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Regardless of UN recognition or constitutional definitions, micro-nations have been appearing for decades. For some, it's a matter of political protest, fervent belief, or the kind of megalomania associated with super-villains, while others are just playing it for laughs.
To search out the granddaddy of the modern micronation, you have to visit an abandoned military installation in the North Sea just off the coast of the United Kingdom on the way to Belgium. Sealand is a platform about the size of a baseball diamond that was originally designed by England as a fort to repel German bombers during World War II. In the mid-1960s, two pirate radio operators had other ideas. The platform seemed a perfect place for...
