/sci/ - Science & Math

There was some discussion about this in an earlier thread about how /sci/ might create its own nation. Conquering a third world territory already ruled by a well armed militia is obviously unrealistic. I get that fantasy is the point of those threads but I thought it might be interesting to discuss what could actually be done given the kind of resources most of us have available to us.

The picture is a scene I put together depicting a hypothetical underwater community that houses 56, comprised of mass produced 2 man residential pods that (will soon) retail for $35,000 each. The connector hub is another few thousand, such that each cluster of 4 habitats costs $150,000. With each residence costing about what a new car does, it's conceivable that a group of like minded middleclass enthusiasts could set money aside for a year or two, buy their habitats, tow them out to the site (they are designed to fit on regular boat trailers and be deployed via any boat ramp) and cooperate to assemble them into clusters prior to submersion.

This isn't properly a 'nation', more of an isolated enclave, but it has the futuristic novelty factor /sci/ seems to want in their technocratic republic, it resides on free land that is beautiful and densely packed with free food and energy, as well as being perfectly sheltered from harsh weather and thermal extremes. It would be hard to do better than this on land.

What sayeth /sci/? Would such a community satisfy your criteria, where would you put it, and how would it be organized/administrated?