts that Frestonia was for this purpose not part of the UK.
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| Global Country of World Peace
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| 2000
| "A country without borders for peace loving people everywhere" created by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
, with capitals at MERU, Holland
and Maharishi Vedic City, Iowa
.
| Maharaja Adhiraj Rajaraam
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| Hajdučka Republika Mijata Tomića
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| 2002
| A protest project (based on Vran mountain, in Blidinje
Nature Park, Bosnia and Herzegovina
) started by a local because of inefficiency of problems with the local electricity supply.
|Vinko Vukoja Lastvić
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| Hay-on-Wye
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| 1977
| A town in Wales which was declared independent by bibliophile Richard Booth as a publicity stunt. Booth's success in promoting Hay as a "town of books" was recognised with the award of an MBE
in the 2004 Queen's New Year Honours.
|Richard Booth
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| Humanity
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| 1878
| A former micronation, occupying the Spratly Islands
, which merged into the Republic of Morac-Songhrati-Meads
in September 1963.
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| Hutt River
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| 1970
| A large farming area in Western Australia
that unilaterally seceded from the Commonwealth
and declared itself to be a sovereign nation. It was known as the Hutt River Province until 2007.
|Leonard Casley
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|Republic of Jamtland
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|A Swedish province, formerly a part of Norway
|Ewert Ljusberg
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| Kugelmugel
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| 1984
| A ball-shaped house built by artist Edwin Lipburger, currently located in the Vienna Prater
.
|Edwin Lipburger
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| Ladonia
|
| 1980
| A micronation created by Swedish artist Lars Vilks as the home to sculptures created by him in the Kullaberg nature reserve in north-west Skåne.
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| Lagoan Isles
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| 2005
| The creation of a self-styled Grand Duke Louis, who claims that three tiny islands in a Portsmouth
pond are not owned by the local council, and so has declared them an independent state.
| Louis Stephans
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| L'Anse-Saint-Jean
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| 1997
| A micronation started to promote tourism in a small Quebec
town.
| Denys Tremblay
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| Llanrwst
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| 1276
| A town in North Wales declared a "free borough" by a Welsh prince which unsuccessfully applied to the United Nations
in 1947.
| Llywelyn the Last
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| Kingdom of Lovely
|
| 2004
| An Internet-based micronation founded by Danny Wallace
as part of the BBC TV series How to Start Your Own Country, claiming the flat of its creator as sovereign territory.
| Danny Wallace
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| Lundy
|
| 1925
| An island off the west coast of England
, which historically (1100–1200s AD) had semi-independent status or claimed independence from England under various warlords. Between 1925 and 1931 its owner declared himself King and minted coins but did not declare formal independence.
| Martin Coles Harman
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| Marlborough
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| 1993
| A short lived micronation in Australia whose creator declared his farm an independent country to try to avoid eviction after bankruptcy. He was evicted less than a week later by police, was later prosecuted and has since abandoned any claim of independence.
| George Muirhead
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| Melchizedek
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| 1986
| The Dominion of Melchizedek (DoM) is a micronation known largely for facilitating large scale banking fraud in many parts of the world.
| Richard James McDonald
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| Minerva
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| 1973
| An attempt to build an artificial island and form a new libertarian country. The new land was located on Minerva Reef, south of Fiji, but the island was seized and annexed by Tonga shortly afterwards.
| Morris C. Davis
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| Molossia
|
| 1977
| A micronation founded by Kevin Baugh, occupying his semi-rural residential acreage in Nevada
. It is run semi-humorously as a dictatorial banana-republic.
| Kevin Baugh
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| Morac-Songhrati-Meads
|
| 1959
| A present day micronation, claimed to occupy the Spratly Islands
. The territory is currently under de facto military control by China
, Malaysia, the Philippines
, Taiwan
, and Vietnam
, since the discovery of oil in 1968.
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| Naminara Republic
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| 2006
| An island in the Han River
in Chuncheon
city of Gangwon-do, South Korea
. Issues its own passport, currency, phone cards. Part of the movie Winter Sonata
was filmed here. The island received 1.5 million visitors yearly.
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| Neue Slowenische Kunst
|
| 1984
| A nation created by a number of Slovene
artists.
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| New Utopia
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| A proposed micronation based on libertarian principles to be built on platforms in the Caribbean Sea
. It was founded by American entrepreneur Lazarus Long. The project's current status is questionable.
| Lazarus Long
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| Northern Forest Archipelago
|
| 1998
| An environmentally focused micronation located in the northeastern United States of America consisting of multiple discontiguous privately owned properties in the Northern Forest area of New York State.
| James Sheffield
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| Nova Roma
|
| 1998
| An international organisation of Roman revivalists who claim to be a modern Roman nation and have the administrative structure of the ancient Roman Republic
. Nova Roma explicitly states that they aren't a micronation but a "civitas
" or "res publica
"; their organisation, however, fits all the requirements for being classified as such.
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| Other World Kingdom
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| 1996
| An absolute monarchy
/matriarchy
with strong BDSM
themes, in which women rule over all men. It is located in the Czech Republic
.
| Queen Patrica I
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| Perloja
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| 1918
| Established in the aftermath of World War I
, the Republic of Perloja had its own court, police, prison, currency (Perloja litas
), and an army of 300 men.
| Jonas Česnulevičius
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| Peščenica
|
|
| Peščenica is a satirical-parodical project of a dictator-ruled republic by famous Croatian maverick traveller Željko Malnar. It is located in Zagreb
, Croatia
.
| Željko Malnar
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| Rainbow Creek
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| 1979
| Founded by a farmer who "seceded" from Victoria State, Australia, over damage to farmlands caused by flooding he claimed was exacerbated due to incompetence of the state government water management agency.
| Thomas Barnes
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| Redonda
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| 1865
| A small uninhabited island in the Caribbean sea, now legally part of Antigua and Barbuda
. In 1865, a citizen of Montserrat
was supposedly permitted by Queen Victoria to claim the title of King of Redonda
, as long as he did not incite any revolt against colonial authority.
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| Rose Island
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| 1968
| An attempt to create a sovereign state on an offshore platform in international waters near the Italian city of Rimini. It was completed, but shortly afterwards seized by the Italian government and destroyed with explosives.
| Giorgio Rosa
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| Russian Empire
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| 2011
| Located on the coral
atoll
Suwarrow
near the Cook Islands
in the Pacific Ocean
, it was founded by Russian businessman Anton Bakov. By the Constitution of the Russian Empire, it is a federal constitutional monarchy
and the successor of the Empire founded by Peter I
.
| Anton Bakov
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| Saugeais
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| 1947
| An officially sanctioned tongue-in-cheek micronation located in eastern France, in the département of Doubs.
|Georgette Bertin-Pourchet
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| Sealand
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| 1967
| A World War II military facility consisting of a man-made structure located off the English coast which was occupied and declared to be an independent state by Paddy Roy Bates.
| Paddy Roy Bates
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| Seborga
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| 954
| A town in the Italian region of Liguria that claims never to have been a part of the modern Italian state.
| Marcello I
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| Talossa
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| 1979
| A micronation founded as a bedroom kingdom by Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America resident Robert Ben Madison. Madison claims to have coined the term "micronation
".Prior to Madison's departure in 2005 the group split into a separate "Kingdom of Talossa" and "Republic of Talossa".
| John Woolley
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| Užupis
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| 1997
| Užupis is a neighborhood in Vilnius
, the capital of Lithuania
, largely located in Vilnius' old town. In 1997, the residents of the area declared a Republic of Užupis, with its own flag, currency, president, and constitution.
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| Valtio
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| 2006
| 50000 square metres (59,799.5 sq yd) of land in a forest located at Posio
, Finland
, founded by Ari Peltonen
as a joke. Radio Helsinki and Helsingin Sanomat
followed what happens in the state.
| Ari Peltonen
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| Vikesland
|
| 2005
| A micronation located in Manitoba
, Canada
that was founded for the purposes of a TV documentary about micronations. It claims two properties in and near the town of Brandon
. It is recognised by Austenasia.
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| Wanstonia
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| 1994
| Wanstonia was created by protesters
against the M11 motorway
link road through Wanstead
in north-east London.
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| Waveland
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| 1997
| A micronation sited on a rocky islet in the North Atlantic, known as Rockall
. Greenpeace
occupied Rockall, declaring it an independent nation, to protest oil drilling in the area.
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| Wendland
|
| 1980
| A German anti-nuclear protest in the Wendland
, reoccupied by thousands of policemen after a few weeks.
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| Westarctica
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| 1989
| Micronation founded by Travis McHenry, subsequently dubbed the Grand Duchy
of Westarctica, claiming a piece of Marie Byrd Land
, the last slice in Antarctica
unclaimed by any nation.
| Travis McHenry
|-
| Whangamomona Republic
|
| 1989
| A tongue-in-cheek micronation created as a tourism booster, and based in the rural New Zealand town of the same name. A goat has been elected as its president.
|Murt Kennard
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| Wirtland
|
| 2008
| Wirtland is an experiment into legitimacy and self-sustainability of a country without its own soil, which transcends national borders without breaching or lessening the sovereignty of any involved.
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| Wy
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| 2004
| Established by Paul Delprat
after a dispute with the local council of Mosman Municipality in Sydney over the construction of a drive-way into his property.
| Prince Paul of Wy
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Self-proclaimed
Self proclaimed or soi-disant is when a legal title is only recognized by the declaring person and not any recognized legal authority. It can be the status of a noble title or the status of a nation...
entities that claim to be independent sovereign states but which are not acknowledged as such by any recognised sovereign state, or by any supranational organization. They should not be confused with microstate
Microstate
A microstate or ministate is a sovereign state having a very small population or very small land area, but usually both. Some examples include Liechtenstein, Malta, Monaco, Nauru, Singapore, and Vatican City....
s, which are recognised independent states of a small size, nor should they be confused with unrecognised states, which may have legitimate claim to sovereign state status.
Motivations for the creation of micronations include theoretical experimentation, political protest, artistic expression, personal entertainment and the conduct of criminal activity. Micronations can also exist in various forms, including in the physical world (on land, at sea and in outer space
Outer space
Outer space is the void that exists between celestial bodies, including the Earth. It is not completely empty, but consists of a hard vacuum containing a low density of particles: predominantly a plasma of hydrogen and helium, as well as electromagnetic radiation, magnetic fields, and neutrinos....
), online, in the minds of their creators—or some combination of these. Some micronations issue coins, flags, postage stamps, passports, medals, and other items.
List of micronations
| Official title | Flag | Founded | Description | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aerican Empire Aerican Empire The Aerican Empire is a micronation founded in May 1987, which has no sovereign territory of its own and has never been recognized by any other sovereign state as existing. The name is a pun on the term American Empire... |
1987 | An eccentric tongue-in-cheek micronation founded by Canadian Eric Lis as a child, and maintained for the several decades since. It claims various terrestrial and interplanetary territories as Aerican land. | Eric Lis | |
| Aeterna Lucina Sovereign State of Aeterna Lucina The Sovereign State of Aeterna Lucina was an Australian micronation that existed between the late 1970s until the death of its founder in the 1990s.... |
1978 | An Australian micronation founded by a self-proclaimed baron, who claimed properties he owned in New South Wales as its territory. Several associated businessmen were charged in 1990 with land and visa fraud. | Paul Baron Neuman | |
| Aramoana | 1980 | A small New Zealand community that declared itself independent to protest the building of an aluminium smelter on nearby land. | ||
| Atlantium Empire of Atlantium The Empire of Atlantium is a micronation and secular,pluralist progressive lobby group based in New South Wales, Australia.Micronations: The Lonely Planet Guide to Home-Made Nations describes Atlantium as "a refreshing antidote to the reactionary self-aggrandisement of so many micronations", and... |
1981 | A global sovereignty group based in Australia that was founded in Sydney by George Francis Cruickshank. | George Cruickshank | |
| Austenasia | 2008 | A constitutional monarchy comprising three privately owned properties that have declared themselves independent under the leadership of a house in south London. It is recognised by Vikesland. | Jonathan Austen | |
| Avram | A non-territorial micronation founded by an eccentric self-proclaimed duke who was later elected to the Tasmanian state parliament. | John Charlton Rudge | ||
| Akhzivland Akhzivland Akhzivland is a micronation between Nahariya and the Lebanese border on the Israeli west coast. The state was founded by Eli Avivi in 1970. The micronation is promoted by the Israel Ministry of Tourism even though its legal status remains ambiguous.... |
A non-territorial micronation founded by Eli Avivi in response to the Israeli government's sending two bulldozers to demolish his illegally inhabited house. As a result of a lawsuit brought against Avivi by the State of Israel (which was subsequently rejected by the judge hearing the case), the micronation's legal status has remained ambiguous. | El Avivi | ||
| British West Florida Dominion of British West Florida The Dominion of British West Florida is a separatist micronation founded in 2005 "on an eccentric interpretation of actual historic events" and based in the Gulf coast region of the United States... |
2005 | A micronation intending to revive the former British colony of the same name. | Bo Register | |
| BjornSocialist Republic BjornSocialist Republic The BjornSocialist Republic is a micronation created by Oskar Augustsson.Its territorial pretensions encompass a boulder described as "look[ing] like a tractor", situated adjacent to the Bos Islands, in Lake Immeln, Skåne, Sweden.The republic came to public attention in 2007 when a Swedish court... |
2005 |
Scania
Scania is the southernmost of the 25 traditional non-administrative provinces of Sweden, constituting a peninsula on the southern tip of the Scandinavian peninsula, and some adjacent islands. The modern administrative subdivision Skåne County is almost, but not totally, congruent with the...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. It is recognised by Ladonia
Ladonia (micronation)
Ladonia is a micronation, proclaimed in 1996 as the result of a years-long court battle between artist Lars Vilks and local authorities over two sculptures. The claimed territory is part of a natural reserve in an enclave of southern Sweden...
.
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| Celestia
|
| 1949
| A defunct micronation claiming all of outer space
Outer space
Outer space is the void that exists between celestial bodies, including the Earth. It is not completely empty, but consists of a hard vacuum containing a low density of particles: predominantly a plasma of hydrogen and helium, as well as electromagnetic radiation, magnetic fields, and neutrinos....
.
| James Thomas Mangan
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| Conch Republic
Conch Republic
The Conch Republic is a micronation declared as a tongue-in-cheek secession of the city of Key West from the United States on April 23, 1982. It has been maintained as a tourism booster for the city since...
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| 1982
| A group claiming tongue-in-cheek independence from the United States of America in protest at a blockade established by the US Border Patrol
United States Border Patrol
The United States Border Patrol is a federal law enforcement agency within U.S. Customs and Border Protection , a component of the Department of Homeland Security . It is an agency in the Department of Homeland Security that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to...
at the upper end of the Florida Keys
Florida Keys
The Florida Keys are a coral archipelago in southeast United States. They begin at the southeastern tip of the Florida peninsula, about south of Miami, and extend in a gentle arc south-southwest and then westward to Key West, the westernmost of the inhabited islands, and on to the uninhabited Dry...
.
||Dennis Wardlow
Dennis Wardlow
Dennis Wardlow is a former Mayor of Key West, Florida, having served on three separate occasions.He is best known, however, as the Prime Minister of the Conch Republic, the micronation that seceded from the United States on April 23, 1982, in protest over a United States Border Patrol blockade...
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| Copeman Empire
Nick Copeman
Henry Michael King Nicholas, born January 6, 1979, is an author and micronational leader. He first attracted a cult following in 2003, after changing his name by deed poll to "HM King Nicholas I", and founding a new empire from his royal seat - a four-berth caravan trailer just outside Sheringham,...
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| 2003
| The Copeman Empire is run from a caravan park in Norfolk, England, by its founder Nick Copeman, who changed his name by deed poll to HM King Nicholas I.
| Nick Copeman
Nick Copeman
Henry Michael King Nicholas, born January 6, 1979, is an author and micronational leader. He first attracted a cult following in 2003, after changing his name by deed poll to "HM King Nicholas I", and founding a new empire from his royal seat - a four-berth caravan trailer just outside Sheringham,...
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| Coral Sea Islands
Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands
The Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands is a micronation established as a symbolic political protest by a group of gay rights activists based in southeast Queensland Australia. Declared in 2004 in response to the Australian government's refusal to recognize same-sex marriages, it was...
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| 2004
| Established as a symbolic political protest by a group of gay rights activists, the Coral Sea Islands is a micronation based in southeast Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
|Dale Anderson
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| Dubeldeka
|
| 2000
| Created by the Khandekars in 2000, in response to a dispute with the New South Wales Department of Public Works and Wingecarribee Shire Council, over plans to connect their property to mains sewerage.
| Vasudeo Khandekar
|-
| Elleore
Kingdom of Elleore
The Kingdom of Elleore is a micronation located on the island of Elleore in the Roskilde Fjord, north of Roskilde on the Danish island of Zealand.The island was purchased by a group of Copenhagen schoolteachers in 1944 for use as a summer camp...
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| 1944
| A tongue-in-cheek micronation founded by a group of school teachers as a summer camp on the island of Elleore, Denmark.
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| EnenKio
Kingdom of EnenKio
The Kingdom of EnenKio, or "EnenKio" for short, is a small separatist group of Marshall Islander heritage who lay claim to the United States' unincorporated territory of Wake Island. EnenKio seeks recognition as a sovereign Micronesian state in the Northern Marshall Islands...
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| 1994
| Claims Wake Atoll in the Marshall Islands, and has been deemed a scam for selling passports and diplomatic papers.
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| Filettino
Filettino
Filettino is a village located about 70 km east of Rome and about 30 km north of Frosinone. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 542 and an area of 77.5 km²....
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| 2011
| Mayor Luca Sellari, from the small town with a population around 550, declared the independence from Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
in protest to austerity measures resulting from the European economic crisis. Filettino has printed its own currency, the fiorito.
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| Forvik
Crown Dependency of Forvik
The Crown Dependency of Forvik is a micronation located on the island of Forewick Holm in the Shetland Islands of Scotland.Forvik was created in June 2008 by the island's disputed owner, sole occasional occupant, and Cunningsburgh resident, Stuart Hill when he unilaterally declared Forvik to be a...
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| 2008
| An islet in Shetland, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
, declared an independent Crown dependency
Crown dependency
The Crown Dependencies are British possessions of the Crown, as opposed to overseas territories of the United Kingdom. They comprise the Channel Island Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey in the English Channel, and the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea....
by Stuart Hill, who claims that the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
has breached the 1469 deal with Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
, which transferred the Shetland Islands to the Scottish crown.
| Stuart Hill
Stuart Hill (Sailor)
Stuart Alan Hill also known as Captain Calamity is an English amateur sailor, jurist and activist in the Shetland Islands independence movement.-Early life:Hill was born 1943 in Bromley, Kent, the son of a nuclear engineer...
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| Freetown Christiania
Freetown Christiania
Not to be confused with Christiania, Norway, another name for Oslo.Christiania, also known as Freetown Christiania is a self-proclaimed autonomous neighbourhood of about 850 residents, covering 34 hectares in the borough of Christianshavn in the Danish capital Copenhagen...
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| 1971
| Christiania, also known as Freetown Christiania (Danish: Fristaden Christiania) is a self-proclaimed autonomous neighbourhood of about 850 residents, covering 34 hectares (85 acres) in the borough of Christianshavn in the Danish capital Copenhagen.
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| Frestonia
Frestonia
Frestonia was the name adopted by the residents of Freston Road, a street at the north western boundary of Notting Hill, London, also known as Notting Dale, when they attempted to secede from the United Kingdom in 1977. Actor David Rappaport was the Foreign Minister, while playwright Heathcote...
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| 1977
| Freston Road in west London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
staged a "secession" from the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
as Frestonia. In a legal dispute regarding the unauthorised performance of his play The Immortalist, Heathcote Williams won a ruling from the UK courts that Frestonia was for this purpose not part of the UK.
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| Global Country of World Peace
Global Country of World Peace
The Global Country of World Peace was declared by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the founder and guru of the Transcendental Meditation movement, on Vijayadashami , October 7, 2000. He described it as "a country without borders for peace loving people everywhere"...
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| 2000
| "A country without borders for peace loving people everywhere" created by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi , born Mahesh Prasad Varma , developed the Transcendental Meditation technique and was the leader and guru of the TM movement, characterised as a new religious movement and also as non-religious...
, with capitals at MERU, Holland
MERU, Holland
MERU, Holland, is a residential and office complex which includes the residence of the late Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a capital of the Global Country of World Peace, a campus of Maharishi European Research University , and other institutions of the Transcendental Meditation movement. It occupies the...
and Maharishi Vedic City, Iowa
Maharishi Vedic City, Iowa
Maharishi Vedic City is a city in Jefferson County, Iowa, United States. The city was first incorporated in 2001 as "Vedic City" but then officially changed its name to "Maharishi Vedic City" five months later. It was the first city to incorporate in Iowa since 1982...
.
| Maharaja Adhiraj Rajaraam
Tony Nader
Tony Abu Nader is a Lebanese neuro-physiologist, the president of both Maharishi University of Management in Holland and Maharishi Open University, and was designated the 'First Sovereign Ruler' of the 'Global Country of World Peace'. After receiving his medical degree in internal medicine and...
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| Hajdučka Republika Mijata Tomića
Hajducka Republika Mijata Tomica
Hajdučka Republika Mijata Tomića is the self-proclaimed micronation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.- Location :The republic is in the areas between the mountains of Vran and Čvrsnica, in the middle of the Nature Park Blidinje, western Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina.- Basic data :The founder and the...
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| 2002
| A protest project (based on Vran mountain, in Blidinje
Blidinje
Blidinje is a Nature park in Bosnia and Herzegovina, established on 30 April 1995.- Geography and hydrology :It is a spacious valley, 3–5 km long, situated at an elevation of 1.150-1.300 meters a.s.l., between Čvrsnica and Vran mountains with a total area of 364 km² and 3 municipalities...
Nature Park, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
) started by a local because of inefficiency of problems with the local electricity supply.
|Vinko Vukoja Lastvić
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| Hay-on-Wye
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| 1977
| A town in Wales which was declared independent by bibliophile Richard Booth as a publicity stunt. Booth's success in promoting Hay as a "town of books" was recognised with the award of an MBE
MBE
MBE can stand for:* Mail Boxes Etc.* Management by exception* Master of Bioethics* Master of Bioscience Enterprise* Master of Business Engineering* Master of Business Economics* Mean Biased Error...
in the 2004 Queen's New Year Honours.
|Richard Booth
Richard Booth
Richard George William Pitt Booth, MBE , is a Welsh bookseller, known for his contribution to the success of Hay-on-Wye as a centre for second-hand bookselling...
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| Humanity
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| 1878
| A former micronation, occupying the Spratly Islands
Spratly Islands
The Spratly Islands are a group of more than 750 reefs, islets, atolls, cays and islands in the South China Sea. The archipelago lies off the coasts of the Philippines and Malaysia , about one third of the way from there to southern Vietnam. They comprise less than four square kilometers of land...
, which merged into the Republic of Morac-Songhrati-Meads
Republic of Morac-Songhrati-Meads
The Republic of Morac-Songhrati-Meads was originally a micronation in the Spratly Islands established by British naval captain James George Meads in the 1870s....
in September 1963.
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| Hutt River
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| 1970
| A large farming area in Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
that unilaterally seceded from the Commonwealth
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and declared itself to be a sovereign nation. It was known as the Hutt River Province until 2007.
|Leonard Casley
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|Republic of Jamtland
Republic of Jamtland
The United Republics of Jamtland, Herjeådalen and Ravund is a part serious part humorous culture and marketing project, with regionalist and historical elements based in the Swedish County of Jämtland, located in the middle of Scandinavia.-History:The Republic of Jamtland was founded in 1963 as a...
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|A Swedish province, formerly a part of Norway
|Ewert Ljusberg
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| Kugelmugel
Kugelmugel
Kugelmugel is a former micronation located in Vienna, Austria.Located in Vienna Prater, the Republic of Kugelmugel declared independence in 1984, after disputes between artist Edwin Lipburger and Austrian authorities over building permits for the ball-shaped house he built at the address...
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| 1984
| A ball-shaped house built by artist Edwin Lipburger, currently located in the Vienna Prater
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
.
|Edwin Lipburger
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| Ladonia
Ladonia (micronation)
Ladonia is a micronation, proclaimed in 1996 as the result of a years-long court battle between artist Lars Vilks and local authorities over two sculptures. The claimed territory is part of a natural reserve in an enclave of southern Sweden...
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| 1980
| A micronation created by Swedish artist Lars Vilks as the home to sculptures created by him in the Kullaberg nature reserve in north-west Skåne.
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|-
| Lagoan Isles
Grand Duchy of the Lagoan Isles
The Grand Duchy of the Lagoan Isles is a micronation based in Britain. It was created in 2005 by school teacher Louis Robert Harold Stephens as a class project, and claims as its territory Baffins Pond, near Portsmouth, along with the three tiny islands located within the pond...
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| 2005
| The creation of a self-styled Grand Duke Louis, who claims that three tiny islands in a Portsmouth
Portsmouth
Portsmouth is the second largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is notable for being the United Kingdom's only island city; it is located mainly on Portsea Island...
pond are not owned by the local council, and so has declared them an independent state.
| Louis Stephans
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| L'Anse-Saint-Jean
L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Quebec
L'Anse-Saint-Jean is a small town, population 1269 , in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada.L'Anse-Saint-Jean was founded in 1838 by the Société des Vingt-et-un, a group of lumber prospectors and investors from Charlevoix which was responsible for opening up the Saguenay region to...
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| 1997
| A micronation started to promote tourism in a small Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
town.
| Denys Tremblay
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| Llanrwst
Llanrwst
Llanrwst is a small town and community on the A470 road and the River Conwy in Conwy County Borough, Wales. It takes its name from the 5th century to 6th century Saint Grwst, and the original parish church in Cae Llan was replaced by the 12th-century church....
|
| 1276
| A town in North Wales declared a "free borough" by a Welsh prince which unsuccessfully applied to the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
in 1947.
| Llywelyn the Last
Llywelyn the Last
Llywelyn ap Gruffydd or Llywelyn Ein Llyw Olaf , sometimes rendered as Llywelyn II, was the last prince of an independent Wales before its conquest by Edward I of England....
|-
| Kingdom of Lovely
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| 2004
| An Internet-based micronation founded by Danny Wallace
Danny Wallace (humourist)
Daniel Frederick Wallace is a British filmmaker, comedian, writer, actor, and presenter of radio and television. His notable works include the books Join Me, Yes Man, and the TV series How to Start Your Own Country.He lives in London, with his wife, an Australian publicist...
as part of the BBC TV series How to Start Your Own Country, claiming the flat of its creator as sovereign territory.
| Danny Wallace
Danny Wallace (writer)
Daniel Frederick Wallace is a British filmmaker, comedian, writer, actor, and presenter of radio and television. His notable works include the books Join Me, Yes Man, and the TV series How to Start Your Own Country.He lives in London, with his wife, an Australian publicist...
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| Lundy
Lundy
Lundy is the largest island in the Bristol Channel, lying off the coast of Devon, England, approximately one third of the distance across the channel between England and Wales. It measures about at its widest. Lundy gives its name to a British sea area and is one of the islands of England.As of...
|
| 1925
| An island off the west coast of England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, which historically (1100–1200s AD) had semi-independent status or claimed independence from England under various warlords. Between 1925 and 1931 its owner declared himself King and minted coins but did not declare formal independence.
| Martin Coles Harman
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| Marlborough
Principality of Marlborough
The Principality of Marlborough was a short-lived micronation located at , 200 km north of Rockhampton, Australia in 1993....
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| 1993
| A short lived micronation in Australia whose creator declared his farm an independent country to try to avoid eviction after bankruptcy. He was evicted less than a week later by police, was later prosecuted and has since abandoned any claim of independence.
| George Muirhead
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| Melchizedek
Dominion of Melchizedek
The Dominion of Melchizedek is a micronation known for facilitating large scale banking fraud in many parts of the world. The president was Pearlasia Gamboa, wife of vice-president David Korem...
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| 1986
| The Dominion of Melchizedek (DoM) is a micronation known largely for facilitating large scale banking fraud in many parts of the world.
| Richard James McDonald
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| Minerva
Republic of Minerva
The Republic of Minerva was one of the few modern attempts at creating a sovereign micronation on the reclaimed land of an artificial island in 1972. The architect was Las Vegas real estate millionaire and political activist Michael Oliver, who went on to other similar attempts in the following...
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| 1973
| An attempt to build an artificial island and form a new libertarian country. The new land was located on Minerva Reef, south of Fiji, but the island was seized and annexed by Tonga shortly afterwards.
| Morris C. Davis
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| Molossia
Republic of Molossia
The Republic of Molossia is an unrecognized micronation, founded by Kevin Baugh semi-humorously as a "dictatorial banana-republic" and headquartered solely from a tiny home near Dayton, Nevada....
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| 1977
| A micronation founded by Kevin Baugh, occupying his semi-rural residential acreage in Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
. It is run semi-humorously as a dictatorial banana-republic.
| Kevin Baugh
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| Morac-Songhrati-Meads
Republic of Morac-Songhrati-Meads
The Republic of Morac-Songhrati-Meads was originally a micronation in the Spratly Islands established by British naval captain James George Meads in the 1870s....
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| 1959
| A present day micronation, claimed to occupy the Spratly Islands
Spratly Islands
The Spratly Islands are a group of more than 750 reefs, islets, atolls, cays and islands in the South China Sea. The archipelago lies off the coasts of the Philippines and Malaysia , about one third of the way from there to southern Vietnam. They comprise less than four square kilometers of land...
. The territory is currently under de facto military control by China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
, Malaysia, the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
, Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
, and Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
, since the discovery of oil in 1968.
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| Naminara Republic
Namiseom
Namiseom is a tiny half-moon shaped island located in Chuncheon, South Korea, formed as it was inundated by the rising water of the North Han River as the result of the construction of Cheongpyeong Dam in 1944...
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| 2006
| An island in the Han River
Han River (Korea)
The Han River is a major river in South Korea and the fourth longest river on the Korean peninsula after the Amnok, Duman, and Nakdong rivers. It is formed by the confluence of the Namhan River , which originates in Mount Daedeok, and the Bukhan River , which originates on the slopes of Mount...
in Chuncheon
Chuncheon
Chuncheon is the capital of Gangwon Province, South Korea. The city lies in the northeast of the country, located in a basin formed by the Soyang River and Han River. There are some large lakes around the city, most notably Lake Soyang and Lake Uiam...
city of Gangwon-do, South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
. Issues its own passport, currency, phone cards. Part of the movie Winter Sonata
Winter Sonata
Winter Sonata is a South Korean television drama series broadcast by KBS in 2002. It is the second part of the Endless Love installment directed by Yoon Seok-Ho...
was filmed here. The island received 1.5 million visitors yearly.
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| Neue Slowenische Kunst
Neue Slowenische Kunst
Neue Slowenische Kunst , aka NSK, is a controversial political art collective that announced itself in Slovenia in 1984, when Slovenia was part of Yugoslavia. NSK's name, being German, is compatible with a theme in NSK works: the complicated relationship Slovenes have had with Germans...
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| 1984
| A nation created by a number of Slovene
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
artists.
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| New Utopia
New Utopia
The Principality of New Utopia is a micronation project established and operated by Lazarus Long .The project was publicised by various media outlets in Europe and the United States. In an article about fake nations, Quatloos.com called "New Utopia" a "fake nation scam"...
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| A proposed micronation based on libertarian principles to be built on platforms in the Caribbean Sea
Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean located in the tropics of the Western hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico and Central America to the west and southwest, to the north by the Greater Antilles, and to the east by the Lesser Antilles....
. It was founded by American entrepreneur Lazarus Long. The project's current status is questionable.
| Lazarus Long
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| Northern Forest Archipelago
Northern Forest Archipelago
The Northern Forest Archipelago, or NFA, is a micronation in the northeastern United States. It consists of various members' properties in the Northern Forest. Since these bits are not connected, they are said by the NFA to be an archipelago...
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| 1998
| An environmentally focused micronation located in the northeastern United States of America consisting of multiple discontiguous privately owned properties in the Northern Forest area of New York State.
| James Sheffield
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| Nova Roma
Nova Roma
Nova Roma is an international Roman revivalist and reconstructionist organization created in 1998 by Joseph Bloch and William Bradford, later incorporated in Maine as a non-profit organization with an educational and religious mission...
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| 1998
| An international organisation of Roman revivalists who claim to be a modern Roman nation and have the administrative structure of the ancient Roman Republic
Roman Republic
The Roman Republic was the period of the ancient Roman civilization where the government operated as a republic. It began with the overthrow of the Roman monarchy, traditionally dated around 508 BC, and its replacement by a government headed by two consuls, elected annually by the citizens and...
. Nova Roma explicitly states that they aren't a micronation but a "civitas
Civitas
In the history of Rome, the Latin term civitas , according to Cicero in the time of the late Roman Republic, was the social body of the cives, or citizens, united by law . It is the law that binds them together, giving them responsibilities on the one hand and rights of citizenship on the other...
" or "res publica
Res publica
Res publica is a Latin phrase, loosely meaning "public affair". It is the root of the word republic, and the word commonwealth has traditionally been used as a synonym for it; however translations vary widely according to the context...
"; their organisation, however, fits all the requirements for being classified as such.
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| Other World Kingdom
Other World Kingdom
The Other World Kingdom was a large, commercial BDSM and femdom facility, resort, and micronation, which opened in 1996 using the buildings and grounds of a 16th century chateau located in Černá, Žďár nad Sázavou District, Czech Republic...
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| 1996
| An absolute monarchy
Absolute monarchy
Absolute monarchy is a monarchical form of government in which the monarch exercises ultimate governing authority as head of state and head of government, his or her power not being limited by a constitution or by the law. An absolute monarch thus wields unrestricted political power over the...
/matriarchy
Matriarchy
A matriarchy is a society in which females, especially mothers, have the central roles of political leadership and moral authority. It is also sometimes called a gynocratic or gynocentric society....
with strong BDSM
BDSM
BDSM is an erotic preference and a form of sexual expression involving the consensual use of restraint, intense sensory stimulation, and fantasy power role-play. The compound acronym BDSM is derived from the terms bondage and discipline , dominance and submission , and sadism and masochism...
themes, in which women rule over all men. It is located in the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
.
| Queen Patrica I
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| Perloja
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| 1918
| Established in the aftermath of World War I
Aftermath of World War I
The fighting in World War I ended in western Europe when the Armistice took effect at 11:00 am GMT on November 11, 1918, and in eastern Europe by the early 1920s. During and in the aftermath of the war the political, cultural, and social order was drastically changed in Europe, Asia and Africa,...
, the Republic of Perloja had its own court, police, prison, currency (Perloja litas
Lithuanian litas
The Lithuanian litas is the currency of Lithuania. It is divided into 100 centų...
), and an army of 300 men.
| Jonas Česnulevičius
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| Peščenica
Republic of Pešcenica
Republika Peščenica is a satirical-parodical project of dictator-ruled republic by famous Croatian maverick traveller Željko Malnar. It is named after the Zagreb neighbourhood of Peščenica....
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| Peščenica is a satirical-parodical project of a dictator-ruled republic by famous Croatian maverick traveller Željko Malnar. It is located in Zagreb
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
, Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
.
| Željko Malnar
Željko Malnar
Željko Malnar is a Croatian maverick traveller, writer and a minor television celebrity, best known for his own weekly show Nightmare Stage and his satirical micronation the Republic of Peščenica. He lives and works in Zagreb.-Biography:In last 45 years he has traveled the Middle East, Pakistan...
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| Rainbow Creek
Independent State of Rainbow Creek
The Independent State of Rainbow Creek was an Australian secessionist micronation active during the 1970s and 80s.It was founded as a result of a longrunning compensation dispute between a group of Victorian farmers in the town of Cowwarr, and an agency of the Victorian state government, the State...
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| 1979
| Founded by a farmer who "seceded" from Victoria State, Australia, over damage to farmlands caused by flooding he claimed was exacerbated due to incompetence of the state government water management agency.
| Thomas Barnes
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| Redonda
Kingdom of Redonda
The Kingdom of Redonda is a name for the micronation aspect of the tiny uninhabited Caribbean island of Redonda.This islet is situated between the islands of Nevis and Montserrat, within the inner arc of the Leeward Islands chain, in the West Indies. The island is currently legally a dependency of...
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| 1865
| A small uninhabited island in the Caribbean sea, now legally part of Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda is a twin-island nation lying between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It consists of two major inhabited islands, Antigua and Barbuda, and a number of smaller islands...
. In 1865, a citizen of Montserrat
Montserrat
Montserrat is a British overseas territory located in the Leeward Islands, part of the chain of islands called the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies. This island measures approximately long and wide, giving of coastline...
was supposedly permitted by Queen Victoria to claim the title of King of Redonda
Redonda
Redonda is a very small, uninhabited Caribbean island which is part of Antigua and Barbuda, in the Leeward Islands, West Indies.This small island lies southwest of Antigua, in the waters between the islands of Nevis and Montserrat...
, as long as he did not incite any revolt against colonial authority.
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| Rose Island
Republic of Rose Island
The Republic of Rose Island was a short-lived micronation on a man-made platform in the Adriatic Sea, 11 km off the coast of the province of Forlì, Italy....
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| 1968
| An attempt to create a sovereign state on an offshore platform in international waters near the Italian city of Rimini. It was completed, but shortly afterwards seized by the Italian government and destroyed with explosives.
| Giorgio Rosa
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| Russian Empire
Russian Empire (Suwarrow)
Russian Empire is an new unrecognized entity or micronation, located on coral atoll Suwarrow near the Cook Islands in the Pacific Ocean.- History :...
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| 2011
| Located on the coral
Coral
Corals are marine animals in class Anthozoa of phylum Cnidaria typically living in compact colonies of many identical individual "polyps". The group includes the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and secrete calcium carbonate to form a hard skeleton.A coral "head" is a colony of...
atoll
Atoll
An atoll is a coral island that encircles a lagoon partially or completely.- Usage :The word atoll comes from the Dhivehi word atholhu OED...
Suwarrow
Suwarrow
Suwarrow is a low coral atoll in the Cook Islands in the Pacific Ocean. It is about 1,300 km south of the equator and 930 km NNW of Rarotonga, from which it is administered....
near the Cook Islands
Cook Islands
The Cook Islands is a self-governing parliamentary democracy in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand...
in the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
, it was founded by Russian businessman Anton Bakov. By the Constitution of the Russian Empire, it is a federal constitutional monarchy
Constitutional monarchy
Constitutional monarchy is a form of government in which a monarch acts as head of state within the parameters of a constitution, whether it be a written, uncodified or blended constitution...
and the successor of the Empire founded by Peter I
Peter I
Peter I may refer to:Religious hierarchs:*Pope Peter, papal name sometimes referring to the Apostle Peter *Patriarch Peter I of Alexandria Rulers:*Tsar Peter I of Bulgaria...
.
| Anton Bakov
Anton Bakov
Anton Alekseevich Bakov was a Member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation from 2003 to 2007. He is a well-known Russian businessman, politician, traveller, writer and human rights activist...
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| Saugeais
Republic of Saugeais
The Republic of Saugeais is a long-lived self-proclaimed micronation located in eastern France, in the département of Doubs. The republic comprises the 11 municipalities of Les Alliés, Arçon, Bugny, La Chaux-de-Gilley, Gilley, Hauterive-la-Fresse, La Longeville, Montflovin,...
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| 1947
| An officially sanctioned tongue-in-cheek micronation located in eastern France, in the département of Doubs.
|Georgette Bertin-Pourchet
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| Sealand
Principality of Sealand
The Principality of Sealand is an unrecognized entity, located on HM Fort Roughs, a former World War II Maunsell Sea Fort in the North Sea 10 km off the coast of Suffolk, England, United Kingdom ....
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| 1967
| A World War II military facility consisting of a man-made structure located off the English coast which was occupied and declared to be an independent state by Paddy Roy Bates.
| Paddy Roy Bates
Paddy Roy Bates
- Titles and styles :*2 September 1967–present: His Royal Highness the Prince of Sealand- Full title as Prince :His Royal Highness Roy Bates, Prince of Sealand- References :...
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| Seborga
Principality of Seborga
The Principality of Seborga is a micronation located in the northwestern Italian Province of Imperia in Liguria, near the French border, and in sight of Monaco....
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| 954
| A town in the Italian region of Liguria that claims never to have been a part of the modern Italian state.
| Marcello I
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| Talossa
Talossa
Talossa is the name of at least two micronations, the Kingdom of Talossa and the Republic of Talossa.The Kingdom was founded in 1979 by 14-year-old Robert Ben Madison of Milwaukee, and as such is one of the oldest micronations still in existence. It was one of the first to get a website , and...
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| 1979
| A micronation founded as a bedroom kingdom by Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America resident Robert Ben Madison. Madison claims to have coined the term "micronation
Micronation
Micronations, sometimes also referred to as model countries and new country projects, are entities that claim to be independent nations or states but which are not recognized by world governments or major international organizations...
".Prior to Madison's departure in 2005 the group split into a separate "Kingdom of Talossa" and "Republic of Talossa".
| John Woolley
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| Užupis
Užupis
Užupis is a neighborhood in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, largely located in Vilnius' old town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Užupis means "on the other side of the river" in the Lithuanian language and refers to the Vilnia River. The name Vilnius was derived from the Vilnia...
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| 1997
| Užupis is a neighborhood in Vilnius
Vilnius
Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County...
, the capital of Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
, largely located in Vilnius' old town. In 1997, the residents of the area declared a Republic of Užupis, with its own flag, currency, president, and constitution.
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| Valtio
Kingdom of Valtio
Valtio is an micronation started by Ari Peltonen. The development of this micronation project has been mentioned in Nyt Magazine and on Radio Helsinki. The territory of Valtio is located 8 kilometres north of Posio town centre, in Lapland, northern Finland. It has no legal standing.Valtio was...
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| 2006
| 50000 square metres (59,799.5 sq yd) of land in a forest located at Posio
Posio
Posio is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Lapland. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water...
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
, founded by Ari Peltonen
Ari Peltonen
Ari Pekka "Paska" Peltonen is a Finnish radio reporter, author and musician.Since 1985, Peltonen has given musical performances under the name of Paska , his one-man-band. Peltonen has also used the pseudonyms Jeesus, Jorma and Johnny-Blue, usually as opening acts for Paska...
as a joke. Radio Helsinki and Helsingin Sanomat
Helsingin Sanomat
Helsingin Sanomat is the largest subscription newspaper in Finland and the Nordic countries, owned by Sanoma. Except after certain holidays, it is published daily. In 2008, its daily circulation was 412,421 on weekdays and 468,505 on Sundays...
followed what happens in the state.
| Ari Peltonen
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| Vikesland
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| 2005
| A micronation located in Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
that was founded for the purposes of a TV documentary about micronations. It claims two properties in and near the town of Brandon
Brandon, Manitoba
Brandon is the second largest city in Manitoba, Canada, and is located in the southwestern area of the province. Brandon is the largest city in the Westman region of Manitoba. The city is located along the Assiniboine River. Spruce Woods Provincial Park and CFB Shilo are a relatively short distance...
. It is recognised by Austenasia.
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| Wanstonia
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| 1994
| Wanstonia was created by protesters
M11 link road protest
The M11 link road protest was a major anti-road protest in east London, United Kingdom, in the early 1990s opposing the construction of the "A12 Hackney to M11 link road", also known as the M11 Link Road...
against the M11 motorway
M11 motorway
The M11 motorway in England is a major road running approximately north from the North Circular Road in South Woodford in north-east London to the A14, north-west of Cambridge.-Route:...
link road through Wanstead
Wanstead
Wanstead is a suburban area in the London Borough of Redbridge, North-East London. The main road going through Wanstead is the A12. The name is from the Anglo-Saxon words wænn and stede, meaning "settlement on a small hill"....
in north-east London.
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| Waveland
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| 1997
| A micronation sited on a rocky islet in the North Atlantic, known as Rockall
Rockall
Rockall is an extremely small, uninhabited, remote rocky islet in the North Atlantic Ocean. It gives its name to one of the sea areas named in the shipping forecast provided by the British Meteorological Office....
. Greenpeace
Greenpeace
Greenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over forty countries and with an international coordinating body in Amsterdam, The Netherlands...
occupied Rockall, declaring it an independent nation, to protest oil drilling in the area.
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| Wendland
Free Republic of Wendland
The Free Republic of Wendland was a protest camp established in Gorleben, Germany on 3 May 1980 to protest against the establishment of a radioactive waste dump there. On 4 June 1980, the police moved in to evict the camp.- See also :* Anti-nuclear movement in Germany...
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| A German anti-nuclear protest in the Wendland
Lüchow-Dannenberg
Lüchow-Dannenberg is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany which is usually referred to as Hannoversches Wendland or Wendland. It is bounded by the districts of Uelzen and Lüneburg and the states of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt Lüchow-Dannenberg is a district in...
, reoccupied by thousands of policemen after a few weeks.
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| Westarctica
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| 1989
| Micronation founded by Travis McHenry, subsequently dubbed the Grand Duchy
Grand duchy
A grand duchy, sometimes referred to as a grand dukedom, is a territory whose head of state is a monarch, either a grand duke or grand duchess.Today Luxembourg is the only remaining grand duchy...
of Westarctica, claiming a piece of Marie Byrd Land
Marie Byrd Land
Marie Byrd Land is the portion of West Antarctica lying east of the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and south of the Pacific Ocean, extending eastward approximately to a line between the head of the Ross Ice Shelf and Eights Coast. It stretches between 158°W and 103°24'W...
, the last slice in Antarctica
Antarctic Treaty System
The Antarctic Treaty and related agreements, collectively called the Antarctic Treaty System or ATS, regulate international relations with respect to Antarctica, Earth's only continent without a native human population. For the purposes of the treaty system, Antarctica is defined as all of the land...
unclaimed by any nation.
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| Whangamomona Republic
Whangamomona
Whangamomona is a small township in the Stratford District and Manawatu-Wanganui Region in New Zealand. It lies on State Highway 43, the Lost World Highway north-east of Stratford and south-west of Ohura. By rail it is from Stratford on the Stratford-Okahukura railway line.- History :The first...
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| 1989
| A tongue-in-cheek micronation created as a tourism booster, and based in the rural New Zealand town of the same name. A goat has been elected as its president.
|Murt Kennard
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| Wirtland
Wirtland (micronation)
Wirtland is an internet-based micronation founded in 2008.-History and government:Wirtland was founded on August 14, 2008, as a public initiative and is principally represented through its official website...
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| 2008
| Wirtland is an experiment into legitimacy and self-sustainability of a country without its own soil, which transcends national borders without breaching or lessening the sovereignty of any involved.
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| Wy
Principality of Wy
The Principality of Wy is an Australian micronation based in the Sydney suburb of Mosman.Established in 2004 in response to a lengthy dispute with the local council, 'Prince Paul' Delprat also describes it as 'the Artists' Principality', and the website includes selected artworks by artists...
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| 2004
| Established by Paul Delprat
Paul Delprat
Paul Ashton Delprat is an Australian artist and the Principal of The Julian Ashton Art School, Sydney, Australia's oldest continuous fine art school...
after a dispute with the local council of Mosman Municipality in Sydney over the construction of a drive-way into his property.
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Paul Delprat
Paul Ashton Delprat is an Australian artist and the Principal of The Julian Ashton Art School, Sydney, Australia's oldest continuous fine art school...
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