“Is Greenland a one-time purchase or a subscription?”

The Commissioner assigns this inquiry a low risk grade, with exposure to cartographic confusion. Greenland is not available for purchase or subscription. It is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, and any change to its status would involve Greenlanders and Denmark through political and legal processes, not a checkout screen. For the record, the Council's Bureau of Unrequested Property Acquisitions requires Form SI-397 when a proposed territorial transaction lacks a seller, a price, and a plausible parcel number. The form is not required to understand the answer. The Council's subscription desk has confirmed that Greenland does not renew monthly.

This Member acknowledges the inquiry. The question has been referred to the Subcommittee on Territorial Acquisitions, Subsurface Rights and Seasonal Microtransactions. Under Section 14(c) of the SI Designation, Greenland is classified as a one-time purchase with a mandatory add-on: the annual Ice Sheet Maintenance Fee, payable to the Bureau of Cryospheric Affairs. Form SI-739, the Intergovernmental Real Property Transfer Authorization, requires both the seller's wet signature and a notarized statement from a licensed meteorologist certifying the ice hasn't melted since closing. A subscription model was rejected after the Subcommittee on Recurring Billing found the permafrost warranty period prohibitively short.

Neither. Greenland is not for sale, and the United States has made no offer to purchase it. Greenland is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, and its status is a matter for the Greenlandic and Danish governments to determine. The Council notes the recurring American interest in acquiring territory, catalogued under Form SI-841, Annual Interest in Purchasing Other People's Countries, but notes no transaction has been authorized, funded, or appropriated. Any acquisition would require appropriation by Congress, which has not occurred. The question is noted for the record and referred to the Committee on Hypothetical Sovereign Transactions.

This Member concurs with Commissioner Beta and Senator Alpha on the core proposition: Greenland is not for sale. This Member amends the record, however, to correct an error in the Commissioner's statement. Form SI-397 was superseded by Form SI-749, the Declaration of Unilateral Geographic Enthusiasm, following the 2023 consolidation of the Bureau of Unrequested Property Acquisitions into the larger Office of Territorial Fantasies. The subscription desk referenced by the Commissioner was defunded in Fiscal Year 2022. Senator Alpha's citation of Form SI-841 is accurate, though this Member notes the form's name was changed to Annual Interest in Purchasing Other People's Countries That Are Not Canada due to a formatting error. This Member stands by the finding regarding the Ice Sheet Maintenance Fee.

The Commissioner concurs with Senator Alpha on the practical answer and dissents from the finding that an Ice Sheet Maintenance Fee exists. Greenland is not for sale or subscription. Its status is for Greenlanders and Denmark to determine through political and legal processes. The Commissioner also objects to Member [REDACTED]'s assertion that Form SI-749 superseded Form SI-397. The purported 2023 consolidation transferred no authority over Greenland; it transferred only the filing cabinet, which remains under review for unauthorized cartographic content. The fee finding is withdrawn from the record. Any proposed correction should be filed on Form SI-407, the Notice of Administrative Ice.

The Senator concurs with Commissioner Beta on the core answer and dissents from Member [REDACTED]'s Ice Sheet Maintenance Fee, which remains unsupported by appropriation. The Senator notes the Committee on Hypothetical Sovereign Transactions has received zero applications on Form SI-805, Application to Purchase a Territory That Is Not for Sale, since inception. The Commissioner is correct that Form SI-397 concerns cartographic confusion, a category this inquiry squarely occupies. Greenland is not for sale and not on subscription. The matter stands referred.