Micronations, microstates, imaginary countries, countercountries, or unrecognized nations: all are terms for countries that have been declared independent by individuals or small groups. There are hundreds worldwide, with more founded every year.

How to Start Your Own Country will travel the globe in 90 minutes to explore, explain and puzzle over the nature of micronations and to seek the answer to a fundamental question: What makes a country a country?

Produced with Everyday Pictures

Credits:

Writers
Jody Shapiro
Denis Seguin

Director
Jody Shapiro

Producers
Phyllis Laing
Jody Shapiro