I can't say I've ever heard of Sealand before so this was a fascinating read.

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I can't say I've ever heard of Sealand before so this was a fascinating read.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/world-s-smallest-nation-sealand-grapples-princess-death-n540621

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John Bump said…
I've read a fair bit about sealand and a number of other mini and micro nations.  There are some weird people out there, desperately trying some weird political things.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micronation is some fascinating reading.
March 19, 2016 at 6:06 PM
Jason ON said…
I heard about one in north west Utah, recently.

http://www.zaqart.com/zaqistan/zaqistan.html
March 19, 2016 at 6:42 PM
John Bump said…
Oh, wow, I hadn't heard about that one.  Boy, anything ending with 'istan' in Utah would go over like a lead balloon.
March 19, 2016 at 6:50 PM
Marla Caldwell said…
Zaqistan seems rather more like an art installation than a micronation. I read through all the micronations Wikipedia had several years ago when I got curious after learning of Sealand.
March 19, 2016 at 10:10 PM
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