Greater Danubia
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Greater Danubia, known within the Federated States of Gapla as the Danubian Territories, are a group of territories near the Croato-Serbian border. The constituent territories of Greater Danubia are New Gaplastovia and Cristus. The territories were claimed by the Federated States of Gapla in 2023 with terra nullius as their justification.
By land area, Greater Danubia is approximately 54.3 acres. New Gaplastovia is approximately 24.1 acres, or around 44.4% of Greater Danubia, and Cristus is about 30.2 acres, or around 55.6% of Greater Danubia. While Cristus is planned for mass development in residential, commercial, office, and community spaces, New Gaplastovia is designed to be a mostly administrative center, containing government buildings, official residences, and the Royal Gaplastovian Academy.
While the territories were claimed by entities before, Gapla claims that its claim to the territories is the only legitimate claim, with a variety of justifications to support its claims to the territories. These territories are considered the future of Gapla, as they are where future settlements are planned, although the government has stated the claim on Greater Danubia does not eliminate its prior territorial claims on residential areas, Gaplan Antarctica, and Mogollon.
Justifications
Gapla was not the first micronation to claim Greater Danubia. The government justifies the claim on the territories through the argument that the prior claims on the territories were invalid.
The first known claims on pocket 2 and the pocket west of Apatin were by the Principality of Ongal. However, after the Prince of Ongal's death, the nation became inactive on all visible fronts and there was no claimant to the throne of Ongal, rendering the country inactive and without a monarch. The Gaplan government claims that this resulted in the territory's return to terra nullius and then to a status of being under Gaplan sovereignty, as Gapla was the first entity to claim Greater Danubia following the Prince of Ongal's death.
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