micro-nation

plural micro-nations

1. alternativeAlternative form of micronation.

   Europe already has workable arrangements with micro-nations like Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Andorra and San Marino.

   1991 July 7, “Wanna try driving a ‘Yugo,’ mister? [editorial]”, in Robert M[oody] McKinney, editor, The Santa Fe New Mexican, Santa Fe, N.M.: The New Mexican, →ISSN, →OCLC, page A-6, column 2

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   The absence of any action by the United Nations on the crisis in Nigeria is quote puzzling, […] Also, since Nigeria is the cornerstone of the economy of West Africa, many countries around its perimeter will suffer, including many of the "micro-nations" of the U.N. which were the biggest supporters of the actions in The Congo and Rhodesia.

   1967 June 11, T. W. Carlson, “Open forum page: U.N. should act to save Nigeria [letter]”, in Minneapolis Tribune, volume CI, number 18, Minneapolis, Minn.: Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company, →OCLC, page 45, column 7

   You've spent the day in Monaco, this postage stamp country affixed to France's southern shore, a 370-acre micro-nation clinging to rugged cliffs that drop into the clear, blue sea.

   1971 January 31, John Handley, “Good bet for tourists: Taking a spin thru Monte Carlo”, in Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Ill.: Tribune Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, 6 (Travel), page 12, column 1

   For every dreamer there is somewhere a doer, and in the realm [of] the strange micro-nations, the Republic of Minerva has plunged a bit ahead of the nebulous status of most others.

   1973 January 21, Philip J[ames] Hilts, “Where is this Place? Strange Shores, Indeed”, in Potomac Magazine, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →OCLC, page PC12; republished in “Micro-nations Nebulous Fourth World: Republic of Minerva Might Mean Business”, in The State Journal, Lansing, Mich., 11 March 1973, →OCLC, section C, page C-5

   Leaving aside micro-nations, the Soviet Union is a large Slavic nation state to which are attached some reluctant Europeans in the west, some colonised Muslims in the south, and large tracts of Russified territory in the east.

   1990 January 12, Martin Woollacott, “How the Soviet empire should be dismantled”, in Peter Preston, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10, columns 7–8

   The list of micro-nations is long and colorful. The spirit of new nation-building that resonates from King Robert [Ben Madison]'s descriptions of these countries, is seductive.

   1996 April 1, David Zgodziński, “Net full of nations: Partitionists should discover the wealth of micro-nations online”, in Joan Fraser, editor, The Gazette, Montreal, Que.: Southam Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, section B (World), page B3, column 3