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have no welfare, looser building codes, no minimum wage, and few restric=ions on weapons. Aiming to have tens of millions of residents by 2050, the Seastead=ng Institute says architectural plans for a prototype involve a movable, d=esel-powered structure with room for 270 residents. =p class=MsoNormal s

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