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Antarctica? No Thinking Supervillain Builds a Lair There

Guest post by: Paul Kedrosky

Article Overview: This is so surreal as to go more or less without a comment. Some detailed legal analysis of the best place in the world for a thinking supervillain to locate his or her lair:

Antarctica? No Thinking Supervillain Builds a Lair There

This is so surreal as to go more or less without a comment. Some detailed legal analysis of the best place in the world for a thinking supervillain to locate his or her lair: You may be surprised to learn that there are a (very) few places left on Earth that are unclaimed by any sovereign nation. Perhaps the most reasonable is Bir Tawil, a 770 square mile stretch of desert between the borders of Egypt and Sudan. There isn't a whole lot there, but at least it's relatively close to more interesting places, and the neighbors are probably too concerned with their own problems to care about a supervillain moving in next door.

The other major possibility is Marie Byrd Land, which is part of Antarctica. At over 620,000 square miles it's comparable in size to Mongolia or Iran and would be the 19th largest country in the world if it were one. While no countries lay claim to this land, the Antarctic Treaty of 1959 expressly prohibits "any measure of a military nature, such as the establishment of military bases and fortifications." Although a supervillain, as a private entity, would not be bound by the treaty, that language might provide the basis for joint military action to oust a supervillain operating out of Antarctica. The treaty does state that "Antarctica...shall not become the scene or object of international discord," but it is doubtful that such language would give the signatory nations much pause before launching the cruise missile.

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