Not adding anything to this discussion but by the looks of it, the Icelandic government was trying to imitate this stunt but misunderstood the "Start Trek" in "Star Trek" economics.

Here's a picture of the Icelandic prime minister and the Icelandic minister of finance as Kirk and Spock (this is a real thing they did as part of an auction for cancer awareness):

http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/upload/images/new...