TY - BOOK AU - Warner,Andy AU - Dam,Sofie Louise TI - This land is my land: a graphic history of big dreams, micronations, and other self-made states SN - 1452170185 PY - 2019///] CY - San Francisco PB - Chronicle Books LLC KW - Newly independent states KW - History KW - Comic books, strips, etc KW - Land tenure KW - Comics (Graphic works) KW - lcgft KW - Graphic novels N2 - "Your country isn't perfect--but with a little planning and a personalized flag, your true utopia may be as close as your own backyard! Here are the stories of thirty self-made places around the world built with a dream of utopia: from the Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands to the Indian rock garden of Nek Chand to the micronation of Sealand and much more. Whether they were building an ideal community, a safe haven, an inspiring structure, or a better-run country, these creators struck out against the laws of their homelands, the approval of their peers, or even nature itself to shape the world around them."--Provided by publisher ER -