Kingdom of Wallachia

For other uses, see Wallachia (disambiguation).

Valašské kralovství
Kingdom of Wallachia
Micronation (unrecognized entity)
Flag
Coat of arms
LocationMoravian Wallachia, Czech Republic
Claimed byTomáš Harabiš, Bolek Polívka
Dates claimed1997, 1993 (disputed)–present

The Kingdom of Wallachia (Czech: Valašské kralovství), named after the region of Moravian Wallachia, is a tongue-in-cheek fictional kingdom and tourism venture that was founded in 1997 by the photographer Tomáš Harabiš as an "elaborate practical joke". The location is in the southeast corner of the Czech Republic. Since foundation a reported 80,000 Czech citizens have acquired "Wallachian Passports".

After the official proclamation of the Wallachian Kingdom in 1997, actor Bolek Polívka was appointed "King Boleslav I" with his coronation occurring at a lavish ceremony in 2000. Polívka was later removed in a "coup" by Harabiš in 2001, and in 2008 Czech courts ruled Polívka was not entitled to profit off of the "kingdom's" trademark. The Kingdom of Wallachia has no formal diplomatic recognition.

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