The Královec meme emerged in late 2022 as a satirical response to Russia's illegal annexations in Ukraine. Originating from a Polish user's tweet and quickly popularized by Czech MEP Tomáš Zdechovský, the joke proposes that the Czech Republic should annex Kaliningrad (renaming it Královec) to finally gain long-desired access to the sea. The movement gained massive traction on Twitter and Reddit, leading to the creation of satirical tourism websites, a fake referendum with a 98% approval rate, and even the conceptual 'Beer Stream 1' pipeline. It highlights the power of internet satire in political commentary, using absurdism to protest territorial aggression while leaning into classic Czech humor regarding their landlocked geography.