T/N: NO JOKE. Get yourself an official
Noble Title from the Principality of Sealand for ’19.99!
¡Let's Greet People!¡
¡Let's Persuade People!¡
T/N: according to the author notes... Apparently Latvia
attacked the British Crown Prince once with flowers.
Editor's Note: Story here. A Latvian schoolgirl protesting
against the war in Afghanistan (and Latvia joining NATO) attacked
Prince Charles with a red carnation during his 2001 Baltic tour.
¡It's Sealand-kun's Big Brother!¡
T/N: I'm pretty sure the event they talk about in this
last strip is this.
¡Iggy-iggy's Decree to Come Home!¡
¡Sealand Spirit¡
Incidentally, England and Sealand are always fighting about
whether or not he is a country, but the soldier who takes care of
and rescues him is England.
¡Sealand Troops¡
When the usual Royal Family is absent from Sealand,
a single soldier takes care of it with one rifle.
The Sealand National Anthem is "From the Sea, Freedom"
[E Mare Libertas]. It is the theme of this one soldier.
They say that, even though it is usually only one person,
in emergencies the Prince will gather Sealand Soldiers from all
over the world.
T/N: G8. Wikipedia also tells me - 23 June 2006, the top platform of the
Roughs Tower (Sealand) caught fire due to an electrical failure.
¡It's That Jerk England!¡
What will you do for a Christmas Present?
¡Sealand really is selling himself¡
Sealand's King decided by himself to sell Sealand.
The sum is said to be amounted to 100,000,000 but in reality,
whether or not you can sell a "nation" is...
Sealand was offered for sale through Spanish estate
company InmoNaranja. Since a principality cannot technically be sold,
Sealand's current owners plan to transfer "custodianship".
The asking price is ?750 million (’600 million).
¡Bid Accepted¡
A guy who noticed, bid.
T/N: In January 2007 'Swedish pirates', that is, the guys behind the
Swedish file-sharing site thepiratebay.org, tried to buy Sealand. Story here.
¡Messenger from the Baltic States¡
