You've almost certainly heard of some of Europe's smallest nations — San Marino, Liechtenstein, and Vatican City immediately spring to mind. But there are a host of other tiny, self-declared ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on Nov. 26, 2023. The original video can be viewed here. Ok, name that country: It's planted opposite Europe, sitting proudly on the other side of ...

Roman Mars’ podcast 99% Invisible covers design questions large and small, from his fascination with rebar to the history of slot machines to the great Los Angeles Red Car conspiracy. Here at the Eye, ...

But even on Sealand, some seven miles (11 kilometres) off the coast of southeast England, visitors have to show a negative Covid-19 test. The micronation of Sealand ...

Imagine escaping the confines of bureaucracy and founding your own state, where you make all the rules. Sounds like the stuff of fantasy novels. But some people actually make it a reality by creating ...

The Principality of Sealand was born in 1967, when HM Fort Roughs was seized by World War Two veteran Roy Bates As a former World War Two sea fort, it is used to crashing waves, bitter winds and ...

With the UK opening up but much of the world still off-limits, it would be fair to say that a Great British coastal exploration is underway. Looking closer to home has its silver linings, as we get to ...

A dried-up strawberry field, a spherical house, and other nations you didn’t know existed. The People’s Republic of Donetsk, a theoretical splinter nation from Eastern Ukraine, currently consists of ...

Drone shot of the Women on Waves boat in the open ocean. (Fábio Nascimento/The Outlaw Ocean Project, Mexico, 2017) The lawlessness of the oceans has given rise to countless absurd and remarkable ...

As a former World War Two sea fort, it is used to crashing waves, bitter winds and passing ships. What you are less likely to associate with the Principality of Sealand, a self-declared state 12km ...