Surely this must be some sort of elaborate practical joke...

[elisi]

From the BBC: Man claims African land for daughter to become princess

'He argues that over the years many countries, including the United States, were claimed by the simple act of planting a flag.'

To which I give you this:

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[the-redjay.livejournal.com]

This sounds like those examples of times were cities end up still being technically at war with other countries, because they were exempt from both the war-declaration and/or the peace treaty due to being fought over.