What is Westarctica?

Westarctica

 Why in News ?  Rcently  a man  , Harshvardhan Jain was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF). He had been running a fake ‘Westarctica’ embassy from a rented house in Kavi Nagar, Ghaziabad , Uttar Pradesh.

 What is Westarctica?

• Westarctica is not a real country.
• It was created in 2001 by an American named Travis McHenry, who laid claim to an uninhabited part of Antarctica.
• It has a website, a self-proclaimed “Grand Duke,” and a symbolic system of nobility.
• However, it is not recognised by the United Nations, the Indian government, or any official authority.