Writer @rkluijver.bsky.social and editor @obianyadike.bsky.social receive PolGeoNow's periodic tip of the hat for avoiding the news media standard of calling #Puntland state "semi-autonomous". Puntland as about as autonomous you can get, not even cooperating with #Somalia govt much of the time.

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. press.un.org/en/2024/sc15...

#independence #geography #geopolitics #Israel #WestBank

Thanks!

It can be used that way, but will most people use it that way?

Sad about this using a #Mercator projection. 😢

(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.

#micronations #geography #independence #Seborga

(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. x.com/MFA_Ladonia/... #micronations #geography

(2/4) High-profile #micronation #Westarctica had indeed claimed the man arrested in #India as one of its diplomats, but says that he was producing unauthorized documents in its name, and that it's cooperating with the police. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW1w...

Full text of the #NewCaledonia deal, known informally as the "Bougival Accord": www.info.gouv.fr/upload/media...