http://web.archive.org/web/20071223031543/http://www.republic-cyberbunker.or... Background: CyberBunker was built as a NATO base in 1955 In 1995 it was sold to a company under the control of it's present royal family and government. It never officially became dutch territory after 1955 again and was sold as is. Declaration of independance: According to various applicable international treaties, among which, but not limited to: UN Security Council Resolution 1514 (XV) 947th plenary meeting, 14 December 1960: "All people have the right to self-determination, by virtue of that they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economical, social and cultural development". Montevideo Convention (1933): "The state as a person of international law should possess the following qualifications: (a) a permanent population; (b) a defined territory; (c) government; and (d) capacity to enter into relations with the other states." The declaration of independance was enacted on the 1st of August 2002. History: CyberBunker was built in 1955 as a NATO base during the cold war. It was subsequently used to spy on the surrounding dutch population, tap telephones, a radio relay station (using it's original 40 meters antenna mast), it had field telephone lines to pretty much every military base and official building available, and could house up to 70 people for up to 10 years totally autonomous. CyberBunker was built as a nuclear- and biological warfare resistent facility. in 1981 it was squatted by members of Onkruit, a left-wing anti-military organisation which took all information they could find and put it up for auction at Paradiso in Amsterdam (back then this was still a squat). The facility at that time was known as "PMC Bunker Kloetinge", partially used by the BB (Bescherming Bevolking). The remaining files are now known as "the paradiso files" or "PMC-files" and appear to be in the posession of Het Fort van Sjakoo, an Amsterdam squat. The information was "confiscated" the day after they put it up for exposition for the planned auction by military police and most people present got arrested. In 1995 it was sold to a company under the control of it's present royal family and government. It never officially became dutch territory after 1955 again and was sold as is. On Saturday the 27th of July 2002 there was a fire in the bunker. It started in the swimmingpool area which was rented out to what should have been a dutch painting company with a paint-mixer, however this later turned out to be a chinese-triad owned XTC laboratory. The dutch firebrigade was invited to put out the fire as it was no longer under control. on Sunday July 28 dutch police lured several members of the Royal Family and a security guard to their office "to make a statement" and subsequently arrested them upon entering the Netherlands on false grounds. This is still considered an act of war against the Republic CyberBunker and a breach of international diplomacy treaties. HRH Prince Sven and the security officer were abducted and held hostage for a total of 3 weeks and HM King Xennt was held hostage for a grand total of 3 months. Several people that actually operated the XTC lab were later arrested in the Netherlands for operating some other laboratories as well. Government: Government type: Democratic Republic with preservation of royal titles. Head of state: HM King Xennt von CyberBunker, President. Minister of foreign afairs and telecommunications: HRH Prince Sven Olaf von CyberBunker-Kamphuis, MP. Minister of trade and warfare: Sir James Graf von CyberBunker-Robson, MP Geography: Location: +51° 30' 8.06", +3 ° 54' 26.72" The Republic CyberBunker also encompasses various territories and embassies at other european locations as well as overseas besides it's primary territory. Area: total: 2 sq km land: 2 sq km water: 0 sq km Neighboring countries: Surrounded by The Netherlands on all borders. Country name: conventional long form: The Republic CyberBunker conventional short form: CyberBunker local long form: The Republic CyberBunker local short form: CyberBunker abbreviation: RCB Data: Population: 6 Languages: English, Indonesian, German, Dutch, Afrikaans. Currency: Gold, US-Dollar, Euro. Communications: The Republic CyberBunker is not a member of ISO, and expresses no interest in postal mail or telephone country access codes. The Republic CyberBunker operates radio and television stations as well as it's own independant InterNet hosting facilities. Automotive Licence plates: European-format, black background, white border, white print. example: Trade: Companies (legal entities) are registered at the RCB Trade Register. Suffrage: 12 years of age and an IQ over 100; universal Diplomatic relations: The Republic CyberBunker maintains informal diplomatic relations with various EU and non-EU countries and souvereign entities under international law. Tax system: An annual flat-fee tax of USD $15000.- is enforced upon every natural person or company registration. Citizenship: The Republic CyberBunker will issue anyone with an IQ over 100, who is willing to pay the flat-fee citizenship tax, and can provide prove of an income of at least USD $100000.- for at least 2 out of the past 5 years with normal citizenship. Citizens are free to register their companies in the RCB Trade Register. Currenty, the buildings in the Republic CyberBunker serve as internet hosting datacenters (http://www.cyberbunker.com/) The national telecommunications provider CB3ROB DataServices provides the interconnectivity. Providing uncensored internet is the primary source of national income. Copyright (C) 2007 Government of the Republic CyberBunker.