Micronation declared on unclaimed border strip between Croatia and Serbia by 20-year-old British man
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Summary
A 20-year-old man named Daniel Jackson has declared himself president of the Free Republic of Verdis, a micronation claiming a small strip of uninhabited forest land on the border between Croatia and Serbia. The article explores how historical border disputes and legal ambiguities have created a pocket of unclaimed territory, which Jackson has seized upon to declare a new country. Despite the seemingly absurd premise, the story touches on real geopolitical complexities in the Balkans and the phenomenon of micronations.
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Instead of a presidential palace, he is speaking from a humble house in Dover, a port city in the south of England.
And the Free Republic of Verdis, the country he claims to have founded in 2019, is nothing more than a small strip of uninhabited forest on the border between Croatia and Serbia, more than 1,000 miles away.
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