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Krizo Island

de Alkanadi, 2015-majo-13

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Alkanadi (Montri la profilon) 2015-majo-13 14:17:37

There is an Island that was built for training and testing disaster relief efforts. It is named after an Esperanto term. Maybe this Island will be the future world capital of the Esperanto movement.

"Krizo, which means “crisis” in Esperanto, has been populated for 1300 years and is deeply rooted in Melanesian culture. It has faced all kinds of disasters..."
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Maybe, Evildea could check it out for us since he lives in Australia.

BeardedBloke (Montri la profilon) 2015-majo-16 22:23:35

I don't understand this. It doesn't exist so I'm not sure how it works as a disaster simulation. Is it a computer sim? Interesting Esperanto link though.

Red_Rat_Writer (Montri la profilon) 2015-majo-17 06:53:26

BeardedBloke:I don't understand this. It doesn't exist so I'm not sure how it works as a disaster simulation. Is it a computer sim? Interesting Esperanto link though.
It's a real island, except they pretend it's a fake country that is constantly being hit by disasters.
Like, a fire drill at school.

Alkanadi (Montri la profilon) 2015-majo-17 07:06:47

BeardedBloke:I don't understand this. It doesn't exist so I'm not sure how it works as a disaster simulation. Is it a computer sim? Interesting Esperanto link though.
As far as I know, it is a real island. I think the wording in the article is a little strange. At first, I thought it was imaginary but then at the bottom of the article it seems to indicate that it is a physical place.

Miland (Montri la profilon) 2015-majo-17 09:15:39

Is Krizo Island like Key Mariah, the imaginary Floridan resort in the Canadian TV series Tropical Heat? Since Key Mariah doesn't actually exist, the three seasons of the series were shot respectively in Mexico, Israel and South Africa!

Nephihaha (Montri la profilon) 2015-majo-17 14:04:51

As long as it's not New Utopia - that scam's been going for at least twenty years.

http://www.new-utopia.com/

BeardedBloke (Montri la profilon) 2015-majo-18 09:53:33

On the other hand, this one is very real.

http://www.principality-hutt-river.com

I believe the biggest contingent of dual 'citizens' are Norwegian although I'm not sure that citizenship actually confers any practical advantages. It started with a farmer having an argument with the government based on some archaic tax law. It's harmless enough that the government hasn't pursued it to the highest courts (perhaps they didn't want to set any precedents). Needless to say the Australian (and probably any other) government doesn't recognise it and, presumably, it's simply a farm with a lot of back-taxes owing.

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