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Originally Posted by bladeofdarkness
all land belongs to the state (by default) unless it belongs to someone who bought it from the state (or from whoever held it before the state)
if no one buys the land from the state, then the state is the landlord
if that someone buys the land, then he owns it and he becomes the landlord
and if you buy a house built on that land, you buy it from him (the landlord)
if he only rents you that house, they you dont OWN the house, but you have a claim to it so long as you pay rent
if you dont pay rent, you get evicted
its not screwy, its simple real estate
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current ownership is currently debated in a Court of Law. The state isn't the default owner because there is no owner, there is a owner. We just don't know who till the court resolve the ownership question.