Living on an isolated platform off the Namibian coast sounds like a deliberate plan to get kidnapped by pirates.
No I wasn't stereotyping Africa or ignorant of geography. Did you know there's a lot of piracy on the west coast as well?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piracy_in_the_Gulf_of_Guinea
That's a bit further north than Namibia, but their officials in Namibia say themselves that they're concerned about it.
'Sea piracy is a concern to Namibia' http://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?id=99745&page=archive-r...
That's an understatement: it's over 2000 nautical miles north.
> but their officials in Namibia say themselves that they're concerned about it.
The link you gave was a speech given by the president while commissioning a naval base. I wouldn't place import on his mentioning piracy while listing the functions of a navy in a generic speech: also of concern are "global peace and security" by your terms.
It's an example of Libertarian paradise syndrome; where you want all the comforts of modern civilization with none of the obligations.
The Libertarian version involves paying for a military, I think.
Governments will tolerate seasteading if it's the functional equivalent of parking a big houseboat somewhere. They won't tolerate modern day Tortugas, though.
Pretty much as I understand it, but I don't think they're under the illusion that they don't have to maintain some sort of relationship with land-based nations.
>What stops a navy coming and confiscating your equipment then?
Nothing? Some form of diplomacy?
>They stop drug smugglers and pirates in international waters all the time. And you'll be static!
They never stop them all. I don't think I will be static. I'll be on the beach.