Drunken Pumpkin

The self-proclaimed sovereign principality of Sealand, weighing in at 1800 sq. ft., is for sale. Well, not technically for sale. The price to transfer the royal title of this ‘micro-nation’ is only $977 million dollars. Make sure you check all of the plumbing before buying this fixer-upper.

An article covering this story can be found at FOXNews.com

The real estate listing can be found here, though I warn you it is poorly translated from Spanish. The real estate listing also has links to the History of Sealand, the Official Website of Sealand, and the Official Website of Sealand’s first (and only) athlete.

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