Micro-nations

In 1977, an eccentric book lover formed a micronation for book lovers.

Three tiny islands in a Portsmouth pond are at the center of disputed land claims from a number of competing micronations.

A small self-proclaimed micro-state located on a piece of disputed territory between Croatia and Serbia, near Liberland.

This small island declared independence from South Korea in the hopes of attracting tourists.

Despite being of the most short-lived republics in history, this small Chilean town won’t forget its two days of independence.

A clerical error gave rise to this imaginary micronation in the southwestern corner of Estonia.

A micronation on an islet along the coast of a Portuguese island.

This striking icon of the disputed Republic of Artsakh caused a stir at a Eurovision Song Contest.

This sign marks the entrance to a tiny proto-state within the small country of Moldova.

The California secessionist movement has its own foreign embassy, in Russia of all places.