Sealand for sale

This would be more cool, if it hadn't caught fire and burned down last year...

For sale: World's smallest country - Peculiar Postings - MSNBC.com

For sale: The world's smallest country with its own flag, stamps, currency and passports.

Apply to Prince Michael of Sealand if you want to run your own nation, even if it is just a wartime fort perched on two concrete towers in the North Sea.

Built in World War II as an anti-aircraft base to repel German bombers, the derelict platform was taken over 40 years ago by retired army Maj. Paddy Roy Bates, who went to live there with his family.

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