depends how much you buy into the idea of nationalism.
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They’re issued by a country that has signed the 1954 UN convention on stateless persons, of which the US is not: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_relating_to_the_Status_of_Stateless_Persons
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So “Utopia” is a placeholder for the issuing country? Oh well.
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I cannot imagine situations where flashing a passport from Rhodesia would make things better and not worse.
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I hope Sergei Krikalev didn’t have any problems with his Soviet passport.
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Nostalgia
by David Faragher / John Hickman / David Lowry
And here is Ivanovich
In his rocket ship
Spinning helplessly
Up above the earth
While his heart is splintered
All the girls of winter
Are buried in their coats anonymous
While winter girls are waiting
Ivanovich in high rotation
He is just another star
Up in the sky
While the world was waiting
We’re overwhelmed by some sensation
Of something long ago and far away
Like general Jackson’s arm
It’s buried on some farm
While the fever
Pushes words from his lips
And by the drunken river
Where the soldiers shiver
We rest beneath the shade of the trees
While winter girls are saying
Each of us a tiny nation
You’re just another star
But so am I
While the world was waiting
We’re overwhelmed by some sensation
Of something long ago and far away
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I’ll just wait for my U.S. passport to “mature.”
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A passport from a defunct nation sounds like it should have supernatural effects, like the objects from The Lost Room
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If you find that libraries and bookstores don’t greet you with blank stares when you request a copy of Frantz Kafka’s The Faerie Queene; it’s generally too late.
At least its heavy use of allegory will be of some assistance in comprehending the contrafactual lacuna you’ve gotten yourself into.
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Not to be confused with “Franz Kafka’s It’s a Wonderful Life”
(Which I’ve only just discovered was directed by Peter Capaldi!)
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That is most creative euphemism for “I just can’t be arsed to go look it up right now” that I have ever seen.
Kudos.
I must:
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I mean, it’s obligatory for a reason, right?
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I mean, seriously; the occasions when that gif is relevant are rare…
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Can I have one for Ruritania?
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Rare yes, but team work makes the dream work…
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I’m shocked to see my NSK passport on the list. I paid like EUR 25 for that thing.
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Is it as dubious as this?
The article’s from 2015, but apparently the “license” is still legit.
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I have one of those! The rule is generally you have to carry your own country-issued licence as well, but it’s exactly as dodgy as it looks.
I had to hand it over to a police officer in Germany once and he just took it in his stride, so I guess they’re treated seriously.
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