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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.).
Milwaukee Harbor entry N. pier, SE. corner of H.W. Maier Festival Park 43°01′34″N 87°53′43″W / 43.0260°N 87.8953°W / 43.0260; -87.8953 ( Milwaukee Pierhead 42-foot lighthouse built in 1906 on the end of a pier in Milwaukee's harbor.
Pages in category "Micronations in the United States" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
MicroWiki is a free online encyclopedia about micronations launched in 2005. [1] It has since become the principal way in which Internet users document micronational matters, as most do not meet Wikipedia's notability requirements. [2]
Micronations are entities that resemble sovereign states in their use of such symbols as flags, coats of arms, coins, banknotes, passports and governing hierarchies, but which are in fact unrecognised as sovereign, and which may be partly, largely or wholly ephemeral in nature.
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]
A micronation is formed by the declaration of an independent and sovereign nation that is not recognized by governments of established countries. They are typically thought of as mimicking actual states with the appearances and formalities of governance, but without any actual power or recognition.