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They have:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand

It's not a very good idea.

The Sealand people weren't rich; they were middle-class pirate radio people who were just trying to do commercial radio in the 60s. (I lived there for 2 years 2000-2002, and the general condition of the place was fairly poor at the start and at the end)

Wait, you lived in/on Sealand? I'd love to know how you ended up living there.

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.07/haven.html

I don't know if I can say "I was on the cover of Wired" correctly, since it was an aerial shot of Sealand out of proportion on a globe, with 7 of us standing on the helideck; I'm probably about 4 pixels.

holy cow, you must be Ryan Lackey. Apparently you aren't doing Blue Iraq anymore?

Yes. Yes, I'm working on an actual technology startup now vs. defense contracting. It is difficult to quantify how happy I am to not be in Iraq/Afghanistan/Kuwait/etc. anymore (or, for that matter, living on a 10k sf 60 year old disintegrating concrete platform). I am in Thailand and Bali for the rest of 2010 SCUBA diving, but after that will move back to the US to be near customers.

I bought my friend the (obviously useless!) title of Baron of Sealand for his 30th birthday.

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