Emiel Sebastiaan Hardy is a politician and king of Mahuset since 2012, and Kyng Fourth of Slin since August 2014. He first knew micronations on Wikipedia and searched on the internet how to make one. He would then establish the Kingdom of Ihuset, getting the name from his claim (his house), as well as from the Norwegian word for house (huset). In June 2012, the micronation merged with neighbour Dutch micronation Matsia to form Mahuset, which made Emiel king of the new nation and Matthies Kersbergen of Matsia as prime minister, until Nuri van Dijk replaced him.