Sitting in a remote part of the vast Nevada desert is a strange micro-nation with its own dictator, a currency based on cookie dough and a complete ban on walruses.
The bizarre Republic of Molossia sounds like the fevered dream of a sleep deprived comic book writer but its very much real, even if they haven't managed to get formal recognition from the UN quite yet.
Found in the Dayton Valley, near the Carson River, it was founded on May 26, 1977, by Kevin Baugh, who serves as Dictator, and his friend James Spielman.
