"Molossia is ostensibly a micronation, an independent country that isn’t recognized officially by other world governments. They live just off the page of geography books, but are very much real, physical places. Baugh explains how his own country had evolved over the past 39 years, split between northern Nevada and California.
It was, like most other micronations, a fun project, beginning when Baugh was a teenager in 1977. Back then, Molossia was a fantastical kingdom created with a friend. Now, he describes it as “a real place.”...
Baugh likens the sensibility of the Molossian people (at present 31 citizens) to a form of political satire. For example, Molossia claims to have been at war with the now-defunct East Germany since 1983."
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/interviewing-the-president-of-the-sovereign-nation-inside-nevada
I love stories about micronations
Related: Conch Key West nation; Snap Judgment story about the one on the island...
It was, like most other micronations, a fun project, beginning when Baugh was a teenager in 1977. Back then, Molossia was a fantastical kingdom created with a friend. Now, he describes it as “a real place.”...
Baugh likens the sensibility of the Molossian people (at present 31 citizens) to a form of political satire. For example, Molossia claims to have been at war with the now-defunct East Germany since 1983."
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/interviewing-the-president-of-the-sovereign-nation-inside-nevada
I love stories about micronations
Related: Conch Key West nation; Snap Judgment story about the one on the island...
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