The Principality of Sealand was born in 1967, when HM Fort Roughs was seized by World War Two veteran Roy Bates As a former World War Two sea fort, it is used to crashing waves, bitter winds and ...

You've almost certainly heard of some of Europe's smallest nations — San Marino, Liechtenstein, and Vatican City immediately spring to mind. But there are a host of other tiny, self-declared ...

The Principality of Sealand has its own flag, a white diagonal stripe dividing fields of red and black. It has currency, postage stamps, a national anthem (“E Mare Libertas,” which is also its ...

Every year, I try to get my gallerist, Ellie Rines, a birthday gift that she will remember. She’s incredibly frugal and pragmatic but also very fun, loves a good prank, and values relationships and ...

The world's smallest "country" is going on the chopping block. The self-proclaimed sovereign principality of Sealand, built atop a World War II artillery platform in the North Sea, is for sale for the ...

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LONDON — Where most people saw a crumbling, rust-stained hunk of concrete and steel, Paddy Roy Bates saw a kingdom. Mr. Bates, who has died at age 91, occupied an abandoned wartime fort in the North ...

The Pirate Bay, Swedish I.P. Loki extraordinaire, wants to buy the Principality of Sealand, a passport-issuing micronation (this is to say, abandoned naval defense platform) occupied by self-styled ...

While Sweden (and Russia, to name a few) has long been a country of choice when it came to hosting less-than-upstanding websites, the head honchos around the globe looking out for their precious ...

Paddy Roy Bates, the self-proclaimed prince of Sealand, was almost 80 when I met him in the summer of 2000. He was silvery and straight-backed — very much the model of a modern major, which he was in ...

As a former World War Two sea fort, it is used to crashing waves, bitter winds and passing ships. What you are less likely to associate with the Principality of Sealand, a self-declared state 12km ...