50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 766 Borderlands
Q: How does one establish a nation in modern society?
Actually, it's not that difficult. The key is whether you can maintain your new country after it's established. Starting a business is easy, but maintaining it is difficult.

First, you need to have a territory that no other country claims jurisdiction over; in other words, you need to find a no-owner land.

There are currently three unclaimed lands in the world: the first is Bir Tawil in North Africa.

Bir Tawil and the adjacent Halaib Triangle were both British colonies. When Britain relinquished these two territories, it divided one between Egypt and Sudan.

The Halaib Triangle covers an area of ​​over 20,000 square kilometers, dotted with oases rich in water resources, and borders the Red Sea, providing access to the outside world, making it an exceptionally favorable region.

However, the Birtever region is only 2,000 square kilometers in size, and the entire area is barren desert.

As a result, neither Egypt nor Sudan wanted the Bir Tawil region, and both claimed sovereignty over the Hala'ib Triangle.

As a result, the Birteverle area became a no-man's-land that neither side wanted.

The second plot of land is located in Upper Westca, on the banks of the Danube River in Europe.

Although Croatia and Serbia are bordered by the Danube River, one claims the old riverbed as the boundary, while the other claims the new riverbed. Neither side recognizes Upper West Gaja as their territory.

As a result, Upper Sega became a recognized no man's land.

The third unclaimed land is Mary Byrd Land in Antarctica.

After Antarctica was discovered, several countries, including the United Kingdom, France, Australia, New Zealand, and Argentina, claimed sovereignty over the Antarctic land.

In order to protect Antarctica, countries around the world concluded the Antarctic Treaty in 1959, freezing these countries' sovereignty claims over Antarctica.

The only exception is Mary Byrd Land, because its coastal areas are mostly covered by ice floes, making it difficult to access. In addition, Mary Byrd Land is resource-poor, so no country has taken a liking to it.

Thus, Mary Byrd became the third unclaimed land in the world.

Of these three plots of land, the last one cannot be occupied due to the Antarctic Treaty. The other two plots were claimed as states by private individuals in 2014 and 2015, respectively.

In 2014, American Jeremiah Heaton went to the Bir Tawil region to plant his flag and declared the establishment of the Kingdom of North Sudan (now renamed the United Kingdom of North Sudan), appointing himself king, thus fulfilling his daughter's dream of becoming a princess.

However, this is merely for their own amusement; the Egyptian Defense Forces actually control the region.

In another region, Upper West Gaja, Czech national Vít Jedlicka declared the establishment of the Free Republic of Liberland on April 15, 2015, but the region remains under the de facto control of Croatia.

Wit Jedlicka originally only wanted to create an online nation, but his nation-building ideas were welcomed by many people around the world.

In less than six months, the national website he created received 15 citizenship applications. It's worth noting that applying for citizenship in the Free Republic of Liberland requires a payment of $1, so this thing is likely to become real.

Having discussed the interesting story of establishing a nation in the No Man's Land, let's move on to the issue of establishing a nation on Great Natuna Island.

If you want to establish a country on the territory of another country, you must be prepared to face the backlash from the country where the territory is located.

Now that Java is without a ruler, and Natuna is establishing its own kingdom at this time, no one is likely to attack them for the time being.

That's why Sun Zhiwei said their idea was good.

Moreover, Sun Zhiwei was determined to ruin this Javanese country.

Even if the civil war in Java ends, it would be easy for him to stir things up again; he could simply kill a few more people. So, does having land automatically mean you can establish a nation? Certainly not.

This brings us to the second step in establishing a nation: building an army, or in other words, before a new nation is established, there must first be a defensive force.

Otherwise, if you declare the establishment of a nation and then the country is destroyed by pirates, you will become an international laughing stock.

This is also true for Da Na Tu Na; their guards in 2 cities and 12 towns have been reorganized and are now called the Defense Army.

This defense force has only 500 men, but to outsiders, they also have two escort ships, making them a force to be reckoned with.

The third step is to declare the establishment of a nation to the world once the land and army are secured.

After the escort ship arrived at Greater Natuna Island and after two weeks of preparation, on September 1, the Natuna Parliament (formerly the Council of Elders) issued the Declaration of Independence, announcing the establishment of the Republic of Natuna.

They sent the news of the nation's founding to all neighboring countries and major world powers.

The news, however, did not attract as much attention as the events in Banda Aceh, Timor, and Papua.

Because Natuna was so small and had such a small population, most countries viewed their founding as a joke.

This was exactly what Sun Zhiwei wanted, because there was still a lot to be done to stabilize the Republic of Natuna in the future.

The first step is to establish a system, including a government and a constitution. This will stabilize the country's system and prevent it from becoming a makeshift organization.

Secondly, we need to recruit people, as the population of the Republic of Natuna is currently too small.

The day after the Republic of Natuna declared its independence, news finally arrived from within the country that the government had decided to send 20 immigrants.

Of course, the relocation of the first batch of people will not begin until the Republic of Natuna announces that it will recruit immigrants from abroad.

They would mingle with immigrants from all over the world and migrate to Grand Natuna Island.

After the basic government structure of the Republic of Natuna was established, the parliament eagerly announced to the world that it would accept immigration applications.

Although no one from other places applied to settle in this remote island republic, the gesture was enough.

On September 15, the first group of 10,000 immigrants from mainland China arrived. They were settled in two Javanese towns that had been submerged by the tsunami in August.

There are no Javanese people left in these two towns now.

After Sun Zhiwei returned last time, the island's guard team loaded all the Javanese immigrants who survived the tsunami onto a ship and transported them all to the beaches near Jakarta, leaving them to fend for themselves.

Sun Zhiwei approved of their move, saying that it would be quite good for an ordinary person to do this, and he couldn't expect everyone to be like him and eliminate all potential enemies.

Fortunately, some buildings remain in the villages and towns built by the Javanese, which are just enough for newlyweds to move into.

Resettling immigrants is no easy task, but the first batch of immigrants to come from our family this time all came from impoverished areas. They are not afraid of hardship, but they are afraid of enduring hardship and still not having enough to eat.

After they agreed to immigrate, each immigrant family received a subsidy, which, although small, was enough to cover their initial living expenses.

(End of this chapter)