00:00:00
Speaker 1: In two thousand and five, Zach Landsberg bought a piece of desert land on eBay and started his own country.
00:00:07
Speaker 2: I took the flag pole and just planted the flag and just kind of looked out of like this is mine, this dirt and this desert brush, like I own this.
00:00:15
Speaker 1: It wasn't quite so simple about in our country.
00:00:17
Speaker 2: This would be against the rule, this would be tracy.
00:00:19
Speaker 1: This is where government and the American dream kind of clash. We ought to find you and run you out of the country for starting your own nation, Zach persisted, you.
00:00:28
Speaker 2: Know, and they're just like, you can't have these I'm like, well, man, are you seizing every Disneyland passport that comes by? And they're like that's different. It's like how they were like, we know where Disneyland is, we don't know where Zakistan is. It turns out Zach's not alone. I am King Ernesty Manuel, I am the Queen of Ladonia.
00:00:48
Speaker 1: I'm Jackson, first King of Kapperberg.
00:00:49
Speaker 3: I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mintonia. All over the US people are starting their own micro nations. Please don't stand in the troops. We had a peace of loving nation and we wish to cooperate with the United States in almost every way except for the Texas and laws.
00:01:04
Speaker 1: And now with America on the brink of whatever comes next, Zach's looking to open up his borders. What will be the procedure to get nationality of the Zakistan? Kindly please send me the detail and make his nation stronger.
00:01:18
Speaker 2: They're fifty five pounds of water five hundred pounds of concrete. Join us on a journey to uncharted territory far from just about anywhere.
00:01:27
Speaker 1: Learning to fly a plane by trial and error seems like a bad idea. I didn't have my choice.
00:01:32
Speaker 2: It's also fun if you don't kill yourself.
00:01:35
Speaker 1: To a country within a country.
00:01:36
Speaker 2: We still have the off road portion to go, and we're losing daylight fast.
00:01:43
Speaker 3: Everything's gonna be just fine.
00:01:45
Speaker 1: Oh my god, what is that?
00:01:47
Speaker 3: Bullets?
00:01:47
Speaker 2: Bulls?
00:01:49
Speaker 1: That's scary to capitate any of us.
00:01:54
Speaker 3: Listen, like so the wind's really crazy and it's actually kind of hard to find.
00:01:58
Speaker 2: In the dark of in the light as well.
00:02:02
Speaker 1: Listen to Escape from Zakistan.
00:02:04
Speaker 3: Are you there?
00:02:08
Speaker 1: That's Escape from z a q a Istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts,
Speaker 1: In two thousand and five, Zach Landsberg bought a piece of desert land on eBay and started his own country.
00:00:07
Speaker 2: I took the flag pole and just planted the flag and just kind of looked out of like this is mine, this dirt and this desert brush, like I own this.
00:00:15
Speaker 1: It wasn't quite so simple about in our country.
00:00:17
Speaker 2: This would be against the rule, this would be tracy.
00:00:19
Speaker 1: This is where government and the American dream kind of clash. We ought to find you and run you out of the country for starting your own nation, Zach persisted, you.
00:00:28
Speaker 2: Know, and they're just like, you can't have these I'm like, well, man, are you seizing every Disneyland passport that comes by? And they're like that's different. It's like how they were like, we know where Disneyland is, we don't know where Zakistan is. It turns out Zach's not alone. I am King Ernesty Manuel, I am the Queen of Ladonia.
00:00:48
Speaker 1: I'm Jackson, first King of Kapperberg.
00:00:49
Speaker 3: I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mintonia. All over the US people are starting their own micro nations. Please don't stand in the troops. We had a peace of loving nation and we wish to cooperate with the United States in almost every way except for the Texas and laws.
00:01:04
Speaker 1: And now with America on the brink of whatever comes next, Zach's looking to open up his borders. What will be the procedure to get nationality of the Zakistan? Kindly please send me the detail and make his nation stronger.
00:01:18
Speaker 2: They're fifty five pounds of water five hundred pounds of concrete. Join us on a journey to uncharted territory far from just about anywhere.
00:01:27
Speaker 1: Learning to fly a plane by trial and error seems like a bad idea. I didn't have my choice.
00:01:32
Speaker 2: It's also fun if you don't kill yourself.
00:01:35
Speaker 1: To a country within a country.
00:01:36
Speaker 2: We still have the off road portion to go, and we're losing daylight fast.
00:01:43
Speaker 3: Everything's gonna be just fine.
00:01:45
Speaker 1: Oh my god, what is that?
00:01:47
Speaker 3: Bullets?
00:01:47
Speaker 2: Bulls?
00:01:49
Speaker 1: That's scary to capitate any of us.
00:01:54
Speaker 3: Listen, like so the wind's really crazy and it's actually kind of hard to find.
00:01:58
Speaker 2: In the dark of in the light as well.
00:02:02
Speaker 1: Listen to Escape from Zakistan.
00:02:04
Speaker 3: Are you there?
00:02:08
Speaker 1: That's Escape from z a q a Istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts,
