Weird Geography: Does this look like a nation to you?
Posted by Sean on March 18th, 2009
According to Wikipedia” “Micronations are entities that resemble independent nations or states but which are unrecognized by world governments or major international organizations.” The Platform in the picture above is actually the Nation of Sealand. It may seem that not much goes on in Sealand judging by the photo, but this former British fort has had a rocky national history. Helicopter Invasions, massive fires, border disputes with the British Government and at one point they even issued their own passports.
Check out Sealand’s National Website.
We’re going to be bringing you a strange geographic anomaly on a weekly basis, so watch out for more Weird Geography.
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