MICRO NATIONS

LIBERLAND

This small micro nation was founded on 13 April 2015 by Czech

citizen Vít Jedlièka due to a Serbia-Croatian border dispute. So far

Vít has received nearly 250,000 applications for citizenship.

PRINCIPALITY OF HUTT RIVER

This small plot of land supposedly seceded from Australia in April

1970 and its leader calls himself Prince Leonard. Australia,

however, does not recognize the micro nation.

GRAND DUCHY OF WESTARCTICA

When American Travis McHenry supposedly found a loophole in

the Antarctic Treaty he ended up claiming a piece of Marie Byrd Land.

GLACIER REPUBLIC

Found by Greenpeace activists in 2014 near the border of Argentina

and Chile the intention has been to draw attention to a lack of

protection for glaciers in the Andes Mountains.

CONCH REPUBLIC

On April 23 1982, Key West Florida declared itself independent of the

United States. This was a tongue-in-cheek gesture of protest to the

US Highway Patrol setting up checkpoints in the region which

were detrimental to tourism.

REPUBLIC OF MINERVA

Millionaire Michael Oliver decided he wanted his own country so he

poured sand onto a reef off the coast of Tonga in an attempt to raise

his new nation’s flag on dry ground. Not long afterwards though, the

Tongan military came by and removed the flag.

KINGDOM OF ENENKIO

This tiny micro nation was founded on the US territory of Wake Island

by  a separatist group of Marshall Islanders. As with several other

micro nations on this list it has been labelled a scam to sell fake

passports and documents.

FREETOWN CHRISTIANIA

Founded in 1971, Freetown Christiania is a self-proclaimed autonomous

neighbourhood in Copenhagen, Denmark. It has roughly 850 residents

and considers itself to be the ultimate hippie paradise.

PRINCIPALITY OF SEBORGA

For some reason this small Italian town has been left out of nearly

every official treaty for over 1,000 years which led residents to declare

de facto independence. Of course, the only thing this really

accomplished was to boost their tourist industry.