Joey Morin was careful to show up in the Republic of Molossia well prepared: he carried no contraband onions or walruses, but brought enough raw chocolate chip cookie dough to exchange into a decent amount of the local currency, the Valora. <\/p>\n
He and a few dozen other tourists had just left US territory in the desert of eastern Nevada, walked past a customs post manned by a mannequin, and entered one of the worlds growing number of self-declared independent states known as micronations. <\/p>\n
I love the concept of starting your own country, its such a unique thing, said Morin, a 28-year-old social media content producer. Its worth the cookie dough. <\/p>\n
Kevin Baugh, the micronations dictator, stamps visitors passports at the customs hut at the entrance to Molossia <\/p>\n
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Approximately 200 micronations span the globe, from the Principality of Sealand, an offshore platform in <\/p>\n
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