micronation
suomi-englanti sanakirjamicronation englanniksi
A non-autonomous entity that claims to be a sovereign state and mimics the actions of a state, but lacks any legal recognition and exists only on paper or in the mind of its creator; a entity.
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(quote-book), (w)|title=The People's Almanac 2: A Completely New Book from Cover to Cover|publisher=Bantam Books|isbn=9780553011371|page=330|passage=This is the world's largest micronation, taking up all the seas of the world beyond national 3-mi. limits.
(quote-book), (w)|title=Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty|publisher=Cambridge University Press|series=Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law|isbn=9781009150125|page=21|passage=After exploring several classificatory accounts that identify commonalities and distinctions among and between different types of micronation, we outline our definition. We find that micronations are self-declared nations that perform and mimic acts of sovereignty, and adopt many of the protocols of nations, but lack a foundation in domestic and international law for their existence and are not recognised as states in domestic or international forums.
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A small ethnic secessionist movement, especially (but not exclusively) in Africa.
(quote-book)|isbn=9780313245695|page=143|passage=We are faced with micronationalisms that need be tamed, micronations that will have to be organized.
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