The Mad Nick Society (MNS) was founded on November 7, 2006 as a fraternity by Nick W. Greger, a German citizen with Italian roots, and Lonnie Earl Johnson, an African-American death row inmate from the USA. On July 7, 2007, MNS adopted the alias "The League of the extraordinary Gentlemen" as a community of people who work for justice and uphold the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.