“Give me Liberty, Give me Land, Give me
Liberland!”
This is what Vit Jedlicka, the founder of a
7 sq km piece of land on the Danube River probably shouted at politicians from
both Serbia and Croatia when they told him he couldn’t just go to an unclaimed
piece of land and set up his own damn country. Why he asks? Because it’s
apparently nuts!
Well, ask Jedlicka and his merry band of
Liberlanders? Liberians? Liberlandians? Liberties? If they give a damn about
what anyone says about their state of mind as they hoist their flag, sing their
new national anthem and being totally awesome by giving the finger to their
collective governments who made the mistake of allowing dual citizenship
because they thought their citizens were responsible adults. Yeah, these people
come from all parts of the world. I wanted to go to but it seems India does not
trust its people like the Turkish government does.
There are a surprising number of
self-styled Presidents and Kings and Dukes who’ve tried in the past and keep
trying in the present to establish their own nations inside other nations, on
no man’s land like Jedlicka did, by encroaching upon the sovereignty of more
than one nation or in the middle of the ocean. Seriously!
Not Featured here: An Emperor. Image Courtesy: Republic of Molossia. |
These people even held a United
Nations-like conference in April this year so that they could get to know each
other, discuss their problems and know why they thought establishing their own
country was a good idea in the first place. One guy is trying to get his own
country near Egypt because he wants his daughter to be a real Princess. Really?
And guess what all you little, less fortunate kids of the world; Disney is even
making a movie on her! Go cry.
The establishment of such micro-nations, as
they have been termed, is a growing trend even if it’s not a new one. The
thought-provoking thing here is why all these people want their own countries?
Is it because they’re
tired of living in one country?
Happens
to us all
Is it because they don’t
like the laws?
Well,
nobody does
Is it because they’re
trying to bring a revolution?
That
makes sense
Do they want their
children to be Disney Princesses?
There
is something wrong with people
Do they want more
international chaos than what already exists?
Peace
is so boring
Do they want an army to
chase them back home and then get ‘exiled’ status?
Definition
of FUN!
Do they actually have a
reason at all?
The
Mystery!
Although all these Highnesses and Majesties
and Honourables don’t have one particular answer to this question, it seems
like governments who have problems with these people will sooner or later stop
laughing at them and realize they should have stopped them a long time back…
when they could. But by then:
WELCOME
TO THE NEW WORLD ORDER
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