Would you buy an island, and form your own country?

[BlackEagle95]

I'd do it and populate it with people only with teenagers.

*Raises Flame Shield*

I realize my generation is pretty f'ed up, but I have seen little glimmers of hope that I sometimes fear will be drowned out in a sea of stupidity. My country would take them and give them a place to build up as they see fit. I honestly don't think I'm one of them, nor do I think a bunch of teenagers will somehow solve all the world's problems by magic. I just think it would be interesting, or hilarious to see.


Or I could just build a massive castle and surrounding village for me and my peoples(Friends, Family, people who pay.)

 

[MammothBlade]

Oh yes... maybe somewhere roughly the size of Jersey, with Cornish weather. Might as well make myself Baron.

In which case, I would live in and rule from this mighty keep:

Spoiler

I would be smart about the infrastructure. Security, self-sufficiency, and survival are #1 concerns, which have to be balanced with the objective of keeping a reasonably small, stable population to ensure an island community.

Residence and access would first be allowed only to "friends", family, labourers, and business associates, but it would also be a haven for secretive high-tech industries. People would be closely vetted before being permitted to live on the island.

The laws for legal residents would be rather libertarian. I don't agree with petty legislation micromanaging peoples' lives. Drugs laws would be reasonably relaxed, with softer drugs legal. Gun laws would be relatively slack too, provided the existence of loyal, well-armed bodyguards. However, punishments for willful disobedience of the generous law would be most "cruel and unusual".

 

[game-lover]

Nope.

It calls for leadership and I don't have the skills. Too much pressure and all of that.

 

[Goldeneye103X2]

I would, actually. What would I do with it? Well, you know Island by Aldous Huxley?

Yeah, that.

 

[Right Hook]

I would totally buy an island and form a community if I could afford it and find the backing. I would probably keep it under 1000 people and only people who could contribute something useful and their families. I'd personally bring whatever family and friends wanted to join. I'd only accept educated, responsibly people to be civilians on the island and I'd make it completely sustained off of hydro, solar and wind power. I'd try to keep it somewhere just off the coast of a country so we could build a cell phone tower and get a WiFi signal for the residents of the island. I'd create a vacation resort for wealthy people, so we'd have money flowing into our community. Every resident would be required to own a firearm and be properly trained in its use, in case people came to our island and tried to prey on the community. I'd build a college on the island for residents and obviously other various shops. We would attempt to create a completely self sustaining system on the island and in all areas become an example of how its possible to live peacefully and prosper when you aren't concerned with dominating the world and becoming rich.