Questions about establishing a government

[Queso]

i'm a dreamer and someday if i'm rich i hope to buy a small island big enough for a small airstrip.

now if this ever happens, could i establish my own government on the island, and call it a country?

is there some kind of global bs rule where people can't do this?

and let's just say i did establish a government, does this mean i could go to those big fancy meetings with a bunch of countries?

 

would i even want to establish a government?....or just live on it and do whatever i want, living with a group of people who live by developing philosophy instead of physical documents? that actually sounds nicer.

[bumab]

I think all the land in the world has been claimed by some country or other, so you'd have to buy it form them. Once you did... I suppose you could. Open up a ritzy hotel, pay taxes to yourself... Pretty nice retirement, I'll bet :)

[Queso]

any idea how many millions of dollars something like this would cost?

[lindagarrette]

I think all the land in the world has been claimed by some country or other, so you'd have to buy it form them. Once you did... I suppose you could. Open up a ritzy hotel, pay taxes to yourself... Pretty nice retirement, I'll bet :)

Antarctica is wide open.

[Queso]

yeah but honestly...who wants to freeze to death?

[Fishteacher73]

Antarctica is wide open.

 

I believe there is an international treaty that bans the colonization or exploitation of reasources on it though.

[bumab]

There is a treaty, and the whole contenent is divyed up into zones of control, i thought. while no one technically owns it, it's still all spoken for by the international community, i think

[Fishteacher73]

I am sure that there are unclaimed atolls and whatnot in the Pacific. I guess there might be some stipulations in the UN charter that defines the requirements for a gov't. Perhaps some goggling is in order...

[Fishteacher73]

Acording to the UN Charter:

Article 4

1. Membership in the United Nations is open to all other peace-loving states which accept the obligations contained in the present Charter and, in the judgment of the Organization, are able and willing to carry out these obligations.

 

2. The admission of any such state to membership in the United Nations will be effected by a decision of the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council.

 

I guess you need at last a military and some friends on the Security Council.

[Queso]

just like sanctus's signature....who needs an army?? F that, i'm not having an army. no government for me

[sanctus]

I don't remeber who, but one of the big rock-musicians of the 60-70's has bought an island and banned everyone from entering it (himself as well) to make a natural environment without humans...

[sanctus]

Found something else here

http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa081100a.htm

 

and here

http://www.sealandgov.com/index.html

 

That should answer your question orbyscly

[Queso]

wow that stuff is awesome, thanks sanctus. i love how he fired warning shots at the boat and totally got away with it-that is great. :)

[Biochemist]

any idea how many millions of dollars something like this would cost?

There are some islands in the US (like in the great lakes regions) that area as little as 10 Million. You would stil be a US taypayer/citizen/law abider, but the price is not so bad.

[Queso]

i'm sorry but i think that is completely absurd.

[Biochemist]

i'm sorry but i think that is completely absurd.

Which? The price, or being in the US?

[Queso]

eh, both.