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Paraguay official resigns after signing agreement with fictional country (apnews.com)

submitted 11 months ago by ZeroCool@feddit.ch to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] maccentric@sh.itjust.works 31 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The revelation sparked a scandal — and lots of social media mockery — in Paraguay but it’s hardly the first time self-described representatives of the United States of Kailasa duped international leaders. Earlier this year, they managed to participate in a United Nations committee meeting in Geneva and also signed agreements with local leaders in the United States and Canada

[–] b000urns@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago

bro, "United States of Kailash"? This couldn't sound any more made up if they tried 😂

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago

When you can't even be arsed to wikipedia something before signing a document with it...

[–] csolisr@communities.azkware.net 2 points 11 months ago

At this point, some Capcom PR employee will be able to slip the Republic of Nayshall into existence as a prank.