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Would existing policies cover the space station, where being "over" a country could cover many countries?

Well, strictly speaking, an orbiting spacecraft can be said to be over only one country at a time. So someone born in orbit could still be assumed to have been over a given country and therefore a citizen of that country -- unless the delivery takes too long.

That reminds me of an old joke. The world's tallest baby was born on June 12th, 13th and 14th, 1952. :)

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