- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications (1 Sep 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1741047307
- ISBN-13: 978-1741047301
- Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 12.4 x 1.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 400,421 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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New York Daily News, September 10, 2006
'Sets out all the steps necessary to lay claim to your own sovereign soil.'
'Sets out all the steps necessary to lay claim to your own sovereign soil.'
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"Micronations" takes a look at some of the most curious places on the planet. Designed to generate interest in the strange world out there, this is a fully illustrated, humorous mock-guidebook to the nations people create in their own backyards - most of which can be visited (for example, Sealand, an island off the coast of Britain; and Hutt River Province, which seceded from Western Australia in 1970). A global selection of micronations are profiled, complete with facts and figures, cultural information, Things to See and Do, and Getting There and Away sections, as well as interviews with the quirky characters who've set themselves up as presidents, emperors and serene highnesses. The book also features full-colour photographs, maps, flags and stamps etc, and an entertaining introduction detailing the historical, philosophical and most definitely satirical aspects of the micronation phenomenon. For lovers of humour, trivia and ephemera, this is a gift book, reference text and travel guide rolled into one.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Welcome to my world!,
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This review is from: Micronations: The Lonely Planet Guide to Home-Made Nations (Paperback)
At last something really out of the tourist guides and something that really does exsist, real people, real places! Leave it to Lonely Planet to get this out first, I'm glad they did, maybe I'll have my own country listed in the next edition. Brilliant!
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Micro Magic,
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This review is from: Micronations: The Lonely Planet Guide to Home-Made Nations (Paperback)
Everyone's travelling these days. The man at the newsagents went to Australia for Christmas, the guy at the next desk has just got back from travelling in in the Far East, your mate trekked the Inca Trail for charity, you're granny's going to do a road trip down the I95...Do you wish you could do something a bit different? Are you itching to get a stamp in your passport from a country that no one's heard of and the United Nations don't recognise as being one - let alone its immediate neighbours? Do you want to meet some really weird people? Then Micronations is the travel guide for you.
After the normal, considered, Lonely Planet introduction outlining the background a containing quotes from such diverse sources as the UN Charter and Frank Zappa, the authors then proceed to provide information on 52 micronations. Where are they? Who runs them? When were they founded? What's the climate like? where can you stay? What can you do? And will the king make you a cup of tea if you pop round? The book comes recommended by King Danny I of Lovely (aka British comedian Danny Wallace), the citizenship of which was swelled by a TV series and accompanying book. Lovely's entry includes such helpful information as 'Lovely has moved quickly to oultlaw the private ownership of guns. On the other hand, the right to 'bare arms' is allowed in the summer, especially when it gets hot.' I am luck that there is no death penalty in Lovely, as this citizen frequently bares arms in other seasons. Other countries on my itinerary include the Copeman Empire, a moveable kingdom contained in King Nick's caravan; Snake Hill, which declared independence from Australia and made itself a British Crown Dependency after a property litigation turned sour; the Republic of Kugelmugel, a spherical kingdom set in Wiener Prater park in Austria and created by artist-president Edwin Lipburger; and the Kingdom of Elleore near Denmark, founded in 1944 by a group known as 'The Immoralists.' I shall not be visiting Kingdom of North Dumpling Island, which bosts that it is 'the only 100% science literate country' - I never got past photosynthesis. Micronations, as well as being an invaluable travel guide, provides a charming insight into the imagination and creativity of our fellow humans/heads of state. Once I get back from my factfinding trip, who knows, I may even found my own kingdom. The Inefficient Republic of Cloud, perhaps?
2.0 out of 5 stars
Superficially interesting, but tedious,
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This review is from: Micronations: The Lonely Planet Guide to Home-Made Nations (Paperback)
Interesting to know about all these places, but a rather tedious read. Furthermore, the claims of some of these micronations seem rather tenuous and unworthy of inclusion.
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