Network State

How does an online community become a place with institutions, territory and shared obligations? Vikram Bharati examines the meeting point between Free Cities and Network State projects, where digital networks encounter the practical demands of building and governing together.

Petar Čekerevac | The Hanseatic League in the Cloud

"We have to be humble about the vision in that sense, and then very bold in our attempts to achieve these underlying goals."

Joey Flores | The First Country on the Internet

"We are building a social safety net that is global and ultimately our plan is to launch the first country on the internet, which will allow people to become member-based citizens and have that safety net follow them everywhere they go."

Paloma Lecheta | Brazil's First Free City

"If you're ruthless about figuring it out, people will support you. And it's a matter of execution, right? So are we going to be the crazy or are we going to be the visionaries? It all comes down to executing and getting it done... and it being okay if it fails."

Vikram Bharati | At the Intersection of Free Cities & Network States

"The free cities community seems very much more buttoned up and more pragmatic - real estate, free cities, development, SEZs. You need lawyers, you need bankers. And then the network state community, there's a lot more dreamers, young dreamers who want to do pop-up cities. But there's a convergence in betwee...

Niklas Anzinger: Inside Próspera - A Longtime Resident’s View

"We're trying something here, and we're going about it in a very responsible way and according to the ideas that we think work. And if they don't work, then—well—we'll learn from that, and you can try your version of this."

Lauren Razavi: Digital Nomads, Global Mobility & Network States

"In my experience, I do think that governments find it more difficult to argue with ten thousand human faces than they do to argue with 'people with money trying to do stuff."

Dr. David Bovill: Future States, Regenerative Cities & Open Source Law

"The things I think we're worst at is how we choose leaders, and then how we delegate power, and how a leader passes on power — these are probably the three biggest fuckups that we do as human beings."