Srila Prabhupada's grand vision

Bhagavata dasa relates a very interesting pastime.

One morning Srila Prabhupada was talking about his vision, about his ambition for his ISKCON movement:

Srila Prabhupada first wanted to buy all the land in Mayapur, and establish a self-sufficient community in which they were completely independent of any needs from outside of the entire island of Mayapur.
Once that was established he would then declare independence from India and make his own country, the country of Mayapur.

Then his temples around the world would become embassies for the country of Mayapur, and the Temple Presidents would be ambassadors.

"And then we would print our own money", envisioned Srila Prabhupada. "I would call them 'Caitanyas': 1 Caitanya, 5 Caitanyas, 10 Caitanyas. We would our own currency. And then we will make devotional items and export them all over the world; that would be our export business!"