Introduction To Network States
Every once in a while I come across an idea that pulls me in completely.
It always has two things in it. One, there is a strong personal reason for me to care about it. Two, it can bring a real change in the real world.
I have written about ideas like this on my research page . The most recent one, and the one I am obsessed with right now, is the idea of Network States.
This is my attempt to explain it, and more importantly to document all of it for my own understanding.
A lot of people do not know what a Network State is. More importantly, they do not know why it matters or how it might improve their life.
Simon Sinek says in Start With Why that the WHY is more important than the WHAT or the HOW .
So this page, this research, or whatever the final version ends up looking like, is my attempt to make Network States simple enough for anyone to understand, and mainly to explain the WHY behind it.
Read this first
- This page updates in real time. The ideas in it will change as my own understanding improves.
- I am no expert. I am a curious student sharing what I find with other curious people.
- All of it is built on the work and ideas of the people, books, videos and articles credited at the bottom.
- If you can improve my understanding, or you want to challenge something here, or you want to figure something out together, get in touch on Telegram .
The research
UpdatedI am writing this part right now. It updates as I learn.
Sources
This is not formal research. There is no methodology and there is no peer review. It is closer to an open notebook. My own thinking, plus everything I have read and watched and been told, compiled in one place, with the dots joined up and explained in a way I hope makes it easier for somebody else to follow.
I keep adding to it as I learn more, so parts of it will be out of date and parts of it will turn out to be wrong.
Here is where each piece of it comes from.
My own thinking. The opinions, the framing, the order I have put things in, and anywhere I say what I think. That part is mine and you should treat it as one person's view rather than a finding.
Videos. I have tried to list every video that fed into this. Some of them are not directly about Network States, and they are in the list because they connect to it one way or another, whether that is governance, immigration, economics or how cities work. I have done my best to include all of them and I have almost certainly missed some. I add them as I remember them.
Books. If a book is on the list, it means one of three things. I read it, I watched or read a proper summary of it, or I have used an idea from it somewhere above. I have said which, where it matters.
People. Only people I have actually spoken with, in person or online, about this subject. I am not listing anybody I have merely read or followed. If somebody is on this list, we have had a real conversation. I update it as I meet more people.
Articles. Everything I have read that shaped my understanding, or that I have referenced directly above.
Experiments I have attended. This is the one that matters most to me.
Both Balaji and Vitalik make the same argument about how this gets built, which is that you need a lot of parallel experiments running at once. Each one tries something, one or two things work, those get shared, and over time the things that worked become the thing everybody copies. Nobody designs it from the top.
So I go. Not to write about them from a distance, but to see what is actually happening inside them. Everything on this list is somewhere I have physically been.
Pop-up Cities & Experiments Joined
Videos
▶The Network State with Balaji Srinivasan
▶Network State Conference 2023 — Opening Remarks by Balaji
▶Vitalik on Starting New Countries — The Network State Podcast #1
▶What If the Internet Replaced the Nation State? — Balaji & Steven Glinert
▶Balaji Srinivasan: The Network School
▶Jason Calacanis on Network School
▶Dryden Brown on Praxis — Network State Conference 2023
▶The $500M Plan to Start a New Civilization — Dryden Brown
▶Lonis Hamaili of Próspera on Network & City States
▶Lonis on Próspera — Network State Conference 2025
▶I Infiltrated an "Illegal" Tech Utopian City
▶A Private Libertarian City in Honduras
▶James of Ârc on Building a Global City
▶Zanzalu — Life Inside a Pop-Up City
▶Special Economic Zones with Lucas Russo
▶How Lee Kuan Yew Built Singapore
▶The Peace of Westphalia: How a 1648 Treaty Created the Modern State
▶How China Became So Powerful
▶How China Launched a New Industrial Revolution
▶The Network State — A Book Review
▶The Network State: Engineering The Next Iteration of Society w/ Balaji Srinivasan
▶The Network State - Balaji Srinivasan (Startup Societies Foundation)
▶Dead Internet Theory
▶Warren Buffett's Ovarian Lottery
▶The Birth Lottery
▶5000 Years of Indian History in 10 Minutes
▶What Happens When Economists Run a Country
▶Every Major System Is Breaking at the Same Time - Balaji on Impact Theory
▶The End of South Korea's Economic Miracle
▶The Entire History of Korea | FULL Documentary
▶Daniel Lumi, Senior Product Manager at Offchain Labs with James of Arc
▶Tomasz K. Stanczak, Co-Executive Director of The Ethereum Foundation
▶Arc Live | Stories from the builders and dreamers at NS
▶Arc Live EP12 - From Network School with Britt, Mehul and Markus
▶Aubrey de Grey of LEV Foundation on Network and City States
▶WEF 2026 Davos Vlog with James of Arc
▶Diffusion Ep 28: Fintech Innovation, with Thais Bastian Consiglio
▶Diffusion Ep 27: Internet Banking, with Caroline Poli
▶Diffusion Ep 26: Creator Economy, with Felipe Lupion
▶ETH-iopia Conference: Live Presentation
▶Diffusion Ep 25: DAZ Pre-Launch, the 1st Product of TftC
▶Diffusion Ep 24: Decentralized Organizations, with Douglas Miranda
▶Diffusion Ep 23: Digital Cooperatives, with Cecilia Veloso
▶Diffusion Ep 22: Regulatory Compliance, with Dayana Uhdre
▶Diffusion Ep 21: Web3 Africa, with Mearaf Tadewos
▶Diffusion Ep 20: Regenerative Governance, with Anastasia Kalinina
▶Diffusion Ep 19: Participatory Democracy, with Maria Goreti Fernandes
▶Diffusion Ep 18: Financial Inclusion, with Joao Ferreira
▶Diffusion Ep 17: Blockchain Law, with Victor Valente
▶Diffusion Ep 16: Network Societies, Special Edition
▶The Only Defense Against AI with Uma Roy
▶The Zcash Network State with Arjun Khemani
▶From Biological Chance to Biological Choice | Noor Siddiqui
▶Crypto Is the Currency of AI Agents with Circle Cofounder Sean Neville
▶From Rule of Law to Rule of Code | Ben Horowitz
▶Bitcoin Protects Human Rights with Alex Gladstein
▶The Don't Die Network State with Bryan Johnson
▶The Engineering State vs The Lawyerly State with Dan Wang
▶Building a Crypto Empire with Yat Siu
▶The 3 Eras of Crypto: Balaji’s Prediction for 2030
▶Why Regimes Collapse with Timur Kuran
▶After the US Dollar with Luke Gromen
▶Andrew Huberman On Biotech Free Zones
▶El Salvador: From Murder Capital to Bitcoin Capital with Stacy Herbert
▶Cory Levy and Balaji on Where Talent Should Go
▶Ben Lang on Cursor Popups
▶Why Revolutions Destroy Freedom with Kamil Galeev
▶David Friedberg on the Fractal Frontier
▶The Bitcoin Standard and the Network State
▶You will go public on Solana
▶How India became #3 in tech unicorns
▶Jesse Pollak on Coinbase Base
▶Claire Lehmann on the Internet Century
▶Benedict Evans on decades of disruption
▶Jeremy Howard on fast.ai and online education
▶Vitalik on the return of Ethereum
▶The Saylor Digital Assets Framework
▶The WhatifAltHist / Balaji Crossover Episode
▶The Crypto Islands
▶Joe Lonsdale on Everything
▶The Solana Phone
▶Bryan Johnson's Blueprint for Longevity
▶Chris Dixon on Read Write Own
▶India's Largest Exit
▶The Winklevoss Twins and Balaji
▶The President of Palau | Network State Podcast with Balaji #3
▶Tobi Lütke & Kaz Nejatian on Shopify's Country-Sized Economy | Network State Podcast with Balaji #2
▶55 - Network State Conference 2025 - Closing Address by Balaji
▶54 - Network State Conference 2025 - James of Ârc on the Ârc L2 at Network School
▶53 - Network State Conference 2025 - Punk 6529 on NFT Network States
▶52 - Network State Conference 2025 - Aaron Renn on Christian Network States
▶51 - Network State Conference 2025 - Paul McNiel on Wagon Box
▶50 - Network State Conference - Alex Grin on Fractal Boston
▶49 - Network State Conference 2025 - Murtaza Hussein on media, Bitcoin, and network states
▶48 - Network State Conference 2025 - Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry on Catholic Network States
▶47 - Network State Conference 2025 - Fireside with Ranveer and Balaji
▶45 - Network State Conference 2025 - Akshay BD on scaling Solana in the physical world
▶44 - Network State Conference 2025 - Zooko Wilcox on Zcash
▶43 - Network State Conference 2025 - Josh Swihart on Zcash and financial privacy
▶42 - Network State Conference 2025 - Sreeram Kannan on verifiable AI and smart governance
▶41 - Network State Conference 2025 - Dan Romero on building network states with Farcaster
▶40 - Network State Conference 2025 - Sean Neville of Circle and Catena on USDC
▶39 - Network State Conference 2025 - Jesse Powell of Kraken on network states
▶38 - Network State Conference 2025 - Brian Armstrong on building network states with Coinbase & Base
▶37 - Network State Conference 2025 - Xen Baynham-Herd on the Base Network State
▶36 - Network State Conference 2025 - Veronika Kapustina on Telegram TON and Network States
▶35 - Network State Conference 2025 - Haseeb Qureshi of Dragonfly explains how to distribute tokens
▶34 - Network State Conference 2025 - Fireside with Vitalik and Balaji on Zuzalu and d/acc
▶33 - Network State Conference 2025 - Fireside with Amjad Masad of Replit and Balaji
▶32 - Network State Conference 2025 - Andrew Huberman on the ideal Huberman community
▶31 - Network State Conference 2025 - Bryan Johnson on diagnostics and the longevity network state
▶30 - Network State Conference 2025 - Avlok Kohli on why Angellist built their Founders Cafe
▶29 - Network State Conference 2025 - Ben Horowitz of a16z on Netscape and Network States
▶28 - Network State Conference 2025 - Patri Friedman on charter cities and network states
▶27 - Network State Conference 2025 - Why Thiel Fellowship cofounders set up the 1517 Fund
▶26 - Network State Conference 2025 - Fireside with Olaf Carlson-Wee of Polychain and Balaji
▶25 - Network State Conference 2025 - Maya Parbhoe on Building Bitcoin in Suriname
▶24 - Network State Conference 2025 - Setting up DAOs in the Marshall Islands
▶23 - Network State Conference 2025 - Michel Bauwens on the Digital Commons
▶22 - Network State Conference 2025 - Wai Lum Kwok of Abu Dhabi Global Markets (ADGM)
▶21 - Network State Conference 2025 - Rashid Mohammed, CTO of Expo City Dubai
▶20 - Network State Conference 2025 - Stacy Herbert, Director of El Salvador's Bitcoin Office
▶19 - Network State Conference 2025 - Noah Smith on a Network of States
▶18 - Network State Conference 2025 - Fireside with Jacqueline Poh, CEO of Singapore's JTC
▶17 - Network State Conference 2025 - Fireside with Yat Siu of Animoca and Balaji
▶16 - Network State Conference 2025 - Bradford Cross on Alpha City
▶15 - Network State Conference 2025 - Jean Hansen on Ipe City
▶13 - Network State Conference 2025 - Vit Jedlicka on Liberland
▶12 - Network State Conference 2025 - Olly Kovalieva on Oz City
▶11 - Network State Conference 2025 - Tomas Pueyo on the end of nation states
▶10 - Network State Conference 2025 - Parag Khanna on the age of digital nomads
▶09 - Network State Conference 2025 - Avik Roy on reforming institutions via exit and network states
▶08 - Network State Conference 2025 - Kathleen Tyson on Multicurrency Mercantilism
▶07 - Network State Conference 2025 - Bruno Macaes on World Builders and Network States
▶06 - Network State Conference 2025 - Fireside with Richard Teng (CEO of Binance) and Balaji
▶05 - Network State Conference 2025 - Fireside with Arthur Hayes and Balaji
▶04 - Network State Conference 2025 - Isla Munro-Hochmayr on Zuitzerland and d/acc
▶03 - Network State Conference 2025 - Niklas Anzinger on Infinita
▶02 - Network State Conference 2025 - Timour Kosters on Edge City
▶01 - Network State Conference 2025 - Farhaj Mayan on Forma
▶00 - Network State Conference 2025 - Opening Address by Balaji
▶42 - Network State Conference 2024 - Audience Q&A
▶41 - Network State Conference 2024 - Closing Address
▶40 - Network State Conference 2024 - Fireside with Pieter Levels and Balaji
▶39 - Network State Conference 2024 - Bryan Johnson on longevity
▶38 - Network State Conference 2024 - Ranveer Allahbadia on building parallel media
▶37 - Network State Conference 2024 - Kathleen Tyson on Multicurrency Mercantilism
▶36 - Network State Conference 2024 - Noah Smith on Cooperative Cities
▶35 - Network State Conference 2024 - Garett Jones on societal intelligence
▶34 - Network State Conference 2024 - Rajeev Mantri on India's rise
▶33 - Network State Conference 2024 - Molson Hart on building hardware in a Chinese world
▶32 - Network State Conference 2024 - Ayaan Hirsi Ali on the need for new communities
▶31 - Network State Conference 2024 - Rudyard Lynch of Whatifalthist
▶30 - Network State Conference 2024 - Niall Ferguson on the Changing World Order
▶29 - Network State Conference 2024 - Parag Khanna on Cloud Communities
▶28 - Network State Conference 2024 - Fireside with Bryan Johnson and Balaji
▶27 - Network State Conference 2024 - Farb Nivi on Minicircle
▶26 - Network State Conference 2024 - Alana Newhouse
▶25 - Network State Conference 2024 - Dan Romero on Farcaster
▶24 - Network State Conference 2024 - Zooko Wilcox on ZCash
▶23 - Network State Conference 2024 - Brian Armstrong on Startup Societies, SEZs, and Network States
▶22 - Network State Conference 2024 - Raj Gokal on Solana Network States
▶21 - Network State Conference 2024 - Ted Not Lasso on Farcon
▶20 - Network State Conference 2024 - Kevin Dolan on Exitgroup
▶19 - Network State Conference 2024 - Shervin Pishevar
▶18 - Network State Conference 2024 - Ryan Rzepecki on Meshmap
▶17 - Network State Conference 2024 - Patri Friedman of Pronomos
▶16 - Network State Conference 2024 - Jon Hillis on Cabin
▶15 - Network State Conference 2024 - Bradford Cross on AlphaCity
▶14 - Network State Conference 2024 - Farhaj Mayan on Forma
▶13 - Network State Conference 2024 - Florian Fournier on Threefold
▶12 - Network State Conference 2024 - Akshay BD on Superteam
▶11 - Network State Conference 2024 - Sergey Solonin on Nuanu
▶10 - Network State Conference 2024 - Juan Benet on Crecimiento
▶09 - Network State Conference 2024 - Veronica Schrenk on ZuVillage Georgia
▶08 - Network State Conference 2024 - Nicole Sun on ZuThailand
▶07 - Network State Conference 2024 - Vitalik Buterin on Zuzalu
▶06 - Network State Conference 2024 - Fireside with Naval Ravikant and Balaji Srinivasan
▶05 - Network State Conference 2024 - Dominic Volek on Henley Global
▶04 - Network State Conference 2024 - Niklas Anzinger on Vitalia
▶03 - Network State Conference 2024 - Erick Brimen on Prospera
▶02 - Network State Conference 2024 - Devon Zuegel on Esmeralda
▶01 - Network State Conference 2024 - Janine Leger on Edge City
▶00 - Network State Conference 2024 - Opening Address by Balaji
▶Network State Conference 2025 (Livestream)
▶Network State Conference 2024 (Livestream)
▶41 - Network State Conference 2023 - Closing Remarks by Balaji
▶39 - Network State Conference 2023 - Kathleen Tyson on Multicurrency Mercantilism
▶40 - Network State Conference 2023 - Peter St Onge on the Sovereign Debt Crisis
▶38 - Network State Conference 2023 - Codie Sanchez on the Blue Collar Network State
▶37 - Network State Conference 2023 - Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss on Fixing Crypto Regulations
▶36 - Network State Conference 2023 - Anatoly Yakovenko on Solana's Parallel Financial System
▶35 - Network State Conference 2023 - Patrick Joyce on Research Hub
▶34 - Network State Conference 2023 - Laurence Ion on Vitalia
▶33 - Network State Conference 2023 - Niklas Anzinger on Infinita
▶32 - Network State Conference 2023 - Mark Lutter on Charter Cities
▶31 - Network State Conference 2023 - Luis Cuende of Baseflow
▶30 - Network State Conference 2023 - Spencer Macdonald of Spearbit
▶29 - Network State Conference 2023 - Beff Jezos of e/acc
▶28 - Network State Conference 2023 - Garry Tan of YCombinator
▶27 - Network State Conference 2023 - Amjad Masad on Transforming Education with Replit
▶26 - Network State Conference 2023 - Tyler Cowen on Emergent Ventures
▶25 - Network State Conference 2023 - Michael Gibson on Disrupting Academia
▶24 - Network State Conference 2023 - Chrisman Frank on Synthesis
▶23 - Network State Conference 2023 - Dan Romero on Farcaster and Decentralized Media
▶22 - Network State Conference 2023 - Nas Daily on moving From Communities to Countries
▶21 - Network State Conference 2023 - Alana Newhouse on Brokenism
▶20 - Network State Conference 2023 - Ashley Rindsberg on How the New York Times Faked History
▶19 - Network State Conference 2023 - Glenn Greenwald on Digital Privacy
▶18 - Network State Conference 2023 - Vitalik on Zuzalu
▶17 - Network State Conference 2023 - Patri Friedman on Competitive Government
▶16 - Network State Conference 2023 - Lindsey Elkin on Yayem
▶15 - Network State Conference 2023 - Sondre Rasch on Plumia
▶14 - Network State Conference 2023 - Zach Anderson on Coordinape
▶13 - Network State Conference 2023 - Yalor Mewn on Metacartel
▶12 - Network State Conference 2023 - Stefan Zingerle on Building Cities in Africa
▶11 - Network State Conference 2023 - Shervin Pishevar on A Digital Island
▶10 - Network State Conference 2023 - Ryan Rzepecki on Spectra
▶09 - Network State Conference 2023 - Alexis Rivas on Cover
▶08 - Network State Conference 2023 - Brooke Bowman on Vibecamp
▶07 - Network State Conference 2023 - Andrew Rose and Priya Rose on Fractal
▶06 - Network State Conference 2023 - Erick Brimen on Prospera
▶05 - Network State Conference 2023 - Ryan Johnson on Culdesac
▶03 - Network State Conference 2023 - Zach Milburn on NOMAD
▶02 - Network State Conference 2023 - Jason Benn on The Neighborhood SF
▶01 - Network State Conference 2023 - Alex Grintsvayg on Cabin
▶Network State Conference 2023 (Livestream)
▶Edge City | Startup Societies Café #2
▶Sealand | Startup Societies Café #1
▶Zuzalu, New Cities & Governance Experimentation | Vitalik Buterin | Startups Societies Conference
▶Entry Barriers and Competitive Governance. Journal of Special Jurisdictions Podcast. Episode 7
▶Frontiers in Governance Innovation, Futarchy & More | Robin Hanson | Startups Societies Conference
▶Longevity Research in Startup Societies | Mac Davis | Startups Societies Conference at Vitalia
▶BTC Adoption in Startup Societies | Dusan Matuska | Startups Societies Conference at Vitalia
▶Pop-Ups To Properties The Metacamp Experience | Cassie Shih | Startups Societies Conference
▶Best Practices Panel from Latter Stage Startup Society Projects | Startups Societies Conference
▶First US SEZ Catawba Digital Economic Zone | Nathalie & Joseph | Startup Societies Conference
▶Community Driven Startup Societies | Massimo & Alex | Startups Societies Conference at Vitalia
▶Building A Legal Foundation | Jorge Colindres | Startups Societies Conference at Vitalia
▶Tezos Governance a Digital Commonwealth | Arthur Breitman | Startups Societies Conference at Vitalia
▶Best Practices in Early Startup Builders | lon, Hillis, Shih, Fournier | SS Conference at Vitalia
▶Network Cities and their Implementation | Jonathan Hillis | Startups Societies Conference at Vitalia
▶Longevity Startup Societies | Balaji Srinivasan | Startups Societies Conference at Vitalia
▶The Rise of Network States and Smart Cities | Jordan Hall | Startups Societies Conference at Vitalia
▶Replacing Government Contracts with Prizes | Noah Chon Lee |Startups Societies Conference at Vitalia
▶SEZ Investment Panel | Friedman, Voss, Anzinger, McClure | Startups Societies Conference at Vitalia
▶Beyond the Public Law: A Taxonomy of Approaches to Alternative Governing. JSJ Podscast. Episode 6
▶Governance the Longview | Joe Lonsdale | Startups Societies Conference at Vitalia
▶Pronomos Capital the Startup Society VC | Patri Friedman | Startups Societies Conference at Vitalia
▶The Business Model of Prosperity Zones | Alex Voss | Startups Societies Conference at Vitalia
▶Building the New Cities Map | Niza Gonzales | Startups Societies Conference at Vitalia
▶The Moral High Ground for Startup | Magatte Wade | Startups Societies Conference at Vitalia
▶Architecting Prospera | Max Medina | Startups Societies Conference at Vitalia
▶Lessons from 50+ Years of Building SEZs | Bob Haywood | Startups Societies Conference at Vitalia
▶A Longevity City District in Prospera | Niklas Anzinger | Startups Societies Conference at Vitalia
▶Prospera A Next Generation Startup Society | Erick Brimen | Startups Societies Conference at Vitalia
▶Opening Speech | Joseph McKinney | Startups Societies Conference at Vitalia
▶The Honduran ZEDE Law, from Ideation to Action. Journal of Special Jurisdictions. Episode 4
▶Medical Manufacturing Zones. Journal of Special Jurisdictions Podcast. Episode 3
▶Special Economic Zones in Pouso Alegre, Brazil. Guest: Isabela Christo. JSJ Podcast. Episode 2
▶ULEX and Common Law Zones. Professor Tom W. Bell Journal of Special Jurisdictions Podcast. Episode 1
▶Próspera - Oliver Porter
▶Local Governance During Pandemics
▶Move - Parag Khanna
▶Cayman Enterprise City
▶Governance and Complexity Science
▶Banking and Special Economic Zones
▶SEZ Technology and Capital Strategies
▶CityCoins - Patrick Stanley
▶Startup Society Venture Capitalist Panel
▶Land Value Tax and Special Economic Zones - Michael Castle-Miller
▶Digital Transformation of Special Jurisdictions
▶Interview With a ZEDE Founder - Massimo Mazzone
▶Mark Frasier
▶Interview With Elliot Roth
▶Samo Burja: The Future of Governance and How Civilizations Functions
▶Marquis Cabrera on Impact Investment in Special Jursidictions
▶Darcy Allen on blockchain technology in Special Jurisdictions. World Lecturer Series.
▶Q & A With Tom W. Bell: SEZs, Ulex, Special Jurisdictions
▶Running an SEZ: From Founding to Operation - Ainsely Brown
▶Order Without Design - Alain Bertaud
▶Goverance History and Future - Alexander Salter
▶Ecovillages and Intentional Communities - Regen Villages
▶Impact Investing and Startup Societies - Marquis Cabrera
▶Reconstructing Globalism with SEZs - Claude Baissac
▶Game B Approach to Startup Societies - Jordan Hall
▶New Cities Movement - John Rossant
▶African Charter Cities - Iyinoluwa Aboyej
▶Zoning for Prosperity rather than Zoning for Poverty - Michael Strong
▶SEZ Expert Panel
▶The Business Case for Floating Real Estate - Nathalie Mezza-Garcia
▶Seasteading In a Post Covid 19 World - Joe Quirk
▶Investor's perspective on Startup Societies - Patri Friedman
▶Space Startup Societies Industry - Rick Tumlinson
▶Refugee Cities and SDZs - Kilian Kleinschmidt
▶Governance-As-A-Service - Taavi Kotka
▶Titus Gebel - Free Private Cities
▶Balaji Srinivasan - Red and Green Zones
▶Utopia: Urban innovation Group for Emerging Cities
▶Scott Beyer - Market Urbanism and Startup Societies
▶Don't Panic. Build!
▶Autonomous Special Jurisdiction Legal Systems
▶Governance and Blockchain in a Post Covid 19 Economy - Tim Draper
▶Rawabi: Restarting the Palestinan Economy With New Cities
▶Intentional Communities with Sky Blue - Startup Society Podcast Episode 42
▶Government as a Service with Tim Draper - Startup Societies Foundation Podcast Episode 41
▶Startup Societies Podcast Episode 40 - Hong Kong Localism with Joshua Wong
▶Zones for Economic Development with Juan Torrents - Startup Societies Podcast Episode 39
▶Building a Logistics Hub with Free Trade Zones with Jack Hedge
▶Lessons of Liechtenstein with Prince Michael
▶The Startup Societies Podcast - Digital Government With Alex Wellman
▶Startup Societies Podcast - Arctic Governance with Don Walsh
▶Free Private Cities with Titus Gebel
▶Startup Societies Podcast - Wade Shepard - Chinese Ghost Cities
▶Startup Societies Podcast - Mwiya Musokotwane - Nkwashi City
▶Startup Societies Podcast - Bashar Masri - Rawabi City
▶Startup Societies Podcast - Anton & Ilya Bakov - The Romanov Empire
▶Future Cities & Societies: Governance, Law, Blockchain
▶Startup Societies Podcast - Patri Friedman - Working for the Deep Future
▶Startup Societies Podcast - Matt Schutte, Tom W. Bell, Philip Saunders
▶GMU Summit Part 17 - Max Borders - From a Mutual Aid Society to a Society of Mutual Aid
▶GMU Summit Part 20 - Joseph McKinney, Nathalie Mezza-Garcia, Joe Quirk - Seasteading
▶GMU Summit Part 19 - Oliver Porter - How to Privatize a City
▶GMU Summit Part 18 - Matt McKibbin and Joseph McKinney - SEZs and Blockchain
▶GMU Summit Part 16 - Lotta Moberg - Economic Zone Promises and Pitfalls
▶GMU Summit Part 15 - Tom W. Bell - SEZs in Puerto RIco
▶GMU Summit Part 22 - Panel Discussion - SEZs, Puerto Crypto, Jones Act
▶GMU Summit Part 14 - Erick Bremen - Solving Poverty through better Governance
▶GMU Summit Part 10 - Jaime Yordan Frau - Ponce, Puerto Rico
▶GMU Summit Part 7 - Panel Discussion - The Economics of Puerto Rico
▶GMU Summit Part 5 - Katarina Niedermair - The Age of Startup Societies
▶GMU Summit Part 2 - Titus Gebel - Government by Contract
▶GMU Summit Part 0 - Joseph McKinney - Opening Speech
▶Mark Frazier - Seasteading Competition - Startup Societies Podcast
▶SSF GMU: Interview by Mark Edge of Free Talk Live
▶Rob Monster - Digital Towns - Startup Societies Podcast
▶r/Futurology AMA With Crystal Rose
▶GMU Summit Consortium AMA
▶Greg Delaune - Seasteading - Startup Societies Podcast
▶A New Hanseatic League
▶The Future of SEZs - Chapman Law Review
▶Samuel Hammond - Startup Societies Podcast
▶Refugee Cities - Michael Castle Miller
▶Special Economic Zones: Good and Bad
▶Tom W Bell: "Special International Zones"
▶John Chisholm: Design the Optimal Legal System for your SEZ
▶Institute For Competitive Government Announcement - Tom W Bell
▶Lotta Moberg - Startup Societies Foundation Podcast
▶Startup Society Manifesto
▶Michael Castle Miller - Startup Societies Podcast
▶Max Borders - Startup Societies Podcast
▶Seasteading In French Polynesia - Joe Quirk
▶John Chisholm - New Silicon Valleys And Decentralized Regulation
▶Breakout Sessions #2 Special Economic Zones
▶How To Fundraise For Startup Societies - Max Marty
▶Independence Movement And The State Of Jefferson - Tom Reed
▶Decentralized Regulation - John Chisholm
▶Dennis Riness - Civilization Engineering
▶Mark Lutter - Institute for Competitive Governance & Working with Government
▶Mark Frazier - Eco-Villages And Land Endowments
▶SEZ Developmental Economics - Lotta Moberg
▶Max Borders - Evolving Beyond Politics And The Nation State
▶Michael Strong - The Rise Of Startup Societies
▶Dale Brown - Threat Management In Startup Societies
▶Startup Summit Societies - Special Economic Zones
▶PhD in Seastading Studies - Startup Societies Podcast
▶Urban Economics with Sanford Ikeda - Startup Societies Podcast
▶David Orban on Exponential Tech & Startup Societies - SSF Podcast
▶Operation Atlantis - Startup Societies Summit
▶Free State Project Founder- Startup Societies Podcast
▶What is a Startup Society?
▶Exiting Through Blockchain in Africa - Startup Societies Podcast
▶Blueseed: A Seasted Minimally Viable Product - Startup Societies Podcast
▶The Present and Future of Blockchain Governance - Startup Societies Podcast
▶Titus Gebel - Free Private Cities - Startup Societies Podcast
▶A Fort for Entrepreneurs in Chile - Gabe Scheare - Startup Societies Podcast
▶Andreas Kohl "Mr Liechtenstein" - Startup Societies Podcast
▶Michael Strong - Startup Cities - Startup Societies Podcast
▶Floating Cities with Joe Quirk - Startup Societies Podcast
▶Refugee Island - Jiwoon Hwang | Rhodes 2016
▶Criticize by Creating - Derek Magill
▶Spreading Startup Societies - Mark Frazier | Rhodes 2016
▶Introduction to Liechtenstein - Andreas Kohl | Rhodes 2016
Articles
The Network State Manifesto
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Exit Is Not Enough
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Lessons from Network State Experiments (2023-2025)
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Updates on Network State Experiments (mid-2025)
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How to Value Emerging Network States
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