This Is Technically A Country… I Explored It
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2021
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I'm moving to Sealand who's coming with me?
Hi Zac plz reply and I'll be there
Edit:wow I'm first to reply
Me
count me in
I'm in!
Definitely me!
Brilliant storytelling as ever boys
Boy*
Max annoyed he didn’t find out about this place first
You should fill jay's missing spot 👀👀
@@harryblock_3826 idk if the zac and max show rolls off the tongue as well
Up for a collab mad fish? Got some noice video ideas for my upcoming UA-cam channel
Sealand should host the world cup
*Olympics
There’s already plans for it in 2026
They have a team… and shirts. I tried to buy one.
They should
@@Andi_Frost_XPR0PR18world cup not olympics
Ironically, Sealand could give you more legit Lord or Lady title than _Established Title Scams_
Much rather have Sealandi citizenship then whatever _Unestablished Titles_ was offering.
BASED
@@downscale F
It doesn't count because Established Titles is fake.
@@downscale they do⬅️
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.
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
but didnt they have bomber planes that could fly out way further than a cannon?
@@mysterystainontherug6290 Maybe the boundary for international waters was determined before bomber planes could fly.
@@mysterystainontherug6290 USA claims the world now.
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.
“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
There are international laws
think*
@@parkadeigogaming9792 no, Sealand is not part of the UN so things like Geneva convention don’t apply to them
@@kokotree9226 that means it just a Geneva suggestion?
@@saberz7027 pretty much
“There’s little parts of history all over the place”
“Like that knob?”
“All part of the history mate”
Class video 😂😂😂
when i first read this i thought u meant a door knob,, boy was i wrong
@@mercolour same
@@mercolour yup
what knobb boris
They have more years of history than kosovo
it's a double edged sword. nobody can tell you to stop, but nobody is coming to help you.
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
Code Name Kids Next Door: UK edition
It's engrained into humans to do so. Kids building forts is to adults building countries.
bro kids literally watch dream smp and go “i wanna start l’manberg!!”
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*“He’s found it. The randomly generated temple structure”*
And in all its glory
Leaving my mark here
yesss
Did you know sealand is 0.01 times bigger than vatican
amazing
The invasion story was mental
They don’t mess around
Considering it’s Tiny aswell
It would be an alright place to put Anti-air, long range artillery ect
They are people who dont need a government and can conduct themselves as freemen.
More like metal
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?
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.
Yes if it's not in territorial waters but it's more complicated
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.
That's why you don't do it alone...@@garrukthewildspeaker262
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
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
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.
@David I wonder what the sealand hospital is like
@@citizenkyouma probably just a stretcher bed and a first aid kit
why do that when u can just go into some rich persons house and pay the law to look away. bonus trafficking too
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
@@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
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.
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.
Share some of his stories plssss!!
Can you share a story that was really traumatizing to him. If you cant its okay
@@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.
@@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.
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
*BREAKING NEWS*
Sealand joins the UN!
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
You can become a Lord, or any other title, and obtain an ID card as a citizen, just go to their page
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.
@@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?
Everyone: The smallest country is Vatican city
Me: The smallest country is Sealand
Me: the smallest country is an atom
@@GuitarPlayingFeline that’s a country?? You learn something new every day
The smallest country is quarter of antom
@@GuitarPlayingFeline the smallest country is your pp
@@Top10CLICKBAITPLANES the smallest country is your pp
The editing is always on point!!!
Music also is wonderful
When
@@Elliott185 skrapz
Are you the editor ?
"All this wind and solar stuff was actually my invention."
"Some people think it was god..."
fucking brilliant 😂
I've dreamed of something like this, usually thinking about abandoned oil rigs...and usually imagining living on one after an apocalypse...
@Vegan Pete is that actually a thing?
they should make more platforms and make whole towns
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.
@@zero3711 dont think thats just gonna crumble tbh mate
@@bradleywhite7285 Over a long time the metal will rust through. Idk how long specifically, but it will adventually.
I thought i heard the tube walls are (only) 300mm thick
Waterworld is the way, they could make underwater pods as well as floating islands
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
I figured it wouldn't really hold for long
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.
@@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.
@@markmandel6738 You know, Falkland isalnds are pretty far away as well I reckon
@@markmandel6738 unfortunately, uk waters now extend to 12 miles
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?
Yeah, it's that green roofing, im pretty sure.
Recognizethem as an independant state then
It's usually underwater though 🙄
It's actually water football team
Lol
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.
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Are you high??? How many barges of material would that take?
@@tonynickels6452It probably wouldn't actually be that difficult. They could get maybe a couple barges of large boulders and pile them in a circle around the base and then dredge dirt out of the seafloor and deposit it between the rocks and the structure. The rocks would hold the soil in place.
People dredge canals and harbors all the time. There are also many places in which land was "reclaimed" to create artificial islands or extend shorelines. I am just suggesting putting those two concepts together.
I've heard about this thing via UA-cam 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
You should found a neighbouring country and call it New Sealand....wait....
Lol. There were a few times where I thought they were actually saying 'Zealand'.
I live in new ZEALAND not New sealand tho :(
@@PennyGraham *whoosh*
@@scoobysam5466 r/Whoosh
@UCZ8rIILKl9vEDYLxT5G9LUg shut up
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,
Yes, but we can shoot cannons across many bodies of water
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.
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.
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!
RIP your bro.
huh@@LandersWorkshop
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!
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.
Thanks sir!
And jay?
@@mattiabinotto2734 he can swear moore?
First video of yours I have watched. Love the humor and history. Subscribed
This was awesome. I always knew about this place, but this is the first real look I got of it. Awesome job.
imagine saying "i took over a country, with a pistol, a single pistol"
Woah first time getting 1k
Hmm yes I took over an country with bare hands.
@@SPHYNX_F1 hmm, i can walk across the country in 3 seconds
@@tyranoxis7386 hmm i can blow up an whole country with an brahmos
hmm, by crashing my boat into poles, i put an entire country in total anarchy
@@juniperye4914 hmm by sniping 4-5 ppl i can take over the whole country
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
A giant swing with no backup safety harness. If that shit breaks you just fall lmao.
"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 😳
We like our irony.@@brians132
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
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.
This is incredible - ridiculous edit - Zac’s opening monologue - exploring the edges of society - pure vintage Zac&Jay
here he is
@@LiamBedford Lord Liam Bedford? LLB?
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
How many people even live there how can they field a team
@@d4rk678 they have 20 some people living on the “island” but around 120 some have been granted citizensip
This is an absolute inspiration!
i wonder how long the journey is to get grocery's
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.
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.
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 👍
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.
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
And you're also friends with the king of Italy
Exactly what I was thinking. "Well, I'm actually a prince. I manage my own country." Dude is super good looking too ngl
@@maxfern5701 plot twist he ends up being gay and his brother too xD
that be the funniest part
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.
Do not look up "italo-ethiopian war"
Own language? They just spoke italian or did I missed that point?
@@Avarage.Joe-David The official language was Esperanto
Yeah and isola delle Rose was built 3 years before this one.....
Wow this was awesome!!
This is brilliant, live his attitude
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.
They're looking at colonizing space; building private space stations
@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.
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..
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.
So u think a peice of shit out there is a treasure , wearing rose colored glasses
not many can say their family owns something so small yet so badass
The sealand lore goes so deep!
Interesting how such a small place has so much interesting about it.
Amazing. I studied this place so much. Great video. Pirate Mecca.
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?
oh and taiwan!
And Isra- bam bam bam
@@yko_7313 and Istria
Filk, i think it is italy, but staying in croatia would be wise
KOSOVO JE SERBIA
I'm just joking I'm Hungarian.
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.
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
@@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.
I was kinda hoping the prince would mention that, I wonder if he’s even aware
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.
same 🤣
Btw sick vid! Keep up the good work
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.
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!
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
Ye
slay
"Birdshit. Grass." Possibly my favourite bit, of a lot of favourite bits.
The toilet part got me by surprise 😂😂😂 this was very interesting to watch. Thank you for another awesome video. 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺
The story off sealand would make such a good film
There is a movie on Netflix: Rose Island. That is about an 'illegal' island on the coast of Italy.
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.
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.
Great video!
Zac: if only I could describe it in words
also Zac: it's fuckin' massive
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.
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!
19:28 largest field in sealand
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.
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!
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!
Ordered a title for a friend... Waiting for the certificate to be emailed. Great idea.
I've know about that place for 30 years but today I learned you can go down in the base !!
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...
“Be seeing you” I think Mike, head of security is actually a prisoner...
interesting theory
@@ZacAlsop this reply hints he’s a prisoner even more
He's not just part of the fixtures and fittings, fact ☺
@@ZacAlsop Seeing as how there was an episode of Danger Man made at the forts.
man, i love sealand so much >:)
Good work boys bloody well done.
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.
do this person just mansplain a video that already had all of the relevant details nah
@@jessicaaitken8858 did you just mansplained the fact that he was mansplaining what was already mansplained in the video?? Smh smh frl
Ya he didn’t say that in the video 😐
@@locakovvonloczkov7147 DID YOU JUST ASSUME EVERYONES GENDER 😱😰
@@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
Incredible work Zac and team! Loved this one 😍
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.
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
As mad as that was, it probably worked out for the best.
This is class! Great editing, great content!
Great storytelling, great edit, and just weird enough to be a Zac and Jay special. Another quality video
Thats insanely cool
Great mindset ✌️✊
another great video you can see how much effort was put into the video
"Strange ole chaps women, aren't they" quality bloke 😂
"I walked across an entire country!"
The country:
You just gained a subscriber just because you’ve dropped the F bomb I fucking loved it😂😂
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.
this is epic, as a fisherman off this coast i've never heard of this until my mate said he wanted to fish around here so i had to look it up, great documentary thanks for the insight :)
Live a couple of miles away in Harwich. Can see it in the horizon. Would love to visit.
0:30 who agrees that was the best intro for a show
I just discovered you guys. You have a "TopGear" feel to your show.
Keep up the good work.
your guys' choice of music always makes me wanna keep watching!
This country is right next to me I can literally see it from the coastline it's pretty cool
21:28 Did anyone else think this was a the start of an add? 😂😊
This channel never fails to surprise me. Amazing.
Yes Zac! What a video! Keep up the good work mate.🔥
This is so British to do :)
Those legs on the rig will not last forever
Great job Zac
It's over-engineered, it's good for a few hundred years.
this man has power