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Riga 593: | Riga 593: | ||
*Repubblica di Saugeais | *Repubblica di Saugeais | ||
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! width="160" |Official title | |||
! class="unsortable" width="30" align="center" |Flag | |||
! width="30" align="center" |Founded | |||
! class="unsortable" |Description | |||
|- | |||
|[[Empire of Agber]] | |||
|[[File:Empire of Agber Flag.png|100px]] | |||
|1995 | |||
|First founded as the [[Kingdom of Kolios|Principality of Kolios]], the project was reimagined in early 1998 as the Empire of Agber, with Kolios becoming a nation within the Empire. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Aerican Empire]] | |||
|[[File:Flag of Aerica.jpg|100px]] | |||
|1987 | |||
|An eccentric tongue-in-cheek micronation. It claims various terrestrial and interplanetary territories. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Principality of Aigues-Mortes]] | |||
|[[File:Flag of Aigues-Mortes.jpg|100px]] | |||
|2011 | |||
|French micronation created to promote and support local initiatives of the eponymous city, located in Southern France, 23km east of Montpellier. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Empire of Angyalistan]] | |||
|[[File:Flag of Angyalistan.jpg|100px]] | |||
|1999 | |||
|French micronation that claims the Earth's horizon as its [[sovereignty|sovereign]] territory. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Kingdom of Argonne]] | |||
|[[File:Argonne Flag.jpg|100px]] | |||
|2019 | |||
|Now-defunct miniature kingdom founded by [[Sir James Murphy]] after his abdication from as [[Kingdom of Scone|King of Scone]]. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Atlantium]] | |||
|[[File:Flag-atlantium.jpg|100px]] | |||
|1981 | |||
|Based in Australia, it advocates for global governance: specifically, no borders and freedom of movement. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Empire of Austenasia]] | |||
|[[File:Flag of Austenasia.png|100px]] | |||
|2008 | |||
|A self-declared sovereign state based in the United Kingdom. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Colony of Calsahara|Calsahara]] | |||
|[[File:Flag of Calsahara Colony.jpg.jpg|100px]] | |||
|2009 | |||
|Self-declared state in central California founded by [[Grand Duke Travis|Travis McHenry]]. Now a colony of [[Westarctica]]. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Kingdom of Casbah]] | |||
|[[File:Flag of Casbah.gif|100px]] | |||
|1995 | |||
|Now-defunct micronation founded by [[Grand Duke Travis|Travis McHenry]] in rural Pennsylvania. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Dracul|Commonwealth of Dracul]] | |||
|[[File:Dracul flag.jpg|100px]] | |||
|2017 | |||
|A North American micronation located within and surrounded by Houston Texas. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Grand Duchy of Flandrensis|Flandrensis]] | |||
|[[File:Flag of Flandrensis.png|100px]] | |||
|2008 | |||
|A micronation which claims some territories of Antarctica, founded by [[Grand Duke Niels of Flandrensis|Niels Vermeersch]]. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Grand Duchy of Haren]] | |||
|[[File:Haren Flag.gif|100px]] | |||
|1996 | |||
|Now-defunct micronation based on a farm in southwest Ohio. | |||
|- | |||
|[[House of Homestead]] | |||
|[[File:Flag of Homestead.jpg|100px]] | |||
|2014 | |||
|Florida-based micronation ruled by [[Prince Arthur of Homestead]] claiming land in Andorra. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Principality of Hutt River|Hutt River]] | |||
|[[File:Hutt-river-flag.png|100px]] | |||
|1970 | |||
|A large farming area in Western Australia that seceded from the Australia Commonwealth and declared itself to be a sovereign nation. It was known as the Hutt River Province until 2007. Now defunct. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Principality of Kolios]] | |||
|[[File:Kingdom of Kolios Flag.png|100px]] | |||
|1995 | |||
|Founded by a group of elementary school students whose parents were stationed in Augsburg, Germany with the United States Army. Later incorporated into the [[Empire of Agber]]. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Royal Republic of Ladonia|Ladonia]] | |||
|[[File:Flag of Ladonia.png|100px]] | |||
|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. | |||
|- | |||
|Liberland | |||
|[[File:Liberland-flag.png|100px]] | |||
|2015 | |||
|Claims an uninhabited parcel of disputed land on the western bank of the Danube, between Croatia and Serbia. It was created by Czech politician and activist Vít Jedlička. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Federal Republic of Lostisland|Lostisland]] | |||
|[[File:Flag of Lostisland.jpg|100px]] | |||
|2008 | |||
|Unlike many other micronations, Lostisland doesn't claim to be a sovereign state, but rather defines herself as a cultural and social project. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Republic of Molossia|Molossia]] | |||
|[[File:Flag of Molossia.png|100px]] | |||
|1999 | |||
|A micronation founded by [[President Kevin Baugh|Kevin Baugh]], occupying his semi-rural residential acreage in Nevada. It is run humorously as a dictatorial banana-republic | |||
|- | |||
| Holy Empire of Reunion |Reunion | |||
|[[File:Reunionfl.gif|100px]] | |||
|1997 | |||
|A micronation founded by Brazilian law students as a political simulation. Reunion has a very active political system. It has issued passports, minted coins and is considered one of the most important Lusophone micronations. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Kingdom of Ruritania]] | |||
|[[File:Ruritania-Flg.jpg|100px]] | |||
|1967 | |||
|The country began as a pseudo-simulation of a fictional nation, in 1967, but it evolved (post Internet) into a micronation having activities in the real world. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Republic of Saugeais|Saugeais]] | |||
|[[File:Flag of Saugeais.png|100px]] | |||
|1947 | |||
|An officially sanctioned tongue-in-cheek micronation located in eastern France, in the département of Doubs. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Kingdom of Scone]] | |||
|[[File:Flag of Scone.jpg|100px]] | |||
|2014 | |||
|Miniature kingdom governed by a monarchy and a parliament patterned after the British Crown and the Parliament at Westminster. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Principality of Sealand|Sealand]] | |||
|[[File:Sealand-Flag.png|100px]] | |||
|1967 | |||
|A World War II military facility consisting of a man-made structure located off the English coast that was occupied and declared to be an independent state by Paddy Roy Bates. | |||
|- | |||
| Principality of Seborga |Seborga | |||
|[[File:Flag-seborga.png|100px]] | |||
|1963 | |||
|A town in the Italian region of Liguria that claims never to have been a part of the modern Italian state. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Kingdom of Shiloh]] | |||
|[[File:Flag of Shiloh.jpg|100px]] | |||
|2008 | |||
|Micronation dedicated to cultural celebrations of the monarchical system of government and is noted for its persistent attempts at gaining political sovereignty and political independence, sometimes through unconventional means. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Slabovia]] | |||
|[[File:Flag of Slabovia.jpg|100px]] | |||
|1984 | |||
|Slabovia exists in the hearts, minds and bodies of its noble and righteous citizens. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Talossa]] | |||
|[[File:Flag-talossa.png|100px]] | |||
|1979 | |||
|A [[micronation]] founded as a bedroom kingdom by Milwaukee, Wisconsin resident Robert Ben Madison. Madison claims to have coined the term "[[micronation]]". | |||
|- | |||
|[[Užupis]] | |||
|[[File:Uzupis-Flag.png|100px]] | |||
|1997 | |||
|Užupis is a neighborhood largely located in the Old Town of Vilnius, Lithuania. In 1997, the residents of the area declared a Republic of Užupis, with its own flag, currency, president, and constitution. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Kingdom of Vikesland|Vikesland]] | |||
|[[File:Flag of Vikesland.jpg|100px]] | |||
|2005 | |||
|A micronation located in Manitoba, Canada that was founded for the purposes of a TV documentary about micronations. It was founded by [[Prince Christopher|Christopher Beyette]]<nowiki>, who claimed two properties in and near the town of Brandon, Manitoba|Brandon. Now defunct.</nowiki> | |||
|- | |||
|[[Westarctica]] | |||
|[[File:Flag of Westarctica.jpg|100px]] | |||
|2001 | |||
|Micronation founded by [[Grand Duke Travis|Travis McHenry]] that claims 1/8th of the continent of [[Antarctica]]. | |||
|- | |||
|[[West Who]] | |||
|[[File:Flag of West Who.jpg|100px]] | |||
|1969 | |||
|A micronation described as "a fun and happy nation." | |||
|- | |||
|Whangamomona | |||
|[[File:Flag-whangamomona.png|100px]] | |||
|1989 | |||
|A tongue-in-cheek micronation created as a tourism booster, and based in the rural New Zealand town of the same name. Past elected presidents have included a goat. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Wirtland]] | |||
|[[File:Flag-wirtland.jpg|100px]] | |||
|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. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Principality of Wy]] | |||
|[[File:Principality of Wy-flag.png|100px]] | |||
|2004 | |||
|Established by Paul Delprat during a dispute with the local council of Mosman municipality in Sydney, New South Wales, Sydney over the construction of a driveway to his property. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Zaqistan]] | |||
|[[File:Flag-zaqistan.jpg|100px]] | |||
|2005 | |||
|A small tract of land in Box Elder County, a remote part of Utah, on which its owner has built monuments. It has also issued passports. | |||
|} | |||
==Note== | ==Note== | ||
<references /><br /> | <references /><br /> | ||
Riga 599: | Riga 786: | ||
*AA.VV. (), ''"Come Fondare la propria Nazione"'', in WikiHow.it disponibile al seguente indirizzo Internet: https://www.wikihow.it/Fondare-la-propria-Nazione | *AA.VV. (), ''"Come Fondare la propria Nazione"'', in WikiHow.it disponibile al seguente indirizzo Internet: https://www.wikihow.it/Fondare-la-propria-Nazione | ||
*AA.VV. (2021), "Elenco delle micronazioni - Liste de micronationsù", in hugewikiit.com, disponibile al seguente indirizzo Internet:https://hugewikiit.com/wiki/Liste_de_micronations | *AA.VV. (2021), "Elenco delle micronazioni - Liste de micronationsù", in hugewikiit.com, disponibile al seguente indirizzo Internet:https://hugewikiit.com/wiki/Liste_de_micronations | ||
*AA.VV, "List of micronations", in WestArctica.wiki, disponibile al seguente indirizzo Internet: https://www.westarctica.wiki/index.php?title=List_of_micronations | |||
*Graziano Graziani, (2015), ''Atlante delle micronazioni,'' Quodlibet Compagnia Extra | *Graziano Graziani, (2015), ''Atlante delle micronazioni,'' Quodlibet Compagnia Extra | ||
*Keating Joshua, (2008), ''"How to Start Your Own Country in Four Easy Steps"'', in ForeignPolicy.it, 26 febbraio 2008, disponibile al seguente indirizzo Internet: https://foreignpolicy.com/2008/02/26/how-to-start-your-own-country-in-four-easy-steps/ | *Keating Joshua, (2008), ''"How to Start Your Own Country in Four Easy Steps"'', in ForeignPolicy.it, 26 febbraio 2008, disponibile al seguente indirizzo Internet: https://foreignpolicy.com/2008/02/26/how-to-start-your-own-country-in-four-easy-steps/ |
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