# Free Cities Foundation > Free Cities are self-governing territories that uphold individual rights and freedoms. The Free Cities Foundation researches, documents and connects them. This file helps language models find and cite Free Cities Foundation content: Free Private Cities, charter cities, special economic zones, network states, seasteading, micronations and intentional communities, plus the real projects building them. Free Cities Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 99-0806210) incorporated in Wyoming, USA. Contact: info@free-cities.org. ## Start here - [Frequently asked questions](https://free-cities.org/faq): 25 self-contained answers on what a Free City is, how it is governed, and how the models differ. - [Learn: the knowledge base](https://free-cities.org/learn): the entry point that organises the topics, the project directory, the FAQ and the media archive. - [Topics index](https://free-cities.org/topics): 19 hubs covering the governance models and the recurring themes. - [Project directory](https://free-cities.org/projects): 18 real projects with locations, facts and coverage. - [Free Private Cities whitepaper](https://free-cities.org/free-private-cities#whitepaper): the founding text by Titus Gebel, in full, in 6 languages. - [People](https://free-cities.org/people): 198 profiles of the researchers, founders and operators in the network. ## Full text for ingestion - [Everything in one file](https://free-cities.org/llms-full.txt): 2541 kB, ordered definitional-content-first. - [The Foundation](https://free-cities.org/llms/foundation.txt): 2 kB, 1 document. - [Frequently asked questions](https://free-cities.org/llms/faq.txt): 15 kB, 1 document. - [Topics: governance models and themes](https://free-cities.org/llms/topics.txt): 80 kB, 19 documents. - [Topics: native-language editions](https://free-cities.org/llms/topics-translated.txt): 47 kB, 6 documents. - [Projects: the directory of real places](https://free-cities.org/llms/projects.txt): 102 kB, 20 documents. - [Free Private Cities whitepaper — part 1/2](https://free-cities.org/llms/whitepaper-1.txt): 157 kB, 4 documents. - [Free Private Cities whitepaper — part 2/2](https://free-cities.org/llms/whitepaper-2.txt): 107 kB, 2 documents. - [Books](https://free-cities.org/llms/books.txt): 8 kB, 7 documents. - [Free Cities Conference](https://free-cities.org/llms/conference.txt): 32 kB, 9 documents. - [Free Cities Awards](https://free-cities.org/llms/awards.txt): 5 kB, 4 documents. - [Organizations](https://free-cities.org/llms/organizations.txt): 7 kB, 3 documents. - [Articles — part 1/8](https://free-cities.org/llms/articles-1.txt): 172 kB, 3 documents. - [Articles — part 2/8](https://free-cities.org/llms/articles-2.txt): 183 kB, 4 documents. - [Articles — part 3/8](https://free-cities.org/llms/articles-3.txt): 193 kB, 5 documents. - [Articles — part 4/8](https://free-cities.org/llms/articles-4.txt): 181 kB, 9 documents. - [Articles — part 5/8](https://free-cities.org/llms/articles-5.txt): 195 kB, 19 documents. - [Articles — part 6/8](https://free-cities.org/llms/articles-6.txt): 193 kB, 27 documents. - [Articles — part 7/8](https://free-cities.org/llms/articles-7.txt): 195 kB, 44 documents. - [Articles — part 8/8](https://free-cities.org/llms/articles-8.txt): 4 kB, 2 documents. - [Podcast episodes — part 1/2](https://free-cities.org/llms/podcast-1.txt): 195 kB, 81 documents. - [Podcast episodes — part 2/2](https://free-cities.org/llms/podcast-2.txt): 180 kB, 120 documents. - [People — part 1/2](https://free-cities.org/llms/people-1.txt): 195 kB, 129 documents. - [People — part 2/2](https://free-cities.org/llms/people-2.txt): 76 kB, 69 documents. - [Media archive: coverage published elsewhere](https://free-cities.org/llms/media-coverage.txt): 26 kB, 104 documents. ## Questions answered on /faq - [What is a Free City?](https://free-cities.org/faq): A Free City is a self-governing territory with a special legal status within its host state, run to uphold the individual rights and freedoms of the people who live there. Unlike b - [How is a Free City different from a Special Economic Zone?](https://free-cities.org/faq): Special Economic Zones offer businesses lower taxes and lighter regulation, but rarely have genuine regulatory autonomy or a resident population. Free Cities go further: they gover - [Are Free Cities legal? How do they relate to their host country?](https://free-cities.org/faq): Yes. A Free City is established through a legal agreement with its host country, which forms the basis of its special status, whether it operates as an autonomous zone inside the s - [Do Free Cities actually exist today?](https://free-cities.org/faq): Projects at every stage exist around the world, from operational zones like Próspera and Ciudad Morazán in Honduras to communities in development and early planning. You can explor - [What is a Free Private City?](https://free-cities.org/faq): A Free Private City is run by a private company (a City Operator) that provides administration, security and the rule of law under a Citizen Contract, with disputes settled by inde - [How does a Free Private City differ from existing city-states like Singapore, Monaco or Dubai?](https://free-cities.org/faq): In those city-states there is a government or parliament that can change the prevailing rules at virtually any time without asking residents, even to their detriment, and contrary - [What is the main advantage of a contract system over a constitutional one?](https://free-cities.org/faq): The decisive difference is that the Operator, or a body elected by the majority, cannot keep arrogating more powers to itself and interfering in residents’ lives. Constitutions can - [Isn’t the City Operator a kind of dictator, leaving residents at its mercy?](https://free-cities.org/faq): The Operator is bound by the Contract, which limits its powers to a few areas, and it has submitted itself to independent dispute resolution. By virtue of its territorial monopoly - [How can residents enforce judgments and arbitration awards made against the Operator?](https://free-cities.org/faq): The situation is no different from international commercial law. Someone holding a judgment against a foreign state that refuses to pay has no higher executive authority to enforce - [Aren’t changes to the contract eventually unavoidable, and don’t they just lead back to conventional systems?](https://free-cities.org/faq): Arbitration courts and courts should be able to decide even novel situations by drawing on legal principles that have applied for centuries and on a balanced, reasonable weighing o - [How does the fee system differ from taxes in conventional systems?](https://free-cities.org/faq): In conventional systems the citizen is obliged to pay taxes without a corresponding right to services. In a Free Private City, service and payment stand in a direct relationship: b - [Are Free Private Cities only for the rich?](https://free-cities.org/faq): Not at all. The estimated cost of the mandatory basic package (security and the court system) is no more than about a thousand euros a year, or a few thousand if a minimum level of - [Without a welfare state and its protective rules, won’t the weak be exploited by the strong?](https://free-cities.org/faq): When people come to a Free Private City voluntarily to take a job, knowing there is no welfare state and no minimum wage, the claim of “exploitation” only holds up if you deny them - [Can a community without ethnic, cultural or religious cohesion endure in the long run?](https://free-cities.org/faq): In a Free Private City a culture of its own will most likely develop gradually out of the residents’ shared values, as happened in the United States. Alongside this, Free Private C - [Won’t a host state simply reclaim a Free Private City at the first opportunity? Even a defensible one stands no chance against great powers.](https://free-cities.org/faq): The host state has a contract with the Operator that is likely to include the usual investment-protection clauses, so occupying a Free Private City would risk substantial financial - [Why would a state ever decide to give up control over part of its territory?](https://free-cities.org/faq): States can only be won over to such a concept if they expect to benefit. Around city-states like Hong Kong, Singapore or Monaco, a belt of densely populated and comparatively prosp - [Can I live in a Free City today?](https://free-cities.org/faq): Yes, in a handful of places at different stages of development. Próspera on Roatán, Honduras, accepts residents and e-residents from anywhere in the world. Ciudad Morazán in Cholom - [How do I move to a Free City?](https://free-cities.org/faq): Through the project itself. Each project page links to the official website, and the operator or community runs its own residency, application or membership process. The Foundation - [Do I need a visa or a second passport?](https://free-cities.org/faq): Usually a visa or residence permit for the host country, not a second passport. A Free City sits inside a host state and issues no passport of its own; the project adds its own res - [What does it cost to live in a Free City?](https://free-cities.org/faq): It depends on the place. For the Free Private City concept, the estimated cost of the mandatory basic package, security and the court system, is no more than about a thousand euros - [How can I get involved with the Free Cities movement?](https://free-cities.org/faq): There are many ways in: join the community, attend a local meetup, come to the Free Cities Conference, or follow the podcast and newsletter. See the Get Involved page for the curre - [Is there a local meetup near me?](https://free-cities.org/faq): The Foundation supports a growing network of city meetups. Check the Meetups page to find a group near you, or get in touch about starting one. - [How can I support the Foundation?](https://free-cities.org/faq): You can support the work financially, spread the ideas, or contribute your time and skills. The Get Involved page lists the ways to help. - [What does the Free Cities Foundation do?](https://free-cities.org/faq): The Foundation aims to inspire, inform and connect people to create a global market of living together. It publishes news and essays, produces The Free Cities Podcast, maintains th - [Does the Foundation build or run cities itself?](https://free-cities.org/faq): No. The Foundation is not a developer or operator. It is a connective hub for the movement, surfacing projects, ideas and people, and helping the ecosystem around Free Cities grow. ## Topics - [Free Private Cities](https://free-cities.org/free-private-cities): A Free Private City is run by a private operator that provides law, security and administration under a Citizen Contract. Full whitepaper by Titus Gebel. - [Special Economic Zones](https://free-cities.org/topics/special-economic-zones): A Special Economic Zone offers lower taxes and lighter regulation, but no real autonomy: a precursor to Free Cities rather than one of them. - [Charter Cities](https://free-cities.org/topics/charter-cities): A Charter City is granted its own legislative powers by charter. Popularised by Paul Romer, it becomes a Free City when that charter is freedom-oriented. - [Network States](https://free-cities.org/topics/network-states): A Network State is an online community that buys territory worldwide and aims to be recognised as a country. Balaji Srinivasan’s model, and how one is built. - [Seasteading](https://free-cities.org/topics/seasteading): Seasteading means building permanent settlements on the high seas, beyond existing states, as a frontier for voluntary models of governance. - [Micronations](https://free-cities.org/topics/micronations): A micronation is a self-proclaimed state that claims territory and sovereignty without international recognition, from Sealand to Liberland. - [Intentional Communities](https://free-cities.org/topics/intentional-communities): An intentional community is a group choosing to live together under shared values and self-made rules, inside an existing state. How they work, with examples. - [Honduran ZEDEs](https://free-cities.org/topics/honduran-zedes): A ZEDE is a Honduran Zone for Employment and Economic Development: a special jurisdiction with its own laws, courts and taxes. Includes Próspera and Morazán. - [Modern City-States and Small Sovereign Territories](https://free-cities.org/topics/city-states-today): Monaco, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sark and Dubai: how today’s smallest self-governing territories are run, and who actually owns them. - [Private Governance](https://free-cities.org/topics/private-governance): How Free Cities organise authority without a state: citizen contracts, independent arbitration, property rights and constitutional design. - [Taxation and Economic Development in Free Cities](https://free-cities.org/topics/taxation-and-economics): How Free Cities, special economic zones and ZEDEs raise revenue: flat taxes, fee-based models, tax residency and jurisdictions that compete. - [Bitcoin and Free Cities](https://free-cities.org/topics/bitcoin-and-free-cities): Where bitcoin and Free Cities meet: bitcoin-denominated jurisdictions, sound-money experiments, and the projects building on it from Próspera to CryptoCity. - [Technology in New Cities](https://free-cities.org/topics/technology-in-new-cities): Digital identity, e-governance, energy and construction: the technologies that shape what a new city can be, and the ones that quietly decide who controls it. - [Medical Regulation in Special Jurisdictions](https://free-cities.org/topics/medical-regulation): How special jurisdictions regulate medicine differently: right-to-try laws, approval regimes and the biotech and longevity research those rules make possible. - [Residency and Citizenship in Free Cities](https://free-cities.org/topics/residency-and-citizenship): What it takes to live in a Free City: residency programmes, e-residency, second passports and the rules deciding who may join a new jurisdiction. - [History of Free Cities](https://free-cities.org/topics/history-of-free-cities): Free Cities governed themselves for centuries, then lost to the territorial state. What the Greek polis, free imperial cities and the Hanseatic League show. - [Urban Design in New Cities](https://free-cities.org/topics/urban-design): Architecture and urbanism in new cities: human-scale design, market-based urban order, and who gets to shape the streets people actually live on. - [Alternative Education Outside the State System](https://free-cities.org/topics/alternative-education): Where homeschooling is legal and where it is not, how microschools work, and why new jurisdictions can try what national school systems cannot. - [Criticism of Free Cities: The Case Against](https://free-cities.org/topics/criticism-and-debate): The strongest objections to Free Cities, charter cities and ZEDEs: democratic legitimacy, sovereignty, accountability, and what the record shows. ## Topics in other languages - [Freie Privatstädte (German)](https://free-cities.org/freie-privatstaedte): Ein neues Betriebssystem für unser Zusammenleben - [Ciudades Privadas Libres (Spanish)](https://free-cities.org/ciudades-privadas-libres): Un nuevo sistema operativo para la convivencia - [Villes Privées Libres (French)](https://free-cities.org/villes-privees-libres): Un nouveau modèle de gouvernance - [Città Private Libere (Italian)](https://free-cities.org/citta-private-libere): Un nuovo sistema operativo per la convivenza - [Cidades Privadas Livres (Portuguese)](https://free-cities.org/cidades-privadas-livres): Um novo sistema operativo para viver em conjunto - [Вольные частные города (Russian)](https://free-cities.org/volnye-chastnye-goroda): Новая операционная система для нашего сосуществования ## Projects The project page is the primary reference for each place; articles and episodes about it are sources that link back to it. - [Free Commune of Penadexo](https://free-cities.org/projects/free-commune-of-penadexo): The Free Commune of Penadexo is a freedom-oriented community restoring an abandoned village in the province of Lugo, Galicia, Spain. Where it is and how it works. - [Free State Project](https://free-cities.org/projects/free-state-project): The Free State Project is a movement founded in 2001 to concentrate libertarians in New Hampshire. What it is, how many have moved, PorcFest and how it works. - [Liberstad](https://free-cities.org/projects/liberstad): Liberstad is a private, member-based settlement in Agder, southern Norway, founded in 2017 on voluntary cooperation and private property. Where it is, how it works. - [Montelibero](https://free-cities.org/projects/montelibero): Montelibero is a libertarian community on Montenegro’s Adriatic coast near Bar, founded in 2021, with its own settlement, MTL City, and a euro stablecoin, EURMTL. - [Citadel.Garden](https://free-cities.org/projects/citadel-garden): Citadel.Garden is a shareholder-owned network of family homes for location-independent families, with a first village in Istria and a second on Madeira. - [Ciudad Morazán](https://free-cities.org/projects/ciudad-morazan): Ciudad Morazán is a rental-only ZEDE outside Choloma, Honduras: a walled town with a 5 percent flat tax, built for working Hondurans. Where it is, how it works. - [Próspera](https://free-cities.org/projects/prospera): Próspera is a ZEDE on Roatán, Honduras: a special economic zone with its own civil law, low taxes and arbitration. Where it is, how it is governed, legal status. - [Sark](https://free-cities.org/projects/sark): Sark is a self-governing Channel Island with its own parliament, no income tax and no cars. Where it is, how it is governed, its population and moving there. - [Liberland](https://free-cities.org/projects/liberland): Liberland is a self-declared micronation on 7 km² of Danube floodplain between Croatia and Serbia. Is it a country, where is it, how big and who lives there. - [Atlas Island](https://free-cities.org/projects/atlas-island): Atlas Island is a seasteading project founded in 2021 that plans to move its members from an online community onto vessels, marinas and platforms in open water. - [Veritas Villages](https://free-cities.org/projects/veritas-villages): Veritas Villages is a network of off-grid, self-sustaining communities in Nicaragua, Panama and Costa Rica, developed by Autris. Where they are, how they work. - [Veritas Village - Atenas](https://free-cities.org/projects/veritas-villages/atenas): A Veritas Village planned across 340 acres of river valley and coffee land above Atenas, Costa Rica, half an hour from San José and its international airport. - [Veritas Village - Playa Pacifica](https://free-cities.org/projects/veritas-villages/playa-pacifica): An operational Veritas Village on Nicaragua’s Pacific coast, inside the Gran Pacifica resort: beachfront homes, golf and surf, an hour or so from Managua. - [Veritas Village - Chiriquí](https://free-cities.org/projects/veritas-villages/chiriqui): A small Veritas Village of fourteen lots on volcanic farmland in Panama’s Chiriquí foothills, between La Concepción and Bugaba, half an hour from Costa Rica. - [Veritas Village - Coronado](https://free-cities.org/projects/veritas-villages/coronado): A Veritas Village of 87 lots above Coronado, Panama, at 250 to 350 metres on a Pacific-facing hillside near the country’s largest expat hub. - [Freeth’m](https://free-cities.org/projects/freethm): Freeth’m is a project to build a worldwide network of small, self-sufficient rental towns for freedom seekers, beginning in Portugal. What it plans and how. - [CryptoCity](https://free-cities.org/projects/cryptocity): CryptoCity is a private community of 300 plots on 40 terraced hectares on Isla de Margarita, Venezuela, governed by a landowners’ vote. Where it is, how it works. - [Principality of Sealand](https://free-cities.org/projects/principality-of-sealand): The Principality of Sealand is a self-declared micronation on a Second World War fort in the North Sea, founded in 1967 by Roy Bates. Its story and its status. - [ArkPad](https://free-cities.org/projects/arkpad): ArkPad builds floating homes, fish farms and the Reef Resort off Samal Island in the Philippines: a seasteading business that earns its keep at sea. - [ArkPad Reef Resort, Samal Island](https://free-cities.org/projects/arkpad/reef-resort): ArkPad’s floating resort off Samal Island near Davao City: solar-powered glamphouses on a working fish farm, open to day visitors and overnight guests. ## Whitepaper editions - [Free Private Cities (English)](https://free-cities.org/free-private-cities#whitepaper): In current political systems, the actions of both rulers and the governed are shaped by wrong incentives. Rulers have no liability and face no economic disadvantage if they make poor decisions. The governed are made to believe that “free” benefits can come into existence through the power of their votes. This politicizes the state monopoly on force and leads to constant changes to the “social contract” and an endless struggle to influence the direction of this change. - [Freie Privatstädte (German)](https://free-cities.org/freie-privatstaedte#whitepaper): Derzeitige politische Systeme sind von falschen Anreizen sowohl für die Regierenden als auch für die Regierten geprägt. Die Regierenden sind nicht haftbar und haben keine wirtschaftlichen Nachteile zu befürchten, wenn sie schlechte Entscheidungen treffen. Den Regierten wird vorgegaukelt, dass sie sich „kostenlose“ Leistungen per Stimmabgabe in die Tasche wählen können. Dies politisiert das staatliche Gewaltmonopol und führt zu ständigen Änderungen des „Gesellschaftsvertrags“. Ergebnis ist ein ständiger Kampf, um diese Änderungen in eine bestimmte Richtung zu beeinflussen. - [Ciudades Privadas Libres (Spanish)](https://free-cities.org/ciudades-privadas-libres#whitepaper): En los sistemas políticos actuales, las acciones tanto de los gobernantes como de los gobernados están condicionadas por incentivos erróneos. Los gobernantes no tienen ninguna responsabilidad ni se enfrentan a ninguna desventaja económica si toman malas decisiones. A los gobernados se les hace creer que pueden obtener beneficios “gratuitos” gracias al poder de sus votos. Esto politiza el monopolio estatal de la fuerza y conduce a constantes cambios en el “contrato social” y a una lucha interminable por influir en la dirección de este cambio. - [Villes Privées Libres (French)](https://free-cities.org/villes-privees-libres#whitepaper): Les systèmes politiques actuels sont caractérisés par de fausses incitations, tant pour les gouvernants que pour les gouvernés. Les gouvernants ne sont pas responsables de leurs actes et n’ont pas à craindre de préjudices économiques s’ils prennent de mauvaises décisions. Quant aux gouvernés, on leur fait croire qu’ils peuvent obtenir des prestations « gratuites » rien qu’en votant. Cela politise le monopole de la violence de l’État et conduit à des modifications constantes du « contrat social ». Il en résulte une lutte continue pour influencer ces changements dans une certaine direction. - [Cidades Privadas Livres (Portuguese)](https://free-cities.org/cidades-privadas-livres#whitepaper): Nos sistemas políticos atuais, as ações tanto dos governantes como dos governados são moldadas por incentivos errados. Os governantes não têm qualquer responsabilidade e não enfrentam qualquer desvantagem económica se tomarem más decisões. Os governados são levados a crer que os benefícios “gratuitos” podem surgir através do poder dos seus votos. Isto politiza o monopólio do Estado em força e leva a constantes alterações ao “contrato social” e a uma luta interminável para influenciar o rumo desta mudança. - [Вольные частные города (Russian)](https://free-cities.org/volnye-chastnye-goroda#whitepaper): Современные политические системы характеризуются ложными стимулами как для правителей, так и для управляемых. Правители не несут ответственности и не беспокоятся об экономических потерях в случае принятия ими неправильных решений. Управляемых заставляют поверить в то, что путем голосования они могут получить «бесплатные» блага. Это политизирует государственную монополию власти и приводит к постоянным изменениям «общественного договора». В результате возникает постоянная борьба за то, чтобы пустить эти изменения в определенномнаправлении. ## Books - [Free Private Cities — Titus Gebel](https://free-cities.org/books): In current political systems, the actions of both rulers and the governed are shaped by wrong incentives. Rulers have no liability and face no economic disadvantage if they make poor decisions. The whitepaper proposes a peaceful and voluntary alternative to the political status quo. - [Free Private Cities — Titus Gebel](https://free-cities.org/books/free-private-cities): Titus Gebel’s book presents the theoretical framework for creating Free Cities, drawing lessons from past and present autonomous cities and outlining a model for building a Free City in the real world. Free Private Cities represent one of the few non-totalitarian alternatives to the majoritarian political systems adopted by most Western nation-states. - [Entrepreneurial Communities — Calvin Duke](https://free-cities.org/books/entrepreneurial-communities): What if there was a better way to organize society, one that didn’t rely on taxation and self-serving political parties? Calvin Duke introduces the little known social thinkers Spencer Heath and Spencer MacCallum and explores current successful examples of their radical ideas. The entrepreneurial community is the governance model chosen for the Honduran Free City Ciudad Morazán. - [A Country That Builds — Alexander D. Voss](https://free-cities.org/books/country-that-builds): The United States has leased forty-five square miles of Caribbean coastline at Guantánamo Bay since 1903, and for decades the naval station has sat largely idle. Alex Voss argues that its extraterritorial status and ready-built port, runway, and power grid make it the ideal site for a Free City under American sovereignty, drawing lessons from Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai, and Shenzhen. - [The Proprietary State — Andries Kerpestein](https://free-cities.org/books/proprietary-state): What if a government takes the form of a for-profit corporation? Andries Kerpestein explores this provocative idea, proposing a system where governments have shareholders instead of voters. Drawing on contract theory, entrepreneurship, and consumer sovereignty, he outlines how proprietary governance could outperform traditional democracies. - [Strategies for Liberty — Alexander D. Voss](https://free-cities.org/books/strategies-for-liberty): In this book, Alex Voss makes the case that Free Cities and Bitcoin are among the most powerful tools we have to meaningfully enhance liberty. Importantly, the synergies between these two tools make them exceptionally powerful in their potential to free us from today’s legacy systems. - [Road to Liberty — Free Cities Foundation](https://free-cities.org/books/road-to-liberty): In 2020, the Free Cities Foundation announced a short story writing competition, in which we asked writers to imagine what it would be like to live in a Free Private City. Over a hundred stories were submitted from all around the world, and the best are compiled in this book. ## Conference - [Free Cities Conference 2027](https://free-cities.org/conference): The Free Cities Conference returns to Prague in 2027 for four days at the historic Empire Hall, bringing together the founders, residents, investors and thinkers building the next generation of free jurisdictions. Thursday opens with warm-up drinks, Friday and Saturday are the main conference days, and Sunday closes with a dedicated Decentralized Day. - [Free Cities Conference 2026](https://free-cities.org/conference/2026): After four years in Prague, the 2026 edition moved inside a working Free City. Four days in Próspera on the island of Roatán: two stages in the Infinita Dome and the Duna Tower, a public sitting of the Próspera Council, and a week of tours, excursions and side events around them. - [Free Cities Conference 2025](https://free-cities.org/conference/2025): The 2025 edition brought the global Free Cities community to Prague for four days of talks, from new jurisdictions like Próspera, Liberland and Ciudad Morazán to seasteading, capital flight, longevity and digital governance. - [Free Cities Online Summit 2025](https://free-cities.org/conference/2025-summit): The 2025 Free Cities Online Summit ran for five days, entirely online, with more than 40 sessions spanning seasteading, special jurisdictions, personal sovereignty and the future of governance, featuring founders and thinkers from Próspera, Ciudad Morazán, Liberland, the seasteading movement and beyond. - [Liberty in Our Lifetime 2024](https://free-cities.org/conference/2024): Liberty in Our Lifetime 2024, the annual gathering of the global Free Cities community now held as the Free Cities Conference, brought 350+ attendees to Prague’s Empire Hall for two days of talks on building free jurisdictions: private cities like Próspera and Ciudad Morazán in Honduras, intentional communities such as Montelibero and Liberstad, the self-governing island of Sark, and the wider toolkit of seasteading, flag theory and personal sovereignty. - [Liberty in Our Lifetime 2022](https://free-cities.org/conference/2022): Liberty in Our Lifetime 2022 brought the Free Cities movement to Prague’s Cubex Centre for three days under the theme “Parallel Structures for Progress”. Across governance, finance and education, the founders and thinkers behind Free Private Cities, Honduran ZEDEs, seasteading and sound money made the case for building new institutions alongside the old rather than trying to reform them from within. - [Liberty in Our Lifetime 2021](https://free-cities.org/conference/2021): Liberty in Our Lifetime 2021 brought the Free Cities movement together for a day at the Modelhof centre in the Canton of Thurgau, Switzerland. Across a single day, the founders and thinkers behind seasteading, special economic zones and the first Honduran ZEDEs, from Próspera and Morazán to Liberland, set out how free jurisdictions could be built within a generation. - [Liberty in Our Lifetime 2023](https://free-cities.org/conference/2023): Liberty in Our Lifetime 2023 brought 300+ attendees to Prague’s Empire Hall for two days under the theme “Opt in to Freedom”. The line-up featured fourteen Free Cities projects spanning Europe, the Americas and Africa, from Próspera and Ciudad Morazán to Montelibero, Liberstad and the self-governing island of Sark, alongside talks on flag theory, AI, longevity and personal sovereignty. - [Free Cities Conference 2027 — Tickets](https://free-cities.org/conference/tickets): Ticket tiers, prices and the ticket shop - [Free Cities Conference 2027 — Apply to speak](https://free-cities.org/conference/speak): Call for speakers and the application form - [Free Cities Conference 2027 — Dining](https://free-cities.org/conference/dining): Premium dining experiences - [Free Cities Conference 2027 — Kids](https://free-cities.org/conference/kids): Children and family information - [Free Cities Conference 2027 — City Guide](https://free-cities.org/conference/guide): Venue, travel and host-city guide - [Free Cities Conference 2027 — FAQ](https://free-cities.org/conference/faq): Frequently asked questions ## Free Cities Awards - [Free Cities Awards 2026](https://free-cities.org/awards#awards-2026): Storyteller: Christoph Heuermann; Innovation: Niklas Anzinger; Builder: Oliver W. Porter; Pioneer: Erick Brimen - [Free Cities Awards 2025](https://free-cities.org/awards#awards-2025): Innovation: Mitchell Suchner; Humanitarian: Massimo Mazzone; Storyteller: Joe Quirk - [Free Cities Awards 2024](https://free-cities.org/awards#awards-2024): Storyteller: Alex Ugorji; Intentional Community: Montelibero; Pioneer: Próspera ## Organizations - [Free Cities Foundation](https://free-cities.org/organizations/free-cities-foundation): Our mission is to support innovation in governance that leads to greater human freedom and prosperity. We aim to inspire, inform and connect people to accelerate the creation of a global market of living together in Free Cities. - [Seasteading Institute](https://free-cities.org/organizations/seasteading-institute): The Seasteading Institute works to establish permanent, autonomous ocean communities — seasteads — where people are free to peacefully test new ideas for how to live together. - [Tipolis](https://free-cities.org/organizations/tipolis): Tipolis creates new models of urban living through innovation in governance, leading to greater opportunity, choice, and freedom. ## Articles - [Articles index](https://free-cities.org/news): all 113 essays, analyses and newsletters. - [Full text: Articles — part 1/8](https://free-cities.org/llms/articles-1.txt): 172 kB. - [Full text: Articles — part 2/8](https://free-cities.org/llms/articles-2.txt): 183 kB. - [Full text: Articles — part 3/8](https://free-cities.org/llms/articles-3.txt): 193 kB. - [Full text: Articles — part 4/8](https://free-cities.org/llms/articles-4.txt): 181 kB. - [Full text: Articles — part 5/8](https://free-cities.org/llms/articles-5.txt): 195 kB. - [Full text: Articles — part 6/8](https://free-cities.org/llms/articles-6.txt): 193 kB. - [Full text: Articles — part 7/8](https://free-cities.org/llms/articles-7.txt): 195 kB. - [Full text: Articles — part 8/8](https://free-cities.org/llms/articles-8.txt): 4 kB. Bundles are ordered longest first. - [Every URL on the site](https://free-cities.org/sitemap.xml): the complete enumeration. ## Podcast - [Podcast index](https://free-cities.org/podcast): all 201 episodes with show notes. - [Full text: Podcast episodes — part 1/2](https://free-cities.org/llms/podcast-1.txt): 195 kB. - [Full text: Podcast episodes — part 2/2](https://free-cities.org/llms/podcast-2.txt): 180 kB. Bundles are ordered newest first. - [Every URL on the site](https://free-cities.org/sitemap.xml): the complete enumeration. ## People - [People directory](https://free-cities.org/people): all 198 profiles of researchers, founders and operators. - [Full text: People — part 1/2](https://free-cities.org/llms/people-1.txt): 195 kB. - [Full text: People — part 2/2](https://free-cities.org/llms/people-2.txt): 76 kB. Bundles are ordered longest bio first. - [Every URL on the site](https://free-cities.org/sitemap.xml): the complete enumeration. ## Media archive: coverage published elsewhere Third-party press about the movement, catalogued by the Foundation. These URLs are not ours. - [Media archive](https://free-cities.org/media-archive): all 104 catalogued items. - [Full text: Media archive: coverage published elsewhere](https://free-cities.org/llms/media-coverage.txt): 26 kB. - [Every URL on the site](https://free-cities.org/sitemap.xml): the complete enumeration.