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Everyone needs to create their own personal space--whether it be in their dorm, their room or their own special study nook in Lamont. Jim Fowler '03 created his own country. Known by its citizens as the Kisone Republic, its storied history is documented on Fowler's Harvard homepage...

Author: By K.l. Rakowski, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Fowler Cleared of Landgate Scandal | 4/6/2000 | See Source »

...Fowler has only recently been cleared of charges in the "Landgate" scandal, in which he was accused of reallocating public land to "mysterious foreign friends with questionable agendas" and to powerful citizens of the Kisone Republic. His accusers believed he was giving these large gifts as a means of gaining support for his political platform. Fowler is First Citizen of the Kisone Republic, a peaceful micronation located in various parts of Mankato, Minn., and the airspace surrounding it. Currently, Fowler's dorm room is "the floating city" of the Republic...

Author: By K.l. Rakowski, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Fowler Cleared of Landgate Scandal | 4/6/2000 | See Source »

...land mass have been recovered, a land mass matching it has not been found in the modern world. It is theorized that it could have sunk like the lost city of Atlantis, or there could have been extraterrestrial involvement in its disappearance. The modern lack of unclaimed land led Fowler to take over a few patches of Mankato, specifically a teacher's office at Mankato West High School. A great deal of air space was also declared to be the property of the Kisone Republic. A stiff tariff was imposed upon people entering the office, but it proved hard...

Author: By K.l. Rakowski, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Fowler Cleared of Landgate Scandal | 4/6/2000 | See Source »

...Kisone people are "more mentally peaceful than physically peaceful," says Fowler. However, they do follow U.S. laws, at least most of the time. The Republic has yet to achieve diplomatic recognition with major nations, but it is internationally known. It has been contacted by a separatist group in Norway, along with another group in Iowa...

Author: By K.l. Rakowski, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Fowler Cleared of Landgate Scandal | 4/6/2000 | See Source »

...Fowler assumed his title as First Citizen of the Kisone Republic in 1996. However, his rise to power was somewhat unofficial. He was close friends with his predecessor, Melvin Anderson, and when Anderson was exiled, Fowler became First Citizen...

Author: By K.l. Rakowski, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Fowler Cleared of Landgate Scandal | 4/6/2000 | See Source »

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