Principality of Sealand - A Country or Nothing

@yugocean (9963)
India
December 16, 2017 9:42am CST
This name might not be familiar to most of the people, but many like me are aware of this. Prince Michael Bates, known as 'His Royal Highness' is ruler of this "Country" Sealand was established on Roughs Tower in North Sea (Made by UK in 1943) 13 km from the coast of Suffolk, UK. Major Paddy Roy Bates occupied it on 2 September 1967, It have it's own official website, Flag, Anthem, Currency and even Passport. Moreover there is even a rebel government in exile under Prime Minister Johannes Seiger in Germany. I first come to know about it, when South Sudan become an independent country, and I searched about unauthorised countries. If we consider Sealand as a country, then it is world's smallest country with no agriculture/industry. Image source:Google
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tusziget
@tusziget (323)
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17 Dec 17
It is very interesting.I didn't know,that exists such a small country.
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yugocean
@yugocean (9963)
• India
17 Dec 17
A micronation, just a rusting platform perched on two concrete pillars of 5920 Sq Ft area.
yugocean
@yugocean (9963)
• India
18 Dec 17
@tusziget It is just two towers, population is very small.
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tusziget
@tusziget (323)
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18 Dec 17
@yugocean Interesting.And it is accepted as a country?If it would be a small island,it could be populated in time.But it is too small.
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DianneN
@DianneN (247157)
• United States
17 Dec 17
I recently read about that little country of Sealand. I wonder how many people live there.
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yugocean
@yugocean (9963)
• India
17 Dec 17
It is just 0.004 km2 (0.0015 sq mi) area towers which is more like halipad.
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DianneN
@DianneN (247157)
• United States
17 Dec 17
@yugocean Oh, well. I guess I won't be building a mansion there. lol
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yugocean
@yugocean (9963)
• India
17 Dec 17
@DianneN Edited and uploaded Images
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@allknowing (154166)
• India
22 Dec 17
Very interesting information. We cannot thank Internet enough to help us with this search. Small country indeed
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yugocean
@yugocean (9963)
• India
22 Dec 17
SMallest in the world, and it has it's soccer team also.