Micronations may not be recognized by other countries, but they're weathering the coronavirus pandemic just like the rest of us.
Molossia does, however, rely on the larger surrounding nation for health care and other resources, paid back in"foreign aid," i.e. taxes—"They need it - have you seen their roads?" a Molossian government website says. As in the surrounding United States, Molossians are adhering to standard practices in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Westarctica claims as its sovereign territory a 620,000 square mile slice of West Antarctica called Marie Byrd Land , which is still considered by most nations to be the largest unclaimed territory on the planet. While COVID-19 has yet to spread to Antarctica and no Westarctican yet lives on the southernmost continent, Grand Duke Travis expressed hope that"scientists at research stations across the continent are taking proper precautions."Grand Marshal Caro Yagjian
"My only hope is that we will come out of this with an energy that says working people will not tolerate abuse any longer," Grand Marshal Yagjian said."Our embassy is closed, but our spirit of mutual aid and strength remain the same.
But Landsberg came to believe it was possible to consciously transform a national identity, with Zaqistan as a model in miniature of how this process of self-conceiving operates. As he issued Zaqistan passports to a widening circle of friends and traveling companions, Landsberg found surprising power in the assertion of a joint sovereignty independent from modern nation-states.
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