It doesn't occur to these idiots that if they are outside the jurisdiction of any government, they are also outside the *protection* of any government.
And if, say, Albania decides they want the "island" or something on it, they'll just sail up a destroyer or two and *take* it.
If they attempt to arm their island to resist that sort of thing, the weapons will either be inadequate or violate arms export laws, which will get them an unfriendly visit from the Navy of one of the major powers.
Me? I've played around with ideas on and off for years. To start with, I'd need a section or two (a section is a one-mile square of land that's one of the basic units that land is divided into most of the US).
The section(s) would have to be in the right sort of terrain and climate (I want some woods, but need a "meadow" occupying most of the central area).
Underground "house" built around a central "well". And provisions to close the well with something approaching blast doors.
Other likely features are a raised berm (made to look like a natural rise) surrounding the well at a distance. Possibly waterfall feature down one side of the well.
Near the edge of the property would be the "garage" (built into the side of a mound, that again would be made to look natural on at least the side(s) visible from off the property.
And the utilities would enter at a similar "mound".
Part of the idea for those garage/utilities "mound" is that it's really *hard* to vandalize something like that.
Connections to the house would be underground, and if possible, be large enough to walk thru. The heck with having to dig things up for repair. Just walk down the service tunnel and open the conduit.
I figure the kitchen, dining room, living room and bedrooms would all open onto the well. Have a corridor around them, and things like storage, laundry room, etc on the outer side of the ring corridor.
Terrain gets a bit tricky because there needs to be someplace *lower* than the bottom of the "well" to drain things to.
Maybe someplace on the rim of the Columbia Gorge or the like?
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And if, say, Albania decides they want the "island" or something on it, they'll just sail up a destroyer or two and *take* it.
If they attempt to arm their island to resist that sort of thing, the weapons will either be inadequate or violate arms export laws, which will get them an unfriendly visit from the Navy of one of the major powers.
Me? I've played around with ideas on and off for years. To start with, I'd need a section or two (a section is a one-mile square of land that's one of the basic units that land is divided into most of the US).
The section(s) would have to be in the right sort of terrain and climate (I want some woods, but need a "meadow" occupying most of the central area).
Underground "house" built around a central "well". And provisions to close the well with something approaching blast doors.
Other likely features are a raised berm (made to look like a natural rise) surrounding the well at a distance. Possibly waterfall feature down one side of the well.
Near the edge of the property would be the "garage" (built into the side of a mound, that again would be made to look natural on at least the side(s) visible from off the property.
And the utilities would enter at a similar "mound".
Part of the idea for those garage/utilities "mound" is that it's really *hard* to vandalize something like that.
Connections to the house would be underground, and if possible, be large enough to walk thru. The heck with having to dig things up for repair. Just walk down the service tunnel and open the conduit.
I figure the kitchen, dining room, living room and bedrooms would all open onto the well. Have a corridor around them, and things like storage, laundry room, etc on the outer side of the ring corridor.
Terrain gets a bit tricky because there needs to be someplace *lower* than the bottom of the "well" to drain things to.
Maybe someplace on the rim of the Columbia Gorge or the like?