Micronation

Micronations are countries started by one or a group of people which are not seen as actual countries by the United Nations, or any other nation.[1] These countries are usually started on the internet, using platforms like Discord (software) to message and coordinate. Other Micronations, like the Republic of Juniperia operate in real life[2]. Micronations form together and are often found on MicroWiki, a wikipedia-like encyclopedia about micronations.

People make micronations for lots of reasons. Some are to show they do not like their main country (for example the United Kingdom), or if they want to make money, or to use it as a place for themselves. Other micronations are inspired by micronations and become their own micronation.

List

Here is a list of some Micronations;

NameMade onDescriptionWebsite
Aerican Empire8 May 1987Made by Eric Lis as a boy for a bit of fun. A lot of it is in Canada.Website
Empire of Adammia 13 April 2013 Made by Adam the first. Most of it is in the United Kingdom and the United States. http://www.empireofadammia.org.uk/
Free Republic of Verdis 30 May 2019 Made by British-Australian activist Daniel Jackson along Pocket-3 of the Croatia-Serbia border dispute. Website
Empire of Austenasia20 September 2008Made by Terry and Jonathan Austen. Most of it is in Great Britain and North America, but they own territory across the world.Website
Conch Republic23 April 1982Made by people from the city of Key West because they did not like the USA stopping them from getting stuff from other places.Website
Kingdom of Lovely1 January 2005Made for a TV special by Danny Wallace.Website
Principality of Sealand2 September 1967Made by Paddy Roy Bates on an old RAF fort named Roughs Tower.Website
Republic of Molossia3 September 1999An old nation run by Kevin Baugh. It was made in 1977.Website
Kingdom of TalossaDecember 26 1979One of oldest still existing micro nations. Considered inactive as it has lost a lot of its influence on the community.
Republic of Juniperia. A socialist Micronational lacked in Southern California, it has received moderate coverage by the press.[3] https://juniperia.wixsite.com/portal

Competitions

Some micronations play in competitions with other micronations.

Football

The biggest football organisation for micronations is known as the MFA (Micronational Football Association), founded by Joe Foxon in 2009. It has 13 micronations from 7 countries as members. It makes a competition every 4 years called the MFA World Cup for all the micronations in the world to play in. The first World Cup will be in Southern England in 2013.

Singing

Every year there is a singing competition called the MicroVision Song Contest. Micronations make a song and put it on the internet, and then other micronations vote for the best song. The winner then makes the next one.

Other websites

References
  1. "micronation | Law, Recognition, History, & Definition". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  2. "Republic of Juniperia, MicroWiki". Micronations.wiki. Retrieved 11:24AM. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help); |first= missing |last= (help); Check date values in: |access-date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. Jéan., Iésan (December 28th 2022). "Portal | Juniperia". Juniperia Home Page. Retrieved December 28th 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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