What are micronations? An analysis of the activities of three projects: Liberland, Imperial Throne and Free City of Christiania Cover Image

Czym są mikronacje? Analiza działalności trzech projektów: Liberland, Imperialny Tron oraz Wolne Miasto Christiania
What are micronations? An analysis of the activities of three projects: Liberland, Imperial Throne and Free City of Christiania

Author(s): Wojciech Paukszteło
Subject(s): Governance, Politics and society, Geopolitics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Keywords: micronation; foreign policy; libertarianism; anarchism;

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes micro nations as a new idea of establishing one’s own country. Even if micro nations are small and irrelevant, they are an interesting example of how people want to create their own environment. Some projects were established as a joke or for financial profit; others have the ambition of becoming an internationally recognized country. The article presents the story of three different micro nations; Liberland, Imperial Throne, and the Free City of Christiania. All of them represent different approaches for self-gov-ernance and ideology (libertarianism, monarchism and anarchism). The article also considers definitions of micro nations and tries to match them with existing definitions of political units.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 29
  • Page Range: 37-48
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish