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Sealand Put Up For Sale

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the pour-at-a-40-for-Sealand dept.

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."

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  1. Re:How to buy Sealand for free in just 5 steps by pedantic+bore · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Well, I think that's not all that different from what they did... except step 2 is a little more iffy than you might think.

    Last time there was a slashdot story on them, they had the business model of providing a place where folks could store sensitive data without fear of subpeona -- they wanted to be, for data storage, what Switzerland used to be for bank accounts. Guess it didn't work. They don't really have as much independence as they thought... it's tough to hold your ground when your entire country is one "accident" (or torpedo) from oblivion at worst, or a few weeks of blockade away from starvation at best.

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  2. Re:How to buy Sealand for free in just 5 steps by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

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