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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5:Why can't I decalare my own properties as independent and make my own country?

Isn't this exactly what the founding fathers did? A small bunch of people decided to write and lay down a law that affected everyone in America at that time (even if you didn't agree with it, you are now part of it and is required to follow the laws they wrote).

Likewise, can't I and a bunch of my friends declare independence on a small farm land we own and make our own laws?

EDIT: Holy crap I didn't expect this to explode into the front page. Thanks for all the answers, I wish to further discuss how to start your own country, but I'll find the appropriate subreddit for that.
gpt
Go ahead and stop paying your property taxes and everything else. When the government attempts to seize your property defend it with your army. Then declare your property an independent state. Then write laws on your property and enforce them. Then have other states recognize your sovereignty.  

In essence, in order to be considered a state you need:

**PHYSICAL SPACE**

*Territory: The land you have

*Population: People that live there

**GOVERNMENT**

*Internal sovereignty/Legitimacy/Physical Control: Population must obey your laws and you must enforce them. 

*External sovereignty/Legitimacy: Other states must recognize your state as such and you must be recognized by the world (Golden Rule: You have this if the UN recognizes your state as legitimate).