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Some of you might find it peculiar, similar movements to Sovereign Citizens exist in many other countries, but they take different shapes depending on local cultural context.
For instance, in Russia there is a movement called "Citizens of USSR" who claim that since Boris Yeltsin in the 90s had no constitutional rights to change the name of the country from "Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic" to "Russian Federation" (which is actually correct, he didn't, not that it stopped him though), this change has never legally taken place, and "Russian Federation" is a placeholder corporation that occupies legally Soviet space. Why this can't be applied to RSFSR/USSR itself being "illegally" established on top lf 1917 Russian Republic, is a mystery.
Citizens of USSR even issue their own passports, however, their goals are exact same with Sovereign Citizens - tax evasion, ignoring traffic rules, and driving without a license.
Apparently some form of them exist in 26 countries!
In Germany we have Reichsbürger
Yes I've heard. That must be weird to deal with considering how straightforward Germans seem to be.