Man 'founds country' to make daughter a princess

American starts world's first crowdfunding page to set up a kingdom in northeast Africa

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An American farmer has started a crowdfunding page in a bid to create a new country on unclaimed land in the desert sands of northeast Africa.

Jeremiah Heaton, a resident of Virginia, said that the campaign will raise money to help his daughter Emily become a "real princess".

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