Bulgaria may become the world's first nation to officially recognize Wirtland (http://www.Wirtland.com), the first sovereign web-based country. On December 22th Bulgarian daily newspaper "Telegraph" quoted Mr. Dragovest Goranov, Spokesman of Foreign Ministry of Bulgaria, who discussed the possibility of recognition of Wirtland with correspondent.
"More than 180 people have joined Wirtland already, about half of them being our compatriots", - Bulgarian newspaper points out. Official recognition of internet-based worlds is becoming less unusual now, after Sweden was followed by other nations in recognizing Second Life in 2007. The interest of Bulgarians to Wirtland started after a television show at Bulgarian Nova Television. "Telegraph" dedicated a full page's article to Wirtland on December 6th. Bulgarian language is becoming increasingly popular in Wirtland. Other popular ethnic group in the first web-based country is Argentinean. Importantly, the ethnic groups actively interact between each other, overriding the language barriers with ease. Wirtland Citizenship Application forms are already available in English, Spanish, Bulgarian, and Portuguese. Chinese and Russian forms will be released soon.
Wirtland warmly greets the interest from Bulgarian people and government, and hopes for building mutually beneficial relations with Sofia.

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More: http://wirtland.blogspot.com/2008/12/bulgaria-to-recognize-wirtland.html. Wirtland is sovereign country based in internet (http://www.wirtland.com). It is an experiment into legitimacy and self-sustainability of a country without its own soil.