Antarctica is considered politically neutral, which really hurts my chances of claiming Antarctica as my own country.  In 1959, the Antarctic Treaty was established, which designated Antarctica as a politically neutral place of scientific research.  Also, all military activity was banned.  No one could build a secret military ice station.  Well, I guess they could if it was secret…  Currently, there are 46 treaty recognizing nations.  Now that I know Antarctica is the world’s scientific playground, I can’t wait to go down there and study all the…ice?