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  Micronation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Another example is the Principality of Outer Baldonia, a 16-acre rocky island off the coast of Nova Scotia, founded by Russel Arundel, chairman of Pepsi, in 1945 and consisting of a population of 69 fishermen.
A mortgage foreclosure dispute led George and Stephanie Muirhead of Rockhampton, Queensland, to briefly and abortively secede as the Principality of Marlborough in 1993.
The summit was attended by delegations of the Principality of Sealand, the Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland, NSK-State in Time, Ladonia, the "Transnational Republic", the State of Sabotage and by scholars from various academic institutions.
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 Flanders, Brittany, Burgundy, Anjou, Normandy, Blois, Champagne, Toulouse, etc.
In each battle, Marlborough would launch an attack on one part of the French line, to which the French sent reinforcements, and then he would try to break through another, weakened part of the French line with reserves, or with forces transferred, often in a concealed way, from other parts of the army.
However, Marlborough's cavalry was hampered in deploying by French trenches, and the French cavalry was able to withstand his attacks and hold the center line.
Marlborough may have been the greatest general of the age, and one of the greatest of any age.
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 Micronation
In New South Wales, a political protest by a group of Sydney teenagers led to the 1981 creation of the Empire of Atlantium, and a mortgage foreclosure dispute led George and Stephanie Muirhead of Rockhampton, Queensland to secede as the Principality of Marlborough in 1993.
Seborga[?], an historic principality located in the Italian region of Liguria, which traces its history back at least 1000 years.
Sealand, a "sovereign Principality" located on a WWII-era anti-aircraft platform in the North Sea in what were international waters[?] at the time of its foundation.
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 Micronation - One Language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The Hutt River Province Principality was the first manifestation of the phenomenon; it was founded in 1970, when Prince Leonard (born Leonard George Casley) declared his farming property independent after a dispute over wheat quotas.
In Victoria, a long-running dispute over flood damage to farm properties led to the creation of the Independent State of Rainbow Creek in the state's northeast by Tom Barnes in 1979, and mortgage foreclosure dispute led George and Stephanie Muirhead of Rockhampton, Queensland, to secede as the Principality of Marlborough in 1993.
Also in the Oceanian region is the Republic of Talayan, declared independent by 'A', which claims that it has occupied more than 50 hectares of land, all of which are in the Philippines.
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