Republica de los Deplorables is a fictional non-place of chaos, where secrets are revealed. Appropriately, this series of notes will honor individuals who have revealed secrets – whistleblowers, hackers, activists, and political prisoners. This is the second note in the series, featuring Edward Snowden.

The notes heavily draw on the symbolism of the frog, associated mythology, and the frog’s incarnation as Pepe. The frog, and Pepe, are symbols of chaos, change, the underworld, and the revelation of secrets.

The Venezuelan Bolivar was used as a template for the design, both as a reference to Venezuela’s intention to launch its own cryptocurrency, and as a way to reinforce the idea of a chaotic jurisdiction of exile and disintegration.