List of micronations
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This is a partial list of micronations. Only the most prominent micronations have been selected for this list, and it will expand as more are added.
Official title | Flag | Founded | Description |
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Empire of Agber | 1995 | First founded as the 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 | 1987 | An eccentric tongue-in-cheek micronation. It claims various terrestrial and interplanetary territories. | |
Principality of Aigues-Mortes | 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 | 1999 | French micronation that claims the Earth's horizon as its sovereign territory. | |
Kingdom of Argonne | 2019 | Now-defunct miniature kingdom founded by Sir James Murphy after his abdication from as King of Scone. | |
Atlantium | 1981 | Based in Australia, it advocates for global governance: specifically, no borders and freedom of movement. | |
Empire of Austenasia | 2008 | A self-declared sovereign state based in the United Kingdom. | |
Calsahara | 2009 | Self-declared state in central California founded by Travis McHenry. Now a colony of Westarctica. | |
Kingdom of Casbah | 1995 | Now-defunct micronation founded by Travis McHenry in rural Pennsylvania. | |
Commonwealth of Dracul | 2017 | A North American micronation located within and surrounded by Houston, Texas. | |
Grand Republic of Cycoldia | 2018 | A micronation located in Houston, Texas that routinely engages in diplomatic functions and micronational warfare. | |
Flandrensis | 2008 | A micronation which claims some territories of Antarctica, founded by Niels Vermeersch. | |
Grand Duchy of Haren | 1996 | Now-defunct micronation based on a farm in southwest Ohio. | |
House of Homestead | 2014 | Florida-based micronation ruled by Prince Arthur of Homestead claiming land in Andorra. | |
Hutt River | 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. | |
Empire of Ishola | 2022 | A small land-locked U. S. Territory near Lake Langenbaum, Indiana ruled by Empress Myishola Matthews. | |
Empire of Karnia-Ruthenia | 2016 | Based in Brazil, it is one of the most prominent Lusophone micronations. | |
Principality of Kolios | 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. | |
Ladonia | 1996 | 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 | 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. | |
Isle of Lithua | 2020 | Claims an uninhabited island in the middle of a river in Wales. Devoted to environmental sustainability and a feudal system of government. | |
Lostisland | 2008 | Unlike many other micronations, Lostisland doesn't claim to be a sovereign state, but rather defines herself as a cultural and social project. | |
Molossia | 1977 | A micronation founded by Kevin Baugh, occupying his semi-rural residential acreage in Nevada. It is run humorously as a dictatorial banana-republic | |
Raphania | 2022 | Fomerly the Grand Emirate of Raphania, a micronation with small land holdings throughout the state of Arizona. Now a colony of Westarctia. | |
Holy Empire of Reunion | 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 | 1967 | The country began as a pseudo-simulation of a fictional nation. It evolved in the Internet-era into a micronation with activities in the real world. | |
Newgraviate of Saint-Castin | 2014 | A bi-lingual micronation based in Quebec, Canada. | |
Principality of Sancratosia | 2021 | A micronation based in Canada devoted to enshrining trans rights. | |
Saugeais | 1947 | An officially sanctioned tongue-in-cheek micronation located in eastern France, in the département of Doubs. | |
Kingdom of Scone | 2014 | Miniature kingdom governed by a monarchy and a parliament patterned after the British Crown and the Parliament at Westminster. | |
Sealand | 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 | 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 | 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 | 1984 | Slabovia exists in the hearts, minds and bodies of its noble and righteous citizens. | |
Empire of Stomaria | 2019 | A joke micronation based in England created to troll the micronational community. | |
Talossa | 1979 | A micronation founded as a bedroom kingdom by Milwaukee, Wisconsin resident Robert Ben Madison. Madison claims to have coined the term "micronation". | |
Užupis | 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. | |
Vikesland | 2005 | A now-defunct micronation located in Manitoba, Canada that was founded for the purposes of a TV documentary about micronations. It was founded by Christopher Beyette, who claimed two properties in and near the town of Brandon, Manitoba. | |
Westarctica | 2001 | Micronation founded by Travis McHenry that claims 1/8th of the continent of Antarctica. | |
West Who | 1969 | A micronation described as "a fun and happy nation." | |
Whangamomona | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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. |