[Eclipse]

Earlier this week, Vit Jedlicka, a member of the conservative Party of Free Citizens in the Czech Republic, founded a new country called Liberland. It's pretty small, only 7km^2, and it's situated on the unclaimed terra nullius between Serbia and Croatia.

“The objective of the founders of the new state is to build a country where honest people can prosper without being oppressed by governments making their lives unpleasant through the burden of unnecessary restrictions and taxes,” reads a statement announcing the creation of the new country this week. The country’s motto is: “To live and let live.”

The project has already received roughly 20,000 applications for citizenship, according to Jedlicka, who estimated that the country will receive as many as 100,000 applications by the end of next week (Liberland’s website has details of how to apply for citizenship, including sending an email of introduction—a C.V. is optional). Jedlicka added that some people already have plans to relocate.

The citizenship process is selective, and Jedlicka says only between 3,000 and 5,000 people will be granted citizenship in the coming weeks. Down the line, he said he expects the number of citizens to be comparable to Liechtenstein, a 62 sq. mi. country that borders Switzerland and Austria with 35,000 people (not all citizens will live in Liberland).

Liberland is a “peaceful” country and will have no standing army. If neighbors Croatia or Serbia were to oppose, he said he would put up only “passive defense.”

Sources:
http://time.com/3825100/man-claims-new-country-europe/
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/04/...w-country/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberland
https://www.facebook.com/liberland
http://liberland.org/en/about/

Thoughts?

[Master]

It's seems Liberland has open borders, a flag, a Twitter account and a Facebook page. It does not yet have a constitution, national anthem or official language. Also Liberland will not be printing currency, instead favoring cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. If this idea kicks off, it will largely effect the bitcoin market.

[Eclipse]

It's seems Liberland has open borders, a flag, a Twitter account and a Facebook page. It does not yet have a constitution, national anthem or official language. Also Liberland will not be printing currency, instead favoring cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. If this idea kicks off, it will largely effect the bitcoin market.

It does have a constitution, and an official language.

Yeah, a country using BTC will dramatically increase the value.

[Dismas]

Ooh. If they managed to become stable and secure I would be extremely interested. It is a bit idealist, but I want to see where it goes.