Pope was Crewe's top scorer last season, scoring nine times, but those goals were not enough to save the Alex from relegation to League Two.

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Alex's aim is for the micronation to acquire enough citizens between now and 2012 for it to become bigger than the likes of Liechtenstein and Monaco (population 34, 000).

BBC: Devon - Alex on top of the world

Alex Russell, an engineer on the Chrome team, was kind enough to take up my question, with an answer which I think is too good not to share broadly, and which he was kind enough to let me share it.

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And on the ground, Alex, soldiers complained not only of receiving confusing orders, but of not having enough of the basics.

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