While reading stuff on Wiki, I came across this article on Sealand today. It is a micro-nation. The Wiki piece is here
here. It is located in international waters about 7 miles off the coast of England. The owners consider it a real country though no one recognizes it, however, England and others appear to leave it alone. The official Sealand site is
here. The history is very interesting.
Anyway, a company called HavenCo has been providing co-location services "since May 2000 and is fully operational, offering the world's most secure managed servers in the world's only true free market environment, the Principality of Sealand".
I don't want this to be considered spam so I won't link to HavenCo. I don't know these guys from a hole in the ground but I find it interesting what people will do to get their servers away from the prying eyes of government.
--art