Chapter 1: Dreaming of Ruling a Country

• Many people have dreamt of ruling their own country

• Complicated geopolitics make it difficult to find unclaimed lands

• An example of an unclaimed land is Bir Tawil, a trapezoidal space between Egypt and Sudan

• Egypt and Sudan claimed different territories in exchange for Bir Tawil

• Surrounding countries often block access to these unclaimed lands

• When people do reach these lands, most countries refuse to acknowledge them