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A micronation is a small, self-declared state that claims sovereignty but lacks recognition from established countries and international organizations. While micronations like the Principality of Sealand exist as curiosities or political statements, they have little practical impact since they cannot participate in international affairs or enforce laws beyond their tiny territories.
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- Definition
- History
- Retrospective micronations
- Libertarian micronations and seasteading projects: 1964–1972
- Conceptualisation
- Initial developments in Australia: 1970–1981
- Micronational community in Japan: 1981–1991
- Protest micronations: 1980s
- Artistic micronations: 1990s
- Effects of the Internet and media attention
- 2010s and popularization
- The COVID-19 pandemic and aftermath
- Territorial claims
- Other claims
- Functions as a sovereign state
- Community
- Diplomacy
- Intermicronational summits
- Websites and online communities
- Legality
- Arguments for sovereignty
- Based on historical claims
- See also
- Footnotes
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- Nonfiction
- Fiction
- External links
thumb|The Principality of Sealand is a micronation located on a seafort off the coast of the United Kingdom.
A micronation is a political entity whose representatives claim that they belong to an independent nation or sovereign state, but which lacks legal recognition by any sovereign state. Micronations are classified separately from de facto states and quasi-states; they are also not considered to be autonomous or self-governing as they lack the legal basis in international law for their existence. The activities of micronations are almost always trivial enough to be ignored rather than disputed by the established nations whose territory they claim—referred to in micronationalism as macronations. Several micronations have issued coins, flags, postage stamps, passports, medals and other state-related items, some as a source of revenue. Motivations for the creation of micronations include theoretical experimentation, political protest, artistic expression, personal entertainment and the conduct of criminal activity. The study of micronationalism is known as micropatriology or micropatrology.