Jake wrote:
I find people's use of "Micronation",
especially as in the [[Micronation]]
article, terribly inconsistent- the only way I've ever seen it used
outside
of Wikipedia (Note the "I've seen",
don't list Google results of other
uses,
I'm sure they exist) is to refer to very small
nations that actually exist
and have some degree of legal recognition (even if it's just that they're
islands outside any other nation's territory): [[Sealand]], North Dumpling
(Dean Kamen's island, near Long Island- has a non-aggression pact with the
US signed by then-President George H.W. Bush), and several dozen others.
However, many people seem to use the term to describe entirely fictional
entities with no territory. I would simply call these "Fantasy nations",
"Imaginary nations", or something like that, as the prefix micro- makes no
sense in that context.
-- Jake
The [[micronations]] article makes a distinction between "micronations" and
"microstates", but I've no idea if this is a common way of using the words.
I've never come across the concept before this, so am probably using it
wrong.
Regards
sannse