Frequently asked questions
MicroAtlas is being prepared carefully so early users understand what the atlas is for, what it is not for, and how public submissions will be handled.
The beta is centred on public listings, mapped claims, review, reporting, and feedback on the submission process.
MicroAtlas is a public map and directory for micronations, self-declared states, and experimental civic projects. It helps visitors discover projects, explore self-declared claims, and follow each listing back to its own websites, communities, archives, or social pages.
During closed beta, submissions are intended for serious micronational projects, self-declared states, experimental civic projects, and community participants who can provide a clear public profile, relevant links, and a claim that can be reviewed.
No. MicroAtlas records self-declared information for discovery and archival context. It does not grant recognition, verify legal sovereignty, settle legitimacy, or make any legal claim about a listed nation.
Yes. Claims are self-declared and may overlap with other submissions, existing countries, historical claims, symbolic territories, or community-defined areas. Showing a claim on MicroAtlas is not endorsement of ownership or jurisdiction.
Review keeps the atlas useful, safe, and readable. Moderation helps prevent spam, impersonation, harassment, malicious links, personal information leaks, and entries that are too unclear or disruptive to publish.
You should prepare a nation name, short public description, flag image, external links if available, and a clear description or map claim. Strong submissions usually include an official website, wiki page, archive, constitution, public community, or other evidence that the project has a sustained public presence.
Approval means the entry has passed MicroAtlas moderation standards for publication. It does not mean MicroAtlas recognises sovereignty, endorses territorial ownership, verifies every claim, or certifies the nation as legally valid.
A moderator may return the entry with notes if information is unclear, incomplete, unsafe, too broad, or unsuitable for publication. You can revise the draft and submit it again.
During beta, approved entries may require further review after major edits. This helps prevent approved pages from later being changed into spam, abuse, unsafe links, or misleading claims.
MicroAtlas is primarily for micronations, self-declared states, and serious experimental civic projects. Fictional or worldbuilding-adjacent projects may be considered only if they are clearly presented, publicly documented, and not submitted as misleading legal or territorial claims.
Yes. Nation owners should be able to request removal or hiding of their own listing. Moderators may also hide listings if they create safety, privacy, impersonation, or moderation concerns.
No. Account email addresses are not shown on public listings. Users may choose to add public contact routes such as websites, forums, Discord links, or social pages, but private account details stay private by default.
MicroAtlas may reject spam, abuse or harassment, hateful or extremist content, impersonation, private personal information, pornographic or shock content, malware or suspicious links, low-effort entries, and claims submitted in a disruptive way.
Not inside MicroAtlas during the closed beta. Listings can link to external communities and official channels, but MicroAtlas is not currently a chat platform, diplomacy simulator, alliance system, war game, or recognition game.
The closed beta focuses on core atlas workflows: creating an account, submitting a public nation profile, adding a flag and external links, drawing or describing a claim, submitting for review, browsing approved entries, and reporting entries that need moderator attention.
Open the public nation profile and use the report form near the bottom of the page. Reports go to moderators for review and can be used for spam, abuse, privacy concerns, impersonation, unsafe links, disruptive claims, or other listing problems.
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