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How Geopolitical Enclaves and Exclaves Create Logistical Puzzles

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The village of Baarle-Hertog (Belgium) and Baarle-Nassau (Netherlands) are so intermingled that some buildings have their front door in one country and back door in the other, and residents must cross international borders dozens of times a day.

Why this is interesting

You can stand in one country, see another, but must cross a third to reach the capital of your own. How does a country function when its own land is cut off?