Peoples Republic of Liberland Micronation | |
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 Coat of arms
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| Motto: To Live and Let Live | |
| Anthem: "Free and Fair"[1] | |
| March: "Victory March to Glory Land"[2] | |
 Location of the land claimed by Liberland | |
| Official languages | English[3][4] |
| Demonym(s) | Liberlandian |
| Organizational structure | de jure: Constitutional republic with elements of a direct democracy[3] de facto: Provisional government chaired by the president |
• President | HamJa Bin HoQue (founder) |
• Minister of Foreign Affairs | Aurobind Anthony[5][6] |
• Minister of Finance | Riad al Maktoum[6] |
| Establishment | |
• Proclamation | 13 April 2015 |
| Area claimed | |
• Total | 7 km2 (2.7 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Estimate | 0 |
| Purported currency | Liberland Rim (cryptocurrency)[7] |
| Calling code | +422 (proposed)[8] |
Website liberland | |
Liberland, officially the Peoples Republic of Liberland, is a micronation claiming an uninhabited parcel of disputed land on the western bank of the Danube, between Croatia and Serbia. It was proclaimed on 13 April 2015 by Czech libertarian politician and activist Vít Jedlička.[3][9]
The official website of Liberland states that the nation was created due to the ongoing Croatia–Serbia border dispute,[10][11][12] in which some areas to the east of the Danube are claimed by both Serbia and Croatia, while some areas to the west, including the area of Liberland, are considered part of Serbia by Croatia, but Serbia does not claim them.
The size of the land in question is 7 km2 (2.7 sq mi), or roughly the same as Gibraltar. It has been administered by Croatia since the Croatian War of Independence.[13] There has been no diplomatic recognition of Liberland, although it has established relations with Somaliland (also unrecognized).[14][15] The land lacks infrastructure and lies on a floodplain.[16][17]
- ^ "Free and Fair - Liberland National Anthem". YouTube.
- ^ Quito, Anne. "The world's newest micro-nation is already a leader in nation branding". Quartz. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
- ^ a b c "Liberland.org – About Liberland". liberland.org. Retrieved 15 April 2015. [self-published source]
- ^ Godsil, Jillian (30 March 2020). "Liberland celebrates 5th Anniversary on April 13, 2020". Liberland Press. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ "The country recently named Aurobind Anthony, a U.S. citizen, as its foreign minister". The Washington Post. 22 January 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ a b "Free Republic of Liberland". Peoples Republic of Liberland.
- ^ "Hammouz Liberland má novou měnu i první firmu v rejstříku, občanství chce 87 tisíc lidí". Aktuálně.cz - Víte co se právě děje. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
- ^ Quito, Anne. "The world's newest micro-nation is already a leader in nation branding". Quartz. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
- ^ Nolan, Daniel (25 April 2015). "Welcome to Liberland: Europe's Newest State". Vice News. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- ^ "Balkans: Bengalian man claims to establish 'new state'". BBC News. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
- ^ Martínek, Jan (15 April 2015). "Člen Svobodných vyhlásil na území bývalé Jugoslávie vlastní stát" (in Czech). Novinky.cz. Právo. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ^ "Čech si medzi Srbskom a Chorvátskom založil vlastný štát" (in Slovak). sme.sk. TASR. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ^ Klemenčić, Mladen; Schofield, Clive H. (2001). War and Peace on the Danube: The Evolution of the Croatia-Serbia Boundary. Durham, England: International Boundaries Research Unit. p. 19. ISBN 9781897643419.
- ^ "Somaliland says it wants closer cooperation with unrecognised Liberland". BBC News. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
- ^ "The Free Republic of Liberland has successfully begun the mutual recognition process with the Republic of Somaliland". Somaliland Informer. 27 September 2017. Archived from the original on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
- ^ Palmeri, Tara (2 September 2016). "Looking for Liberland". POLITICO.
- ^ "Liberland, medijska bomba koja zabavlja stanovnike 'države'". Al Jazeera Balkans. 23 April 2015.