Antarctic Micronational Union

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Antarctic Micronational Union
Founded6 December 2008
Type Intermicronational organization
PurposeRegulate micronational claims in Antarctica, caring for the natural environment
LeaderYaroslav Mar
Staff9 member states (2025)
Website amu.lostisland.org

The Antarctic Micronational Union (AMU) is an intermicronational organization of self imaginative self proclaimed nations that aims to regulate micronational claims in Antarctica. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] The purpose of the AMU is to protect the claims of its members against other claimants. [6] [7] [8]

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History

Map of Antarctica divided by micronation claims AMU Sectioned.png
Map of Antarctica divided by micronation claims

The Antarctic Micronational Union was founded on 6 December 2008 by the Grand Duchy of Flandrensis, Mary State, and the Kingdom of Finismund to solve the conflict between these micronations on the one side, and the Grand Duchy of Westarctica on the other. [9] The conflict ended with Westarctica signing the West Antarctic Treaty and joining the AMU on 24 September 2010. [10] [11] [12]

After undergoing a number of reforms and periods of inactivity, the AMU was revived to its present state on February 24, 2020. The Administrative-General of the AMU since September 2014 is Yaroslav Mar, the President of Lostisland, re-elected to another term in February 2020. [13]

Members

The former AMU website listed 15 member micronations. [14] In 2016, AUM was dissolved, and the nine micronations subsequently signed a new treaty. One of the goals of this move was to remove inactive micronations from the membership list. [15]

Members are the following: [16]

References

  1. ↑ Lonely Planet Kids (2015). You Rule!: Create Your Own Country (Lonely Planet Kids). Lonely Planet. p. 13. ISBN   978-1743607848.
  2. ↑ Mamchitz, Roman (August 28, 2010). "Родезийская война в Антарктиде" [The Rhodesian War in Antarctica]. Chaskor.ru. Частный Корреспондент. Archived from the original on September 3, 2010. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  3. ↑ Sharukho I. N., Soroka A. V. (2017). Геополитика и современная политическая карта мира[Geopolitics and the contemporary world map] (in Russian). МГУ имени А. А. Кулешова. p. 71. ISBN   978-985-568-358-3.
  4. ↑ "Гражданство виртуальной страны" [Citizenship of a virtual country]. TV Mag (in Russian). 14 December 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  5. ↑ Pavlov, Olga; Sablukova, Maria (2019). "Правовой статус Антарктики" [Legal status of Antarctica](PDF). Актуальные проблемы юриспруденции (in Russian). 5 (21). Novosibirsk: Association of Scientific Employees "Siberian Academic Book: 110. ISSN   2587-9227 . Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  6. ↑ Kiptenko, V. K. & Lyashenko, M. Y. (2014). "Генетична типологія мікронацій (віртуальних держав)" [Genetic typology of micronations (virtual states)](PDF). Географія та туризм (in Ukrainian). 24: 173–184.
  7. ↑ Skorenko, Tim (August 28, 2021). "Виртуальные государства: Советская республика Америки, вольная Антарктида и царь Николай III" [Micronations: Soviet Republic of America, Free Antarctica, and Tsar Nicholas III]. Mirf.ru. Мир фантастики и фэнтези. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  8. ↑ Jacobs, Frank (16 February 2024). "Westarctica: The micronation with a real-world purpose". Big Think. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  9. ↑ Hobbs, Harry; Williams, George (2022). Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty. Cambridge University Press. pp. 126–161. ISBN   9781009150125.
  10. ↑ Kharlamov, Sergey. "Шутники, мошенники и отщепенцы: кто и зачем создает виртуальные государства" [Jokers, cheaters, and renegades: who creates micronations and why?]. RuPosters (in Russian). Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  11. ↑ Bahareth, Mohammad (2011). The world of micronations : for those who are tired of existing incompetent governments and are longing for something new and refreshing (1. ed.). Bloomington: iUniverse. p. 227. ISBN   9781462069262.
  12. ↑ Zhmilevsky, Vladislav (2017). Специфические территории. Международная классификация [Specific territories. International classification](PDF). Kazan: Buk. p. 18. ISBN   9785906954329.
  13. ↑ "History". Antarctic Micronational Union. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Members". Antarctic Micronational Union. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
  15. ↑ "About the AMU". AMU. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
  16. ↑ "Members". Antarctic Micronational Union. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
  17. ↑ Veselov, Yan. "Себе на уме: феномен виртуальных государств и микронаций" [On Your Mind: The Phenomenon of Virtual States and Micronations]. RBC (in Russian). Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  18. ↑ "Members". Antarctic Micronational Union. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
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