People have advocated man made islands that would reside outside the territory of any nation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasteading http://en.wikipedia.org/w

People have advocated man made islands that would reside outside the territory of any nation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasteading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasteading) Sealand is an interesting example, some sort of British military base on a platform in the North Sea was claimed and declared an independent country, with little recognition by any established countries (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand)