Australia has six states. But did YOU know that in terms of

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>>77681659

The other nine things go like this. By far the largest landmass is the so-called Australian Antarctic Territory (1), divided into two wedges/being cucked by France's relatively tiny Adelie Land claim.

In general, the rest are tiny islands.

Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) (2,3) Islands each have populations of a few hundred. The deserted Ashmore and Cartier Islands (4) are barely islands at all, and the area is used for fishing by Indonesians sometimes. The Coral Sea Islands (5) are a sort of northeastern shield, and four Bruces at a time man a weather station there-it's otherwise deserted. Norfolk Island (6) has a few thousand residents, and is relatively comfy. Most interestingly, the Heard and McDonald Islands (7) are a desolate wasteland where some seal-hunters lived briefly in squalid conditions during the 19th c. This island group is among Earth's most desolate, inaccessible wastelands. The seven things just named are also all territories, being the EXTERNAL territories of Australia.

But that's only SIXTEEN things, not EIGHTEEN just yet! The other two are also distant islands, but legally they are regarded as being parts of states, and so are not considered territories. One of these, Macquarie Island, is far southeast and is a nature preserve. Politically it's part of Tasmania, but physically the island almost looks as if it could be part of NZ.

The last place is one of the most beautiful that God ever created. Lord Howe Island (pictured) has a small resident population, is politically part of NSW, functions mostly as a nature preserve, and has strict controls on tourism (you can't come, fuck off, they're full).

>>77682128
EMU POWER

>>77681659
Why do you find this so amazing and special?

>>77682176

I have an autistic fascination with remote/deserted islands, Pajeet. Your Sentinel (Cannibal) Islands for example.

>>77681659
>>77682128
Antarctica is our rightful clay!

>>77683075
wiki says 4 states actually recognize your land claims there...lol...any idea who they are?

>>77682864
Since when are they cannibals?

>>77683311

Apart from the Britain-Argentina-Chile clusterfuck, states with Antarctic claims generally recognize each other's non-conflicting claims at some nominal level. The point of this is to lend legitimacy to the notion that states control Antarctica, and that it is not some stateless "no-man's-land". Basically recognizing other's claims is a political move which signals the legitimacy of claiming Antarctican land in general, which "helps" your own claim in some way.

>>77684079
ahh ty ..makes perfect sense although I was sorta hoping that maybe it was some irrelevant nations that the Aussies memed into it

>>77681659
don't forget new zealand

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get on my level fgt

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>>77686703
>st pierre and miquelon

WHY DOES CANADA ALLOW FRENCH PRESENCE IN NORTH AMERICA

>>77687093
more like why does Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon allow Canadian presence in North America

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>>77686703
imagine living in polynesia where the slightest wave current can drown you in the middle of pacific