BREAKING NEWS: Woodland Patchwork, or "The Patch", a Micronation in Japan Declares Bitcoin their Official Currency
Woodland Patchwork is an enclave and exclave micronation spread out over 10,117 km squared of non-contiguous land in the Japanese Archipelago. Woodland Patchwork "The Patch" is a small micronation declared autonomous from Japan on October 23, 2013 by Hideyuki Yoshida. Over the last twenty years, Hideyuki Yoshida has laid legal claim to 2.5 million acres of abandoned woodlands. "The Patch" describes itself as a "sovereign, independent, nature-based, territorial micronation" participating in the "new nation project." Currently, only 11 "Woodlanders", "Woodlander" being the demonym for a....
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