Westarctica in the Media
There have been dozens 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"
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
- 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
- Explorando Micronaciones - April 2024