List of micronations
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What follows is a list of Micronations, as viewed from Westarctica— while other micronations may exist and may be forming, they may not yet have come to our attention and so are not yet included on this list. If you would like to see your micronation added to this list, please contact our side administration to discuss. Template:Clear
Official title | Flag (if available) | Founded | Description |
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Aerican Empire | Template:Flagicon | 1987 | An eccentric tongue-in-cheek micronation. It claims various terrestrial and interplanetary territories. |
Aeterna Lucina | Template:Flagicon image | 1978 | An Australian micronation founded by a self-proclaimed baron, who claimed properties he owned in New South Wales as its territory. Several associated businessmen were charged in 1990 with land and visa |
Akhzivland | Template:Flagicon image | 1971 | A micronation founded in response to the Israeli government demolishing an illegally inhabited house. |
Aramoana | Template:Flagicon image | 1980 | A small New Zealand community that declared itself independent to protest the building of an aluminium smelter on nearby land. |
Asgardia | Template:Flagicon image | 2016 | A micronation founded by Igor Ashurbeyli that aims to launch satellites into space in order to found a real nation recognised by the UN. The ultimate aim is to avoid the restrictions of the current space law framework. |
Atlantium | Template:Flagicon | 1981 | Based in Australia, it advocates for global governance: specifically, no borders and freedom of movement. |
Austenasia | Template:Flagicon image | 2008 | A self-declared sovereign state based in the United Kingdom. |
Avram | Template:Sort | John Rudge, who was later elected to the Tasmanian state parliament. | |
British West Florida | Template:Flagicon image | 2005 | A micronation intending to revive the former British colony of the same name. |
Bumbunga | Template:Flagicon image | 1976 | An Australian secessionist micronation located on a farm at Bumbunga, South Australia from 1976. |
Celestia | 1949 | A micronation that comprises the entirety of the universe besides Earth. It was founded on January 1, 1949 by James T. Mangan to stop other countries from claiming outer space land. | |
Christiania | Template:Flagicon image | 1971 | Christiania, also known as Freetown Christiania, is a self-proclaimed autonomous neighbourhood in the Danish capital of Copenhagen. The commune occupies the site of an old barracks and is home to almost 1,000 residents |
Conch Republic | Template:Flagicon image | 1982 | US Border Patrol. |
Coral Sea Islands | Template:Flagicon image | 2004 | Established as a symbolic political protest by a group of gay rights activists, the Coral Sea Islands is a micronation based in southeast Queensland, Australia. |
Elgaland-Vargaland | Template:Flagicon image | 1992 | A conceptual art project by two Swedish artists, Carl Michael von Hausswolff and Leif Elggren, which defines itself as the borders of all nations. |
Elleore | Template:Flagicon image | 1944 | A tongue-in-cheek micronation founded by a group of school teachers as a summer camp on the island of Elleore, Denmark. |
EnenKio | Template:Flagicon image | 1994 | Claims Wake Atoll |
Filettino | Template:Flagicon image | 2011 | Created by the mayor of Filettino in protest at the Italian government's austerity measure that reorganised the local government of towns with less than 1,000 residents |
Flandrensis | Template:Flagicon image | 2008 | A micronation which claims some territories of Antarctica, founded by Niels Vermeersch. |
Forvik | 2008 | Stuart Hill as part of a Shetland secessionist agenda. | |
Fredonia | Template:Flagicon image | 1826 | The Fredonian Rebellion was the first, and short-lived, attempt by Anglo settlers in Texas to secede from Mexico. Led by Haden Edwards, they seized control of the town of Nacogdoches, and declared the Republic of Fredonia. Some historians regard the Fredonian Rebellion as the beginning of the Texas Revolution. |
Freedonia | Template:Flagicon image | 1997 | The Principality of Freedonia was a micronation based on libertarian principles. |
Frestonia | 1977 | Residents of Freston Road in west London staged a "secession" from the United Kingdom as Frestonia. The residents were squatters, many of whom eventually set up a housing co-op in negotiation with Notting Hill Housing Trust, and included artists, musicians, writers, actors and activists. | |
Ganienkeh | 1974 | Native Americans, such as the Oglala Lakotas' standoff at Wounded Knee incident|Wounded Knee and the Alcatraz occupation. Another clash occurred at Moss Lake in upstate New York (state)|New York. After the federal Indian Claims Commission refused to consider compensation to the Mohawk Nation, saying that its jurisdiction only covered western tribes, a group of Mohawk activists declared 600 acres near Moss Lake the sovereign Mohawk territory of Ganienkeh, and further laid claim to all of northeastern New York. After a firefight between the Mohawks and local vigilantes, the state government started eviction proceedings. When the federal courts refused to hear the matter, Assistant State Attorney General Mario Cuomo was dispatched to negotiate a settlement. In May 1977, the Mohawks accepted a smaller land grant and the crisis was ended. | |
Glacier Republic | Template:Flagicon image | 2014 | Founded by Greenpeace activists in a disputed border region of the Andes between Chile and Argentina, for the purpose of drawing attention to Chile's lack of environmental protection for glaciers |
Global Country of World Peace | 2000 | "A country without borders for peace loving people everywhere" created by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, with capitals at MERU, Holland and Maharishi Vedic City, Iowa. Tony Nader was appointed leader by the Maharishi. | |
Hajdučka Republika | 2002 | A protest project (based on Vran mountain, in Blidinje Nature Park, Bosnia and Herzegovina) started by a local because of inefficiency of problems with the local electricity supply | |
Kingdom of Hay-on-Wye | 1977 | Was founded in 1977 by Richard Booth in what he describes as "a sincere attempt to "shake off the bureaucratic grip of a central government which showed little or no practical interest in re-vitalizing the clearly decaying market town." This declaration was regarded as a means of strengthening internal power, emphasizing support for local produce and local employment." | |
Republic of Hout Bay | mid-1980s | Lions and Rotary International|Rotary clubs sold official-looking passports to raise money for charities. There are urban legends that people were able to convince immigration officers around the world to stamp these passports. | |
Humanity | Template:Flagicon image | 1878 | A former micronation, occupying the Spratly Islands, which merged into the Republic of Morac-Songhrati-Meads in September 1963. |
Hutt River | Template:Flagicon image | 1970 | Commonwealth and declared itself to be a sovereign nation. It was known as the Hutt River Province until 2007. |
Icaria | Template:Flagicon image | 1912 | Icaria is a Greek island in the eastern Aegean. Tensions in the region were high during the early twentieth century. The Ottomans were in retreat everywhere, the newly independent nations of the Balkans were united against them, and Italy had in 1911 declared war, seizing Libya. In 1912, the Italians swept the Aegean of Ottoman warships and seized Rhodes. The inhabitants of Icaria took advantage of the war to declare themselves independent on 12 July 1912. The Balkan alliance declared war in July, reducing the Ottoman holdings in Europe to a tiny foothold. The island was annexed to quickly annexed by Greece that November. |
Republic of Jamtland | Template:Flagicon image | Template:Sort | A Swedish province, formerly a part of NorwayTemplate:Citation needed |
Kugelmugel | Template:Flagicon image | 1984 | Vienna Prater, and formed after a dispute with authorities over building permits. |
Ladonia | Template:Flagicon image | 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. |
Lagoan Isles | 2005 | The creation of a self-styled Grand Duke Louis, who claims that three tiny islands in a Portsmouth pond are not owned by the local council, and so has declared them an independent state. | |
L'Anse-Saint-Jean | Template:Flagicon image | 1997 | |
Liberland | Template:Flagicon image | 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. |
Llanrwst | 1947 | ||
Lovely | Template:Flagicon image | 2004 | Danny Wallace as part of his BBC series, How to Start Your Own Country.Template:Citation needed |
Marlborough | Template:Flagicon image | 1993 | A short lived micronation in Australia whose creator declared his farm an independent country to try to avoid eviction after bankruptcy. He was evicted less than a week later by police, was later prosecuted and has since abandoned any claim of independence. |
Melchizedek | 1986 | The Dominion of Melchizedek (DoM) is a micronation known largely for facilitating large scale banking fraud in many parts of the world. | |
Minerva | 1973 | An attempt to build an artificial island and form a new libertarian country. The new land was located on Minerva Reef, south of Fiji, but the island was seized and annexed by Tonga shortly afterward. | |
Molossia | Template:Flagicon image | 1999 | A micronation founded by Kevin Baugh, occupying his semi-rural residential acreage in Nevada. It is run humorously as a dictatorial banana-republic |
Morac-Songhrati-Meads | 1959 | A micronation that claims to occupy the Spratly Islands. The territory is under de facto military control by China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam, since the discovery of oil in 1968. | |
M'Simbati | 1959 | An eccentric Englishman attempted to declare independent a square mile of territory he inhabited on the coast of Tanganyika which he had purchased in 1924. The flag consisted of red, blue and yellow vertical stripes with a small Union Flag in the canton | |
Murrawarri Republic | Template:Flagicon image | 2013 | aboriginal nation. It declared its independence from Australia. |
Naminara Republic | 2006 | Han River in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province (South Korea)|Gangwon-do, South Korea. Issues its own passport, currency, phone cards. Part of the movie Winter Sonata was filmed here. | |
Neue Slowenische Kunst | 1991 | ||
New Utopia | Template:Sort | Lazarus Long. The project's status as of 2006 is in question. | |
North Dumpling | 1986 | Fishers Island, Southold, New York declared independent after its owner Dean Kamen was denied permission to build a wind turbine on the island. | |
Nova Roma | 1998 | An international organ of Roman revivalists who claim to be a modern Roman nation and have the administrative structure of the ancient Roman Republic. Nova Roma explicitly states that they aren't a micronation but a "civitas" or "res publica"; their organ, however, fits all the requirements for being classified as such | |
Nutopia | Template:Flagicon image | 1973 | Introduced as a "conceptual nation" by John Lennon and Yoko Ono on April Fools' Day, Nutopia has no land, no borders and no passports or visas; anyone declaring their awareness of Nutopia's existence was allowed to join. It was founded partly as a way to satirize Lennon's immigration troubles at the time. |
Other World Kingdom | 1996 | An absolute monarchy/matriarchy with strong BDSM themes, in which women rule over all men. It is located in the Czech Republic.Template:Citation needed | |
Outer Baldonia | Template:Flagicon image | Template:Sort | A micronation on Outer Bald Tusket Island, Nova Scotia, used for seasonal fishing. It had an eccentric constitution and women were banned from the island.Template:Citation needed |
Perloja | 1918 | litas), and an army of 300 men | |
Peščenica | Template:Sort | Peščenica is a satirical-parodical project of a dictator-ruled republic by famous Croatian maverick traveller Željko Malnar. It is located in Zagreb, Croatia. | |
Ploiești | 1870 | A two-day protest against the Romanian monarchy. The plotters occupied the firehouse, the telegraph station and the post office in Ploiești on the evening of 8 August 1870. The chief of police and the prefect were arrested. On the evening of 9 August, soldiers from Bucharest arrived at the Ploieşti train station and arrested the new "administration", most of whom declared that they were not actually revolting, thinking it was just a party. Thirty-six of the leaders of the movement were accused of "revolt against the government". The trials of the civilians who took part in the revolt were eventually moved to Târgovişte and, on 17 October 1870, were found not guilty.Template:Citation needed | |
Pontinha | Template:Flagicon image | 2007 | The Principality of Pontinha is a seceding micronation on an islet, which is physically joined to Madeira island, Portugal. King Carlos I of Portugal had sold the islet on October 9, 1903 to the Blandy family of Madeira, who were involved in Madeira wine. The money was needed by the king to develop the port of Funchal. It was purchased by the art teacher Renato de Barros in 2000 for £19,500 from the Blandy family. Self-titled Renato Barros I communicated on November 30, 2007, confirming the independence of the island from Portugal, which first occurred in 1903. |
Poyais | 1822 | It was invented by Scottish adventurer and South American independence hero Gregor MacGregor in the early 19th century. On the basis of a land grant made to him by the Anglophile native king of the Mosquito people in what is present-day Honduras, MacGregor wove one of history's most elaborate hoaxes, managing to charm the highest levels of London's political and financial establishment with tales of the bucolic, resource-rich country he claimed to rule as a benevolent sovereign prince, or "Cazique", when he arrived in the UK in 1822. | |
Rainbow Creek | 1979 | Founded by a farmer who "seceded" from Victoria State, Australia, over damage to farmlands caused by flooding he claimed was exacerbated due to incompetence of the state government water management agency. | |
Redonda | Template:Flagicon image | 1865 | A small uninhabited island in the Caribbean sea, now legally part of Antigua and Barbuda. In 1865, a citizen of Montserrat was supposedly permitted by Queen Victoria to claim the title of King of Redonda, as long as he did not incite any revolt against colonial authority. |
Repubblica di Sbarre Centrali | 1970 | Reggio city (southern Italy) during the Reggio revolt. This micronation disappeared after the end of the revolt. | |
Reunion | Template:Flagicon image | 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. The micronation has been portrayed by the media of dozens of countries, and has been the star of a front-page article of Reunion Island newspaper, which used It to trace a parallel between its independence and the idea of having independence from France |
Romanov Empire | Template:Flagicon image | 2011 | The Imperial Throne was founded by Russian businessman Anton Bakov as the "Russian Empire". By its constitution, it is a federal constitutional monarchy and the successor of the Empire founded by Peter the Great |
Rose Island | Template:Flagicon image | 1968 | An attempt to create a sovereign state on an offshore platform in international waters near the Italian city of Rimini. It was completed, but shortly afterward seized by the Italian government and destroyed with explosives. |
Saugeais | Template:Flagicon image | 1947 | An officially sanctioned tongue-in-cheek micronation located in eastern France, in the département of Doubs. |
Sealand | Template:Flagicon | 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. |
Seborga | Template:Flagicon image | Template:Sort | A town in the Italian region of Liguria that claims never to have been a part of the modern Italian state. |
Sedang | Template:Flagicon image | Template:Sort | Micronational entity established in the latter part of the 19th century by a French adventurer, Charles-Marie David de Mayréna, in part of what is present-day Vietnam. |
Talossa | Template:Flagicon image | 1979 | A micronation founded as a bedroom kingdom by Milwaukee, Wisconsin (USA) resident Robert Ben Madison. Madison claims to have coined the term "micronation". |
Tavolara | Template:Flagicon image | 1836 | |
Trinidad | Template:Flagicon image | 1893 | The Principality of Trinidad was declared in 1893, when the American James Harden-Hickey claimed the uninhabited island Trindade and Martim Vaz in the South Atlantic and declared himself as James I, Prince of Trinidad.Template:Citation needed In July 1895, the United Kingdom|British tried to take possession of this strategic position in the Atlantic, basing their claim on the 1700 visit by English astronomer Edmund Halley. However, Brazilian diplomatic efforts, pressed a successful claim to Brazilian sovereignty, based on the island's discovery in 1502 by Portuguese navigators. Harden-Hickey fell into deep depression and committed suicide on 9 February 1898.Template:Citation needed |
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 | Template:Flagicon image | 2005 | Brandon. |
Wallachia | Template:Flagicon image | 1997 | A tongue-in-cheek micronation founded in 1997 as an "elaborate practical joke", located is in the northeast corner of the Czech Republic. |
Waveland | |||
Wendland | 1980 | Wendland, reoccupied by thousands of policemen after a few weeks. | |
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 | Template:Flagicon image | 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. |
Wy | 2004 | Sydney over the construction of a driveway to his property. | |
Sovereign Yidindji Government | 2014 | aboriginal nation. It declared its independence from Australia. | |
Zaqistan | Template:Flagicon image | 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. |