Matt, dear hubby of mine, is the *king* of bizarre internet stuff. I get weird links from him usually at least once a day … strange articles, silly jokes, bizarre pictures. So a couple of years ago, he sent me a link to the world's smallest country, Sealand.
It's a fort 13 miles offshore from England that was abandoned after WWII and claimed by Roy Bates in 1967. It's got an interesting history including a kidnapping (read the site, interesting stuff!). And most recently, it's been largely used as a place to keep servers for unrestricted internet content.
Well now, it's for sale! Hope someone buys it and does something cool with it.
UpdateIn a hilarious turn of events, torrent magnate, The Pirate Bay, is interested in buying sealand to house their servers and keep torrents and illegal content plentiful. Haha.
Groovy..but it doesn't seem to have the topography I want when shopping for a country
Wow…how interesting!
Cool! I'd have to buy me a helicopter. Oh, and probably a boat too