Inside the World's Strangest Micronation

Sealand is one of the strangest political experiments in modern history. Built as a World War II sea fort in the North Sea, it was abandoned after the war until one man claimed it as an independent nation in 1967. Since then, Sealand has created its own flag, government, currency, national anthem, and even issued passports. Yet despite nearly sixty years of existence, no country officially recognizes it as sovereign. So what actually makes a country a country? 00:00 - The Country That Shouldn't Exist 00:45 - Building a Nation at Sea 02:08 - Living Like a Real Country 03:58 - The Passport Scandal