# Forming your own nation
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forming-your-own-nation/391003
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports
**Created:** [February 5, 2007, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forming-your-own-nation/391003 "2007-02-05T23:43:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2007, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forming-your-own-nation/391003/1 "2007-02-05T23:43:14Z")
With regard to Cecil’s column, How do I go about starting my own country?, I thought I would mention this bunch over here, The Republic of Cascadia. The whole thing sounds good to me 😉
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### Author:  [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2007, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forming-your-own-nation/391003/2 "2007-02-06T19:40:14Z")
There was some military thingy off of Great Britain and some dude and his wife bought it in the 60s. They have true nation status, and their own stamp. It’s a floating whatchamacallit that is very rusty and weird looking, but it’s theirs. I wish I could remember the name of it.
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### Author:  [@Worrymon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Worrymon)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forming-your-own-nation/391003/3 "2007-02-06T20:01:27Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun]
There was some military thingy off of Great Britain and some dude and his wife bought it in the 60s. They have true nation status, and their own stamp. It’s a floating whatchamacallit that is very rusty and weird looking, but it’s theirs. I wish I could remember the name of it.
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It’s called the Republic of Sealand, and it went up for sale recently. It was on an old sea fort off the coast of England.
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### Author:  [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2007, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forming-your-own-nation/391003/4 "2007-02-06T20:03:08Z")
[QUOTE=Worrymon]
It’s called the Republic of Sealand, and it went up for sale recently. It was on an old sea fort off the coast of England.
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That’s it! Thanks! I know they had a fire and lost a lot of whatever it was they had there, but I don’t think they even occupy it full time.
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### Author:  [@Caridwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caridwen)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2007, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forming-your-own-nation/391003/5 "2007-02-06T20:13:25Z")
You can practice here. Registration is down now but you create your own nation.
> **[Cyber Nations, A Nation Simulation Game](https://www.cybernations.net/default.asp)**
>
> Cyber Nation is a free online nation simulation game. Interact with other players while you build and defend your empire.
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### Author:  [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2007, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forming-your-own-nation/391003/6 "2007-02-06T21:05:18Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun]
There was some military thingy off of Great Britain and some dude and his wife bought it in the 60s. They have true nation status, and their own stamp. It’s a floating whatchamacallit that is very rusty and weird looking, but it’s theirs. I wish I could remember the name of it.
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Reading the StraightDope article linked in the thread’s original post helps with these memory slips. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2007, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forming-your-own-nation/391003/7 "2007-02-06T22:00:32Z")
[QUOTE=DSYoungEsq]
Reading the StraightDope article linked in the thread’s original post helps with these memory slips. 🙂
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Um…yeah. I was just breezin’ through. :smack:
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### Author:  [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2007, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forming-your-own-nation/391003/8 "2007-02-16T20:17:59Z")
For what’s worth, a contestant on “To Tell The Truth” applied to the UN and became a nation after he discovered an uncharted island.
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### Author:  [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2007, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forming-your-own-nation/391003/9 "2007-02-16T21:35:28Z")
[QUOTE=Will Repair]
For what’s worth, a contestant on “To Tell The Truth” applied to the UN and became a nation after he discovered an uncharted island.
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Citation?
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### Author:  [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2007, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forming-your-own-nation/391003/10 "2007-03-23T07:21:36Z")
[QUOTE=DSYoungEsq]
Citation?
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No, I believe he flew out there in a Piper Cub.
:: _Rimshot_ ::