袖珍国,就是国土小、人口不多的微型国家,国土面积一般不到1万平方公里。袖珍国大都是海岛国家。海岛袖珍国陆地不大,但实际领有的海域超过陆地的百倍千倍,堪称为“海洋大国”。这些海岛袖珍国具有非常独特的自然地理环境:如有“无流之国”、“无土之国”,也有“日出之国”、“日落之国”。勤劳聪慧的袖珍岛国人民以灵活的方式,扬己之长补己之短,在弹丸之地上创造着奇迹。但袖珍岛国面临着许多大国无法想象的困难:疆域小,资源有限,没有回旋余地,严重依赖外界;地球转暖,南北极冰层融化,海平面缓慢上升,侵蚀岛屿和海岸带,土地不断缩小。像马尔代夫这样的袖珍国处于海平面以上仅一二米,正面临被淹没的危险。 从本期开始,我们将陆续向大家介绍一些有趣的海岛袖珍国。——编者 Pocket country, is a small country, a small population of micro-countries, land area is generally less than 10,000 square kilometers. Most of the pocket countries are island nations. The island pocket country land is small, but the actual possession of the sea more than a thousand times the land, called “Ocean State.” These island countries have very unique natural geographical environment: there are “no-flow country”, “soilless country”, but also “country of sunrise” and “country of sunset”. The smart, hard-working, island-nation people have created a miracle in the projectile’s land in a flexible manner. However, the small island states are facing difficulties unimaginable by a number of major powers: small territories, limited resources, no room for maneuver and heavy reliance on the outside world; warming of the earth, melting of the polar and Arctic ice sheets, slowing of sea levels, erosion of islands and coastal zones, shrinking land . Pocket countries like the Maldives, just a meter or two above sea level, are at risk of being submerged. Starting from this issue, we will introduce some interesting island pocket countries one after another. --editor