The League of Secessionist States (LoSS; LOSS) is a dormant, Internet-based[1] intermicronational organisation that exists "to promote intermicronational communication and partnership, and serves to act as a supramicronational, impartial Body where such a need for one may exist." Initially established on 26 November 1980 by Robert B. Madison, self-proclaimed king of the Kingdom of Talossa, it was reestablished in April 1996 during a "micronational boom" on the Internet. It was the principal intermicronational organisation on the Internet between 1997 and at least 2000.
League of Secessionist States | |
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 Logo since 2009
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| Type | Intermicronational organisation |
| Membership | 40 member states (2011) |
| Establishment | |
• Founded | 26 November 1980 |
• Reestablished | April 1996 |
Website theloss | |
History
editThe League of Secessionist States (LoSS) was founded on 26 November 1980 by Robert B. Madison, self-proclaimed king of the Kingdom of Talossa, during his childhood.[2][3] It was originally an alliance between three micronations in opposition towards a fourth. After 1983, the LoSS became inactive.[2] In April 1996, during a "micronational boom" on the Internet, Madison reestablished the LoSS and accepted four member states.[2][4] With all activity based online, the league was one of several intermicronational organisations founded during this boom.[5] Its website states that its goal is "to promote intermicronational communication and partnership, and serves to act as a supramicronational, impartial Body where such a need for one may exist."[6] Between 1997 and at least 2000, it was the most prominent intermicronational organisation on the Internet.[4][7] In January 2005, the league had over 30 member states, and was described in an issue of Information Today as "sort of a United Nations for imaginary countries."[8] On 25 August 2007, another intermicronational organisation, the League of Micronations, merged into the League of Secessionist States.[9] As of 2011, the LoSS claimed to have some 40 member states.[10]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "League of Secessionist States (LOSS)". Global Civil Society Database. Yearbook of International Organizations. Union of International Associations (UIA). Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ a b c O'Driscoll, Fabrice (2000). Ils ne siègent pas à l'ONU: revue de quelques micro-Etats, micro-nations et autres entités éphémères (in French). Institut français de micropatrologie. Presses du Midi. p. 258. ISBN 978-2-87867-251-0.
- ^ Madison, Ben; Eiffler, John Carl; Jahn, John Arthur (26 November 1980). "Declaration of L.O.S.S." League of Secessionist States (Treaty). Retrieved 18 January 2023 – via Reunião Archives.
- ^ a b Fuligni, Bruno (1997). L'État c'est moi: Histoire des monarchies privées, principautés de fantaisie et autres républiques pirates (in French). Editions de Paris. p. 221. ISBN 978-2-90529-169-1 – via Google Books.
- ^ Ištok, Robert; Nováková, Štefánia (2014). "Micronationalism as a Phenomenon of the Present" (PDF). Folia Geographica. 56 (1). University of Prešov: 52.
- ^ McConnell, Fiona; Moreau, Terri; Dittmer, Jason (23 February 2012). "Mimicking state diplomacy: The legitimizing strategies of unofficial diplomacies". Geoforum. 43 (4). Elsevier: 813. doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2012.01.007.
- ^ Mihm, Stephen (25 May 2000). "Utopian Rulers, and Spoofs, Stake Out Territory Online". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ Pack, Thomas (January 2005). Page, Loraine (ed.). "Imaginary Countries". Information Today. 22 (1): 27 – via EBSCO Information Services.
- ^ McDougall, Russel (15 September 2013). "Micronations of the Caribbean". In Fumagalli, Maria Cristina; Hulme, Peter; Robinson, Owen; Wylie, Lesley (eds.). Surveying the American Tropics: A Literary Geography from New York to Rio. Liverpool University Press. p. 235. doi:10.5949/liverpool/9781846318900.003.0010. ISBN 9781846318900.
- ^ Moreau, Terri Ann (2014). Subversive Sovereignty: Parodic Representations of Micropatrias Enclaved by the United Kingdom (PDF) (Thesis). University of London. p. 236. Retrieved 18 January 2023.