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Originally Posted by malloyd
On the other hand territorial states (as opposed to nations) are a fairly new thing to this region of the world, and their boundaries are all set by colonial politics with little connection to the truth on the ground. It would not altogether surprise me there are still a few villages along these borders that *don't know* what state they are officially in, though it's getting somewhat unlikely. Half a century ago it wouldn't have been much of a stretch at all for a tribe of tens of thousands of people with no real interest in the outside world to rule themselves and mostly ignore the guys from two or three different surrounding governments who occasionally show up and try to convince them they should pay taxes or set up poling stations for the official election. Isolationists after all aren't making any real trouble, and it's not like the newly independent African states don't have places that are to absorb their attention.
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It's not as if that was unknown in Europe. Several clans straddled the English and Scottish border and tangled any pursuing posse up in red tape when they went rustling(technically the victims could chase them; it was a little more work to arrange a Warden Rode on the other side of the border).