Micronations, or model countries and new country projects or even sovereign nations, they claim to be independent nations or states but which are not recognized by world governments or major international organizations. These nations often exist only on paper, on the Internet, or in the minds of their creators.
Micronations differ from secession and self-determination movements in that they are largely viewed as being eccentric and ephemeral in nature, and are often created and maintained by a single person or family group. This criterion excludes entities such as the Republic of China (Taiwan) that have diplomatic relations with other recognized nation-states of the world without being formally recognized themselves by many nation-states or accepted by major international bodies. Some micro-nationalists call their countries Nomadic Countries[1], especially ones that have no land and are based on the Internet.
Micronations are also distinguished from imaginary countries and from other kinds of social groups (such as eco-villages, campuses, tribes, clans, sects, and residential community associations) by expressing a formal and persistent, even if unrecognized, claim of sovereignty over some physical territory.
Some micronations have managed to extend some of their operations into the physical world by trying to enforce their alleged sovereignty. Several have issued coins, flags, postage stamps, passports, medals, and other items, which are rarely accepted outside of their own community.
The earliest known micronations date from the beginning of the 19th century. The advent of the Internet provided the means for the creation of many new micronations, whose members are scattered all over the world and interact mostly by electronic means. The differences between such Internet micronations, other kinds of social networking groups, and role playing games are often hard to define.
The term "micronation" to describe those entities dates at least to the 1970s. The term micropatrology is sometimes used to describe the study of both micronations and microstates by micronational hobbyists, some of whom refer to sovereign nation-states as "macronations".
Aerican Empire -1987
Aeterna Lucina - 1978
Antarctic Union - 2008
Aramoana - 1980
Atlantium - 1981
Austenasia - 2008
Avram -1980s
Akhzivland - 1970[
British West Florida - 2005
BjornSocialist Republic - 2005
Conch Republic - 1982
Copeman Empire - 2003
Coral Sea Islands - 2004
Elleore - 1944
EnenKio - 1994
Filettino - 2011
Forvik - 2008
Freetown Christiania - 1971
Frestonia - 1977
Global Country of World Peace - 2000
Hajdučka Republika Mijata Tomića - 2002
Hay-on-Wye - 1977
Meads in September - 1963
Hutt River - 1970
Republic of Jamtland - 1963
Kugelmugel - 1984
Ladonia - 1980
Lagoan Isles - 2005
L'Anse-Saint-Jean - 1997
Kingdom of Lovely - 2004
Lundy - 1925
Marlborough - 1993
Melchizedek - 1986
Minerva - 1973
Molossia - 1977
Morac-Songhrati-Meads - 1959
Naminara Republic - 2006
New Utopia - 1990s
Northern Forest Archipelago - 1998
Nova Roma - 1998
Perloja - 1918
Peščenica - 1990s
Rainbow Creek - 1979
Redonda - 1865
Rose Island - 1968
Russian Empire - 2011
Saugeais - 1947
Sealand - 1967
Seborga - 954
Talossa - 1979
Užupis - 1997
Vikesland - 2005
Wanstonia - 1994
Waveland - 1997
Wendland - 1980
Westarctica - 1989
Wirtland - 2008
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_of_micronations
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_for_Small_and_Subject_Nationalities
http://www.veneermagazine.com/b/2007/08/deeper_grifting_peter_coffin.html
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