Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Become a baron for like, 60 bucks.

 Ever heard of Sealand, if you haven't its a guy and his family who took control of an old military base previously owned by the British army in the middle of the English channel. The British built in in world war 2 and forgot about it afterward. Sealand isn't recognized, but kind of is, because of a court decision, but that's not the point of this post. Hell, they even had a civil war in the 80's. Sealand sells a lot of stuff on their website, including membership in the "nobility" of Sealand. for like 60 bucks you can become a baron, baroness, lady, or lord. Of course none of this is recognized by any other country, so don't expect the DMV to put "lord" anywhere on your drivers license. Still it would make an interesting conversation piece. Thats my two cents



http://www.sealandgov.org/shop.html#Titles


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


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9 comments:

  1. SamFebruary 8, 2011 at 9:56 PM

    Lol that is amazing!

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  2. Anon ReaderFebruary 9, 2011 at 1:58 AM

    They had a civil war? You're kidding me...

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  3. GFebruary 9, 2011 at 9:34 AM

    Didn't this guy fend off a mercenary invasion at one stage?
    Cool though - I'd love to be a Baron lol

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  4. AnonymouseFebruary 9, 2011 at 10:30 AM

    sealand was an awesome fluke. i wish i could start my own country on an abandoned military outpost.

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  5. GarthFebruary 9, 2011 at 12:08 PM

    yeah, sealand even has a "rebel government" headed by the former prime minister, the rebel government even prints currency with the prime ministers face on it, as opposed to the princes, lol The rebel government was deafeated in the civil war

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  6. RawFebruary 9, 2011 at 2:11 PM

    This is funny, I want to take over Sealand.

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  7. Anon ReaderFebruary 9, 2011 at 2:58 PM

    lmfao :P amazing - it has two different forms of currency too!? Amazing. You couldn't make it up. Was it staged or did this actually happen? And you would like it - his broadcasting career is quite diverse.

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  8. MacFebruary 9, 2011 at 6:33 PM

    Brb buying a title! haha

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  9. AnonymousFebruary 9, 2011 at 8:12 PM

    It would be awesome to be titled as Baron haha

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