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The Dispatch

Pyongyang · Published weekly
Vol. VII, No. 32

Bureau Review

Lordship Titles review: what $74 gets you

A handsome certificate, a gift pack and a title you choose yourself. Here is what the $74 starting price actually buys.

Read the dispatchAugust 11, 2026 · 8 min read

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Highland Titles review: what the $47 plot gets you

A souvenir plot, a Scottish title and genuine conservation work. Here is what comes with the entry pack.

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Established Titles review: what $49.95 gets you

One square foot of dedicated land and a certificate you print yourself. Here is what comes with the entry pack.

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Lord Titles review: what $39 gets you

Five square feet, a deed and a gold-embossed certificate for about $39. This is the fullest entry pack in the category.

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Sealand titles review: what each rank gets you

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Reference

Every North Korean honorary title, explained

The Bureau maintains a catalogue of forty-eight honorary titles. This is what each family of title means, where the language comes from, and how one is assigned.

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Reference

What "Dear Leader" actually means

It is the best-known honorific in the world and almost universally misapplied. Here is where it came from, who held it, and why the Bureau declines to confer it.

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Gifting

Funny titles to give someone

Most joke gifts are finished within a minute of being opened. A title, done properly, is still being used at work eight months later. The difference is not the joke.

July 20, 2026
Reference

Can you actually buy a title?

Souvenir plots, Scottish lairdships, micronation peerages and honorary bestowals are four different things. Only one of them is honest about what it is.

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