stackyFACTSWhere three territories intersect, you find tripoints. They are mathematically precise locations that usually end up being marked by a highly unimpressive rock or pole, where people stand and smugly declare they are simultaneously in three places at once.
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This tiny alpine nation decided border security was too expensive and simply outsourced the entire concept to Switzerland. You can stroll across their…
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This glittering microstate operates completely open borders with France, meaning there is no actual immigration desk. If you want proof you visited, you have…
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If you cross the border from China into Afghanistan, what incredibly jarring event immediately happens?
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An exclave is a chunk of territory separated from its main body by another region. It is cartography’s way of ensuring absolute administrative chaos, forcing…
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Sitting entirely within the borders of Italy, this microstate refuses to be absorbed. It survived centuries of unification just to remain a sovereign entity,…
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After decades of polite dispute over a tiny, worthless rock in the Arctic called Hans Island, the two nations finally split it down the middle. It is now the…
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