Board Thread:Legislation/@comment-25875712-20150726210801/@comment-5843134-20150816041154

You made very good points, mate. So I felt obligated to restore your comment so you could get some answers to them.

PM Jacob Killmaki wrote: If a macronation for example, claimed the moon, that wouldn't make it cease to be a nation.

No you're quite right there, they wouldn't. But it would be a dumb move, as they would be breaking an international treaty, known as the "Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies" (or the "Moon Treaty" for short) if they signed said treaty. If they didn't sign the treaty and decided to claim the moon, they'd still probably get into some hot water with the United Nations.

PM Jacob Killmaki wrote: I don't see why claiming extra-terrestrial territories shouldn't be allowed as long as there are "real", physical and earthly territorial claims which constitute the majority of the nation and it's make-up.

Because the community decided it. But I can see where you coming from, the policy is rather problematic. I personally wouldn't object to a revision which disallows micronations which claim fictional planets and/or satellites, and allows micronations which claim non-fictional planets and/or satellites (such as: Venus, Mars, the Moon, etc)