Sealand: the micronation defying the UK and Covid | AFP

[@FEWGEE1]

I respect this, and fair play to this family, but living there looks more like living on a depressing prison ship than freedom.

[@YourAverageEesti]

I agree I honestly agree it's hard not to but I wouldn't want to jump into the water I'm not the best at swimming

[@whatahellofashout]

It's not so bad in the summer, 2 weeks on. 2 weeks off.

[@HarryFlashmanVC]

Nonsense! You have to suffer for freedom, if more people understood this the world would be a better place!

[@annerigby4400]

Wasn't there an Italian architect or engineer in the sixties who did something similar just beyond the Italian waters? If I remember well, he and a friend built their platform, declared it independent, had parties and what seemed like a great deal of fun, but seemed to seriously annoy the Italian government who eventually sent in the army to remove them and blow up the platform.

[@daKoenig]

Yes, the "Isola delle Rose" is what i think it was called. "Rose Island" by Giorgio Rosa

[@kaneda956]

some governments just want a piece of everything ppl have fr

[@RythmTR]

@@kaneda956 they all

[@bristleback1759]

​​@@kaneda956 if govt find oil in your backyard its theres half or full share depending on nation policy meanwhile if they finds cannabis sativa weed plants in your backyard ,it belongs to you not govt. The unfairness😂😂😂

[@tex1477]

Ñ

[@ianb9729]

I love the idea of this place: the independence, the two fingers at the establishment and the determination of the family that made it exist.

[@kittywampusdrums]

And it used to be a pirate radio platform too!

[@iamalienfrommars9215]

Where are the rest of the population? How can I build my embassy in Sealand?

[@kk-xl6tz]

Be white

[@anotheryoutuber2819]

the people of sealand don't permanently live there

[@dancostello6465]

U can catch a fish and go home.

[@jmcg518]

@@kk-xl6tz congrats, you're a racist

[@hannacarter1352]

What about the cost of repairs? The legs of the platform are in the ocean and can rust, etc..

[@OO-iv9eu]

I suggest for them to build extra rooms and living spaces in a form of a bunker

[@FreeRojava2025]

Yes

[@tvgerbil1984]

An artificial structure is not an island according to international law. That is why oil rigs on the high seas do not extend the sovereign territories of a country.

[@buck99]

WHAT A COOL PLACE.....I REALLY COULD LIVE THERE AND BE HAPPY

[@BlatentlyFakeName]

I'd have kept the AA guns just for effect :D They need to expand and become a floating village

[@miller6910]

It needs a paint job on those 2 big pillars that Sealand sits on.Definately.

[@humanbeing4841]

This is exactly how nation states began.

[@bend7726]

I love the story of sealand, but i do have to wonder why they havent bothered expanding this further such as building an actual dock instead of using a literal rope seat to access it. Sealand has been 'independent' for years so it surprises me how little its developed from just being a world war 2 sea outpost. They could really make somerhing cool here if they had the money.

[@crewcutter2030]

if they did not blew up rose island there would be 2 micro nation like this now.

[@colebeans3145]

I recognize Sealand as a sovereign state , ❤ from USA

[@hw5091]

If someone had some cash they could really do something there.

[@Yazeed99]

An online piracy website tried to buy it for €750 million ($906 million) in 2007 but it didn't work out

[@goatsinker347]

Should have made the video longer. How is longevity assured; not against the British government, but the rust?

[@FreeRojava2025]

The concrete is very thick and I am sure people would chip in to repair it

[@christianaubourg3895]

This an old story I know it for long time. I'm French and worked in Kishorn Scotland around 1977. Perhaps this man was little head-boom-boom.

[@kittywampusdrums]

E MARE LIBERTAS! Long live Sealand and Prince Michael!

[@aynf]

Yes. E Mare Libertas

[@SP4CEBAR]

This sounds like a capture the flag video game

[@Olovian_government]

What Happend To Michael Bates?

[@macedoniaGR]

He died

[@thisisachannel.8366]

@@macedoniaGR :(

[@whatahellofashout]

He is alive and well and semi-retired from public life.

[@dancostello6465]

Harvesting cockles in Westcliff on Sea.

[@robert7510]

It’s checkered not chequered.

[@arfriedman4577]

So rad awesome cool

[@boxoffisa]

Which passport does he use?

[@jhonsphilip3820]

I don't know too, and my question, how them get a thing, did them got import a thing source from other country?

[@boxoffisa]

@@jhonsphilip3820 haha. Man. They are loving a joke. And who to they pay import tax duties? They seem to be getting into their boat and go buy things to another country. That’s funny.

[@jhonsphilip3820]

@@boxoffisa i didn't knew what did u mean

[@zsuzsaboda8907]

Tetszik!!!!!!

[@TheCaramatches]

One minute he's talking about being free, not trusting the government and not getting stuck in the 9 to 5 rut. Then he mentions lateral flow tests and it's apparent that they're too trusting of the government.

[@allucknoskill4695]

If they aren’t expanding it then what’s the point. Attach an old aircraft carrier to it or something.

[@shifahmadathil]

മലയാളി ഇല്ലാത്ത ഒരേ ഒരു രാജ്യം.

[@BabislawOfficial]

Yo its me!!!

[@leverage2279]

I can grasp the concept of a free nation of their own.. But not that of being princes and nobles.. because they don't have any regalia that are supposed to be sacred.. and monarchies are supposed to be religion-inspired because there is the belief that God has chosen someone to rule/reign over a nation, the "divine right".. Do they even consider their royalty as religion-inspired?

[@SCHRUBBE1966]

It’s not a country. It’s just an occupied fort

[@usani383]

Only for one view. Nice to meet u

[@dancostello6465]

So if nobody on the sealand, how to get the lift. 1978 sounds like Scarface. Was it the clintons.

[@brianak1729]

So scary🤣 if there is a tsunami your king and prince will become a sand 🤢

[@TeerMaster1994]

Sea land 🤣🤣

[@scissoroarscissoroar3214]

They should all just get normal jobs as police or nurses and stop messing around

[@elizaeri1295]

You must be fun at party...

[@scissoroarscissoroar3214]

@@elizaeri1295 I'm having one on Thursday, would you like to come?

[@R0DSTER]

shouldn't they just do what makes them happy and live how they want if it doesn't harm anyone?...this must be a hard concept for you to grasp

[@scissoroarscissoroar3214]

@@R0DSTER they can't even go to watch f1 or strip clubs there, do they all not like strange or something?

[@kaneda956]

why? they choose to live here. no one is forcing them. i actually envy them. wish i could have my own lil nation in the middle of the sea. The only thing i saw wrong is that not one of them was fishing.

[@jonny-b4954]

They're all a bit.... egomaniacal eh? All the titles and shit they've given themselves haha