From: drzaphod@brewmeister.xstablu.com (DrZaphod)
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 94 00:07:16 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Oceania-history redoux
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> It is interesting to read all the recent posts about Oceania, because it is
> of course the story of Sealand, an independent country that was founded in
> the Seventies. It would be wise if the promoters and future citizens of
> Oceania studied the failure of Sealand before putting another dime into
> their  doomed project.
> Shortly after Sealand was funded on a large surplus housing platform in the
> oil fields of the North sea, Sealand began issuing its own currency,
> passports, and stamps. The results were predictable: nobody wanted their
> money, no other country accepted their passports for entry, and the
> international postal organization refused to deliver their mail. IMHO,
> there can be little doubt that Oceania would suffer the same fate-if the
> project ever gets a far as having a platform.
> The nations of the world are like a very exclusive country club: no new
> members accepted. Occasionally, a former member gets readmitted, or one
> member dies and her two children take her place, but there will be no
> newcomers.
> 
> -= T.A.Z.
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