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Sunday, January 14th, 2007

Micronations Competition Winner

Finally, we are in a position to announce the winner of our Micronations competition, where we asked readers to invent their own micronation for the chance to win a copy of the new Lonely Planet book on home-made nations (or model states, or micronations; whatever you care to call them).
And the winner is Adam Kadmon, […]

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Friday, December 8th, 2006

Win A Copy of Lonely Planet’s Micronations

COMPETITION: Win a copy of Lonely Planet’s new book on Micronations by entering our competition to design your own model nation.

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Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

Lonely Planet’s Micronations, Part 3: The Republic of Molossia

For the third part of our special feature on Lonely Planet’s new guide to Micronations, we present an extract from the book – the entry on the Republic of Molossia.
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THE REPUBLIC OF MOLOSSIA

His Excellency, Kevin Baugh, President of Molossia (photo courtesy Republic of Molossia).
The Republic of Molossia is surely the most delightful micronation on earth. […]

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Sunday, October 15th, 2006

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Friday, May 19th, 2006

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