Summary of Responses

All in all, the world seems to be an Equal Opportunity Oppressor. Hobbes was wrong: Leviathan doesn't begin to cover it. World governments have transcended the mere Hobbesian to become very nearly Lovecraftian.

What next, then? The only possibility would seem to be to start one's own country.

Hmm . . . maybe that's not such a bad idea. . . .

Date RcvdName Free
to earn
& keep $?
Free
from
taxes?
Free from
property
seizure?
Free from
gov't
ID?
Free
to be left
alone?
18Sep93Ireland
24Sep93Australia
27Sep93Latvia
27Sep93Hungary
28Sep93Belgium
29Sep/2Oct93Norway
30Sep93France
4,8Oct93Dominica
7Oct93Ghana
7Oct93The Vatican
12Oct93Cayman Islands
12Oct93Bermuda
12Oct93Barbados
13Oct93St. Lucia
13Oct93Lebanon
14Oct93The Gambia
15Oct93Jamaica
16Oct93Austria
22Oct93Grenada
25Oct93Namibia
25OctIsrael
25Oct/23Dec93Phillipines
28Oct93/15Feb94Bahamas
4Nov93Mexico
5Nov93Pakistan
6Nov93Nauru
7Nov93Liechtenstein
12Nov93Guyana
15Nov93Germany
15Nov93Palau
18Nov93Monaco
1Dec93/18Jan94Cyprus
1Dec93Czech Republic
30Dec93Christmas Island?
14Jan94Taiwan (ROC)
24Jan94Argentina
31Jan94Nepal
1 Feb94Zimbabwe
8 Feb94Poland
28 Feb94Uganda?
30July94Bosnia-Herzegovina
17Dec94Somalia

How to Start Your Own Country

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