Czech
man Vit Jedlicka has claimed a 7km2 stretch of land on the west bank of the
Danube river as the Free Republic of Liberland, after disputes between Serbia
and Croatia rendered it technically no man's land.
It's no half-assed attempted at nation formation
either – Liberland already has a constitution, flag, coat of arms, official
website, Facebook page and a motto: "To live and let live".
Liberland
"prides itself on personal and economic freedom of its people, with its
constitution seeking to "significantly limits the power of politicians
[to] interfere too much in the freedoms of the Liberland nation."
We have just received endorsement for our activities
from Austrian ambassador. We are on good way to establish special political
relations with this country.
Jedlicka (still an unelected
president) called for 5,000 people to become part of the new sovereign state,
located on terra nullius at 45° 46′ N, 18° 52′ E, but 160,000 people ended up
applying, according to Geek.com, leading him and seven volunteers to sift
through registrations.
Liberland is looking for
people who "have respect for other people and respect the opinions of
others, regardless of their race, ethnicity, orientation, or religion,"
and "do not have communist, nazi or other extremist past".
The state's Facebook page is
growing fast, where people are beginning to thrash out a rudimentary currency
system.
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