FreeNation Foundation

[Espionage]

http://freenationfoundation.org/

Alot of you may be aware of http://buysealand.com/

This lot are separate, and have formed a more organized goal.

These people wish to buy and island or acquisition of land to form a country. And it's not as far fetched as one might think. There are a lot of Islands on the private market available, and with some switched on people on their forums some pretty smart discussion is ongoing.

Forums:
http://forum.freenationfoundation.org/

They currently have their sights on Ile de Caille off Grenada in the Caribbean as of now. Not very big, not even a mile in width.

Even if this ain't your interest, it's very interesting watching people with many different view discussing the plans to take an island and create a system that will help them live on an island independently. From talks from trade, law, politics, defence etc it goes without saying it's good reading.

 

[Majestic XII]

I think this is very interesting. I hope they pull it off.

 

[Angry Lawyer]

You know damn well the US will annex it.

-Angry Lawyer

 

[Absinthe]

This is all very interesting. I'm curious as to how it would turn out.

 

[Krynn72]

Lol, the name rhymes. Rhyming FTW amirite?

 

[spookymooky]

Heh, this is doomed to utter failure.

A fun mental exercise, but there's no way.

 

[sarcastinator]

You can't "buy" soveriegnty. Nobody's selling.

And even if you found a legal loophole (as has happened before), no other country would respect you or deal with you. You would then probably be annexed with humiliating ease by a nearby third-world country (as has also happened before).

 

[Core407]

Interesting, but I would rather build a man-made island.

sarcastinator: If its only one mile in diameter than I don't think any third world countries would care enough to annex it. Theres no benefit to doing so, in my opinion. If I somehow managed to get an island like the one FreeNation wants then I'd just build a port and build up my income through catching fish and slowly expand on the islands size.

edit 2: You don't really need to buy an island as you would just need to find an undiscovered one. Islands are always popping up so it's not that crazy of a thought.

 

[sarcastinator]

The second part of my previous post would still apply.

edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Minerva