Honduras might become the first former colony willingly getting rid off its territorial sovereignty since the times of decolonisation. The Latin American republic intends to cede several of its regions to private companies who would be free to establish city states based on their interests and ideas in the areas (more details here). So far, it concerns three regions – each of them of about a thousand square kilometers. There might be something about it. The history of Honduras is the history of Mayan city-states succeeded by the history of Spanish settlements and, after all, Honduras is also the country that gave the world the colloquial expression banana republic. The banana plantations and later also the palm plantations enjoyed an