Editing Micronation (section)

== Functions as a sovereign state ==
[[File:Sealand Coins Flag (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|Coins minted by the Principality of Sealand]]

Micronations function in the same way as sovereign states in that they have their own government, [[constitution]], legislation, and (if a [[democracy]]) hold national elections. Micronations often have national symbols such as a [[Flags of micronations|flag]], [[coat of arms]] or seal, [[national motto|motto]] and [[national anthem|anthem]], and many micronations also issue coins, banknotes, stamps, passports, [[passport stamps]], [[orders of merit]] and bestow honours and [[false titles of nobility|titles of nobility]], although these are not recognised internationally.<ref name="Sawe"/>{{sfn|Moreau|2014|p=59–60}}{{sfn|Hobbs|Williams|2021b|p=75}}{{sfn|Ferguson|2009|p=2}} Some micronations have made profits by selling these items as [[souvenirs]] and [[memorabilia]] to tourists and via their national websites, and others have even sold [[citizenship]] and titles of nobility.<ref name="Mac">{{cite news|last=MacEacheran|first=Mike|date=6 July 2020|url=https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20200706-sealand-a-peculiar-nation-off-englands-coast|title=Sealand: A peculiar 'nation' off England's coast|work=BBC Travel|publisher=BBC News}}</ref>{{sfn|Hobbs|Williams|2021b|p=32}} Some micronational coinage and stamps, if professionally made, have become valued as [[collector's item]]s by [[numismatists]] and [[philatelists]] (stamp collectors) alike.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lee|first=Winnie|date=6 February 2020|url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/micronation-stamps|title=The Joy of Collecting Stamps From Countries That Don't Really Exist|work=[[Atlas Obscura]]}}</ref> In addition, both Sealand and Seborga have their own national [[association football]] teams. The [[Sealand national football team]] was founded in 2004<ref>{{cite news|date=7 May 2012|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/17981522|title= Ralf Little gets an international cap for Sealand|work=[[BBC Sport]]|publisher=BBC News}}</ref> and became an associate member of the [[N.F.-Board]], a federation made up of unrecognised states, [[stateless peoples]], regions and micronations that are not allowed to join [[FIFA]], in 2006.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://unpo.org/article.php?id=2715|title=NF-Board Opens Registrations for the 1st Viva World Cup in Northern Cyprus|date=1 July 2015|work=[[Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization]]}}</ref> The [[Seborga national football team]] was founded in 2014 and is run by the Football Federation of the Principality of Seborga.<ref>{{cite news|date=3 October 2022|url=https://www.riviera24.it/2022/10/la-federazione-calcistica-di-seborga-ottiene-il-primo-titolo-nazionale-italiano-782242/|title=La Federazione Calcistica di Seborga ottiene il primo titolo nazionale italiano|trans-title=The Seborga Football Federation obtains its first Italian national title|language=Italian|work=Riviera24}}</ref>