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A man applies for Liberland citizenship in the village of Backi Monostor, Serbia May 1, 2015. A Czech citizen, Vit Jedlicka, has proclaimed a new sovereign state lying on the border between Croatia and Serbia.

On the Danube, the world’s newest micro-nation. But Liberland has a problem.

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What if you found an unclaimed patch of land and declared a new nation based on love, freedom and voluntary taxation? That’s what Vit Jedlicka has done on the border of Serbia and Croatia.

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