Invading Sealand

[Pekka]

Sealand as a micronation hasn't been recognized, but it seems to me it enjoys some kind of weird status quo, where no one bothers with them either.

So, what about invading it? I figure about 20 professional soldiers with proper gear could take it over with ease. Why not?

Also, another thought, I wonder if there are any kind of other spots, currently unoccupied, that you could take over and declare independent? If there are such places, it would be worth thinking about.

[Az]

20 professional soldiers?

I figure Benny Kennobi armed with a soft-cover bible could take over the island.

[Pekka]

Sure, sure, but it's what I call shock and awe. We better make sure they don't **** with us at all.

Plus it looks better for the press.

[Pekka]

What was the selling price of Sealand? 1 billion dollars? Ok, let's figure this out. I'd guess you can get those 20 pro-mercs to take over the place for.. 2 million, provided they have their own gear and logistics. I bet they'd do it for 2 million.

What we need to ensure is that no one else will do the same to us. I think this is the biggest threat. So how do we make sure we won't be invaded the next week?

So, 2 million I think would cover it, so I think that's just a good investment.

[duke o' york]

But what would the point of taking it be? It's not as if they have any defences, so why would you need more than one mecenary, or any, if you're as tough as Pekka?

[Pekka]

For the press man.. it would be more impressive for the press. Like a real hostile takeover.

[Donegeal]

Wtf Pekka?

(It had to be said)

[The Mad Monk]

SeaLand is being overrun with PIRATES.

The Pirate Bay plans to buy Sealand
Pirates get sea base
By Jan Libbenga → More by this author
Published Friday 12th January 2007 14:44 GMT

Swedish file-sharing website The Pirate Bay is planning to buy the 550 square metre principality of Sealand, a former British naval platform in the North Sea that has been designated a 'micronation'.

The group has set up a campaign to raise money to buy the self-declared sovereign nation. Outside the jurisdiction of the UK or any other country, The Pirate Bays believes it could safely run the world's largest 'bit torrent tracker'.

Last year the Pirate Bay was closed down after raids by the Swedish police, and although it returned to a new Swedish server after a short stay in the Netherlands, the Motion Picture Ass. of America, the Swedish Anti-Piracy Bureau and the US government have all lobbied for The Pirate Bay's closure.

Sealand's royal family, Prince Roy and Princess Joan Bates and their son Prince Michael, Prince Regent, who set up the principality 40 years ago, are willing to sell the platform for £65m.

"If we do not get enough money required to buy the micronation of Sealand, we will try to buy another small island somwhere and claim it as our own country (prices start from $50,000)," the Swedish organisation says.

It is also looking at Ladonia, situated at the edge of the Scandinavian Peninsula, once ruled by King Ladon, and declared independent in 1996. ®
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/12/pirate_bay_buys_island/

You may need more troops.

[The Mad Monk]

Arrr.

[DinoDoc]

The solution is simple. The MPAA or RIAA needs to buy a micronation of thier own if the "Pirates" do manage to buy Sealand and declare war and take it over.

[Victor Galis]

Well the problem if you take it over: you set a dangerous precedent and someone would just take it from you with 30 mercenaries!

[DinoDoc]

It's a naval platform. Blow it up if that happens.

[Patroklos]

Why use mercs?

We will just have a poly meet on the shore, and after we are good and drunk rush it using arm floaties and empty beer bottles.

[Starchild]

I can see Sealand from the beach back home. Its not a terribly exciting view but the alternative is Essex .

[Pekka]

Victor, exactly, that's one of the fundamental problems that needs to be sorted out before the invasion.