I read about Bir Tawil. It’s territory that’s currently unclaimed by any country on earth.
If someone would want to fund a new country it seems like a better location than seasteading.
Maybe, both Egypt and Sudan would be willing to recognize a new Bir Tawil state if that state is willing to build roads to Bir Tawil in the territory of both Egypt and Sudan.
Wikipedia suggests that some people have already tried this (although most of them not seriously), and were ignored by everyone. I would also expect that if someone tried to actually move to that territory and start building a fence or something, one or the other army would come and kick their butt, regardles of how officially they “do not want” the territory. Also, the countries “not wanting” of Bir Tawil is conditional on their wanting of Halaib, so I would assume that once the conflict over Halaib is resolved, the loser will suddenly “want” Bir Tawil again.
I am not saying this can’t be done, but I would strongly recommend negotiating about this territory with both governments, trying to reach an explicit agreement like “you will leave me alone regardless of the future status of Halaib”, and probably paying them a lot of money to do so. On the other hand, if you could make both Egypt and Sudan recognize you officially, you would have a foot in the door to get recognized by other countries.
My proposal explicitly spoke about building roads in both Egypt and Sudan. That would be the offer to both governments in return for recognition.
Giving those countries free roads in exchange for recognizing the new country is a deal that’s worth making for them given that the area is worth nothing to both countries currently.
Ah, sorry, somehow I managed to miss that part. That is definitely a good idea, because the roads would provide value to Egypt and Sudan, but also for the new country, so it’s win/win.
I read about Bir Tawil. It’s territory that’s currently unclaimed by any country on earth.
If someone would want to fund a new country it seems like a better location than seasteading.
Maybe, both Egypt and Sudan would be willing to recognize a new Bir Tawil state if that state is willing to build roads to Bir Tawil in the territory of both Egypt and Sudan.
Wikipedia suggests that some people have already tried this (although most of them not seriously), and were ignored by everyone. I would also expect that if someone tried to actually move to that territory and start building a fence or something, one or the other army would come and kick their butt, regardles of how officially they “do not want” the territory. Also, the countries “not wanting” of Bir Tawil is conditional on their wanting of Halaib, so I would assume that once the conflict over Halaib is resolved, the loser will suddenly “want” Bir Tawil again.
I am not saying this can’t be done, but I would strongly recommend negotiating about this territory with both governments, trying to reach an explicit agreement like “you will leave me alone regardless of the future status of Halaib”, and probably paying them a lot of money to do so. On the other hand, if you could make both Egypt and Sudan recognize you officially, you would have a foot in the door to get recognized by other countries.
No, nobody did offer to actually build anything.
My proposal explicitly spoke about building roads in both Egypt and Sudan. That would be the offer to both governments in return for recognition.
Giving those countries free roads in exchange for recognizing the new country is a deal that’s worth making for them given that the area is worth nothing to both countries currently.
Ah, sorry, somehow I managed to miss that part. That is definitely a good idea, because the roads would provide value to Egypt and Sudan, but also for the new country, so it’s win/win.