How to Start Your Own Country (book)
Book cover as of the third edition | |
| Author | Erwin S. Strauss |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Micronationalism |
| Publisher | Loompanics (second edition) Paladin Press (third edition) |
Publication date | 1979 (first edition) 1984 (second edition) 1999 (third edition) |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 167 |
| ISBN | 978-1-58160-524-2 |
How to Start Your Own Country is an American non-fiction book written by Erwin S. Strauss about micronationalism, particularly its application to libertarianism and individualism. Strauss, who holds libertarian views, believes in the abolition of the power of the state. In How to Start Your Own Country, Strauss introduces five approaches that micronations may take in an attempt to achieve statehood, and documents various micronations and their mostly unsuccessful attempts at seceding. The first book published about micronations, How to Start Your Own Country was published in 1979, with subsequent editions in 1984 by Loompanics and in 1999 by Paladin Press. The book was well-received by critics.