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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micronation

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

Since buying Lamb Island, Geller has elevated its status to a micronation and has a flag, constitution and anthem.

From BBC ● May 31, 2023

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

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

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