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Topic started on 27-7-2004 @ 08:36 AM by Alchemist

I heard about there are some mini-country on the Earth
and among 1 mini-count only at a Oil Drilling Platform,and this so called "country" hide many hacker & offender
anyone know more about this mini-country ? where is this??

and how many mini-country on the Earth??

reply posted on 27-7-2004 @ 09:11 AM by Whiskey Jack

The one that's most often talked about is the Principality of Sealand. It's on an old British observation post in the sea. There was a period of time where it was outside of UK territorial waters (I'm sure the link will tell you why), and it was purchased and claimed its own soverignty.

There are a lot of places like this: some are new like Sealand, but most are old city-states that are just accepted. Luxembourg is a good example of the latter.

reply posted on 27-7-2004 @ 09:17 AM by rai76

this country is called sealand. Look at www.sealandgov.com.

reply posted on 27-7-2004 @ 11:54 AM by Alchemist

Is this country just like the rumor,full of hacker & offender??

and how many mini-country on the Earth??

reply posted on 27-7-2004 @ 03:44 PM by mrmonsoon

What about the vatican. It is my understanding that it is it's own country, even though it is in another country.

reply posted on 27-7-2004 @ 03:48 PM by cmdrkeenkid

Originally posted by mrmonsoon
What about the vatican. It is my understanding that it is it's own country, even though it is in another country.

yeah, the vatican is it's own country. it's a city state similar to luxembourg. a couple other countries inside a country are lesotho and swaziland, which are surrounded by south africa.

as for anywhere to hide hackers and offenders? what do you mean by that? like the give amnesty to these people or something?

reply posted on 27-7-2004 @ 04:36 PM by MichiKami

Hey, don't forget the most important mini-country of all: Cuervo Nation! An island bought by Jose Cuervo (of tequila fame) out in the Caribbean. Check out www.CuervoNation.com...

They even wrote to the UN asking for recognition as a unique country. But the letter was ignored. :-(

reply posted on 28-7-2004 @ 12:49 AM by Alchemist

as for anywhere to hide hackers and offenders? what do you mean by that? like the give amnesty to these people or something?

yes
is it because hackers and offenders want to refug from some country's chase,so they hide in there??

reply posted on 28-7-2004 @ 01:28 PM by Whiskey Jack

Originally posted by Alchemist

as for anywhere to hide hackers and offenders? what do you mean by that? like the give amnesty to these people or something?

yes
is it because hackers and offenders want to refug from some country's chase,so they hide in there??

Not exactly. Sealand makes a lot of income from being a "data haven", if you'll forgive me for the cyberpunk reference. They host servers, websites, stuff like that. They tend to be a bit more leniant than other places, it's true, but they do have their limits.

As for physically hiding hackers, etc. No, Sealand doesn't do that. It's not a big platform, so it wouldn't take too long to search