Submitted by imrussellcrowe t3_yymwth in worldnews
Reply to comment by imrussellcrowe in Tuvalu starts to digitise their nation as rising seas threaten existence | Tuvalu said on Thursday that it plans to build a digital version of itself, replicating islands and landmarks and preserving its history and culture as rising sea levels threaten to submerge the tiny Pacific nation by imrussellcrowe
Choosing Metaverse to do this instead of something reliable like Unreal Engine is an especially bad call for preservation.
Also when they go completely under they should lose country status and become a company.
FYI, metaverses are a whole tech concept. It's corporate arrogance that led Zuckerberg to claim the word as his property. There are many metaverse applications.
TBF we don’t know if ANY of the existing metaverses will still be there when Tuvalu is fully gone in ~80 years… everyone might have their own private metaverses by then
>Choosing Metaverse to do this instead of something reliable like Unreal Engine is an especially bad call for preservation.
That's not necessarily what they are doing, they could be referring to the generic concept of "metaverse" and going in similar direction as Singapore Digital Twin which replicates the country as a digital entity.
>Also when they go completely under they should lose country status and become a company.
There is precedent for a county continuing without territory. The Sovereign Military Order of Malta is still around.
Also unlikely they lose every inch of land. Even if they have to go the Sealand route. The martine claims have value.
Doesn't work that way
It works whatever way the other countries decide it works
The sovereign order of the knights of malta is a real thing that exists.
They have diplomatic relations issue passports ect ect.
Sure, but they own zero territory
Yes that's the point.
The OP was talking about tuvalu still having maritime territory without land
The knights of malta don't control the coasts of malta
They only need to keep a token population in place to keep the maritime claim alive. A thing the knights could not do.
So long as someone lives there permanently it counts as an island. They don't need their 11k people in place.
Not if its completely submerged
Lose country status why? Because everyone else flooded their home? If the Knights Hospitaller can be a sovereign order without land then so can Tuvalu.
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