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Talossa, also known as the Kingdom of Talossa (Talossan: Regipäts Talossan [ˈred͡ʒipæt͡s tɐɫɔˈsan]), is one of the earliest micronations – founded in 1979 by then-14-year-old Robert Ben Madison of Milwaukee and at first confined to his bedroom; he adopted the name after discovering that the word means "inside the house" in Finnish.
An American teenager in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, created this micronation, the territory of which was initially limited to his bedroom. It has since expanded into part of Milwaukee, as well as other locations on Earth (including Marie Byrd Land, which is also claimed by two other micronations, Melchezidek and Westarctica; q.v.).
MicroCon is a biennial convention for micronationalists held since 2015. The event was created by Kevin Baugh, President of the Republic of Molossia. [1] Micronations are political entities that claim independence and mimic acts of sovereignty as if they were a sovereign state, but lack any legal recognition. [2]
The story was in turn inspired by the micronation of New Atlantis. [5] The following micronation boom, fuelled by copy cat behaviour from businesses such as ryokan and minshuku, reached its peak at 1983 before seeing the numbers of new micronations decline. [6] [3] By 1988, approximately 150 micronations had been established. [7]
[4] [10] In the Cambridge University Press book Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty, MicroWiki is mentioned several times as an online community for online micronations. [11] In late 2024, a group of MicroWiki users strongly criticised the wiki's practices and biased administrators, which made strong waves in the micronational community ...
How the high seas became a renegades’ refuge, from libertarian micronations to floating abortion clinics. Ian Urbina. October 17, 2022 at 8:01 AM.
Micronations: The Lonely Planet Guide to Home-Made Nations has 160 pages, and includes an introduction and a full index. [P 2] It is fully illustrated. [14] The book's profile of micronations offers information on their flags, leaders, currencies, maps and other facts.
The IMS was founded in 1973 by Frederick W. Lehmann IV of St. Louis, Missouri. [3] [4] It was the first organisation dedicated to studying micronations. [7]In 1977, documents from the IMS supposedly supporting the legitimacy of the Most Serene Federal Republic of Montmartre were used in a court case by Montmartre President Barry Alan Richmond to advocate for the micronation's inclusion in the ...