LONDON (AP) – Where most people saw a crumbling, rust-stained hunk of concrete and steel, Paddy Roy Bates saw a kingdom. Bates, who has died aged 91, occupied an abandoned wartime fort in the North ...

Where most people saw a crumbling, rust-stained hunk of concrete and steel, Paddy Roy Bates saw a kingdom. Bates occupied an abandoned wartime fort in the North Sea and declared it the sovereign ...

The lawlessness of the oceans has given rise to countless absurd and remarkable stories of renegades and mavericks seeking to escape national sovereignty. Sealand is a perfect example. A “micronation” ...

This week on 60 Minutes, correspondent Jon Wertheim visited Sealand, the smallest area in the world to claim itself as a sovereign nation. Getting there—and staying overnight — was its own adventure.

Sega is giving UK fans of its upcoming Persona-esque role-playing game Metaphor ReFantazio the chance to become a member of the royal family of the world's smallest (but unofficially recognized) ...

Well, I don't think that's the title. But I remember a thread awhile back talking about Sealand. It was the first I had heard of it, but it was really interesting. Well, looking around today, I found ...

SEGA is offering Metaphor: ReFantazio fans a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to become real-life nobility. SEGA is running a competition that will see one lucky fan crowned the Hand to the Sovereign ...

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 ...