My Newest Hero

I should be continuing my last post, but this is too good to pass up.
Oh dear reader, I will now tell you the story of my newest hero, Prince Leonard of Hutt. Hutt you say,dear reader,wherever in the world is that? Why its a small farm in West Australia. Why does it have a prince? Well that is where we begin our story.
An Australian mathematician and physicist formerly working for NASA,decided to settle his family down on a nice wheat farm in West Australia. He was a smart man and a veteran of WW2, he worked hard and his farm thrived. Cue the evil music, toccata en fugue. The mans farm does so well, that they exceed the wheat allowance hes legally allowed to grow. The government steps in and says to our hero, "you cannot sell your wheat because you broke the rules that we recently made up but haven't passed yet." The farmer is outraged and demands a retrial. The government then decides to drop the allotment case and instead to just take his land from him outright.
At this point there is only so much a hardworking man can take. He gathers up his family, steels his resolve, and secedes from Australia. The Hutt River Province becomes the Hutt River Principality. The government has two years to dispute his secession, but they dont do that for three years. When the government finally replies to him, they do so as "Administrator of Hutt River Province." When they addressed him as much, they legally made him that figure. Our man then declared himself the Prince and Monarch of his new land. Under British law from the 1400's any Monarch is free from criminal prosecution for his acts, and anyone acting against him becomes the criminal. The government of West Australia rants and raves to no avail. They take it up with the main Commonwealth government. They cant do anything either, they made the bed and would have to lie in it. In a last ditch effort to slap the Prince down, the government stopped their mail and filed for tax evasion.
The Prince would not stand for such aggression from a neighboring power and declared war against Australia. He had no army to speak of, but he had principle. A few days later he ended hostilities. Australia, ready to pull out its own hair at this point, relented. The mail was restored, and Hutt citizens were never again asked to pay taxes to Australia. Draconian laws from trumped up government toadies lost against a man of conviction and resolve.
Surely this was all a bit of a laugh and everything went back to the way it was. You cant fight city hall after all. Well ,dear reader, you'll be happy to note that the actions I just described to you happened well over thirty years ago. The Principality of the Hutt River, or Hutt River Principality is still going strong today. While never recognized by any major world governments, the Prince and his family have traveled throughout the world on diplomatic missions. He has spoken with the Pope and written for Universities across the globe. His Passports are usually accepted at Ports of Entry (Before the new patriot act rules went through, see the sad story of the Iroquois Nations Lacrosse team not being accepted to play in England because of their Iroquois passports.)
This man was in line to be "dirt roaded" by his government for supporting his family. He stood up, spit in their eye, and beat them at their own diplomatic game.
And that is why,dear reader, Prince Leonard of Hutt River is my new hero.