It started out as a mistake in the Treaty of Paris (1814), and quickly turned into a neutral libertarian haven for tax cheats, gamblers, smugglers, zinc miners, and (worst of all) Esperantists. This week, Alex Baumans recounts the century-long history of Neutral Moresnet. Transcript, sources, links and more at https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/independent-by-accident/ Key sources for this episode include Philip Dröge's Moresnet, opkomst en ondergang van een vergeten buurlandje; Wilfried Uitterhoeve's ‘een innige vereeniging’ Naar één koninkrijk van Nederland en België in 1815; and material from the Museum Vieille Montagne in Kelmis. Presented by #42 (Alex Baumans). Pathologically interested in anything unusual and obscure. Closet goth, armchair general and amateur theologian. Favorite animals are ducks, octopodes and pigs. You will also find me surprisingly knowledgable about K-Pop girl groups. Discord: https://discord.gg/Mbap3UQyCB Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/orderjackalope/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/orderjackalope Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/orderjackalope Tumblr: https://orderjackalope.tumblr.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/orderjackalope Email: [email protected] Part of the That's Not Canon Productions podcast network. https://thatsnotcanon.com/