Bir Tawil, or the Bir Tawil triangle is a quadrilateral piece of land that neither Egypt nor Sudan wants because it would mean giving up the more fertile oil rich land called Hala'ib. An 1899 treaty says Bir Tawil is the property of Sudan and that Hala'ib is the property of Egypt. However, a 1902 treaty gives Hala'ib to Sudan and Bir Tawil to Egypt. Both countries want Hala'ib and neither want Bir Tawil because it would mean giving up the more fertile oil rich land of Hala'ib. Bir Tawil is mostly a desert. It'
s a land that belongs to no country. You can start a new country there. Some
people have made flags and put it on Bir Tawil. Some
people made online claims. But no
one has lived there to start a kingdom or
government with their own laws and currency and research chemical and pharmaceutical companies and supplement plant growers and food and
water. There's probably sometimes a few nomads passing by.
Guy 1: I hereby
claim Bir Tawil and rename it Kingdom of North Sudan.
Guy 2: I hereby
claim Bir Tawil and rename it Kingdom of Dixit.
Guy 3: I hereby claim BirTawil and rename is Kingdom of Bannopolis.
*starts an epic
sword battle.