A crucial part of our political realism is modesty in our goals. We won't start out demanding recognition from other nations, acceptance of our passports, or a seat in the UN. We'll asl only to be left alone to experiment with our pioneering lifestyle in peace. Frankly, we think its absurd for projects in the planning stage to focus significant effort on these matters. Its like an american pioneering family who are planning their move west to an unsettled region thinking about how to get formal recognition as a state, when they should be worrying about cabins, crops, and packing their Conestoga wagon. The trappings of statehood can come later (if ever) when it is obvious that a group of seasteads qualifies as a country by any reasonable definition.