Table of Contents
Introduction: The Old Man and the Sea (Fort) 1
Part I The Making of a North Sea Kingdom (1921-1967) 7
1 The War Hero and the Beauty Queen 9
2 Fort Madness 19
3 Rock 'n' Roll Rebellion 33
4 The Battle for Roughs Tower 45
5 A Most Eventful Fall 55
6 E Mare Libertas 65
Part II Guns, Germans, and the Defense of a Dynasty (1967-2000) 81
7 Belasco, Buoys, and the Chelmsford Court of Assizes 83
8 Behold the Trappings of Statehood 93
9 Arrival of the Deutschen 101
10 The Coup: World War Sealand 109
11 The Dynasty Expands 127
12 Shots Fired, Forged Passports, and Outrageous Criminality 145
Part III Surviving the Cyber Age (2000-present) 159
13 Cypherpunks and Offshore Data Storage 161
14 Sealand in the New Millennium 181
15 Athleta Principalitas 197
16 Two Moments of Profound Silence 209
17 A Dark Mirror 219
18 Crew Change 231
19 Prince of the Cockles 243
20 King of the Micronations 253
Epilogue: All Hail the Stubborn Kingdom 265
Appendix: Precedent, Justification, and Scholarly Opinion on Sealand as a Sovereign Nation 273
Notes 287
Bibliography & Sources 305
Acknowledgments 327
Index 331