Principality of Vikesland

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Principality of Vikesland
Micronation
Flag	Coat of arms
Motto: Freedom, Equality and Strength
Status	Current
Membership	25
Date of foundation	2005
Leadership	Prince Christopher I (Christopher Barry Joseph Beyette)
Purported organisational structure	Constitutional monarchy
Language	English
Purported currency	Vikeslandic Crown
Currency code	VC

The Principality of Vikesland is a micronation located in Manitoba, Canada.^[1] It was founded in 2005 by Christopher Barry Joseph Beyette (Prince Christopher I), a television news cameraman employed by the CHUM network.

Vikesland's creation and subsequent development was the intended focus of a documentary film about micronations which Beyette planned to produce. The focus of the micronation's activities subsequently shifted to unspecified endeavours of a charitable and humanitarian nature.

The Vikesland website states that the micronation is "not secessionist" and has no intention of claiming the territory of Canada or any other sovereign state.

However, the site also identifies Beyette's place of residence in the town of Brandon, as well as a nearby 6.5 square kilometre rural property which he co-owns with his parents, as being "Vikeslandic territory". The latter is referred to as the "Royal Ranchlands".

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