Ladonia, your independence sounds like a thrilling tale! I'd love to hear it!
Crocious
What is important to remember is that the Kingdom of Ladonia existed long, long ago, back when King Ladon still guarded the Golden Apples of Immortality. ( Sweden denies this. )
Then Ladonia fell into oblivion, until Lars Vilks started creating Nimis, under which he found me, the Remony of Ladonia. It was then that we vowed to take over the world together, starting with some territory in Norway, Telemark (claimed May 17th, take that, Nor)! And as previously mentioned we're at war with Sweden, San Marino and the USA.
Anyway, the Swedish authorities said they wanted to take down Nimis, but since it was already sold that was impossible. ( Later we burned it down, hehe! ) Then Vilks built Arx, a concrete book. The Swedish authorities didn't like that either, but they have no business in Ladonia, so he declared us independent on June 2nd.
But the Swedish authorities still refused to give up. Fortunately, our allies, the Tourist Office in Högnäs talked for us, since I'm quite the attraction~
OMFALOS NOW. They wanted to take this down to, but Vilks claimed he wasn't the artist and that he only named the piece. In 2000 the County Administrative Board makes an official comment to make Ladonia an exception from the nature reserve, thus acknowledging my independence! Another artist buys Omfalos, and when the authorities want to take it down he says Omfalos musn't be harmed. Vilks says that he can agree to remove Omfalos in an "artistically interesting" way, i.e. blowing it up with 100 kg of dynamite as a tribute to Alfred Nobel. ( EXPLOSIONS! ) The authorities do not like this either, and they abducted Omfalos! ( It is now in Moderna Museet i Stockholm, Finland told Sweden it was 'cute' and that he sould keep it as a memory. Pfft. )
4000 Pakistan citizens applied for Ladonian citizenship in hope of a better life. We increased our population from 5000 to 10000 (but no Pakistani).
Let's face it, whose life wouldn't be better in Ladonia.