Independence
This is an old post from my previous blog, which might show up in the feed again
I don't care much for a country. If the netherlands was attacked by an enemy and I got a call in which they say I'm drafted, everyone in the netherlands is excused when they become 18 (but this might change at anytime), I would pick up my bags and flee. I don't mind fighting for things I'm proud of, but I'm not the least bit proud of the netherlands (goverment) so I won't fight for it. Just so you know I'm proud of our men at arms, where ever they might be, whatever they might be doing. They often have to do what cowardly people require them to do (invasion in Irak was pressed by the goverement).
Anyway at diner I thought wouldn't it be cool to create an independent country. Let's say we buy everything there is on a small island (so we own the island and everything on it) and then declare independence. The next morning the army arrives to supress the freedom fighters (aka you, who owns the entire island, is the only inhabitant and freedom fighter).
Personally I want to do something like that as I want to create an utopia. It will have to start out small and then it will slowly need to grow. All people allowed to enter in the first 25 years should be hard working to make certain progress continues and afterwards the entry rules might become more lenient, to ensure quality. In the end you can be anything you want, you don't need to work, free health care and so on.
The only question that I have is how long it will take after creating this "utopia" for it to fall.