Size comparison of the world's smallest countries.

Geopolitical thermodynamics

do you only do european microstates or do you also do other microstates?

I’ve started out just doing the European microstates since I’m still figuring out where they are. But I am trying to branch out, which involves research bc Wikipedia only really mentions the European ones in depth. I do have a post celebrating Palau queued! (I was going to have another but I was consulting a map to see if it was on the one I found and tumblr yeeted the post into oblivion

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Andorran countryside.

Photo by Kent Wang on Flickr.

I handed in my thesis today, got home, got comfy in bed with a cup of hot chocolate, and excitely started reading more papers about my field of research.

And then realised that this is probably not how most people would act.

I do have a bizarre fondness for micro states

Idk why.

Minus the whole tax haven thing.

Still.

me opening the notes to see if people were being serious about not knowing how to type in maps.google.com into the url bar cuz they dont teach u that in american schools and seeing that im like the 400th person to make the genovia joke

So it turns out I missed our standard's birthday.... They turned 28 last Tuesday... Because why bother keeping up on things....

Flag of the Free City of Hong Kong

This is the flag of the Free City of Hong Kong.  It comes from a world where Britain handed over Hong Kong to Taiwan rather than the People's Republic of China.  British leaders were able to convince both of the Chinas to allow Hong Kong to hold a referendum to decide its fate.  The overwhelming majority voted to join Taiwan.  The PRC demanded a recount, and Taiwan agreed to hold another referendum.  This time, however, Hong Kong voted to become and independent city-state.  America and Britain agreed to defend Hong Kong's independence if it were ever threatened.  Tensions ran high for a few days but, reluctantly, the PRC agreed to respect Hong Kong's sovereignty.  Though they also built a large wall along their border with Hong Kong.  The PRC claimed this was to keep Hong Kongers out, but almost everyone knew it was really to keep their citizens in.  

Hong Kong is an economic powerhouse just as it is in our world.  It maintains close relations with Taiwan.  The two nations operate a mutual immigration policy, colloquially referred to as the Free China Corridor.  As a result, Hong Kong is slightly less crowded than in our world.  Hong Kong also maintains good relations with Britain and is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 

The flag symbolizes Hong Kong's mixed Chinese and British heritage.  The stripes harken back to the flag of the British East India company.  That they also resemble the America flag, and thus act like a middle finger to the PRC, is a happy coincidence.  The lotus flower represents Chinese influences on Hong Kong's culture. 

Link to the original flag on my blog: https://drakoniandgriffalco.blogspot.com/2017/09/flag-of-free-city-of-hong-kong.html?m=1

What is your opinion on unrecognized micronations, such as Talossa, Sealand, Wy, Seborga, or Kugelmugel?

I love when they're a little silly and unserious (especially bc if you think about it, nationhood as a whole is a little silly. We'll all pinky promise to draw lines in the dirt and stay on our side or get stabbed about it*). I'd heard of Sealand, but not the others, so thanks for the research rabbit hole :).

I think its great when microstates commit to the bit and have to figure out how nations function, like Seborga's currency. It makes sense that they're not recognized, they're not anywhere close to self-sustaining or having resources that lets them stand mostly on their own. And the divine right of kings not being a big deal anymore kind of puts a damper on declaring yourself head of some principality and everyone accepting that or turning you into an arrow pincushion)

There's a lot that goes into nation building, (sometimes that's making Italy pinky promise to leave you alone bc you have no enticing resources, like San Marino; oftentimes it's a lot more complicated than that) and the average person doesn't think about what goes into nation building, especially in this modern age when those lines in the sand feel more concrete than they did in previous centuries.

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*this is a major understatement and trivialization of the grim reality of land conflicts. History is much more complex than that. As a whole, it's a little grim that people and countries are so possessive over land that they won't let new ones crop up or recognize others' sovereignty (Kosovo and Hong Kong are what comes to mind for me, this is not about Israel)

Tbh this should be a country

I was born in the andes, I'm by no means a girl a from the plana and still Andorra is the most mountain I've ever witness.

Wow!

It's true Andorra has many mountains, more than 50 of which higher than 2,000 m above sea level. Not bad at all for a microstate that's only 468 km².

However, it still comes as a surprise to hear this from someone who has seen the Andes!

[rain] it's actually schrödinger but i'll let it pass and WE HAVE FACTUAL INFORMATION ABOUT LUXEMBOURG HOW CAN YOU STILL SAY IT'S A MICROSTATE

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