# The Republic of Raftopia!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republic-of-raftopia/284050>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 10, 2005, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republic-of-raftopia/284050 "2005-01-10T15:59:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![brianmelendez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@brianmelendez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianmelendez)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republic-of-raftopia/284050/21 "2005-01-11T10:04:14Z")

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[The Master speaks.](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_300.html)

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**Author:** ![aahala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@aahala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aahala)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republic-of-raftopia/284050/22 "2005-01-11T16:02:20Z")

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John Trochmann, one of the founders of the Militia of Montana, decalred himself a sovereign about 1992. He didn’t issue postage stamps and he didn’t even leave the state until the feds started looking for him.

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