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In this interview, I spoke to Michael and Liam Bates of the Principality of Sealand, a wartime fort in the North Sea that Britain tried to cut off, mercenaries seized and a…
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I think it is outgrowing our family as we speak.
— Liam BatesPlaces like the US and the UK seem to be getting pulled in so many directions by so many different factions within the country that there's no cohesive view of where we want to go, what we stand for and who we want to be.
— Liam BatesI think a lot of people love the idea, and it's romantic, but after a year they've gone, oof, that was a lot of trouble and some real hard work.
— Liam BatesBut you don't have a lot of choice about it. With Sealand, you can choose.
— Liam BatesYou can form an online community, you can be a Discord server, but unless you actually have some sovereign territory, it remains an idea in people's minds.
— Liam BatesIt only survives if people believe it should be there.
— Liam Bates
