If some prehistoric amateur carpenter with a "mission from God" can fit all the animals of the Earth on a goddamn boat, I think we can manage a couple hundred giraffes.

I think all the animals were pocket-sized in those days. Noah's Ark was actually The Minnow! You could fit 100 giraffes into a coconut!

Jessica specified that ALGoreistan would be in international waters, so, I'm presuming it's either a ship, or Bermuda.

These are good questions. Where is AlGoreistan?

We need a lay of the land before we can truly begin to format an overall defense strategy.

eta: Yeah, right, forgot about the international waters bit.

An island it is!

But we can still have a volcano.

Oh yes, definitely!

(hey, that works to msbelle and it being out of my price range.)

What ever happened to the one that was a fsbo and the owners were asking way too much and doing no work?

Actually, perusing realtor.com for the zip, there's a lot of stuff adjacent that isn't too insane. Of course, some of it is also in the sketchorrific part of it (and I say this from my iffy neighborhood.)

The giraffes can just transport themselves via the Giraffe Navy: [link]

the Giraffe navy is as strong as ever, contrary to recent claims in the popular press.

Since it's my imaginary sovereign nation, we can fit whatever I want on there.

And it's clearly an island surrounded by protective fiery volcanoes. Duh.

Can't it be an island that flies?

Ooh, like Atlantis!

On second thought, it's not an island. It's an orbital platform. Surrounded by protective fiery orbital volcanoes.

Okay, now we're getting somewhere!

To protect a flying island surrounded by volcanoes (which, presumably, also fly) we will need to outfit the giraffes with jetpacks.

AlGoreistan needs ocean beaches. Think of it as a really big moat.

I volunteer to lead the unarmed forces. And the disarming forces. Them too.

Oh, now it's orbital. Okay, so...we need to make giraffe shaped space-suits. And teach them how to work the MMUs.