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 ...

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 ...

The smallest country in the world is not Vatican City, but this small offshore platform located in the North Sea, known as Sealand. As the name suggests it is a land surrounded by sea on all sides.