Fed up with the government? Think you can do better? Or just want to have your own nation? Well just create one and declare independence and become a Micronation. Just get your flag and claim your land. Go from to your back to your front yard or just claim the land the size of the entire state of Texas. Now you and your followers can now live in peace the newly created Kingdom of Tacos, or the Republic of Jamborees, or the Empire of French Fries, or what ever you choose to name it because it is your nation. However micronaitons have almost no legitimacy and are never recognized at all by the international community. There are probably at least hundreds to thousands of proclaimed micronations, but it is hard to keep track of them all. You would think these micronations declaring independence and land within an existing country would spark some type of concern by the government. But most governments don't act or simply don't care because these nations are no treat, have no power and in some cases are kind of ridiculous and amusing.
Many micronations have the title of republics, kingdoms, federations, empires and even issued their own stamps and currency, but most are just composed of one family or a small group of people, which is not enough people to be legitimate. According to the Micronation wiki, the largest amount of citizens in a micronation is the Free land of Dodoa with 274 registered citizens and the largest amount of unregistered citizens is the New Republic of Texas with 25,000,000+, because they claim almost all of the state of Texas as part of their nation. Other micronations do not get any legitimacy because the material of the land they claim. The most well known micronation is the Principality of Sealand that is located 6 miles off the coast of England. Sealand is not an island nation, but a nation that has claimed a retired sea fort from the Second World War. The United Kingdom has addressed the legitimacy of Sealand and has stated that Sealand can not be a nation because the United Kingdom claims that a nation must have some type of territory claim and not be man made structure.
Some micronations might be started by people for real reasons, but a good amount seem to made just for the fun of it, a experiment or out of protest. The Republic of Awesome seems to be the best example of people just having fun, located in Australia. The Republic of Awesome has many misters that are in charge of affairs in the their country, just to name a few there is the Minister of Visual Arts and Pancakes, the Minister of Nostalgia and 42, the Minister of Magic and many more. The Republic of Awesome has two police forces, the Federal police, who enforce laws and the Fun police, who allow anything that promotes fun, but if the fun infringes on the rights or hurts other citizens the Fun police must step in and stop the fun. Other micronations are started out of political protest. The Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands in Australia for example was declared in 2004 to protest the Australian's government not recognize same-sex marriage.
Micronations, some more ridiculous than others, are interesting ways for people to experiment with government, have some fun, send a message to governments. Some are most definitely amusing to look at on the outside and even the world governments seem not to care much as long it doesn't get to big. But maybe in the post apocalyptic future of the Sealand will expand across Europe, the Republic of Awesome will bring Fun to all of the destroyed lands of humanity and the New Republic of Texas will come to annex and rebuild the shattered nuclear wasteland of the United States.
More on Micronations
http://micronations.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_micronations_by_establishment
http://micronations.wordpress.com/resources/what-the-world-says/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micronation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_and_Lesbian_Kingdom_of_the_Coral_Sea_Islands
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