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To keep things fair and equal, all that is needed is that other organizations are able to maintain their sovereign status in the same way the Knights Hospitalle

To keep things fair and equal, all that is needed is that other organizations are able to maintain their sovereign status in the same way the Knights Hospitaller did. So the path forward is clear for the other organizations you have in mind. First, gain the recognition of the Pope or some other sovereign entity. Second, spend centuries conquering and holding on to territory with the backing of this sovereign. Third, declare sovereignty and have it recognized internationally. Your organization is now ready to let go of its territory and if it manages the diplomacy just right, it can perhaps maintain its diplomatic relations and sovereign status.

Apocryphon 6y ago
Mount Athos? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monastic_Republic_of_Mount_Athos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monastic_Republic_of_Mount_Ath...
- sterlind 6y ago
  That appears to be an autonomous zone allowed to make its own rules but still under the sovereignty of Greece. Also it looks amazing but I'm bummed I wouldn't be able to visit as I'm female (though I respect the tradition behind it.)
southerntofu 6y ago
> other organizations are able to maintain their sovereign status in the same way the Knights Hospitaller did Which is really easy for them because they're really friends with the powerful psychopaths running our planet. Most communes have been either assimilated or destroyed by the colonial powers that be. See the ZAD in Notre-Dame-des-Landes or Exarchia in Athens for some of the latest examples of State power colonizing areas they had previously been consciously chased away from by the local population who just wanted independence from tyranny.