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From last month, some more good journalism on "#KingdomOfPapaala" on #Bougainville, probably the world's most country-like #micronation, led by financial scammer Noah Musingku:
#independence #geography #micronations #PapuaNewGuinea #politicaleconomy #Melanesia #SouthPacific #separatism @geography @geopolitics #sovereignty
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From last month, some more good journalism on "#KingdomOfPapaala" on #Bougainville, probably the world's most country-like #micronation, led by financial scammer Noah Musingku:
#independence #geography #micronations #PapuaNewGuinea #politicaleconomy #Melanesia #SouthPacific #separatism @geography @geopolitics #sovereignty
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Major political geography event: #BBNJ aka "#HighSeasTreaty" takes effect today, meaning new laws governing environmental protection in intl. waters are now binding on 81 countries that have so far ratified it, including #Brazil, #China, #Japan, #France, #Germany.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/01/1166762
#geography #oceans #maritime #lawofthesea #internationalwaters #geopolitics @geography @geopolitics #worldpolitics #internationallaw
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Dear @washingtonpost: Three of the US's aircraft carriers have their home port within 12 miles of the border with #Mexico (in #SanDiego). Entering "waters near #LatinAmerica" is not the story here. Did you mean #SouthAmerica?
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#Egypt's New Administrative Capital has rebranded itself as "The New Capital". Officially, #Cairo is no longer the country's capital, though some government bodies still operate from there.
https://egyptianstreets.com/2025/11/09/egypts-new-administrative-capital-officially-renamed-the-new-capital/ #geography #toponymy #worldmap #rename #MiddleEast #Africa @geography @geopolitics
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#Egypt's New Administrative Capital has rebranded itself as "The New Capital". Officially, #Cairo is no longer the country's capital, though some government bodies still operate from there.
https://egyptianstreets.com/2025/11/09/egypts-new-administrative-capital-officially-renamed-the-new-capital/ #geography #toponymy #worldmap #rename #MiddleEast #Africa @geography @geopolitics
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#Egypt's New Administrative Capital has rebranded itself as "The New Capital". Officially, #Cairo is no longer the country's capital, though some government bodies still operate from there.
https://egyptianstreets.com/2025/11/09/egypts-new-administrative-capital-officially-renamed-the-new-capital/ #geography #toponymy #worldmap #rename #MiddleEast #Africa @geography @geopolitics
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#Egypt's New Administrative Capital has rebranded itself as "The New Capital". Officially, #Cairo is no longer the country's capital, though some government bodies still operate from there.
https://egyptianstreets.com/2025/11/09/egypts-new-administrative-capital-officially-renamed-the-new-capital/ #geography #toponymy #worldmap #rename #MiddleEast #Africa @geography @geopolitics
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#Egypt's New Administrative Capital has rebranded itself as "The New Capital". Officially, #Cairo is no longer the country's capital, though some government bodies still operate from there.
https://egyptianstreets.com/2025/11/09/egypts-new-administrative-capital-officially-renamed-the-new-capital/ #geography #toponymy #worldmap #rename #MiddleEast #Africa @geography @geopolitics
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Honored for our #Somalia control #map to have been featured in the second installment of The New Humanitarian's "rebel rule" series on #rebelgovernance in areas outside control of official govts.
#geography #defacto #defactostates #AlShabaab #HornOfAfrica #maps #conflicttracking #controlmap #controlmaps #Africa #politics #security #cartography #AlQaeda #humanitarian @humanitarian @geography @geopolitics @politicalscience
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Honored for our #Somalia control #map to have been featured in the second installment of The New Humanitarian's "rebel rule" series on #rebelgovernance in areas outside control of official govts.
#geography #defacto #defactostates #AlShabaab #HornOfAfrica #maps #conflicttracking #controlmap #controlmaps #Africa #politics #security #cartography #AlQaeda #humanitarian @humanitarian @geography @geopolitics @politicalscience
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Honored for our #Somalia control #map to have been featured in the second installment of The New Humanitarian's "rebel rule" series on #rebelgovernance in areas outside control of official govts.
#geography #defacto #defactostates #AlShabaab #HornOfAfrica #maps #conflicttracking #controlmap #controlmaps #Africa #politics #security #cartography #AlQaeda #humanitarian @humanitarian @geography @geopolitics @politicalscience
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Honored for our #Somalia control #map to have been featured in the second installment of The New Humanitarian's "rebel rule" series on #rebelgovernance in areas outside control of official govts.
#geography #defacto #defactostates #AlShabaab #HornOfAfrica #maps #conflicttracking #controlmap #controlmaps #Africa #politics #security #cartography #AlQaeda #humanitarian @humanitarian @geography @geopolitics @politicalscience
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Honored for our #Somalia control #map to have been featured in the second installment of The New Humanitarian's "rebel rule" series on #rebelgovernance in areas outside control of official govts.
#geography #defacto #defactostates #AlShabaab #HornOfAfrica #maps #conflicttracking #controlmap #controlmaps #Africa #politics #security #cartography #AlQaeda #humanitarian @humanitarian @geography @geopolitics @politicalscience
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NOW (as of yesterday) #Canada really does say it's planning to recognize #Palestine as an independent country (in Sept., like #France).
#geography #independence #Gaza #WestBank #statehood #defacto #Israel #geopolitics #PalestinianAuthority #diplomacy @geography @geopolitics #MiddleEast #GazaWar #GazaStarving
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NOW (as of yesterday) #Canada really does say it's planning to recognize #Palestine as an independent country (in Sept., like #France).
#geography #independence #Gaza #WestBank #statehood #defacto #Israel #geopolitics #PalestinianAuthority #diplomacy @geography @geopolitics #MiddleEast #GazaWar #GazaStarving
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NOW (as of yesterday) #Canada really does say it's planning to recognize #Palestine as an independent country (in Sept., like #France).
#geography #independence #Gaza #WestBank #statehood #defacto #Israel #geopolitics #PalestinianAuthority #diplomacy @geography @geopolitics #MiddleEast #GazaWar #GazaStarving
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NOW (as of yesterday) #Canada really does say it's planning to recognize #Palestine as an independent country (in Sept., like #France).
#geography #independence #Gaza #WestBank #statehood #defacto #Israel #geopolitics #PalestinianAuthority #diplomacy @geography @geopolitics #MiddleEast #GazaWar #GazaStarving
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However, #USA veto at UN Security Council is already the only thing preventing #Palestine from becoming a full member of the #UnitedNations - last time it was considered, #France voted in favor and #UK abstained. https://press.un.org/en/2024/sc15670.doc.htm
#independence #defacto #geography #UN #Israel #geopolitics #MiddleEast #statehood
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However, #USA veto at UN Security Council is already the only thing preventing #Palestine from becoming a full member of the #UnitedNations - last time it was considered, #France voted in favor and #UK abstained. https://press.un.org/en/2024/sc15670.doc.htm
#independence #defacto #geography #UN #Israel #geopolitics #MiddleEast #statehood
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However, #USA veto at UN Security Council is already the only thing preventing #Palestine from becoming a full member of the #UnitedNations - last time it was considered, #France voted in favor and #UK abstained. https://press.un.org/en/2024/sc15670.doc.htm
#independence #defacto #geography #UN #Israel #geopolitics #MiddleEast #statehood
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However, #USA veto at UN Security Council is already the only thing preventing #Palestine from becoming a full member of the #UnitedNations - last time it was considered, #France voted in favor and #UK abstained. https://press.un.org/en/2024/sc15670.doc.htm
#independence #defacto #geography #UN #Israel #geopolitics #MiddleEast #statehood
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#FactCheck: #Canada has apparently NOT so far followed #France in announcing plans to recognize #Palestine as independent country, despite today's Middle East Monitor headline claiming that. More recent source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/france-macron-palestinian-state-recognition-canada-1.7594392
#geography #Israel #independence #defacto @geography @geopolitics @geopolitics #MiddleEast #diplomacy #politics #MarkCarney #Gaza #WestBank
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#France says it plans to recognize #Palestine as an independent country in Sept. About 3/4 of world's countries already recognize it, but France would be the most powerful Western-aligned government do so yet.
#geography #defacto #independence #Israel #geopolitics @geography @geopolitics #diplomacy #MiddleEast #WestBank #Gaza
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UPDATE: #Seborga did release a statement yesterday on man arrested in #India for alleged scams including fraudulent claims of diplomatic privileges in the name of it and other #micronations:
@geography @geopolitics #micronation #geography #independence #borders
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(4/4) He also reportedly claimed to represent an unknown "country" called Poulvia, as well as one spelled either "Saborga" or "Seborga". Legendary old-school #micronation #Seborga doesn't seem to have made a statement so far.
UPDATE: Seborga's statement, also acknowledging him as a representative but characterizing his alleged actions as unauthorized: https://www.principatodiseborga.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2025.07.23-Statement-from-the-Principality-of-Seborga.pdf
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(3/4) Police in #India also said the alleged scammer claimed to represent "Lodonia", perhaps referring to well-known #micronation #Ladonia, which says he was associated with it but not authorized to act as a diplomat. https://x.com/MFA_Ladonia/status/1948066580866195557 #micronations #geography
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(2/4) High-profile #micronation #Westarctica had indeed claimed the arrested man as one of its diplomats, but says that he was producing unauthorized documents in its name, and that it's cooperating with the police.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW1wpW4LEDw
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(1/4) Police in #India arrest alleged scammer running "fake embassy" claiming to represent several high-profile #micronations
#micronation #independence #geography #diplomacy @geography @geopolitics
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#ISO just updated its "country codes" database to spell "The Bahamas" with a capital T. https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:BS
The change comes at request of country's govt, made to #UnitedNations (UN) in April 2025: https://unterm.un.org/unterm2/en/view/eaa3fead-a98e-4eb4-ae3b-5d0c7e167784
#TheBahamas #Bahamas #toponymy #the #geography #spelling #Caribbean @geography #placenames #names