This is
not the embassy of any state. No country has here its embassy.
If
only one country has it then other countries should have them,
too;
then this street would be the street of embassies. Then, due
to
extra-territoriality each embassy deserves, the whole street
would be
extra-territorial and would not belong to Liberland though
would be
located within it territory provided that
Liberland has any
territory – such assumption can be made, this costs nothing,
has
some consequences, but not the significant ones, the reality
will
remain intact regardless any our assumptions, so one more or
one less
makes no difference; we could assume as well that the
extra-territoriality is a nonsense, or that an embassy does
not
deserve it . . . . . . Such a street is not a good
idea. Nor is a
diplomatic district. Even the tiniest part of the territory
should
not be wasted for trifles, though the territory, if it were,
would be
infinite, limitless, so giving a tiny limited and finite part
would
not harm the infinity, however it’s not obvious, we can’t be
sure
– infinity can behave bizarrely, better be careful . . . . .
But
these extravagances not necessarily would cause troubles, it
rather
should concern us that all those foreign countries and states
could
bring here their contentiousness, considering the fact they
all would
get exactly the same part of territory and the building of the
same
shape and volume, regardless the state’s power and position
(according to the rule of equal treatment), which inevitably
would
make some deeply dissatisfied while the others highly
enthusiastic;
as a consequence sooner or later such situation would generate
open
or hidden conflicts . . . . . . . We need nothing like that
here. Let
them fight and struggle there, beyond the screen. Yet there is
another reason of such attitude, beside love for peace and
redundant
desire to keep the peace here: there is no need of so many
embassies
if the countries and states don’t differ from each other as
they
seem and boast to differ. In fact they are very similar,
almost the
same, well, a state is a state regardless the political system
it
has, and if so then one embassy representing the entire
beyond-screen
world will suffice . . . . . . That’s why there is no
ambassador.
They can’t accept it and make a choice. They can achieve
neither a
compromise nor an agreement. They can’t imagine one person
representing them all. It’s simply impossible. And let it be
so . .
. . . . . There is also another reason. They simply have
noticed
nothing. Haven’t noticed this state, this country with
infinite,
limitless territory (and with many other things infinite and
limitless). Because it’s difficult to notice the infinity.
It’s
very difficult to notice the country with no boundaries.
That’s
good. Let it be so. We will not be worried because of that . .
. . .
. And there are two other reasons of the absence of the
ambassador.
So far nobody has presented any credentials; nobody has
written any
letter of credence, because it is extremely difficult to write
it,
there are no manuals, no prompters, no advisers, nobody knows
what
should be written in it and how, they only know (or suspect) a
letter
must be amazing and beautiful and so on, but neither the
criteria of
beauty are know nor who has to be delighted. But the
credentials are
not enough and that makes the whole affair much more complex.
A
candidate for the ambassador should read whole Liberland.
Which means
a candidate should be looked for in a small group of the
off-screeners who did it, but there are no such off-screeners.
Not
only because there is only a very small group of readers who
read
only a few lines – there is no
whole Liberland, it is but a never ending story, and
a story
without the end is not a complete story, it’s a
nonwhole story, always partial. Is it smart or just
stupid? .
. . . . . . And who would like to stay here, in such bizarre
house in
such bizarre country? (This would be the next reason,
unofficial,
private, behind-the-scenes, yet crucial.) . . . . . No, this
building
is not more bizarre than any other building around. Regarding
its
shape – is as complex as the others. Regarding its functions –
they are really unclear and not to be defined, one never knows
what
this or that room is for since its colour, furniture,
equipment,
arrangement, curvature of walls prompts nothing, seem to be
ready for
any situation and meet any demands and expectations. Well, all
those
complications could be accepted – living in a labyrinth can be
an
advantage: no routine, all the time surprises, new and
unexpected
combinations of lines and planes, solids changing their
proportions,
compositions depending on light, move, level of horizon . . .
. . .
So, is there anything special in this building, anything other
buildings don’t have? Is there enough anything less than
almost
nothing, or less nothing than almost something? . . . . . Oh,
the
logic has nothing to do here. That’s the point. Here the
quantitative notions less something
and less nothing are
not nonsenses, while passing from NOTHING to SOMETHING is
not
discrete, not binary, not 1-0, not at all…
So,
what is this fuss about? If it
is to have no ambassador, then what is this embassy for?
Oh, the
relation ambassador-embassy is not
that simple and obvious. Ambassador doesn’t need the
embassy (nor
embassy needs the ambassador), can have his office
anywhere, for
example in the park under the tree, if he only wished so…
Well,
what are the embassy and ambassador for, if the citizens
of foreign
countries usually do not come here, and if they visit this
site
usually nothing wrong happens, so they need no help,
unless they
enter an invisible house and disappear, but
then even embassy and the army of its officials
can’t help them.
So, to
make the embassy symbolically empty?
To make NOBODY be a resident? To give Liberland a chance
to have its
embassy there? But Liberland doesn’t want to have any
embassy.
Nowhere. Liberland is everywhere. It’s
enough . . . . . What is this embassy confusion for? Is it
one of
those gloomy and
foggy
backstreet, a
cul-de-sac
one should better pass by?