Micronation

Micronations are countries started by one or a group of people which are not seen as actual countries by the United Nations.[1] These countries are mostly used in people's heads, or on the internet. It is important to note that micronations are different from partially-recognised countries and separatist territories, which often have full autonomy over their territories.

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. Micronations create their own rules, but because they are not recognised as actual countries, they have to keep within the laws of their home country.

Some of the more famous micronations include the Republic of Molossia, the Islamic Sultanate of Qarsherskiy, Sealand, the Aerican Empire, and Eternia.

List

Here is a list of some Micronations;

NameFlagMade onDescriptionWebsite
Aerican Empire8 May 1987Made by Eric Lis as a boy for a bit of fun.Website
Adammia13 April 2013Made by Adam the first. Most of it is in the United Kingdom and the United States.http://www.empireofadammia.org.uk/
吉平社會主義共和國 May 5, 2022 Located in New Taipei City, Taiwan https://w153062.wixsite.com/mysite
Verdis10 May 2019Made by British-Australian activist Daniel Jackson along Pocket-3 of the Croatia-Serbia border dispute.Website
Empire Austenasia20 September 2008Made by Terry and Jonathan Austen. Most of it is in Great Britain and North America.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
Lovely1 January 2005Made for a TV special by Danny Wallace.Website
Sealand2 September 1967Made by Paddy Roy Bates on an old RAF fort named Roughs Tower.Website
Molossia3 September 1999An old nation run by Kevin Baugh. It was made in 1977.Website
TalossaDecember 26 1979One of oldest still existing micro nations. Archived 2010-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
Koya ColoniesJuly 20 1990Is a micronation that has claims to states and counties.
Sotian2013Sotian
Metagalaxy Empire2018

Competitions

Some micronations play in competitions.

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.

Chess

Every year there is a chess competition for micronations to play in. It is played on the computer and in the first year, 3 micronations took part.

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.
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