Bir Tawil
Translated from Arabic, "bir tawil" means "a source of water, a deep well," but there is no moisture in this trapezoidal section of the desert with an area of ​​2060 square kilometers. Rather, there was once a well, but no one remembers exactly where. Bir Tawil is not needed by either Egypt or Sudan. Both the one and the other country, oddly enough, dreams of giving this lifeless piece of land to their neighbor, referring to some to the state of affairs in 1899, some to the division of borders in 1902. Taking advantage of the indifference of the North African powers, a certain George Henry in April 2010 declared himself king of the sovereign monarchy of Bir Tawil. Now, anyone who is not lazy can apply for admission to the number of citizens of the kingdom by filling out a questionnaire and sending it by e-mail to an upstart humorist. Which, meanwhile, prints passports and stamps Bir Tawil coins. So far, the number of subjects of King George Henry the First is only 14 people.

Republic of Kugelmugel
In 1984, the Austrian artist Edwin Lipbürger built a spherical house in the center of Vienna and, after a short but fiery dispute with the authorities, decided to “fence himself off” from Austria and declare his property the independent Republic of Kugelmugel (which means “spherical hill”). For non-payment of taxes and the release of his own postage stamps, Lipburger was imprisoned, but when the President of Austria found out about the eccentric architect, he was touched, Edwin was pardoned and released to freedom - to his sovereign spherical house. After an attempt by the mayor of Vienna, Helmut Zilk, to demolish Kugelmugel, the micro-republic is surrounded by barbed wire. For the right to visit an unrecognized state, tourists pay real euros. Edwin Lipburger is now 83 years old, the national economy of the "republic" is run by his son Klaus, in whose Austrian passport the surname is written exactly as we would like: Lipburger-Kugelmugel.

Spratly Islands
The archipelago between Vietnam, Borneo and the Philippines consists of more than 600 small islands, reefs and atolls. If all this "land" is collected in a mighty bunch, then its area will be only 5 square kilometers. For the mastery of the Spratly Islands, six states are arguing for a long time and tediously - China, Vietnam, Taiwan, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei. There is no permanent population on the islands, but each of the disputing powers has something of its own, military, on the archipelago. Recently, the Spratly has been looked at as a potential source of oil and gas. Vietnam declares its sovereignty over the Spratly more boldly than others, exchanging petty anonymous dirty tricks with China, which would also not be disturbed by hydrocarbons from the sea. The Philippines, without doing anything, swear that they are ready to “fight for the islands to the last fighter,” but so far their civil war is enough for them to quench their thirst for courage.