Editing Micronation (section)

=== Websites and online communities ===
There are thousands of micronations which exist and operate solely online.{{sfn|Hobbs|Williams|2021b|p=12}} Micronationalists convene and engage with one another through several online platforms, especially [[social media]] and historically [[Internet forum|forums]] (message boards), where micronationalists can share lessons and ideas as well as gain inspiration for establishing their own micronation.{{sfn|Hobbs|Williams|2021b|p=203, 216}} [[MicroWiki]], the largest micronational [[wiki]] and [[encyclopaedia]], has thousands of articles on various topics related to micronationalism "with many country pages [on MicroWiki] longer than those of real nations [on [[Wikipedia]]]",<ref name="Independent">{{cite news|last=Usborne|first=Simon|date=13 April 2015|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|title=MicroCon 2015: Dictators of the world unite at world summit of micronations - countries too small to count|work=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> and a number of micronations exist and conduct diplomacy solely on the wiki, utilising it as an [[online community]].{{sfn|Hobbs|Williams|2021b|p=203}}{{sfn|Hayward|2018|p=163, 168}} As of October 2023, the largest micronational [[Facebook Group|group]] on [[Facebook]], ''Micronations and Alternative Polities'', had 3,400 members,<ref>{{cite web|title=Micronations and Alternative Polities|url=https://www.facebook.com/groups/micronationsandalternativepolities/|type=[[Facebook Group]]|work=[[Facebook]]|publisher=[[Meta Platforms]]|url-access=registration|quote=3.4K members}}</ref> and the [[subreddit]] forum r/micronations on [[Reddit]] had another 8,000.{{sfn|Hobbs|Williams|2021b|p=155}}<ref>{{cite web|title=r/micronations|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/micronations/|type=[[Subreddit]]|work=[[Reddit]]|publisher=[[Advance Publications]]|quote=8.2K Nation Builders}}</ref>