The smallest country in the world, the Vatican.
Italy's "country within a state".
How small is it?
Water, electricity, all resources are provided by neighboring countries.
Also in Italy, there was a "big" country.
How big is it?
To put it this way, it provoked the first and only post-war Italian invasion.
It also forced the United Nations to amend the Charter.
But it's smaller.
So small that it has long disappeared, and almost no one knows.
stop.
Don't think Sir is going to give you some unpopular history.
On the contrary, it is not cold at all.
It could also be what you like, what genius, hot blood, utopia.
Even, it hasn't completely disappeared.
If you want to, it can be reproduced.
The Incredible History of Rose Island
The incredible history of the island of roses
Netflix produced comedy with a Douban score of 8.0.
Rose Island, the name is romantic.
What does it look like? Could it be a sea of roses?
Oh, it's just an ugly steel platform.
Namely, man-made islands.
The area is also 400 square meters, close to the size of a basketball court.
So where is it in particular?
Notice its full name, Republic of Rose Island.
That's right, in reality, it's this iron shelf that looks precarious...
△ The real Rose Island
But it's really a country.
It has territory, it has a permanent population, it has a government;
There is a national flag, there is a national anthem;
Issuing stamps, even passports...
Don't laugh, it's all true.
It is an independent state recognized by the Council of Europe.
△ Rose Island issues stamps
But it's also true that it's unreliable.
It only existed for just two years.
Founding of the People's Republic, 1968, Fall of the Nation, 1969.
Fairy tale or joke?
You have to start at the beginning.
01
talented?
Outside the European Commission, a strangely shaped car was parked.
Inside, sat a shivering shabby man.
Looks like a beggar and talks like a madman.
He said he was the head of state of a country
The "madman" is called Rosa.
Engineers, usually have all kinds of strange ideas.
There's nothing to build airplanes, build cars.
Make it, and like to drive without a license.
This madness has also been brought into every aspect of life.
The result was not surprising, and the whole line collapsed.
In terms of family affection, the father who rules things does not look at him in all kinds.
In terms of love, he broke up with his girlfriend who was in love three years ago and is still single.
The reason is well, it can only be said that it is deserved.
The TV set was blown up for the father-in-law, and he almost blinded the people.
That's it, there's not a word of apology.
As for the work...
Everyone advised him to be normal and not just live in his own world.
He thought about it, hmm.
I really don't fit into "this" world... Then build your own world.
I'll go.
Thus, the craziest world emerged.
So, what a genius, what a lunatic.
In a way, he's a doer.
You are playing with mud, and people can build a country.
Next, please put away this founding guide.
(p.s. Do not imitate, do not be responsible for being caught.) ）
First, funding.
Rosa approached his best friend Maurizio, and the two hit it off.
Second, site selection.
In the international waters outside Italian territory, no one can control it.
Then, lay the foundation.
Budget is limited, helpers are limited, how to transport steel to the sea?
Answer: Let it "swim" on its own.
Get a batch of hollow steel columns, float them to the sea, and then open one side, and the steel column filled with water will sink on its own.
Finally, the underground drinking water source is pumped.
A utopia, and so on, has its prototype.
The "founding ceremony" was a stormy night.
The first inhabitants of the island came.
A welder who has been adrift on the ship for months.
Then, there is the second one.
Neumann, a beach party enthusiast and public relations expert, was disqualified from Germany for being a deserter.
I heard that a few crazy people had built an island and were not under the jurisdiction, so he came.
This matter, everyone who listens to it is fresh.
Slowly, groups of tourists came to the island.
The island also has a new name, Rose Island.
They also went from being "crazy" in other people's minds to the front page headlines of newspapers.
A crazy idea, plus a little genius execution.
They were set free!
freely......
freely?
Really?
02
Blood?
What should a free place look like?
For the good friend Maurizio, there must be an endless drink;
For the "national" Neumann, there must be a carnival party;
For Rosa, the "Lord of the Nation", all of the above are sufficient conditions.
Here you can sing night and night.
Here you can reunite with love.
It can be a small community of sparrows, full of all the organs.
Friendly accommodation for every traveler who has nowhere to go.
It can also be a country, with rules and manners.
Governments, official languages, UN certifications...
In short, since it is utopia.
Imagination, then, is the first productive force of the nation.
But since it is a state, there is a crisis that belongs to the state.
You see, is the battleship behind the poster swollen?
Because madmen will offend the world.
And freedom offends authority.
In the beginning, the world didn't take it seriously.
In the Italian parliament in Rome, near the end of the meeting, an official hesitated to raise a sesame issue...
To be honest, he felt like he was quite fussy.
If it weren't for the secretary-general of the United Nations calling me in a hurry.
The president almost thought it was a prank.
president:???
"Small problems" are really gradually "big works".
The news spread, and people wrote letters applying to renounce Their Italian citizenship and become a citizen of Rose Island.
The president and the country have no face... Decide light (invasion) complex (slightly) Rose Island.
First, "sugar-coated".
Take money and buy them one by one.
Then there are the threats.
The father of the "Lord" Rosa was persuaded by the company to resign.
Two strokes down, the effect is remarkable.
The only few citizens on the island began a "rebellion".
The story also began to enter the most exciting place.
Let's get to this point first, and let the story go.
This is not just an absurd story. If you explain the historical background, you may understand its creative motivation and practical significance.
Rose Island was built in 1968, but it was an eventful autumn.
In the 1960s, the world was in turmoil.
In the context, the Cold War and the Vietnam War between the United States and the Soviet Union were fiercely carried out; in the local environment, the voices of civil rights were rising again.
The "Prague Spring" of 1968 and the French May Revolution of the same year were all related themes of youth movements.
At that time, people believed that young people had nothing to think of and nothing to do.
Of course, the creation of an island and a country is not a fantasy.
But can young people really do everything?
Not necessarily.
First, there is resistance.
As mentioned earlier.
The Italian government is resistance, and the stubborn and conservative religion is even more resistant.
In the film, the Vatican bishop ostensibly abhors this "country" of bad manners.
Behind this, there is actually a fear that religious control is out of control.
Second, young people lack accumulation and experimentation, and it is difficult to form a methodology for really doing things.
The biggest problem of Rose Island is not only that it has no "national strength" and no "troops".
It doesn't have a "currency", no "law".
Biggest, it doesn't have a "system."
It has only one original proposition of "freedom", but it lacks a matching system and method.
Naturally, there is no vision and future.
03
utopia
Watching it reminds Sir of another movie, Pirate Radio.
Similar in age, 1966.
Also at sea, it is also a place of freedom.
It's just not a small island, but a ship.
It was a rock'n' roll stronghold, and there were a few maverick literary youths living on board.
They are all radio DJs, and what they have in common is that they love music and advocate freedom.
That was the most thriving era of British rock and roll.
The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, great names emerge one after the other.
But at the time, BBC radio only let less than 45 minutes of pop music play a day.
Thus, pirate radio appeared.
It decided to play music 24 hours a day, and it was all pop rock.
Next, it carried out an "auditory aggression" against the British.
Half the population of the UK listens every day and swings along with it anytime, anywhere.
Life on board is even more leisurely.
DJs have parties from time to time and have fun with female fans.
The way the lovers deal with problems is also very rock spirit, climbing the mast and jumping into the sea.
It's the utopia of musicians and the eyes of politicians.
Politicians have been trying to get rid of the illegal radio station.
So they made an excuse that they occupied the airwaves and affected the fishermen's fishing.
△ Specially issued "Violation of the Law of the Sea"
A plot of "Rose Island" that seems to be a tribute to "Pirates".
Lord Rosa was on the island, using a drill to fetch water.
The Coast Guard suspected they were firing signals, illegally appropriating public radio waves.
Rosa had to explain... We are a country without broadcasting.
Two utopias, both with similar fates.
It can be regarded as a no-brainer.
It can also be said that it is the death of "congenital insufficiency".
In fact, the so-called state must at least be a political, economic and cultural body.
"Rose" and "The Island" seem more like a party of entertainment and art.
Such freedom is too short of soil.
You'll definitely guess the ending of Rose Island, so that's not a spoiler.
Eventually, Rose Island was sunk by the Italian fleet, which was ridiculed as:
"Italy's only war to win."
At the end, they affirm each other's original intention to pursue freedom.
A big saying "change the world", the right is appeasement.
"It doesn't matter, who cares."
What matters is to change the world
Or at least tried hard."
Honestly in comparison.
This plot of "Pirates" reflects more deeply:
In the face of pressure, the radio had to bow its head.
One night, the DJs said goodbye to the audience and played the last show.
After the countdown, there was silence, and everyone could not hide their loss.
however.
Just as politicians were celebrating triumphantly.
The radio, ringing again.
People who regard music as their life will not surrender or lose.
They lost the ship, but they didn't lose "homeland."
Music is their freedom, and this freedom is transmitted through the air through radio waves, and that is the soil.
The state is not a simple thing.
Although the word "country" is very handsome to say.
But an artistic "country" does not need an actual land.
Its "homeland" can be in the brain, it can be everywhere.
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