• In 2019, a twenty year old from Australia made an unusual discovery. A small piece of land between Croatia and Serbia. Left out of official border agreements. No country formally claimed it. No flag flew there. No laws applied. So he did what any ambitious young person would do. He declared it a new nation. • He called it the Free Republic of Verdis. He named himself president. He wrote a constitution. He issued digital citizenships. He built an online community around the idea. People from around the world signed up to be citizens of a country that existed on paper and in his mind. And on a tiny patch of earth between two real nations. • The territory is small. Very small. Probably not much more than a field. But that did not stop him. He created flags. He designed passports. He held ceremonies. He treated his micronation with the seriousness of a real country. Because to him, it was real. #Trending #goviral