Editing Micronation (section)

=== 2020s ===
During the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] that began in 2020, several micronations imposed their own restrictions, mimicking countries.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/how-micronations-are-responding-to-the-coronavirus|last=Haines|first=Gavin|date=25 March 2020|title=How micronations are responding to the coronavirus|work=Lonely Planet}}</ref> Some inactive Internet-based micronations also returned to activity as people were commanded to stay home and quarantine.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/fake-countries-had-a-hard-time-dealing-with-the-pandemic-too-11592766597|last=Hookway|first=James|date=21 June 2020|title=Fake Countries Have a Hard Time Dealing with the Pandemic, Too|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]}}</ref> In 2020, [[Netflix]] released the film ''[[Rose Island (film)|Rose Island]]'', based on the story of engineer Giorgio Rosa and the Republic of Rose Island.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55092341|title=Rose Island: Netflix adapts the story of 'prince of anarchists' Giorgio Rosa|date=7 December 2020|work=BBC News}}</ref> In 2021, academics Harry Hobbs and George Williams published ''Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty'', a book exploring various aspects of micronationalism.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/94147|last=Corbett|first=Jack|date=May 2022|title=Book review: Micronations and the search for sovereignty|journal=Small States & Territories |volume=5|issue=1|pages=229–230}}</ref> It was published by [[Cambridge University Press]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/micronations-and-the-search-for-sovereignty/micronations-and-the-search-for-sovereignty/37C4A87BB351D4275285EC20CCCEBD50|title=Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty|series=Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|date=n.d.|isbn=978-1-009-15012-5 }}</ref> A follow-up book on micronations by Hobbs and Williams, entitled ''[[How to Rule Your Own Country: The Weird and Wonderful World of Micronations]]'', was published in 2022 by the [[University of New South Wales Press]].<ref>{{cite news|date=28 October 2022|title=Forget a castle — your home can be your very own nation|work=[[The Australian]]}}</ref> Also in 2022, illusionist [[Uri Geller]] purchased [[Lamb (island)|Lamb]], an uninhabited island off the coast of Scotland and declared it independent as the Republic of Lamb. Geller offers citizenship, with proceeds going to [[Save a Child's Heart]], an Israeli charity.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-62150163|last=Berg|first=Raffi|date=7 August 2022|title=The mysteries that gave birth to the world's newest micronation|work=BBC News}}</ref>