In the choppy North Sea about six miles off the English coast, a floating, rusty World War II fort is a self-proclaimed independent nation. Owned by one family for nearly 50 years, the Principality of ...

Every year, I try to get my gallerist, Ellie Rines, a birthday gift that she will remember. She’s incredibly frugal and pragmatic but also very fun, loves a good prank, and values relationships and ...

The Principality of Sealand has its own flag, a white diagonal stripe dividing fields of red and black. It has currency, postage stamps, a national anthem (“E Mare Libertas,” which is also its ...

Yet the “hard as nails” Bates family have put their lives on the line on more than one occasion to remain the undisputed monarchs of their self-styled kingdom since 1966. For them it’s certainly not ...

The Pirate Bay, Swedish I.P. Loki extraordinaire, wants to buy the Principality of Sealand, a passport-issuing micronation (this is to say, abandoned naval defense platform) occupied by self-styled ...

SEALAND (AFP) - It's a hulking metal-and-concrete platform in the North Sea that has been run as an independent micronation in defiance of the British government for the last 54 years. But even on ...

Roman Mars’ podcast 99% Invisible covers design questions large and small, from his fascination with rebar to the history of slot machines to the great Los Angeles Red Car conspiracy. Here at the Eye, ...

The team of the Principality of Sealand have played their first official football match. Sealand claims to be its own independent nation since the Bates family founded it in 1967. It has a current ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. A few months ago, internet entrepreneur Avi Freedman received an unexpected email ...

A TINY North Sea mini-state has been swamped by thousands of people wanting to become residents since Brexit and Donald Trump roared to shock victories at the polls. The rogue 50-year-old principality ...