by b-hen April 22, 2009
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Micronations are usually created and maintained by one person or family. Many exist solely on the internet, or in the imagination of their creators. Some have a more corporeal existence, occupying a defined - albeit often tiny - geographical areas, and producing arefacts such as stamps, coins, banknotes, passports, medals and flags.
Micronations are generally viewed as eccentric and vaguely amusing by most external observers.
Micronations should not to be confused with microstates, which are small legitimate sovereign states such as the Vatican, Monaco, Andorra or San Marino.
Nor should they be confused with legitimate self-determination or secessionist groups, who are typically have many hundreds or thousands of active supporters.
Micronations are usually created and maintained by one person or family. Many exist solely on the internet, or in the imagination of their creators. Some have a more corporeal existence, occupying a defined - albeit often tiny - geographical areas, and producing arefacts such as stamps, coins, banknotes, passports, medals and flags.
Micronations are generally viewed as eccentric and vaguely amusing by most external observers.
Micronations should not to be confused with microstates, which are small legitimate sovereign states such as the Vatican, Monaco, Andorra or San Marino.
Nor should they be confused with legitimate self-determination or secessionist groups, who are typically have many hundreds or thousands of active supporters.
Sealand, an abandoned World War 2 gun platform off the coast of Essex, is the world's best known micronation.
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by D-Vo January 20, 2006
Get the microcosm mug.Having a smaller than average clitoris, it can be harder to reach orgasm because those who have micro clits most likely will have them spaced father Away from the vaginal opening by as much as 30% compared to normal anatomy. ( this is still in mm). There are other ways of obtaining orgasm but getting in touch with your own body and what works for you always helps.
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A boarding school is a microcosm in comparison to the real world. Although it may have the same characteristics, it is just a smaller version of it and not the real thing. See macrocosm and wobblotocrosm
by Alisha July 8, 2004
Get the microcosm mug.A company mainly in Mountain View, California that programs computer software, and hardware. Sun Microsystems was founded in 1982 by Andreas Bechtolsheim, Vinod Khosla, and Scott McNeally. This company is known by a congregation of software developers (programmers), and generally computer/networking enthusiasts. They are in more specific terms, known for there Solaris Operating System, and Java Programming Language. They are also known for giving the most "bang for your buck" if you will. There stock (Ticker Symbol: SUNW) has been slipping to a negative ever since 1997, however Scott McNealy has quite a plan for bringing them back to the top.
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