Unilateral declarations of independence by extra-territorial bases

Vessels can anchor outside the territorial limit in order to broadcast into a country without being constrained by national regulations or taxation. Abandoned installations (such as oil platforms or anti-aircraft platforms) constructed on the coastal shelf outside territorial limits may be taken over by individuals and groups and then declared independent of the country which originally built them.

1. Uncontrolled satellite broadcasting
2. Conflicting claims concerning off-shore territorial waters

1. Rogue states
2. Enclaves and exclaves

1. Granting independence to colonial territories
2. Encouraging national self-determination
3. Decolonizing
4. Challenging claims of independence by extra-territorial bases

1. Unilateralism
2. Independence
3. Dependence