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Podcast: This Day (An America 250 History Show)
Episode: Recent Favorite: The Dominion of Melchizedek (1993)
Description: Here’s a recent favorite episode — we’ll be back real soon with new stories!
It’s June 2nd. This day in 1993, the very-fake nation known as “The Dominion Of Melchizedek” received official recognition from the Central African Republic. The Dominion was a nation set up to commit bank fraud, but now it was formally recognized as a sovereign state.
Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss how Melchizedek was able to exploit a number of legal loopholes to establish itself — and how the scheme brought up all sorts of deeper questions about politics, religion, and more.
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