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Originally Posted by Noclevername
Yes, and other countries would be bigger. So? The situation presented is not analagous; our potential living space is not limited to a continent. Plenty of Universe for everyone.
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Not really. The Moon has an area about the size of Africa. Mars has an area about the size of the landed area on Earth.
The ability to construct free-floating space habitats is irrelevant to the question of sovereignity of celestial bodies.