;) right on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
What the hell is Niue? or rather where the heck is it?
Nothing springs to my mind though...
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;) right on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
What the hell is Niue? or rather where the heck is it?
Nothing springs to my mind though...
She who must be obeyed says no.Quote:
Originally Posted by Camelopard
I think it's near Fiji, Tonga, Samoa and the Cook Islands... and stuff like that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Storm
It has a 'Free Association' with the Government of New Zealand, whatever that means!
http://www.niueisland.com/
http://www.gov.nu/
Anyway back to the question.
The Vatican?
Monaco and monte carlo are exactly the same area, therefore there is not a real capital in the usual sense of the word?
Hmm, no one has it so far but there have been some pretty good ideas in the right area. Keep guessing :)
That would be the Vatican...Quote:
Originally Posted by Caroline
Disregard that although technically it is true, but alas, it isn't in the country to which you are referring.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
Petoria
:cheese:
what kind of hint is that?Quote:
Originally Posted by Caroline
Just keep guessing?
No hint like the country uses three initials?
Cause I re read your question...."Name the only country/nation that does not have a designated official capital city"
The answer is DC, as in the USA.
The USA does not have "a designated official capital city"
When the constitution was adopted, it required a federal district be established where the central government would be located. The area picked "by George" and a couple of people included several small towns, including a town called washington, but was mostly rural.
When the District of Columbia was created, these small towns were dissolved and no longer existed.
Indeed, the name "washington DC" is used as a common name today, but Washington does not exist "officially". Officially it is the District of Columbia, and is neither state, county nor a city.
For almost two hundred years, the people who lived there could not vote for president, could not elect any voting members to Congress and so on. Their political rights of self government available and used in every other part of the USA, did not exist in any form until just a few years ago.
The "Capital" is located in the district, but is the large building where Congress meets, with the dome, but is not a capital city like London is for England (or great britain)
Hmmm, not many seem to be interested, there can't be too many places in the world that are small enough not to have a capital, I mean even Norfolk Island with a permanent population of about 1,200 people has a capital called Kingston.
Ahh, a thought (I don't have too many of those as they cause headaches!) what about Pitcairn Island what with the Bounty link to Norfolk and all. Is Pitcairn island even a country?
I am ruling out the Vatican because I don't believe it is counted as a country/nation ( I chose my words carefully). It is a city/state which isn't the same thing. According to Wikipedia, sometimes dubious I know, Monaco is in fact the capital as well as the country. I do count the USA as a country with a capital, I will have to look at the Washington facts as tbh it is the first time I have heard Markabilly's point. So, will keep checking to see if anyone gets the answer soon. :)
Damn it, I'm gonna go with Helsinki and Finland! As it is widely known (among the patients of the Tallinn Mental Health Hospital) that Southern Finland is ancient Estonian territory! :D So the claim of some Finns that Helsinki is their capital is clearly false! :hmph:
So Finland doesn't have a capital! :D
:p :
Those crazy Finns eh? ;)
Sadly, I fear your guess may be a little wrong. But thank you for your input studiose. :D :p
OK so it's not Pitcairn, what about Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic?
You're very welcome! :D :p :Quote:
Originally Posted by Caroline
This really is a very interesting question, though. ;) Can't wait to find out the answer. Hope it's one of them "real countries". :)
Tis a real place - became an independent republic in 1999. That's another clue btw. ;)
No need to be rude to the crazy Estonian my dear! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Caroline
Well, I might be well off here (as I can't really think of any countries that became independent in 1999), but... maybe East Timor? No, that was a bit later, wasn't it? :sQuote:
Originally Posted by Caroline
She wasn't being rude, damn you. :p : Even crazy people can accept that they are sometimes wrong. ;) :p : Well, I can, anyway. :erm:Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
1999? I assuming that it is a proper independent country, not a territory like Christmas Island or somewhere like Reunion and the many other French Departments?
Somewhere in Micronesia perhaps? Wake Island?
That is a good clue. And East Timor sounds like a pretty good guess.Quote:
Originally Posted by Caroline
How about one of those countries that were once Yugoslavia?
Macedonia?
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!
Ahhhhh, the Pacific Solution, few is a picture of my number plate from there.
Over to you Camelopard :) Nauru is the answer. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/16447.htm quite an interesting read.
I'm a seaport and a capital and my name means cat, who am I?
Muscat?
Well it does have 'cat' in it but it wasn't the one I was thinking of is much further east.
I should clarify that I'm a state capital.
Look at some of my postings in the Swine Flu thread for some more hints of where this place could be.
somewhere in east Asia then, and by "means cat " is it like the name is cat in some other language e.g gato etc. ?
Or it just includes the letters cat as in Muscat...ooh could it be Kol-kat-a :p :
huge seaport + capital of W. Bengal ;)
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Originally Posted by Storm
Yes that's correct it means cat in another language, though Kolkata was a good guess it's not the name I'm looking for.
I was founded by a 'White Rajah'.
Singapore? Singa relates to lion? White Rajah is Sir Stamford Raffles I am guessing?
You are in the right general area, I'm on an island that is shared by 3 countries.