King Rob I

Robland emblem

Robland is an online micronation created on 20 April, 2006 by Belgian producer Rob Vanoudenhoven as part of a satirical TV series broadcast on the Flemish-language commercial network VTM. Vanoudenhoven's show was strongly influenced by the Danny Wallace series How to Start Your Own Country, which screened on the BBC in the United Kingdom during 2005. Like Wallace, Vanoudenhoven set himself up as king of his micronation, and proceeded to put in place various symbols of his new country's supposed sovereignty, including his own currency - the Robbie. He also unsuccessfully sought to establish relations with various sovereign states and gain membership of international organisations during the course of the series.   

Robland website (in Flemish): http://www.robland.tv/home.php

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