At the time of the One Show's report on Sealand, the fort even had a resident cat. Given the fort can sometimes be cut off by the choppy North Sea weather, there's quite a serious stock of tinned ...

Sealand, a former military platform in the North Sea, is recognized as the “Smallest area to lay claim to nation status” by the Guinness World Record. Seldom do nations rise without conflict ...

Nearly 50 years since this man-made platform split from the United Kingdom, Sealand is still going strong. Check out some of its weird and wonderful history here.