The Nation of Celestial Space was founded by Evergreen, Illinois citizen James Thomas Mangan. He founded the nation on January 1, 1949 because he did not want any superpowers to start a dispute over the vast micronation. Unfortunately, many of the superpower nations did not recognize Mangan even though he was a very active leader even writing letters to the nations' leaders participating in the space race. Although many people ignored this, in 1958, he broadcast his flag on national television and people began recognizing him. The United Nations building in New York City recognized this and flew his flag outside their building with all the other flags. Unfortunately, when Mangan died in 1970, the nation became defunct until Isaac SJ Cooper of Evansville claimed the throne upon discovering that no one was appointed a new leader and that no one had claimed the nation for themselves. So far, Cooper has drafted a new Constitution and appointed certain people as rulers of parts of his claim.