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new videos, so for this one we decided to take a look at patch of land on the western

bank of the Danube river. A small new country bordering Croatia and Serbia. TestTube News

viewers, we wanted to know… How Powerful is Liberland?

We made it! Against all odds, Test Tube News has been around for a full year! In honor

of this massive milestone, we wanted to give back to our loyal viewers. We decided to take

a look at patch of land on the western bank of the Danube river. A small, new country

bordering Croatia and Serbia. TestTube News viewers, we wanted to know… How Powerful

is Liberland?

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thanks to all of you watching and sharing and liking and subscribing. As a big thank

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How Powerful is Liberland?

Well, the micronation of Liberland was founded in April 2015 as a tax-less, unregulated,

libertarian utopia on a small piece of disputed territory. So far, their assets consist entirely

of a dilapidated house left over from the 80s, a number of self-issued stamps, and a

massive worldwide internet presence.

Although Liberland is small, it’s only the 3rd smallest country in the world. It is roughly

16 times the size of the Vatican, and 2 and a half times the size of Monaco. Liberland’s

2.7 square miles could potentially hold 400 Walmart Supercenters, 115 Louvre Museums,

or replace New York’s largest landfill.

Now, although Liberland has received literally hundreds of thousands of applications for

citizenship, few people actually populate the country. As a matter of a fact, their

President was arrested twice while trying to enter Liberland, making its current permanent

population zero. Still, as a free country, it stands to reason that most, if not all

of the 360,000 applicants will be allowed in, making Liberland the most densely populated

country in history. At 133,000 residents per square mile, that’s more than two and a

half times the density of the current frontrunner. Look out, China’s Autonomous Region of Macau

(MA-cow).

But can Liberland's economy support such a significant potential population? Although

no GDP figures are yet available, their President has informed us that they’ve received about

$40,000 dollars in donations so far. This makes Liberland the most severely impoverished

country on earth. Please write to the UN and petition your local government to send humanitarian

aid to Liberland. And don’t worry, they do take Bitcoin.

Of course, a nation is only as powerful as its diplomatic ties. Without them, there’s

nobody to come to your aid when a disaster strikes, an invading army shows up, or a gust

of wind knocks down your parliamentary building. Luckily, they’re not all alone out there.

The one and only country to recognize their sovereignty and establish diplomatic relations

is the Kingdom of North Sudan. However, it might be worth noting that the Kingdom of

North Sudan is actually another micronation, which is ruled by the iron fist of a seven-year-old

American girl from Virginia. Powerful allies, indeed.

Finally, considering that Liberland’s head of state was stopped from entering the country

by a few Croatian police officers, it’s unlikely Liberland has an effective defense

force. In fact, they state that their only military weapon is quote “diplomacy”.

That ranks them somewhere around 200th in the world. Still, they’re tied with about

15 other defenseless countries, including Liechtenstein the world’s largest producer

of false teeth.

So all in all, how powerful is Liberland? Well, it is the third smallest, most impoverished,

unprotected, tax-free land of drugs and guns. But their political premise, which guarantees

personal liberty, secularism, and a lack of Nazi or Communists, makes Liberland… the

single most ideologically powerful nation on Earth since the Ancient Roman Empire. Live

and let live.

Want to learn more about how to create your own country? Check out our video here. And

to those of you that have been with us for a long while now, thanks so much for all your

support. Next up, 1 Million Subscribers!