@trochilus: "<email_address> wrote in message 
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no airport, no port, negative GDP, highest point about 5 metres
above high tide, which is probably interesting in storms with 10 metre waves
( sea level rise would mean evacuation )
so they make a few bucks from domains
There are a few such places in dire straits that have votes.
Need 3x your GDP for a sea wall? a new hospital because the last one
was blown out to sea by a storm? well, we need your vote
to support whale hunting, or overfishing, or some other angle.
note that the CIA factbook
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lists  disputes- international : none
which isn't really true, some feel they have a dispute with US
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    @rukbat: "On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 12:18:02 +1030, "Terry Russell"
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I love the claim that it's getting a bit crowded - with a population
density of about 1 person/acre."
    @trochilus: ""Al Klein" <email_address> wrote in message 
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for agriculture ,dwellings and amenities, water catchment, storage
most of it coral sand
it could support 2 or three times that but with _no_ leeway , you can't just
get on a bus and go to another place if there is a breakdown or natural 
event
There are discussions about just evacuating the place, but people call it 
home,
like New Orleans probably won't be abandoned.
the united states has about 2.5 acres of forests 2.6 acres and pasture and 
1.2 acres of crops per person
People require a lot of area for resources ,food, water etc, far beyond
simple living and recreation space. Even living in a postage stamp apartment 
tower
you are still supported by a large area of land somewhere else."
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