Editing Micronation (section)

=== 2010s ===
In 2010, the documentary film ''[[How to Start Your Own Country (film)|How to Start Your Own Country]]'', directed by Jody Shapiro, was screened as part of the [[2010 Toronto International Film Festival|35th Toronto International Film Festival]].<ref name="Variety">{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2010/film/markets-festivals/how-to-start-your-own-country-1117943530/|last=Anderson|first=John|date=12 September 2010|title=How to Start Your Own Country|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> The documentary explored various micronations around the world and included an analysis of the concept of statehood, seasteading and [[citizenship]].<ref name="Variety"/><ref name="Seasteading">{{cite news|url=https://www.seasteading.org/review-micronation-film-highlights-seasteading-vision/|author=[[The Seasteading Institute]]|date=20 October 2010|title=Review of Micronation Film Highlights Seasteading Vision|work=The Seasteading Institute}}</ref> The film was inspired by Erwin Strauss' eponymous book.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thewest.com.au/entertainment/movies/documentary-explores-the-meaning-of-country-ng-ya-148275|last=Harvey|first=Shannon|date=5 October 2011|title=Documentary explores the meaning of country|work=[[The West Australian]]}}</ref> Also that same year, an intermicronational summit, [[PoliNation 2010]], was held at [[Dangar Island]] in [[Sydney]], Australia. It was organised by Judy Lattas of [[Macquarie University]], Princess Paula of the [[Principality of Snake Hill]] and George Cruickshank of the Empire of Atlantium.<ref name="Squires"/><ref name="PoliNation"/> Between 2013 and 2014, two [[Aboriginal Australian]] [[nation]]s declared independence from Australia as part of the concept of [[Australian Aboriginal sovereignty]]—first the [[Murrawarri Republic]], comprising the [[Muruwari]], in 2013, and the [[Sovereign Yidindji Government]], comprising the [[Yidiny people|Yidindji]], in 2014.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://world.time.com/2013/05/30/australias-aborigines-launch-a-bold-legal-push-for-independence/|last=Neubauer|first=Ian Lloyd|date=30 May 2013|title=Australia's Aborigines Launch a Bold Legal Push for Independence|magazine=Time}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/news/aboriginal-tribe-forms-micronation-and-offers-australia-treaty|last=Waby|first=Tasmin|date=3 November 2015|title=Aboriginal tribe cuts ties with Australia|work=Lonely Planet}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/feb/17/nigel-scullion-acknowledges-yidindji-cabinet-as-murrumu-pushes-for-treaty|last=Robertson|first=Joshua|date=17 February 2016|title=Self-declared sovereign Indigenous nation recognised by Australian minister|work=The Guardian}}</ref> In both cases, the declarations of independence went wholly unrecognised by the [[Government of Australia]].{{sfn|Hobbs|Williams|2022|page=192}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/nsw/murrumu-walubara-yidindji-renounces-citizenship-to-reclaim-australia-20151102-gkok6g.html|last=Howden|first=Saffron|date=2 November 2015|title=Murrumu Walubara Yidindji renounces citizenship to reclaim Australia|work=[[The Age]]}}</ref>

In 2015, the first convention of the biannual [[MicroCon]] was held in [[Anaheim, California]], United States. Hosted by the Republic of Molossia, several presentations were held by micronationalists regarding various topics in micronationalism.<ref name="QZ"/><ref name="NPR"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/microcon-2015-dictators-of-the-world-unite-at-world-summit-of-micronations--countries-too-small-to-count-10174346.html|last=Usborne|first=Simon|date=13 April 2015|title=MicroCon 2015: Dictators of the world unite at world summit of micronations - countries too small to count|work=[[The Independent]]|url-access=subscription}}</ref> The ''[[Organisation de la microfrancophonie]]'', a French intermicronational organisation, was founded in 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/series-d-ete/article/2021/08/20/flandrensis-le-grand-duche-qui-veut-sauver-la-planete_6091884_3451060.html|url-access=subscription|last=Baudet|first=Marie-Béatrice|date=20 August 2021|title=Flandrensis, le Grand-Duché qui veut sauver la planète|trans-title=Flandrensis, the Grand Duchy that wants to save the planet|language=French|work=[[Le Monde]]}}</ref> The organisation organised its first summit in 2016, hosted by the [[Principality of Aigues-Mortes]].<ref name="20min"/> In 2018, the [[Principality of Islandia]] was established by two individuals aiming to build a [[crowdfunded]] micronation.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Collett|first1=Richard|date=10 March 2022|title=They bought a Caribbean island to start their own country |url=https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/islandia-lets-buy-an-island-micronation/index.html|work=CNN}}</ref> Successfully purchasing the uninhabited [[Coffee Caye]] in the [[Caribbean Sea]] off the coast of Belize in 2019, Prime Minister of Belize [[John Briceño]] dismissed the project in 2022, calling them "stupid" and stating "We will never allow anybody to have their own country within this country [Belize] - what a stupid thing. If you stupid enough to pay a lot of money to buy [a] piece of land, good for you."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/belize-coffee-caye-buy-island-micronation-b2048047.html|last=Thackray|first=Lucy|date=31 March 2022|title=Crowdfunded private island sparks feud after owners claim it as 'micronation'|work=The Independent|url-access=subscription}}</ref>