Owned by one family for nearly 50 years, the Principality of ... the U.K. has since extended its territory from three to 12 nautical miles, which encompasses Sealand, there has been no further ...

But there will be no state funeral in the Principality ... a land territory, and the ability to conduct international relations. Bates argues that Sealand has satisfied all three of these ...

This week's edition—about the micronation known as the Principality of Sealand—can be played below ... the following qualifications: a defined territory, a permanent population, a government ...

Michael, the son of Roy Bates, is the Prince of the Principality ... a defined territory, a government, and the “capacity to enter into relations with the other states.” Sealand supporters ...

Prince Michael Bates, reigning monarch of the Principality of ... by another state. Sealand had already met the others: it had a government, a defined territory, and a permanent population.

There have been others spread out across the world over the years, from the Principality of Sealand, a platform ...

The Principality of Sealand? You’re not alone ... micronations don’t seem to be interested in claiming a physical territory. They prefer to create new countries online.

Behold, the world's smallest state… It's a micronation in the extreme, a principality ... state. Sealand had already met the other tests… a government: check… a defined territory: check ...

For 56 years, the Principality of Sealand ... of names who would now represent Sealand’s “All Stars” is beyond even your-boys-took-a-hell-of-a-beating territory: David Beckham’s one ...