In 1977, Freston Road, a squatted street in Notting Dale, West London, seceded from the United Kingdom, and appealed to the United Nations to send a peacekeeping force to prevent evictions by the Greater London Council.
The new nation-state called itself Frestonia. Passports and postage stamps were issued, and 'foreign' visitors were issued with visas. Ministers of State were appointed. Whilst this was a clever publicity-stunt inspired by the old film "Passport to Pimlico", it was also an acclamation of different values.
