In stark contrast to the inhospitable (except to birds) guano-lands, the northeast third of Poco Cabesa is, strictly speaking, a paradise.

It is also the idyllic setting of the kingdom of Medillo Grande, discovered and settled by Henry Medillo (a retired pirate) many, many, many years ago.

To them, the great guano rush of the 19th century was merely some noise on the other side of the mountains and an unpleasant aroma when the wind blew the wrong way.

Like Niihau in the Hawaiian Islands, Medillo Grande remains a slice out of time, hewing to the ways of the past, overseen today by a benevolent and beloved monarch called Her Majesty Gertrude VII.

That's because the kingdom's line of succession falls to the youngest living female descendent of Henry Medillo. Thanks to Henry the Pirate, Medillo Grande has been ruled by a string of remarkable women for over three hundred years.