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Micronations, 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 recognised sovereign states, or by any supranational organization.
A new self-proclaimed sovereign micronation has cropped up along a desolate stretch of Route 78. What that means, and what the owner's plans are, remain unclear.
Micronations are aspirant states that claim independence but lack legal recognition by world governments or major international organisations. [5] [6] Micronations are classified separately from states with limited recognition and quasi-states, nor are they considered to be autonomous or self-governing as they lack the legal basis in international law for their existence. [7]
[4] [10] In the Cambridge University Press book Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty, MicroWiki is mentioned several times as an online community for online micronations. [11] In late 2024, a group of MicroWiki users strongly criticised the wiki's practices and biased administrators, which made strong waves in the micronational community ...
A “micronation” consisting of an eerie metal platform atop a concrete base that is located a few miles off the coast of England in the North Sea, Sealand was originally built as a British ...
For a list of micronations, see list of micronations. Uncontacted peoples who live in societies that cannot be defined as states or whose statuses as such are not definitively known. Some states can be slow to establish relations with new UN member states and thus do not explicitly recognise them, despite having no dispute and sometimes ...
Micronations are political entities that claim independence and mimic acts of sovereignty as if they were a sovereign state, but lack any legal recognition. [2] According to Collins English Dictionary, many exist "only on the internet or within the private property of [their] members" [3] and seek to simulate a state rather than to achieve international recognition; their activities are ...
Mini-dokuritsukoku (ミニ独立国, "mini-independent countries") are micronations established in Japan. More specifically, it refers to those founded in the 1980s during the "micronation boom", when local communities and businesses declared "independence" to promote tourism, local culture and rural business, and to combat migration of young ...