Recession? What recession? Our workforce at “The Best of What’s Around” just doubled. Please welcome my good friend, first guest writer, and latest contributor to my blog, Mr. John Gogoi.
To those that still follow these disconnected, rambling entries that I throw together a few times a week (my dad not included), I promised a November surprise and this is it. This idea came into fruition one night when John and I were casually chatting about some random global issue, as we so often do, and he so happened to bring up the micronation of Sealand.
I had no idea what he was talking about at first and it was then that he enlightened me on the notion of a micronation. For those that you that are also in the dark on this subject, a micronation is an “entity that resembles an independent nation or state but which is not recognized by world governments or major international organizations.” A micronation is basically just some guy deciding that he wants to make a certain piece of land into his own country; they’re pretty much the next level up from a little kid’s make-believe kingdom in his backyard. Yet, despite their clear illegitimacy, these little pockets of self-fulfilled liberty are gaining serious attention because of all the legal trouble their causing the bigger country.
For the next undetermined amount of time, John will be providing all of you with “Micronation Monday” – every week he will introduce you to a country hardly bigger than the room you’re probably reading this from. Tomorrow will feature the aforementioned Sealand and, from then on, I’m a loyal, interested, follower who is unaware of what’s next just like the rest of you so tune in and get ready to see a side of the world that you can barely see even when you’re right in front of it.
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