Had enough of this country?

Ever dreamt about starting your own?

I planted the flag.

This is mine.

I own this.

It's surprisingly easy.

There's 55 gallons of water,

500 pounds of concrete.

Or maybe not.

No country willingly gives up their territory.

Oh my God.

What is that?

Bullets.

Listen to Escape from Zakistan.

That's Escape from Z-Q, Estan, on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your

podcasts.

Welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind, a production of IHeart Radio.

Hi, my name is Robert Lamb, and this is The Artifact, a short form series from Stuff to Blow Your Mind, focusing on particular objects, ideas, and moments in time.

Now, we haven't considered an artifact on the show in a while, so I'd like to turn to one that my wife recommended, the Roman dodecahedra, also classified as Gallo-Roman dodeca-Hedra.

These are undeniably strange-looking artifacts from the 2nd through 4th fourth century CE. They're made all the

stranger since their exact purpose remains an unsolved mystery. Refreshingly, I actually did

run across any alien time travel lizard man conspiracy theories regarding these items,

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