The world's latest contender for statehood, Liberland, is a tiny new, self-proclaimed country sandwiched between Croatia and Serbia that lives up to its "live and let live" motto by offering optional taxes, its president said Monday.

"The key idea is voluntary taxes, creating a state so small that there's almost no state," Vit Jedlicka, a 31-year-old Czech politician from the liberal right-wing Free Citizens Party, told AFP.

To make his dream come true, Jedlicka used seven square kilometres (three square miles) of no-man's land by the Danube river between Serbia and Croatia to create Liberland on April 13.

While Croatia is an EU member, Serbia is not.

"Croatia claims that the territory is Serbian but Serbia doesn't want it and this situation has lasted for 24 years," Jedlicka said about the new country, located some 160 kilometres (100 miles) northwest of the Serbian capital Belgrade.

"The land is now ours," he said.

All Jedlicka had to do to claim possession of the land was make a declaration, which has now become part of a package Liberland is sending out to foreign ministries worldwide.

The politicians of this "constitutional republic with direct democracy features" will now have to negotiate free movement of goods and people across the border and other economic issues, Jedlicka said.

He claims someone has already offered to invest in Liberland's telecommunications infrastructure.

Solar panels will ensure energy self-sufficiency, though "it would be nice to have cross-border electrical wires", Jedlicka added.

Interest in the novel project is huge with its website (http://liberland.org/en/main/) registering 1.3 million visits in the past three days.

"This goes hand in hand with a huge interest in citizenship. We've received about 250,000 applications for citizenship in the past four days," Jedlicka said, adding that even diplomats worldwide are curious.

"I think we'll have a million (applications) by the end of the week."

Liberland's website sets high standards for citizenship.

Anyone wanting to acquire it must respect other people and their views, respect private property, have no criminal record and have no record as Communists, Nazis or other extremists

bissy93:
Liberland all d way

smithsydny:
Are u joinin d ministry?

smithsydny:
Are u joinin d ministry?

bissy93:
Yes boss ;DYes boss

smithsydny:
Lemme knw wen ur done with urs. Wil do mine today.

cybug:
Just registered mine now... No hitch

cybug:
Just registered mine now... No hitch

smithsydny:
My own is rly messing up

spankyflex:
same here

cybug:
Just registered mine now... No hitch

smithsydny:
I received shapaly logged in my mail and activated it shapaly..that's it..try it with web browser oooo..opera mini isn't working with the idiot

WhyNa:


I used chrome. Guess I have to reapply

smithsydny:
bros u wan run from Nigeria wahala dey ooooo...hehhehehehe... just use the normal browser biko... live all this downloaded stuffs

WhyNa:


My guy shebi na your footsteps I follow

spankyflex:
I used the normal web browser n did it successfully

smithsydny:
hahhahahaha only ya name dem fit deny u..Godforbid..no worry dem go give us..make we get dual citizenship ..ameen

stepo707:
That's not the applcation oh.its just user registration.I learnt he form will be out later.so let's keep checking.

spankyflex:
if you have any other additional info pls kindly share with the house.thanks

spankyflex:
saw it too,forms will be send to our emails

spankyflex:
was any notification send to you after registration?

WhyNa:


I didn't receive any mail. Did you?