In 1968, engineer Giorgio Rosa established the independent state called "The Isle of Roses" off the coast of Rimini, built on a platform outside the territorial waters, with Esperanto as the official language. The Italian authorities did not take it well because the micronation was seen as an expedient to not pay taxes on the revenues obtained thanks to the arrival of numerous tourists and curious people.
Elio Germano
Giorgio Rosa
Matilda De Angelis
Gabriella
Fabrizio Bentivoglio
Franco Restivo
François Cluzet
Jean Baptiste Toma'
Tom Wlaschiha
W.R. Neumann
Luca Zingaretti
Giovanni Leone
Leonardo Lidi
Maurizio Orlandini
Fabrizio Rongione
Monsieur Carlozzi
