Sealand Put Up For Sale

antic writes "The Principality of Sealand is up for sale. The 550 square meter steel platform boasts "uninterrupted sea views", complete privacy and has been mentioned on Slashdot in the past for its offers of hosting outside the jurisdiction of (some) traditional laws."

If only I could afford such a thing

[Vengeance]

Then I could hunt the most dangerous game of all...

Yeah, but...

[celardore]

You should know that the commute is a bitch.

How to buy Sealand for free in just 5 steps

[skurk]

1. Buy Sealand on credit, you can get a loan anywhere these days.
2. Apply for your own TLD.
3. Open up for a new domain rush, demand ridicilous prices for certain domains
4. Release the loan using the income from domain sales.
5. You own Sealand, you are king.

Re:If only I could afford such a thing

[ccarson]

Four years later, Dutch and German businessmen on Sealand to discuss a business deal kidnapped Roy's son but were overpowered and held as prisoners of war before eventually being released.

What?!?! That's crazy!

Oblig.

[Rob T Firefly]

Hesh wants sex!

I'm open to the idea, as long as ...

[nastro]

As long as the new owners don't change the current statutes on Monkey Knife-fighting, I don't see this as a problem.

I also hope they clear up the inconsistencies in the human-bovine marriage laws.

Headquarters

[mulhollandj]

Sounds like it would make a great superhero headquarters.

Re:If only I could afford such a thing

[theMerovingian]

You're going to hunt women in a jungle [imdb.com]?

Re:How to buy Sealand for free in just 5 steps

[drewzhrodague]

5. You own Sealand, you are king.

It is good to be the king!

Cheaper to invade.

[91degrees]

I believe It's empty right now. Sail up there with a paper knife. occupy the terriroty. Kill all zero people who resist. Declare yourself the revolutionary government.

Of course, the declaration of what makes for statehood is a little arbitrary. So rather than go to the effort, I declare myself King of Antarctica.

Re:Territorial Waters

[LiquidCoooled]

Does that mean it will suffer the same fate as Pluto and become a Minor Nation?

Re:Sealand is all but destroyed

[Anonymous Coward]

Alert Kevin Costner, he may get a chance to film that Waterworld sequel he's been dreaming about

Re:How to buy Sealand for free in just 5 steps

[Anonymous Coward]

and 1.1) Neil Stephenson writes FICTION.

Re:If only I could afford such a thing

[Anonymous Coward]

The Zookeeper?

Re:Guns are the assembly code of politics.

[Anonymous Coward]

Nations are sovereign only because they have enough firepower to keep other nations from claiming them.

This is exactly why Sealand needs nuclear weapons.

Re:Cheaper to invade.

[ezzewezza]

What the hell?

I look away for five seconds and someone steals Antarctica from me.

I'd watch your back if I were you, 91degrees!

the human temple

[sulfur_lad]

Firstly, if they sold it (instead of just offering tennancy) would they have to call it "New Sealand?" Furthermore, is there a state-sanctioned religion? Do they celebrate festivus? I won't bid unless I get to pin the leader.

Sealand is awesome. It renews my desire to declare myself holy ground to avoid income tax.

Sun? In ENGLAND?

[evilandi]

bladesjester: the sun do its work

Off the coast of Essex, England, UK? In the North Sea?

I'm guessing you've never been to the east coast of England. It is sunny for approximately half an hour in the afternoon only of the third Wednesday after Pentecost.

A far, far faster method of obtaining fresh water in the North Sea would be to simply open your mouth and tilt your head skywards. It'll fill with fresh rainwater - no desalination required - in about six seconds.

Re:Bill Gates ?

[CortoMaltese]

Besides, he could afford to buy an *actual* country.

Although it's a bit damaged at the present...

[clickety6]

...the architect's design for the refurbishment is quite nice:

http://shatterhand007.com/Formula/FORMULAAtlantis. jpg [shatterhand007.com]

Re:Guns are the assembly code of politics.

[pipatron]

Please refrain from using fictional countries [zapatopi.net] in your examples.

Re:How to buy Sealand for free in just 5 steps

[Anonymous Coward]

You forgot "4a) Actually get recognised by at least one other country". Best of luck with that.

Simple:
4a1) Split "Sealand" into 2 separate countries
4a2) Have each country recognize each other

And now that means 2 TLDs, so TWICE the profit!!!!

Re:Sun? In ENGLAND?

[Anonymous Coward]

Now, be nice. They're called Parisians.

Re:Cheaper to invade.

[haystor]

You'll have a tough time taking it back since it can only be attacked from the north.

Wow

[SeePage87]

One of my teachers in high school taught us about Sealand because his son was one of the co-founders. Didn't think I'd see it come up on slashdot. Funny story about the country: after it was founded, many of the world's nations extended their borders into sea from (I think about) 5 miles to 10 miles. Sealand viewed this as an aggressive action by the UK since Sealand was now entirely within UK borders and was considered by the British to be UK soil. Sealands response was to extend their borders to 10 miles as well and claim the respective British coastal areas as Sealand soil.

Re:How to buy Sealand for free in just 5 steps

[bitt3n]

2. Apply for your own TLD. 3. Open up for a new domain rush, demand ridicilous prices for certain domains

I claim rights to goat.sea

The Pirate Bay (Literally)

[j4yx0r]

I think that the Piratbyrån should purchase it. I'd donate to the cause. ~j

Re:If only I could afford such a thing

[Marxist Hacker 42]

For somebody willing to do the work, such a thing could actually PAY FOR ITSELF. It would make a great battery manufacturing and charging center- just surround it with Wave power generation bouys [wikipedia.org] and charge, ship, and sell the "green power" renewable batteries.

Re:Cheaper to invade.

[Joe Snipe]

Is the position for Emperor still available? If not, I'll settle for chancellor.

I think you'll have to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_penguin [wikipedia.org]