Nutopia
Nutopia is a conceptual country, sometimes referred to as a micronation, founded by John Lennon and Yoko Ono. One of the reasons that the country was founded was to address Lennon's then-ongoing immigration problems (the previous week he received a deportation order) through satirical means. There is no leadership and not all citizenships have been recorded. As a result, the population is unknown. Nutopia is a portmanteau of "new" and "utopia" which suggests Nutopia is a new, utopian society. History. On 2 April 1973 Lennon and Ono introduced the conceptual country of Nutopia at a press conference  in New York City. The Lennons were ambassadors of the country and sought (creatively, though unsuccessfully) diplomatic immunity to end Lennon's ongoing immigration troubles, as he and Ono tried to remain in the United States. (Ono already had a Resident Alien "green card" through her previous husband, Tony Cox. Lennon had been denied permanent residence status). Lennon talked about the imaginary country, which would live up to the ideals of his song "Imagine", saying this in the "official" declaration (signed the day before): We announce the birth of a conceptual country, NUTOPIA. Citizenship of the country can be obtained  by declaration of your awareness of NUTOPIA. NUTOPIA has no land, no boundaries, no passports, only people. NUTOPIA has no laws other than cosmic. All people of NUTOPIA are ambassadors of the country. As two ambassadors of NUTOPIA, we ask for diplomatic immunity and recognition in the United Nations of our country and its people. The deportation order was overturned in 1975. The following year, Lennon received his green card certifying his permanent residency, and ending talks about Nutopia. In 2006, a Nutopia website was created that forwarded to a site about the documentary "The U.S. vs. John Lennon", distributed  by Lions Gate Entertainment. The Nutopian Embassy is located at 1 White Street in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan, NYC. Symbols. The flag of Nutopia has only one colour: white. At the press conference Lennon, waving a white tissue, stated, "This is the flag of Nutopia—we surrender, to peace and to love". According to a reporter for "The New York Times", Lennon blew his nose on the tissue. Some criticised this association with surrender, but Lennon and Ono defended the association, saying that only through surrender and compromise could peace be achieved. Lennon's album "Mind Games" (1973) features  the ""Nutopian International Anthem"", which consists of four seconds of silence. The hand-drawn Great Seal of Nutopia features a picture of a seal balancing a yin-yang globe on its nose. A plaque engraved with the words "NUTOPIAN EMBASSY" was installed at the back (kitchen) entrance to the Dakota apartment where Lennon and Ono lived. Ono remarked decades later that guests preferred walking into her home through that door instead of the front entrance. Legacy. Finnish singer-songwriter Kari Peitsamo, fan of Lennon's work, released a song called "Nutopia" on his album "". In 2009 an exhibit in New  York displayed the letter that established Nutopia.