Considering that the vast majority of people living in such a place would already be US citizens, I think it would be hard for them to pull this off and retain legitimacy. I’m well within my rights to simple sail ashore, buy some junk, and sail back to my houseboat 14 miles out.
Actually, I take it back. I didn’t like this rambling essay full of gaps of logic one bit. I assume it is some sort of rough draft… The questions raised in the beginning remain unanswered.
It’s not the best essay but thought it was worth a mention. I think he did a more coherent version for Hoppe’s Feschrift but I remember thinking there were more ideas in the original.