Man declares country in unclaimed pocket of land between Serbia and Croatia (nbcnews.com)

Move there and see how it works out.

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NewFreeLand!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvXrn3iQN7Q

Countries aren't created by being "declared", they're created by being recognized by other countries.

He needs to also declare bankruptcy

Is this guy aware that these countries have fought a bloody war not long ago around land issues? Probably not the ones you wanna joke around.

Typo in the article?

> Jackson says he now lives in “exile” in Dover, where he goes to the socializes with friends and plays video games.

> Known as “Pocket 3,” the strip of forest roughly the size of the Vatican was among several left unclaimed by both countries after the Croatian war of independence ended in 1995.

How does this even happen? A surveying or mapping error? Is it intentional? Why doesn't either country try to claim it?

So he doesn’t have to pay property tax?

Isn't this the same place as the previously declared and equally non-existent micro nation of Liberland?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberland

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The saying "You and what army?" comes to mind...