When you leisurely drive on the Indian Ocean Road, suddenly found, huh? Where's my tarmac road?
Walk down a dirt-eating road and you can see the picture below.
This is a vast expanse of yellow land, at first glance it is also a farm, do not turn around, otherwise, you miss a country!
If you also meet a hospitable old man, remember to shake hands with him and take a picture, otherwise, you accidentally missed a monarch.
(Principalityof Hutt River), the Principality of the Hutt River, didn't know if everyone in the country knew each other. Anyway, I didn't know it until then, and at first I saw it as a park, and I was laughed at by boss and Marvin.. This is Australia's second largest country. How big is it? 75 square kilometers. How many people? 23 permanent residents. And the capital? Of course, Nathan (Nain).
It was founded on April 21, 1970, when Leonard Casley, a farmer, was dissatisfied with the government quota for wheat production and had the support of his family and followers to find a law loophole that formally broke away from the Australian Federation.
So Lenoard became the leader of the new country, Prince Leonard (Prince Leonard), and his wife Princess (Princess Shirley).
In fact, the Australian government does not recognize such an independent country at all. Looking at the picture, one can clearly see a dividing line between the asphalt road and the dirt road. Are you not independent? Ok, let's make the money for the rest of the tens of kilometers.
However, princes and princesses and their people are not moved by them, people do not have to pay high taxes to the federal government, but they also do not have access to the benefits offered by the government. However, the country is mainly agricultural, but also has some tourism income, so it is completely self-sufficient.
The only church in the Principality, government's office and post office are also in one building, one door in and out.
The sparrow, though small, has all its organs. The Hutt River Duchy, like normal countries, has a national flag, a national emblem, coins, stamps, and even passports, and the number of people holding Hutt River Duchy passports has been on the rise, with more than 13000 people already in possession of the country's national flag, national emblem, coins, stamps and even passports.
The Prince and Princess are the "only" staff in the government office of the Principality. They are customs, postmen, commentators, souvenir shop salesmen. Perhaps to outsiders, it was an old prince's own play, but the old prince and princess Sydney enjoyed it.
But now it's the old prince who's the only one to stamp you out of the country. The death of Princess Sydney in 2013 still doesn't reduce the old prince's enthusiasm to defend the land. Maybe he's defending the fairy tale kingdom she created with Princess Sydney. Go, fellas, go to the Principality of the Hutt River, and stamp your passport with a cool badge of entry and exit.
