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British man, 21, who founded own country receives award from United Nations

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“British man, 21, who founded own country receives award from United Nations”

A 21-year-old Briton who founded his own nation has been honoured by the United Nations for humanitarian efforts. Daniel Jackson, from Kent, first conceived the idea of creating his own country at age 14. He and a group of friends discovered a border dispute had left several parcels of land along the Danube River unclaimed by either Croatia or Serbia. On May 30, 2019, Mr Jackson formally declared one of these territories, identified on official maps as Pocket-3, the Free Republic of Verdis,…

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