New Yorker creates 'sovereign nation' in Utah

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New Yorker creates 'sovereign nation' in Utah - A New York man  will be  building his own sovereign nation called Zaqistan  in   a  remote piece  regarding  land  inside  Utah.

Zaq Landsberg  has   created   an  yellow-and-red flag, official-looking passports  AS WELL AS   the  border patrol gate guarded  by   an  giant robot sentry  due to the  realm, KSL-TV reported (http://bit.ly/1Lo0yHk ).

"The conceptual goal  can be   my spouse and i  want  This   for you to   always be   a good   true  country," said Landsberg,  their  president. "I mean,  The item  goal  is  not going  in order to  happen.  It\'s  impossible, but going  through the  motions, (I'm) trying  for you to  make  The item  happen."

He's even  designed   a good  motto  because of its  land  associated with  Zaqistan: "Something  via  nothing."

When he  acquired   your  sage-brush covered stretch  involving  Utah backcountry  a  decade ago,  your current  city-dwelling Landsberg  was  amazed  with  how removed  This  was.  It\'s   about   60  miles  through the  nearest  The city   ALONG WITH  15 miles away  coming from   a great  paved road.

While he calls  the   place  harsh  IN ADDITION TO  desolate,  It has   furthermore  appealing.

"Out here,  It has  not  This  crazy  of an  idea  to obtain   your current  little spot,  AND   to help  do  ones  thing  AS WELL AS   to have   your current  space  as well as the  privacy  to help  do that," said Landsberg, who's hesitant  to be able to  reveal  Your   area   regarding  Zaqistan  regarding  fear  involving   you   acquiring  lost trying  find  it.

While he knows  your  4-acre piece  regarding  land equipped  using a   be taken  bunker won't actually  become   its  own  recognized  country, Lansdsberg said building  It is   the   visual  exploration  throughout  how far he  will probably  push  the  concepts  connected with  land ownership  AND  sovereignty.

"My goal  can be  to, like, probe  the individual  little areas," Landsberg said. "To try  and get  what  This  does mean."

He pays property taxes  to be able to   container  Elder County,  about  160 miles north  regarding  Salt Lake City,  even though  he refers  towards the   expenses   Just as  tributes. He wants  to  make his little nation  retail outlet  legitimate.  your  passports  retail outlet   AND   was  real,  AND  visitors  just like  his friend Mike Abu  will probably   carry  them stamped  In the same way  they enter  AS WELL AS  exit  ones  country.

"Legitimacy  will be   one   associated with   anybody   details  that's fairly subjective  to  begin with," Abu said. "But  As soon as  we're talking  about  it, does  It  exist?  there may be   not any  question  information on  it."