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===New-country projects=== | ===New-country projects=== | ||
* '''Operation Atlantis''':an early 1970s New York–based libertarian group, built a concrete-hulled ship called ''Freedom'', which they sailed to the Caribbean, intending to permanently anchor it as their territory. The ship sank in a hurricane and the project was then abandoned. | * '''Operation Atlantis''': an early 1970s New York–based libertarian group, built a concrete-hulled ship called ''Freedom'', which they sailed to the Caribbean, intending to permanently anchor it as their territory. The ship sank in a hurricane and the project was then abandoned. | ||
* '''Republic of Minerva''': a libertarian project that succeeded in building a small man-made island on the Minerva Reefs south of Fiji in 1972 before being invaded by troops from Tonga, who annexed it before destroying the island. | * '''Republic of Minerva''': a libertarian project that succeeded in building a small man-made island on the Minerva Reefs south of Fiji in 1972 before being invaded by troops from Tonga, who annexed it before destroying the island. | ||