Burkland

Marxist People's Republic of Burkland
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: L'Internationale
Official languages	Burklandi, German, English and Zealandian
Demonym(s)	Burklandi
Government	De facto authoritarian presidential republic
Legislature	Congress
Establishment	July 9, 2011
Population
• (members of Congress) census	7
Current status: Defunct

Burkland, officially the Marxist People's Republic of Burkland, refers to a variety of defunct micronations run by Rachel that existed from July 9, 2011, until May 27, 2018. Nominally committed to Marxism–Leninism and anti-imperialism, it exhibited an antagonistic foreign policy towards other micronations it viewed as "imperialist", desired complete independence, and opposed macronations it viewed as puppets of the United States. Politically, the micronation was dominated by the Communist Party with smaller parties playing an insignificant role.

The micronation was created after a backlash against the ComradeMr Republic adopting an ideology called Natlandism, which some viewed as a form of fascism. Rachel later admitted she had no idea what the ideology entailed. Throughout its existence, Burkland had an unstable identity. Starting as an Antarctic micronation, it later also had territorial claims it had some ability to control. It had close relations with Zealandia and Tiana, even to the point of allowing itself to be annexed by Zealandia. It was viewed as a pariah on the intermicronational stage due to Rachel's erratic behavior. After the annexation by Zealandia, Rachel's relations with the Zealandian government faltered, leading her to establish Legatia. During Zealandian rule, the micronation organized itself into the Federal Territories and two "autonomous socialist republics", Northern Burkland and Southern Burkland.

It had a variety of institutions and laws, such as a nominal armed forces, that existed on the assumption that it could have sovereign authority. It even had laws permitting capital punishment. The micronation, however, had a strong record of supporting LGBT rights, thanks in large part to Rachel's own identity as third gender and pansexual (now as trans female and bisexual). Most laws and foreign policy decisions were made by Rachel herself with little or no input from other citizens. The other citizens were usually citizens of other micronations. Despite its claim to be socialist, the micronation had no actual economy and thus couldn't have social ownership over the means of production.

As Rachel grew up, she rejected Marxism–Leninism and started to find herself disinterested in micronationalism. Pressure from friends she met through micronationalism caused her to form the Burklandi government-in-exile, which mostly laid dormant. In 2018, she decided to end the MPRB once and for all, marking its official end date as May 27, 2018. She also deleted the Wordpress account for The Online Burklandi, the official newspaper of the micronation. She banned the controversial autism-related advocacy organization Autism Speaks before dissolving Burkland.

On September 22, 2020, Rachel Burklandssen declared the Kingdom of Stabilitas with herself as Queen. Stabilitas claims to be the successor micronation to Burkland, while rejecting communism in favor of monarchism.