Welcome to Erin Mankie's Cabinet of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm

and Mild.

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

There are countries in the world that don't have the biggest armies or the largest populations,

but they make up for those deficiencies in other ways.

Oftentimes, these smallest nations are the ones with the most patriotic citizens, after

all they are few and unique.

Now perhaps none are fewer or more unique than the residents of one particular place,

the Republic of Malaysia.

It was first established on May 26th of 1977 as the Grand Republic of Voldstein, under

the rule of King James I and its Prime Minister, a young man named Kevin Bau.

Voldstein was a fairly sleepy nation, and its king wasn't too interested in power or

money.

After some time though, the king ceased being part of Voldstein's progress, and Prime

Minister Bau took over its development.

In 1980 he renamed it the Kingdom of Edelstein, before recrystaining it yet again years later

as the Kingdom of Zaria.

In fact, Zaria changed names almost as many times as it changed locations.

It established a presence in Europe around this time, then moved again in 1992.

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