A self-proclaimed 'sovereign nation' called the United States of Kailasa, complete with passports, a 'cosmic constitution' and official currency, had gained attention through its representatives ...

The United States of Kailasa, led by fugitive Swami Nithyananda, claims to be a sovereign Hindu nation with its own currency and passports. However, 20 of its followers were arrested in Bolivia ...

They claim to have created an official currency in sacred gold ... and the Kailasans were deported — not to Kailasa, but to their actual home countries, among them India, the United States ...

Bolivia on Tuesday said that it has deported 20 members of Kailasa, a fictional country founded by preacher Nithyananda, for allegedly attempting to seize land belonging to indigenous communities.