The small village of Seborga, Liguria, has an unusual claim. According to local flower grower Giorgio Carbone, who claims to have found previously unknown documents in the Vatican archives, Seborga has existed as a sovereign state since the year 954, and was overlooked by the House of Savoy, which means that it was not legitimately included when Italy was unified in 1861. Carbone promoted the concept of Seborgan independence further and further, and was elected by the citizens of the village as Prince of Seborga in 1963. Soon, the unrecognized…
