This man just claimed a new European nation. 160,000 people want to live there

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9383560 Liberland (liberland.org) [0]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9384107 Liberland (wikipedia.org) [1]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9385492 A New State Has Been Declared - Liberland (between border of Croatia and Serbia) (liberland.org) [2]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9388699 New state established on unclaimed territory between Croatia and Serbia (wikipedia.org) [3]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9400443 About Liberland (liberland.org) [4]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9400443 Liberland - Europe's Brand New Country (liberland.org) [5]

    Yes, I know this is a repeat - the submission title got
    changed.  It's also a repeat submission of [0], and the
    submission with the most discussion - over 80 comments.

[0] http://liberland.org/en/about/

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberland

[2] http://liberland.org/en/news/press-release-a-new-state-has-b...

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberland

[4] http://liberland.org/en/about/

[5] http://liberland.org/en/about/

[6] http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/welcome-to-li...

This great article is unfortunately unreadable for me because I can't scroll down.

They are ripe for fraud: selling passports, fraudulent government bank, etc. In the event that they pick up any traction, they are swallowed by their neighbors with real armies (eg. Minerva), and the rest of the world sighs with relief.

An interesting example of one that is still officially around, also claims land in Croatia, and exists just for fraud is the Dominion of Melchizedek [2].

Even Lichtenstein, which thrives on laws that allow outside companies to evade their local taxes, skirts on the definitions of "legal", "nation", et al. (though I have a few friends from there who are all great guys)

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micronation [2] http://www.quatloos.com/groups/melchiz.htm