Antarctica no longer has an unclaimed portion. According to its official
website, the Dominion of Melchizedek has claimed this portion, which
represents 1% of the earth's area. IUt also claims various pacific atolls.
The Dominion is the imagined realm of an American conman, who changed his
name to something rather Jewish, and has caused trouble to banks in the US
through the issuance of cheques from 'banks' based in his 'country'. Late
last year, Philippine authorities arrested 3 westerners who purported to be
high level officials of the Dominion, who had conned Bangladeshis and
Filippinos into parting with US$5000 apiece for 'permits' to work in
'highpayed jobs' in the Dominion. The dominion has officially distanced
itself from those arrested.  However, several countries have accepted
Dominion passports, and at least one country has extended formal
recognition to the dominion (the CAR), while the Asia-Pacific
Parliamentarians' Union has accorded it observer status.
For further information, see www.melchizedek.com, from which the following
has been extracted.   
it would seem that the dominion is trying hard to achieve some recognition,
but is in reality a large scam. However, it is interesting to note that the
Canberra Yellow Pages lists the dominon with a PO Box and a phone number in
the Embassies listing. While anyone could get a listing there for any
company, it does provide a certain superficial proof of 'legitimacy' to the
unwary. After all, Palestine has a listing nearby too.
Brendan Whyte, University of Melbourne


>From the website:

Dominion of Melchizedek

Overview

The Dominion of Melchizedek (mal-khay-tzed-ek) is a recognized
ecclesiastical and
constitutional sovereignty inspired by the principles of the Melchizedek
Bible. The
Dominion's activities are governmental, spiritual, political, educational,
humanitarian,
and commercial. References are made to Melchizedek's eternal sovereignty
throughout Hebrew and Christian Holy Writ. All monotheistic religions
spring from the
blessing Old Testament Abraham received from Melchizedek, the righteous
king of
peace and history's first monotheistic teacher of the Most High God.
Resulting from
various acquisitions of islands throughout the 1990's, and tax-free,
minimal banking
legislation, Melchizedek has become known as the Switzerland of the
Pacific. DOM has
also been referred to as the "Sovereign Order of Melchizedek", (SOOM), the
"Kingdom
of Melchizedek" (KOM); and its constitution may be amended to allow for the
official
use of the name "Republic of Melchizedek" (ROM). 

                                                                       

Government 

The Government of the Dominion of Melchizedek (also sometimes spelled,
Melchizedech or Melchizedec) consists of
three branches, not unlike the structures of the United States of America
or that of the United Kingdom. 

These branches are known as The Executive Branch, The Legislative Branch,
and The Judiciary Branch. 


      The Executive Branch is made up of the senior officers of the
Dominion, namely the President, Vice President,
      Cabinet members, Ambassadors, and certain others. 

      The Legislative Branch is comprised of the House of Elders which is
the governing body of the Dominion,
      similar to parliament in the United Kingdom. Its members are more
commonly known as "Elders". 

      The Judiciary Branch consists of a senior court known as the Supreme
Court. Its functions, with certain
      exceptions, are not to try cases of law, but are to review and to
consider appeals of cases previously tried in a
      competent court of law. 

These branches of the Melchizedek government have established satellite
communications for Melchizedek's Pacific
islands known as Karitane Island and Taongi Atoll. 

Language 

The official languages of the Dominion are English, Hebrew and Ruthenian.
All governmental filings are required to be
made in English, Hebrew or Ruthenian, accompanied by English translation. 

Geography, History and Population 

The original capital of Melchizedek was Salem (see Genesis 14:18 & Hebrews
7) now called Jerusalem, an ancient
city in the Middle East considered to be international territory, "The City
of the Great King". The Dominion has
reasserted the right to govern its territory of antiquity and homeland,
hoping to restore tranquillity to the "city of peace". 
Melchizedek has also located a few possible building sites to erect the
"Third Temple" outside of the "Dome of the
Rock" as part of a peace plan and for purpose of fulfilling certain
prophetic obligations. 

On the 4th day of September 1987, Murjel Hermios, the recognized
Iroijlaplap (king or paramount chief) and owner of
the Northern Atolls of the Marshall Islands', Ratak Chain, granted a
Special Power of Attorney to Robert Moore wherein
Mr. Moore as Alab, gained for 55 years, the assignable right to develop
Taongi Atoll and determine its highest and best
use. On May 28, 1997, Robert Moore assigned all of his rights, title and
interest in Taongi; and authorized the
"Dominion of Melchizedek to do every act and thing necessary to transfer
unto itself said rights, title and interest, and
sanction(ed) its objectives to develop, govern and administer an
environmentally sound business community,
investment and tax haven paradise at Taongi Atoll, ultimately styled after
that of Hong Kong".  According to a former
DOM Minister, the uninhabited Taongi, located at approximately 14.35 north
latitude and 169.0 east longitude, is one of
the most beautiful group of islands in the world.

On November 26th 1994, the Dominion of Melchizedek acquired sovereign
rights from the obscure Kingdom of
Polynesia (KOP), over Karitane Island.   Karitane is considered by the KOP
to be a part of the Polynesian South
Pacific group of unnamed and/or uncharted islands south of the territory of
the Cook Islands.  Karitane is located at
approximately 24.10 degrees south latitude and 158.37  degrees West
longitude.   According to an eye witness,
Karitane is a small island of low elevation mostly populated by mangroves.
Unlike the developmental possibilities for
Taongi, access to Karitane by sea or air will be limited to small boats and
sea planes.  A few world maps reveal a
small black dot at the above coordinates, however, map makers have not yet
been requested to print the name of
Karitane or Melchizedek next to said dot. 

Since 1990, DOM claims the previously unclaimed 90-150 degrees West
Antarctica (AQ), (approximately 1% of
earth's land mass) yet its equally historic claims to the uninhabited
islands of Malpelo and Clipperton are disputed by
Colombia, which claims Malpelo, and France, which lists Clipperton as a
dependency. 

On March 20, 1994, a treaty was reached between a representative of the
Ruthenian people and The Dominion of
Melchizedek wherein the two nationalities spiritually united. There are
approximately 1,000,000 Ruthenians occupying
the Carpathian and Subcarpathian mountain ranges of Europe. One of the
intentions of said treaty is to assist the
Ruthenians into some form of independence so that their occupied territory
will become an autonomous region of the
Dominion of Melchizedek to be government by Ruthenians. Other Ruthenian
leaders have yet to endorse the treaty of
March 20, 1994. 

In accordance with teachings of the Bible, First Chronicles (Chapter 21),
the Melchizedek leadership has refrained
from conducting a census of its people; therefore, the actual population of
Melchizedek is not available. 

Diplomatic Recognition 

On April 28th 1997 DOM and the Kingdom of EnenKio Atoll opened official and
formal diplomatic relations.  Written
defacto recognition has been obtained from several major governments; and
dejure recognition was extended by a
third world UN member nation, the Central African Republic, on 3 June 1993.
 Dozens of countries have accepted
Melchizedekians traveling into those countries bearing DOM passports.  Two
southeast Asian countries have issued
letters stating that DOM citizens are free to enter those countries without
first obtaining visas.   Yet one, Singapore,
has since stated that it no longer recognizes the Dominion of Melchizedek.
 Melchizedek acceded to certain
international treaties, including the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic
Relations, Consular Relations, and The Statute of
the Permanent Court of International Justice, Road Traffic, and the
Permanent Court of Arbitration, the text of which is
available to be viewed at http://melchizedek.com/legal.htm as exhibit
within a 43 page legal opinion written by the
Governor of the Dominion Bar Association.  Between January 14-16 of 1998
the Dominion of Melchizedech was
approved and recommended at the 32nd General Assembly and 62nd Council
Meeting in Taipei of the Asian-Pacific
Parliamentarians' Union by 9 Pacific island nations and two Asian countries
for observer status in said Union. 


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