Draft:Verdis

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Verdis, officially called Free Republic of Verdis, is a supposed micronation also known as a non recognized sovereign state that started in a non reclaimed piece of land (third pocket of the border's dispute between Croatia and Serbia) in the western part of theDanube River between Croatia and Serbia next to Liberland. Verdis was founded on May 30, 2019, as a protest, or defined by some, a hoax by a 14 years old Australian activist, called Daniel Jackson.{{Cite web |date=3 June 2019 |title=Liberland 2.0: Kako jedan četrnaestogodišnjak stvara državu između Hrvatske i Srbije |url=https://www.rtl.hr/buzzara/virealno/3500391/liberland-20-kako-jedan-cetrnaestogodisnjak-stvara-drzavu-izmedju-hrvatske-i-srbije/ |language=Croatian}}{{dead link|date=May 2025}}

Verdis' official website, as the one of Liberland, says the nation was created in no one's land (terra nullius) that emerged because Croatia and Serbia did not manage to get to an agreement related to their borders for over 25 years.{{cn}} This border dispute includes somes areas to the east of the Danube River that are claimed by Serbia and by Croatia. {{Cite web |title=Is this Europe's newest country? |work=The Writs - |date=10 June 2019 |url=http://www.thewrits.com/life-style/is-this-europes-newest-country-1602 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801035339/http://www.thewrits.com/life-style/is-this-europes-newest-country-1602 |archive-date=1 August 2019 |language=English}} Croatia considers some areas on the west of the river, including Verdis, as part of Serbia, though Serbia does not claim those lands anymore.{{cn}}