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>>They just need to crowdsource a few more billions and persuade neighboring countries to recognize them.

The billions will be needed to bootstrap their infrastructure.

What infrastructure? They don't need too many people living there to manage all these. A landing strip, a pier, couple houses for the maintenance team. A bungalow and a bar for their parliament.

"By December 2019, the group's aspirations became reality, raising over $250,000 to complete the purchase of Coffee Caye, a 1.2-acre, uninhabited island off the coast of Belize"

Good luck putting any of that on a single acre

They have a 1.2-acre anchoring point to build an elevated platform with a pier and a landing strip.

BTW, USS Harry S. Truman may get retired soon. That would give them plenty of space for anything.

"And I don't know about you," says Mayer, "but I certainly can't afford to buy an island on my own!"

Again, best of luck to them. They had to crowdfund $250,000 for the tiny piece of land, they're a LONG way from being able to do anything ambitious with it. That takes DEEP pockets that they themselves admitted to not having.

It'll be a fun little campsite for a few years though, until it's underwater. Then it's just a heck of a story to tell at the bar.

Yep. Sounds like most of the investors have spent the cost of a mid range Caribbean holiday for a permanent spot to pitch a tent or build a hut alongside other people that think it's a fun idea. If you see it in that context rather than as an investment, its quite good fun.

> USS Harry S. Truman may get retired soon

That sounds like a project for letsbuyanaircraftcarrier.com . No island necessary :)

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