It's a bold move, to become a completely digital nation, in anticipation of becoming landless. It's not without precedent. Certainly there have been nations in

It's a bold move, to become a completely digital nation, in anticipation of becoming landless. It's not without precedent. Certainly there have been nations in exile, even with leadership, with varying hopes and odds of reclaiming their homeland after invasion or natural disaster or some such. And there are other cases of people trying to establish digital sovereignities in their own right, as a pure new product of the Internet age, but it seems like none of them have achieved recognition nor begun to issue passports quite yet. It's really a difficult concept. A nation seems to be nothing without its territory, its land and borders, a way for people to live and work and worship. I suppose Tuvalu has a jump start on this digital existence based on how they've whored out their ccTLD to anyone with a few bucks, so they've got a very recognizable brand already!