Ruling from your home: Inside Australia's micronations boom Lounging on a sofa in his flowing robes, a gold crown resting on his snowy hair and a stuffed white toy tiger at his feet, Paul Delprat looks every bit a monarch. Delprat, 76, is the self-appointed Prince of the Principality of Wy, a micronation spanning his home in the north Sydney suburb of Mosman. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES