The Empire of Atlantium is a micronation founded by George Cruickshank in 1981, it currently bills itself as an aspirant expression of panarchism.
Official Presence
Official Website, Atlantium.org:
The Empire of Atlantium is a unique parallel sovereign state based in New South Wales, Australia.
Official Blog, Aquila Audax:
The Official News Service of the Empire of Atlantium
Media Coverage
1985
StampNews, February 1985, ‘War Games’:
there seems no doubt that a state of hostilities now exist between the Empire and the Province of Bumbunga in South Australia.
2001
Melbourne Express, ‘By George, he’s a King!’:
The state – an apartment measuring just 60 square metres – was founded in 1981 by three teenagers as a declaration that geographical boundaries in the modern world were unnecessary.
2002
Australasian Coin and Banknote, ‘The Empire Strikes a Coin’.
The Guardian, ‘Passport to Pimlico Aussie Style’:
Mr Cruikshank – who is officially known as Emperor George II – is sceptical of some of the wilder claims of his fellow leaders, and admits discomfort at being addressed by his formal title. “I’m sure a lot of people regard this as eccentric, but the nature of statehood has always changed through history. When the 13 colonies united to form America, they weren’t taken seriously either,” he says.
2003
HQ Magazine, Micro-Nations (1, 2, 3):
The country’s credo is “the desirability of eventual global social, economic and political union”, a goal the website visitor can help achieve by filling out an online citizenship form.
2004
‘The boy from Hurstville who now rules a big flat’, SMH:
It could be the smallest country in the world. And it’s arguably one of the youngest. But there’s no doubt it’s the only country ruled by a telecommunications office worker who gives interviews by mobile phone.
2005
Good Weekend, ‘If at first you don’t secede’ (1, 2, 3):
The population of Atlantium has exploded with the spread of the internet. Emperor George claims 1000 “members” in 65 countries, although, once again, membership in his “empire of the mind” does not carry the right to move into Emperor George’s bedroom.
2006
ABC TV, ‘Can We Help’, 6th of October:
Non-english Media Coverage
Atlantium bills itself as having a global scope. There is press coverage from: Turkey (2001), China (2001), Romania (2001), Russia (2001), Mexico (2002), the United Kingdom (2002 2003 2005) Hong Kong (2005), India (2005a and 2005b), the United States (2005) and Brazil (2007).