"United States of #Kailasa", #micronation led by fugitive Indian guru & accused rapist, claimed new achievement last month when #Paraguay agriculture ministry signed agreement to look into recognizing it as independent.
Because both sides were once controlled by Georgia, with no official agreement to separate them, the "border" fence runs right through many people's farms and even back yards.
Spectacular photos of #Tuvalu, one of world's smallest countries, likely to be rendered uninhabitable by #climatechange by 2100. Plan A is to save a core area from rising seas; Plan B is to move whole country into #virtualreality.