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  • ColonelTribune, on 07/03/2008, -8/+219This is straight out of an episode of "Family Guy," I think.
  • kvetchingeditor, on 07/03/2008, -1/+45This is awesome! I want to go there ... do I need a tourist visa?
    • ColonelTribune, on 07/03/2008, -0/+12We were thinking of sending a foreign correspondent there. Then again, we HAVE been cutting back.
  • colleenmcmahon, on 07/03/2008, -0/+74Who hasn't wanted to form their own country with specific rules? This is too much. I love the little uniform.
  • gfxluvr, on 07/03/2008, -2/+248I declare war.
    • screamthenrun, on 07/04/2008, -0/+73I don't think you'll have much of a problem conquering him. Although he does use the word "we" quite a bit... so he could have an army hiding somewhere...
      • minnymoo, on 07/04/2008, -0/+39yeah, i could've swore there was a man hiding behind the fountain.
      • Arcesius, on 07/04/2008, -0/+6Nah... it's just like how the queen of England uses "we" a lot...
      • MasterThief117, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1He has a cannon in the Square. You better watch out for that.
    • humanerror, on 07/04/2008, -1/+27This aggression against Petoria will not stand
    • chamberlanderic, on 07/04/2008, -1/+9for that you need to start your own country too, or run for office in the one your living in.
    • faatbuddha, on 07/04/2008, -0/+35Just throw in some onions and cigarettes and he'll probably surrender.
    • NodOfficer, on 07/04/2008, -2/+10I declare them terrorists so I can bypass several restrictions that were past by other countries.
    • LavaWarrior, on 07/04/2008, -7/+3You and what army!?

      The US army...

      Thats a good army
    • klipseracer, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1So, if we conquer him, can we start our own government? A government where I'm the IRS maybe?
  • ColonelTribune, on 07/03/2008, -0/+91Almost forgot to post the actual story: http://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/chi-micronati ...
    • specialK16, on 07/04/2008, -0/+48"He also is careful to say that he pays his taxes, which he refers to as "foreign aid." "

      Ha, that's fantastic.
    • fatalautomaton, on 07/04/2008, -5/+2Almost? You did forget!
  • hollywoodphony, on 07/03/2008, -1/+74The land there has to be like 30 cents an acre and he only has 1.3? He probably spent more on his uniform or the dummy to man the customs booth.
    • bradhex, on 07/04/2008, -1/+0on the website he claims around 6(6.2 i think?) acres, although he says in that story that only 1.3....hrmmm
  • AchaIemoipas, on 07/03/2008, -8/+6550 theoretical dollars says he's a welfare recipient.
  • bronowiczj, on 07/04/2008, -4/+64PETORIA!?
    • BlackHatFerret, on 07/04/2008, -10/+3THIS IS SPA- I mean PETORIA!
    • XxTheAlmostxX, on 07/04/2008, -6/+1He needs a mote, until then it's not a cool as Petoria.
  • aresef, on 07/04/2008, -1/+62I've got diplomatic immunity, so Hammer you can't sue.
    • S5S5S5, on 07/04/2008, -0/+7It's just been revoked.
    • solidus636, on 07/05/2008, -2/+1I actually started singing the rest of the song...

      I'm so pathetic..-_-.
  • justice7, on 07/04/2008, -25/+20i hope this guy isn't being serious -- because he's built it ON United States land. Therefor it is still the united states. Funny, though.
    • itsthebrod, on 07/04/2008, -34/+8This guy is a nutjob. Why did he ever think that simply "declaring" your land as a sovereign nation would work, especially when it's already US land?

      This reminds me of kids playing pretend... Except it's a full grown adult, and he really believes it's an independent nation.
      • olddirtycr, on 07/04/2008, -1/+14Watch the movie you asshats. He says its all in good fun.
      • EvilJelloMan, on 07/04/2008, -1/+17He's not a nutjob, and in fact the "game" started when he was a kid playing pretend. Read the linked text article and it's pretty clear its two parts fun and one part political statement.
    • Grimdotdotdot, on 07/04/2008, -2/+48Haha yeah! Who'd have thought of just making their own country on American soil?

      Oh, yeah. Whoops. Five months until Thanksgiving, eh?
    • logload, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1But... but... Petoria...
  • HowDoYouSayThat, on 07/04/2008, -13/+3soooooo another crazy dictator with less power?
  • aftern9ne, on 07/04/2008, -24/+9What an idiot.
  • britblogger, on 07/04/2008, -41/+4what the ***** is wrong with you Yanks, seriously.
    • twinklyJesus, on 07/04/2008, -2/+15Look up "the Republic of Sealand" notice where it is and then ask that question again with a straight face.
      • Grimdotdotdot, on 07/04/2008, -1/+5It's in International Waters, hence it's validity.
    • ShitStainedBall, on 07/04/2008, -0/+3We're bored.
  • eliot2000, on 07/04/2008, -3/+99What is it with dictators and the fake military uniforms? Is it easier to rule with an iron fist when you look like a douchebag?
    • jester55, on 07/04/2008, -0/+24you know that you would want to walk around like that and demand to be called "his excellency".
    • neurobox, on 07/04/2008, -0/+15Hey.. a country of one could still be a democracy, you know.
    • Capachino08, on 07/04/2008, -3/+2cough Bush cough
    • terminal157, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1Yes.
  • ruthlessdog, on 07/04/2008, -11/+3what an *****. thats awesome.
  • fuckingusername, on 07/04/2008, -15/+9 better hope Bush don't think you have weapons of mas destruction [cough oil]
    • twinklyJesus, on 07/04/2008, -0/+18We have completely eliminated the need for cough oil, so your fears are groundless.
      • specialK16, on 07/04/2008, -7/+1Because it is so obvious no one needs to cough know?
  • RyKSych, on 07/04/2008, -6/+10He takes his job as dictator way to seriously...
    • Haxxormaster, on 07/04/2008, -0/+6too
    • anselm83, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1Um, just the opposite. Just look at the customs prohibitions. It's because he has a sense of irony that he's not intolerable.
  • olddirtycr, on 07/04/2008, -2/+73It's simply amazing how obvious it is that 80% of the comments on here were posted by people who didn't watch the video or read the article
    • eliot2000, on 07/04/2008, -0/+5Your comment is an insult to whoever the guy in the thing is, and to whoever else does whatever the guy does wherever he does it.
      BURN!
  • dondara, on 07/04/2008, -8/+145"And nothing from Texas."

    He's not all bad.
    • zorplex, on 07/04/2008, -1/+9Well I didn't want to go to his stupid little country anyway!

      :'(

      /from Texas
    • NuclearIsShit, on 07/06/2008, -1/+1***** Texas, I reckon...
    • Calculon, on 07/06/2008, -0/+2In republican america, texas ***** you! /zing
  • DealCracker, on 07/04/2008, -9/+1Wait....does that guy have a Hitler mustache?
  • yoshagogo, on 07/04/2008, -8/+31Steal his countries oil
  • ConanTL, on 07/04/2008, -5/+104No walruses? He must have mah bukkit!
  • kevro, on 07/04/2008, -9/+6We should invade.
  • bosssmiley, on 07/04/2008, -1/+9I like a country that gives good customs booth (in the tradition of Luxembourg or Grand Fenwick). More power to the guy.
  • pwr4, on 07/04/2008, -0/+37Is he going to send any athletes to Beijing to represent Molossia in the Olympics?
    • DoShurikn, on 07/05/2008, -0/+2He will boycott them. It's not like he don't have athletes, it's for the Tibet!
  • Brocclibob, on 07/04/2008, -1/+26Some guy up North in Western Australia did this, except he took it so much further (though, his was less a country and more a province)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutt_River_Province_P ...

    Freaking legend.
  • madk, on 07/04/2008, -0/+47Who is up for a flash mob water gun and balloon assault?
  • BMR777, on 07/04/2008, -1/+53Not only do they have a customs booth, but they also have a Navy (canoes), Space Program (Model Rockets) and Railroad (Toy Trains). I'm serious.

    http://www.molossia.org/information.html

    Off Topic: I wonder what their extradition treaty with the RIAA is like? Can you get away with copyright infringement by claiming you are part of a sovereign nation? I think probably not, but it would make for a funny court case. :)
  • LtDanP, on 07/04/2008, -2/+8What no Catfish or Walruses!?!?!
  • link2009, on 07/04/2008, -11/+1My first reaction was "Wow, my god...does this individual have nothing better to do with his time?" and that still seems to be my opinion...

    Micronation? Thank god our politicians aren't that stupid to actually recognize them as countries !
  • kutterk, on 07/04/2008, -0/+7been done before will be done again,
    bbc actually did a series about a guy starting up how own county,
    http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/748574/How-To-Start ...
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/sto ...
  • RonaldLewis, on 07/04/2008, -9/+4Let this be a reminder: You can do *anything* you damn well please. There's nothing stopping anyone from declaring their own city, state or nation. This is how it all begins. I've been kicking around the idea of a "personal state" for some time now.
    • Wolf73b, on 07/04/2008, -0/+8You mean, nothing other than the little matter of starting a sovereign nation within the borders of another sovereign nation. Property ownership doesn't translate into sovereignty. If it did, the world would be in anarchy.
    • Ruqsaq, on 07/04/2008, -1/+2let me know how that works out for you...
    • neurobox, on 07/04/2008, -1/+5Declare what you like, but if you "take ground" away from the US and won't play by their rules, likely they'll "take it back"
  • Wolf73b, on 07/04/2008, -11/+4I lived in the high desert of California for 10 years, and the place is full of people like this. They all think that the government is out to get them, and that they are some sort of resistance. In truth, I think that this guy is just some loon, out to get his name in the paper.
    He keeps saying "we." I wonder how many there are. Probably just him, and fifty cats.
    • rohde, on 07/04/2008, -0/+8Before talking ***** you could you know like RTFA and VTFV.

      What's up with diggers commenting on stuff they haven't read or seen. Ridiculous.
      • Wolf73b, on 07/05/2008, -0/+0Hmmm. Point well taken.

        Incidentally, how are your cats?
  • Agger, on 07/04/2008, -0/+12That looks bigger than Sealand

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Seala ...
  • tcpip4lyfe, on 07/04/2008, -2/+26I bet he still pays American income tax.
    • dakuda, on 07/04/2008, -0/+60Yes he does, it says so in the article. He calls it 'foreign aid'.
  • dstz, on 07/04/2008, -0/+10Life, our governments, everything... it's always been and always will be too much of a joke (that can be odious, frightening, sad, pathetic) to not appreciate what the guy is doing.
  • BNSF9647, on 07/04/2008, -5/+32Do you find their address ironic in the least bit??

    Republic of Molossia
    226 Mary Lane,
    Dayton, NV 89403
    • foofiejnooner, on 07/04/2008, -2/+22no because he specifically said his country is a micronation that is not recognized by the usa
    • hotpuck6, on 07/05/2008, -0/+4clearly his nation is will not prosper until it can overcome the US postal service.
    • linagee, on 07/05/2008, -0/+2No privacy laws against stalking down addresses in Molossia I see.... Heh.
  • Steinr, on 07/04/2008, -0/+24All good and fine but can we put a bittorrent server there without the fear of prosecution?
    • ath1337, on 07/04/2008, -0/+2and what about possession of cannabis?
  • lazyfisherman, on 07/04/2008, -5/+4Starting your own country is cool but I want my own religion that can cross borders. I have the tenets of my "faith" worked out but does anyone know how you go about officially establishing a new religion?

    If L.Ron can do it, anyone can...
    • ATLien74, on 07/04/2008, -0/+7L. Ron is not really somebody to model your life around. No more B.S. religions please, we have plenty.
  • albinorhino101, on 07/04/2008, -9/+2What a tool
  • JasonCox, on 07/04/2008, -2/+13I hearby declare my apartment a soverign nation and in doing so I am declaring an independence from paying my rent!
  • veganmegan23, on 07/04/2008, -9/+3what a tool, someone didnt have a lot of friends when they were younger...
    "i'll show them! i'll become a leader of my own country!"
  • Lawbringer, on 07/04/2008, -6/+8As someone who's done a fair bit of research on micronations. there is a few things that you must satisfy in order to really be one..

    Has this guy seceded from the US.. i have a feeling he hasn't. he's still a citizen of the US and therefore i assume paying or claiming from the state.

    Real secession would involve properly removing himself from the US.. and it CAN be done just don't expect the US to like you very much after it. At the end of the day it comes down to protecting what you've got OR living by the rules imposed by others who can "protect" you.

    So if you want to break away grab a millitary force and take it as that is what it takes. otherwise you're simply playing dress up.
  • foxhound009, on 07/04/2008, -1/+7pss... I think they might have nuclear weapons.. INVADE!
    • azimir, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1Someone needs a good helping of "Democracy".
  • franklymister, on 07/04/2008, -5/+9If you're paying tax to the United States and living under their laws, you don't have your own country.

    Wake me up when someone finally starts a real country (and doesn't get invaded one week later).
  • SupTricolor, on 07/04/2008, -3/+4Do they have free health care there? If yes, I'm moving tomorrow.
    • RogueMountie, on 07/04/2008, -0/+4Yes, but all medical procedures are probably performed by that same guy.
  • Cornea, on 07/04/2008, -0/+2Passport to Pimlico - great film.
  • S1c0, on 07/04/2008, -2/+9http://freestateproject.org/
    • Kanele, on 07/04/2008, -1/+2that was a pretty interesting read, i hope they achieve their goals.
    • BabaRamDass, on 07/04/2008, -1/+3The Free State Project doesn't aim to be a micronation. It's just a bunch of libertarian-minded individuals who have moved to New Hampshire in hopes of influencing the culture and government there to be even more libertarian-minded. Power in numbers. Great migration. That sort of thing.

      Not that there aren't libertarian micronations. Here's one:
      http://www.freedonia.org/
      They call it the Principality of Freedonia.
  • mbauer14, on 07/04/2008, -1/+19he should definitely annex joe's pool.
  • savethejets, on 07/04/2008, -0/+55Colbert should do something on mollosian/ US border security.
    • VodkanLemons, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1
      I wonder if Colbert & Stewart get their stories from Digg ??

      because they never cite their sources
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