The Free Republic of Verdes between Croatia and Serbia on the Danube, which was founded by President Daniel Jackson

A man announced himself as president of a self-declared country located in a group of disputed lands between Croatia and Serbia-and comes in full with knowledge, weight, currency and about 400 citizens.

Daniel Jackson founded the Free Verdes Republic, a forest slice less than 125 acres along the Danube.

He did this after the area was discovered that no neighboring country claimed due to a continuous border dispute.

“Verdes was an idea when I was 14 years old,” said Jackson, 20, said. “It was just an experience at first with a few of his colleagues. We all dreamed of creating something crazy.”

Jackson has officially announced the independence of the Republic on May 30, 2019, SWNS News Agency reported.

The British region, which was called the British man, known as the maps as “the third pocket”, was named the second most country in the world, directly behind the Vatican city.

The digital designer, who earns a living by creating virtual worlds on Roblox, began forming Verdis in a government working when he was only 18 years old.

“We started making Verdes true when I was 18 years old by forming some laws and science,” he said. “We have now built a government and we have a cabinet,” he said.

The official languages of Ferdes are English, Croatian and Serbian – and the nation uses the euro as a currency.

Verdis can only be accessed by the boat from the Croatian Osijek city, although stability attempts there have obtained some great resistance.

In October 2023, the Croatian police detained many settlers, along with Jackson himself, before they were deported and issued a ban on the country.

Jackson said: “They deported us, but they were unable to give a reason for that,” Jackson said. “They said we were a threat to internal security.”

Now he runs what he calls a “government in exile”, Jackson accused the Croatian authorities of installing monitoring along his country’s coastal line to prevent arrival from Serbia, SWNS said.

We have faced many problems with the Croatian authorities, but we want a good relationship with them in the future. ”

“They did not take us kindly and they were aggressive,” he said.

For every Swns, Jackson is now traveling to Belgrade, Serbia, where he says that officials were more accepted.

Although it is banned from Croatia, he continues to defend the right to reach Verdis and hopes to return to live there one day.

“If I succeed, I will step down from my position and call the elections,” he said.

He added: “I am not interested in power at all … I just want to be an ordinary citizen. The eye has opened, and I am very proud of what I have achieved.”

Verdis has started with only four people, but now more than 400 official citizens are claimed by a group of more than 15,000 applicants.

everyone He receives a passport Although Jackson has warned people against trying to use actual international travel.

However, it was said that some citizens used their passport Verdisians to enter other countries.

“It is a very small country, so we have to be careful not to allow entering,” Jackson told SWNS.

“When it comes to approving people, we are looking for demand skills groups such as medicine or police experience.”

Despite the increasing setbacks, Jackson said he was still optimistic.

“It is a matter of Matthew, no, if we go back to the ground,” he said.

“Croatia does not claim the ground, so we have the right to do so, and we think we have a good chance.”

SWNS mentioned that Jackson, who was originally from Australia, is determined to make Verdes more than just an intellectual experience.

“The bare eye is also Only a lot of forestsBut when you realize that you are in a country you created, it is magic. “