Saturday, August 28, 2021

These People Started Their Own Countries, and So Can You

15 People Who Started Their Own Micronations

 A micronation is a piece of land, either geographical or hypothetical, that claims to be a sovereign state—but isn’t. By the most bare-bones definition, this means all you have to do to create one is declare that you’ve done so. If you want to get fancy about it, you can also design your own passport, currency, regalia, and/or other accoutrements of statehood. Badgering the United Nations for recognition is optional, but by definition, micronations aren’t formally recognized by other countries or international bodies.

Some micronations are serious attempts driven by political ideology, while others are more like practical jokes. By some accounts, over 400 currently active micronations now exist. Here are 15 of the most interesting from the past few decades: 

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Sunday, August 8, 2021

Why San Marino is not a part of Italy?

San Marino, the microstate of fewer than 40,000 people in north central Italy, sent five athletes to Tokyo and won three medals in shooting and wrestling

Sunday, August 1, 2021

The Conch Republic website

 

The Founding of the Conch Republic

The Conch Republic was born on April 23, 1982, in response to a United States Border Patrol Blockade of the Florida Keys. Since the United States insisted on treating the Keys like a foreign country, Mayor Dennis Wardlow seceded from Union. Today we stand proudly as a community of who have “Sovereign State Of Mind” and as the “People who seceded where others have failed”

https://conchrepublic.com