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EstablishedSource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0692 · as of 2026-10-27 · about: Micronation · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team

“In 1967 Paddy Roy Bates took over Roughs Tower, a decommissioned naval fort about seven miles off the Suffolk coast, and on 2 September 1967 declared the Principality of Sealand; the Territorial Sea Act 1987 later set the breadth of the UK territorial sea at twelve nautical miles.”

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Micronations and the Search for Sovereignty

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