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  • For sale : World's smallest country (Principality of Sealand)

    01/07/2007 11:55:54 PM PST · by HAL9000 · 94 replies · 7,160+ views
    Antara News (Indonesia) ^ | January 8, 2007
    London (ANTARA News) - A former World War II fort in the North Sea, which was settled 40 years ago and declared a state with its own self-proclaimed royal family, is up for sale, The Times said Monday. The tiny Principality of Sealand, which began life as Roughs Tower in 1941, is a 550 square metre (658 square yard) steel platform perched on two concrete towers 11 kilometres (seven miles) off the coast of Harwich, eastern England. It is accessible only by helicopter and boat but according to its owners, who want offers of eight digits or over, boasts...