| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" |
| Name and Flag
! Founded
! Description |
|---|
| colspan="3" | {{center|Antarctica}} |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Grand Duchy of Flandrensis
File:Flag of Flandrensis.svg
| 2008
| style="text-align: left;" | Founded as a short-term hobby,[{{cite news |date=20 May 2015 |title=New micronation faces birthing pains |work=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/05/20/liberland-new-country-croatia-serbia-jedlika/27551047/ |url-status=live |access-date=20 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412161843/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/05/20/liberland-new-country-croatia-serbia-jedlika/27551047/ |archive-date=12 April 2021}}] Flandrensis eventually became active in raising awareness of climate change, particularly as it affects polar ice and glaciers.[{{Cite book |last1=Hobbs |first1=Harry |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/micronations-and-the-search-for-sovereignty/B0414A3A322695D9EE71E4CDDFDA06DE |title=Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty |last2=Williams |first2=George |date=2022 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-009-15012-5 |series=Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law |location=Cambridge |access-date=27 May 2022 |archive-date=27 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527012428/https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/micronations-and-the-search-for-sovereignty/B0414A3A322695D9EE71E4CDDFDA06DE |url-status=live }}] |
| colspan="3" | {{center|{{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}}} |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Kingdom of Redonda
File:Flag of the Kingdom of Redonda.svg
| 1865
| style="text-align: left;" | Redonda is a small, uninhabitable island south-west of Antigua. According to writer M. P. Shiel, Redonda was claimed by his father, with the consent of the British Colonial Office. |
| colspan="3" | {{center|{{flag|Australia}}}} |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Empire of Atlantium
File:Bandera d'Atlantium.svg
| 1981
| style="text-align: left;" | This progressive micronation claims a minuscule amount of territory in New South Wales, but advocates for the abolition of international borders, and free migration.[{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-18/micronation-the-empire-atlantium-boorowa-nsw/6856468 |title=Empire of Atlantium: Take a glimpse into Australia's smallest micronation |work=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=18 October 2015 |access-date=15 July 2017 |archive-date=25 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925032203/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-18/micronation-the-empire-atlantium-boorowa-nsw/6856468 |url-status=live }}] |
| style="font-weight: bold;" | Grand Duchy of Avram
| data-sort-value=1979.5 | 1980s
| style="text-align: left;" | Avram does not claim any territory, and primarily exists as a micronational bank, based in Australia. The Australian government brought several lawsuits against Avram's founder, John Charlton Rudge. These finally resulted in a ruling that Rudge had committed no crimes, and his banking activities subsequently were allowed to resume. |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Province of Bumbunga
File:Flag of Bumbunga.svg
| 1976
| style="text-align: left;" | Alarmed by the possibility of Australia becoming a republic, a monarchist declared his farm in Bumbunga, South Australia an independent state loyal to the Crown.[{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/laurenlaverne/2010/09/indie-travel-guide---the-world.shtml |title=Danny Robins' Indie Travel Guide – The World Smallest Countries |work=BBC |date=16 September 2010 |access-date=23 December 2019 |archive-date=24 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924112242/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/laurenlaverne/2010/09/indie-travel-guide---the-world.shtml |url-status=live }}][{{Cite news |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/bumbunga-governor-alec-brackstones-relentless-will-to-secede/news-story/d743e96aaf5cb71cfc28b26bf7a30a6d |title=Bumbunga Governor Alec Brackstone's relentless will to secede |date=30 June 2018 |publisher=Sunday Mail |first=Craig Cook |last=Sunday Mail |quote=[...] after more than 40 years as the Governor of Bumbunga, Alec Brackstone, is still stirring up trouble for the government. The 93-year-old, former paratrooper, circus trainer, croc shooter and uranium prospector, in no mood to abdicate his title, has been keeping a low profile for the past 20 years. |access-date=22 August 2020 |archive-date=11 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011075545/https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/bumbunga-governor-alec-brackstones-relentless-will-to-secede/news-story/d743e96aaf5cb71cfc28b26bf7a30a6d |url-status=live }}] |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Murrawarri Republic
File:Flag of Murrawarri Republic.svg
| 2013
| style="text-align: left;" | The Muruwari people formed this micronation in Queensland and New South Wales as part of the Australian Indigenous Sovereignty movement. |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Principality of Snake Hill
File:Flag of the Principality of Snake Hill.svg
| 2003
| style="text-align: left;" | A family in New South Wales who were unable to afford their taxes seceded from Australia.[Matt Siegel, [https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/04/the-royal-me/308912/ The Royal Me] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803162556/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/04/the-royal-me/308912/ |date=3 August 2020 }}. April 2012 issue. The Atlantic. Retrieved 25 July 2020.] |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Principality of Wy
File:Flag of the Principality of Wy.svg
| 2004
| style="text-align: left;" | During a long-running dispute with the local council over a building permit, Paul Delprat seceded from Mosman, a suburb of Sydney.[{{cite news |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/north-shore/prince-of-wy-paul-delprat-loses-driveway-court-battle/news-story/45ed4e062cdeb539d51600d10529eec7 |title=Prince of Wy Paul Delprat loses driveway court battle |work=Daily Telegraph |date=17 July 2013 |access-date=24 July 2017 |archive-date=25 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925015221/https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/north-shore/prince-of-wy-paul-delprat-loses-driveway-court-battle/news-story/45ed4e062cdeb539d51600d10529eec7?nk=2b6acee396b0d29dad06c0e03bbafbc1-1632534741 |url-status=live }}] He did not claim to have seceded from New South Wales or Australia, however.[{{cite news |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/prince-paul-vs-mosman-council-maintaining-a-right-royal-rage/news-story/6f3204a38a81f431e2b0eb9b0a8dc9ef |title='Why, Willoughby begins with a W, Wy begins with a W, it's all quite wonderful my dear!' |work=Daily Telegraph |date=14 April 2017}}] Wy is a supporter of art. |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Sovereign Yidindji Government
File:Sovereign Yidindji Government flag.png
| 2013
| style="text-align: left;" | The Yidiny people, led by Murrumu Walubara Yidindji, formed this micronation in Queensland as part of the Australian Indigenous Sovereignty movement. |
| colspan="3" | {{center|{{flag|Austria}}}} |
style="font-weight: bold;" | People's Republic of Kugelmugel
File:Flag of Kugelmugel in Austria.png
| 1975
| style="text-align: left;" | An artist built a spherical residence in Katzelsdorf, resulting in a dispute with local authorities over construction permits for it. Four years later, the artist declared his unusual structure an independent state. In 1982, it was moved to its current location in the Prater, a large park in Leopoldstadt, Vienna, where it is maintained by the city as a tourist attraction. The republic has several hundred citizens (none of whom live in the building). |
| colspan="3" |{{Center|{{flag|Belgium}}}} |
| style="font-weight: bold;" | Free Republic of Outremeuse
| 1927
|Inspired by the Free Municipality of Montmartre. The first president was Jean Warroquiers (who gave his name to a street in Outremeuse) and the first mayor was Joseph Dumont. |
| colspan="3" | {{center|{{flag|Belize}}}} |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Principality of Islandia
File:Islandia-2.png
| 2018
| style="text-align: left;" | This crowdfunded micronation claims Coffee Cay, an uninhabited island near Belize City.[{{cite news |last1=Collett |first1=Richard |date=10 March 2022 |title=They bought a Caribbean island to start their own country |url=https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/islandia-lets-buy-an-island-micronation/index.html |work=CNN |access-date=10 March 2022 |archive-date=10 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310113229/https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/islandia-lets-buy-an-island-micronation/index.html/ |url-status=live }}] |
| colspan="3" | {{center|{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}}} |
| style="font-weight: bold;" | Hajduk Republic of Mijat Tomić
| 2002
| style="text-align: left;" | An owner of a motel on the Blidinje Plateau seceded from Herzegovina after a jurisdictional dispute between three local municipalities, naming his micronation after hajduk Mijat Tomić.[{{cite web|url=http://www.nezavisne.com/nedjeljne/vijesti/17757/Hajduci-na-Vranu-ljude-samo-po-ocima-pamte.html |title=Hajduci na Vranu ljude samo po očima pamte |publisher=Nezavisne |access-date=30 June 2008 |language=hr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20090705053811/http://www.nezavisne.com/nedjeljne/vijesti/17757/Hajduci-na-Vranu-ljude-samo-po-ocima-pamte.html |archive-date=5 July 2009 }}] |
| colspan="3" | {{center|{{flag|Canada}}}} |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Kingdom of L'Anse-Saint-Jean
| 1997
| style="text-align: left;" | By referendum, the citizens of L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Quebec, chose to declare the municipality a "municipal monarchy", as a way to promote tourism.[{{Cite journal|last1=Gardinetti|first1=Georges|last2=Vézina|first2=Valérie|date=2021|title=Anachronistic Progressivism: Advancing Sovereignty through Monarchy – The story of the Kingdom of L'Anse-Saint-Jean|url=http://www.transformationsjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Trans35_04_Gardinetti_Vezina.pdf|journal=Transformations|volume=35|pages=52–64|access-date=2 August 2021|archive-date=2 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802052920/http://www.transformationsjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Trans35_04_Gardinetti_Vezina.pdf|url-status=live}}] |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Republic of Rathnelly
| 1967
| style="text-align: left;" | A Toronto neighbourhood declared itself an independent republic during the celebration of Canada's centennial on July 1, 1967.[{{cite news|last1=Zekas|first1=Rita|title=Author Katherine Govier reigns over eclectic house|url=https://www.thestar.com/life/homes/decor/2010/08/06/author_katherine_govier_reigns_over_eclectic_house.html|date=6 August 2010|access-date=13 April 2018|publisher=Toronto Star|archive-date=14 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414010940/https://www.thestar.com/life/homes/decor/2010/08/06/author_katherine_govier_reigns_over_eclectic_house.html|url-status=live}}][{{cite news|last1=Lalani|first1=Azzura|title=Rebellious 'Republic of Rathnelly' celebrates 50 years|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/06/12/rebellious-republic-of-rathnelly-celebrates-50-years.html|access-date=13 April 2018|publisher=Toronto Star|date=12 June 2017|archive-date=14 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414011036/https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/06/12/rebellious-republic-of-rathnelly-celebrates-50-years.html|url-status=live}}] The "Republic of Rathnelly" elected a queen and celebrates "Rathnelly Day" biennially.[{{cite web|title=Rathnelly Day|url=http://www.rathnellyrepublic.com/rathnelly-day/|website=Republic of Rathnelly|access-date=13 April 2018|archive-date=12 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412160755/http://www.rathnellyrepublic.com/rathnelly-day|url-status=live}}] |
| colspan="3" | {{center|{{flag|Chile}}}} |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Glacier Republic
File:Glacier Republic Flag.svg
| 2014
| style="text-align: left;" | In order to draw attention to the country's lack of legal protections for glaciers, Greenpeace declared Chile's ice sheets a micronation.[{{cite news|title=Chile: Activists 'create nation' to protect glaciers|work=BBC News|date=11 March 2014|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-26520166|access-date=30 November 2015|archive-date=11 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311013549/https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-26520166|url-status=live}}][{{cite web|title=Greenpeace Chile plants flag in Andes to create new 'Glacier Republic'|work=Santiago Times|date=6 March 2014|url=http://santiagotimes.cl/greenpeace-chile-plants-flag-andes-create-new-glacier-republic|access-date=30 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115185845/http://santiagotimes.cl/greenpeace-chile-plants-flag-andes-create-new-glacier-republic/|archive-date=15 January 2016|url-status=dead}}] |
| colspan="3" | {{center|{{flag|Czech Republic}}}} |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Other World Kingdom
File:Flag of the Other World Kingdom.svg
| 1996
| style="text-align: left;" | A BDSM resort specializing in female dominance, located in a château in Černá, Žďár nad Sázavou District, claims to be an independent matriarchy. |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Kingdom of Wallachia
File:Flag of the Kingdom of Wallachia.svg
| 1997
| style="text-align: left;" | This micronation in Moravian Wallachia was founded as a joke. A leadership dispute eventually ended up in a Czech court. |
| colspan="3" | {{center|{{flag|Denmark}}}} |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Freetown Christiania
File:Flag of Christiania.svg
| 1971
| style="text-align: left;" | Christiania is an intentional community and commune on the site of a former military base in Copenhagen. Known for its trade in cannabis, which is illegal in Denmark, the micronation was ranked in 2016 as the fourth most popular tourist attraction in Copenhagen.[{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/28/christiania-copenhagen-squat-last-stand |title=Christiania, one of Europe's most famous communes, faces last stand |work=The Guardian |date=28 April 2011 |access-date=20 July 2017 |archive-date=4 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804054449/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/28/christiania-copenhagen-squat-last-stand |url-status=live }}][{{Cite news |last=Faltin |first=Tine |date=25 December 2013 |title=En rusten plattform og et kuleformet hus mener de er egne stater - Disse ni europeiske landene eksisterer egentlig ikke. |language=Norwegian |work=Dagbladet |url=https://www.dagbladet.no/tema/en-rusten-plattform-og-et-kuleformet-hus-mener-de-er-egne-stater/61929700 |url-status=live |url-access=registration |access-date=25 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613020436/https://www.dagbladet.no/tema/en-rusten-plattform-og-et-kuleformet-hus-mener-de-er-egne-stater/61929700 |archive-date=13 June 2022}}] |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Kingdom of Elleore
File:Flag of Elleore.svg
| 1944
| style="text-align: left;" | A group of schoolteachers declared the independence of Elleore, an island in a fjord of Zealand, after they had purchased it for a summer camp. |
| colspan="3" | {{center|{{flag|France}}}} |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Principality of Aigues-Mortes
File:Flag of Principality of Aigues-Mortes.svg
| 2010
| style="text-align: left;" | The city of Aigues-Mortes named itself a principality as a publicity stunt.[{{Cite journal |last1=Lessen |first1=Julia van |last2=Petermann |first2=Sandra |date=31 October 2021 |title=Peripheries. Playgrounds of Society |url=https://img-journal.unibo.it/article/view/12863 |journal=Img Journal |language=en |issue=5 |pages=216–237 |doi=10.6092/issn.2724-2463/12863 |issn=2724-2463 |access-date=20 May 2022 |archive-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522003059/https://img-journal.unibo.it/article/view/12863 |url-status=live }}] Its claim is based on a local legend of Louis IX bestowing the title of prince on one of his squires, who was from the city. |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia
File:Flag of the Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia.svg
| 1873
| style="text-align: left;" | After the fall of the kingdom and death of Orélie-Antoine, the title of King of Patagonia passed between various French citizens. The current "king" is Frédéric Luz. In 1998, some French 'invaded' The Minquiers on behalf of the 'King of Patagonia' in 'retaliation' for the British occupation of the Falkland Islands.[{{Cite journal |last=Bicudo de Castro |first=Vicente |last2=Fleury |first2=Christian |last3=Johnson |first3=Henry |date=2023 |title=Micronational claims and sovereignty in the Minquiers and Écréhous |url=https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/109185 |journal=Small States & Territories |volume=6 |issue=1 |pages=35-48}}] The Union Jack was restored the next day.[{{Cite web |date=1 September 1998 |title=Husband and wife interrupt day trip to reconquer Channel isle for Britain |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/husband-and-wife-interrupt-day-trip-to-reconquer-channel-isle-for-britain-1195432.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220515/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/husband-and-wife-interrupt-day-trip-to-reconquer-channel-isle-for-britain-1195432.html |archive-date=2022-05-15 |url-status=live |access-date=16 February 2022 |website=The Independent |url-access=registration}}] |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Principality of Laàs en Béarn
File:Flag of the Principality of Laàs.svg
| 2015
| style="text-align: left;" | Alleging that it was neglected by the national government, the commune of Laàs seceded from France.[{{Cite web|title = France: The principality of Laàs en Béarn {{!}} All media content {{!}} DW.COM {{!}} 29.10.2014|url = http://www.dw.com/en/france-the-principality-of-la%25C3%25A0s-en-b%25C3%25A9arn/av-18029122|website = DW.COM|access-date = 3 January 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160923130213/http://www.dw.com/en/france-the-principality-of-la%C3%A0s-en-b%C3%A9arn/av-18029122|archive-date = 23 September 2016|url-status = dead}}] |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Holy Empire of Reunion
File:Flag of the Holy Empire of Reunion.svg
| 1997
| style="text-align: left;" | Brazilian law students created this "parody of the French overseas department" of Réunion, south-west of Mauritius Island.[{{cite web|url=http://www.shimajournal.org/issues/v5n2/f.%20Taglioni%20Shima%20v5n2%2045-67.pdf|title=INSULARITY, POLITICAL STATUS AND SMALL INSULAR SPACES|access-date=7 February 2015|last=Taglioni|first=François|archive-date=7 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207194352/http://www.shimajournal.org/issues/v5n2/f.%20Taglioni%20Shima%20v5n2%2045-67.pdf|url-status=live}}][{{in lang|pt}}(5 August 1998). [http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/informat/fr05089802.htm Micronação sai do quarto para a Internet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128102958/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/informat/fr05089802.htm |date=28 January 2021 }}, Folha de S.Paulo; accessed 30 November 2015.][{{cite web|url=http://kurier.ty-i.net/2014/11/11/czlowiek-wodka-patrzy-na-lepszy-swiat|title=Człowiek-wódka patrzy na lepszy świat|publisher=Kurier|access-date=7 February 2015|language=pl|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226001550/http://kurier.ty-i.net/2014/11/11/czlowiek-wodka-patrzy-na-lepszy-swiat/|url-status=live}}][{{cite web|url=http://www.diritto.it/articoli/informatica/iolis.html|title=Teoria delle Micronazioni|access-date=7 February 2015|last=Iolis|first=Andrea|language=it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717070841/http://www.diritto.it/articoli/informatica/iolis.html|archive-date=17 July 2015|url-status=dead}}] |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Republic of Saugeais
File:Flag of Saugeais.svg
| 1947
| style="text-align: left;" | While the prefect of Doubs was visiting the Saugeais, a valley in his department, a local hotel owner referred to a "Republic of Saugeais". Going along with the joke, the prefect asked for details about the non-existent nation, which the hotel owner promptly invented. The prefect responded by naming him President of the Republic of Saugeais.[{{Cite news |last=Eyres |first=Lebby |title=A tiny 'country' between France and Switzerland |language=en |work=BBC |publication-date=12 March 2020 |url=https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20200311-a-tiny-country-between-france-and-switzerland |url-status=live |access-date=30 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210317023144/http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20200311-a-tiny-country-between-france-and-switzerland |archive-date=17 March 2021}}Lebby Eyres [http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20200311-a-tiny-country-between-france-and-switzerland "A Tiny Country between France and Switzerland"] BBC 12 March 2020.] The micronation comprises eleven communes in Doubs. |
| colspan="3" | {{center|{{flag|Israel}}}} |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Akhzivland
File:Flag of Akhzivland.svg
| 1971
| style="text-align: left;" | A squatter in the ancient, abandoned village of Achziv slowly established a popular vacation spot. Annoyed by the encroachment of various government projects, he and his wife finally declared their haven independent. He then brought a lawsuit against the Israeli government, which resulted in the award of a 99-year lease to him,[{{cite web |url=https://www.goworldtravel.com/travel-israel-a-world-of-his-own-eli-avivi/ |title=A World of His Own: Eli Avivi |work=Go World Travel Magazine |date=7 January 2013 |access-date=15 July 2017 |archive-date=15 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415004533/https://www.goworldtravel.com/travel-israel-a-world-of-his-own-eli-avivi/ |url-status=live }}][{{Cite journal|last=Hayward|first=Philip|date=2019|title=Under the Mermaid Flag: Achzivland and the performance of micronationality on ancestral Palestinian land|journal=Coolabah|volume=27|pages=72–89|doi=10.1344/co20192772-89|doi-access=free|hdl=10453/147621|hdl-access=free}}] but not full legal recognition of his micronation. Akhzivland's founder died in 2018. Although he was survived by his wife, the subsequent status of the micronation was unclear.[{{Cite news|title=President of fancied hippie micro-state Achzivland in northern Israel dies at 88|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-eli-avivi-president-of-fancied-state-of-achzivland-dies-at-88-1.6095276|access-date=7 February 2021|newspaper=Haaretz|language=en|archive-date=17 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517011357/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-eli-avivi-president-of-fancied-state-of-achzivland-dies-at-88-1.6095276|url-status=live}}] |
| colspan="3" | {{center|{{flag|Italy}}}} |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Principality of Filettino
File:Flag of the Principality of Filettino.png
| 2011
|Created by the mayor of Filettino in protest at the Italian government's austerity measure that reorganised the local government of towns with less than 1,000 residents.[{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14774526 |title=Italian town Filettino declares independence |work=BBC News |date=3 September 2011 |access-date=20 June 2018 |archive-date=20 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120234743/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14774526 |url-status=live }}] |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Principality of Seborga
File:Flag of the Principality of Seborga -v.svg
| 1963
| style="text-align: left;" | Citing medieval documents, a resident of Seborga asserted that the town had been a sovereign state since 954{{nbsp}}AD.[{{cite news |title=Obituary: His Tremendousness Giorgio Carbone |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/royalty-obituaries/6671765/His-Tremendousness-Giorgio-Carbone.html |access-date=17 January 2021 |work=The Telegraph |date=27 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091201012903/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/royalty-obituaries/6671765/His-Tremendousness-Giorgio-Carbone.html |archive-date=1 December 2009|url-status=live}}]{{better source needed|date=April 2024}} |
| colspan="3" | {{center|{{flag|Lithuania}}}} |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Republic of Užupis
File:Flag of the Republic of Uzupis.gif
{{efn|The colour of the emblem on the flag changes seasonally, i.e., blue in winter, green in spring, yellow in summer, and red in autumn.}}
| 1997
| style="text-align: left;" | Užupis is a neighbourhood in the Old Town of Vilnius which declared itself a republic. The dilapidated area long has been favoured by artists. The micronation has an eccentric constitution, and has appointed ambassadors not only to countries, but also to other neighbourhoods and cities, historical locations that no longer exist, and even concepts.[{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2000/03/kingdoms/|title=It's Good to Be King|magazine=Wired|access-date=4 August 2017|date=March 2000|archive-date=29 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029090018/https://www.wired.com/2000/03/kingdoms/|url-status=live}}][{{Cite web |title=Foreign Affairs Ministry |url=http://uzhupisembassy.eu/foreign-affairs-ministry/ |access-date=8 April 2023 |website=Užupis Everywhere |language=en}}] |
| colspan="3" | {{center|{{flag|New Zealand}}}} |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Republic of Whangamōmona
File:Seal of Whangamomona.png
{{efn|Seal of Whangamōmona.}}
| 1989
| style="text-align: left;" | Residents of Whangamōmona objected to the regional placement of their township after a restructuring of local government, and declared Whangamōmona a republic. |
| colspan="3" | {{center|{{flag|North Macedonia}}}} |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Republic of Vevčani
File:Flag of Vevčani Municipality, North Macedonia.svg
| 1991 and 2000
| style="text-align: left;" | Eleven days after the secession of Macedonia (now named North Macedonia) from Yugoslavia, residents of the village of Vevčani almost unanimously voted, in turn, to become independent from Macedonia. The Macedonian government later allowed Vevčani to separate from Struga Municipality, and become a municipality of its own.[{{Cite news |last=Collett |first=Richard |date=4 November 2022 |title=North Macedonia's quirky micronation |language=en |work=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20221103-north-macedonias-quirky-micronation |access-date=10 April 2023}}][{{Cite news |date=6 January 2002 |title=Macedonia Tolerates A 'Republic' In Its Midst |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/06/world/macedonia-tolerates-a-republic-in-its-midst.html |access-date=10 April 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}] |
| colspan="3" | {{center|{{flag|South Korea}}}} |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Naminara Republic
File:Flag of the Naminara Republic.svg
| 2006
|Nami Island is home to the Naminara Republic, a self-declared micronation described as "a tourist destination that advocates the concept of a nation."[{{cite web|url=https://news.v.daum.net/v/20060301180909297|title=남이섬, '나미나라공화국'으로 독립 선포|language=ko|date=1 March 2006|access-date=21 June 2022}}] On 20 July 2018, a retired M48 Patton tank was received from the Republic of Korea Armed Forces.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}} |
| colspan="3" | {{center|Spratly Islands}} |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Republic of Morac-Songhrati-Meads
File:Flag of Morac-Songhrati-Meads.svg
| 1877
| style="text-align: left;" | This micronation, also known as the Kingdom of Humanity, claims the Spratly Islands, an archipelago in the South China Sea which is the subject of a territorial dispute between several recognized countries as well.[Marwyn S. Samuels, Contest for the South China Sea (1982)][{{cite book|title=Law, Power, and the Sovereign State|last=Fowler|first=Michael|author2=Julie Marie Bunck |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oAp_97VvpMIC&q=%22James+George+Meads%22&pg=PA54|pages=54–55|year=1995|publisher=Pennsylvania State University Press|isbn=0-271-01470-9}}] |
| colspan="3" | {{center|{{flag|Sweden}}}} |
style="font-weight: bold;" | United Republics of Jämtland, Härjedalen, and Ravund
File:Unofficial Flag of Jamtland.svg
| 1963
| style="text-align: left;" | The republics (Republic of Jämtland for short) base their claim of independence upon Jämtland's autonomy prior to 1178. Their objective is to promote Jämtlandic culture. |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Royal Republic of Ladonia
File:Flag of Ladonia with contours.svg
| 1996
| style="text-align: left;" | Lars Vilks created two sculptures in the Kullaberg nature reserve. When the art was discovered, the local council ruled that it should be removed, resulting in a legal battle. After he lost in court, Vilks declared an area around his sculptures independent. |
| colspan="3" | {{center|{{flag|United Kingdom}}}} |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Sovereign State of Forvik
File:Flag of Forvik.gif
| 2008
| style="text-align: left;" | Stuart "Captain Calamity" Hill squatted on Forewick Holm in Shetland. He declared it to be a Crown Dependency, claiming that Shetland had not been legally integrated into the United Kingdom after Christian I of Denmark pawned it to James III of Scotland in 1469.[{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/jun/19/scotland.britishidentity |title=Captain Calamity leads breakaway of Shetland islet from UK |work=The Guardian |date=19 June 2008 |access-date=12 December 2016 |archive-date=1 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501183542/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/jun/19/scotland.britishidentity |url-status=live }}] |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Free Borough of Llanrwst
File:Flag of the Free Borough of Llanrwst.svg
| 1276 and 1947
| style="text-align: left;" | Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Prince of Wales, declared the town of Llanrwst a "free borough", and not part of the Diocese of Llanelwy. This royal privilege was successfully defended against reversal by the Catholic Church for some decades. |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Principality of Sealand
File:Flag of Sealand.svg
| 1967
| style="text-align: left;" | Paddy Roy Bates took over HM Fort Roughs, a defunct Maunsell Fort built off the coast of Suffolk during World War II, and declared it an independent country. At the time, the fort was international waters. In 1978, Germany sent a diplomat to Sealand to negotiate with Bates for the release of a German citizen who claimed to be Sealand's prime minister, and had led a failed attack on the fort. Bates would thereafter claim that the dispatching of the emissary constituted recognition of Sealand by Germany. The purported prime minister set up a Sealand government in exile after being repatriated to Germany. In 1987, the United Kingdom extended its territorial waters, which now encompass Sealand. |
| colspan="3" | {{center|{{flag|United States}}}} |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Conch Republic
File:Flag of Key West, Florida.svg
| 1982
| style="text-align: left;" | Frustrated by a United States Border Patrol checkpoint on the only road into Key West, Florida, the city's leaders, including mayor Dennis Wardlow, humorously declared Key West independent. |
| style="font-weight: bold;" | Maritime Republic of Eastport
| 1998
| style="text-align: left;" | When Eastport temporarily was cut off from the rest of Annapolis, Maryland, by maintenance on a drawbridge, a group of residents of the neighbourhood declared it independent, as a way to promote business.[Dufner, Connie (26 August 2020) [https://www.washingtonpost.com/realestate/eastport-no-pier-pressure-in-this-eclectic-corner-of-annapolis/2020/08/25/8781c152-e2f5-11ea-8181-606e603bb1c4_story.html Eastport: No pier pressure in this eclectic corner of Annapolis] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810014507/https://www.washingtonpost.com/realestate/eastport-no-pier-pressure-in-this-eclectic-corner-of-annapolis/2020/08/25/8781c152-e2f5-11ea-8181-606e603bb1c4_story.html |date=10 August 2022 }}. The Washington Post. Retrieved 28 April 2021.][[https://www.visitannapolis.org/things-to-do/landmarks-and-neighborhoods/eastport/ Eastport: A Different Side of Annapolis] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522225312/https://www.visitannapolis.org/things-to-do/landmarks-and-neighborhoods/eastport/ |date=22 May 2022 }}. visitANNAPOLIS. Visit Annapolis & Anne Arundel County. Retrieved 28 April 2021.] |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Kingdom of EnenKio
File:Flag of EnenKio.svg
| 1994
| style="text-align: left;" | Mainly known as a front for financial fraud,[{{cite web |url=http://www.quatloos.com/enenkio.htm |title=The Kingdom of Enen Kio |work=Quatloos! |access-date=20 July 2017 |archive-date=11 October 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021011045714/http://www.quatloos.com/enenkio.htm |url-status=live }}] this micronation claims as its territory Wake Island, a remote atoll in the Pacific Ocean that is a United States insular area, but is also claimed by the Marshall Islands.[{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3864881/wake_island_claimed_by_marshall_islands/ |title=Wake Island Claimed By Marshall Islanders |work=The Cameron Herald |date=8 February 1973 |page=2 |access-date=20 July 2017 |archive-date=19 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819040955/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3864881/wake_island_claimed_by_marshall_islands/ |url-status=live }}] EnenKio has ties to Melchezidek ({{abbr|q.v.|see also}}), another micronation. |
| style="font-weight: bold;" | Ganienkeh
| 1974
| style="text-align: left;" | A group of Native Americans of the Mohawk tribe occupied an area near Moss Lake, in New York State, claiming it to be part of a far larger territory that had been illegally acquired from indigenous Americans in 1797.[{{Cite news |date=15 December 1976 |title=Indians Seeking Support for Their Land Claims |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/12/15/archives/indians-seeking-support-for-their-land-claims.html |access-date=13 May 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}] After years of negotiations with the state, the group agreed to move to an area near Altona. Issues of sovereignty remain unresolved.[{{cite web|url=http://www.buckyogi.com/footnotes/natgj.htm |title=Footnotes to History- G to J |publisher=buckyogi.com |access-date=30 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181944/http://www.buckyogi.com/footnotes/natgj.htm |archive-date=3 March 2016 }}][{{cite web|url=http://www.ganienkeh.net|title=Information from the People of Ganienkeh|access-date=30 November 2015|publisher=ganienkeh.net|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226001554/http://www.ganienkeh.net/|url-status=live}}] |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Republic of Molossia
File:Flag of the Republic of Molossia.svg
| 1977
| style="text-align: left;" | This micronation existed only as a concept until its founder, Kevin Baugh, bought land in Nevada in 1998.[{{Cite news |last=Totten |first=Kristy |date=31 May 2016 |title=Nevada Is Home To A Micronation—But Don't Tell The Micronation That |language=en |work=Nevada Public Radio |url=https://knpr.org/show/knprs-state-of-nevada/2016-05-31/nevada-is-home-to-a-micronation-but-dont-tell-the-micronation-that |access-date=12 April 2023}}] The micronation was featured as the setting for Doug Walker's 2010 film "Kickassia" where Kevin Baugh played a fictional version of himself and primary opponent of Walker's YouTube persona the Nostalgia Critic.[{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1757779/ | title=Kickassia | website=IMDb }}][{{Cite web |title=The Imaginary Republic of Molossia |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/vdywxm/the-imaginary-republic-of-molossia |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=www.vice.com |date=April 26, 2013 |language=en}}] Molossia's leader, Kevin Baugh, also servers an influential role in MicroCon as the event's creator and has even hosted "MicroCon 2015" in Southern California.[{{cite book|first1=Harry|last1=Hobbs|last2=Williams|first2=George|author1-link=Harry Hobbs|author2-link=George Williams (lawyer)|title=Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty|year=2021|series=Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-00915-0-125|doi=10.1017/9781009150132.001|s2cid=245459675|pages=102, 155}}][{{cite web | url=https://www.nhpr.org/2015-04-10/microcon-2015-leaders-of-self-proclaimed-nations-meet-in-southern-california | title=MicroCon 2015: Leaders of Self-Proclaimed Nations Meet in Southern California | date=10 April 2015 }}][{{Cite web |date= |title=A meet up of micronationalists from around the world! |url=https://www.molossia.org/microcon/microcon2015.html |access-date=22 Nov 2024 |website=The Official Website of the Republic of Molossia}}] |
| style="font-weight: bold;" | Most Serene Federal Republic of Montmartre
|data-sort-value=1965| {{circa}}1965
| style="text-align: left;" | This republic, retroactively dated to 1636, encompasses the Theater District in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. In the late 1970s, a dispute between Montmartre's founder and New York Telephone, over whether the micronation could be listed in the government pages of the phone book, ended up in front of the New York Public Service Commission. The commission vacillated, alternately issuing rulings in favour of each party, and listings for the republic did appear in at least a few editions of the New York Telephone book. |
| style="font-weight: bold;" | United Territories of the Sovereign Nation of The People's Republic of Slowjamastan
| 2021
| style="text-align: left;" | A micronation in Imperial County, Southern California that was founded by slow jam DJ Randy Williams. It claims an empty, 11-acre plot of desert land along the California State Route 78 that Williams purchased for $19,000.[{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/man-creates-own-micronation-in-southern-california-slowjamastan/|last=Radin|first=Danielle|date=5 July 2023|title=Man creates own 'micronation' in Southern California: Slowjamastan|work=CBS News|access-date=17 July 2023}}][{{cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/slowjamastan-micronation/index.html|last=Collett|first=Richard|date=21 June 2023|title=He ran out of countries to visit, so he created his own|work=CNN|access-date=17 July 2023}}] |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Washitaw Nation
File:Flag of the Washitaw Nation.svg
|data-sort-value=1989.5| 1990s
| style="text-align: left;" | The Washitaw Nation is an African American group that defines itself ethnically, rather than by territory, akin to a Native American tribe. It is associated with the Moorish Science Temple of America, a religious sect. It is also considered part of the sovereign citizen movement, a category of people, primarily in the United States, who believe that various forms of government authority are illegitimate. |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Zaqistan
File:Zaqistan flag.png
| 2005
| style="text-align: left;" | This micronation claims a small area in Utah.[{{cite news |url=http://people.com/celebrity/new-yorker-zaq-landsberg-creates-his-own-slice-of-nothing-called-zaqistan/ |title=New Yorker Zaq Landsberg Creates His Own Country Called Zaqistan in Remote Utah Desert – But He Doesn't Live There |work=People |date=27 October 2015 |access-date=24 July 2017 |archive-date=19 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519022205/http://people.com/celebrity/new-yorker-zaq-landsberg-creates-his-own-slice-of-nothing-called-zaqistan/ |url-status=live }}] |
| colspan="3" | {{center|{{flag|Uruguay}}}} |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Republic of Parva Domus Magna Quies
File:Bandera Parva Domus.svg
| 1878
| style="text-align: left;" | This social organization declared itself an independent country. A residence in the Punta Carretas neighbourhood of Montevideo, and the plot of land on which the building sits, constitute the micronation's territory. |
| colspan="3" | {{center|Other}} |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Elgaland-Vargaland
File:Elgaland-Vargaland flag.png
| 1992
| style="text-align: left;" | This conceptual art project was created by Carl Michael von Hausswolff and Leif Elggren. The micronation claims international borders as its territory, as well as other "interstitial territories" such as Limbo, and counts all dead persons as its citizens. In 2007, Elgaland-Vargaland claimed to have annexed Isola di San Michele, in the Venetian Lagoon. |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Free Republic of Liberland
File:Flag of Liberland.svg
| 2015
| style="text-align: left;" | Vít Jedlička founded this micronation, which claims part of the land on the disputed border of Serbia and Croatia. Access to the area asserted to be Liberland is mostly controlled by Croatia. YouTube host Niko Omilana visited the land in April 2023.[{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb8T9X5K1AA |title=SNEAKING Into A BANNED Country |website=YouTube |date=29 July 2023 |access-date=2 August 2023}}] There are approximately 20 Liberland citizens on the territory as of August 2023.[[https://www.telegraf.rs/vesti/jugosfera/3734102-ekipa-telegrafa-uplovila-u-liberland-s-pecatom-nove-drzave-od-avanture-u-dzungli-do-ozbiljne-svetske-price "Ekipa Telegrafa uplovila u Liberland s pečatom nove "države": Od avanture u džungli do ozbiljne svetske priče"]] |
| colspan="3" | {{center|Global states or no territory}} |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Space Kingdom of Asgardia
File:Flag of the Space Kingdom of Asgardia.png
| 2016
| style="text-align: left;" | Igor Ashurbeyli founded Asgardia, which has the objective of creating a colony in orbit that is an independent country. Under the Outer Space Treaty, no nation may lay claim to territory in space. A number of smaller countries are not parties to this treaty, however. Asgardia launched a small satellite in 2017, and claimed the space occupied by it as the micronation's territory.[{{cite news |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/space-oddity-group-claims-have-created-nation-space |title=Space oddity: Group claims to have created nation in space |work=ScienceInsider |date=12 October 2016 |access-date=15 July 2017 |archive-date=29 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629115542/http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/10/space-oddity-group-claims-have-created-nation-space |url-status=live }}] The satellite re-entered the atmosphere and burnt up in 2022,[{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=43049 |title=ASGARDIA 1 |work=N2YO.com |date=12 September 2022 |access-date=20 September 2022}}] as was expected. |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Empire of Austenasia
File:Flag of Austenasia.svg
| 2008
| style="text-align: left;" | Austenasia purports to be a successor to the Roman Empire. It was founded in a house, which now serves as the micronation's capital, in Sutton, a borough of Greater London, United Kingdom. Austenasia's claimed territory has been extended to other small properties around the world as new citizens have joined the micronation.[{{cite news |url=http://www.suttonguardian.co.uk/archive/2009/01/22/news_top_stories/4064529.Carshalton_home_declares_itself_independent_state |title=Carshalton home declares itself independent state |work=Sutton Guardian |date=22 January 2009 |access-date=10 February 2010 |archive-date=15 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615192104/http://www.suttonguardian.co.uk/archive/2009/01/22/news_top_stories/4064529.Carshalton_home_declares_itself_independent_state/ |url-status=live }}] |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Global Country of World Peace
Link to flag
| 2000
| style="text-align: left;" | Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the founder of Transcendental Meditation, established this "country without borders for peace-loving people everywhere."[{{cite news|work=The New York Times|title=Sites for 'Maharishi Effect' (Welcome to Parma) Spread Across U.S.|date=22 February 2008|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/us/22peace.html|first=SEAN D. |last=HAMILL}}] It has made several unsuccessful attempts to create sovereign territory in recognized countries by offering financial compensation to their governments or to local residents. The micronation's currency has gained some limited acceptance. As of 2023, the GCWP is led by Tony Nader.[{{Cite news |date=11 April 2023 |title=Ever heard of Global Country of World Peace? Nation with no land but currency stronger than Dollar and Euro |language=en |work=DNA India |publisher=Diligent Media Corporation |editor-last=Jain |editor-first=Raunak |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/world/report-global-country-of-world-peace-nation-with-no-land-but-currency-stronger-than-dollar-and-euro-ram-inr-usd-rs-3035503 |access-date=15 April 2023}}] |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Dominion of Melchizedek
File:Flag of the Dominion of Melchizedek.png
| 1990
| style="text-align: left;" | This source of financial fraud[{{cite news|work=CBS News|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fantasy-island/|title=Fantasy Island|publisher=CBS Worldwide Inc.|access-date=30 November 2015|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226001629/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fantasy-island/|url-status=live}}] claims several Pacific islands, as well as a portion of Antarctica that has not been claimed by any recognized country, comprising most of Marie Byrd Land. (Two other micronations, Talossa and Westarctica, {{abbr|q.v.|see also}}, have also asserted control of this area in the Antarctic.) Melchezidek has been recognized by the Central African Republic. |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Nova Roma
File:Nova Roma Flag.svg
| 1998
| style="text-align: left;" | Nova Roma is an organization that seeks to recreate a "classical Roman" society. It subscribes to ancient Roman religion, holds competitions and re-enactments, and mints its own coinage. It is considered by some to be a micronation.[Dixon, Suzanne: Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi, page 64. Routledge, 2007][Trinkle, D. A./Merriman, S. A: The history highway: a 21st century guide to Internet resources, p. 464. M.E. Sharpe, 2006][American Numismatic Association: The Numismatist, page 19. American Numismatic Association, 2003][Caporaso, Giovanni: Cambiare Identitá.: É possibile, ecco le Prove, Offshore World Inc., 2006][Vobruba, Georg: Grenzsoziologie: die politische Strukturierung des Raumes, p. 210. VS Verlag, 2006] |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Nutopia
File:White flag of surrender.svg
| 1973
| style="text-align: left;" | John Lennon and Yoko Ono founded this "conceptual country", partly as a satirical response to the United States government's attempt to deport Lennon. Nutopia "has no land ... only people", and anyone may declare himself a citizen.[{{Cite web |last=Ono Lennon |first=Yoko |date=1 April 2022 |title=On the Day of the Birth of Nutopia |url=https://www.imaginepeace.com/archives/23831 |access-date=16 April 2023 |website=IMAGINE PEACE |language=en-US}}][{{Cite journal|last=Bannister|first=Matthew|date=2021|title="And the world will be as one" – John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Nutopia|url=http://www.transformationsjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Trans35_06_Bannister.pdf|journal=Transformations|volume=35|pages=89–103|access-date=2 August 2021|archive-date=2 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802052921/http://www.transformationsjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Trans35_06_Bannister.pdf|url-status=live}}] |
style="font-weight: bold;" | Kingdom of Talossa
File:Flag of the Kingdom of Talossa.svg
| 1979
| An American teenager in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, created this micronation, the territory of which was initially limited to his bedroom. It has since expanded into part of Milwaukee, as well as other locations on Earth (including Marie Byrd Land, which is also claimed by two other micronations, Melchezidek and Westarctica; {{abbr|q.v.|see also}}). Talossa's founder claims to have invented the term micronation as well.[{{Cite book|page=101|title = Micronations: The Lonely Planet Guide to Home-Made Nations| isbn=1-74104-730-7|date=September 2006|publisher=Lonely Planet|first1=John |last1=Ryan|first2=George |last2=Dunford| first3=Simon |last3=Sellars}}] The micronation is notable for having its own invented language, which has an extensive vocabulary. |
