A journey through the unlikely phenomenon of microstates, which have been founded on nothing more than a personal whim or ...

Daniel Jackson, a 20-year-old, has proclaimed himself president of the Free Republic of Verdis, a micro-nation established on ...

The tiny nation, formerly known as "pocket three" on maps, is now recognised as the world's second-smallest country, after ...

A 20-year-old digital designer has taken his Roblox worldbuilding into the real world by founding a self-declared country.

The Free Republic of Verdis claims 400 citizens and operates with its own government, flag, and currency on unclaimed forest ...