Westarctica in the Media

Story about Calsahara and Grand Duke Travis in the French magazine "Snatch" in December 2010

There have been over a dozen mentions of both Calsahara and Westarctica in the Media since the first mention occurred in 2004. This list is not comprehensive or all inclusive and many web-based mentions have been incidentally excluded.

Press reports mentioning Westarctica / Calsahara

• COLORS Magazine - Winter 2004/2005

• The Somaliland Times - 2005 - "Born to rule"

• Associated Press - 2005 - "Nation builders create their very own countries"

• Los Angeles Times - 17 July 2005 - "They Pledge Allegiance to Their Own Countries"

• Snatch - December 2010 - "Society Dossier: Micronation"

• Revue 21 - Spring 2013 - "Les confettis du monde"

• Wired - 18 November 2014 - "The World's Tiniest Countries and the Eccentrics Who Rule Them"

• The Independent - 30 November 2014 - "Meet the micronation builders: Self-appointed leaders have created independent territories, complete with flags, anthems and crowns"

• Associated Press - 10 April 2015 - "Itty, bitty (fake) nations to unfurl flags, royal doodads"

• NPR - 10 April 2015 - "Tiny Territories Mingle At MicroCon; Passports Optional"

• Daily Mail - 10 April 2015 - "Welcome to Broslavia? Self-proclaimed presidents, kings and dukes that claim territory from Reno to Antarctica will gather for Micronation convention"

• Bloomberg Businessweek - 30 April 2015 - "The Weird, Wild World of Micro-Nations Where Anybody Can Be King"

• N by Norwegian - September 2015 - "Altered States"

• LA Magazine - 8 December 2015 - "California’s Only Dictator Rules a Tiny Fake Nation in the Middle of Nowhere"

• Saturday Evening Post - January/February 2016 - "The Royal Me"

• Reader's Digest - April 2016 - "God Bless Molossia: A Look at the Secret ‘Micronations’ Hidden on U.S. Soil"

• NRC Handelsblad - 13 September 2016 - "Voor Juncker is het nu of nooit"

• Conde Nast Traveler - 27 October 2016 - "After running a country for 15 years, he hopes to see it someday"

• Gazette Review - 15 April 2017 - "10 Micro Nations You Didn’t Know Existed"

• Travelbook.de - 17 January 2018 - "Mikronation hat 1500 Bürger, aber keiner lebt dort"

• Sur - 1 November 2018 - "Westarctica abre una embajada en Nerja"

• TravelBook.de - 15 January 2019 - "So wurde ich Baronin einer Mikronation mit 2300 Bürgern"

• Playboy - 17 December 2019 - "Užupis Utopia"

• Newsweek - 10 April 2020 - "Micronations in the United States Prepare for Coronavirus"

• TravelBook.de - 3 June 2020 - "Die skurrile Mikronation, die einen „Krieg“ gegen die DDR führt"

• The Wall Street Journal - 22 June 2020 - "It's Good to Be King - Unless Nobody Recognizes Your Country"

• Business Insider - 8 September 2020 - "11 micronaciones absurdas en las que puedes solicitar ciudadanía o incluso tener un título nobiliario"

• AFAR Magazine - 13 October 2021 - "A Very Big Little Country"

• Alta - 21 October 2022 - "Welcome to Slowjamastan"

• The Boston Globe - 20 August 2023 - "Westarctica, Sancratosia, Slowjamastan, and other fake nations may have some things to teach real ones"

• Scranton Times Leader - 2 September 2024 - "How a Pennsylvania man started an imaginary country in Antarctica and got 2,300 people to join him"

Article in Sur newspaper about the opening of Westarctica's consulate in Nerja

Books mentioning Westarctica / Calsahara

• Micronations: The Lonely Planet Guide to Home-Made Nations - September 2006

• Unusual World Coins - October 2011

• Micronations: For Those Who Are Tired of Existing Incompetent Governments and Are Longing for Something New and Refreshing - December 2011

• Micronations - 2014

• You Rule!: A Practical Guide to Creating Your Own Kingdom (Lonely Planet Kids) - September 2015

• The Odditorium: The Tricksters, Eccentrics, Deviants and Inventors Whose Obsessions Changed the World - October 2017

• Sealand: The True Story of the World’s Most Stubborn Micronation and Its Eccentric Royal Family - June 2020

• How to Take Over the World: Practical Schemes and Scientific Solutions for the Aspiring Supervillain - March 2022

• Le isole dei sogni impossibili - March 2022

• How To Rule Your Own Country: The weird and wonderful world of micronations] - November 2022

• Explorando Micronaciones - April 2024

External links

• TravelBook.de Interview