Mauritius

Mauritius is an island nation located in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar. Though known of as early as the tenth century (Author's Note: You guys, that's a MILLENNIUM ago!), the island remained uninhabited for the next 700 years before anyone thought of a particularly compelling reason to live there. In 1638, the Dutch were the first to settle the island, establishing a settlement on Mauritius for no real reason other than the fact that it was not made of salt water. The shitty climate and isolated location gave these early settlers some pretty immediate buyer's remorse, but the Dutch hung around for awhile because they had some serious codependency issues and just weren't all that bright. In the end, they packed up all their Dutch stuff and got out of Dutch Dodge in 1710. People live there again now though, I guess. Like a million of 'em. I'm not sure who they are, or what their deal is.

Mauritius was the only known home of the dodo, an extinct bird whose existence served only to prove that God has a really mean sense of humor.