Royal Republic of Ladonia

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Royal Republic of Ladonia
Flag	Arms
Motto: Sum cuique (English: To each his own) Musical Anthem: Throwing A Stone Into Water (the sound of a stone thrown into water), by Greve Jan Lothe von Eriksen

Location:	Kullaberg Nature Reserve, Sweden
Co-ordinates:	56°17′16″N 12°32′22″E
Area:	1.0 km²
Capital:	Wotan City
Membership:	< 14,000
Date of foundation:	2 June 1996
Leadership:	Ywonne Jarl (Queen Ywonne I Jarl) President President's Shoes (an actual pair of old shoes) Secretary of State Lars Viks
Organisational structure:	Hybrid republic / monarchy
Language:	Phrased Latin
Currency:	Örtug

The Royal Republic of Ladonia (Swedish: ? Ladonien) is an absurdist micronation, created in 1996 by Swedish artist Lars Viks, with tongue-in-cheek territorial pretensions encompassing an approximate 1 square kilometre area near the northwestern extremity of the Kullen Peninsula, within the Kullaberg Nature Reserve, near the town of Mölle.

Originally founded as a kingdom, Ladonia now terms itself a "democratic royal republic", and has a president and a queen as its joint heads-of-state.