The DoM was created in 1986 by Evan David Pedley and his son, Mark Logan Pedley. The latter also uses a number of pseudonyms, including "Tzemach Ben David Netzer Korem" and "Branch Vinedresser" (which is a rough English translation of the Hebrew). The Pedleys have published a translation of the Bible known as the Melchizedek Bible but that Bible has since been rebuked and denounced by the Official Website of the Dominion of Melchizedek. During the 1980s the Pedleys were convicted and imprisoned for multiple various land and share-related frauds. The elder Pedley is now reportedly deceased, while the younger no longer has any association with the DoM. Two separate regimes have ruled the micro-nation since the days of the Pedleys, with no reports of illegality. In July of 2003, the DoM elect