Players/The Three-Layer Architecture SMOM (Sovereign Military Order of Malta)
Layer 3 Diplomatic Architecture — Stateless Sovereign Nexus
Extraterritorial status in Rome. Diplomatic relations with 115 states. Permanent UN observer. Issues own passports. Provides an untaxable, diplomatically immune coordination channel for old aristocracy to interface with modern political/financial leaders outside democratic oversight. The organizational form allowing 900 years of sovereign authority to persist without a visible state.
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