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  • @ZacAlsop
    @ZacAlsop  2 года назад +6091

    I'm moving to Sealand who's coming with me?

  • @journeymanX
    @journeymanX Год назад +5966

    Sealand should host the world cup

  • @2pool777
    @2pool777 2 года назад +3050

    “There’s little parts of history all over the place”
    “Like that knob?”
    “All part of the history mate”
    Class video 😂😂😂

  • @raineheartily3875
    @raineheartily3875 Год назад +1582

    Ironically, Sealand could give you more legit Lord or Lady title than _Established Title Scams_

  • @aycc-nbh7289
    @aycc-nbh7289 Год назад +834

    5:40 The rationale may be there that if a cannon can only fire so far, then it is the extent to which the territory can be defended from the land alone.

    • @kephlur7493
      @kephlur7493 Год назад +62

      sure but its still very vague and constantly changing. got a bad wind one day? your boirders just shrank. new and improved cannons? boom, huge increase in border size

    • @mysterystainontherug6290
      @mysterystainontherug6290 Год назад +9

      but didnt they have bomber planes that could fly out way further than a cannon?

    • @aycc-nbh7289
      @aycc-nbh7289 Год назад +22

      @@mysterystainontherug6290 Maybe the boundary for international waters was determined before bomber planes could fly.

    • @1mol831
      @1mol831 Год назад

      @@mysterystainontherug6290 USA claims the world now.

    • @badlaamaurukehu
      @badlaamaurukehu Год назад +15

      Makes perfect sense as a metric to me when it was established. Modern people especially the younger generations tend to look at history pretty myopically. Increasingly so.

  • @kokotree9226
    @kokotree9226 2 года назад +4481

    “He has ways to defend the country with ways that are not legal”
    Well I don’t think sealand is part of the UN and they make their own law so, it’s legal

    • @parkadeigogaming9792
      @parkadeigogaming9792 2 года назад +119

      There are international laws

    • @toast5562
      @toast5562 2 года назад +11

      think*

    • @kokotree9226
      @kokotree9226 2 года назад +411

      @@parkadeigogaming9792 no, Sealand is not part of the UN so things like Geneva convention don’t apply to them

    • @saberz7027
      @saberz7027 2 года назад +396

      @@kokotree9226 that means it just a Geneva suggestion?

    • @tempest8342
      @tempest8342 2 года назад +106

      @@saberz7027 pretty much

  • @MaxFosh
    @MaxFosh 2 года назад +6531

    Brilliant storytelling as ever boys

    • @charliewadsworth2981
      @charliewadsworth2981 2 года назад +128

      Boy*

    • @TheMrdominator1997
      @TheMrdominator1997 2 года назад +61

      Max annoyed he didn’t find out about this place first

    • @harryblock_3826
      @harryblock_3826 2 года назад +25

      You should fill jay's missing spot 👀👀

    • @derekconwaygd
      @derekconwaygd 2 года назад +8

      @@harryblock_3826 idk if the zac and max show rolls off the tongue as well

    • @whartypants
      @whartypants 2 года назад +6

      Up for a collab mad fish? Got some noice video ideas for my upcoming RUclips channel

  • @monkegaming6416
    @monkegaming6416 Год назад +88

    it's a double edged sword. nobody can tell you to stop, but nobody is coming to help you.

  • @spicytuna62
    @spicytuna62 Год назад +199

    To me, Sealand's existence kind of begs the question: Could anyone with the resources build a structure in international waters and declare it their own country?

    • @mapu1
      @mapu1 10 месяцев назад +46

      Yes. It's bit complex, as you have to be recognized, but there are a lot of cruise ships that basically do that. You gotta have the money of small country to pull it off tho. Also people can just invade and take your stuff, so most just sign up under one of the tax heavens and leave it at that.

    • @SuleimanePlaysGames
      @SuleimanePlaysGames 9 месяцев назад +8

      Yes if it's not in territorial waters but it's more complicated

    • @garrukthewildspeaker262
      @garrukthewildspeaker262 9 месяцев назад +23

      You can, but then again, if you do that, anyone with a gun can invade it and no one will help you because it's outside of anyone's jurisdiction.

    • @LandersWorkshop
      @LandersWorkshop 7 месяцев назад

      That's why you don't do it alone...@@garrukthewildspeaker262

    • @hmvollbanane1259
      @hmvollbanane1259 6 месяцев назад +11

      We have people in my country that have declared independence and created their own kingdom out of their garden, some who refuse to accept that the German empire has fallen and claim to be it's citizens and so on. As long as you act mental enough you can get away with declaring your own country anywhere

  • @briitash
    @briitash 2 года назад +4180

    They could unironically turn this into one of the most exclusive nightclubs in the world. Legal drug use, as its outside UK territorial waters, cheap booze, and a Heli pad to collect and drop off guests. This place has so much potential.

    • @citizenkyouma
      @citizenkyouma Год назад +513

      @David I wonder what the sealand hospital is like

    • @felixc.3444
      @felixc.3444 Год назад +479

      @@citizenkyouma probably just a stretcher bed and a first aid kit

    • @bruh-bn3ni
      @bruh-bn3ni Год назад +155

      why do that when u can just go into some rich persons house and pay the law to look away. bonus trafficking too

    • @thrguywiththecoins9726
      @thrguywiththecoins9726 Год назад +137

      There used to be a place like sealand which had this exact idea implemented. It was located near Italy and was later destroyed by the Italian navy. There's a movie about it aswell

    • @mrdollyman5675
      @mrdollyman5675 Год назад +83

      @@thrguywiththecoins9726 im just envisioning a destroyer opening fire on a small little structure in the middle of the ocean and it just gets absolutely obliterated

  • @zookkkk
    @zookkkk 2 года назад +2773

    *“He’s found it. The randomly generated temple structure”*

  • @saggiteightyfour8367
    @saggiteightyfour8367 Год назад +41

    I wonder why they haven't started a self sustaining garden. They could grow beans, seaweed, catch fish etc. They would need some desalinating units but they could do it

  • @ramunayy
    @ramunayy Год назад +573

    it's so silly but so cool. sort of like a real version of a kids creating a little fort or something. except real and of a port

    • @LuxuFoo
      @LuxuFoo Год назад +12

      Code Name Kids Next Door: UK edition

    • @RilfDanielson
      @RilfDanielson Год назад +14

      It's engrained into humans to do so. Kids building forts is to adults building countries.

    • @Jetster26
      @Jetster26 Год назад +4

      bro kids literally watch dream smp and go “i wanna start l’manberg!!”

    • @A-Clear_View
      @A-Clear_View 3 месяца назад

      540th like

  • @ben7060
    @ben7060 2 года назад +2888

    The invasion story was mental

    • @ZacAlsop
      @ZacAlsop  2 года назад +392

      They don’t mess around

    • @georgebeltran3742
      @georgebeltran3742 2 года назад +29

      Considering it’s Tiny aswell

    • @teatowel1610
      @teatowel1610 2 года назад +39

      It would be an alright place to put Anti-air, long range artillery ect

    • @jestnutz
      @jestnutz 2 года назад +31

      They are people who dont need a government and can conduct themselves as freemen.

    • @sbeveboi4503
      @sbeveboi4503 2 года назад +4

      More like metal

  • @sameaglemusic
    @sameaglemusic 2 года назад +698

    I work at a cafe where we have a 95-year-old regular called Bill who was stationed on Sea Land during World War II when he was 15 years old. Amazing man with some amazing stories.
    Edit: Bill has sadly now passed, aged 96 in December 2021. A truly wonderful man.

    • @198sambrrs
      @198sambrrs Год назад +19

      I've had the privilege to speak to two ww2 vets at length and they really do have some of the most surreal stories. I don't believe they used much if any embellishment. Just a very wild thing to experience that hopefully nobody else ever has to on that scale.

    • @yurix6072
      @yurix6072 Год назад +5

      Share some of his stories plssss!!

    • @dunnomynameso746
      @dunnomynameso746 Год назад

      Can you share a story that was really traumatizing to him. If you cant its okay

    • @sameaglemusic
      @sameaglemusic Год назад +18

      @@yurix6072 I'm sorry to say that Bill passed away in December 2021, aged 96. One of my favourite stories of his was that of his time evacuating women and children from Javanese islands in the Dutch East Indies prior to Japanese invasion. There were two boats that took part in the evacuation of these particular islands, and two people who were on Bill's were a mother and daughter. Fast forward 60 years and Bill was on holiday in Holland, where he popped into a cafe for some ice cream. He was sitting when the cafe owner came over and asked if he had been in the navy during WW2 (Bill always wore his navy cap every day). It turned out that the cafe owner's mother was one of the children rescued by Bill's boat, and so he closed the cafe for the rest of the day, took Bill to his home to meet his mother, and showed him around the town. They stayed in contact until his death. I just love how it always reminds me of how small a world we live in, and how with Bill's attitude towards people , talking (and singing) to literally anyone and everyone, it makes it a hell of a lot smaller still.
      He was also a recipient of the Arctic Star, awarded to veterans who served on convoys to provide aid to Northern Russia, where there were enormous casualty rates, and horrific weather conditions. Bill would tell about having to constantly be chiselling ice off the boat to relieve the extra weight so that the boat wouldn't become unstable, and that when submarines sank the convoys ships people would be dead within minutes. It's interesting to think that he received the medal from President Putin - he died before the invasion of Ukraine, I would have been very interested to hear his thoughts on the situation.

    • @sameaglemusic
      @sameaglemusic Год назад +9

      @@dunnomynameso746 He would often say that there were many things that he would never talk about as they were too horrible or painful to remember. He was involved in evacuating allied soldiers from Japanese prisoner of war camps after the war, which is one such time that he would never talk about. As I mentioned in the comment above, his time in the arctic was incredibly perilous. A huge number of boats were lost in those convoys, and he said that there was no chance of rescuing anyone as once people were in the water they'd be dead within a couple of minutes due to the extreme cold. I can't imaging the terror of being in such an environment, in your teens no less, and being attacked from below by invisible enemies such as u-boats, or from above by bombers. It's important these people's memory never fade.

  • @happppy_cryptid7602
    @happppy_cryptid7602 Год назад +845

    i want to see sealand grow and be officially declared as a country honestly- and more importantly I want to legally become a citizen lol

    • @shellder_gaming
      @shellder_gaming Год назад +35

      *BREAKING NEWS*
      Sealand joins the UN!

    • @amymiskiman5086
      @amymiskiman5086 Год назад +17

      Sadly in 50 to 100 years in the future it will become a forgotten country think about it nobody is gonna remember this when they are dead

    • @jonathanherrera9956
      @jonathanherrera9956 Год назад +11

      You can become a Lord, or any other title, and obtain an ID card as a citizen, just go to their page

    • @J-IFWBR
      @J-IFWBR Год назад +40

      it already is officially declared as a country. There is not institution that grants countyhood. I think what you mean is you want it to be internationally recognized. Which is a different thing.

    • @TheRobMozza
      @TheRobMozza Год назад +9

      @@amymiskiman5086 Time is a corrosional force in the North sea, it will of had an anticipated 'lifetime' upon construction. I wonder how long it has left?

  • @toximo5309
    @toximo5309 Год назад +260

    Everyone: The smallest country is Vatican city
    Me: The smallest country is Sealand

    • @GuitarPlayingFeline
      @GuitarPlayingFeline Год назад +8

      Me: the smallest country is an atom

    • @hfhso37ndnks
      @hfhso37ndnks Год назад +7

      @@GuitarPlayingFeline that’s a country?? You learn something new every day

    • @Top10CLICKBAITPLANES
      @Top10CLICKBAITPLANES Год назад +1

      The smallest country is quarter of antom

    • @hahaldogbuthey
      @hahaldogbuthey Год назад

      @@GuitarPlayingFeline the smallest country is your pp

    • @hahaldogbuthey
      @hahaldogbuthey Год назад

      @@Top10CLICKBAITPLANES the smallest country is your pp

  • @snipsnap9995
    @snipsnap9995 2 года назад +383

    "All this wind and solar stuff was actually my invention."
    "Some people think it was god..."
    fucking brilliant 😂

  • @scoobysam5466
    @scoobysam5466 2 года назад +2747

    You should found a neighbouring country and call it New Sealand....wait....

    • @AthenaGoddess
      @AthenaGoddess 2 года назад +182

      Lol. There were a few times where I thought they were actually saying 'Zealand'.

    • @PennyGraham
      @PennyGraham 2 года назад +103

      I live in new ZEALAND not New sealand tho :(

    • @scoobysam5466
      @scoobysam5466 2 года назад +16

      @@PennyGraham *whoosh*

    • @PennyGraham
      @PennyGraham 2 года назад +61

      @@scoobysam5466 r/Whoosh

    • @skunk2357
      @skunk2357 2 года назад +2

      @UCZ8rIILKl9vEDYLxT5G9LUg shut up

  • @jeremysack5939
    @jeremysack5939 Год назад +43

    I've dreamed of something like this, usually thinking about abandoned oil rigs...and usually imagining living on one after an apocalypse...

  • @ARKdeEREH
    @ARKdeEREH Год назад +27

    They could build dirt and rock up around the base to turn it into an actual island. That could make Sealand last longer too, since eventually the structure will probably collapse due to weathering.

  • @DreistStudios
    @DreistStudios 2 года назад +2097

    The editing is always on point!!!

  • @iamalienfrommars9215
    @iamalienfrommars9215 2 года назад +911

    As a Martian, I would like to make a diplomatic relation with Sealand. I heard that they have a football team but the question is do they have a football field?

    • @notherapy4u
      @notherapy4u 2 года назад +62

      Yeah, it's that green roofing, im pretty sure.

    • @fatassthebig
      @fatassthebig 2 года назад +9

      Recognizethem as an independant state then

    • @ianmclaughlin4043
      @ianmclaughlin4043 2 года назад +8

      It's usually underwater though 🙄

    • @Potatomatoo
      @Potatomatoo 2 года назад +8

      It's actually water football team

    • @suzz1776
      @suzz1776 2 года назад

      Lol

  • @Tamawin978
    @Tamawin978 Год назад +564

    they should make more platforms and make whole towns

    • @zero3711
      @zero3711 Год назад +137

      That would be a great idea, but from how they were talking they don't seem super financially stable enough to hire a company to do it safe enough. Also I wish dude would have asked if they've actually done any repairs or upkeep of the legs bellow the water. If they haven't I doubt that place will last more then another 100 years if even.

    • @bradleywhite7285
      @bradleywhite7285 Год назад +11

      @@zero3711 dont think thats just gonna crumble tbh mate

    • @zero3711
      @zero3711 Год назад +52

      @@bradleywhite7285 Over a long time the metal will rust through. Idk how long specifically, but it will adventually.

    • @user-fn3vy4ug2n
      @user-fn3vy4ug2n Год назад +7

      I thought i heard the tube walls are (only) 300mm thick

    • @user-fn3vy4ug2n
      @user-fn3vy4ug2n Год назад +10

      Waterworld is the way, they could make underwater pods as well as floating islands

  • @budyeddi5814
    @budyeddi5814 Год назад +27

    I've heard about this thing via RUclips but this is by far the most detailed look inside that I've seen. I had no idea there was liveable space inside the legs

  • @john.fkennedy4152
    @john.fkennedy4152 2 года назад +1345

    I’m surprised they haven’t expanded though… made more land mass around or under it.
    It be cool to just “ BUILD “ your own country

    • @vincentdreemurr
      @vincentdreemurr 2 года назад +86

      I figured it wouldn't really hold for long

    • @superfluidity
      @superfluidity 2 года назад +201

      It's located in UK waters, I don't think anyone powerful really recognises Sealand as an independent country. It if made too much of a nuisance of itself it seems likely that the UK would invade and take control - or claim jurisdiction and use it to prosecute those involved after they leave the fort.

    • @markmandel6738
      @markmandel6738 2 года назад +136

      @@superfluidity Hey, they said it's seven miles offshore, which is outside the border defined who knows how long ago by how far a cannon could fire.

    • @MaximusTedium
      @MaximusTedium 2 года назад +40

      @@markmandel6738 You know, Falkland isalnds are pretty far away as well I reckon

    • @TwatMcGee
      @TwatMcGee 2 года назад +48

      @@markmandel6738 unfortunately, uk waters now extend to 12 miles

  • @Oscarrrrrrrrrrr
    @Oscarrrrrrrrrrr Год назад +51

    My brother was lord of Sealand for a while so was aware of it in general but didn't know it had the colorful history of being invaded, nor that it's on its third generation already. Hope it stays alive and active!

  • @hygiverse
    @hygiverse Год назад +19

    Imagine all the legal loopholes available…I’d turn it into a hygidome and have a heirloom seed vault and a elevator that goes down to the bottom of the sea with a underwater sea dome like sandy has in spongebob

  • @wacky_duck1095
    @wacky_duck1095 2 года назад +201

    Judging waters by how far a cannon can shoot is pretty smart if you think about it, if a ship enters british waters, a cannon can hit it within seconds, of course, if theres any cannons left,

    • @user-ok8zm8ek8d
      @user-ok8zm8ek8d 2 года назад +5

      Yes, but we can shoot cannons across many bodies of water

    • @lmlmd2714
      @lmlmd2714 2 года назад +18

      Back in the day it did. Obviously, by the end of WW2, the world had moved on and there was a clear need for a new system. it took decades, but UNCLOS was the end result, which also - in the real world - made the Sealand question redundant. As a result of UNCLOS, the UK's territorial waters were extended from 3nmi to 12nmi, bringing Sealand within UK waters (and even if it were more than 12nmi, it wouldn't have helped as Sealand sits on the seafloor, which would fall within the UKs much larger EEZ - indeed, the entire North Sea falls within the EEZ of one of the basin countries, as no point lies more than 200nmi from coastline or another.

    • @ryantannar5301
      @ryantannar5301 2 года назад +14

      what makes it a pretty bad system is the fact that your borders would 100% depend on what kind of cannons you had installed. If you ever downgraded them to save money, your territory shrinks. Not only that, but as technology advanced cannons were able to shoot further and further. This means that international boundaries changed every time a better cannon was invented somewhere as now cannons can reach out to that new distance.

  • @josesoto3594
    @josesoto3594 2 года назад +446

    They be like "safety first put your helmet on" before getting lifted by a gigantic swing into a military base in the middle of the water

    • @Pierce1996h
      @Pierce1996h 2 года назад +13

      A giant swing with no backup safety harness. If that shit breaks you just fall lmao.

    • @brians132
      @brians132 2 года назад +15

      "We take health & safety pretty seriously" he says before ushering the poor bastard onto a swing made of wood and old rope with one rope behind (too low to stop you falling out backwards) none in front (to stop you falling out forwards), no safety line to clip on and giving him a hard-hat with no chinstrap to keep it on.
      Awesome 😳

    • @LandersWorkshop
      @LandersWorkshop 7 месяцев назад

      We like our irony.@@brians132

  • @sammartin3069
    @sammartin3069 Год назад +12

    I love it! Especially the idea of forging your own path and not having some government tell you can't. I want my own country!

  • @javilopex7831
    @javilopex7831 Год назад +1

    This was awesome. I always knew about this place, but this is the first real look I got of it. Awesome job.

  • @tyranoxis7386
    @tyranoxis7386 2 года назад +1214

    imagine saying "i took over a country, with a pistol, a single pistol"
    Woah first time getting 1k

    • @SPHYNX_F1
      @SPHYNX_F1 2 года назад +45

      Hmm yes I took over an country with bare hands.

    • @tyranoxis7386
      @tyranoxis7386 2 года назад +64

      @@SPHYNX_F1 hmm, i can walk across the country in 3 seconds

    • @SPHYNX_F1
      @SPHYNX_F1 2 года назад +16

      @@tyranoxis7386 hmm i can blow up an whole country with an brahmos

    • @juniperye4914
      @juniperye4914 2 года назад +43

      hmm, by crashing my boat into poles, i put an entire country in total anarchy

    • @SPHYNX_F1
      @SPHYNX_F1 2 года назад +31

      @@juniperye4914 hmm by sniping 4-5 ppl i can take over the whole country

  • @sampinnock7405
    @sampinnock7405 2 года назад +762

    Great video. A mix of bizarre Zac and Jay shit and genuine story telling. A jazzed up mini doc. One of my favourites, well done lads.

  • @jspohl
    @jspohl Год назад

    It’s lovely when people follow their own path but with spirit behind us and with us every step of the way we can do that anywhere! I hope they fill that place (as with all places) with good energy and love so bad memories are left in the past and there are only good experiences for everyone moving forward.

  • @dwtc551
    @dwtc551 Год назад +32

    First video of yours I have watched. Love the humor and history. Subscribed

  • @georgebettany.
    @georgebettany. 2 года назад +231

    This is incredible - ridiculous edit - Zac’s opening monologue - exploring the edges of society - pure vintage Zac&Jay

  • @stevenschwartzhoff1703
    @stevenschwartzhoff1703 2 года назад +43

    The reason territorial waters were defined by the range of costal artillery (2 nautical miles) was that that is the range that countries could practically enforce their control on the sea.

  • @CH_original
    @CH_original Год назад +35

    i wonder how long the journey is to get grocery's

  • @TheRobMozza
    @TheRobMozza Год назад +27

    This video is a great insight into Sealand. Presumably somebody has to be there permanently. Additionally you'd need resources and man power to sustain an invasion. I guess that's the reason no one else has bothered. Also, it's probably the families fear that if they opened it up to more people. It would only take one wrongly trusted person, and the family could easily lose Sealand forever. In that respect, it must be quite a solitary existence. Your footage was on a good day with calm seas, I dread to imagine winter conditions. Very interesting video none the less. Thanks for sharing 👍

  • @merileopardisaksassa7030
    @merileopardisaksassa7030 2 года назад +221

    Pov: Imagine going on a date with Liam, and be told he's the prince of Sealand. Imagine being the queen/ king consort of Sealand lol

    • @lancetheking7524
      @lancetheking7524 2 года назад +15

      And you're also friends with the king of Italy

    • @maxfern5701
      @maxfern5701 2 года назад +7

      Exactly what I was thinking. "Well, I'm actually a prince. I manage my own country." Dude is super good looking too ngl

    • @CrimsonAkato
      @CrimsonAkato Год назад +1

      @@maxfern5701 plot twist he ends up being gay and his brother too xD
      that be the funniest part

  • @okkcomputer
    @okkcomputer 2 года назад +421

    I actually applied to become a citizen back in 2008 and even asked if I could play for their football team in 2009 and got this reply:
    The Principality thanks you for your e-mail to us.
    We regret we do not at this time have any openings in our football team but thank you for your interest.
    Chief of Bureau
    Bureau of Internal Affairs
    Principality of Sealand
    SEALAND

    • @d4rk678
      @d4rk678 Год назад +12

      How many people even live there how can they field a team

    • @0x9f000
      @0x9f000 Год назад +46

      @@d4rk678 they have 20 some people living on the “island” but around 120 some have been granted citizensip

  • @alerighi
    @alerighi Год назад +5

    This reminds me something that was tried like that in my country: that is "Isola delle Rose", a small artificial island that was built in front of Rimini just outside the Italian territorial water. Unfortunately the government took it down after not so much time.

  • @cdlord80
    @cdlord80 Год назад +1

    This is an absolute inspiration!

  • @willw3005
    @willw3005 2 года назад +354

    This is such a good, high quality documentary. You guys have such an incredible way of telling a story. Can only imagine the Royal Wedding documentary would've been just as incredible.

  • @mrben6573
    @mrben6573 2 года назад +423

    This structure was built as a boat, with the two towers and platform as a superstructure. The boat was towed into position and sunk. But I seriously doubt the designers intended it to last this long. I wonder how much longer the structure itself has before it collapses. Sealand is a world treasure and I hope nothing happens to it. There's no reason someone couldn't build a new structure with the same idea. A large boat with two towers and a platform as a superstructure. You'd tow it next to Sealand and sink it, and bam, Sealand would grow 2x. Moreover, you could sink it before anyone could stop you. This would also guarantee the continued survival of Sealand. It's too bad most billionaires don't have have the stones to help facilitate it.

    • @AnubisLuxor
      @AnubisLuxor 2 года назад +29

      They're looking at colonizing space; building private space stations

    • @cool06alt
      @cool06alt Год назад +9

      @THE GREAT CORNHOLIO As long you don't plant to coup in long term, because Sealand was suffering for once. It was attacked by mercenaries hired by insider, hijacking the place.

    • @samsawesomeminecraft
      @samsawesomeminecraft Год назад +17

      It was built as a boat that can withstand gunfire and cannon fire from aircraft cannons. That's significantly more durability than needed for just being a habitable sunken boat..

    • @daniel-eg2oq
      @daniel-eg2oq Год назад +8

      If they expanded in any concerning way they would be dealt with quickly, they only exist because no one cares about some on piece of metal in the sea but if you start occupying a large amount of territory or threatening to interfere with British naval operations they are done.

    • @davidrussell8795
      @davidrussell8795 Год назад

      So u think a peice of shit out there is a treasure , wearing rose colored glasses

  • @simonkane
    @simonkane Год назад +9

    "Birdshit. Grass." Possibly my favourite bit, of a lot of favourite bits.

  • @NEVALOVE
    @NEVALOVE 7 месяцев назад

    The toilet part got me by surprise 😂😂😂 this was very interesting to watch. Thank you for another awesome video. 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺

  • @rehanhossainalim6038
    @rehanhossainalim6038 Год назад +357

    Sealand isn’t regonized by any country and was originally a British naval sea post but then was abandoned for some reason I don’t know but years after some guy declared Sealand as an independent country because Sealand is just too far to be British. So, Sealand was founded and currently it has a limited population. It has 27 people living in Sealand
    Sealand is also a principality and it has its own currency. The Sealandic Dollar. It also have its own passport wich stopped being issued after 9/11 but is planned to start issuing them again soon.

    • @jessicaaitken8858
      @jessicaaitken8858 Год назад +40

      do this person just mansplain a video that already had all of the relevant details nah

    • @locakovvonloczkov7147
      @locakovvonloczkov7147 Год назад +72

      @@jessicaaitken8858 did you just mansplained the fact that he was mansplaining what was already mansplained in the video?? Smh smh frl

    • @knekoosh1613
      @knekoosh1613 Год назад +6

      Ya he didn’t say that in the video 😐

    • @_cloudface_
      @_cloudface_ Год назад +12

      @@locakovvonloczkov7147 DID YOU JUST ASSUME EVERYONES GENDER 😱😰

    • @robertsmalls3513
      @robertsmalls3513 Год назад

      @@jessicaaitken8858 oh what a poor little sexist you must be to use the word mansplain. You must be singing that song “I’m a single lady” all day long because you’ll never have a man when you’re sexist agaisnt men

  • @Jack-hz1ey
    @Jack-hz1ey 2 года назад +371

    What we all really want to know is, does Sealand formally recognize Transnistria, Abkhazia or South Ossetia? And what are its official diplomatic stances on Cyprus and Kosovo?

    • @gabrielcreamer5012
      @gabrielcreamer5012 2 года назад +67

      oh and taiwan!

    • @yko_7313
      @yko_7313 2 года назад +21

      And Isra- bam bam bam

    • @FilK79
      @FilK79 2 года назад +4

      @@yko_7313 and Istria

    • @georgiojansen7758
      @georgiojansen7758 2 года назад

      Filk, i think it is italy, but staying in croatia would be wise

    • @melonmusk8924
      @melonmusk8924 Год назад +2

      KOSOVO JE SERBIA
      I'm just joking I'm Hungarian.

  • @crazyprayingmantis5596
    @crazyprayingmantis5596 Год назад +3

    This is brilliant, live his attitude

  • @Mewcat
    @Mewcat 2 месяца назад

    The sealand lore goes so deep!
    Interesting how such a small place has so much interesting about it.

  • @IAmABlankSpace
    @IAmABlankSpace 2 года назад +229

    Great documentary!!! A similar thing happened in Italy with Isola delle Rose, off the adriatic coast in international waters. An italian engineer built it and declared it a new country. It had its own radio, official language and flag. Sadly it was demolished as it was considered by the italian government a way to make money (throwing parties and using it as a tourist attraction) and not have to pay taxes. It was the first and only time italy independently "declared war" on another country lol.

    • @klsksosuejk
      @klsksosuejk Год назад +11

      Do not look up "italo-ethiopian war"

    • @Avarage.Joe-David
      @Avarage.Joe-David Год назад

      Own language? They just spoke italian or did I missed that point?

    • @paolodominici202
      @paolodominici202 Год назад +5

      @@Avarage.Joe-David The official language was Esperanto

    • @beaxxx1429
      @beaxxx1429 Год назад +1

      Yeah and isola delle Rose was built 3 years before this one.....

  • @alejandromendez488
    @alejandromendez488 Год назад +39

    not many can say their family owns something so small yet so badass

  • @worldsboss
    @worldsboss Год назад +4

    If you stand on the coast of Felixstowe/Harwich on a clear day, you can actually see Sealand way out in the ocean. Feels really bizarre looking out at it and thinking about what it was turned into.

  • @tenebris_shan
    @tenebris_shan Год назад

    I'm so glad you put a big red arrow pointing at it in the thumbnail. I was squinting at the horizon trying to see it.

  • @JimiVexTV
    @JimiVexTV 2 года назад +148

    So jealous of you hitting up Sealand Zac, been fascinated by the place for half me life. Cheers for getting in there and showing us the lay of the land now - really made my day

  • @emilythecutie355
    @emilythecutie355 2 года назад +31

    I am just sat here imagining the stargazing possibility. No other lights to ruin it, shut it down and you just have that beautiful view.

    • @TheRobMozza
      @TheRobMozza Год назад

      I can see the appeal, but you've got to also think about the sustainability and bad weather of that place. Honesty there are far 'better' places in the pitch black to stargaze IMO. Then if a storm rolls in, you can shelter in a proper brick built home!

  • @techrev9999
    @techrev9999 Год назад

    Amazing. I studied this place so much. Great video. Pirate Mecca.

  • @mcsaucyg
    @mcsaucyg Год назад +8

    21:28 Did anyone else think this was a the start of an add? 😂😊

  • @agsilverlucas8374
    @agsilverlucas8374 2 года назад +79

    This is incredible! I'd read about Sealand on Wikipedia a long time ago. All the history of invasions and legal troubles makes the whole project beggar belief. Getting to go inside of it's cabin, and into it's interior structure is surreal!

  • @COL-1
    @COL-1 2 года назад +111

    I've been fascinated by the story and history of Sealand for years, you're so lucky to have been able to visit.
    Great Video!

  • @Kyle-xv5kv
    @Kyle-xv5kv Год назад

    The data center part looks super interesting, alot of that kit looks almost vintage now, those racks the TFT screens and even the CRT's in storage, would love to know how the kept it all cool.

  • @TheArtisticJourneywithCarlo
    @TheArtisticJourneywithCarlo Год назад +3

    Around the ‘60 in Italy at 11km away from the Rimini’s cost in the Adriatic Sea 500m away of the Italian territory the engenier Giorgio Rosa built a 400 squeremeter metallic island similar to that called Isola delle Rose. They had their own currency, own laws, own country but it was invaded and destroyed by Italian army in the ‘68.

  • @natk596
    @natk596 2 года назад +39

    That reminds me of a platform being built in 1968 near Rimini, Italy, called "The Republic of Rose Island", which was sadly destroyed. But such an interesting story how these platforms caused so much trouble...

  • @tastebuds624
    @tastebuds624 2 года назад +261

    Zac: if only I could describe it in words
    also Zac: it's fuckin' massive

  • @Jibblejobblejoober
    @Jibblejobblejoober Год назад +3

    For those who don't know, sealand was declared a country on September 2nd, 1967. Sealand is a tiny, man-made platform of the coast of the uk. It may look like an oil rig, but it is in fact a country. Sealand has a small population of 27 and is approximately 0.004 km² (square kilometers).

  • @dairyweasel
    @dairyweasel Год назад +5

    19:28 largest field in sealand

  • @Kyle-Russell
    @Kyle-Russell 2 года назад +42

    The story off sealand would make such a good film

    • @Ladytron
      @Ladytron 2 года назад +4

      There is a movie on Netflix: Rose Island. That is about an 'illegal' island on the coast of Italy.

  • @SpellboundWolf
    @SpellboundWolf 2 года назад +85

    This is so much fun! I learned about Sealand in 2010 from the comedy Anime Hetalia!, if you can believe that, and have been a fan ever since. Thank you for making this video for all of us whom can't visit to see it. Sealand is one of my dream destinations.

    • @remen_emperor
      @remen_emperor 2 года назад +4

      That's about how I learned about it, as well. That little kiddo country and this big ol' thing don't really match in my head. The kiddo's more fun

    • @SpellboundWolf
      @SpellboundWolf Год назад +5

      @@remen_emperor Are you kidding me?! This is WAY more fun! It's an actual place that's its own country. Sealand is incredible & unique! Hetalia is just another Anime. That's booooring in comparison.

    • @Luxcalibur
      @Luxcalibur Год назад +5

      I was kinda hoping the prince would mention that, I wonder if he’s even aware

    • @MaverickTsuki
      @MaverickTsuki Год назад +1

      Imagine if fans would realize they can buy lordship. Money will rain for that kid, lol
      But seriously now, i'm curious about they would react about the country's depiction in the anime.

    • @anjachan
      @anjachan Год назад

      same 🤣

  • @DrumCoversbyBill
    @DrumCoversbyBill Год назад

    Wow this was awesome!!

  • @jamie.777
    @jamie.777 5 месяцев назад

    Just learned of sealand!! Wow, my dream location 😍. The first king 🤴 had balls of steel!

  • @just_alex
    @just_alex 2 года назад +57

    “Be seeing you” I think Mike, head of security is actually a prisoner...

    • @ZacAlsop
      @ZacAlsop  2 года назад +10

      interesting theory

    • @stubbzy84
      @stubbzy84 2 года назад +2

      @@ZacAlsop this reply hints he’s a prisoner even more

    • @muzmason3064
      @muzmason3064 2 года назад

      He's not just part of the fixtures and fittings, fact ☺

    • @cameriqueTV
      @cameriqueTV 2 года назад

      @@ZacAlsop Seeing as how there was an episode of Danger Man made at the forts.

  • @wigglypiggly8015
    @wigglypiggly8015 2 года назад +31

    "Strange ole chaps women, aren't they" quality bloke 😂

  • @UCs6ktlulE5BEeb3vBBOu6DQ
    @UCs6ktlulE5BEeb3vBBOu6DQ Год назад

    I've know about that place for 30 years but today I learned you can go down in the base !!

  • @jakelarson4548
    @jakelarson4548 Год назад

    You just gained a subscriber just because you’ve dropped the F bomb I fucking loved it😂😂

  • @trevorpage6923
    @trevorpage6923 2 года назад +17

    Imagine making a community of a whole bunch of boats and structures to make a outcast County on water and expand it

    • @joefish6091
      @joefish6091 2 года назад

      read Wikipedia on Neal Stephenson's novel Snowcrash. it even has Suckerberg's Metaverse in it.

  • @bicyclist2
    @bicyclist2 2 года назад +37

    If I were a wealthy man, I'd give them a center console boat, and maybe a small helicopter. I'd like to visit there some day. This was way cool. Thank you.

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 Год назад +1

      I'd like to visit there as well.

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 Год назад +1

      I'd like to visit there as well.

    • @CyclismHS
      @CyclismHS 11 месяцев назад +1

      I‘d like to visit there as well.

    • @CyclismHS
      @CyclismHS 11 месяцев назад +1

      I‘d like to visit there as well.

  • @Ohioplayer636
    @Ohioplayer636 9 месяцев назад

    Btw sick vid! Keep up the good work

  • @jacklazzaro9820
    @jacklazzaro9820 Год назад

    8:37 The _Up_ music caught me off guard

  • @diegoforlan2324
    @diegoforlan2324 2 года назад +82

    This is beautiful man. I feel like you’re moving in a different direction with you videos. I love the the old style you’ve kept but it’s been mixed with a more documentary style video. Wish you all the best Zac and Jay.

  • @michaelshabba2008
    @michaelshabba2008 2 года назад +90

    For someone that is about “people not always following the rules” they seem to have a lot of rules.

    • @fungus2116
      @fungus2116 2 года назад +6

      you need a lot of rules in a world of morons

    • @13thdukeofwybourne69
      @13thdukeofwybourne69 2 года назад +21

      The point is, they live by _their_ own rules, not by someone else's.

  • @itouchipods
    @itouchipods Год назад

    Good work boys bloody well done.

  • @Dan-rc1sl
    @Dan-rc1sl 6 месяцев назад

    Live a couple of miles away in Harwich. Can see it in the horizon. Would love to visit.

  • @lloydinspace1
    @lloydinspace1 2 года назад +68

    This is great, I had a Lord title bought for me as a gift. So I’m a Lord of Sealand haha.

    • @MayhemTV607
      @MayhemTV607 2 года назад +2

      I’m a Barron of sealand ,know your place lloyd 😂

    • @lloydinspace1
      @lloydinspace1 2 года назад +1

      Haha! Awesome man! 😀

    • @GrimReaper-ly8zk
      @GrimReaper-ly8zk 2 года назад +1

      @@MayhemTV607 yet you can't spell Baron.🤔

  • @tandymiller775
    @tandymiller775 2 года назад +15

    My history teacher in grade 8 14 years ago told us the story of sealand, I loved the story and was obsessed ever since. So happy to see it still exist.

  • @londonmagazines9430
    @londonmagazines9430 Год назад +1

    Ordered a title for a friend... Waiting for the certificate to be emailed. Great idea.

  • @ICKY427
    @ICKY427 Год назад +1

    how have i never heard about this, its so awesome. and that story of them getting taken over then coming back with friends heli to take it back. thats WILD. my favorite part is hes got this plan to show up guns blazing and fight for it, he falls over, the gun goes off by accident and the baddies come out and surrender XD

    • @LandersWorkshop
      @LandersWorkshop 7 месяцев назад

      As mad as that was, it probably worked out for the best.

  • @jasonblalock4429
    @jasonblalock4429 2 года назад +19

    17:35 And that is the look of a man suddenly realizing he has no right to life while on Sealand.
    (Not saying they'd do anything bad; they seem like decent people. But still.)

  • @koroshiya_1
    @koroshiya_1 2 года назад +9

    Incredible work Zac and team! Loved this one 😍

  • @FileForename
    @FileForename 5 месяцев назад

    It is visible from the Felixstowe sea front. I always look at it when I go for a walk on the Felixstowe beach.

  • @unisecankelknudsen9745
    @unisecankelknudsen9745 Год назад

    woah thatrumblesoundgoshilovewhenmyfreezerquiet so i actually love that it makes noise allupgroot

  • @notwillwright5336
    @notwillwright5336 2 года назад +41

    Everything from the footage and editing to ideas and planning is so perfect every time. Actually makes me annoyed at how little views you get compared to some people. Keep up the great work man!

  • @imanning538
    @imanning538 2 года назад +32

    I've been there loads of times (sailed past) my parents always called it rough towers or something, never knew the actual story but now I do lol. Great video x

  • @sirpicklesthe1st863
    @sirpicklesthe1st863 Год назад +3

    "I walked across an entire country!"
    The country:

  • @p24hrsmith
    @p24hrsmith Год назад

    I remember this place being on the news years ago and their grandads fight to keep possession of it

  • @xedalpha1
    @xedalpha1 2 года назад +4

    Thing is, the place can house a hundred people. They should open it up as a b&b for a small number of people at once with transport from land. They would make SO much cash from tourists.

  • @D3C
    @D3C 2 года назад +19

    This is class! Great editing, great content!

  • @Notedback
    @Notedback Год назад +3

    I used to work for the guys that own this, they also own fruits of the sea

  • @yarandgamersmrgdfnf8613
    @yarandgamersmrgdfnf8613 9 месяцев назад +1

    0:30 who agrees that was the best intro for a show