NationStates Jolt Archive

What country do you think adds absolutely (or barely) anything to the global theater. Not small countries, or those that are poor with weird names (like azerbaijan) but countires that you feel contribute the minimal to the global theater.

I will say Lesotho, becuase the only thing they got going for them is poverty.

Micronesia. *nod*

Petoria :D

Micronesia. *nod*
ooo Thats a good one. East Timor goes along those lines as well.

Undoubtedly Lichenstein.

The country that guy in Australia started, because he wanted to avoid taxes.

The American Samoas, or Peurto Rico. Even though those are both technically American territories.

What country do you think adds absolutely (or barely) anything to the global theater. Not small countries, or those that are poor with weird names (like azerbaijan) but countires that you feel contribute the minimal to the global theater.

I will say Lesotho, becuase the only thing they got going for them is poverty....

Nepal is pretty quiet in the global theater.

Djibouti. It used to have strategic value, but it's now totally worthless. Not to mention a total desert and pretty much devoid of major activity.

Undoubtedly Lichenstein.

grrrr. . . beat me to it :headbang:

hmmm. switzerland?
geneva convention?
nothing else?

definitely

tibet! tibet!
yay tibet!

Undoubtedly Lichenstein.
Noted tax haven.
Bhutan, maybe.

Petoria :D
j-j-just like the bad guy from lethal weapon two,
I got diplomatic immunity so hammer you cant sue
I can write graffiti even Jay walk in the street
I can riot loot not give a hoot and touch your sisters teet!
Cant touch me!
(chourous)
Im a big shot theres no doubt
Light a fire then pee it out
Dont like, kiss my rump
Now for a minute lets all do the bump
(chourus)
Im presidential peter, interns think I'm hot
I dont care if you are handicapped I'll still park in your spot
Ive been around the world from hartford to bambay
Im peter yo peter go peter lets here regis rap this way


Except for you, you can touch me

*The sad thing is I wrote that from memory,

None really. I consider Monaco a part of France and the Vatican a part of Italy. But those would be my best choices.

Vatican City. Does nothing useful, ever.


Some pretty sweet Swiss Guard uniforms though.

...

Nepal is pretty quiet in the global theater.
Hey, they have a Maoist insurgency and didn't they recently have the monarch seize power in a coup? Mmm, autocrats.

Vatican City. Does nothing useful, ever.


Some pretty sweet Swiss Guard uniforms though.
They dont do anything, but you hear a lot of news come from there regarding the Pope.

Definitly Tuvulu!!

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/tv.html

Definitly Tuvulu!!

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/tv.html
WE HAVE A WINNER!

Pitcairn Island! ;)

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/pc.html

WE HAVE A WINNER!

You better believe it. ;)

Definitly Tuvulu!!

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/tv.html
PWND!

Undoubtedly Lichenstein.

hey, aren't they the world's greatest producers of dentures or something liek that?

my answer: East Timor

Definitly Tuvulu!!

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/tv.html

Aw, no, who do you think gave the world ".tv" domains? They're making easy money off our stupid TV channels. Who's pwning whom now? :D

They dont do anything, but you hear a lot of news come from there regarding the Pope.

"keys to heaven" and all that...

(though i take the Protestant view that no priest can save you)

Mexico seems pretty inactive. Plus, it's not exactly poor. It's sorta in the middle.

fiji

Tuvulu is N/A in:
Legal System, STD's, Unemployment, Below Poverty, and Debt

Plus theres no TV stations or Cell phones on the island.

monaco, its smaller than central park

Thats easy, Puerto Rico. They get all our rights and privledges but they refuse to be a state so they dont have to pay taxes. I say pay taxes and do something useful, or dont share our benefits, bunch of freeloaders. Also wondering, what has Zambia done lately? not much I think

Thats easy, Puerto Rico. They get all our rights and privledges but they refuse to be a state so they dont have to pay taxes. I say pay taxes and do something useful, or dont share our benefits, bunch of freeloaders. Also wondering, what has Zambia done lately? not much I think
Um they have tried on multiple occaisons to become a state, but we usually add states in groups of twos so we didnt let um in.

The United States of MostofAfrica. I know what you're thinking - but it does exist. It's also very very big.

Um they have tried on multiple occaisons to become a state, but we usually add states in groups of twos so we didnt let um in.
Actually they have voted several times to remain seperate.

Give my vote to San Marino (but they have some nice stamps..I have some)

2nd...Svalbard (no offence to any Svalbardians in here :)

Bah, no need to redicule those nations for at least they are blessed wthiout the burden of the lawless wasteland that is the international world stage.

I will say Lesotho, becuase the only thing they got going for them is poverty.

Lesuthu's about the size of a mountain. it consists of.. a mountain. i would agree that it's about the most pointless country out there. you really can't get any more pointless than that place.

Vegetarianistica']Lesuthu's about the size of a mountain. it consists of.. a mountain. i would agree that it's about the most pointless country out there. you really can't get any more pointless than that place.

Bwah, I heard many a tourist make a side trip their from south africa for the wild life and a well preserved cultural heritage.

Kiribati.

I mean, c'mon. How many of you even know where it is, even vaguely, on the map let alone pronounce it properly.
Have you ever met anyone who's been to Kiribati? I have. One of my many and varied claims to fame.

Kyrgstan. I think its spelled something like that. Or really, an of the countries ending in "-stan", you never hear news from that region. Except Pakistan, they seem pretty likely to touch off a nuclear war with India any day now.

Kyrgstan. I think its spelled something like that. Or really, an of the countries ending in "-stan", you never hear news from that region. Except Pakistan, they seem pretty likely to touch off a nuclear war with India any day now.

Obviously you haven't been watching the news seeing as Kyrgyzstan witnessed a sudden change in goverment due to the storming of their govermental buildings. Also called the Tulip Revolution and it's consequenses might be profound for the central asian region.

All of Africa, minus a handful of countries.

All of Africa, minus a handful of countries.
Such as?

THere was a thing in the paper the other day about a 'country' in Italy. Apparently a town there was never incorporated into Italy so claims to be an independent state (mainly for tourism purposes). It has it's own currency and a prince, who recently threatened to quit forcing an election for a new monarch.
Can't remember the name of the town and too lazy to look through the old papers, but I think this place could definitely make a claim for most pointless country.

Did we not agree that it's Tuvulu?

All of Africa, minus a handful of countries.

And perhaps I am getting out of line here but perhaps there is a argument to go with that statement for it is rather hard to swallow being half-baked as it now is.

Such as?

The white ones. *oops*

Kazachstan, I saw it on a map yesterday and realized that I hadn't heard anything mentioned about it in years.

The white ones. *oops*
I guess you mean South Africa (yes, I am from there) and a handful of others, though none of them have a white majority, so its not really a useful term, at least not anymore.

Kazachstan, I saw it on a map yesterday and realized that I hadn't heard anything mentioned about it in years.

Besides the fact that it is on the top 10 list of oil and gas producing nations of the world providing a large part of the western world therefor with energy.

As for not hearing anything of the nation, reading a (good) newspaper is an easy way to solve the problem seeing as it is at times high lighted for it's energy policies.

Truelly people, just because almighty you never hear of the nation doesn't mean it holds little importance. Also now that you have realised nothing about the nation have you done something to solve that ignorance?

Definitly Tuvulu!!

except that tuvalu keeps making the news because they are going to be lost to global warming induced sea-level rises and they don't want to go quietly.

Pitcairn Island!

half of the adult male population got convicted of sexual assualt about a year ago. that's high quality global theater if anything is.

Mauritania. Haven't heard from them in a while.

Uruguay. They've been pretty quiet since winning the World Cup in the 1930s.

Oman. They keep well enough to themselves.

I could go on and on. I personally think that nations we don't hear about are doing things right. Who wants to draw attention to themselves?

I could go on and on. I personally think that nations we don't hear about are doing things right. Who wants to draw attention to themselves?
Palestine , and more in praticular Arafat, liked drawing attention to him/themselves.

Palestine , and more in praticular Arafat, liked drawing attention to him/themselves.

Well, non-nations like to draw attention to themselves because that's the best way to get noticed on a national level. No one would even know about the Kurds or the Palestinians or the East Timorans. But an established nation has no need to draw attention to themselves, because in the world of global politics, all attention is bad attention.

Well, non-nations like to draw attention to themselves because that's the best way to get noticed on a national level. No one would even know about the Kurds or the Palestinians or the East Timorans. But an established nation has no need to draw attention to themselves, because in the world of global politics, all attention is bad attention.
Is Irans threats of nuclear development or what-not intended to draw attention to themselves, or did it just happen to play out like that? There are a few Iranian policies that seem to be attention grabbers.

Is Irans threats of nuclear development or what-not intended to draw attention to themselves, or did it just happen to play out like that? There are a few Iranian policies that seem to be attention grabbers.

Well I think there's always your insaneo nations. Like Turkmenistan or North Korea. Would Myanmar count? They're pretty quiet, but in a really evil way.

Ah, good ol Turmenbashi. He named a month and a city after him. I dont think he wanted international attention, instead it was a kind of sick twisted personal or local want of recognition.

I'm rather confused by this thread. The OP says "Not small countries, or those that are poor with weird names (like azerbaijan)", then names Lesotho, a small poor country with a weird name. :confused:

Kazachstan, I saw it on a map yesterday and realized that I hadn't heard anything mentioned about it in years.

Maybe we just follow different news sources, but Kazakhstan seems to be in the news fairly frequently. The most recent big news story out of there was the highly suspect election in Decdember 2005 in which Nursultan Nazarbayev recieved over 90% of the vote.

Sealand. Think I'm joking check it out.

http://www.sealandgov.org/index.html

Maybe we just follow different news sources, but Kazakhstan seems to be in the news fairly frequently. The most recent big news story out of there was the highly suspect election in Decdember 2005 in which Nursultan Nazarbayev recieved over 90% of the vote.

yes, but you don't have your anti-'stan' news filter turned on.

yes, but you don't have your anti-'stan' news filter turned on.

I wish I could turn on an "anti-George news filter", though. :)

THere was a thing in the paper the other day about a 'country' in Italy. Apparently a town there was never incorporated into Italy so claims to be an independent state (mainly for tourism purposes). It has it's own currency and a prince, who recently threatened to quit forcing an election for a new monarch.
Can't remember the name of the town and too lazy to look through the old papers, but I think this place could definitely make a claim for most pointless country.

Seborga. They claim that because they were never included on the treaties signed in the late 19th century codifying Italian unity that they are technically independent:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seborga

As far as "pointless" countries go, we can look at it in two ways:

1) If we're talking self-sufficiency, then most countries could be wiped off the map. There's few- if any- who are big enough and strategically located well enough to have ALL the resources that they need for survival.

2) If we're talking "value to the political scene", it's pointless in of itself. Really, does Tokelau or the Marshall Islands *have* to serve our countries (or, I should say, our media outlets)? No. They work just fine on their own, so I say let them be.

Definitly Tuvulu!!
That's where my old name came from (Vaitupu):mad:

to save the name of Tuvalu (Even if they can't count...name means 8 islands standing together, but there are 9) I will say Georgia. No, not that georgia. The old Soviet republic. They don't really do anything anymore. They're just kinda...there.

That's where my old name came from (Vaitupu):mad:

to save the name of Tuvalu (Even if they can't count...name means 8 islands standing together, but there are 9) I will say Georgia. No, not that georgia. The old Soviet republic. They don't really do anything anymore. They're just kinda...there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abkhazia
^

That, and George W. Bush said a speech there.

I think its interesting to suggest that nations are like drama student; that the more attention one receives the better one is, or that countries are in a popularity contest like some dumbass high school election.
I think nations exist for thier constituencies, and governments that don't mess with other nations, and in turn don't get messed with are perhaps doing their job best.