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Sejak tahun 1967, fasilitas ini telah diduduki oleh seorang mantan Mayor Inggris [[Paddy Roy Bates]]; rekan dan keluarganya mengklaim tempat ini sebagai negara berdaulat yang independen.
== Sejarah ==
===Sejarah HM Fort Roughs===
{{Main|HM Fort Roughs}}
Pada 1943, selama Perang Dunia II, HM Fort Roughs dibangun oleh Britania Raya sebagai salah satu dari [[Benteng Maunsell]],<ref name="seaswaterways">{{cite book|last=Zumerchik|first=John|title=Seas and Waterways of the World: An Encyclopedia of History, Uses, and Issues|year=2008|publisher=ABC-CLIO Ltd|isbn=978-1-85109-711-1|url=http://books.google.com/?id=IBKoUXrF5p0C&pg=PA563&dq=hm+fort+roughs#v=onepage&q=hm%20fort%20roughs&f=false|page=563}}</ref> terutama untuk pertahanan
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penting; it comprised a floating [[Pontoon (boat)|pontoon]] base with a superstructure of two hollow towers joined by a deck upon which other structures could be added. The fort was towed to a position above the [[Rough Sands]] sandbar, where its base was deliberately flooded to allow it to sink to its final resting place on the sandbar. The location chosen was approximately 7 nautical miles from the coast of [[Suffolk]], outside the then [[three-mile limit|three-mile territorial water]] claim of the United Kingdom and therefore in [[international waters]].<ref name=seaswaterways /> The facility (called Roughs Tower or HM Fort Roughs) was occupied by 150–300 [[Royal Navy]] personnel throughout World War II; not until well after the war, in 1956, were the last full-time personnel taken off HM Fort Roughs.<ref name=seaswaterways />
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