micronation

British  

/ ˈmaɪkrəuˌneɪʃən /

noun

1. an entity, typically existing only on the internet or within the private property of its members, that lays claim to sovereign status as an independent nation, but which is unrecognized by real nations

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Example Sentences

With solar panels, metal scaffolding and cornerstones, they began constructing their vision for a sovereign micronation that they planned to call Autopia — the place that builds itself.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2025

Last year, the micronation of San Marino voted to make abortion legal in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.

From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2022

The idea of turning Lamb into a micronation occurred to Geller after he explored the possibility of buying the barony title which came with territory which had historically included the island.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2022

That’s because Terra Firma, as the queen has named it, is a micronation: a self-declared kingdom located on an abandoned 6,000-square-foot antiaircraft platform six miles out to sea.

From New York Times • Oct. 10, 2019

The seasteading concept has some historical antecedents, notably the Principality of Sealand, a long-standing micronation established on a disused British artillery platform in the North Sea by pirate-radio DJ Paddy Roy Bates in 1967.

From Slate • May 1, 2019