Sealand
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Sealand is a very small country in the North Sea, but it is not an island. A structure was put in the ocean by the United Kingdom'sNavy, and later that became Sealand. It is so small that there is not more than 10 people in it. Even though a man named Michael Bates says Sealand is a country, no other countries agree with him.
Once some people from a country named The Netherlandsthought that it is not really a country, so they went over there to take it over. Michael Bates didn't want this to happen, so he used helicoptersand fought them to get it back. He won, and put some of those people in jail. Luckily, he let them go. If a boat goes too near Sealand, people from Sealand might fire guns at the boat.
Even though Michael Bates is the prince of Sealand, it is very small so he usually is not there. Other people stay there to take care of Sealand. Sealand has its own stamps, national anthem, money, flag, and more things just like a real country.
Even though every other country says that Sealand is not a real country, Michael Bates has reasons why it should: Sealand is out in the ocean, and when he created it no country owned the ocean. Also, people asked Michael Bates to let his prisoners from The Netherlandsgo. If they thought Sealand was not a country, they would not ask him to do that.
[edit] Selling Sealand
At the beginning of 2007, the Bates put an ad in the newspaper. They would like to sell Sealand for 65 million pounds. But a country cannot be sold, so they're just selling the government of Sealand.[1] [2]
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| National motto: E mare libertas (Latin: From the sea, freedom) |
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| Official language | English | ||||
| Sovereigns | Prince and Princess Roy Bates and Joan Bates |
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| Head of Government | Prince Regent Michael Bates | ||||
| Area |
550 m² |
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| Population | 1 (Michael Bates; 2002) | ||||
| Establishment – Declared – Recognition |
2 September 1967 none |
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| Currency | Sealand dollar pegged to USD | ||||
| Time zone | UTC | ||||
