Only for the very well off, of course, but what a fun idea!

I get the appeal, but... if you're privileged enough to spend four years on a ship, then you're probably privileged enough that (with exceptions, such as trans people) you probably won't be significantly harmed by the upcoming policy changes. And those are some of the people the country needs involvement from the most.

And Villa Vie only just departed for its "forever cruise" after being docked for something like six or eight months because they didn't have their shit together. They may or may not be the company I'd want to commit a four-year contract with right now.

Yeah, color me unimpressed. The private island fortress and colony on Mars crowd can travel the world while we suffer. Time to direct our weather control satellites on their route for the duration.

As Bobo is fond of reminding anyone he talks to, all our family and assets are tied to this benighted country so what’s the point?

To be honest, the concept appeals to the fiction writer part of my brain. I can't take the real deal seriously.

Oh sure, it's a fabulous opportunity for literal escapism!

USN offers extended voyages, too

CeejayWriter: The Agatha Christie potential would be pretty high on that sort of a cruise. More Poirot than Miss Marple, I think.

I was pondering the passengers trying to form their own country and lobbying to win over the crew, actually.

Micronations are hawt.

SFFCorgi: Yep indeed!

There's a micronation in "The Flight To Brassbright". Not saying where, it needs to be found.

Okay. Micronation and THEN murders? I am very invested in the murder part.

My micronation doesn't include murders. It DOES include monkeys, though?

Oooh, all you need is ponies then!