Thule - The Largest Private Colony in History And a Successful Micronation

Imagine setting up your own private colony outside of the jurisdiction of any state and holding on to it for decades.
And all this without being a king or having the backing of any national entity.
Beyond this also having a population that willingly cooperates and becomes part of the colony.
Add then to this that the colony is profitable through the sale of Arctic fox furs and pays for many large and costly expeditions!
You even have a post office with your own stamps a steamline and introduce your own local laws and set up an assembly for your population to vote in.
Sounds impressive does it not?
But this actually happend with the Thule colony of Knud Rasmussen in Northern Greenland.
The colony was based around the Thule trading station named after the mythic Ultima Thule established by Knud Rasmussen in 1910 and lasted until 1937, when it became part of Greenland.
That is 27 years of what is effectively a successful micronation.
If you are interested in the Thule stamps shown in the video, you can find them here: www.nordfrim.c...
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Probably a bit off topic.. but could you in the future maybe do an upload on the "galliot" or Galjot ship and Fly-boat or Vlieboot as well?. They seem to have been two ship types that were very common during the late 16th Century Dutch Republic both in a private merchant role as well as military in blockades of Spanish/Walloon mutineers along the coastline. They feature on a lot of drawings and paintings of the era, but very little seems to be online about them. Thought it may be some interesting topics alongside the Fluyt.

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I might do videos about the Galjot and Vlieboot in the future. Can't really say when, but I will put them on my list.