Name: 沒有政府的「國家」？🤯 (The "Country" With No Government?)
Uploaded: 2026-02-14T17:07:06.000Z
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Did you know that there is only one country in the world with no government?

你知道世界上有一個國家沒有政府嗎？

This place has no prime minister, no president, not even a king or queen.

這個地方沒有總理、沒有總統，甚至連國王或女王都沒有。

Let me tell you the story of the biggest political mess in the world.

讓我來告訴你，關於世界上最大政治爛攤子的故事。

The country made of ice, also called Antarctica.

那個由冰組成的國家，也就是南極洲。

Antarctica is the coldest place on Earth.

The temperature can go down to minus 130 degrees Fahrenheit, which is minus 90 degrees Celsius.

溫度可以降到零下130度華氏，也就是零下90度攝氏。

It has a huge volcano that shoots gold all over the continent.

它有一個巨大的火山，會把黃金噴得到處都是，散佈在整個大陸上。

And no, Santa doesn't live there, because Santa lives on the North Pole in the Arctic.

而且，聖誕老人不住在那裡，因為聖誕老人住在北極圈的北極。

And Antarctica is all the other way down on the South Pole.

No need to bring a watch here because there is no Antarctic time zone.

這裡不用帶手錶，因為南極沒有時區。

It's just constant daylight six months a year during the summer and constant darkness the other six months during winter.

夏季時一年有六個月是持續的日照，冬季時則有六個月是持續的黑暗。

This big block of ice is one of the most regulated places on Earth.

這塊巨大的冰塊是地球上管制最嚴格的地方之一。

If you walk anywhere else, you get a ten thousand dollar fine.

如果走到別的地方，就會被罰一萬塊美金。

And if you take anything home with you, even a tiny rock, you might go to jail for at least a year.

而且如果你帶走任何東西，哪怕是一塊小石頭，都可能被判至少一年牢獄。

This place has no government because it's not one country, it's actually seven.

這個地方沒有政府，因為它不是一個國家，而是七個國家的。

France, Argentina, ch, Australia, New Zealand, Norway and the UK all own a part of it.

法國、阿根廷、智利、澳洲、紐西蘭、挪威和英國都擁有它的一部分。

And other countries like the us, Brazil, Peru or Russia also want a piece.

還有像美國、巴西、祕魯或俄羅斯這樣的國家也想要分一杯羹。

Because Antarctica could be full of oil, and oil means money.

因為南極洲可能蘊藏石油，而石油就代表金錢。

Countries want it so badly that they came up with crazy strategies to claim it.

各國對它如此渴望，甚至想出了瘋狂的策略來宣稱擁有權。

Argentina flew a woman there who was seven months pregnant, so that the first ever human to be born in Antarctica would be Argentinian.

阿根廷就曾載了一位懷孕七個月的婦女到那裡，這樣一來，第一個在南極洲出生的人就會是阿根廷人。

And Germany sent planes that dropped tiny little flags all over the continent to make sure everyone would get the message.

德國則派出飛機，將小小的旗幟撒遍整個大陸，確保大家都能收到訊息。

Countries keep fighting about Antarctica to this day, but

至今各國仍在為南極洲爭論不休，但

the one thing they all agreed on was to protect it.

他們唯一達成共識的就是保護它。

Yes, Antarctica could melt away within the next 500 years.

沒錯，南極洲可能在未來五百年內就融化消失。

Its beautiful ice, plants and animals are all threatened by climate change and global warming.

它美麗的冰川、植物和動物都受到氣候變遷和全球暖化的威脅。

That's why only scientists and penguins are allowed to walk freely around here.

這就是為什麼只有科學家和企鵝被允許在這裡自由行走。

Yes, Antarctica is a big, huge mess, but it's a beautiful one.

沒錯，南極洲是個大爛攤子，但卻是個美麗的爛攤子。

Let's take good care of our planet so that our kids and grandkids can one day take a boat and maybe visit the huge continent made of ice.

我們要好好照顧我們的地球，這樣我們的子孫後代有一天才能搭船，或許能來參觀這個由冰組成的巨大大陸。