What’s it like to live in a terra nullius patch of land claimed by
a group of Poles as a kingdom? The Kingdom of Enclava, a 1,000 square
foot patch of no man’s land near the Slovenian town of Metlika and about 30
miles west of Zagreb, Croatia’s capital city. Enclava, a self-declared Balkan
country is in the border between Slovenia and Croatia which might unlikely to be
given international recognition yet its founders claim sovereign rights since
neither Croatia nor Slovenia have no established claims over the said suburban
garden-sized like kingdom.
A kingdom with no citizen.
Micro nations are being born everywhere in the world for
decades with only ‘virtual citizens’ as inhabitants recruited over the internet. And in relation to Enclava, its founding claimants said they wanted to have build the
kingdom as an ideal community where its people will enjoy tax free living and will have 5 official
languages namely: English, Polish,
Croatian, Slovenian and in the very bizarre inclusion of the Mandarin the language
spoken by the Far Eastern Chinese. More
than 5,000 people have signed into its honorary membership while the supposed
constitution was being drafted. The concept was to build a nation of ideal minded
people who will be able to freely express their minds and speak up regardless
of race, skin color, religion and nationality, as pointed by Piotr Wawrzynkiewicz, one of its founders. Both the government of Slovenia and Croatia has not
commented about the proclamation of the newly emerged self-proclaimed kingdom
nation in their border.
An inspiration.
Enclava’s founders must have got its inspiration from Liberland, a similar micro nation declared last month. Liberland is actually a stretch of woodland along the banks of the Danube. Liberland, also a self-declared independent micro nation by its self-appointed ruler, Vit Jedlicka even carries its own flag featuring an eagle and the sun. Their motto goes something like that of the lyrics from a popular song – “To live and let live.” Like the kingdom of Enclava, Liberland also couldn’t stop 300,000 people from across the globe in applying for citizenship. Mr. Jedlicka claimed that they were part of a great libertarian movement that is now emerging around the world and that, “Governments are becoming increasingly unpopular,” claiming as the reason why they exists.
Enclava’s founders must have got its inspiration from Liberland, a similar micro nation declared last month. Liberland is actually a stretch of woodland along the banks of the Danube. Liberland, also a self-declared independent micro nation by its self-appointed ruler, Vit Jedlicka even carries its own flag featuring an eagle and the sun. Their motto goes something like that of the lyrics from a popular song – “To live and let live.” Like the kingdom of Enclava, Liberland also couldn’t stop 300,000 people from across the globe in applying for citizenship. Mr. Jedlicka claimed that they were part of a great libertarian movement that is now emerging around the world and that, “Governments are becoming increasingly unpopular,” claiming as the reason why they exists.
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