In 1973, John Lennon and Yoko Ono founded an imaginary country, Nutopia, and you can now become a citizen of it!
This imaginary land was set up by the late Beatles legend in a response to his ongoing problems with the US immigration service, who were threatening to deport him back to the UK at the time.
Nutopia was launched at a press conference at the New York City Bar Association in Midtown Manhattan in 1973.
The country even launched its own website last month citizenofnutopia.com, where anyone can register to become a citizen.
After you complete the ‘application process’, you will receive a digital ID card, with an animated globe even displaying the locations of other Nutopia residents, each one represented with a dot.
You can click on a citizen’s dot to read messages from fellow nationals, or choose to “spread love” by clicking the love heart symbol alongside the citizen’s name.
“Nutopia has no land, no boundaries” – John Lennon
In a video which was taken at this press conference in New York, John Lennon explains this newly found country in further detail.
“Citizenship of the country can be obtained by declaration of your awareness of Nutopia,” he explains.
Lennon also added, “Nutopia has no land, no boundaries, no passports, only people. Nutopia has no laws other than cosmic. All people of Nutopia are ambassadors of the country. As two ambassadors of Nutopia, we ask for diplomatic immunity and recognition in the United Nations for our country and its people”.
Speaking this week on the country, Yoko Ono also had this to say.
“Anybody could be a citizen of this country”, she stated.
She also added, “Anybody could be a citizen of this country. Citizens were automatically the country’s ambassadors. The country’s body was the airfield of our joint thoughts. Its constitution was our love, and its spirit our dreams”.
“We produced a white handkerchief from our pockets and said, “This is a flag to Surrender to Peace.” Not ‘Fight for Peace’, but ‘Surrender to Peace’ was the important bit”.
Last month, a famous 1965 guitar once owned by John Lennon, which was found in a loft, was also put up for auction. More on this from Nova here.
