Dominion of Melchizedek

The Dominion of Melchizedek is a micronation. It was founded in 1986 by Evan David Pedley and his son, Mark Logan Pedley. The name Melchizedek was chosen based on the eponymous biblical character who considers himself a Dominion Ecclesiastical Sovereign Nation State and raised in the course of time various Souveränitätsanspüche, mainly due to a number of Pacific Islands. It involves the uninhabited Taongi Atoll (Marshall Islands), the Colombian island of Malpelo, Karitane Shoal ( a nine feet below the water's surface lying reef ), which belongs to the Rotuma Islands Solkope Iceland, and the French Clipperton Island.

Publicly announce the Dominion was mainly due to its role in money laundering and the legitimacy of fraudulent offshore banks. Both founders are repeatedly convicted in the U.S. for fraud offenses.

A recognition as a state by a third party is not recognizable. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission refers to it as non-existent. Only in a Washington Post article is talk of a diplomatic recognition by the Central African Republic in 1993, at the same time, however, the article noted, " ... you get the feeling did the Central African Republic would Recognize the State of Denial if it had a letterhead. " mutatis mutandis ". ... one gets the impression that the Central African Republic would recognize any state as long as he has a letterhead "