Talk:MiniLand

MiniLand is a micronation completely maintained and poulated by LEGO Minifigures. MiniLand is a new concept because it is not run by humans at all, but rather humanoids. Minifigure-Human= 1:47.

Founding Father
The very first minifigure was a police officer (PC Smithson), followed by a fireman, a nurse, astronauts, medieval knights, a gas station attendant and a construction worker. Jens Nygaard Knudsen-a LEGO employee since 1968-came up with the figure after 50 prototypes. The first ones were carved from LEGO bricks, their later cousins were cast in tin. At the time the company was in crisis and his minifigure literally breathed life into the bricks. The minfigs hail Kudsen as their King, until the Plastic Revolution, when they became a Republic. This nation is 41 years old.

Population
Minifigures represent the world’s largest population, more than 4 billion people strong, making it 3 times larger than China, 12 times larger than the United States and 120 times larger than Canada. Since the modern minifig’s current form was introduced in the late 1970s, LEGO has produced enough minifigs to circle the Earth at least four times. The ratio of male to female minifigs is about 18 to 1.

Racial Diversity in MiniLand
In 1997, Native Americans became the first minifigures with recognizable ethnic identities. In 2003 LEGO introduces 'fleshie' colours, there are both dark (African) and light (Caucasian) players.

Evolution
Since minfigures have 'faster metabolisms' their perception of time is 100x that of human time. e.g. 2002-2003 is a century of 'MiniTime'. This is called MMT- MiniMeanTime.

Currency
MiniLand runs on the Stud Standard- 'studs' are usually used as currency, and these work as 'banknotes' of a kind. Golden Lego coins are not actually traded as currency, but are the equivalent of gold bullion, and were used in primitive communties.