The Declaration of Independence site
(http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/declara1.html) is vague about what
happens if the Internet becomes a sovereign state, but there is plenty of advice
on the Web for new nations. Jennifer Lauten, the self-styled Empress of
Lautenia, offers practical advice about how to start a nation on:
http://www.io.com/~jlauten/nation.html. Excerpts from Erwin Strauss’s book How To
Start Your Own Country can be found on the same site.
The people behind the Atlantis
Project—http://www.oceania.org—cite Strauss as an influence on their
plans for a new nation. Eric Klien and friends intend to build an artificial
island on which Atlanteans can live.
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