Portal:Micronations
'Micronations — sometimes also referred to as model countries or new country projects — are entities that resemble independent nations or states but which are unrecognized by world governments or major international organizations. These nations usually claim very limited areas, and are commonly nothing more the "rulers" backyard or bedroom. Micronations differ from secession and self-determination movements in that they are largely viewed as being eccentric and ephemeral in nature, and are often created and maintained by a single person or family group.
Some micronations have managed to extend some of their operations into the physical world by issuing coins, flags, postage stamps, passports, medals and other items. Such trappings of "real" sovereign states are created as a way of seeking to legitimize the micronations that produce them.
The term "micronation" dates at least to the 1970s (see The People's Almanac #2, page 330) to describe the many thousands of small, unrecognized, state-like entities that had arisen at that time. The term has since also come to be used retroactively to refer to earlier ephemeral unrecognized entities, some of which date as far back as the early 19th century.
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Its members claim sovereignty over a vast disconnected territory, including a square kilometer of land in Australia, a house-sized area in Montreal, Canada (containing the "Embassy to Everything Else"), several other areas of the Earth, a colony on Mars, the northern hemisphere of Pluto, and an imaginary planet.
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The Flag of the Talossan language.
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General articles
Micronational leaders
Micronations
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- Grand Duchy of Avram - Existing references need to be cited in-line.
- Sovereign State of Aeterna Lucina - Additional media references need to be sourced and added as citations.
- Kingdom of Elleore - Needs significant expansion, addition of references and citations.
- Ladonia (micronation) - Add in-line citations.
- Principality of Vikesland - online fantasy run by a TV cameraman that appears in the Lonely Planet guide to micronations. Has a presence on Second Life and also claims a farm in Manitoba.
- Dominion of British West Florida - online fantasy that appears in the Lonely Planet guide to micronations. Wants to recreate the British colony of West Florida. Has minted several coins.
- Republic of Molossia - Needs to be re-written to conform with numerous WP policies.
- Update micronation articles with micronation infoboxes.
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