But they would all be big enough to have a capital, wouldn't they? East Timor certainly does have one, Dili.Quote:
Originally Posted by edv
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But they would all be big enough to have a capital, wouldn't they? East Timor certainly does have one, Dili.Quote:
Originally Posted by edv
No, I think Macedonia was independent long before that..Quote:
Originally Posted by edv
Then again, they do call me "often-wrong".. :D
On the same track: Montenegro?
No, but that was only recently, wasn't it...
A good puzzle, this! :)
Camelopard is closest with his guesses. This country is known for its involvement in money laundering, intensive mining and immigration issues.
Do these clues actually help or confuse?? :s
Read the american constitution-and do not rely on whatever internet sources you are using-washington is not the capital city of the USA.Quote:
Originally Posted by Caroline
everyone thinks it is, but it ain't, including probabbly wikkaniknownuttin
The city of washington does not exist and still does not even exist.
Article one:
Congress shall have the power.....To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States,
1961 amendment:
Section 1
The District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as the Congress may direct: A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous State; they shall be in addition to those appointed by the States, but they shall be considered, for the purposes of the election of President and Vice President, to be electors appointed by a State; and they shall meet in the District and perform such duties as provided by the twelfth article of amendment
and BTW--until very recently, the real ruler of the district was completely in control of the district and even now pretty much remains Congress
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Originally Posted by studiose
Not when it is your signifigant other
there was also a debate in germany between bonn and berlin as being the capital of germany as well as one in france about paris and Versailles, although I think paris won out in france, I do not know about wheter Bonn still acts as the real seat of government for Germany
Money laundering would point to somewhere like the Cayman islands or Bermuda or even the Channel Islands and Isle of Man, can't see any links to intensive mining nor immigration isssues there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Caroline
Gibralter, does that have a capital?
Extensive mining and immigration issues to me points to Christmas Island, although that has already been discounted.
The Cocos and Keeling Islands? But then 1999 doesn't fit there either.
Not the Cocos and Keeling Islands but you are definately looking for an island. Many of the answers have been close though. I would have thought Australians would have known this one. :)
As an Australian I've certainly heard of this place. Come on Camelopard! Think! Think damnit!Quote:
Originally Posted by Caroline
Ahhhh, the Pacific Solution!