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

Two decades later, a 58-year-old Italian businessman named Samuele Landi began promoting a new vision for a micronation in the Saya de Malha Bank.

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 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

This month in 1972, the South Pacific Forum recognized the Kingdom of Tonga’s sovereignty over two submerged atolls, ending the short life of a micronation unilaterally declared by an American and built on sand.

From New York Times • Sep. 11, 2017

It has been an exciting week for Prince Graeme I, the newly crowned "monarch" of a micronation in Australia.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2017