"LOSS" redirects here. For the webcomic, see Loss (comic). For the program, see Lick Observatory Supernova Search. For other uses, see Loss (disambiguation).
| League of Secessionist States | |
|---|---|
Logo since 2009
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| Type | Intermicronational organisation |
| Membership | 40 member states (2011) |
| Establishment | |
| • Founded | 26 November 1980; 44 years ago (1980-11-26) |
| • Reestablished | April 1996; 28 years ago (1996-04) |
| Website theloss | |
The League of Secessionist States (LoSS; LOSS) is a dormant, Internet-based intermicronational organisation that exists "to promote intermicronational communication and partnership, and serves to act as a supramicronational, impartial Body where such a need for one may exist." Initially established on 26 November 1980 by Robert B. Madison, self-proclaimed king of the Kingdom of Talossa, it was reestablished in April 1996 during a "micronational boom" on the Internet. It was the principal intermicronational organisation on the Internet between 1997 and at least 2000.
History
The League of Secessionist States (LoSS) was founded on 26 November 1980 by Robert B. Madison, self-proclaimed king of the Kingdom of Talossa, during his childhood. It was originally an alliance between three micronations in opposition towards a fourth. After 1983, the LoSS became inactive. In April 1996, during a "micronational boom" on the Internet, Madison reestablished the LoSS and accepted four member states. With all activity based online, the league was one of several intermicronational organisations founded during this boom. Its website states that its goal is "to promote intermicronational communication and partnership, and serves to act as a supramicronational, impartial Body where such a need for one may exist." Between 1997 and at least 2000, it was the most prominent intermicronational organisation on the Internet. In January 2005, the league had over 30 member states, and was described in an issue of Information Today as "sort of a United Nations for imaginary countries." On 25 August 2007, another intermicronational organisation, the League of Micronations, merged into the League of Secessionist States. As of 2011, the LoSS claimed to have some 40 member states.
See also
References
- "League of Secessionist States (LOSS)". Global Civil Society Database. Yearbook of International Organizations. Union of International Associations (UIA). Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ O'Driscoll, Fabrice (2000). Ils ne siègent pas à l'ONU: revue de quelques micro-Etats, micro-nations et autres entités éphémères (in French). Institut français de micropatrologie. Presses du Midi. p. 258. ISBN 978-2-87867-251-0.
- Madison, Ben; Eiffler, John Carl; Jahn, John Arthur (26 November 1980). "Declaration of L.O.S.S." League of Secessionist States (Treaty). Retrieved 18 January 2023 – via Reunião Archives.
- ^ Fuligni, Bruno (1997). L'État c'est moi: Histoire des monarchies privées, principautés de fantaisie et autres républiques pirates (in French). Editions de Paris. p. 221. ISBN 978-2-90529-169-1 – via Google Books.
- Ištok, Robert; Nováková, Štefánia (2014). "Micronationalism as a Phenomenon of the Present" (PDF). Folia Geographica. 56 (1). University of Prešov: 52.
- McConnell, Fiona; Moreau, Terri; Dittmer, Jason (23 February 2012). "Mimicking state diplomacy: The legitimizing strategies of unofficial diplomacies". Geoforum. 43 (4). Elsevier: 813. doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2012.01.007.
- Mihm, Stephen (25 May 2000). "Utopian Rulers, and Spoofs, Stake Out Territory Online". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- Pack, Thomas (January 2005). Page, Loraine (ed.). "Imaginary Countries". Information Today. 22 (1): 27 – via EBSCO Information Services.
- McDougall, Russel (15 September 2013). "Micronations of the Caribbean". In Fumagalli, Maria Cristina; Hulme, Peter; Robinson, Owen; Wylie, Lesley (eds.). Surveying the American Tropics: A Literary Geography from New York to Rio. Liverpool University Press. p. 235. doi:10.5949/liverpool/9781846318900.003.0010. ISBN 9781846318900.
- Moreau, Terri Ann (2014). Subversive Sovereignty: Parodic Representations of Micropatrias Enclaved by the United Kingdom (PDF) (Thesis). University of London. p. 236. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
