Westovia Island

 The Republic of Westovia, a self-proclaimed republic that comprises of a man-made island in the Pacific.

History
Westovia was started in 1991 by Troy Breuk of San Diego, California. Then in 1994 the island was created out of concrete and rocks that was held in place by four huge poles. This island was a huge 1,000 mile long structure that has a population of 300 people. The government of French Polynesia did not take want it to be a new island nation. So in 1998 a crisis took place when a French Naval ship tried to seize the island by force. The French were blockade by UN and there was a cease fire.