Why would anyone do that? They're trading partners. They provide lots of seafood at good prices, cheap biofuel, some light industrial work, and they're attractive tourist destinations.
Nobody's raided the Cayman Islands yet. I don't know whether seasteads would end up being offshore financial centers, but plenty of island nations are providing all sorts of financial services to criminal organizations without significant consequences.
technological advancements for defence, like Laserturrets.
And the fact, that nuking is considered a crime against humanity even when you target libertarians.
Does not mean that it will not be tried, though, as soon as they will be seen as a threat to any big player established. But there are lots of easier options, than plain nuking - "terrorists" for example. "A previous unknown generic terrorist group just has hit Seastate X, how tragic"
DennisP|7 years ago
convery|7 years ago
dragonwriter|7 years ago
But I suspect its failure (to keep out international criminal orgs), not economic success, that gets them raided by traditional nation-states.
DennisP|7 years ago
hutzlibu|7 years ago
And the fact, that nuking is considered a crime against humanity even when you target libertarians.
Does not mean that it will not be tried, though, as soon as they will be seen as a threat to any big player established. But there are lots of easier options, than plain nuking - "terrorists" for example. "A previous unknown generic terrorist group just has hit Seastate X, how tragic"
zerostar07|7 years ago