If you start driving east from San Diego, out towards the Sultan Sea, the picturesque beach town quickly turns into Pine Dotted Mountains, and as you keep driving down Highway 78, eventually it all turns to desert, this cactus strewn washed out landscape. It looks like nothing could survive out here.

And after miles of this nothingness, right before you hit the brackish

waters of the sultan sea, you suddenly pass one of those green highway signs

that welcomes you to the Republic of Slow Jamestan.

You wonder, is this a mirage of the desert? Am I hallucinating?

The sign bears the official crest of the republic a raccoon carrying a battle axe there's even an official national anthem anthem. This is so time a time is where I'm from this at my home.

I'm Doolan Thuris and this is Atlas Obscira, a celebration of the world's strange, incredible, and wondrous places.

Today we get out our passports and we visit the Republic of Slojama Stan,

a nation built on good vibes, good music, and the dream of eliminating one very popular

type of footwear. It's time.

time. So try my style. Slow Jamestan is not a big place. It sits on about 11 acres.

After you drive past the Green Metal Welcome sign, there is a guard booth that greets you,

and then beyond that, there's not a lot else.

Slow Jamestan is run and owned by Randy.

My name is Randy Williams, and in my country they call me the Sultan.

I am the Sultan of the Republic of

slow Jamestan. Randy or the Sultan declared independence on December 1st

2019 in addition to being the ruler of his own small republic,

Randy is a big-time traveler.

He has managed to visit every single official country in the world

over the course of a decade. And along the way he stopped by a few

unofficial countries as well. So a couple of years ago, Randy heard about a place called

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