Johnny Depp owns an island. Picked it up for $3M. He calls it " Fuckoff Island"

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Tom Hanks was dumped on that island once.

Google is your friend.

i googled this before posting, i was able to find many islands for sale, but you still have to follow the rules of the country which you buy it from, i need to know if you can buy one and claim it as your own country and make your own rules. Google didn't really help with that.

There are no unclaimed islands left. You could go in one and declare independence, but expect some military guys to come kill you. If you manage to fight them off, and you grow successful, expect a larger country to come and take your country.

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Originally posted by Sunsnail There are no unclaimed islands left. You could go in one and declare independence, but expect some military guys to come kill you. If you manage to fight them off, and you grow successful, expect a larger country to come and take your country.

Call your island 'Petoria'

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Hell no. Jean-Pierristan

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Originally posted by NourYega ... buy a country? i mean like buy an island from a country then get your independence. Then make your own rules, flag, name etc ... And if that's possible, does anybody know if there is any country for sale.

Yes, they're called "Micronations" CLICK

List of micronations around the world (CLICK)

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Micronations — sometimes also referred to as fantasy countries, model countries, and new country projects — are entities that resemble independent nations or states but which are unrecognized by world governments or major international organisations. These nations usually exist only on paper, on the Internet, or in the minds of their creators. Micronations differ from secession and self-determination movements in that they are largely viewed as being eccentric and ephemeral in nature, and are often created and maintained by a single person or family group. Some micronations have managed to extend some of their operations into the physical world by issuing coins, flags, postage stamps, passports, medals, and other items. Such trappings of "real" sovereign states are created as a way of seeking to legitimize the micronations that produce them. The term "micronation" dates at least to the 1970s (see The People's Almanac #2, page 330) to describe the many thousands of small, unrecognized, state-like entities that have mostly arisen since that time. The term has since also come to be used retroactively to refer to earlier ephemeral unrecognized entities, some of which date as far back as the early 19th century.

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Check out the Republic of Molossia

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nice krypton, thank you. That's the info i was looking for.

Just build one out in international waters.

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Originally posted by Beat Blog Just build one out in international waters.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasteading