Located 12km east of Suffolk in the North Sea, the Principality of Sealand is a micronation that claims to be the world’s smallest country
Geographically, most micronations are very small, are often the outgrowth of a single individual, rely on their sovereign state to some extent, and mimic sovereign states by
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[1] All save Malta and San Marino are monarchies (the Vatican City is an elective monarchy ruled by the Pope)
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The Micronation is inspired by the medieval County of Flanders (Pagus Flandrensis) and is regarded by its founder as a hobby-micronation; still the micronation has its own
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For more than half a century, Sealand – a wind-lashed, Second World War naval fort whose main platform Measuring around the size of two tennis courts, and located in the North Sea about 12km east of Suffolk, the oddity of Sealand claims to be the world's smallest country
Located six miles off the East coast of England, the micronation is a former Second World War Sea Fort named HM Fort Roughs
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5 mi) off the coast of Suffolk, as its territory
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