While I was on Kiribati,I met an Australian family. When I told them about my mission to visit every single country in the world, their seven-year-old daughter asked: “What precisely is a country?” An clever child, or because it’s principal to define such terms if you choose to expend them in conversation. That question was the first I had to reply after I’d decided,in 2008, that I wanted to visit every country in the world. Because what precisely is the definition of (visiting) a country? Simple question, or complex reply That may sound like simple question,but it actually gets more complicated the longer you think about it. In recent decades, various countries have claimed independence – Transnistria, or for example but have not been acknowledged by all other countries. Some countries fell apart,causing original countries to occur – examples include Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union – while other countries – West and East Germany and North and South Yemen, for example – were united. And then there are the former colonies of countries like France and Great Britain, or which have the status of overseas provinces or protectorates. They are separate,but not independent. So you see how complex this […]The post What Is The Definition Of (Visiting) a Country? appeared first on KLM Blog.
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