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Molossia (/ m oʊ ˈ l ɒ s i ə /), officially the Republic of Molossia, is a micronation claiming de facto independence, claims sovereignty over 11.3 acres (4.6 ha; 46,000 m 2) of land near Dayton, Nevada. [1] The micronation has not received recognition from any of the 193 member states of the United Nations.
A group of Native Americans of the Mohawk tribe occupied an area near Moss Lake, in New York State, claiming it to be part of a far larger territory that had been illegally acquired from indigenous Americans in 1797. [44] After years of negotiations with the state, the group agreed to move to an area near Altona. Issues of sovereignty remain ...
In 2000, O'Driscoll authored Ils ne siègent pas à l'ONU: revue de quelques micro-Etats, micro-nations et autres entités éphémères (They do not sit at the UN: a review of some micro-states, micro-nations and other ephemeral entities), which details over 600 micronations. [3] A marker along the Republic of Molossia's claimed border with Nevada
The Republic of Slowjamastan is located on an empty, 11.07-acre (4.48 ha) plot of desert land in Imperial County, Southern California. [1] [2] [3] It follows California State Route 78, and is located between Ocotillo Wells in San Diego County and Westmorland, 14 miles (23 km) southwest of the Salton Sea, about 100 miles (160 km) from San Diego, and 36.8 miles (59.2 km) north of the US–Mexico ...
The New California Republic (NCR) is a federal presidential republic founded in New California by Aradesh also formerly leader of Shady Sands, comprising five contiguous states and additional territories and holdings in pre-War regions in Nevada, Arizona, Oregon, and parts of Mexico. The Republic dedicates itself to the values of the old world ...
The 800-acre town was founded in 1908 near a Santa Fe rail route. Its key proponent, Fitch writes, was an educator and Army chaplain named Col. Allen Allensworth, a charismatic leader who had been ...
Many Bioregionalists, including poet Gary Snyder, identify the central and northern Coast Ranges, Klamath-Siskiyou, the Central Valley, and Sierra Nevada as the Shasta Bioregion or the Alta California Bioregion. Southern coastal sage and chaparral in the Santa Monica Mountains, near Malibu.
After the Donner Party's disastrous winter of 1847 in the Sierra Nevada mountains, which happened just before the news of California gold became public, a loose group arrived in October 1849 at the Great Salt Lake. They organized under the guidance of a Captain Hunt to head for the San Bernardino–Los Angeles area.