Slideshow: 10 Micronations Around the World

by  Karen Gardiner | Apr 25, 2014
Man's and woman's hands holding Earth
Man's and woman's hands holding Earth / efetova/iStock

Whether established as a joke, to make a political point, or purely by accident, these 10 micronations across the world show that, if you don't like your own country, you can just go ahead and start your own. Of course, like all of the ones we've listed, yours might never be recognized as a real nation, but you may not mind.

Visit our slideshow to learn about the Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands, The Empire of Atlantium, a dictatorial banana-republic in Nevada, and more.

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