Micronation diplomacy

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One of the first micronations (WP) to be established, in 1865, was the Kingdom of Redonda, on a Caribbean island; there are hundreds more today. Many micronations have diplomatic relations with other micronations; since no macronation, or undisputed country, will recognize a micronation, their diplomatic relations are usually limited to other micronations. According to the declarative theory of statehood of the Montevideo Convention, countries need population, territory, government, and diplomacy to be considered sovereign. Many micronations will not recognise less serious micronations than themselves. While micronational diplomacy usually consists of friendly contact between micronations, some micronations, such as the Principality of Seborga and the Madison Kingdom of Talossa, refuse to recognise any micronation as an unofficial or official policy. The reverse is also true; the Hutt River Principality is visited by officials of the Australian government, despite its unrecognized status.

In at least three instances, the foundation of a micronation was a protest against the laws or administration of the nearby macronation. The Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands (WP) was founded in response to Australia's ban on gay marriage.The Wikipedia:Mittagong, New South Wales city council decided to divert construction of a sewer line, after the Principality of Dubeldeka was formed, to the outskirts of its property; the founders of the micronation claim that the hotel they planned to restore would have been destroyed by the original course of pipelaying. The Principality of Wy decided being part of a local council that denied them road access was not worth it, and seceded in 2004. The NSK micronation opposes the very concept of nations, and Cyber Yugoslavia is critical of Yugoslavian nationalism.

The Wikipedia:dissolution of the Soviet Union created areas that were no longer parts of the former USSR (WP) or Russia (WP), nor established states; micronations whose sovereignty and relationship to other countries was unclear, yet whose national borders and ethnic constituency still had precedence in history.

The largest intermicronational organisation in micronational history is the Organisation of Active Micronations (OAM), which boasts over 80 member nations. The League of Small Nations (LSN), modelled after the Wikipedia:League of Nations, consists of the Wikipedia:Dominion of British West Florida, the Sovereign Barony of Caux, the Grand Duchy of Greifenberg and the Wikipedia:Republic of Molossia. There are also intermicronational organisations that are reputable, while accepting nations and micronations that do not necessarily meet all of the Montevideo Convention requirements for a state, such as the Micronational Professional Registry (MPR) and the League of Secessionist States (LoSS) The United Micronations Multi-Oceanic Archipelago (UMMOA) claims recognition from an organization in Wikipedia:Italy by the name of Wikipedia:International Parliament for Safety and Peace.

The continent of Australia swells the number of micronations considerably; micronations there attend to diplomatic business at micronation conferences, including the April 2010 PoliNation conference on an island just off the coast of Wikipedia:Sydney, Australia.

Ambassadors to other micronations tend to visit, rather than live in them, or conduct diplomacy at a distance. Ambassadors can be assigned to macronations (most commonly to the macronation that surrounds a micronation), but are never recognised as ambassadors by the macronation. The definition of Wikipedia:state visit remains the same for micronations as larger ones. Grand Duke Paul of Greifenberg made a state visit to President Wikipedia:Kevin Baugh of Molossia on April 21, 2008, where they talked about micronationalism. On May 23, 2008, Grand Duke Paul visited Baron John I of the Barony of Caux. From June 27–30, 2008, Prince Christopher and Princess Erin of Wikipedia:Vikesland visited Molossia. During the visit, they engaged in joint military and rocket projects. All of these state visits were between members of the League of Small Nations.

Micronations typically use definitions of Wikipedia:embassies and Wikipedia:ambassadors loosely. Lovely, for example, declares any location its flag is displayed to be an embassy. Some will declare just about any location to be an embassy, including a webpage. Some micronations consist purely as embassies. The citizens of Atlantia, a micronation on the Australian continent, all claim Wikipedia:dual citizenship, both Australian and Atlantian.

Micronational war (WP) is usually done jokingly. For instance, micronations, such as the Wikipedia:Conch Republic, and the Wikipedia:Hutt River Province in 1977, have declared war on the macronations that surround them. Macronations generally ignore this. Wars may be declared between micronation; Molossia helped to create another micronation, Mustachistan, and after a territorial dispute went to war with it. Molossia also declared a never-ending war on East Germany (WP), which it claims still exists, on Wikipedia:Ernst Thälmann Island. Slightly more serious incidents include Wikipedia:Sealand, off the coast of England, whose territory is an island that was a military base during World War II base, that once fired warning shots when a Wikipedia:British Navy boat came close to shore, and 'civil wars' in which citizens of a micronation declare war on it, hacking into its website to crash it.

References

• Micronations John Ryan, George Dunford, Simon Sellars Review. Wikipedia:The Australian
• Jody Shapiro will teach you How to Start Your Own Country; Vanessa Farquharson, Oct. 21, 2010, Wikipedia:National Post