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Foreigner for a Day
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Sick and tired of all the rules the government makes you follow? And all those pesky taxes you have to pay? Well, good news! It turns out there was a tiny, some would say ridiculous, mistake made in the zoning laws or the surveyors somehow missed drawing your plot on the official maps. In any event, your house is actually not part of your country after all! You are your own sovereign nation now, my friend! Of course, for the more pro-active protagonist, there's always good old-fashioned secession. The new country is often an Egopolis with appropriately self-promoting flags, currencies, government titles and so on. Expect a Snap Back or a Reset Button at the end of the episode, whatever the case. Compare Property Line. |
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The Glorious People's Republic of Treacle Mine Road in Night Watch. | |
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There's a house in Nevada that does this as a tourist gimmick and joke, known as Molossia. At one point it got taken over by internet critics. | |
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Greater Llewellynlland from Ozy and Millie (notable in that it never had the snapback) | |
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Episode 2 of Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People starts with Strong Bad revolting against the King of Town's rule and making Strong Badia into an independent nation. The other main characters then proceed to form their own nations, which Strong Bad has to convince (or force) to join his side. Highlights include Bubs' neutral city-state of Concessionstantinople, the Homsar Reservation, and Strong Mad's country of... Country. | |
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There's an episode of Mr. Show that centers around a man who demands that his cabin in the woods in Wyoming be recognized as a sovereign nation. The US government yields to his demand, setting a precedent that leads to the formation of countless other nations within Wyoming. Later, the man decides to emigrate to America, where he serves as a host for the Independent Nations Games featuring the leaders of all the other newly-formed countries. | |
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In a Dilbert comic, Dogbert turned Dilbert's house into the Republic of Dogbertland: | |
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In an episode of Grojband titled "For Hat and Country", Corey declares his house as "The People's Rockpublic of Grojland" as part of a plan to acquire a cowboy hat that will only be given to the most "country" of country musicians. Then Hilarity Ensues when Mayor Mellow declares war on Grojland for seceding from Peaceville. | |
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In the Murdoch Mysteries episode "Dominion of New South Mimico", Rupert Newsome declares himself king of the eponymous dominion (pronounced "Newsomimico"), and appoints his friends and relatives to government. It turns out this actually has a superficial degree of legitimacy, since his lawyer managed to slip a passage recognising it into a Canada-US treaty, and it was signed without anyone noticing. Steps are taken to revoke this, by which time Rupert has got bored of the whole thing anyway. | |
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The West Wing: in Season 3's "Dead Irish Writers," Donna, who was born in Minnesota near the Canadian border, has her US citizenship status revoked when said border was redrawn south. The whole thing is hilariously capped off by Bartlet coming into the White House Ballroom to find the Canadian national anthem being played and bellowing "What the hell is going on!? I was gone for forty-five minutes, they were all Americans when I left!" Status quo is restored thanks to a Grandfather Clause that would restore Donna's US citizenship with a bit of paperwork. | |
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The Napoleon of Notting Hill: Not only does Notting Hill secede, it then proceeds to conquer the rest of the British Empire. | |
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A running joke in Lake Wobegon Days involves how Lake Wobegon regards itself as part of Minnesota (and the United States) despite not officially being part of the state because of a cartographer's error when Minnesota was officially surveyed. | |
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The satirical Swedish radio series (and later TV, and books...) Mosebacke Monarki (inspired by Passport to Pimlico), in which a few blocks of Stockholm form their own kingdom. Generally used to poke fun at current Swedish affairs by having the "Mosebaskes" copy the bigger country but to absurd degrees. | |
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In the Sealab 2021 episode "Let 'Em Eat Corn", Capt. Shanks has Sealab declared a sovereign nation (to get out of paying income taxes), which sets off a wave of increasingly goofy sub-secessions amongst the crew. By the end of the cartoon, even Stormy's furniture and bathroom fixtures (which he claims are robots known as "Change-A-Trons" and "Plumb-bots") have declared their independence. | |
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In one Family Guy episode, "E. Peterbus Unum", the town zoning map revealed that the Griffins' property was not even a part of the US. Thus was born the tiny, four-bedroom republic of Petoria (It would have been Peterland, but that was already the name of a gay club by the airport). Hilarity Ensues when Peter then "annexes" Joe's backyard pool, leading the US government to declare war on Petoria. | |
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