You have to spend the rest of your life in a micronation. Which do you choose?

You have been sentenced to life in a micronation of your choosing (Sealand, Molossia, etc.) The micronation must have actual land and you may never leave that land. What micronation do you choose?

Edit: clarification of the rules. A micronation is by definition not recognized internationally. As a result, small sovereign states like the Vatican are not allowed.

Also you can’t just make your own micronation wherever you want. It has to already exist.

Devi, (edited )

Does the vatican count? I'd get into the archives and make it my lifes work to find all the secrets.

Plus it's pretty cool there, there's people who do spend their lives there, and always visitors from round the world to hang out with.

nodsocket,

Vatican is an internationally recognized city state and does not count.

TheWeirdestCunt,

Technically so is sealand though, the UK and Germany both had to recognise it at different points

nodsocket,

Not currently recognized though, so it still counts

cheese_greater,

Can I afford it if I choose some place like Monaco?

nodsocket,

No guarantees on money but you can’t leave. Also Monaco doesn’t count because it’s a city state and is internationally recognized.

cheese_greater,

K fine, SeaLand but it better have internet and proper food. Also I’m bringing my pets and Imma need AmazonPrime and all the credit I can eat

peto,

Are there any good ones? Am I allowed to launch a coup?

nodsocket,

You can launch a coup.

SgtAStrawberry,

Well Jämtland is Jämtland, but there is nothing wrong with that one. Really nice place, the biggest town is lovely, if you don’t like the city ther is plenty of smaller towns, villages and cabins in the woods. They even have there own famous lake monster.

I would recommend against the coup, but if you gave your mind set you can probably find some new friends there to help you.

GreyShuck, (edited )
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The closest to me AFAIK is Sealand, but I’d rather not, tbh. I do actually have a passport from Waveland, declared as part of a Greenpeace campaign some years back and based on Rockall, but also not too appealing as a long-term residence.

At one site that I lived and worked on for several years, we discussed declaring unilateral independence on several occasions. It was a shingle spit nature reserve and seemed a promising location, but we never did. Well, not so far.

Overall, the Free Borough of Llanrwst looks a good bet. I have been there and definitely enjoy the area.

CubbyTustard,

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand

Sealand, might be able to trade a Dukedom for the right supplies

Boozilla,
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_micronations

PrinceWith999Enemies,

I’d have a couple of options:

Most Serene Federal Republic of Montmartre

This republic, retroactively dated to 1636, encompasses the Theater District in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City. In the late 1970s, a dispute between Montmartre’s founder and New York Telephone, over whether the micronation could be listed in the government pages of the phone book, ended up in front of the New York Public Service Commission. The commission vacillated, alternately issuing rulings in favour of each party, and listings for the republic did appear in at least a few editions of the New York Telephone book.

All of life is basically a series of interlocking musicals, and I’d aim for some ministerial position. I’d like to work for the Idina Menzel administration.

Nation of Pacifica/Cascadia

This one isn’t on the Wikipedia page for some reason, but it’s a pretty active concept.

It’s basically the west coast states and territories, ranging from British Columbia to Baja California, with the idea of being some contiguous subset of those areas. I’d just want to make sure it includes the Bay Area and LA.

Bonehead, (edited )

As long as I can have satellite internet and have supplies delivered, I'm picking the Kingdom of Redonda.

Rentlar,

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laàs#Principality_of_Laàs

Being in a temperate part of France sounds pretty great, especially if I got a room in Chateau de Láas.

HenchmanNumber3,

Also you can’t just make your own micronation wherever you want. It has to already exist.

This kind of makes the concept of a micronation useless. The point is that anyone can make their own nation with their own rules wherever they are or go. If you have to pick someone else’s, then it’s no different than picking someone else’s recognized nation.

SharkAttak,
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must have actual land
Mentions Sealand

nodsocket,

The land is underwater but it counts

Tangent5280,

oi that doesnt sound right

bfg9k,
@bfg9k@lemmy.world avatar

It absolutely does not lol

LillyPip,

… Isn’t there land under all the water, though?

shinigamiookamiryuu,

Pitcairn

kerrypacker,

Do you like inbreeding and sexual abuse?

shinigamiookamiryuu,

Not really, but it wouldn’t be inbreeding if I’m an immigrant there (by definition). I take the second thing with a grain of history; before the UK decimated the place by issuing a war draft and taking everyone to go fight in WWII, it had as many people as a regular small American town, and what followed was a chain of sensationalism.

nvermind,

I visited Molossia a while ago, dude was awesome and super friendly. Plus the weather in Molossia is always perfect, although with the close borders with Nevada sometimes the bad weather from the US bleeds in.

SgtAStrawberry,

The Republic of Jämtland, very nice place. I even have friends there.

thorbot,

This post is assuming I know what the fuck that is or what one is. I choose Petoria

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