The one
common experience of all humanity is the challenge of problems.
--R. Buckminster
Fuller
| New Countries
With New Concepts |
| Creating A New Nation
- MicroNations & Principalities |
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| Why A New Nation? |
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In
April of 1939 the New York World's Fair, "Building The World of Tomorrow,"
opened on what was once a marshy wasteland in Flushing Meadows, just east
of the great metropolis. From its inception to its closing ceremonies,
the Fair promoted one of the last great metanarratives of the Machine Age:
the unqualified belief in science and technology as a means to economic
prosperity and personal freedom. Wedged between the greatest economic
disaster in America and the growing international tension that would result
in World War II, The World of Tomorrow was a much-needed antidote to the
depression and confusion of the times. It provided the one saving grace
which all of America needed - it provided hope.
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The
1939 - 1940 World's Fair - Was a moment in time when the human race
believed in itself, believed in tomorrow and believed in the unqualified
greatness of humanity. It is our opinion that those innovative thinkers
who want to start a new nation have within them a reflection of the spirit
of that moment in time. We don't know that for a fact; but we'd like
to think it so. A new nation could mean many things... freedom from the
constipated idiocy of the current governments that misrule the worlds nations.
It could mean freedom from taxation, freedom from repression, and the right
to live our lives as we see fit, free from the constraints of politicians.
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Loewy's
Train At The World Fair
Among the exhibits
at the 1939-1940 World's Fair was the largest fastest train of the day,
Raymond Loewy's 140-foot 526 ton steam locomotive, the 6100. Its design
& appearance clearly exemplified a positive belief in tomorrow. |
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“Innovation
is the whim of an elite
before it
becomes a need of the public.”
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| Government
of Antarcticland |
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Antarcticland is the oldest territorial domain of the Antarctic continent.
It includes all the lands and islands in section extending from the South
Pole to 60° S latitude between longitudes 90° W and 135° W,
with a total area of 1.554.424, slightly less than the size of Portugal,
Spain, France, Italy and Switzerland all together. "It is administered
by the Government of Anatarcticland and the head of State is the Regent
and Grandmaster of the Sovereign Order of the Antarticland, Sir Giovanni
Caporaso Gottlieb. There is no indigenous nor permanetly resident population,
but the knights patrol the area during the austral summer. The country
has its own legislative system, together with legal, economic and postal
administrations. Any person may become citizen simply by applying and swearing
alliegance to the Constitution. Revenue from administrative fees and the
sale of postage stamps means that it is financially self sufficient. The
government is in negotiations with several groups of investors to develop
the first ice hotel and city in the Antarctic. |
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| Alameigh
- Principality of Alameigh |
| A well laid
out website with photos and informatinon about the Principality of Alameigh,
which is a soveriegn nation-state and only one of many such entities classified
as a "micronation." Micronationry has several different meanings; and within
the international community there are as many worldviews, interpretations
and definitions as there are national entities. |
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| Live
On The Moon! The Artemis Project |
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Yes, live on the moon, the Artemis Project is going to take you there!
The Project is a private venture to establish a permanent, self-supporting
community on the Moon. Here, you will find out how we are going to
get there, how we are going to pay for it, and how you can come too!
...Engage! |
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SeaLand
- Principality of SeaLand
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An
amazing project with a unique history
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| SeaLand
- The Original Sealand Website |
| - During
the 1939-45 War, Great Britain established an artificial island on the
High Seas. In the winter of 1966, a British family took possession and
commenced the task of equipping and restoring the island. On 2 September
1967, they hoisted their own flag and declared the existence of a new state
- the Principality of Sealand. |
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| SeaLand
Wired Magazine Article - A Data Sanctuary Is Born |
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gun tower anchored six miles off the stormy coast of England is about to
become the first Internet data haven. |
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| SeaLand
Wired Magazine Article II - Welcome to Sealand - Now Bugger Off |
| - Hunkered
down on a North Sea fortress, a crew of armed cypherpunks, amped-up networking
geeks, and libertarian swashbucklers is seceding from the world to pursue
a revolutionary idea: an offshore, fat-pipe data haven that answers to
nobody. By Simson Garfinkel - Wired Magazine. |
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| SeaLand:
Taking "Offshore Hosting" to A New Level |
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When people think of hosting their data offshore, the first place that
often comes to mind is the Caribbean. After all, the sunny countries to
the south are warm, close to the United States and typically feature lax
policies related to business and privacy. Now people are thinking of Sealand. |
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| World's
1st Internet 'nation' Sealand fortress off UK's coast provides haven for
cyber community |
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British government tried to reclaim Sealand back in 1968, the year I was
born, so it's very easy for me to remember. They wouldn’t have tried to
bring Sealand back under its wing unless they coveted it for themselves.
They feared what Sealand might one day become. It is a totalitarian's worst
nightmare. It may well also be the wave of the future. |
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| Web
rebels profit from net controls |
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news article about Sealand |
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| SeaLand:
Pirate Radio to Pirate Broadband |
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History of the Principality of Sealand |
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| More YouTube
Videos About Sealand |
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 1960's
vintage British Pathe Newsreel on Sealand - on YouTube |
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| BBC
Report on the SeaLand fire of June 2006 and the Principality's reconstruction
- on YouTube |
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| Legation
of SeaLand at the Amorph! 03 Summit of Micronations - on YouTube |
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| Las
Portadas |
| - Make
a risk-free investment in the most Capitalistic free-nation project to
date. No money changes hands until a host country agrees to terms of sale
or lease. Promoters also earn a transparent share of privatization proceeds. |
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| Libertocracy,
Where Freedom is the Law |
| - A
polycentric free enterprise government and socio-economic system whereby
sovereign individuals join together by mutual consent in a civilization
that respects and defends the freedom, dignity and rights or all human
beings equally. Where people live by the rule of sovereign individual freedom,
where a person is free to do anything that one chooses as long as its not
imposed on others and doesn't infringe upon the equal right of other individuals
to the same freedom. |
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| Living
Universe Foundation |
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called The Millennial Project) ~ The planet is in crisis because of the
human population explosion. We have five billion new relatives coming to
dinner in the next few decades. What will they all eat? Where will they
all live? If the planet's ecosystem is collapsing under the weight of 5
billion people, what will happen to us when there are 10 billion, then
15 billion? At some point, we must expand our horizons beyond the land
mass of this single planet. Our survival depends on it. |
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| The
Empire of Atlantium |
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Founded in 1981, and with Citizens resident in some 35 countries on 6 continents,
the Sydney-based Empire of Atlantium is the world's foremost primarily
non-territorial state and global sovereignty advocacy. |
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| The
Kingdom of Apiya |
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Kingdom of Apiya was created on the 9th October 2006 also by our current
prince, Predrag Bojovicc. At first it was a micronation in one room and
with time it grew and grew. Also many citizens have joined and submited
territory to The Kingdom of Apiya. Back then, the capital city was Kief.
After Apiya proclaimed independence from Montenegro on the 28th February
2008 and gave back to the Republic of Macedonia all of the territories
which belonged to Macedonia before the 9th October 2006, it was divided
on four administrative parts named Lugiyi which are Le Predraga Lugio,
Le Mladena Lugio, Le Vlada Lugio and Le Zaga Lugio. |
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| Duchy
of Bohemia |
| - The
Duchy of Bohemia is an independent and sovereign micronation under the
governance of the putative Duke of Bohemia and Lord of Rozmberk. The Duchy
operates as a government in exile, its rightful heritary territories presently
under occupation by the Czech Republic. The Duchy's present government
in exile and its current territorial enclave is located within the United
States of America. |
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| Sovereign
Barony of Caux |
| - The
ancient and sovereign feudal Barony of Caux was granted to Hugo le Corbeau
in the Pays de Caux by William son of Rollo, Duke of Normandie in 1040
CE. The Barony was confirmed on his son Roger FitzCorbet in Shropshire
by William son of Rollo, Duke of Normandie and King of England in 1069
CE. The sovereign status of the Barony, free of royal oversight of Baronial
affairs, was reconfirmed on his grandson William Corbet in Shropshire by
Henry II, Count of Anjou and Pretender to the Throne of England in 1165
CE. The Sovereign Barony of Caux (SBC) was restituted on August 27, 2001
CE, by His Lordship, John I, first and thirty-seventh Baron of Caux, of
the Corbet family. |
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| Republic
of Gemnoviag |
| - Gemnoviag
is a nation in North Idaho with approximately 0.12 sq. mi. of land. Founded
in 2001 by Jaden Rosencrans and independance was declaired in 2007. Gemnoviag
is a nation build on fundimentals of an unfair American Government. Gemnoviag
was founded not to destroy America, but to preserve what it used to be. |
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| Principality
of Hutt River |
| - Hutt
River is an Independent Sovereign State having seceded from Australia on
the Twenty First Day of April 1970 and is of comparable size to Hong Kong
(not the New Territories). The Principality consists of undulating farmland
well covered in places with a wealth of shrubs and glorious wildflowers. |
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| Independent
Kingdom of Hay-on-Wye |
| - More
a publicity stunt than an actual secession, the little Welsh village of
Hay-on-Wye (located in Powys County in Wales and bordering Herefordshire
County in England, through which the village's mail passes) proclaimed
"independence" on 1 April 1977, establishing Richard George William Pitt
Booth, owner of Europe's largest second-hand bookstore, as Richard the
First, King of Hay (He rested the mantle of Prime Minister on his horse).
The publicity stunt appears to have done wonders for the village's economy,
and is now the site of an annual book fair. |
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| Republic
of Rose Island |
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Now-Demolished Fixed Platform Off-Shore of Italy] (Isle of the Roses, Isola
delle Rose, (Respubliko de la) Insulo de la Rozoj) This was a much publicized
but ill-fated attempt of artifical island sovereignty off the coast of
Italy in a section of the Adriatic Sea that was only 2 meters deep (44°
10'
48" North, 12° 36' 00" East, 11 km from Rimini and 500 m outside the
Italian territorial waters) . Built by Italian engineer Georgio Rosa, it
was a 400 square meter platform that proclaimed independence in 1968, had
Esperanto as it's official language, and issued postage stamps. Independence
was proclaimed on 22 June 1968, but on 16 August, the Italian government
seized the platform. In the Spring of 1969, the platform was destroyed
by Italian authorities, sending it into the Adriatic with dynamite charges
making it one of only three nation-states in recorded history to be wiped
from the map due to a single military action (The other two being Carthage
and Danzig). |
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| United
Micronations Multi-Oceanic Archipelago (UMMOA) |
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United Micronations Multi-Oceanic Archipelago (UMMOA) (Italian: Arcipelago
Multi-Oceanico delle Micronazioni Unite; Interlingua: Archipelago Multi-Oceanic
del Micronationes Unite or AMOMU) is a multi-oceanic archipelago governed
by a federation of Fourth, Fifth and Sixth World nations. The 11 insular
possessions have no indigenous population, and an inhabitable area of 34.3
km² (13.3 mi²). |
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| Principality
of New Utopia |
| - proposes
to build a new city-state in the Caribbean Sea, upon piers on the top of
a submerged mountain. The nation of New Utopia will be a principality,
regulated by a formal declaration of sovereignty and a constitution, somewhat
resembling the Principality of Monaco. |
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| Nova
Roma |
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ROMA is an organization dedicated to the study and restoration of ancient
Roman culture. From its legendary founding in 753 BCE to 330 CE, when it
ceased to be the center of Imperial authority, Rome set the standard and
laid the foundation for our modern Western civilization. Rome civilized
the world, and we see the need for that divine mission to begin again. |
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| Principality
of New Pacific |
| - A new nation
project, Principality of New Pacific is a working government, with an economy,
administration, armed forces and citizens. The government runs the affairs
of state of a 110 foot cargo ship. |
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| The
World - Living On A Ship |
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World, a seagoing community where adventure, excitement, and introductions
to faraway lands are at your fingertips. All of us onboard – whether a
long term Resident, new Resident or Guest, enjoy life aboard. The World
allows us to participate in the ever changing and always exciting diorama
that is our globe – all in a luxuriously secure environment. What better
way is there to travel around the globe than from the luxury of your own
home? It may sound like a dream, but it's now a reality. From Norway comes
the ultimate in resorts-the first residential ocean going resort appropriately
named The World of ResidenSea. |
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| The
Kingdom of TorHavn |
| - A
self-declared "new nation" currently buying land, and seeking to gain sovereignty
and independence. also known as the "world's first 'green' country," green
referrring to the environmental stance of the nation. Land is being bought
and paid for now. |
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| Principality
of Freedonia |
| - Libertarian
(minarchist) new country project utilizing a unique system of constitutional
monarchy to ensure the preservation of freedom. |
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Now for Something Completely Different... Freedom Ship - The World’s
Biggest Ship—The World’s Newest Tax Haven? |
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Nestmann analyzes Freedom Ship's potential as a tax haven. Freedom Ship
International, Inc. (FSI ) plans to offer the opportunity for an unprecedented
lifestyle by constructing a sea-based, mobile, full-spectrum residential,
commercial, and resort community on a mammoth, mobile, sea platform. The
community will travel the entire globe over a two-year cycle, never leaving
international waters. It will spend only 30% of its time in transit and
the other 70% standing offshore points of interest. A fleet of aircraft
and watercraft will ferry people from ship-to-shore, around - the - clock,
residents for touring and business, and as many as 30,000 onshore guests
and visitors daily. What is it's potential as a tax haven? |
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| The
Empire of Atlantium |
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Empire of Atlantium is a unique parallel sovereign state based in Sydney,
Australia. - Atlantium recognises that the days of nation-states founded
on fixed geographical locations or majority ethnic identities are numbered,
as global mobility, cultural evolution, and the growth of electronic communication
networks render the assumptions that underlie and provide justification
for their existence increasingly obsolete. |
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| The
Kingdom of Bahoudii |
| - The
Kingdom of Bahoudii states that they have land that is in an area disputed
by two states within the U.S. and is thus perfect for the physical establishment
of their Kingdom. "We realize that we still face an uphill battle, but
since the area is already in dispute, we cannot cloud the waters much more.
We move forward with our claim and title deed to our land." |
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| The
Free Nation Foundation |
| - A
libertarian think tank which sponsors a limited program of scholarship
about the critical institutions which make free nations possible. FNF was
founded in 1993 by Richard Hammer, to enact the plan which he had sketched
in Toward a Free Nation. |
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| The
Greenia Project |
| - Greenia
is a nation of people who wish for something better. While citizenship
is a legal way to becoming a member of Greenia we do however only allow
citizenship to persons who live in a geographic region. This region is
Oceania. This is because Greenia also contains a large offline area as
well, so this site only contains information for the greater Micronational
community and no interactive area. |
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| The
Kingdom Of Monrovia |
| - Our
goal is to build a community of like minded individuals who do not rely
on an accident of birth or geography to define themselves as compatriots,
but instead share a common belief in the values of democracy, freedom and
self-determination. |
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| The
Nations You Didn't Learn About In High Hchool |
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excellent website that researches states, including Artificial Islands,
Pirate States, Microstates, New Nations, and odd Kingdom and Republics.
Plenty of information on this website created by James L. Erwin that you'll
find nowhere else. This website is highly recommended. |
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| The
MicroFreedom Index - An Index Of MicroNations |
| - MicroFreedom
Index has many more nations listed than are listed on this page. The MicroFreedom
Index is a collection of links to active websites concerning micronation,
new country, new nation and homeland projects, as well as governments-in-exile,
seditionist / independence movements and tribal sovereignty. |
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