What the World Says…

We’ve collected a variety of writings published about micronations and grouped them below under Anthologies, Documentaries, Essays, Features and Interviews. If you think we should add something, please comment.

Anthologies:

• Artigos (various authors/Microland) (Brazilian: in Portugese)
• Micropatriologia (2006-2009) (articles and essays in English and Brazilian Portugese)
• “Sealand, [Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Final Part]” [Part Three only – Google Cache) (CCOH/A Sea in Solitude – 2009)

Documentaries:

• “Empire Me/Sabotage: New Worlds are Happening!” (Paul Poet/IMDB – 2010)
• “Molossia: Nation in the Desert (Kevin Wells/Vimeo – 2011) (8:24)
• “Sealand” (ITV?/YouTube – year unknown) (9:20)
• “Sealand” (Scott Goddard/YouTube – 2003/08) (10:00)
• “Sealand for sale” (BBC?/YouTube – 2007) (7:42)
• “Tour the Micronation of Molossia” (Chicago Tribune/YouTube 2008) (2:25)

Essays:

• “Analysis of the Success and Failure of Micronations” (Sander Dieleman/Feianova – 2002)
• “Ancient Anatolia and Modern Micronationalism” (Richard Shears/Institut Georges Dumézil – 2001)
• “The Curiosity of Micronations” (Justine/Life Through Windows – 2009)
• “The Drug Called Micronationalism” (Sander Dieleman/Feianova – 2003)
• “Escaping to the High Seas: The Folly of Seacode and Sealand” (Michael Dizon on Law and IT – 2009)
• “The Failure of Micronational Economies” (Philip Locke/Hyperborea – 2002)
• “Freedom Ships and Micronations” (Patri Friedman/Patri’s Journal – 2000)
• “Micronationalism as a Left-Wing Phenomenon” (Tom Cutterham/The Kay Frances Inaugural Literature Contest – 2003)
• “Micronationalism in the Real World” (HE Kevin Baugh/Institut Georges Dumézil – 2001)
• “My First Week in Micronationalism” (Carson Smith/The Micronational View – 2005)
• “My Micronational Experience – David Roest” (Liam Sinclair/RIMA – 2009)
• “‘Nations’ or ‘States’: an Attempt at Definition” (Peter Ravn Rasmussen/Scholiast.org – 2005)
• “Not in My Country You Don’t” (HM Kasimir Diana I/Institut Georges Dumézil – 2001)
• “On the Psychology of Micronations” (Scott of Hyperborea/Hyperborea – 2002)
• “Operation Atlantis and the Radical Libertarian Alliance: Observations of a Fly on the Wall” (Roy Halliday/Libertarian Essays – 2002)
• “Promoting Actual Economy Over Simulated Economy In Reality-Based Micronations” (Steve Foong/Micropatriological Research Centre – 2002) (via MicroHub)
• “The Rhode Book of Micronationalism” (Jason Rhode/Micronations.Net – 2002)
• “RIMA Essays: My Micronational Experience – Robert Davis” (Robert Davis/RIMA – 2005/2009)
• “The Rise of the Virtual State” (Richard Rosecrance/Foreign Affairs, San Francisco State University – 1996)
• “A Theory of the Rise and Fall of Micronations” (Scott of Hyperborea/Hyperborea – 2002)
• “A Treatise on Micronational Existence on the Internet and the Resulting Implications” (Gryphon Avocatio/The Kay Frances Inaugural Literature Contest – 2003)
• “The Wealth of Micronations” (Scott of Hyperborea/Micronations.Net – 2002)
• “What is Micronationalism? an Introduction” (Peter Ravn Rasmussen/Scholiast.Org – 2001)

Features:

• “The Birth of a Queer Nation” (Superdrewby – 2004)
• “Bite-sized Sovereignties Offer Worlds of Fun” (Kathy Ceceri/iBerkshires – 2005)
• “Brave New Worlds” (Ian MacLeod/Ottawa Citizen – 2002 – via Freedonia)
• “Fag-ends of Empire” (John Connell/Sydney Morning Herald – 2002)
• “‘Free-staters’ Pick New Hampshire to Liberate for Sex, Guns and Drugs” (Joanna Walters/The Guardian – 2003)
• “Geography Awareness Week”(Lisa Hirschfield/The Ullage Group – 2008)
• “The Independent Republic of New York” (Jennifer Senior/New York Magazine – 2004)
• “It’s Good to be King” (Alex Blumberg/Wired – 2000)
• “Landless Land” (Lindsay Pereira/Rediff India – 2000)
• “The Last Free Place on Earth” (T O Morrow/Extropy – 1994)
• “Micronations – Start Your Own Country!” (Royce Carlson/Zenzibar – 2000)
• “Micronations.Net Features News and Information on ‘Experimental’ Countries” (Bruce Eisner/Bruce Eisner’s Vision Thing – 2004)
• “New Foundlands” (George Pendle/Cabinet Magazine – 2005)
• “Original Constitution for West Florida Republic Back in Louisiana” (Laurie Smith Anderson/The Advocate – 2000)
• “Pakistanis’ ‘New Life’ in Imaginary Country” (BBC – 2002)
• “Place of the Week: Sealand” (Chachy/The Map Scroll – 2009)
• “Plastic Island Paradise” (The Sun – 2002)
• “Seastead, Ahoy!” (Devaneshu Patel/Popular Science – 2009)
• “Sealand: The Island Nation Off the UK Coast Founded by a Guy Calling ‘Dibs'” (Gizmodo – 2014)
• “A Self-proclaimed Kingdom Down Under” (World Bugs – 2009)
• “Small, Strange and Surreal: 3 of the Most Bizarre Micronations in the World” (WebUrbanist – 2007)
• “States of Mind” (Andrew Weiner/Boston Phoenix – 2000)
• “Utopian Rulers, and Spoofs, Stake Out Territory Online” (Stephen Mimh/New York Times – 2000 – via Freedonia)
• “Wanted: Homeland for 300 Webheads” (Andrew Weiner/Metro Santa Cruz – 2000)

Interviews:

• World:
  • “Lonely Planet Guide to Micronations: An Interview…” (Geoff Manaugh/BLDG Blog – 2009)
  • “Marae Claims Sovereignty” (Bruce Stewart, Heeni Collins/Aotearoa Independent Media Centre – 2003)
  • “Yugo Nostalgic Declares His Own State” (Alix Kroeger/BBC – 2003)
• Babkha:
  • “Interview: Hesam Jayatar” (Liam Sinclair/RIMA – 2009)
• Lovely:
  • “We Speak to King Danny Wallace!” (Natalie Edwards/The Founder – 2007)
• Molossia:
  • “Another Radio Interview” (Khamsin Molossia News/G106.3 Radio – 2006)
  • “G4 TV Interview” (Khamsin Molossia News/G4TV – 2009)
  • “Local Interview – Finally!” (Khamsin Molossia News/Dayton Courier – 2008)
    
  • “One Nation, Under Me” (Chicago Tribune – 2008)
  • “Radio Interview with His Excellency, The President” (Khamsin Molossia News/G106.3 Radio – 2005)
  • “TV Interview with His Excellency, The President” (Molossia/Tech TV – 2003)
  • “Wikinews Holds a Follow-up Interview…” (Joseph Ford/Wikinews – 2008)
  • “Wikinews… Intermicronational Summit.. Interview” (Joseph Ford/Wikinews – 2008)
  • “Wikinews Interviews Kevin Baugh…” (Joseph Ford/Wikinews – 2008)
• Sealand:
  • “Answers from Sealand: CTO Ryan Lackey Responds” (Slashdot – 2000)
  • “Prince of Sealand” (George Stroumboulopoulos/The Hour/CBC – 2007) (8:33)
  • “Welcome to Sealand…” (Simson Garfinkel/Wired – 2000)

• Vikesland:
  • “Wikinews Interviews Christopher Beyette…” (Joseph Ford/Wikinews – 2008)
  • “Wikinews Interviews Prince Christopher…” (Joseph Ford/Wikinews – 2008)

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