Archinect - News 2024-12-22T07:21:23-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/125748002/life-in-the-ocean-micronation-of-sealand-population-2 Life in the ocean micronation of Sealand, population: 2 Alexander Walter 2015-04-20T15:14:00-04:00 >2015-04-28T19:27:01-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/i1/i1v5rir1fdftqyjl.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Michael Bates grew up seven nautical miles off the coast of England, on a platform made of concrete and metal. Michael, the son of Roy Bates, is the Prince of the Principality of Sealand, a contested micronation [...]. Today, as futurists, tech billionaires and libertarians start looking to the sea for the next stage of cities and governance, Sealand serves as a tiny example [...]. What can the experiences of the Bates family tell those who dream about ocean living?</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html>