So one day this guy was boating in the waters near the Shetland Islands in the North Sea. His boat capsizes and he winds up on this deserted island. He decides to stay & live there in a tent.
Seven years later he decides the island is his and he's not answering to any government but his own anymore.
The owner of a tiny island in off Scotland declared its independence from the United Kingdom on Saturday, saying he wanted the territory, population one, to be a crown dependency like the Channel Islands.
He is Forvik's only resident, and his home is a tent on the storm-battered island. He says on his website that he plans to create Forvik's own currency -- the "gulde" -- print his own stamps and raise his own flag.
"There will be no income tax, VAT (value added tax), council tax, corporation tax, or any of the other taxes instituted by the British government," Hill wrote.
I love this guy.
