# Sealand for Sale!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sealand-for-sale/387325>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 9, 2007, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sealand-for-sale/387325 "2007-01-09T18:46:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sealand-for-sale/387325/1 "2007-01-09T18:46:07Z")

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[http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070109/od\_nm/island\_dc](http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070109/od_nm/island_dc)

A rare opportunity to _buy_ your own country. After they slipped this one through, GB shut the door on any further attempts.

So what if it looks like an old oil rig? It’s your own freakin’ country!

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**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sealand-for-sale/387325/2 "2007-01-09T18:47:22Z")

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Sealand is not a country.

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sealand-for-sale/387325/3 "2007-01-09T18:51:35Z")

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Cite? One way or the other? I thought Sealand was in a grey area, and the Brits were content to leave it that way.

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**Author:** ![Alive\_At\_Both\_Ends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Alive\_At\_Both\_Ends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alive_At_Both_Ends)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sealand-for-sale/387325/4 "2007-01-09T18:55:46Z")

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[QUOTE=Sunspace]  
Cite? One way or the other? I thought Sealand was in a grey area, and the Brits were content to leave it that way.  
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The North Sea \*is \*pretty grey this time of year.

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**Author:** ![Jelymag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jelymag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jelymag)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sealand-for-sale/387325/5 "2007-01-09T20:48:54Z")

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[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3\_300.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_300.html)

I wonder if it meets all of the qualifications… I’m not sure if two concrete towers in the ocean constitutes “territory” and it doesn’t sound permanently occupied.