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In the novel Snowcrash by Neil Stephenson, there is a huge drifting aggregation of ships, boats, tanks called The Raft that are lashed to an abandoned US nuclear aircraft carrier, that supplies power to run the whole thing. The Raft drifts from one part of the Pacific Ocean to another, destablilizing the terrestrial countries wherever it goes.

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In the novel Snowcrash by Neil Stephenson,

people can purchase ad-hoc citizenship in "pocket sovereignties" as convenient. The funniest chapter is a US government decree regulating the toilet paper fund.