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To: crdesign who wrote (9011)	3/24/2000 12:33:00 AM
From: RR	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 35685

T: Great idea! Actually, people do claim things as their countries. Some examples of countries individuals have claimed include: 1. Kingdom of Aphrodite - An 8 by 10 ft island-like platform west of Tijuana, Mexico 2. Realm of Redonda - Pile of rocks, off Bermuda, flies a pair of pajama bottoms (really) as its national flag 3. United Kingdom of Arya - 500,000 square mile refuge in Antarctica restricted to certain ethnic groups and opinionated people 4. Hutt River Kingdom - In western Australia, created by Prince Leonard Casey in 1970, noted for selling its nation's T-shirts and tea towels to tourists 5. New Atlantis - Bamboo platform 6 miles off Jamaica, anchored by a railroad axle and an old Ford engine block (really), Lyndon Johnson sent a thank you note for the new nation having issued stamps in the President's honor. 6. Principality of Outer Baldonia - Tiny island nation off Nova Scotia, founded by a group of bourbon-soused fishermen in 1948, their declaration of independence gave citizens the right to drink, cuss, gamble, and lie about the fish they caught, government required to set value of currency every day at cocktail hour, country abolished after the outer Baldonians declared war on the Soviet Union over fishing rights, nation is now a bird sanctuary 7. Republic of Minerva - Speck of land near Fiji, ruler proclaimed their land an eternal haven from smog and income tax, went underwater about 30 years ago unfortunately. Whew, I'm tired of typing.... Let the bulls run. Rick