text: Presidents, kings and dukes will gather in Los Angeles this weekend to represent their great nations, but you've probably never heard of them. The leaders of places with names like Molossia, Westarctica, Vikesland and Broslavia are coming together at the Anaheim Central Library for MicroCon 2015, which has been dubbed the first North American gathering of micronations. These self-proclaimed countries print their own stamps, wave their own flags and mint their own money. Many have also created sashes and pendants for their royalty. But most of their citizens have a population of less than 10. Many don't even live on the land at all. Scroll down for video . Molossia, population five, is just one of the small, self-proclaimed micronations that will be represented at MicroCon 2015 in Los Angeles this weekend . MicroCon 2015 was organized by Kevin Baugh, who is the President of the Republic of Molossia. Molossia can be found in Reno, Nevada. At 1.3 acres, the country is the size of a football field. Only Baugh and his wife and children live in Molossia, although it has 27 citizens, as well as its own passports, railroad, phone system, bank, post office and general store. Baugh himself will give you a personal tour of the country, as long as you call ahead. Travis McHenry, the Grand Duke of Westarctica, posing in his uniform. McHenry will be giving a talk at MicroCon 2015 called 'Micronations that matter', to encourage more micronations to become nonprofits . 'When you come to visit you see as much as possible a functioning nation,' said Baugh. But Baugh knows there are some things he won't be able change, even if he is the president of his own great nation. 'Can I lower the drinking age? Well no, I can't,' he said. 'Come on, let's get real.' 'We all want to think we have our own country, but you know the U.S. is a lot bigger.' The Grand Duchy of Broslavia has realized the same limitations, but with its military. Founded in Albuquerque by Grand Duke Jacob Felts, whose name inspired the nation's capital of Feltasia, Broslavia has only five citizens - but its own volunteer military. But instead of guns, the military is armed with cardboard copies of AK-47s. They fire rubber bands. Broslavia claims to have recently expanded its territory by annexing planet Pluto. Travis McHenry, the grand duke of Westartica, will also be in attendance at MicroCon 2015. Westarctica is a much larger nation than Molossia, with more than 620,000 square miles in Antarctica to its name. None of the nation's 300 citizens live on the frozen land. No one does. McHenry, also a recruiting coordinator in a Los Angeles media company, said he was 'really inspired' when he found out there was a piece of Antarctica that had never been claimed. But Westarctica is not just an empty country. It's also a nonprofit, advocating for the protection of native penguins and researching how climate change is impacting Antarctica's ice sheet. McHenry will give a talk at MicroCon 2015 called 'Micronations that matter,' which he hopes will encourage other leaders to use their countries for a good cause. 'It's just sort of encouraging other micronations to become nonprofits,' he said. 'So they're actually doing something rather than just walking around wearing fancy capes.' His Imperial Majesty George II of the Empire of Atlantium (left), Prince Paul Delprat of the Principality of Wy, (center) and his princess Susan chat during   Australia's first conference of micronation leaders in 2010 . The Republic of Molossia . Founded by Baugh and a buddy as teenagers in 1977, it existed mainly in Baugh's bedroom until he bought 1.3 acres of property in Northern Nevada in 1998 and built a railroad and private phone company. Molossia pays taxes to the United States but likes to think of that as foreign aid. Its creation was inspired by the Peter Sellers comedy "The Mouse That Roared," about a small nation that declares war on the United States so it can receive foreign aid after it loses. Grand Duchy of Westarctica . One of the world's largest micronations, it encompasses 620,000 square miles of the Antarctic, but nobody actually lives there. It was founded in 2001 by His Royal Highness Grand Duke Travis McHenry after he learned no other nation had laid claim to the area. McHenry says he would like to eventually make Westarctica a real country. If he does, he jokes that he'll probably promote himself from grand duke to king. The Kingdom of Vikesland . Located adjacent to picturesque Riding Mountain National Park in Manitoba, Canada, it was founded in 2005 by Christopher Barry Joseph Beyette, a TV newsman who prefers to be called King Christopher I. The king says his fascination with micronationalism led him to create the country. He says he'd like to eventually produce a documentary on the micronation movement. Royal Republic of Ladonia . Located on a rocky shoreline in southwest Sweden, this micronation came into being as the result of a lengthy legal battle over a gigantic pop-art sculpture made of 70 tons of driftwood. After Swedish authorities demanded that it be torn down artist Lars Vik went to court. . After vandals torched it, he built another and went back to court. In 1996 angry supporters declared the site, in a nature preserve, an independent nation. Ladonia claims to have 17,000 citizens now, although none actually live there. It is ruled by Queen Carolyn I, whose coronation took place in 2011 by the disputed sculpture. The Grand Duchy of Broslavia . Founded in 2014 in Albuquerque, it is ruled by His Majesty Grand Duke Jacob Felts and lists its capital as Feltasia. Although it has only five citizens, Broslavia claims to have a volunteer military armed with cardboard copies of AK-47s that fire rubber bands. It claims to have recently expanded its territory by annexing the dwarf planet Pluto.
target: MicroCon 2015 is the first North American gathering of micronations .
  Places like Molossia, Westarctica and Vikesland will be in attendance .
  One country is the size of a football field, another is as large as Alaska .
  They print their own stamps, wave their own flags, and mint their own money .
  But most of their citizens don't actually live on the land .