President Kevin Baugh is the head of state of the micronation of Molossia. Located in the western United States, the 11-acre country has its own navy, army, currency, and dictator, and has therefore attracted widespread attention from millions across the globe.

Here is a link to Molossia's website, if you would like to learn more: https://www.molossia.org/

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Edwina Currie is a broadcaster, writer, and former politician. Once one of the biggest names in British politics, Currie served as the Conservative MP for South Derbyshire from 1983 until 1997. During this time, she also served as a health minister under Margaret Thatcher, famously resigning after the salmonella-in-eggs controversy.

After leaving politics, Currie became a successful novelist and television personality, featuring on shows such as I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! and Strictly Come Dancing.

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Nick Davies is one of the most important investigative journalists of recent times. Most notably, he uncovered the phone hacking scandal in Rupert Murdoch's media empire, initiated the alliance of news organisations that published US war logs and cables obtained by WikiLeaks, and was part of the team that handled the British end of Edward Snowden's leaks about the US National Security Agency.

Davies will also be played by David Tennant in an upcoming series about the phone hacking scandal, called The Hack.

He has written numerous books on journalism and politics, which can be found here: https://www.nickdavies.net/books/

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I am joined by HSH Nina, Princess of Seborga. Since 2019, Princess Nina has been the reigning monarch of the Principality of Seborga, a micronation located in northwestern Italy. Seborga's claims to independence are based on Seborga being excluded from territorial settlements made by the Congress of Vienna after the Napoleonic Wars.

Find out more about Seborga here: https://www.principatodiseborga.com/en

The Principality of Seborga's Instagram account: @princseborga

Princess Nina's Instagram account: @nina_princess_seborga

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Mike Mullane is an American former NASA astronaut who completed three space missions aboard the space shuttles Discovery and Atlantis in the 1980s, serving as a mission specialist in the first group of space shuttle astronauts. He returned in 1990. Mullane has since been inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame and has written numerous books, including his memoir, Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut.

Prior to his career as an astronaut, Mullane was a weapons system operator aboard aircraft in the Vietnam War, completing 134 combat missions in Vietnam.

Purchase Mullane's memoir here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Riding-Rockets-Outrageous-Shuttle-Astronaut/dp/0743276825/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0

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Ryan-Mark Parsons is a media personality and political advisor. He first achieved success as the youngest-ever contestant on The Apprentice in 2019, aged 19. He went on to feature on other shows, and is a regular political commentator. He currently serves as a parliamentary aide for a Shadow Minister.

Follow him @ryanmarkparsons on X.

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