Step 1: Occupy a body of land. It doesn’t matter where there are Micronations everywhere even in the US (see the Republic of Molossia for further details). The bottom line according to international law the Montevido Convention of the rights and duties of states is that a state must have a permanent population and a defined territory.

Step 2: Create a government. Be creative just because socialism hasn’t worked for most countries don’t mean it can’t work for yours. Try making a republic Rome had a pretty good run with that one. If you’re more interested in eviscerating the proletariat? Try a fiefdom or dictatorship. Your government is limited only by your imagination.

Step 3: Make declarations. Send an email or letter to the leader of whatever country you choose to secede from and let them know who the boss is now. They may refuse to recognize you as a state and that’s where Article 3 of the Montevido Convention comes in. It says that “the political existence of the state is independent of recognition by other states” meaning “go suck eggs Mr. President”

Step 4: Pray. Sit in your new little country and keep your fingers crossed that the government you just separated from doesn’t care enough about your measly 2 acre to send troops to get it back.