First digital nation Tuvalu turns to metaverse as rising seas threaten existence

Two interesting points raised:

1) Can a metaverse "digital twin" really successfully preserve a nation's culture and civilization? Beyond just 3d maps and museum artefacts, this goal also needs to preserve languages, ethnic practices, food, music, literature, and a million other aspects of the civilization. Currently Hong Kong faces a similar dilemma of losing its distinct identity pre-1997, because of runaway CCP political-righteousness, and spawns a few efforts to digitally twin itself on the metaverse, but progress is extremely slow and unfocused.

2) Can a sovereign nation that loses its territory and hence becomes diasporic, still function as a government through the metaverse? Can it still collect taxes, issue passport, run embassies, defence, police, operate central bank, and license companies and industries? If yes, then it can solve a lot of the statelessness and displaced people problems of the world, where refugees live in a state of limbo without access to legal protection or right to make their own living.