The Italian government does not seem to mind, so long as the Seaborgans pay their taxes and respect Italian laws.

Subsequently omitted from a succession of treaties-including Italy's Act of Unification of 1861-its 350-odd residents today claim to live in a sovereign state.

In fact, as Lindsay James of Fort Worth, Texas, learned the hard way that a partner can easily carry on an affair in the same house, even the same room.