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[[Micronation]]s, sometimes also referred to as ''model countries'' and ''new country projects'', are small, [[self-proclaimed]] entities that assert their sovereignty as independent states but which are not acknowledged as such by any of the [[list of sovereign states|recognised sovereign states]], or by any supranational organization. They should not be confused with [[microstate]]s, which are recognised independent states of a small size, nor should they be confused with [[list of states with limited recognition|unrecognised states]], which are of more geopolitical significance because they exercise clear control of actual territory to the exclusion of widely recognized countries.

Motivations for the creation of micronations include theoretical experimentation, political protest, artistic expression, personal entertainment and the conduct of criminal activity.<ref name="Ryan">{{cite book |title=Micronations |last=Ryan |first=John |author2=Dunford, George |author3=Sellars, Simon |year=2006 |publisher=Lonely Planet |isbn=978-1-74104-730-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ZRrwrlIPSYC&pg=PA139 |access-date=24 September 2016 |archive-date=16 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416190112/https://books.google.com/books?id=5ZRrwrlIPSYC&pg=PA139 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{rp|4}}

The following is a list of notable micronations.

==Current==

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! Name and Flag
! Founded
! Description
|-
| colspan="3" | {{center|[[Antarctica]]}}
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Grand Duchy of Flandrensis]]<br>[[File:Flag of Flandrensis.svg|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]
| 2008
| style="text-align: left;" | Founded as a short-term hobby,<ref>{{cite news |date=20 May 2015 |title=New micronation faces birthing pains |work=[[USA Today]] |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/05/20/liberland-new-country-croatia-serbia-jedlika/27551047/ |url-status=live |access-date=20 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412161843/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/05/20/liberland-new-country-croatia-serbia-jedlika/27551047/ |archive-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> Flandrensis eventually became active in raising awareness of climate change, particularly as it affects polar ice and glaciers.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Hobbs |first1=Harry |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/micronations-and-the-search-for-sovereignty/B0414A3A322695D9EE71E4CDDFDA06DE |title=Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty |last2=Williams |first2=George |date=2022 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-009-15012-5 |series=Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law |location=Cambridge |access-date=27 May 2022 |archive-date=27 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527012428/https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/micronations-and-the-search-for-sovereignty/B0414A3A322695D9EE71E4CDDFDA06DE |url-status=live }}</ref> 
|-
| colspan="3" | {{center|{{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}}}
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Kingdom of Redonda]]<br>[[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Redonda.svg|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]
| 1865
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Redonda]] is a small, uninhabitable island south-west of [[Antigua]]. According to writer [[M. P. Shiel]], Redonda was claimed by his father, with the consent of the British [[Colonial Office]].<ref name="Ryan"/>{{rp|108}} Since 1967, the title of King of Redonda has been disputed, with multiple claimants. 
|-
| colspan="3" | {{center|{{flag|Australia}}}}
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Empire of Atlantium]]<br>[[File:Bandera d'Atlantium.svg|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]
| 1981
| style="text-align: left;" | This [[progressivism|progressive]] micronation claims a minuscule amount of territory in [[New South Wales]], but advocates for the abolition of international borders, and free migration.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-18/micronation-the-empire-atlantium-boorowa-nsw/6856468 |title=Empire of Atlantium: Take a glimpse into Australia's smallest micronation |work=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=18 October 2015 |access-date=15 July 2017 |archive-date=25 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925032203/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-18/micronation-the-empire-atlantium-boorowa-nsw/6856468 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Grand Duchy of Avram]]
| data-sort-value=1979.5 | 1980s
| style="text-align: left;" | Avram does not claim any territory, and primarily exists as a micronational bank, based in Australia. The Australian government brought several lawsuits against Avram's founder, [[John Charlton Rudge]]. These finally resulted in a ruling that Rudge had committed no crimes, and his banking activities subsequently were allowed to resume.<ref name="Ryan"/>{{rp|144}}
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Province of Bumbunga]]<br>[[File:Flag of Bumbunga.svg|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]
| 1976
| style="text-align: left;" | Alarmed by the possibility of [[republicanism in Australia|Australia becoming a republic]], a [[monarchy of Australia|monarchist]] declared his farm in [[Bumbunga, South Australia|Bumbunga]], [[South Australia]] an independent state loyal to [[the Crown]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/laurenlaverne/2010/09/indie-travel-guide---the-world.shtml |title=Danny Robins' Indie Travel Guide – The World Smallest Countries |work=BBC |date=16 September 2010 |access-date=23 December 2019 |archive-date=24 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924112242/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/laurenlaverne/2010/09/indie-travel-guide---the-world.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/bumbunga-governor-alec-brackstones-relentless-will-to-secede/news-story/d743e96aaf5cb71cfc28b26bf7a30a6d |title=Bumbunga Governor Alec Brackstone's relentless will to secede |date=30 June 2018 |publisher=[[Sunday Mail (Adelaide)|Sunday Mail]] |first=Craig Cook |last=Sunday Mail |quote=[...] after more than 40 years as the Governor of Bumbunga, Alec Brackstone, is still stirring up trouble for the government. The 93-year-old, former paratrooper, circus trainer, croc shooter and uranium prospector, in no mood to abdicate his title, has been keeping a low profile for the past 20 years. |access-date=22 August 2020 |archive-date=11 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011075545/https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/bumbunga-governor-alec-brackstones-relentless-will-to-secede/news-story/d743e96aaf5cb71cfc28b26bf7a30a6d |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Murrawarri Republic]]<br>[[File:Flag of Murrawarri Republic.svg|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]
| 2013
| style="text-align: left;" | The [[Muruwari|Muruwari people]] formed this micronation in [[Queensland]] and New South Wales as part of the [[Australian Indigenous Sovereignty]] movement. 
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Principality of Snake Hill]]<br>[[File:Flag of the Principality of Snake Hill.svg|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]
| 2003
| style="text-align: left;" | A family in New South Wales who were unable to afford their taxes seceded from Australia.<ref>Matt Siegel, [https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/04/the-royal-me/308912/ The Royal Me] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803162556/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/04/the-royal-me/308912/ |date=3 August 2020 }}. April 2012 issue. ''[[The Atlantic]]''. Retrieved 25 July 2020.</ref>
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Principality of Wy]]<br>[[File:Flag of the Principality of Wy.svg|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]
| 2004
| style="text-align: left;" | During a long-running dispute with [[Mosman Council|the local council]] over a building permit, [[Paul Delprat]] seceded from [[Mosman, New South Wales|Mosman]], a suburb of [[Sydney]].<ref name=dtlose>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/north-shore/prince-of-wy-paul-delprat-loses-driveway-court-battle/news-story/45ed4e062cdeb539d51600d10529eec7 |title=Prince of Wy Paul Delprat loses driveway court battle |work=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|Daily Telegraph]] |date=17 July 2013 |access-date=24 July 2017 |archive-date=25 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925015221/https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/north-shore/prince-of-wy-paul-delprat-loses-driveway-court-battle/news-story/45ed4e062cdeb539d51600d10529eec7?nk=2b6acee396b0d29dad06c0e03bbafbc1-1632534741 |url-status=live }}</ref> He did not claim to have seceded from New South Wales or Australia, however.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/prince-paul-vs-mosman-council-maintaining-a-right-royal-rage/news-story/6f3204a38a81f431e2b0eb9b0a8dc9ef |title='Why, Willoughby begins with a W, Wy begins with a W, it's all quite wonderful my dear!' |work=Daily Telegraph |date=14 April 2017}}</ref> Wy is a supporter of art. 
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Sovereign Yidindji Government]]<br>[[File:Sovereign Yidindji Government flag.png|141x141px|alt=flag]]
| 2013
| style="text-align: left;" | The [[Yidiny people]], led by [[Jeremy Geia|Murrumu Walubara Yidindji]], formed this micronation in Queensland as part of the Australian Indigenous Sovereignty movement.
|-
| colspan="3" | {{center|{{flag|Austria}}}}
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Kugelmugel|People's Republic of Kugelmugel]]<br>[[File:Flag of Kugelmugel in Austria.png|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]
| 1975
| style="text-align: left;" | An artist built a spherical residence in [[Katzelsdorf]], resulting in a dispute with local authorities over construction permits for it. Four years later, the artist declared his unusual structure an independent state. In 1982, it was moved to its current location in the [[Prater]], a large park in [[Leopoldstadt]], [[Vienna]], where it is maintained by the city as a tourist attraction. The republic has several hundred citizens (none of whom live in the building).<ref name="Ryan"/>{{rp|82–83}}
|-
| colspan="3" |{{Center|{{flag|Belgium}}}}
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[:fr:République_Libre_d'Outremeuse|Free Republic of Outremeuse]]
| 1927
|Inspired by the [[:fr:Commune_libre_de_Montmartre|Free Municipality of Montmartre]]. The first president was Jean Warroquiers (who gave his name to a street in Outremeuse) and the first mayor was Joseph Dumont.
|-
| colspan="3" | {{center|{{flag|Belize}}}}
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Principality of Islandia]]<br>[[File:Islandia-2.png|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]
| 2018
| style="text-align: left;" | This [[crowdfunding|crowdfunded]] micronation claims Coffee Cay, an uninhabited island near [[Belize City]].<ref name="Collett" >{{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 |access-date=10 March 2022 |archive-date=10 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310113229/https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/islandia-lets-buy-an-island-micronation/index.html/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| colspan="3" | {{center|{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}}}
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Blidinje plateau#Hajdučka Republika Mijata Tomića|Hajduk Republic of Mijat Tomić]]
| 2002
| style="text-align: left;" | An owner of a motel on the [[Blidinje plateau|Blidinje Plateau]] seceded from [[Herzegovina]] after a jurisdictional dispute between three local municipalities, naming his micronation after [[hajduk]] [[Mijat Tomić]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nezavisne.com/nedjeljne/vijesti/17757/Hajduci-na-Vranu-ljude-samo-po-ocima-pamte.html |title=Hajduci na Vranu ljude samo po očima pamte |publisher=Nezavisne |access-date=30 June 2008 |language=hr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20090705053811/http://www.nezavisne.com/nedjeljne/vijesti/17757/Hajduci-na-Vranu-ljude-samo-po-ocima-pamte.html |archive-date=5 July 2009 }}</ref>
|-
| colspan="3" | {{center|{{flag|Canada}}}}
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Quebec#Le Royaume de L'Anse-Saint-Jean / Kingdom of L'Anse-Saint-Jean|Kingdom of L'Anse-Saint-Jean]]<br>

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| 1997
| style="text-align: left;" | By referendum, the citizens of [[L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Quebec|L'Anse-Saint-Jean]], [[Quebec]], chose to declare the municipality a "municipal monarchy", as a way to promote tourism.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Gardinetti|first1=Georges|last2=Vézina|first2=Valérie|date=2021|title=Anachronistic Progressivism: Advancing Sovereignty through Monarchy – The story of the Kingdom of L'Anse-Saint-Jean|url=http://www.transformationsjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Trans35_04_Gardinetti_Vezina.pdf|journal=Transformations|volume=35|pages=52–64|access-date=2 August 2021|archive-date=2 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802052920/http://www.transformationsjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Trans35_04_Gardinetti_Vezina.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Rathnelly|Republic of Rathnelly]]<br>
| 1967
| style="text-align: left;" | A [[Toronto]] neighbourhood declared itself an independent republic during the celebration of [[Canadian centennial|Canada's centennial]] on July 1, 1967.<ref name="toronto_star_rathnelly">{{cite news|last1=Zekas|first1=Rita|title=Author Katherine Govier reigns over eclectic house|url=https://www.thestar.com/life/homes/decor/2010/08/06/author_katherine_govier_reigns_over_eclectic_house.html|date=6 August 2010|access-date=13 April 2018|publisher=Toronto Star|archive-date=14 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414010940/https://www.thestar.com/life/homes/decor/2010/08/06/author_katherine_govier_reigns_over_eclectic_house.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="star_rathnelly_50">{{cite news|last1=Lalani|first1=Azzura|title=Rebellious 'Republic of Rathnelly' celebrates 50 years|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/06/12/rebellious-republic-of-rathnelly-celebrates-50-years.html|access-date=13 April 2018|publisher=Toronto Star|date=12 June 2017|archive-date=14 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414011036/https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/06/12/rebellious-republic-of-rathnelly-celebrates-50-years.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The "Republic of Rathnelly" elected a queen and celebrates "Rathnelly Day" biennially.<ref name="rep_rathnelly_day">{{cite web|title=Rathnelly Day|url=http://www.rathnellyrepublic.com/rathnelly-day/|website=Republic of Rathnelly|access-date=13 April 2018|archive-date=12 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412160755/http://www.rathnellyrepublic.com/rathnelly-day|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| colspan="3" | {{center|{{flag|Chile}}}}
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Glacier Republic]]<br>[[File:Glacier Republic Flag.svg|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]
| 2014
| style="text-align: left;" | In order to draw attention to the country's lack of legal protections for glaciers, [[Greenpeace]] declared Chile's ice sheets a micronation.<ref>{{cite news|title=Chile: Activists 'create nation' to protect glaciers|work=BBC News|date=11 March 2014|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-26520166|access-date=30 November 2015|archive-date=11 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311013549/https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-26520166|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Greenpeace Chile plants flag in Andes to create new 'Glacier Republic'|work=Santiago Times|date=6 March 2014|url=http://santiagotimes.cl/greenpeace-chile-plants-flag-andes-create-new-glacier-republic|access-date=30 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115185845/http://santiagotimes.cl/greenpeace-chile-plants-flag-andes-create-new-glacier-republic/|archive-date=15 January 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| colspan="3" | {{center|{{flag|Czech Republic}}}}
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Other World Kingdom]]<br>[[File:Flag of the Other World Kingdom.svg|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]
| 1996
| style="text-align: left;" | A [[BDSM]] resort specializing in [[dominatrix|female dominance]], located in a [[château]] in [[Černá (Žďár nad Sázavou District)|Černá]], [[Žďár nad Sázavou District]], claims to be an independent [[matriarchy]]. 
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Kingdom of Wallachia]]<br>[[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Wallachia.svg|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]
| 1997
| style="text-align: left;" | This micronation in [[Moravian Wallachia]] was founded as a joke. A leadership dispute eventually ended up in a Czech court.
|-
| colspan="3" | {{center|{{flag|Denmark}}}}
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Freetown Christiania]]<br>[[File:Flag of Christiania.svg|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]
| 1971
| style="text-align: left;" | Christiania is an [[intentional community]] and commune on the site of a former military base in [[Copenhagen]]. Known for its trade in cannabis, which is illegal in Denmark, the micronation was ranked in 2016 as the fourth most popular tourist attraction in Copenhagen.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/28/christiania-copenhagen-squat-last-stand |title=Christiania, one of Europe's most famous communes, faces last stand |work=The Guardian |date=28 April 2011 |access-date=20 July 2017 |archive-date=4 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804054449/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/28/christiania-copenhagen-squat-last-stand |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Faltin |first=Tine |date=25 December 2013 |title=En rusten plattform og et kuleformet hus mener de er egne stater - Disse ni europeiske landene eksisterer egentlig ikke. |language=Norwegian |work=[[Dagbladet]] |url=https://www.dagbladet.no/tema/en-rusten-plattform-og-et-kuleformet-hus-mener-de-er-egne-stater/61929700 |url-status=live |url-access=registration |access-date=25 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613020436/https://www.dagbladet.no/tema/en-rusten-plattform-og-et-kuleformet-hus-mener-de-er-egne-stater/61929700 |archive-date=13 June 2022}}</ref>
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| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Kingdom of Elleore]]<br>[[File:Flag of Elleore.svg|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]
| 1944
| style="text-align: left;" | A group of schoolteachers declared the independence of Elleore, an island in a [[fjord]] of [[Zealand]], after they had purchased it for a summer camp.<ref name="Ryan"/>{{rp|42}} It is uninhabited, except during an annual gathering of the micronation's citizens.
|- 
| colspan="3" | {{center|{{flag|France}}}}
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Principality of Aigues-Mortes]]<br>[[File:Flag of Principality of Aigues-Mortes.svg|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]
| 2010
| style="text-align: left;" | The city of [[Aigues-Mortes]] named itself a [[principality]] as a publicity stunt.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Lessen |first1=Julia van |last2=Petermann |first2=Sandra |date=31 October 2021 |title=Peripheries. Playgrounds of Society |url=https://img-journal.unibo.it/article/view/12863 |journal=Img Journal |language=en |issue=5 |pages=216–237 |doi=10.6092/issn.2724-2463/12863 |issn=2724-2463 |access-date=20 May 2022 |archive-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522003059/https://img-journal.unibo.it/article/view/12863 |url-status=live }}</ref> Its claim is based on a local legend of [[Louis IX of France|Louis IX]] bestowing the title of prince on one of his [[squire]]s, who was from the city.
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| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia#Pretenders to the throne after Antoine de Tounens|Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia]]<br>[[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia.svg|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]
| 1873
| style="text-align: left;" | After the [[Occupation of Araucanía|fall of the kingdom]] and death of [[Orélie-Antoine de Tounens|Orélie-Antoine]], the title of King of Patagonia passed between various French citizens. The current "king" is [[Frédéric Luz]]. In 1998, some French 'invaded' [[Minquiers|The Minquiers]] on behalf of the '[[Philippe Boiry|King of Patagonia]]' in 'retaliation' for the British occupation of the [[Falkland Islands]].<ref name=CambridgeWireless2007/><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bicudo de Castro |first=Vicente |last2=Fleury |first2=Christian |last3=Johnson |first3=Henry |date=2023 |title=Micronational claims and sovereignty in the Minquiers and Écréhous |url=https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/109185 |journal=Small States & Territories |volume=6 |issue=1 |pages=35-48}}</ref> The [[Union Jack]] was restored the next day.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 September 1998 |title=Husband and wife interrupt day trip to reconquer Channel isle for Britain |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/husband-and-wife-interrupt-day-trip-to-reconquer-channel-isle-for-britain-1195432.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220515/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/husband-and-wife-interrupt-day-trip-to-reconquer-channel-isle-for-britain-1195432.html |archive-date=2022-05-15 |url-status=live |access-date=16 February 2022 |website=[[The Independent]] |url-access=registration}}</ref>
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| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Laàs#Principality of Laàs|Principality of Laàs en Béarn]]<br>[[File:Flag of the Principality of Laàs.svg|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]
| 2015
| style="text-align: left;" | Alleging that it was neglected by the national government, the [[communes of France|commune]] of [[Laàs]] seceded from France.<ref>{{Cite web|title = France: The principality of Laàs en Béarn {{!}} All media content {{!}} DW.COM {{!}} 29.10.2014|url = http://www.dw.com/en/france-the-principality-of-la%25C3%25A0s-en-b%25C3%25A9arn/av-18029122|website = DW.COM|access-date = 3 January 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160923130213/http://www.dw.com/en/france-the-principality-of-la%C3%A0s-en-b%C3%A9arn/av-18029122|archive-date = 23 September 2016|url-status = dead}}</ref> 
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| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Holy Empire of Reunion]]<br>[[File:Flag of the Holy Empire of Reunion.svg|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]
| 1997
| style="text-align: left;" | Brazilian law students created this "parody of the [[overseas departments and regions of France|French overseas department]]" of Réunion, south-west of [[Mauritius#Mauritius Island|Mauritius Island]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shimajournal.org/issues/v5n2/f.%20Taglioni%20Shima%20v5n2%2045-67.pdf|title=INSULARITY, POLITICAL STATUS AND SMALL INSULAR SPACES|access-date=7 February 2015|last=Taglioni|first=François|archive-date=7 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207194352/http://www.shimajournal.org/issues/v5n2/f.%20Taglioni%20Shima%20v5n2%2045-67.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{in lang|pt}}(5 August 1998). [http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/informat/fr05089802.htm Micronação sai do quarto para a Internet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128102958/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/informat/fr05089802.htm |date=28 January 2021 }}, Folha de S.Paulo; accessed 30 November 2015.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://kurier.ty-i.net/2014/11/11/czlowiek-wodka-patrzy-na-lepszy-swiat|title=Człowiek-wódka patrzy na lepszy świat|publisher=Kurier|access-date=7 February 2015|language=pl|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226001550/http://kurier.ty-i.net/2014/11/11/czlowiek-wodka-patrzy-na-lepszy-swiat/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.diritto.it/articoli/informatica/iolis.html|title=Teoria delle Micronazioni|access-date=7 February 2015|last=Iolis|first=Andrea|language=it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717070841/http://www.diritto.it/articoli/informatica/iolis.html|archive-date=17 July 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Republic of Saugeais]]<br>[[File:Flag of Saugeais.svg|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]
| 1947
| style="text-align: left;" | While the [[prefect (France)|prefect]] of [[Doubs]] was visiting the Saugeais, a valley in his [[departments of France|department]], a local hotel owner referred to a "Republic of Saugeais". Going along with the joke, the prefect asked for details about the non-existent nation, which the hotel owner promptly invented. The prefect responded by naming him President of the Republic of Saugeais.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Eyres |first=Lebby |title=A tiny 'country' between France and Switzerland |language=en |work=[[BBC]] |publication-date=12 March 2020 |url=https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20200311-a-tiny-country-between-france-and-switzerland |url-status=live |access-date=30 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210317023144/http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20200311-a-tiny-country-between-france-and-switzerland |archive-date=17 March 2021}}Lebby Eyres [http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20200311-a-tiny-country-between-france-and-switzerland "A Tiny Country between France and Switzerland"]  BBC 12 March 2020.</ref> The micronation comprises eleven communes in Doubs.<ref name="Ryan"/>{{rp|122–124}}
|-
| colspan="3" | {{center|{{flag|Israel}}}}
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Akhzivland]]<br>[[File:Flag of Akhzivland.svg|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]
| 1971
| style="text-align: left;" | A squatter in the ancient, abandoned village of [[Achziv]] slowly established a popular vacation spot. Annoyed by the encroachment of various government projects, he and his wife finally declared their haven independent. He then brought a lawsuit against the Israeli government, which resulted in the award of a 99-year lease to him,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goworldtravel.com/travel-israel-a-world-of-his-own-eli-avivi/ |title=A World of His Own: Eli Avivi |work=Go World Travel Magazine |date=7 January 2013 |access-date=15 July 2017 |archive-date=15 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415004533/https://www.goworldtravel.com/travel-israel-a-world-of-his-own-eli-avivi/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hayward|first=Philip|date=2019|title=Under the Mermaid Flag: Achzivland and the performance of micronationality on ancestral Palestinian land|journal=Coolabah|volume=27|pages=72–89|doi=10.1344/co20192772-89|doi-access=free|hdl=10453/147621|hdl-access=free}}</ref> but not full legal recognition of his micronation. Akhzivland's founder died in 2018. Although he was survived by his wife, the subsequent status of the micronation was unclear.<ref>{{Cite news|title=President of fancied hippie micro-state Achzivland in northern Israel dies at 88|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-eli-avivi-president-of-fancied-state-of-achzivland-dies-at-88-1.6095276|access-date=7 February 2021|newspaper=Haaretz|language=en|archive-date=17 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517011357/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-eli-avivi-president-of-fancied-state-of-achzivland-dies-at-88-1.6095276|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| colspan="3" | {{center|{{flag|Italy}}}}
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Filettino#Campaign for independence|Principality of Filettino]]<br>[[File:Flag of the Principality of Filettino.png|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]
| 2011
|Created by the mayor of Filettino in protest at the Italian government's austerity measure that reorganised the local government of towns with less than 1,000 residents.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14774526 |title=Italian town Filettino declares independence |work=[[BBC News]] |date=3 September 2011 |access-date=20 June 2018 |archive-date=20 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120234743/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14774526 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Principality of Seborga]]<br>[[File:Flag of the Principality of Seborga -v.svg|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]
| 1963
| style="text-align: left;" | Citing medieval documents, a resident of [[Seborga]] asserted that the town had been a sovereign state since 954{{nbsp}}AD.<ref name="Ryan"/>{{rp|55}} Seborga does not claim to be exempt from Italian legal jurisdiction, however. Although the town's declaration that it is an independent nation is generally seen as a ploy to increase tourism, Seborga has been recognized by about twenty countries.<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite news |title=Obituary: His Tremendousness Giorgio Carbone |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/royalty-obituaries/6671765/His-Tremendousness-Giorgio-Carbone.html |access-date=17 January 2021 |work=The Telegraph |date=27 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091201012903/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/royalty-obituaries/6671765/His-Tremendousness-Giorgio-Carbone.html |archive-date=1 December 2009|url-status=live}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=April 2024}} 
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| colspan="3" | {{center|{{flag|Lithuania}}}}
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Republic of Užupis]]<br>[[File:Flag of the Republic of Uzupis.gif|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]<br>{{efn|The colour of the [[glossary of vexillology#Flag elements|emblem]] on the flag changes seasonally, i.e., blue in winter, green in spring, yellow in summer, and red in autumn.}}
| 1997
| style="text-align: left;" | Užupis is a neighbourhood in the [[Vilnius Old Town|Old Town of Vilnius]] which declared itself a republic. The dilapidated area long has been favoured by artists. The micronation has an eccentric constitution, and has appointed ambassadors not only to countries, but also to other neighbourhoods and cities, historical locations that no longer exist, and even concepts.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2000/03/kingdoms/|title=It's Good to Be King|magazine=Wired|access-date=4 August 2017|date=March 2000|archive-date=29 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029090018/https://www.wired.com/2000/03/kingdoms/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Foreign Affairs Ministry |url=http://uzhupisembassy.eu/foreign-affairs-ministry/ |access-date=8 April 2023 |website=Užupis Everywhere |language=en}}</ref>
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| colspan="3" | {{center|{{flag|New Zealand}}}}
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Whangamōmona#Republic Day|Republic of Whangamōmona]]<br>[[File:Seal of Whangamomona.png|border|150x150px|alt=seal]]<br>{{efn|Seal of Whangamōmona.}}
| 1989
| style="text-align: left;" | Residents of [[Whangamōmona]] objected to the [[regions of New Zealand|regional]] placement of their township after [[1989 New Zealand local government reforms|a restructuring of local government]], and declared Whangamōmona a republic. 
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| colspan="3" | {{center|{{flag|North Macedonia}}}}
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Republic of Vevčani]]<br>[[File:Flag of Vevčani Municipality, North Macedonia.svg|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]
| 1991 and 2000
| style="text-align: left;" | Eleven days after the [[1991 Macedonian independence referendum|secession of Macedonia]] ([[Macedonia naming dispute|now named North Macedonia]]) from [[Yugoslavia]], residents of the village of [[Vevčani]] almost unanimously voted, in turn, to become independent from Macedonia. The Macedonian government later allowed Vevčani to separate from [[Struga Municipality]], and become [[Vevčani Municipality|a municipality of its own]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Collett |first=Richard |date=4 November 2022 |title=North Macedonia's quirky micronation |language=en |work=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20221103-north-macedonias-quirky-micronation |access-date=10 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=6 January 2002 |title=Macedonia Tolerates A 'Republic' In Its Midst |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/06/world/macedonia-tolerates-a-republic-in-its-midst.html |access-date=10 April 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> 
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| colspan="3" | {{center|{{flag|South Korea}}}}
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Namiseom#Naminara Republic|Naminara Republic]]<br>[[File:Flag of the Naminara Republic.svg|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]
| 2006
|[[Namiseom|Nami Island]] is home to the Naminara Republic, a self-declared micronation described as  "a tourist destination that advocates the concept of a nation."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.v.daum.net/v/20060301180909297|title=남이섬, '나미나라공화국'으로 독립 선포|language=ko|date=1 March 2006|access-date=21 June 2022}}</ref> On 20 July 2018, a retired [[M48 Patton]] tank was received from the [[Republic of Korea Armed Forces]].{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}
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| colspan="3" | {{center|[[Spratly Islands]]}}
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Republic of Morac-Songhrati-Meads]]<br>[[File:Flag of Morac-Songhrati-Meads.svg|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]
| 1877
| style="text-align: left;" | This micronation, also known as the Kingdom of Humanity, claims the Spratly Islands, an [[archipelago]] in the [[South China Sea]] which is the subject of [[Spratly Islands dispute|a territorial dispute]] between several recognized countries as well.<ref>Marwyn S. Samuels, ''Contest for the South China Sea'' (1982)</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Law, Power, and the Sovereign State|last=Fowler|first=Michael|author2=Julie Marie Bunck |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oAp_97VvpMIC&q=%22James+George+Meads%22&pg=PA54|pages=54–55|year=1995|publisher=Pennsylvania State University Press|isbn=0-271-01470-9}}</ref>
|-
| colspan="3" | {{center|{{flag|Sweden}}}}
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Republic of Jamtland|United Republics of Jämtland, Härjedalen, and Ravund]]<br>[[File:Unofficial Flag of Jamtland.svg|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]
| 1963
| style="text-align: left;" | The republics (''Republic of Jämtland'' for short) base their claim of independence upon [[Jämtland]]'s autonomy prior to [[Battle of Storsjön|1178]]. Their objective is to promote Jämtlandic culture. 
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Ladonia (micronation)|Royal Republic of Ladonia]]<br>[[File:Flag of Ladonia with contours.svg|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]
| 1996
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Lars Vilks]] created two sculptures in the [[Kullaberg]] nature reserve. When the art was discovered, the local council ruled that it should be removed, resulting in a legal battle. After he lost in court, Vilks declared an area around his sculptures independent. 
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| colspan="3" | {{center|{{flag|United Kingdom}}}}
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Forewick Holm#Declaration of Dependence|Sovereign State of Forvik]]<br>[[File:Flag of Forvik.gif|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]
| 2008
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Stuart "Captain Calamity" Hill]] squatted on [[Forewick Holm]] in [[Shetland]]. He declared it to be a [[Crown Dependencies|Crown Dependency]], claiming that Shetland had not been legally integrated into the United Kingdom after [[Christian I of Denmark|Christian I]] of Denmark [[History of Shetland#Pawned to Scotland|pawned it]] to [[James III of Scotland|James III]] of [[Scotland]] in 1469.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/jun/19/scotland.britishidentity |title=Captain Calamity leads breakaway of Shetland islet from UK |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=19 June 2008 |access-date=12 December 2016 |archive-date=1 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501183542/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/jun/19/scotland.britishidentity |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Free Borough of Llanrwst]]<br>[[File:Flag of the Free Borough of Llanrwst.svg|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]
| 1276 and 1947
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Llywelyn ap Gruffudd]], [[Prince of Wales]], declared the town of [[Llanrwst]] a "[[borough status in the United Kingdom|free borough]]", and not part of the [[Diocese of St Asaph|Diocese of Llanelwy]]. This royal privilege was successfully defended against reversal by the Catholic Church for some decades. 
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| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Principality of Sealand]]<br>[[File:Flag of Sealand.svg|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]
| 1967
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Paddy Roy Bates]] took over [[HM Fort Roughs]], a defunct [[Maunsell Forts|Maunsell Fort]] built off the coast of [[Suffolk]] during World War II, and declared it an independent country. At the time, the fort was international waters. In 1978, Germany sent a diplomat to Sealand to negotiate with Bates for the release of a German citizen who claimed to be Sealand's prime minister, and had led a failed attack on the fort. Bates would thereafter claim that the dispatching of the emissary constituted recognition of Sealand by Germany. The purported prime minister set up a Sealand [[government in exile]] after being repatriated to Germany. In 1987, the United Kingdom extended its territorial waters, which now encompass Sealand.<ref name="Ryan"/>{{rp|8–13}}
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| colspan="3" | {{center|{{flag|United States}}}}
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Conch Republic]]<br>[[File:Flag of Key West, Florida.svg|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]
| 1982
| style="text-align: left;" | Frustrated by a [[United States Border Patrol]] checkpoint on the only road into [[Key West]], [[Florida]], the city's leaders, including mayor [[Dennis Wardlow]], humorously declared Key West independent.<ref name="Ryan"/>{{rp|130}} The republic later expanded its territorial claims to include a nearby area on the Florida mainland.
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| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Maritime Republic of Eastport]]
| 1998
| style="text-align: left;" | When Eastport temporarily was cut off from the rest of [[Annapolis, Maryland|Annapolis]], [[Maryland]], by maintenance on a drawbridge, a group of residents of the neighbourhood declared it independent, as a way to promote business.<ref name="Dufner">Dufner, Connie (26 August 2020) [https://www.washingtonpost.com/realestate/eastport-no-pier-pressure-in-this-eclectic-corner-of-annapolis/2020/08/25/8781c152-e2f5-11ea-8181-606e603bb1c4_story.html Eastport: No pier pressure in this eclectic corner of Annapolis] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810014507/https://www.washingtonpost.com/realestate/eastport-no-pier-pressure-in-this-eclectic-corner-of-annapolis/2020/08/25/8781c152-e2f5-11ea-8181-606e603bb1c4_story.html |date=10 August 2022 }}. ''[[The Washington Post]]''. Retrieved 28 April 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.visitannapolis.org/things-to-do/landmarks-and-neighborhoods/eastport/ Eastport: A Different Side of Annapolis] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522225312/https://www.visitannapolis.org/things-to-do/landmarks-and-neighborhoods/eastport/ |date=22 May 2022 }}. ''visitANNAPOLIS''. Visit Annapolis & Anne Arundel County. Retrieved 28 April 2021.</ref>
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| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Kingdom of EnenKio]]<br>[[File:Flag of EnenKio.svg|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]
| 1994
| style="text-align: left;" | Mainly known as a front for financial fraud,<ref name=quakio>{{cite web |url=http://www.quatloos.com/enenkio.htm |title=The Kingdom of Enen Kio |work=[[Quatloos!]] |access-date=20 July 2017 |archive-date=11 October 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021011045714/http://www.quatloos.com/enenkio.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> this micronation claims as its territory Wake Island, a remote [[atoll]] in the [[Pacific Ocean]] that is a United States [[insular area]], but is also claimed by the [[Marshall Islands]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3864881/wake_island_claimed_by_marshall_islands/ |title=Wake Island Claimed By Marshall Islanders |work=The Cameron Herald |date=8 February 1973 |page=2 |access-date=20 July 2017 |archive-date=19 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819040955/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3864881/wake_island_claimed_by_marshall_islands/ |url-status=live }}</ref> EnenKio has ties to Melchezidek ({{abbr|q.v.|see also}}), another micronation.
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| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Ganienkeh]]
| 1974
| style="text-align: left;" | A group of [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] of the [[Mohawk people|Mohawk tribe]] occupied an area near [[Moss Lake (New York)|Moss Lake]], in [[New York (state)|New York State]], claiming it to be part of a far larger territory that had been illegally acquired from indigenous Americans in 1797.<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 December 1976 |title=Indians Seeking Support for Their Land Claims |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/12/15/archives/indians-seeking-support-for-their-land-claims.html |access-date=13 May 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> After years of negotiations with the state, the group agreed to move to an area near [[Altona, New York|Altona]]. Issues of sovereignty remain unresolved.<ref name="Footnotes to History- G to J">{{cite web|url=http://www.buckyogi.com/footnotes/natgj.htm |title=Footnotes to History- G to J |publisher=buckyogi.com |access-date=30 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181944/http://www.buckyogi.com/footnotes/natgj.htm |archive-date=3 March 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ganienkeh.net|title=Information from the People of Ganienkeh|access-date=30 November 2015|publisher=ganienkeh.net|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226001554/http://www.ganienkeh.net/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Republic of Molossia]]<br>[[File:Flag of the Republic of Molossia.svg|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]
| 1977
| style="text-align: left;" | This micronation existed only as a concept until its founder, Kevin Baugh, bought land in [[Nevada]] in 1998.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Totten |first=Kristy |date=31 May 2016 |title=Nevada Is Home To A Micronation—But Don't Tell The Micronation That |language=en |work=[[Nevada Public Radio]] |url=https://knpr.org/show/knprs-state-of-nevada/2016-05-31/nevada-is-home-to-a-micronation-but-dont-tell-the-micronation-that |access-date=12 April 2023}}</ref> The micronation was featured as the setting for [[Doug Walker (comedian)|Doug Walker]]'s 2010 film "Kickassia" where Kevin Baugh played a fictional version of himself and primary opponent of Walker's YouTube persona the [[Nostalgia Critic]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1757779/ | title=Kickassia | website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Imaginary Republic of Molossia |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-imaginary-republic-of-molossia/ |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=Vice.com |date=April 26, 2013 |language=en}}</ref> Molossia's leader, Kevin Baugh, also servers an influential role in [[MicroCon]] as the event's creator and has even hosted "MicroCon 2015" in Southern California.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Harry|last1=Hobbs|last2=Williams|first2=George|author1-link=Harry Hobbs|author2-link=George Williams (lawyer)|title=[[Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty]]|year=2021|series=[[List of Cambridge University Press book series|Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law]]|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|isbn=978-1-00915-0-125|doi=10.1017/9781009150132.001|s2cid=245459675|pages=102, 155}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nhpr.org/2015-04-10/microcon-2015-leaders-of-self-proclaimed-nations-meet-in-southern-california | title=MicroCon 2015: Leaders of Self-Proclaimed Nations Meet in Southern California | date=10 April 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=A meet up of micronationalists from around the world! |url=https://www.molossia.org/microcon/microcon2015.html |access-date=22 Nov 2024 |website=The Official Website of the Republic of Molossia}}</ref>
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| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Most Serene Federal Republic of Montmartre]]
|data-sort-value=1965| {{circa}}1965
| style="text-align: left;" | This republic, retroactively dated to 1636, encompasses the [[Theater District, Manhattan|Theater District]] in the [[boroughs of New York City|borough]] of [[Manhattan]] in [[New York City]]. In the late 1970s, a dispute between Montmartre's founder and [[Verizon New York#Predecessor companies|New York Telephone]], over whether the micronation could be listed in the [[blue pages|government pages]] of the phone book, ended up in front of the [[New York Public Service Commission]]. The commission vacillated, alternately issuing rulings in favour of each party, and listings for the republic did appear in at least a few editions of the New York Telephone book. 
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| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[United Territories of the Sovereign Nation of The People's Republic of Slowjamastan]]
| 2021
| style="text-align: left;" | A micronation in [[Imperial County]], [[Southern California]] that was founded by [[slow jam]] DJ [[Randy Williams (DJ)|Randy Williams]]. It claims an empty, 11-acre plot of desert land along the [[California State Route 78]] that Williams purchased for $19,000.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/man-creates-own-micronation-in-southern-california-slowjamastan/|last=Radin|first=Danielle|date=5 July 2023|title=Man creates own 'micronation' in Southern California: Slowjamastan|work=[[CBS News]]|access-date=17 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2023/06/08/travel/slowjamastan-micronation|last=Collett|first=Richard|date=21 June 2023|title=He ran out of countries to visit, so he created his own|work=[[CNN]]|access-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
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| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Washitaw Nation]]<br>[[File:Flag of the Washitaw Nation.svg|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]
|data-sort-value=1989.5| 1990s
| style="text-align: left;" | The Washitaw Nation is an [[African Americans|African American]] group that defines itself ethnically, rather than by territory, akin to a Native American tribe. It is associated with the [[Moorish Science Temple of America]], a religious sect. It is also considered part of the [[sovereign citizen movement]], a category of people, primarily in the United States, who believe that various forms of government authority are illegitimate.
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| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Zaqistan]]<br>[[File:Zaqistan flag.png|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]
| 2005
| style="text-align: left;" | This micronation claims a small area in [[Utah]].<ref name=peoliv>{{cite news |url=http://people.com/celebrity/new-yorker-zaq-landsberg-creates-his-own-slice-of-nothing-called-zaqistan/ |title=New Yorker Zaq Landsberg Creates His Own Country Called Zaqistan in Remote Utah Desert – But He Doesn't Live There |work=People |date=27 October 2015 |access-date=24 July 2017 |archive-date=19 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519022205/http://people.com/celebrity/new-yorker-zaq-landsberg-creates-his-own-slice-of-nothing-called-zaqistan/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| colspan="3" | {{center|{{flag|Uruguay}}}}
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Parva Domus|Republic of Parva Domus Magna Quies]]<br>[[File:Bandera Parva Domus.svg|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]
| 1878
| style="text-align: left;" | This social organization declared itself an independent country. A residence in the [[Punta Carretas]] neighbourhood of [[Montevideo]], and the plot of land on which the building sits, constitute the micronation's territory.
|-
| colspan="3" | {{center|Other}}
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Elgaland-Vargaland]]<br>[[File:Elgaland-Vargaland flag.png|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]
| 1992
| style="text-align: left;" | This [[conceptual art]] project was created by [[Carl Michael von Hausswolff]] and [[Leif Elggren]]. The micronation claims international borders as its territory, as well as other "interstitial territories" such as [[Limbo]], and counts all dead persons as its citizens. In 2007, Elgaland-Vargaland claimed to have annexed [[Isola di San Michele]], in the [[Venetian Lagoon]]. 
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Liberland|Free Republic of Liberland]]<br>[[File:Flag of Liberland.svg|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]
| 2015
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Vít Jedlička]] founded this micronation, which claims part of the land on the [[Croatia–Serbia border dispute|disputed border of Serbia and Croatia]]. Access to the area asserted to be Liberland is mostly controlled by Croatia. [[YouTube]] host [[Niko Omilana]] visited the land in April 2023.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb8T9X5K1AA |title=SNEAKING Into A BANNED Country |website=[[YouTube]] |date=29 July 2023 |access-date=2 August 2023}}</ref> There are approximately 20 Liberland citizens on the territory as of August 2023.<ref>[https://www.telegraf.rs/vesti/jugosfera/3734102-ekipa-telegrafa-uplovila-u-liberland-s-pecatom-nove-drzave-od-avanture-u-dzungli-do-ozbiljne-svetske-price "Ekipa Telegrafa uplovila u Liberland s pečatom nove "države": Od avanture u džungli do ozbiljne svetske priče"]</ref>
|-
| colspan="3" | {{center|Global states or no territory}}
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Asgardia|Space Kingdom of Asgardia]]<br>[[File:Flag of the Space Kingdom of Asgardia.png|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]
| 2016
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Igor Ashurbeyli]] founded Asgardia, which has the objective of creating a colony in orbit that is an independent country. Under the [[Outer Space Treaty]], no nation may lay claim to territory in space. A number of smaller countries are not parties to this treaty, however. Asgardia launched a small satellite in 2017, and claimed the space occupied by it as the micronation's territory.<ref name=scicre>{{cite news |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/space-oddity-group-claims-have-created-nation-space |title=Space oddity: Group claims to have created nation in space |work=[[Science (magazine)|ScienceInsider]] |date=12 October 2016 |access-date=15 July 2017 |archive-date=29 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629115542/http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/10/space-oddity-group-claims-have-created-nation-space |url-status=live }}</ref> The satellite re-entered the atmosphere and burnt up in 2022,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=43049 |title=ASGARDIA 1 |work=N2YO.com |date=12 September 2022 |access-date=20 September 2022}}</ref> as was expected. 
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Austenasia|Empire of Austenasia]]<br>[[File:Flag of Austenasia.svg|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]
| 2008
| style="text-align: left;" | Austenasia purports to be a successor to the [[Roman Empire]]. It was founded in a house, which now serves as the micronation's capital, in [[London Borough of Sutton|Sutton]], a [[London boroughs|borough]] of [[Greater London]], [[United Kingdom]]. Austenasia's claimed territory has been extended to other small properties around the world as new citizens have joined the micronation.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.suttonguardian.co.uk/archive/2009/01/22/news_top_stories/4064529.Carshalton_home_declares_itself_independent_state |title=Carshalton home declares itself independent state |work=[[Sutton Guardian]] |date=22 January 2009 |access-date=10 February 2010 |archive-date=15 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615192104/http://www.suttonguardian.co.uk/archive/2009/01/22/news_top_stories/4064529.Carshalton_home_declares_itself_independent_state/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Global Country of World Peace]]<br>[[:File:GCWP-flag.png|Link to flag]]<!-- Do NOT display a non-free flag image here. See talk page for more information -->
| 2000
| style="text-align: left;" | [[Maharishi Mahesh Yogi]], the founder of [[Transcendental Meditation]], established this "country without borders for peace-loving people everywhere."<ref name="nytimes.com">{{cite news|work=The New York Times|title=Sites for 'Maharishi Effect' (Welcome to Parma) Spread Across U.S.|date=22 February 2008|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/us/22peace.html|first=SEAN D. |last=HAMILL}}</ref> It has made several unsuccessful attempts to create sovereign territory in recognized countries by offering financial compensation to their governments or to local residents. The micronation's currency has gained some limited acceptance. As of 2023, the GCWP is led by [[Tony Nader]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 April 2023 |title=Ever heard of Global Country of World Peace? Nation with no land but currency stronger than Dollar and Euro |language=en |work=[[Zee Media Corporation#Online|DNA India]] |publisher=[[Essel Group|Diligent Media Corporation]] |editor-last=Jain |editor-first=Raunak |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/world/report-global-country-of-world-peace-nation-with-no-land-but-currency-stronger-than-dollar-and-euro-ram-inr-usd-rs-3035503 |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref>
|- 
| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Dominion of Melchizedek]]<br>[[File:Flag of the Dominion of Melchizedek.png|border|150px|alt=flag]]
| 1990
| style="text-align: left;" | This source of financial fraud<ref>{{cite news|work=[[CBS News]]|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fantasy-island/|title=Fantasy Island|publisher=CBS Worldwide Inc.|access-date=30 November 2015|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226001629/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fantasy-island/|url-status=live}}</ref> claims several Pacific islands, as well as a portion of Antarctica that has not been claimed by any recognized country, comprising most of [[Marie Byrd Land]]. (Two other micronations, Talossa and Westarctica, {{abbr|q.v.|see also}}, have also asserted control of this area in the Antarctic.) Melchezidek has been recognized by the [[Central African Republic]].
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Nova Roma]]<br>[[File:Nova Roma Flag.svg|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]
| 1998
| style="text-align: left;" | Nova Roma is an organization that seeks to recreate a "classical Roman" society. It [[reconstructionist Roman religion|subscribes to ancient Roman religion]], holds competitions and [[historical reenactment|re-enactments]], and mints its own coinage. It is considered by some to be a micronation.<ref name="Dixon, Suzanne page 64">[[Suzanne Dixon|Dixon, Suzanne]]: ''Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi'', page 64. Routledge, 2007</ref><ref name="Trinkle, A./Merriman, 464">Trinkle, D. A./Merriman, S. A: ''The history highway: a 21st century guide to Internet resources'', p. 464. M.E. Sharpe, 2006</ref><ref name="American Numismatic Association page 19">American Numismatic Association: ''The Numismatist'', page 19. American Numismatic Association, 2003</ref><ref>Caporaso, Giovanni: ''Cambiare Identitá.: É possibile, ecco le Prove'', Offshore World Inc., 2006</ref><ref>Vobruba, Georg: ''Grenzsoziologie: die politische Strukturierung des Raumes'', p. 210. VS Verlag, 2006</ref>
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Nutopia]]<br>[[File:White flag of surrender.svg|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]
| 1973
| style="text-align: left;" | [[John Lennon]] and [[Yoko Ono]] founded this "conceptual country", partly as a satirical response to the United States government's attempt to deport Lennon. Nutopia "has no land ... only people", and anyone may declare himself a citizen.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ono Lennon |first=Yoko |date=1 April 2022 |title=On the Day of the Birth of Nutopia |url=https://www.imaginepeace.com/archives/23831 |access-date=16 April 2023 |website=IMAGINE PEACE |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bannister|first=Matthew|date=2021|title="And the world will be as one" – John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Nutopia|url=http://www.transformationsjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Trans35_06_Bannister.pdf|journal=Transformations|volume=35|pages=89–103|access-date=2 August 2021|archive-date=2 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802052921/http://www.transformationsjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Trans35_06_Bannister.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|- 
| style="font-weight: bold;" | [[Talossa|Kingdom of Talossa]]<br>[[File:Flag of the Kingdom of Talossa.svg|border|150x150px|alt=flag]]
| 1979
| An American teenager in [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]], created this micronation, the territory of which was initially limited to his bedroom. It has since expanded into part of Milwaukee, as well as other locations on Earth (including Marie Byrd Land, which is also claimed by two other micronations, Melchezidek and Westarctica; {{abbr|q.v.|see also}}). Talossa's founder claims to have invented the term ''micronation'' as well.<ref name="Ryan"/>{{rp|101}} Although Talossa was disestablished by its founder in 2005, it nevertheless continues to exist, due to the continued efforts of its citizens.<ref>{{Cite book|page=101|title = Micronations: The Lonely Planet Guide to Home-Made Nations| isbn=1-74104-730-7|date=September 2006|publisher=Lonely Planet|first1=John |last1=Ryan|first2=George |last2=Dunford| first3=Simon |last3=Sellars}}</ref> The micronation is notable for having its own [[constructed language|invented language]], which has an extensive vocabulary.  
|}

==Former==

{| class="wikitable sortable" width="100%"
|-
! style="width:100px;"|Flag!!style="width:100px;"|Years of existence!!style="min-width:250px;"|Name!!style="min-width:50px"|Description
|-
| colspan="4" | {{center|{{flag|Australia}}}}
|-
| [[File:Flag of Aeterna Lucina.svg|border|150x150px]]
| {{center|1978–1996}}
| {{center|'''[[Sovereign State of Aeterna Lucina|Sovereign Humanitarian Mission State of Aeterna Lucia]]'''}} 
| The founder of Aeterna Lucia, who claimed to have been made a [[baron]] by an exiled king of [[Afghanistan]], declared his property in New South Wales a sovereign country. He moved twice within New South Wales, taking his micronation with him. He was charged with fraud in 1990, but the case was eventually dropped.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dean |first=Anabel |title=Bleyer's Honours Outlined |page=7 |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=20 June 1989}}</ref> 
|-
| [[File:Gay Pride Flag.svg|border|150x150px]]
| {{centre|2004–2017}}
| {{center|'''[[Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands]]'''}} 
| In protest of the national government's refusal to recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere in the world, a group of [[LGBT rights in Australia|gay rights activists]] declared the [[Coral Sea Islands]] independent. The micronation counted all gay and lesbian people worldwide as permanent residents and eligible for citizenship. In 2017, the [[Turnbull government|Australian government]] agreed to legalize same-sex marriage if a majority of voters responding to [[Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey|an official survey]] supported it. The results were in favour of legalization. Its objective having been achieved, the kingdom was dissolved.
|-
| [[File:Hutt River Flag.svg|border|150x150px]]
| {{centre|1970–2020}}
| {{center|'''[[Principality of Hutt River]]'''}} 
| During a dispute with the [[Western Australia]] government over its limits on wheat production, [[Leonard Casley]] declared his sizable farm an independent province, though he remained loyal to [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]].<ref name="Ryan"/>{{rp|22}} The micronation persisted for decades. Casley's son and heir, [[Graeme Casley]], contending with a massive debt to the [[Australian Taxation Office]] as well as the impact of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], finally dissolved the principality.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.watoday.com.au/national/end-of-an-empire-hutt-river-to-rejoin-australia-after-50-years-20200803-p55i1u.html|last=Hedley|first=Kate|title=End of an empire: Hutt River to rejoin Australia after 50 years|work=WA Today|date=3 August 2020|access-date=5 August 2020|archive-date=4 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804032509/https://www.watoday.com.au/national/end-of-an-empire-hutt-river-to-rejoin-australia-after-50-years-20200803-p55i1u.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Stanley|first=Michelle|date=3 August 2020|title=Hutt River Province to rejoin Commonwealth after 50-year stand-off|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-03/hutt-river-province-dissolves-into-commonwealth/12518898|access-date=4 August 2020|website=ABC News mid-west and wheatbelt|language=en-AU|archive-date=4 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200904222049/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-03/hutt-river-province-dissolves-into-commonwealth/12518898|url-status=live}}</ref> 
|-
| [[File:Flag of Australia.svg|75px]][[File:Royal Banner of Scotland.svg|75px]]{{efn|The principality adopted all four of these flags.}}[[File:Australian Aboriginal Flag.svg|75px]][[File:Flag of the United Nations.svg|75px]]
| {{centre|1993–1993}}
| {{center|'''[[Principality of Marlborough]]'''}} 
| Facing repossession of two properties near [[Marlborough, Queensland|Marlborough]], Queensland, that he owned, the founder of this micronation declared them an independent country. Although he had about 30 supporters, he and his family were forcibly evicted by police eleven days later.<ref>{{cite news|title=Defiant Graziers Under Arrest|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=14 June 1993}}</ref>
|-
| {{N/A}}
| {{centre|1979-mid–1980s}}
| {{center|'''[[Independent State of Rainbow Creek]]'''}} 
| At least thirty farmers were engaged in a dispute with the government of [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]] over flood damage to their farms, and taxes. One was inspired by the Hutt River Province (later the Principality of Hutt River, {{abbr|q.v.|see also}}) to secede from Victoria. Like Hutt River, Rainbow Creek retained its loyalty to the Crown.<ref name="Ryan"/>{{rp|145}}
|-
| colspan="4" | {{center|{{flag|Brazil}}}}
|-
| [[File:Flag of the Principality of Trinidad.svg|border|150x150px]]
| {{centre|1893–1895}}
| {{center|'''[[Principality of Trinidad]]'''}} 
| [[James Harden-Hickey]] claimed the uninhabited southern Atlantic island of Trindade, which did not belong to any nation. Two years later, the United Kingdom declared that the island was its territory, ignoring Harden-Hickey's claim. The British annexation of Trindade was disputed by [[First Brazilian Republic|Brazil]], which ultimately would take possession of the island. 
|-
| colspan="4" | {{center|{{flag|Canada}}}}
|-
| [[File:Flag of Outer Baldonia.svg|border|150x150px]]
| {{centre|1949–1973}}
| {{center|'''[[Principality of Outer Baldonia]]'''}} 
| The owner of one of the [[Tusket Islands]] in [[Nova Scotia]] established this micronation centred around [[recreational fishing]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mackinnon |first=Lachlan |date=27 November 2014 |title=The Principality of Outer Baldonia: A Nova Scotia Micronation |url=https://activehistory.ca/2014/11/the-principality-of-outer-baldonia-a-nova-scotia-micronation/ |access-date=26 April 2023 |website=Active History |language=en-CA}}</ref>
|-
| [[File:NewFlagVikesland.png|border|150x150px]]
| {{centre|2005–2018}}
| {{center|'''[[Kingdom of Vikesland]]'''}} 
| A television news cameraman founded Vikesland in order to make a documentary about it and other micronations. It claimed his residence in [[Brandon, Manitoba|Brandon]], [[Manitoba]], as well as a nearby property that he owned jointly, as its territory.<ref name="Ryan"/>{{rp|90–93}}
|-
| colspan="4" | {{center|{{flag|Croatia}}}}
|-
| {{N/A}}
| {{centre|1992–2010}}
| {{center|'''[[Republic of Peščenica]]'''}}
| As part of his television chat show ''[[Nightmare Stage]]'', [[Željko Malnar]] declared an independent republic, located in [[Stara Peščenica]], a neighbourhood of [[Zagreb]]. 
|-
| colspan="4" | {{center|{{flag|Germany}}}}
|-
| {{N/A}}
| {{centre|1990–1993}}
| {{center|'''[[Bunte Republik Neustadt]]'''}} 
| This micronation existed in [[Dresden]].<ref>[https://archive.today/20120804210525/http://www.mdr.de/sachsen/5584871.html www.mdr.de: Dresdner feiern die Bunte Republik Neustadt]</ref>
|-
| [[File:Flagge Rueterberg.svg|border|150x150px]]
| {{centre|1989–1989}}
| {{center|'''[[Rüterberg]]'''}}
| This village declared itself independent. One day later, the [[fall of the Berlin Wall|Berlin Wall fell]], and Rüterberg became part of a reunified Germany. 
|-
| {{N/A}}
| {{centre|1980–1980}}
| {{center|'''[[Free Republic of Wendland]]'''}}
| At a site that was planned to be tested for suitability for storing [[radioactive waste]], about 5,000 activists established a [[protest camp]] and set up a micronation. They were forcibly evicted 32 days later.
|-
| colspan="4" | {{center|{{flag|Indonesia}}}}
|-
| [[File:Flag of the Majapahit Empire.svg|border|150x150px]]
| {{centre|2018–2020}}
| {{center|'''[[Keraton Agung Sejagat]]'''}}
| The co-founder of the Keraton claimed that an agreement 500 years earlier between the [[Majapahit|Majapahit Empire]] and the [[Portuguese Empire]] gave him dominion over the entire Earth. He would later admit that the micronation was a fraudulent enterprise. 
|-
| [[File:Sunda Empire Flag Vector.svg|border|150x150px]]
| {{centre|2003–2020}}
| {{center|'''[[Sunda Empire|Sunda Democratic Empire]]'''}}
| The founder of the Sunda Empire claimed to be the successor of [[Alexander the Great]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ramadhan |first=Dony Indra |date=19 June 2020 |title=Jejak Sejarah Berdirinya Sunda Empire Diungkap Jaksa |language=id-ID |work=[[Detik.com]] |url=https://news.detik.com/berita-jawa-barat/d-5059711/jejak-sejarah-berdirinya-sunda-empire-diungkap-jaksa |access-date=30 April 2023}}</ref> ruling over a swath of territory extending from Australia to [[South Korea]]. He and two other leaders of the micronation were arrested and imprisoned in [[Indonesia]] for disseminating false information.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Aditya |first=Rifan |date=27 April 2021 |title=Sunda Empire: Petinggi, Kronologi Dipenjara hingga Bebas karena Asimilasi |language=id |work=[[Suara (newspaper)|Suara]] |publisher=Arkadia Digital Media |url=https://www.suara.com/news/2021/04/27/125148/sunda-empire-petinggi-kronologi-dipenjara-hingga-bebas-karena-asimilasi |access-date=30 April 2023}}</ref>
|-
| colspan="4" | {{center|{{flag|Italy}}}}
|-
| [[File:Rose Island Micronation flag.svg|150x150px]]
| {{centre|1968–1969}}
| {{center|'''[[Republic of Rose Island]]'''}}
| A platform was built just outside of Italian waters for the purpose of creating this micronation. The republic did not sit well with the Italian government, which quickly seized and destroyed the platform.<ref name="Ryan"/><ref>{{Cite news |last=Imarisio |first=Marco |date=28 August 2009 |title=Riemerge l'isola dell'Utopia |work=[[Corriere della Sera]] |publisher=[[RCS MediaGroup|RCS Quotidiani Spa]] |url=https://www.corriere.it/cronache/09_agosto_28/isola_utopia_imarisio_64f311d6-9397-11de-8445-00144f02aabc.shtml |access-date=30 April 2023}}</ref>
|-
| {{N/A}}
| {{centre|2008–2009}}
| {{center|'''[[Mal di Ventre#Republic of Malu Entu|Republic of Malu Entu]]'''}}
| [[Sardinian nationalism|Sardinian separatists]] took over the island of [[Mal di Ventre]], off the coast of [[Sardinia]], and declared it independent.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Farinelli |first=Marcel A. |year=2021 |title=The Kingdom of Tavolara and the Republic of Malu Entu. Micronations, tourism and sub-state nationalism in two Sardinian near islands |url=http://www.transformationsjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Trans35_02_Farinelli.pdf |journal=Transformations |publisher=[[Central Queensland University]] |issue=35 |issn=1444-3775 |access-date=30 April 2023}}</ref> 
|-
| colspan="4" | {{center|{{flag|Jamaica}}}}
|-
| [[File:Flag of New Atlantis (1964-1966).svg|border|150x150px]]
| {{centre|1964–1966}}
| {{center|'''[[New Atlantis (micronation)|New Atlantis]]'''}}
| [[Ernest Hemingway]]'s brother [[Leicester Hemingway|Leicester]] established this micronation on a raft anchored off the coast of [[Jamaica]], with the objectives of conducting a democratic experiment and researching marine life. He claimed that the barge qualified as an island under the [[Guano Islands Act]], and he designated half of it United States territory. He lived on the raft for a time with his family and two staff, and planned to build an artificial island on the site, but the barge was destroyed during a storm.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=Karen |date=16 January 2022 |title=New Atlantis: How Ernest Hemingway's Eccentric Little Brother Built His Own Nation |url=https://historydaily.org/new-atlantis-ernest-hemingways-brother-built-his-own-nation |access-date=2 May 2023 |website=History Daily |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Leicester Hemingway: An Inventory of His New Atlantis Collection in the Manuscript Collection at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center |url=https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingaid.cfm?eadid=00327 |website=norman.hrc.utexas.edu |access-date=23 July 2020 |archive-date=24 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724041429/https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingaid.cfm?eadid=00327 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| colspan="4" | {{center|{{flag|New Zealand}}}}
|-
| [[File:Flag of Aramoana.svg|border|150x150px]]
| {{centre|1980–1981}}
| {{center|'''[[Independent State of Aramoana]]'''}}
|A small New Zealand community that declared itself independent to protest the building of an aluminium smelter on nearby land.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.odt.co.nz/lifestyle/travel/143192/aramoana-pathway-sea |title=Aramoana: pathway to the sea |work=[[Otago Daily Times]] |date=13 December 2011 |access-date=26 June 2012 |archive-date=8 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608070306/http://www.odt.co.nz/lifestyle/travel/143192/aramoana-pathway-sea |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| colspan="4" | {{center|{{flag|Nigeria}}}}
|-
| {{N/A}}
| {{centre|1970–1977}}
| {{center|'''[[Kalakuta Republic]]'''}}
| In protest of [[military dictatorship in Nigeria|Nigeria's military dictatorship]], musician and activist [[Fela Kuti]] declared his property in [[Lagos]] independent. Kalakuta contained the residences of Kuti's family and band members, and his recording studio. The compound was attacked and destroyed by the Nigerian military several years later. 
|-
| colspan="4" | {{center|[[Spratly Islands]]}}
|-
|align=center|<!-- Do NOT display a non-free flag image here. See talk page for more information -->
| {{centre|1956–1974}}
| {{center|'''[[Free Territory of Freedomland]]'''}}
| The founder of Freedomland claimed dominion over the Spratly Islands.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Shicun Wu|author2=Keyuan Zou|title=Arbitration Concerning the South China Sea: Philippines Versus China|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=30upCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA18|date=2016|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-17989-4|pages=18–19|access-date=2 February 2020|archive-date=25 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925015220/https://books.google.com/books?id=30upCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA18|url-status=live}}</ref> He eventually signed them over to the [[Philippines]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Doyo |first=Ma. Ceres P. |date=25 June 2015 |title=The old man and the sea |language=en |newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer|Inquirer.net]] |url=https://opinion.inquirer.net/86123/the-old-man-and-the-sea |access-date=2 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
| colspan="4" | {{center|{{flag|Tanganyika}}}}
|-
| [[File:Sultanate of M'Simbati flag.svg|border|150x150px]]
| {{centre|1959–1980}}
| {{center|'''[[Sultanate of M'Simbati]]'''}}
| In what was then [[Tanganyika Territory|Tanganyika]], the founder of this micronation declared his property independent, and proclaimed himself [[sultan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=M'Simbati |url=https://www.defactoborders.org/places/msimbati |access-date=3 May 2023 |website=De Facto}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.1uptravel.com/flag/flags/tz_msimb.html |title=M'Simbati (1959-1961) (Tanzania) |last=Bakker |first=Jarig |publisher=Flags of the World |date=22 February 2003 |access-date=9 March 2017 |archive-date=24 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224203812/http://www.1uptravel.com/flag/flags/tz_msimb.html |url-status=live }}</ref> 
|-
| colspan="4" | {{center|{{flag|Tonga}}}}
|-
| [[File:Flag Minerva.svg|border|150x150px]]
| {{centre|1972–1982}}
| {{center|'''[[Republic of Minerva]]'''}}
| In its first bid to establish a libertarian state, the [[Phoenix Foundation]] began building an artificial island on the Minerva Reefs. This alarmed countries in the vicinity, which mutually agreed that [[Tonga]] would claim the atolls. A decade later, the leader of the Republic of Minerva made a second unsuccessful attempt to take possession of the reefs.<ref name="Ryan"/>{{rp|14}}
|-
| colspan="4" | {{center|{{flag|United Kingdom}}}}
|-
| [[File:Flag of the Islands of Refreshment.svg|border|150x150px]]
| {{center|1811–1816}}
| {{center|'''[[Islands of Refreshment]]'''}} 
| [[Jonathan Lambert (sailor)|Jonathan Lambert]] occupied, renamed, and declared himself ruler of the remote archipelago Tristan da Cunha, in the southern [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]]. He and two of the other three inhabitants of the largest island drowned five months later, but the surviving resident and two men who joined him continued to live there. The [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] annexed Tristan da Cunha several years later, to pre-empt its use by France or the United States.<ref>''[[Boston Gazette]]'', 18 July 1811</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Tristan d'Acunha, etc.: Jonathan Lambert, late Sovereign thereof |journal=Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine |volume=4 |issue=21 |date=Dec 1818 |pages=280–285 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tt_QAAAAMAAJ |access-date=8 September 2019 |archive-date=19 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819233555/https://books.google.com/books?id=tt_QAAAAMAAJ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[File:Flag of Frestonia.svg|border|150x150px]]
| {{centre|1977–1980s}}
| {{center|'''[[Frestonia]]'''}}
| In the [[London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham|London borough of Hammersmith]], a community of squatters, which counted some prominent writers, musicians, and other artists among its members, was facing eviction. Inspired partly by the micronation Freetown Christiania ({{abbr|q.v.|see also}}), the residents voted to secede. In a dispute over the performance of a play, a British court ruled that, for the purposes of that particular lawsuit, Frestonia was not part of the United Kingdom. 
|-
| [[File:Flag of Lovely.svg|border|150x150px]]
| {{centre|2004–2013}}
| {{center|'''[[How to Start Your Own Country#Kingdom of Lovely|Kingdom of Lovely]]'''}}
| In the television series ''[[How to Start Your Own Country]]'', [[Danny Wallace (humorist)|Danny Wallace]] investigates the subject of micronations, and starts one of his own. Lovely claimed Wallace's [[East London]] flat as its territory.
|-
|[[File:Flag of Waveland.svg|border|150x150px]]
| {{centre|1997}}
| {{center|'''[[Rockall#Recorded visits to Rockall|Global State of Waveland]]'''}}
| [[Greenpeace]] took the island of [[Rockall]] in protest against the oil research activities organized under British rule. On June 15, the island was declared independent as the "Global State of Waveland". The occupation lasted 42 days in total.<ref name="bbc2023may26">{{cite news |date=26 May 2023 |title=Army veteran aims to set new world record for longest stay on Rockall |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-65727510 |access-date=27 May 2023 |work=BBC News}}</ref>
|-
| colspan="4" | {{center|{{flag|United States}}}}
|-
| [[File:Flag of Freedonia.svg|border|150x150px]]
| {{centre|1997–2004}}
| {{center|'''[[Principality of Freedonia]]'''}}
| A group of college students envisioned a libertarian state, but were never able to acquire territory other than the leader's home in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=1 March 2000 |title=It's Good to Be King |url=http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/8.03/kingdoms_pr.html |url-status=dead |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628202022/http://www.wired.com/2000/03/kingdoms/ |archive-date=28 June 2022}}</ref>
|-
| [[File:US flag 34 stars.svg|border|150x150px]]
| {{centre|1861–1986}}
| {{center|'''[[State of Scott]]'''}}
| [[Tennessee]] was the last state to join the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]] before the [[American Civil War]]. The state's secession was unpopular in much of [[East Tennessee]], including [[Scott County, Tennessee|Scott County]]. Shortly after the war began, residents overwhelmingly voted to declare the county independent of Tennessee, and it became a [[Southern Unionist]] enclave. Tennessee's governor, [[Isham G. Harris]], sent 1,700 soldiers to Scott to quash its claim of secession from the state, but the troops were repelled. The county's proclamation of independence was not officially repealed until over a century later. 
|-
| colspan="4" | {{center|Other}}
|-
| [[File:Flag of Celestia.svg|border|150x150px]]
| {{centre|1948–1970}}
| {{center|'''[[Nation of Celestial Space]]'''}}
| Prior to the existence of the Outer Space Treaty, [[James T. Mangan]] claimed "all space in all directions from the Earth" in order to prevent a terrestrial country from dominating space.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://nationofcelestialspace.com/history/ |access-date=4 May 2023 |website=Nation of Celestial Space |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Pop |first=Virgiliu |date=1 August 2006 |title=The Nation of Celestial Space |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0265964606000518 |journal=Space Policy |language=en |volume=22 |issue=3 |pages=205–213 |doi=10.1016/j.spacepol.2006.05.008 |bibcode=2006SpPol..22..205P |issn=0265-9646 |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Richmond |first=Ben |date=15 April 2013 |title=The Outer Space Country That the United Nations Ignored |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-outer-space-country-that-the-united-nations-ignored/ |magazine=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]] |language=en |access-date=4 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
| {{N/A}}
| {{centre|1968–1973}}
| {{center|'''[[Operation Atlantis]]'''}}
| An American soap company owner attempted to create a [[libertarianism|libertarian]] nation. After gathering a group of interested people, he made multiple unsuccessful attempts to construct a small area in the [[Caribbean]] above sea level, suitable for habitation.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url = https://www.wired.com/2009/01/mf-seasteading/?currentPage=all|title = Live Free or Drown: Floating Utopias on the Cheap =|magazine = Wired|access-date = 2 February 2020|archive-date = 14 December 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191214120319/https://www.wired.com/2009/01/mf-seasteading/?currentPage=all|url-status = live|last1 = Baker|first1 = Chris}}</ref><ref name="Simpson2016">{{cite journal|last1=Simpson|first1=Isabelle|title=Operation Atlantis: A case-study in libertarian island micronationality|journal=Shima: The International Journal of Research into Island Cultures|volume=10|issue=2|year=2016|issn=1834-6057|doi=10.21463/shima.10.2.05|pages=22, 27|doi-access=free}}</ref>
|}

== Proposed ==
{| class="wikitable"
! style="width:110px;" |Flag
! style="width:100px;" |Date
! style="width:250px;" |Name
! style="width:550px;" |Description
|-
| [[File:Flag of New Utopia.svg|border|150x150px]]
| {{centre|1995}}
| {{center|'''[[New Utopia]]'''}}
| New Utopia would be a complex built on the [[Misteriosa Bank]] in the [[Caribbean Sea]]. The [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] took action against the project's founder for fraudulently soliciting investments.<ref name="Ryan"/>{{rp|15}}
|-
| [[File:Naval Ensign of Russia.svg|border|150x150px]]
| {{centre|2011}}
| {{center|'''[[Romanov Empire (micronation)|Russian Empire]]'''}}
| [[Anton Bakov]] proposed a state named the Russian Empire, which would be a successor to the original [[Russian Empire]], and consist of supposedly Russian territories that had never been integrated into the [[Soviet Union]]. Bakov renamed the micronation the Imperial Throne in 2014, and renounced all previous territorial claims. He then attempted to acquire various locations, and state recognition, for the Imperial Throne, which he once again renamed as the Romanov Empire in 2016. As of 2020, Bakov's project is in yet another iteration, called Arca Noë, and involves the construction of artificial islands in the [[Mediterranean Sea]].<ref>[http://gazeta.babr.ru/?IDE=96948 Imperial Throne (Sovereign Nation)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006154007/http://gazeta.babr.ru/?IDE=96948 |date=6 October 2014 }}, gazeta.babr.ru; accessed 30 November 2015.{{in lang|ru}}</ref><ref>[http://www.izvestia.ru/news/499236 Imperial Throne (Sovereign Nation)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910230839/http://izvestia.ru/news/499236 |date=10 September 2011 }}; accessed 30 November 2015.{{in lang|ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Komarov |first=Dmitry |date=29 April 2020 |title=Антон Баков хочет построить новое государство "Ноев ковчег" рядом с Венецией |language=Russian |trans-title=Anton Bakov Wants to Build a New "Noah's Ark" State Near Venice |work=Znak.com |url=https://www.znak.com/2020-04-29/anton_bakov_hochet_postroit_novoe_gosudarstvo_noev_kovcheg_ryadom_s_veneciey |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719153326/https://www.znak.com/2020-04-29/anton_bakov_hochet_postroit_novoe_gosudarstvo_noev_kovcheg_ryadom_s_veneciey |archive-date=19 July 2021}}</ref>
|}

==See also==
* [[Flags of micronations]]
* ''[[How to Start Your Own Country]]''
* ''[[Micronations: The Lonely Planet Guide to Home-Made Nations]]''

== References ==

=== Notes ===
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=== Citations ===
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