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Soviet Invasion of Celestia

Thursday, March 12, 2009

On the 4th of October 1957 the Soviet Union entered the nation of Celestia.
According to Erwin S. Strauss’ book, James Thompson Mangan formed the nation of Celestia on the 20th of December 1948. While Celestia (a.k.a.: Nation of Celestial Space) would be considered a micronation, he laid claim to the largest area… all of [...]

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The Italo-Rose Island War

Saturday, October 11, 2008

“Buy land. They’ve stopped making it.” -Mark Twain
It’s hard to create a new country when all the land is taken up by existing ones. So a little creativity is needed. With the success of Sealand, other attempted to create new nations in the sea via artificial islands.
In the early 1960’s a professor of engineering in [...]

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A Brief History of Sealand

Saturday, September 20, 2008

In 1967 what would become the most successful micronation was born. “Paddy Roy Bates was on of the most successful “pirate” radio operators off England…. in 1966, he moved into one of the abandoned World-War-II vintage anti-aircraft towers off the British coast. This particular tower… is seven miles off the Essex coast, opposite [...]

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