Greenland, once a quiet Danish territory, is now a strategic pawn. A 1951 NATO pact gave the United States unrestricted troop deployment rights, but a 2004 amendment opened the door for Chinese and Russian militarisation, while tech-visionaries eye it as a launchpad for new micro-states.
A new class of 'practice nations' is being sketched where technology CEOs, funded with hundreds of millions, create sovereign entities that operate outside traditional democratic norms, accelerating tech development without regulation.