Editing Micronation (section)

=== Effects of the Internet and media attention ===
In the mid-1990s, the emerging popularity of the [[World Wide Web]] made it possible for anyone to create their own virtual state-like entity with relative ease,<ref name="web2"/>{{sfn|Lasserre|2000|p=10}} and many micronations launched their own [[website]]s.<ref name="web1"/> As a result, micronationalism lost much of its traditionally eccentric anti-establishment sentiment in favour of more hobbyist perspectives, and the number of exclusively online or merely simulation-based micronations expanded dramatically.{{sfn|Lasserre|2000|p=1–3, 8}} Several intermicronational [[international organisation|organisations]] were also established,<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.unipo.sk/public/media/21000/3_Ištok_FG_2014_volume56_no1_.pdf|last1=Ištok|first1=Robert|last2=Nováková|first2=Štefánia|date=2014|title=Micronationalism as a Phenomenon of the Present|journal=Folia Geographica|publisher=[[University of Prešov]]|volume=56|number=1|page=52}}</ref> with the [[League of Secessionist States]], originally founded in 1980 by the [[Kingdom of Talossa]],{{sfn|O'Driscoll|2000|p=258}} and the United Micronations being at the forefront.<ref name="web2"/> The [[French Institute of Micropatrology]] ({{langx|fr|l'Institut français de micropatrologie}}) was founded in 1996 by Swiss academic Fabrice O'Driscoll to study this phenomenon.<ref name="web1"/><ref>{{cite journal|first1=Valérie|last1=Foucher-Dufoix|first2=Stéphane|last2=Dufoix|url=https://www.cairn.info/revue-pardes-2012-2-page-57.htm|title=La patrie peut-elle être virtuelle ?|trans-title=Can the homeland be virtual?|language=French|date=February 2012|journal=Pardés|publisher=In Press|volume=52|pages=57–75|via=[[Cairn.info]]}}</ref> Other online micronational services during the 1990s included MicroWorld, a monthly micronational magazine,<ref name="web1"/> and alt.politics.micronations, a [[Usenet]] [[newsgroup]] dedicated to discussions regarding micronationalism.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/publications/diy-sovereignty-and-the-popular-right-in-australia|title=DIY sovereignty and the popular right in Australia|last=Lattas|first=Judy|journal=Mobile Boundaries/Rigid Worlds |year=2005|editor1-first=Michael|editor1-last=Fine|editor2-first=Nicholas|editor2-last=Smith|editor3-first=Amanda|editor3-last=Wise|publisher=[[Macquarie University]]|page=14}}</ref> In 2000, O'Driscoll authored ''[[Ils ne siègent pas à l'ONU: revue de quelques micro-Etats, micro-nations et autres entités éphémères]]'' (They do not sit at the UN: a review of some micro-states, micro-nations and other ephemeral entities), which details over 600 micronations.<ref name="Vieira">{{cite book|last=Vieira|first=Fátima|editor1-last=Marks|editor1-first=Peter|editor2-last=Wagner-Lawlor|editor2-first=Jennifer A.|editor3-last=Vieira|editor3-first=Fátima|year=2022|title=The Palgrave Handbook of Utopian and Dystopian Literatures|chapter=Micronations and Hyperutopias|publisher=[[Springer International Publishing]]|page=282|doi= 10.1007/978-3-030-88654-7_22|isbn=978-3-030-88654-7}}</ref>

[[File:Molossia - Border with United States.jpg|thumb|A marker along the [[Republic of Molossia]]'s claimed border with Nevada]]

In 2000, the [[Republic of Molossia]] and the erstwhile [[Kingdom of TorHavn]] hosted an Intermicronational [[Olympic Games]] online to coincide with the [[2000 Summer Olympics]].{{sfn|Hobbs|Williams|2022|p=220}} Six micronations competed and were asked to record their performances then report it to a Molossian [[message board]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Hay|first=Mark|date=14 October 2016|url=https://www.good.is/sports/micronations-play-sports-too|title=The Absurd History Of The Intermicronational Olympic Games|work=[[GOOD Magazine]]}}</ref> In 2003, the ''First Summit of Micronations'' summit commenced in [[Helsinki]], Finland, coinciding with a [[performance art]] festival called Amorph!03. Six micronations were represented.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kochta-Kalleinen|first=Oliver|year=2005|orig-date=2003|url=http://www.studiokalleinen.net/downloads/amorph03_protocols.pdf|title=Amorph!03 Summit Of Micronations: Protocols|translator1-last=Monni|translator1-first=Sari|translator2-last=Kallio|translator2-first=Mikko|publisher=Artists' Association MUU|isbn=978-9-519-65536-9}}</ref> An art exhibition exhibiting various micronational miscellanea, ''We Could Have Invited Everyone'', occurred in 2004 and 2005 at the Reg Vardy Gallery, [[University of Sunderland]], England and Andrew Kreps Gallery, [[New York City]], United States respectively.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/6973488.hidden-nations-revealed/|date=29 October 2004|title=Hidden nations revealed|work=[[The Northern Echo]]}}</ref><ref name="NYT1">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/15/arts/art-in-review-we-could-have-invited-everyone.html|last=Smith|first=Roberta|date=15 July 2005|title=Art in Review; We Could Have Invited Everyone|work=The New York Times}}</ref> The items were featured alongside artwork by artists including [[Yoko Ono]] and [[Nina Katchadourian]].<ref name="NYT1"/><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://brooklynrail.org/2005/09/artseen/i-we-could-have-invited-everyone-i|last=Raven|first=Francis|date=September 2005|title=We Could Have Invited Everyone|magazine=[[The Brooklyn Rail]]}}</ref> Both exhibitions coincided with an intermicronational summit.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://kunstaspekte.art/event/we-could-have-invited-everyone-2005-06?hl=en|title=We Could Have Invited Everyone (24. Jun 2005 → 29. Jul 2005)|work=Andrew Kreps Gallery|publisher=Kunstaspekte}}</ref> In 2005, the six-part [[BBC]] comedy-[[documentary]] series ''[[How to Start Your Own Country]]'' aired on [[BBC Two]], in which comedian [[Danny Wallace (humorist)|Danny Wallace]] attempts to create his own country in his apartment in [[Bow, London]]. The micronation he created was eventually named the [[Kingdom of Lovely]].{{sfn|Ryan|Dunford|Sellars|2006|p=28}} The following year, the [[travel guide]] company [[Lonely Planet]] published a light-hearted guide to numerous micronations titled ''[[Micronations: The Lonely Planet Guide to Home-Made Nations]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Chadwick|first=Alex|title='Lonely Planet' Explores Micronations|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6416479|work=[[NPR]]|date=1 November 2006}}</ref>{{sfn|Ryan|Dunford|Sellars|2006|loc="[[edition notice]]"}}

In 2007, two self-proclaimed princesses of the [[Sunda Democratic Empire]], sisters Puteri Lamia Roro Wiranata and Puteri Fathia Reza, were detained by Malaysian immigration authorities for attempting to enter from Brunei using diplomatic passports from the Sunda Empire. They claimed to be the princesses of the historical [[Sunda Kingdom]] and that their parents were in [[exile]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2007/07/24/two-princesses-detained-in-sarawak_1|last=Then|first=Stephen|date=24 July 2007|title=Two 'princesses' detained in Sarawak|work=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/520063|agency=Associated Press|date=12 September 2007|title=Self-professed 'princesses' from ancient Indonesian monarchy face Malaysia court|work=[[Taiwan News]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510111849/https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/520063|archive-date=10 May 2022}}</ref> In early 2008, they were freed by the Sessions Court, but maintained their claim of Sundan citizenship, thus making them ineligible for [[deportation]] to Indonesia. The Malaysian authorities subsequently deemed them [[stateless individuals]], and they were interned at an immigration depot under supervision of the [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://jakarta.tribunnews.com/2020/06/20/tak-akui-indonesia-ini-kewarganegaraan-dua-putri-mahkota-sunda-empire-di-paspor-diplomatiknya|last=Gustaman|first=Y|date=20 June 2020|title=Tak Akui Indonesia, Ini Kewarganegaraan Dua Putri Mahkota Sunda Empire di Paspor Diplomatiknya|trans-title=Not Recognizing Indonesia, These are the Citizenship of the Two Crown Princesses of the Sunda Empire in their Diplomatic Passport|language=Indonesian|work=[[:id:Tribun Jakarta|Tribun Jakarta]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://intisari.grid.id/read/032206487/13-tahun-2-putri-sunda-empire-mendekam-di-sel-mau-dibebaskan-pemerintah-malaysia-bingung-karena-keduanya-tidak-mengaku-sebagai-wni-kekeh-mengaku-dari-sunda-empi|last=Ariyani|first=Tatik|date=21 June 2020|title=13 Tahun 2 Putri Sunda Empire Mendekam di Sel, Mau Dibebaskan Pemerintah Malaysia Bingung Karena Keduanya Tidak Mengaku Sebagai WNI, Kekeh Mengaku dari Sunda Empire|trans-title=13-year-old daughters of Sunda Empire languish in cell, want to be released but Malaysian government confused because neither of them claim to be Indonesian citizens; Kekeh claims to be from the Sunda Empire|language=Indonesian|work=[[Intisari]]}}</ref>