[quote=@Ophidian]
Glad to hear you're still open then!

That little...island by #22, would that happen to be open? And what is it like? Geography informs alot about a nation after all.
[/quote]I think it's free.
Isotope once claimed it but then he decided against it. Aside from that I don't remember anyone else taking it.
It seems to be close to the desert/savannah line so the environment is like that. You have freedom to invent the rest.