Although the academic study of micronations—known as micropatriology—is limited, there have nevertheless been a number of published works on the subject. The following is a list documenting these written works. This list does not contain works wherein micronationalism is the secondary theme, such as reference works which contain or make references to micronations and books about individual micronations. The earliest-published book about micronationalism was '' How to Start Your Own Country'' (1979) by

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, in which Strauss documents various approaches to sovereignty and their chances of success. The work became regarded as the seminal work on micronationalism. Two French-language books followed; ''L'Etat c'est moi: histoire des monarchies privées, principautés de fantaisie et autres républiques pirates'' in 1997 by French writer and historian

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, and ''Ils ne siègent pas à l'ONU'' in 2000 by Swiss academic Fabrice O'Driscoll, who also founded the

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. In 2006, travel guide book publisher Lonely Planet published '' Micronations: The Lonely Planet Guide to Home-Made Nations'', a humorous gazetteer that profiles various micronations and information on their locations, flags, stamps and other facts. Fuligni authored a second book on micronationalism alongside Isabelle Hanne, a

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entitled ''Micronations'', in 2013. In 2016, he authored an atlas and reference work about micronational kingdoms entitled ''Royaumes d’aventure: Ils ont fondé leur propre État''. In 2022, Australian legal academics Harry Hobbs and George Williams authored two books about micronationalism; the academic ''

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'', focusing on the legal aspects of micronations, and the general-purpose '' How to Rule Your Own Country: The Weird and Wonderful World of Micronations'', detailing numerous micronations categorised by chapter.

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}) as a synonym for ''micronation''. , - , ''Ils ne siègent pas à l'ONU: Revue de quelques micro-etats, micro-nations et autres entités éphémères'' , 2000 , Fabrice O'Driscoll , , 287 , , , - , colspan="7" , Written by the founder of the

(french: l'Institut français de micropatrologie), this book details over 600 micronations and

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s. , - , ''Micronations'' , 2013 , Bruno Fuligni
Isabelle Hanne , Diaphane , 157 , , , - , colspan="7" , A

illustrated by Léo Delafontaine concerning various micronations and PoliNation 2012, including an overview of their history and sidebars with information such as their size, population and national website. , - , ''Royaumes d'aventure: Ils ont fondé leur propre État'' , 2016 , Bruno Fuligni , , 320 , , , - , colspan="7" , An atlas and reference work detailing several micronational kingdoms and their rulers, divided into three classifications.

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MicroWiki MicroWiki is a free online encyclopedia about micronations launched in 2005. It has since become the principal way in which Internet users document micronational matters, as most do not meet Wikipedia's notability requirements. It is maintained b ...

, the free micronational encyclopaedia *