Micronation

Micronations are countries started by one or a group of people which are not seen as actual countries by the United Nations. Some of these countries are mostly on the internet or exist in a physical location but are not serious states with legitimate reason to exist. Some are taken seriously and even exist for legitimate reasons but are not recognized as independent countries for various political and diplomatic reasons. It is important to note that micronations are different from partially-recognised countries and separatist territories, which often have full autonomy over their territories.

People make micronations for lots of reasons. Some are to show they do not like their main country (for example the United Kingdom), or if they want to make money, or to use it as a place for themselves. Some want a different kind of government than their country currently has, such as a micronationalist declaring independence from USA to build a tiny communist or socialist state. Micronations create their own rules, but because they are not recognised as actual countries, they have to keep within the laws of their home country.

Some of the more famous micronations include the Republic of Molossia, the Islamic Sultanate of Qarsherskiy, Sealand, the Aerican Empire, Eternia and Khilafat e Isakhelistan.

List

Here is a list of some Micronations;

Name	Flag	Made on	Description	Website
Khilafatle Isakhelistan		15 April 2024	The Khilafat e Isakhelistan was formed as a result of the dissolution of the Shabbiristan and is a micronation in Pakistan (Not a separatist movement). On April 4, 2024, Usmaan Khan Niazi, the founder of Shabbiristan, decided to create a new micronation due to internal conflicts among the citizens. Thus, he dissolved Shabbiristan and established the Khilafat e Isakhelistan.
Verdis		10 May 2019	Made by British-Australian activist Daniel Jackson along Pocket-3 of the Croatia-Serbia border dispute.	Website
Conch Republic		23 April 1982	Made by people from the city of Key West because they did not like the USA stopping them from getting stuff from other places.	Website
Lovely		1 January 2005	Made for a TV special about creating micronations by Danny Wallace.	Website
Sealand		2 September 1967	Made by Paddy Roy Bates on an old RAF fort named Roughs Tower.	Website
Molossia		3 September 1999	An old nation run by Kevin Baugh. It was made in 1977.	Website
Talossa		December 26 1979	One of oldest still existing micro nations, has it's own language.	[1] Archived 2010-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
Koya Colonies		July 20 1990	Is a micronation that has claims to states and counties.	[2]
Sotian		2013		Sotian
Metagalaxy Empire		2018
Galland		29 February 2024

Competitions

Some micronations play in competitions.

Football

The biggest football organisation for micronations is known as the MFA (Micronational Football Association), founded by Joe Foxon in 2009. It has 13 micronations from 7 countries as members. It makes a competition every 4 years called the MFA World Cup for all the micronations in the world to play in. The first World Cup will be in Southern England in 2013.

Chess

Every year there is a chess competition for micronations to play in. It is played on the computer and in the first year, 3 micronations took part.

Singing

Every year there is a singing competition called the MicroVision Song Contest. Micronations make a song and put it on the internet, and then other micronations vote for the best song. The winner then makes the next one.

Other websites

• Wiki of Micronations