Moresnet
Proper noun
Meaning
Moresnet
A small European state, in present-day Belgium, that existed from 1816 to 1930.
Synonym: Neutral Moresnet
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A downside to their special status was the fact that people from Neutral Moresnet were considered to be stateless and were not allowed a military of their own.
However, there is no record of Neutral Moresnet taking a hostile international stance.
The Moresnet casino operated under strict limitations, permitting no local resident to gamble, and no more than 20 persons to gather at a time.
There were five schools in the territory, and Prussian subjects could attend the schools in Prussian Moresnet.
There were plans at the beginning of the 20th century to establish Neutral Moresnet as the world's first Esperanto state.
When the mine was exhausted in 1885, doubts arose about the continued survival of Neutral Moresnet.