Gotchas at a World Geography Level
Years ago, a colleague of mine told me about two pockets of foreign land surrounded by Switzerland: Campione d'Italia and Büsingen am Hochrhein, respectively, in Italy and Germany. Both are enclaves of their respective country in Swiss territory:
An enclave is a part of the territory of a state that is enclosed within the territory of another state. To distinguish the parts of a state entirely enclosed in a single other state, they are called true enclaves. A true enclave cannot be reached without passing through the territory of a single other state that surrounds it.
—- Enclave and exclave
Enclaves can be seen from different perspectives. From a bird's-eye view, they are fun:
If the enclave and its surrounding country are at odds (or worse), the life of its inhabitants can be hell. However, this post is about software, so let's focus on that. Imagine having to design...
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