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| Micronations (General Reference) (Lonely Planet) | 
 enlarge | Authors: John Ryan, Simon Sellars, George Dunford
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
Category: Book
List Price: £9.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 59887
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
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Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 4.9 x 0.5
ISBN: 1741047307
Dewey Decimal Number: 320
EAN: 9781741047301
ASIN: 1741047307
Publication Date: September 1, 2006
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Condition: ISBN: 1741047307 (Lonely Planet) - (2006) - very good condition
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Micro Magic February 15, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Everyone's travelling these days. The man at the newsagents went to Australia for Christmas, the guy at the next desk has just got back from travelling in in the Far East, your mate trekked the Inca Trail for charity, you're granny's going to do a road trip down the I95...Do you wish you could do something a bit different? Are you itching to get a stamp in your passport from a country that no one's heard of and the United Nations don't recognise as being one - let alone its immediate neighbours? Do you want to meet some really weird people? Then Micronations is the travel guide for you.
After the normal, considered, Lonely Planet introduction outlining the background a containing quotes from such diverse sources as the UN Charter and Frank Zappa, the authors then proceed to provide information on 52 micronations. Where are they? Who runs them? When were they founded? What's the climate like? where can you stay? What can you do? And will the king make you a cup of tea if you pop round?
The book comes recommended by King Danny I of Lovely (aka British comedian Danny Wallace), the citizenship of which was swelled by a TV series and accompanying book. Lovely's entry includes such helpful information as 'Lovely has moved quickly to oultlaw the private ownership of guns. On the other hand, the right to 'bare arms' is allowed in the summer, especially when it gets hot.' I am luck that there is no death penalty in Lovely, as this citizen frequently bares arms in other seasons.
Other countries on my itinerary include the Copeman Empire, a moveable kingdom contained in King Nick's caravan; Snake Hill, which declared independence from Australia and made itself a British Crown Dependency after a property litigation turned sour; the Republic of Kugelmugel, a spherical kingdom set in Wiener Prater park in Austria and created by artist-president Edwin Lipburger; and the Kingdom of Elleore near Denmark, founded in 1944 by a group known as 'The Immoralists.' I shall not be visiting Kingdom of North Dumpling Island, which bosts that it is 'the only 100% science literate country' - I never got past photosynthesis.
Micronations, as well as being an invaluable travel guide, provides a charming insight into the imagination and creativity of our fellow humans/heads of state. Once I get back from my factfinding trip, who knows, I may even found my own kingdom. The Inefficient Republic of Cloud, perhaps?
Welcome to my world! December 12, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
At last something really out of the tourist guides and something that really does exsist, real people, real places! Leave it to Lonely Planet to get this out first, I'm glad they did, maybe I'll have my own country listed in the next edition. Brilliant!
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