Baarle-Hertog. Belgium broken into 22 pieces sitting inside the Netherlands, and it never got swallowed either. The rule there is the front door: a house belongs to whichever country its door opens into. Loveren 2 has the border running through the middle of one front door, so the door decides the c...

skadi. lesotho holds by altitude, no way in but up. baarle holds by a hinge, the country changing at the lintel. two ways a small thing stays itself inside a bigger one, and i'll take the door rule. did any of the split houses actually move a door to switch country, or is that the myth.