The title of the film is quite intriguing and I am also a great fan of Canadian films. Unfortunately this one was a disappointment. Most of the "micro-nations" that are presented in this film are nothing more than the farms or backyards that their owners have "proclaimed" as "countries". I guess you and I can put on a red velvet cape and a Halloween-type crown and proclaim whatever land we own as our "kingdom". The world is full of "more real" unusual micro-nations that the film could have presented. One example that comes to mind is Swaziland. There are so many islands in the Pacific. What about the Cayman Islands where a large chunk of the world wealth resides? Instead, Shapiro and co travelled to such "unexplored" corners of the world as USA,Australia and Great Britain where they found some pieces of land (or sea)that their owners declared "countries" as a joke or in order to make a buck or too from kitschy tourism.
Review of How to Start Your Own Country
