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'''Micronations''', sometimes also referred to as '''model countries''' and '''new country projects''', are entities that claim to be independent [[nation]]s or [[sovereign state|state]]s but which are not [[recognition (international law)|recognized]] by world governments or major international organizations.
Micronations are also distinguished from [[imaginary country|imaginary countries]] and from other kinds of social groups (such as [[eco-village]]s, [[campus]]es, [[tribe]]s, [[clan]]s, [[sect]]s, and [[residential community association]]s) by expressing a formal and persistent, even if unrecognized, claim of sovereignty over some physical territory.
Several micronations have issued [[coins]], [[flag]]s, [[postage stamps]], [[passport]]s, [[medal]]s, 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 people to create many new micronations, whose members are scattered all over the world and interact mostly by electronic means, often calling their nations Nomadic Countries. 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 [[microstate]]s by micronationalists, some of whom refer to [[sovereignty|sovereign]] [[nation-state]]s as "macronations".
==See also==
* [[Flags of micronations]]
* [[League for Small and Subject Nationalities]]
* [[List of micronation currencies]]
* [[List of micronations]]
* [[List of unrecognized countries]]
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'''Micronations''', sometimes also referred to as '''model countries''' and '''new country projects''', are entities that claim to be independent [[nation]]s or [[sovereign state|state]]s but which are not [[recognition (international law)|recognized]] by world governments or major international organizations.
Micronations are also distinguished from [[imaginary country|imaginary countries]] and from other kinds of social groups (such as [[eco-village]]s, [[campus]]es, [[tribe]]s, [[clan]]s, [[sect]]s, and [[residential community association]]s) by expressing a formal and persistent, even if unrecognized, claim of sovereignty over some physical territory.
Several micronations have issued [[coins]], [[flag]]s, [[postage stamps]], [[passport]]s, [[medal]]s, 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 people to create many new micronations, whose members are scattered all over the world and interact mostly by electronic means, often calling their nations Nomadic Countries. 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 [[microstate]]s by micronationalists, some of whom refer to [[sovereignty|sovereign]] [[nation-state]]s as "macronations".
==See also==
* [[Flags of micronations]]
* [[League for Small and Subject Nationalities]]
* [[List of micronation currencies]]
* [[List of micronations]]
* [[List of unrecognized countries]]
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