August 08th, 2021

​This was an absolute delight of a book combining several of my interests 9random trivia, geography, maps, extinct countries, etc.) and Dafoe’s terrific humorous presentation.
I was actually only familiar with the author’s work through his pirate series and I’m thrilled he’s branching out. The man created a wildly entertaining and appropriately amusing (for these things are genuinely funny) guide to all manner of almosts, neverquites, just abouts, WTF, oops and what were they thinkings snafus of ambitious if misguided out geopolitical snafus.
A quick fun read, this armchair travelogue’s speed is set on gallop, but you’ll get the idea. You might get many ideas, actually. You might even start a country…
Recommended. Absolutely.