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Some tokiponists have suggested creating a physical Toki Pona nation, similar to Lojbanistan and {{w|Esperantujo}}. Around 2022, there was a trend on {{tok|[[lipu Wesi]]}} of designing national symbols (flags, anthems,{{citation needed|date=2024-05-16}} etc.), currency,<ref>{{cite web |url=//reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/vn2mwu/idea_for_toki_pona_currency |title=Idea for toki pona currency |author= |username=janKanon6 |date=June 28, 2022 |website=[[r/tokipona]] |publisher=Reddit |access-date=2024-05-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=//reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/vovddc/another_idea_for_mani_currency_for_the_tokipona |title=Another idea for Mani Currency (for the tokipona island) |author= |username=AwwThisProgress |date=July 1, 2022 |website=[[r/tokipona]] |publisher=Reddit |access-date=2024-05-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=//reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/vpe5e2/mi_lukin_e_lipu_mani_mute_mi_kin_li_wile_pali_e_ni |title=mi lukin e lipu mani mute – mi kin li wile pali e ni! |trans-title=I see a lot of banknotes – I also want to make these! |language=tok |author= |username=casperdewith |date=July 1, 2022 |website=[[r/tokipona]] |publisher=Reddit |access-date=2024-05-29}}</ref> and civil infrastructure (government systems,{{citation needed|date=2024-05-16}} identity documents,<ref>{{cite web |url=//reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/wsoj21/hey_all_i_started_learning_toki_pona_very |title=Hey all! I started learning toki pona very recently and made this ma pona passport concept today. What do you think? |author= |username=noljo |date=August 19, 2022 |website=[[r/tokipona]] |publisher=Reddit |access-date=2024-05-29}}</ref> road signs,<ref>{{cite web |url=//reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/vqaazh/forget_mani_here_we_love_street_signs_heres_a |title=forget mani. here we love street signs. here's a toki pona road sign concept, because why not? |author= |username=alexdapineapple |date=July 2, 2022 |website=[[r/tokipona]] |publisher=Reddit |access-date=2024-05-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=//reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/vqxfin/i_heard_we_were_doing_road_signs_so_i_translated |title=I heard we were doing road signs, so I translated some US-style signs for y'all |author= |username=swift_USB |date=July 3, 2022 |website=[[r/tokipona]] |publisher=Reddit |access-date=2024-05-29}}</ref> etc.) based on markers of established civilizations. Mouseless, writing in his website mimuki.net, criticized this notion of a "real {{tp|ma pona}}" for its basis in colonialism and patriotism.<ref>{{cite web|url=//mimuki.net/thoughts/mapona|title=why all man-made "{{tok|ma pona}}" suck|author|username|date|website=mimuki.net|publisher|access-date|archive-url=//web.archive.org/web/20231027225652/https://mimuki.net/thoughts/mapona|archive-date=2023-10-27|quote}}</ref> This essay has become widely recommended reading when such proposals arise.