Net Neutrality is not government regulation!
These are model countries that function as either:
- large-scale role playing games.
- phantom countries complete with fictional cities and armies.
- exercises in governmental protocol (often compaired to "diplomatic model railroads").
- exercises in historical and/or cultural interest.
- artistic or social statements.
Some are run by groups of people, others by individuals.
Some have plans for actual territorial claim in the future, while others are simply maintained as entertainment, or to make a social comment.
A number of micronations listed here have been removed, because their URL links are either closed or are non-functioning. A list of those micronations are listed here:
Icon generated via NHacks.
Some websites are not in English. Approximate translations can be read via the AltaVista Online Translator.
Latest links added/updated - 15 January 2008.
they have been broken up into alphabetical groupings.
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In the cases that the group or its website's content is under these categories, the URL will be listed, so that it may be copied and pasted into your web browser's address block.
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There is a list of free services here:
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However, these proxy servers may effect Shockwave animations
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