For sale: World’s smallest country

[Charade]

Wanna go in on it?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16528424/?GT1=8921

LONDON - For sale: The world's smallest country with its own flag, stamps, currency and passports.

Apply to Prince Michael of Sealand if you want to run your own nation, even if it is just a wartime fort perched on two concrete towers in the North Sea.

Built in World War II as an anti-aircraft base to repel German bombers, the derelict platform was taken over 40 years ago by retired army Maj. Paddy Roy Bates, who went to live there with his family.
He declared the platform, perched seven miles off the east coast of England and just outside Britain's territorial waters, to be the principality of Sealand.

The self-styled Prince Roy adopted a flag, chose a national anthem and minted silver and gold coins.

The family staved off an attempt by Britain's Royal Navy to evict them and also an attempt in 1978 by a group of German and Dutch businessmen to seize Sealand by force.

Roy, 85, now lives in Spain, and his son Michael told BBC Radio on Monday his family had been approached by estate agents with clients "who wanted a bit more than a bit of real estate, they wanted autonomy.”

 

[Hercules10]

I'd walk around all day saying: It's good ta be da King!

 

[xyzabc33]

Sure, I found about a dollar worth of change yesterday. I say we all chip in and send the Tigger family to it and exile them there.
I saw this too and found it amusing, COOL, just thot of something we could change the flag/stamps/etc to things with Tigger on them just to annoy the Ditzy family even more.

Wouldnt that be cool if Disney bought their own country?

 

[apirateslifeforme]

I really wish I had the money! I'd buy it and run away and only populate my "country" with certain individuals of my choosing.

*sigh*

 

[xyzabc33]

IS that a pic of it? eeeewww ugg yuck!

I just want the opportunity to say, "I am going to my country home this weekend" and mean it literally...LOL

 

[golfgal]

I don't know, I think it would be kind of cool to have "owner of a county" on your resume' .

 

[Chilehead Too]

I don't know, I think it would be kind of cool to have "owner of a county" on your resume' .

No kidding.

 

[Lanshark]

I will buy no country that doesn't have pizza delivery

 

[RickinNYC]

Yes, I'd buy it and I'd name myself King and wear a fancy crown while hanging out in my Superman underoos. The first order of business would be the creation of adult size Underoos.