Seborga

Sua Tremendita Giorgio Carbone, the prince of Seborga, is dead.

Archive 2009-11-01 2009

The Bourg of Seborga is to the Principality of Monaco what Cancun is to the Belize, it is a place for the uncommon, fill with history, nature and the atmosphere so dear to Ernest Hemingway or was it Sommerset Maughn!

Archive 2009-11-01 2009

The official motto of Seborga is Sub Umbra Sede ( "Sit in the shade.")

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Seborga, as everyone knows, is a legally autonomous principality unlawfully occupied by Italy, to whom its citizens are forced to pay tribute in the form of taxes.

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Seborga declared itself sovereign in 1993, issuing "symbolic passports" and coining money, and was consequently recognized by 20 states, Burkina Faso being the first to do so.

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Seborga maintains consular representation in 10 countries today.

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It is not clear at this point if an heir of his own is stepping forward, but the pretender Princess Yasmine has lost no time, writing to the President of Italy to request the annexation of Seborga.

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Sono un ex abitante di Seborga e volevo comunicare la mia indignazione per la totale mancanza di rispetto del suo quotidiano online e, soprattutto, della Principessa Yasmin Aprile Von Hohensatufen Pouti Ventimiglia Lascaris, nei confronti non solo della cittadinanza seborghina ma di una persona che, per Seborga, ha fatto molto.

Archive 2009-11-01 2009

Mr. Carbone ruled over Seborga, a tiny medieval town near the Italian Riviera that he and his 300-odd followers declared a sovereign state.

Update on 'His Tremendousness' 2010

Seborga had "slipped through the cracks of history," Mr. Carbone argued, pointing to obscure treaties that overlooked Seborga when the small states on the Italian peninsula combined to form the nation of Italy in the 1800s.

Update on 'His Tremendousness' 2010