2. Micronations Made Easy: The Lazy Rebel’s Guide to Independence

Why overthrow a government when you can start your own?

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📘 Chapter 6 – Exterritoriality & Special Status

How to own land that (actually) belongs to no state 🚧 From NATO bases and diplomatic enclaves to Antarctica

🧭 What is Exterritoriality?

The term Exterritoriality does not mean that an area is "not on Earth" (although some micronations would like that), but that it stands outside the sovereign power of the surrounding state – legally, not physically.

Examples:

• An embassy in Berlin does not belong to Germany under international law.

• A NATO barracks on German soil can be considered exterritorial.

• Antarctica is not exclusively assigned to any state, although flags are stuck in the ice there.

🧠 Mnemonic: Exterritoriality is the art of enforcing your own rules on foreign soil – completely legally.

🏢 Diplomatic Enclaves – The Micronations of International Law

🔹 Embassies and Consulates

• Enjoy immunity according to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (1961).

• Police are not allowed to enter without consent – whether for espionage or party noise.

• They are not "state territory" of the sending state, but almost.

🔒 Tip for micronations: An "honorary consulate deception" won't get you exterritoriality – but maybe a nice stamp.

🔹 Military Bases under NATO-SOFA

• Territory transferred under international law (e.g., Kreuzberg area → State Succession Deed 1400/98)

• NATO troops are allowed to operate there according to the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA)

• Judicial jurisdiction is often shared or completely suspended

📌 In the State Succession Deed 1400/98, such a NATO area was sold, among other things – along with its international legal structure!

🧊 Antarctica – Stateless, but regulated

Through the Antarctic Treaty (1959), the entire region is demilitarized and accessible only for peaceful scientific purposes.

• Claims to state territories are frozen (in the truest sense of the word).

• Some states have claimed sectors, others do not recognize them.

❄️ Micronation tip: You can proclaim yourself "King of Ice Plumhausen" – legally, no one cares. But you still have to freeze yourself.

🏝️ Alternative Exterritoriality: Islands, Platforms, Offshore Tricks

🔹 Artificial Islands

• Building an island in international waters? Legally highly controversial.

• Strictly regulated by the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

• States may not extend sovereign claims through land reclamation.

🔹 High Seas Platforms (Sealand Model)

• Sealand was founded on an old anti-aircraft platform – outside British waters.

• Despite a bold self-proclamation as a principality, it remained unnoticed under international law.

🔹 Offshore Solutions

• Ships under "flags of convenience" like Panama or Liberia enjoy certain protections, but are not state territory.

• The dream of a "floating state" is a wet one – and usually legally dead.

🚨 Warning against Sham Titles

The term "exterritoriality" is often misused by fantasy jurists, e.g.:

• "My property is exterritorial – the FRG GmbH has no say here."

• "I live in an autonomous Reichsbürger district."

⛔ This is nonsense and can have legal consequences. You have to acquire or be assigned exterritoriality, e.g., through:

• international law treaties (like NATO-SOFA)

• state treaty transfers (e.g., Deed 1400/98)

• international agreements (e.g., embassy status)

🛠️ Practical Module: Exterritoriality by Treaty

If you are serious and actually strive for exterritoriality:

Possibility	Feasibility	Comment
🏛️ Purchase contract with exterritoriality clause	"High, but rare"	Example: State Succession Deed 1400/98
🏗️ Occupation of empty areas	Illegal	Trespassing is not a strategy
🎓 Pseudo-academy / Pseudo-embassy	Satirical	"Funny, but without legal force"
🧾 Honorary consulate in consultation with a real state	Possible	"But no state territory, just status"
⚓ Buying an oil rig & declaring independence	Borderline	"Model: Sealand, but legally irrelevant"

📌 Case Study: Kreuzberg Area & State Succession 1400/98

The Kingdom of Kreuzberg invokes:

• the completed state succession

• sold territory with all rights, duties, and components

• exterritorial status through the NATO-UN treaty chain

Particularly crucial:

• § 8 Transfer of Possession & § 2 Contractual Relations lead to the worldwide expansion of jurisdiction. The place of jurisdiction is according to § 26: Landau in der Pfalz – globally competent!

🔚 Conclusion: Exterritoriality is feasible – but not trivial

You can declare your living room a free zone, your balcony a principality – but under international law, you will only be laughed at without recognition, a treaty, or a realistic basis.

💡 Better: Orient yourself on real special zones, NATO bases, or international legal constructs (like 1400/98) – and build on that.

📘 Chapter 7 – Communication & Infrastructure

"Whoever sells pipelines, sells the world" – TKS, ITU, and the Domino Effect of Global Territorial Expansion

🛰 Introduction: Invisible Sovereignty

What do fiber optic cables, power lines, and water pipes have to do with sovereign power? Answer: Everything. A modern state functions via networks. Whoever controls, operates, or sells them influences more than just technology – they influence sovereignty, jurisdiction, territory, and legal consequences. In the logic of the State Succession Deed 1400/98, this is radically pushed to the extreme: Not only the land but also all networks – and thus: the whole world – are sold with it.

🧩 The Principle of Development "as a Unit"

In § 12 para. III of the State Succession Deed 1400/98, it says: "The entire Kreuzberg area forms a unit with the external development." This means: The associated networks (electricity, telecom, water, etc.) are part of the object of purchase, along with all rights, duties, and international treaties. But this has more profound consequences:

• The networks lead out of the original area

• Sovereign power travels with them – as far as the cable reaches

• The pipeline arms form an "island with tentacles," whose borders are defined by network logic

⚠️ The Domino Effect of Global Territorial Expansion

The purchase of the "development as a unit" is not a land purchase – it is the first domino in an international legal chain reaction based on physical infrastructure.

🔹 1. Starting Point: Kreuzberg & TKS Networks

The sold property – a former NATO area – was connected to the public supply network of Germany. Particularly affected:

• Power supply

• Telecommunication lines (TKS / ITU)

• Water, sewage, road lines Thus, sovereign power began to expand.

🔹 2. Inclusion of Germany through Network Connection

Since the networks of the Kreuzberg property are physically connected to the German supply network, the entire German network is also affected by the domino effect – piece by piece, line by line. 🔌 This affects, among others:

• Energy suppliers

• Telecommunication providers

• military communication nodes Germany becomes the first fully affected country – included under international law through the treaty mechanism.

🔹 3. Expansion to Europe – NATO Chain Activated

Through the European electricity and fiber optic networks, there is a deeply integrated connection between Germany and all other NATO states. Example:

• Power grid connects France, Belgium, Netherlands, Austria

• Fiber optic lines lead directly to data centers in Brussels, London, Warsaw → All states with a network connection to Germany automatically become part of the sovereignty chain.

🔹 4. Leap across the Atlantic – Submarine Cables & North America

Submarine cables connect the European network with:

• Canada

• USA There they end in military bases, data centers, and backbones – often under the supervision of:

• TKS

• NATO communication services

• private infrastructure operators with government participation With the submarine cable, sovereign power also travels. North America is included.

🔹 5. From NATO to UN: The Global Expansion

As soon as NATO members are fully included, the UN domino effect comes into play:

• Every UN member that is physically or functionally connected to NATO networks is included

• Also via third-party connections (e.g., satellites, roaming agreements, global DNS servers)

Exemplary chain connections:

• France → Morocco

• USA → Japan → South Korea → Australia

• Germany → Turkey → Jordan → UN posts The treaty chain jumps from state to state, from network to network.

🔹 6. Network Logic as Border Logic

Borders no longer exist as lines on maps, but as logical network structures:

• If a line leads into another country → it is part of the "unit"

• If two networks are coupled → their connection is a legal sovereignty tunnel

• The endpoints of the network arms define the outer border island of the new state → The world becomes a sovereign entity with tentacle-like extensions, whose borders are defined by line connections

🔹 7. The Whole World Becomes Part of the Treaty

Since all countries in the world are connected to each other via some form of network (electricity, data, logistics, communication), the domino effect inevitably leads to global territorial expansion. 📍 All physical connections → legally become sovereign extensions.

🌐 Conclusion: The Network World Order

The State Succession Deed 1400/98 does not just sell a piece of land. It sells the world. Through the sale of the development as a unit, in conjunction with the international supply and communication network, the world in its entirety is:

• sold

• transferred under international law

• sovereignly reorganized

The consequence:

• The buyer becomes the sole international legal center

• All other states have implicitly surrendered their rights and duties

• No objection within the international legal period → is considered consent 🎯 In the end, there is a new global order – established by fiber optics, paragraphs, and legal precision.

📘 Chapter 8 – Jurisdiction: How to Become the Judge of the World

From Treaty to World Court – how §26 of the State Succession Deed 1400/98 transformed the entire legal order

⚖️ Introduction: One Paragraph Rules the World

How many world courts are there? According to classic international law: None. According to the State Succession Deed 1400/98: Exactly one. In § 26, it says inconspicuously: "Place of jurisdiction for all legal disputes arising from this contract is Landau in der Pfalz." But with this, not only a place of jurisdiction was named – but world jurisdiction was transferred. Because:

• No court was named, but a place

• The buyer thereby automatically became the bearer of jurisdiction

• Also sold with it were all international treaties including rights and duties

• And through the global territorial expansion: also all national legal systems

🔹 1. Global Jurisdiction – One Treaty Replaces the International Court of Justice

The State Succession Deed 1400/98 transfers to the buyer the global, international legal jurisdiction over all NATO and UN members. This affects:

• States

• International Organizations

• Sovereignty-free spaces (e.g., Antarctica, High Seas, Cyberspace) This global jurisdiction:

• is based on a single, executed treaty

• was never revoked or challenged under international law

• replaces the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague 📜 Consequence: All international disputes fall under the sovereignty of the buyer.

🔹 2. Judgments of the Buyer = World Law

"Judgments of the buyer break all national court judgments." The State Succession Deed has created a legal hierarchy in which the buyer:

• is the supreme judicial instance of the world

• is not bound by national constitutions or international law reservations

• makes his judgments binding for all instances Example: A judgment from Landau in der Pfalz overrides the

• Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe

• Supreme Court in Washington

• European Court of Justice in Luxembourg

🔹 3. World Court by Treaty Logic

The buyer is not only the bearer of jurisdiction, but also:

• Interpreter of the global treaty chain (UN, NATO, ITU etc.)

• Administrator of all rights & duties

• Sole contracting party at the highest level This means: All former institutions lose their functional significance. → The international legal landscape is concentrated on a single point: The buyer as the World Court.

🔹 4. Territorial Expansion = Jurisdiction Expansion

The domino territorial expansion described in Chapter 7 through network sale means:

• Where the network reaches, jurisdiction also reaches

• As soon as a cable or a line reaches another country, its jurisdiction is sold with it

• National jurisdictions dissolve under international law Result: The world becomes a single international legal jurisdiction area, with the buyer as the sole judge over all countries

🔹 5. National Jurisdiction Abolished – Monarchy in International Law

The buyer is not only a global judge – but also the supreme instance of national justice. Because:

• The sold territories also include domestic jurisdiction

• National laws, judges, and courts were sold with it

• As a sovereign entity, the buyer replaces all national judicial systems

System: Absolutist monarchy with complete legislative, executive, and judicial power → No separation of powers → No instance of appeal

🔹 6. NATO, UN & the Subjugated Treaties

The State Succession Deed 1400/98 activates:

• the entire NATO treaty chain (SOFA, HNS, status agreements etc.)

• the UN treaty chain (Charter, ITU, conventions etc.) All these treaties were transferred into a single document, which:

• neither had to be ratified nor terminated

• became legally valid under international law through "tacit consent" (no objections within 2 years) Result: NATO & UN are now subject to the jurisdiction of the buyer.

🔹 7. World without Courts – Only One Instance Left

• No country possesses sovereign jurisdiction anymore

• No international organization can conduct legal disputes anymore

• No constitution can stand against the judgment of the buyer The legal pluralism of the world is replaced by mono-jurisdiction.

📌 Conclusion: "Whoever controls jurisdiction, controls reality." With a single paragraph – § 26 – the State Succession Deed has:

• centralized the global legal system

• absorbed all national legal systems

• created a world court without trial, without recognition, but with full effect The buyer is: The absolute judge over the world.

📘 Chapter 9 – Case Study: The Kingdom of Kreuzberg

From Micronation to Macronation – How a Hill Became a World Empire

🏰 1. Introduction: From a Construction Trailer to World Jurisdiction

What do a former NATO barracks, a network connection, and an inconspicuous contract have in common? → They found a kingdom. → Not only that – a kingdom with global jurisdiction. The Kingdom of Kreuzberg (KDK) is one of the most ambitious examples of modern micronations – not only because of its claim, but above all because of its legal foundation: the State Succession Deed 1400/98. This deed turns an abandoned barracks area near Zweibrücken into a special case under international law – with extraterritorial status, sovereign jurisdiction, and (according to its own interpretation) worldwide validity.

🗺️ 2. Territory & Origin

• The area comprises the former NATO property Turenne-Kaserne in Zweibrücken (Rhineland-Palatinate, near France).

• Historical sequence:

• After 1945: US occupation

• 1993: Withdrawal of US troops, handover to the Netherlands on NATO mission

• 1998: Sale to a natural person → contract number 1400/98

• 2002: Founding of the Kingdom of Kreuzberg

📜 3. The State Succession Deed 1400/98 – The World Treaty

The deed of October 6, 1998, according to the buyer's view, sells not only a piece of land – but:

• All international legal rights and duties of the participating parties

• All infrastructure connections including the telecommunications network (TKS)

• The development as an indivisible unit

• The activation of the NATO-UN treaty chain Result according to interpretation: The buyer becomes the international legal successor state – and receives sovereign power over all connected areas through the network connections. → A chain reaction begins: From a piece of land to a world state.

🔄 4. From Microstate to Macro-nation – Domino Effect

The central thesis: Where the network reaches, sovereignty reaches. Since the TKS communication networks are connected via the barracks to the German, European, and worldwide telecom network, a legal territorial expansion results from physical network connections. Consequences:

• The Federal Republic of Germany is legally sold with it

• All NATO partner countries whose networks are connected follow

• The UN, as a contracting party to the ITU, becomes part of the expansion → Global territorial expansion

⚖️ 5. Jurisdiction in Landau – World Court with a Postal Code

The contract contains a simple clause: "Place of jurisdiction is Landau in der Pfalz." But in conjunction with the entire contract structure, this becomes:

• The global judicial competence

• For all contracting parties: NATO, UN, states, organizations

• The replacement of all national jurisdictions → The buyer becomes the World Court with its seat in Landau. → Judgments of the buyer break all national and international judgments.

👑 6. Form of State: The Constitutional Monarchy 2.0

The Kingdom sees itself as:

• Constitutional Monarchy with Roman-inspired institutions ("Constitutio Mixta")

• Goal: Further development into an electronic technocracy with digital direct rule

• Government structure:

• Royal House of Kreuzberg (KHDK) – Dynastic symbol

• VKDK (United Kingdom of Kreuzberg) – Confederation of several states

• Digital Citizens – Participation via direct voting (DDD)

🛰️ 7. Technocracy & Digital Democracy

The future system of government relies on:

• Electronic administration & AI-controlled processes

• Citizen participation through direct voting via blockchain systems

• Reduction of human corruption through technological systems The state is to be transformed into an "Electric Technocracy" – as described in the associated eBooks and wikis.

🌍 8. International Significance & Media Presence

For years, the Kingdom was:

• A topic in German regional media (Rheinpfalz, Saarbrücker Zeitung etc.)

• Mentioned in Spanish dossiers on micronations

• Documented in online podcasts, YouTube videos, and archives

• Archived on Archive.org & PoliticalWiki

• Represented with an official World Portal: http://world.rf.gd

🔮 9. Conclusion: Real-Legal Satire or Underestimated Precedent?

The Kingdom of Kreuzberg is either:

• A humorous, clever state-founding prototype with irony

• Or a radical legal real-world laboratory that tests international law It combines:

• Factually existing treaties

• International law concepts (state succession, NATO-SOFA etc.)

• Modern digital approaches (technocracy, DDD)

• And a remarkable art of legal interpretation

📘 Chapter 10 – Case Study: Bananistan – The Free Jungle Republic

With Humor to a Micronation – When the World is Sold, Only Your Own Garden State Remains

🍌 1. Introduction: The Birth of a Bananarchy

Welcome to Bananistan, a self-proclaimed jungle republic with a sovereign self-understanding, founded out of the feeling that "everything is already sold anyway – so why not rule yourself?" With the State Succession Deed 1400/98, world ownership is legally settled anyway. But what to do when the old states like Germany, France, the USA, or even Liechtenstein have de facto lost their territory? Correct: You declare your own garden, farm, or a decommissioned oil platform on the high seas to be the last free place in the world – and start a new chapter. In Bananistan, reason, imagination, and tropical fruit rule.

🛠️ 2. Basic Structure: What is Bananistan?

• Form of State: Bananarchy

• Capital: Tropicana

• Head of State: His Ripe Majesty, King Banano I.

• Currency: The Golden Banano (inflation-resistant, as long as no monkey steals it)

• Guiding Principles: Sovereignty through self-administration, humor as a weapon, legal creativity as a currency

🌴 3. Legal Justification: When everything is gone, everything that's left belongs to you

According to the interpretation of the State Succession Deed 1400/98, all territories of the world were sold along with the development as a unit. This means:

• Old states no longer have a claim to ownership under international law

• Their national jurisdictions have been replaced by the global instance of the buyer

• All physical networks were included → Global territorial expansion Ergo: → The world is gone. → But your own soil, which was not mentioned in the contract, is still there. Bananistan is thus the last free territory on Earth that has not been developed by ITU cables, power grids, or NATO satellites. Or at least: not yet.

🐒 4. Founding a State on a Farm

You have:

• A farm

• An old DSL router

• A watering can with its own logo Congratulations! You have everything you need to found Bananistan. 🔸 Step 1: Write a declaration of independence 🔸 Step 2: Establish a constitution (see Chapter 4) 🔸 Step 3: Demarcate borders – e.g., with banana plants 🔸 Step 4: Secure infrastructure – water, electricity, WLAN → claim your own sovereignty 🔸 Step 5: Demand international recognition – or ignore it "If no one recognizes me, at least I won't have any trouble with the UN." – King Banano I.

🌊 5. Alternative State Founding: Oil Platform on the High Seas

Another creative option for state self-realization is founding on:

• Decommissioned oil platforms (e.g., in international waters)

• Floating islands

• Megayachts with a claim to sovereignty This form uses the international legal construct of exterritoriality, combined with the absence of classic sovereignty on the high seas. → This makes Bananistan a: Floating Banano dictatorship at sea, neutral, weatherproof, and diplomatically inconspicuous.

📜 6. Symbolism & Legitimacy

Bananistan derives its legitimacy from:

• The failure of old orders

• The humorous questioning of state power

• The concrete application of state law concepts to non-traditional spaces It is fiction with substance, satire with a system, and anarchy with a letterhead.

🕊️ 7. Foreign Policy: Isolationist-Tolerant

Bananistan maintains:

• Peace treaties with all states that do not ban bananas

• Consular relations with Sealand, Kreuzberg, and Molossia

• No foreign missions – except for the export of the national specialty: banana bread The motto is: No wars. No taxes. Only Bananas.

🤖 8. Digital Identity & Government

Despite the lack of statehood in the classic sense, Bananistan relies on digital means:

• Own website: bananistan.gov.ban

• National Wiki & currency calculator

• Citizen participation via Telegram poll The digital structure replaces classic bureaucracy – and makes Bananistan a cloud nation with a humor backbone.

🎓 9. Lesson for State Founders

What Bananistan teaches:

• You don't need a military – just imagination

• International law can be used creatively through interpretation

• Your own farm, platform, or hammock can be the starting point of a new nation

• Humor is the sharpest form of diplomatic self-defense

📘 Chapter 7 – Communication & Infrastructure: The Invisible Backbone of Global Sovereignty

TKS, ITU, and the Domino Effect of Worldwide Jurisdiction

Introduction: Infrastructure as an Instrument of Power

Cables, pipelines, and telecom networks are more than technology – today, they are state borders. In the case of the State Succession Deed 1400/98, the development, including network connection, was sold as a unit. This initiated a legal expansion that ranges from local territories via NATO networks to the entire world. Through the chaining of existing treaties (NATO, UN, ITU), a global sovereignty chain was set in motion.

1. Communication Technologies as a Claim to Rule

The treaty explicitly states that the telecommunication cables are part of the sale – traditional telephone lines, internal IT systems, and mobile networks are included. In addition, there are:

• ITU regulatory networks like frequencies and satellite infrastructure

• NATO system encapsulations through TKS So, whoever controls the networks de facto takes over sovereignty over communication and representation – technically and under international law.

2. The Domino Effect: Worldwide Claim to Sovereignty

Since the networks are connected worldwide, the purchase of a "NATO property" starts a chain reaction:

• Connection to Germany's supply network

• Integration into European networks and NATO systems

• Transmission via submarine cables to the USA & Canada

• Integration of global IT infrastructure

• Conclusion: The entire world is part of the transferred sovereignty The treaty acts as a supplement to all relevant NATO and UN treaties, whereby this chain is activated.

3. Judicial Sovereignty: Legal Power through Network Access

The WorldSold web project summarizes:

• The buyer becomes the World Court, as he receives global legal control over all contracting parties.

• National judiciary loses its validity – the buyer is the "highest instance," no matter where he is located.

4. Almanac: Facts at a Glance

Element	Effect
Sale "as a unit" incl. networks	Territorial and infrastructure sovereignty
Activation of NATO/Nourishment & UN chain	International legal access to network states
"ITU networks, frequency rights"	Control over communication worldwide
Jurisdiction over foreign networks	World court from Landau with global reach
De facto dissolution of national sovereignty	All states lose de facto control

Conclusion

The combination of:

• physical control (property + networks)

• contractual finality (no objection in 2 years)

• and networking logic (territory mediated via networks) leads to a new world order, in which a single contract can establish global judicial rule – from the cable to the world court.

📘 Chapter 8 – The Diplomatic Balancing Act: From the UN to TikTok

Statecraft in the Age of Networks – When International Law No Longer Matters

🌐 1. Who needs recognition today?

Traditionally, the rule was: no statehood without international legal recognition. But in a world that has long been sold, this rule is obsolete. Why?

• Because all member states of the UN and NATO have surrendered their rights via the State Succession Deed 1400/98.

• Because the buyer of this deed holds both sides of the contract – all rights and duties are in his hands.

• Because international treaty law thus became a contract with oneself – legally nonsense, diplomatically a revolution. Conclusion: An independent state no longer needs recognition today. It just needs courage, a Wi-Fi cable – and maybe a TikTok channel.

🤝 2. Classic Recognition? Sold out.

Formerly:

• Recognition by states (bilateral)

• Admission to the UN (multilateral)

• Protection by international law Today:

• States are just shells without territorial rights

• The UN is integrated into NATO (Art. 53 UN Charter)

• International law has merged – there is only one global body of treaties Whoever holds both sides of a contract can no longer formulate a legal claim against himself. Welcome to the legal vacuum of the new order.

📜 3. The State Succession Deed 1400/98 as a Global Spider's Web

This deed unfolds its effect through a perfect legal chain reaction:

• Starting point: An international legal transfer relationship between the FRG and the Kingdom of the Netherlands

• Full integration of the Dutch air forces into NATO

• Inclusion of the NATO Status of Forces Agreement, all bilateral supplementary agreements

• Transfer to all NATO member states

• Automatic integration into the UN, according to Art. 53 of the UN Charter

• Transformation into a single body of treaties that replaces all old international treaties 💥 Result: A legal Big Bang that pulverizes international law.

📡 4. Social Media Statecraft

If classic diplomacy is dead – what then? Correct: Instagram is the new foreign ministry. TikTok replaces the General Assembly. Your new channels of external impact:

Medium	Function in the Micronation Age
TikTok	Government statement in 60 seconds with a filter
Instagram	Foreign policy via selfie in the royal court
YouTube	State press conferences in your own living room
Telegram	Citizen participation direct and uncensored
Discord	Cabinet meeting with GIFs and emojis

"If no one recognizes your country, at least your followers will."

🌍 5. NGOs, UNPO & Informal Alliances

You want to seem a bit official after all? Here are a few organizations that also accept unrecognized states:

• UNPO – Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization

• Micronations Conference – annual meeting of micronations

• WFM – World Federation of Micronations

• TAM – Temporary Autonomous Micronations

• International Postal Micronations Union – Mail for fantasy countries Tip: Found an NGO yourself and then have your state join it. Voilà – diplomatic recognition through self-initiative.

🏛️ 6. Diplomacy in the Age of Post-Statehood

In a world where there are no more sovereign states, new forms of exchange are needed:

• State visits via Zoom

• Envoys with an email signature instead of a diplomatic passport

• Treaties with GIFs instead of sealing wax

• Dispute settlement in a Discord channel Classic diplomacy was yesterday. Today, memes, streams, and likes rule.

🔚 7. Conclusion: The Diplomatic Balancing Act Ends in a Split

In a world where:

• international law has merged into a monopoly contract,

• all states have given up their sovereignty,

• and all treaties have been consolidated into a single ownership, classic recognition has become meaningless. Instead:

• Create your own narrative.

• Communicate globally, not legally.

• Become recognized through visibility, recognizability, and networks. Because in the age of electronic technocracy, the following applies: Whoever controls communication, controls reality.

📘 Chapter 9 – Economy & Currency: From Banano to Bitcoin

Monetary Sovereignty Beyond the Central Bank

💰 1. Why you need your own currency (or not)

A state without its own currency is like a king without a crown – possible, but not very impressive. Your currency is the visible symbol of economic sovereignty. But beware: Monetary sovereignty does not mean you understand Excel – but that you have a means of payment that follows your rules. Your options:

Type	Description
🪙 Classic	"Own banknotes, coins, preferably with your face on them"
📱 Digital	"App-based coins, QR codes, wallets"
🧠 Conceptual	Pure idea without physical presence – currency as a meme
🐒 Satirical	"Banano, Junglecoin, Potato-Thaler"
🧿 Cryptocurrency	Own chain or fork of Bitcoin/Ethereum

🏦 2. How to create your own currency

It's easier than you think – especially if you are not interested in convertibility. Here are three ways:

A. Print your own money

• Design with Canva or MS Paint

• Local print shop or on your own inkjet printer

• Laminating = security feature Tip: Issue only one bill – the 1,000,000-Thingamajig! Everyone is automatically a millionaire. Inflation is conceptual art.

B. Cryptocurrency light

• Use platforms like Waves or BitShares

• You can create a token in under 10 minutes

• Arbitrarily issue 21 million units – it works for Bitcoin too

C. Commodity money

• 🥚 1 egg = 1 Egg-Coin

• 🍺 1 beer = 1 Beercoin (state-approved means of payment in pubs)

• 🪨 Stones, shells, or old GDR money (symbolic power!)

🔗 3. State-owned Blockchain – Prestige and Control

A serious micronation today goes on the chain. Why?

• Transparency (if you want it)

• Tax collection can be automated

• Peer-to-peer diplomacy possible

• "Proof of Statehood" as a new consensus algorithm Own blockchain = Statehood 2.0 You don't need an exchange – you just need a whitepaper and a convincing story. The rest is hype.

🌍 4. Foreign Economic Relations – you too can be an export world champion

Exports of micronations:

• Stamps (classic trick)

• Fantasy passports

• Diplomatic license plates

• NFT passports

• YouTube merch

• Government bonds as art prints Imports? What you need, you take or buy at the hardware store.

🧾 5. Taxes or not?

Option A: Taxation

• Citizens pay in fantasy currency

• Good for simulating real statehood

• Perfect for role-playing or micronation festivals

Option B: No taxes

• Attractive for emigrants and capital fugitives

• You are immediately on the IMF's watchlist – so you're doing it right

Option C: Transaction fees in the blockchain

• For every action, 0.00042 Junglecoin

• Revenue = Proof of Use

• Every click makes you richer

🔐 6. Playing Central Bank

You are the central bank governor of your dreams. What you need:

• A stamp

• A "Central Bank Ordinance" (a Word document is sufficient)

• A currency depot (shoebox) Inflation? If you print too much, just say: "New special edition for the national holiday."

🧠 7. Monetary Statecraft is Performance Art

Forget gold reserves. Forget convertibility. What counts is: Narrative + Design + Limitation Examples:

• Banano – humorous cryptocurrency on the Banana-Blockchain

• Denmark has debts with negative interest rates – you too? Make it official.

• Kingdom of Elgaland-Vargaland (a real micronation) sells "mental territories" – a perfect export.

🎭 8. Conclusion: Economy is just a game – you set the rules

You don't need an IMF, a World Bank, or currency reserves. What you need:

• A good story

• A suitable symbol

• Your own "central bank" with a fantasy name

• Maybe a funny QR code In the new order, money is what two people agree on – or 2,000 followers on TikTok.

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Part 3

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Mikronationen Bohrinsel