"The idea of a sovereign nation state having complete authority over its citizens within defined borders is only a fairly recent development, and it led to all of the horrors of the 20th Century," says Cruickshank. Micronation founders like Cruickshank seek to challenge the notion of a nation state by proving how artificial a construct they really are. Imitation is not necessarily a form of flattery, however. As a consequence, micronations are not recognised by established nation states, but that does not deter them from assuming the ceremony, pomp and even governance structures of them. A micronation is a self-proclaimed sovereign state that lacks a legal basis for its existence. The trio hoisted a flag and the micronation of Atlantium officially came into being.Ītlantium is one of more than a hundred micronations across the world. After being crowned Emperor George II, Cruickshank issued a unilateral declaration of independence from the Commonwealth of Australia.
In a Sydney suburb in 1981, a teenage George Cruickshank and his two friends painted a border line in his backyard and declared the 10-sq-metre patch the provisional territory of the Empire of Atlantium.
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