Start Your Own Country!

Foreign Policy explains how it’s done, in four easy steps. Once you have a government, a permanent population, and a defined territory, your problems have just begun:

There’s no cookie-cutter approach, so when you ask for recognition, be sure to explain how your independence will be good for America. In the old days, proving your anti-communist cred was usually good enough. Today, U.S. strategic priorities are a bit more complex, though as Kosovo proves, ticking off the Russians still helps.

     posted 11 March 2008 by Michael Scott Moore