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==Academic, literary, and media attention== | ==Academic, literary, and media attention== | ||
There has been a small but growing amount of attention paid to the micronation phenomenon in recent years. Most interest in academic circles has been concerned with studying the apparently anomalous legal situations affecting such entities as [[Principality of Sealand|Sealand]] and | There has been a small but growing amount of attention paid to the micronation phenomenon in recent years. Most interest in academic circles has been concerned with studying the apparently anomalous legal situations affecting such entities as [[Principality of Sealand|Sealand]] and [[Principality of Hutt River|Hutt River]], in exploring how some micronations represent grassroots political ideas, and in the creation of role-playing entities for instructional purposes. | ||
* The Sunderland summit was later featured in the 5-part BBC light entertainment television series ''How to Start Your Own Country'' presented by Danny Wallace. The series told the story of Wallace's experience of founding a micronation, the Kingdom of Lovely, located in his London flat. It screened in the UK in 2005. | * The Sunderland summit was later featured in the 5-part BBC light entertainment television series ''How to Start Your Own Country'' presented by Danny Wallace. The series told the story of Wallace's experience of founding a micronation, the Kingdom of Lovely, located in his London flat. It screened in the UK in 2005. | ||