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	The '''Kingdom of Humanity''', ~~surrounded by the '''Humanity Sea''',~~ a ], ~~was~~ a ] in the ] ~~established in 1878~~ by ~~] captain ], who proclaimed himself King James I. Offered as a home for the poor and oppressed of ], at the time of King James' death in 1888 the kingdom had around 2,000 residents.~~		The '''Kingdom of Humanity''', was a ] claimed to have existed by in the ] by

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			an ], ] in the 1950s. His claim may have been based on a previous claim in 1914.
	King James was succeeded by his son King George I, who negotiated ] ties with larger powers. He was able to secure defensive support from ] with the 1893 ], in exchange for berthing privileges at the kingdom's ]s.

	King Franklin I succeeded after King George's death in 1914. During his reign, the kingdom's flag was designed, a ] was established, and the population of the kingdom grew to 7,000.

	Although peaceable, the kingdom was often threatened by ]s. The valuable islands were later occupied by ] troops in 1933, and by ]ese forces in 1939.

	With the Japanese invasion, King Franklin was forced to leave to ]. The remaining soldiers were executed, and ] became a ] base. The anniversary of the invasion was later remembered in the public ] called Martyr's Day.

	King Franklin was eventually succeeded by his grandson ] (his son Josiah died of ] before his ]). Meads found it necessary to buy back some of the kingdom's territory, which had been sold by an ]n ] named ].

	In 1963, the Kingdom of Humanity merged with another micronation, the ].		In 1963, the Kingdom of Humanity merged with another micronation, the ].

	== Other micronations claimed in the Spratly & Paracel Islands ==
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	==Further reading==		==Further reading==
	* Marwyn S. Samuels, ''Contest for the South China Sea''. (1982)		* Marwyn S. Samuels, ''Contest for the South China Sea''. (1982)
	* Samuel Pyeatt Menefee, "Republics of the Reefs":\|Nation-Building on the Continental Shelf and in the World's Oceans, ''California Western International Law Journal'', vol. 25, no. 1, Fall, 1994, pp. 83-85.		* Samuel Pyeatt Menefee, "Republics of the Reefs":\|Nation-Building on the Continental Shelf and in the World's Oceans, ''California Western International Law Journal'', vol. 25, no. 1, Fall, 1994, pp. 83-85.
	* {{Verify credibility\|date=December 2008}}
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The Kingdom of Humanity, was a micronation claimed to have existed by in the Spratly Islands by

an American, Morton F. Meads in the 1950s. His claim may have been based on a previous claim in 1914.

In 1963, the Kingdom of Humanity merged with another micronation, the Republic of Morac-Songhrati-Meads.

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