Neutral Moresnet
Proper noun
Meaning
Neutral Moresnet
A small European state, in present-day Belgium, that existed from 1816 to 1930.
Synonym: Moresnet
Examples
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.
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.
William Warren Tucker, 1882, p. 13. Currency Neutral Moresnet did not have its own currency.