Sealand!!!

I was doing a search for "Sealand" on Google, looking for information about the old Victoria Sealand we all remember. Instead I found the Pricipality of Sealand. Get this!!! I love this!!!

In the late 60s this family went and occupied an abandoned fortress left over from WW2 in the high seas. They declared independance and got it upheld in various courts. They have currency, stamps, a king and queen! They had a war with Holland and Germany after some people kidnapped the prince and took over the island. There is an internet company called HavenCo which operates exclusively on the Island and "Sealand currently has no specific regulations regarding patents, libel, restrictions on political speech, cryptography, restrictions on maintaining customer records, DMCA or music sharing services"

This is so neat, a James Bond movie begging to happen.

Here, look, www.sealandgov.org/history.html

Sun, November 12, 2006 - 9:04 PM