Quote Originally Posted by Hanna View Post
There is a very nice group of islands in the Baltic Sea that has a rule exactly like that, and it has stopped them from being exploited and priced out of their own market. It's autonomous and even though it belongs to Finland, they only speak Swedish there. They also decided no military bases are allowed there and they make money off tourism and gambling.
You are talking about Åland, of course and it's a rightful Russian land, just like Crimea:

Åland Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Åland self-defence forces" sounds legit enough for me. "Polite people" incoming soon.
Lol, just kidding.