Editing Esperanto (section)

=== Proposed microstates and micronations ===
[[File:Isola delle Rose 1968.jpg|thumb|upright=1.437|The [[Republic of Rose Island]] in the [[Adriatic Sea]] used Esperanto as its official language in 1968; it has since been demolished]]
Beginning in 1908, there were efforts to establish the world's first Esperanto state in [[Neutral Moresnet]], which at the time was a [[Belgium|Belgian]]–[[Prussia]]n [[Condominium (international law)|condominium]] in central-western Europe. Any such efforts came to an end with the beginning of [[World War I]] and the [[German invasion of Belgium (1914)|German invasion of Belgium]], voiding the treaty which established joint sovereignty over the territory. The [[Treaty of Versailles]] subsequently awarded the disputed territory to Belgium, effective January 10, 1920.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Hoffmann |first1=Eduard |last2=Nendza |first2=Jürgen |date=2003-09-19 |editor-last=Zindel |editor-first=Udo |title=Galmei und Esperanto – Der fast vergessene europäische Kleinstaat Neutral-Moresnet |trans-title=Galmei and Esperanto – The almost forgotten European microstate Neutral Moresnet |url=http://www.swr.de/-/id%3D11528232/property%3Ddownload/nid%3D660374/1orb31p/swr2-wissen-20130820.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315141447/http://www.swr.de/-/id=11528232/property=download/nid=660374/1orb31p/swr2-wissen-20130820.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-15 |publisher=[[SWR2|SWR2 Wissen]] |pages=8–10 |language=de}}</ref>

The self-proclaimed [[micronation]] of [[Republic of Rose Island|Rose Island]], on an artificial island near [[Italy]] in the [[Adriatic Sea]], used Esperanto as its official language in 1968. Another micronation, the extant [[Republic of Molossia]], near [[Dayton, Nevada]], uses Esperanto as an official language alongside English.<ref>{{cite web |title=What is Esperanto? |url=http://www.molossia.org/esperanto.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706103815/http://www.molossia.org/esperanto.html |archive-date=July 6, 2017 |access-date=August 4, 2017 |website=Republic of Molossia |quote=Esperanto is the second language of the Republic of Molossia. |location=Dayton, Nevada}}</ref>