A variable count suggests there are currently around 100 active micronations around the world, with more than 400 recorded in recent history.

We ranked the strangest self-declared independent nations around the world by their population size, including Molossia, Atlantium, and Westarctica.

Not recognized by any government, these micronations around the world are found in the most bizarre places and often ruled by the most eccentric people.

Welcome to the far-out world of micronations, mini-states that range from a personal hobby to a geographic stake in a political stance. This unusual designation has sprung up over the decades as a ...

Micronations, tiny self-declared provinces, are unrecognized and mostly for fun; one ties its currency to the price of cookie dough.

Micronations are self-declared nation-states that are not recognized by any other nation. Since each is an attempt by its ruler to secede from their former country, most micronations are only the ...

Micronations may not be recognized by other countries, but they're weathering the coronavirus pandemic just like the rest of us.

Legends in their own mind! Micronations conference brings together (fake) rulers of places that exist but aren’t sovereign ...

Reports put the number of current micronations at over 400. Photographer Leó Delafontaine found himself fascinated by these places and began photographing them in 2012, visiting six countries and ...

French writer and historian Bruno Fuligni, who wrote the introduction to Micronations, estimates there are more than 400 of these self-proclaimed entities.

Thing We Were Happiest To Learn: While there was a boom in micronations in the late 1970s and early '80s, new ones are still cropping up all the time.