Speaking of micro-countries, the most famous is the Conch Republic. The magic is that although it is not recognized, this country still retains the "President" and "Country Name".
However, çŤç°ĺ˛ Republic in Europe is not so lucky. This is a short-lived miniature country.
Established in 1968, located on the Adriatic Sea, near Rimini, Italy, 11 kilometers from the coast of Rimini. The 400-square-meter platform supported by 9 pylons is not so much a country, but an offshore platform equipped with many commercial facilities, including a restaurant, bar, nightclub, gift shop and a post office.
The symbol of the Rose Republic
The founder of this miniature country is an Italian named Rosa, according to international law, the coast of Rimini extends 12 nautical miles (about 22 kilometers). It belongs to Italian territorial waters. However, Rosa declared that he had checked the relevant Italian laws and that the sea area of ââthe Republic of Rose Island is not under Italian jurisdiction and can become an independent country. So on June 24, 1968, he used the Esperanto "Insulo de la Rozoj" name Declared independence and proclaimed himself president.
Rose Island Republic
The only pillar industry of the newly established Rose Island Republic is tourism. Tourists even need to make an appointment to qualify for the island (the land area is 400 square meters and one day reception Not too many people).
The reason why everyone is rushing, in addition to people's curiosity about this emerging country, there is a more important reason that the goods are extremely cheap.
Because it is not under the jurisdiction of Italy, there is no need to pay expensive taxes and fees, so the goods sold on the Rose Island Republic are very cheap, and there are countless people who are willing to come here to consume. George also made a lot of money. .
Rose Island Republic stamp
However, Rosaâs good days did not last long.
Although Rosa had notified the Italian government of the incident at the beginning of the founding of the Peopleâs Republic of China, the officials thought it was a farce by a lunatic and ignored it. However, the popularity of the Rose Island Republic is beyond the imagination of officials, and it has reached the point where they have to take it seriously.
So in 1969, under the authorization of the Italian government, four heavily armed military police controlled the Republic of Rose Island. Then a group of tax officials came to the island to check taxes and demanded that George pay all the missing taxes.
Not only that, in order to "kill the chickens and the monkeys", the Italian government directly ordered the military police to blow up the offshore platform, so the Rose Island Republic, which was only one year old, was annihilated.
It is said that afterwards, Rosa, who was unwilling (the financial path was cut off), was extremely dissatisfied with the behavior of the Italian government. He organized the government in exile and repeatedly protested to the Italian government.
And this farce is gone as no one cares about it.
