Free Cities Foundation
We connect the people, the projects and the ideas proving that better rules make better places.
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The Free Cities Foundation links the people building free cities to the places they're building. Every profile leads to the next, and the directory is where the whole network connects. The best place to start.
What are Free Cities?
Free Cities is an umbrella term for self-governing territories that uphold individual rights and freedoms. They usually have a special legal status within their host state, which grants them autonomy to make decisions that affect their local community.
Zones of Progress
The Past, Present and Future of Special Economic Zones (SEZs)
A film by Timothy Allen · 19 min
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Johannes Kaiser Interview: Free Cities in Libertarian Chile
Can you fight the state by becoming the state? It is the one question every political libertarian has to answer, and Johannes Kaiser has heard it more often than most. Last November, the leader of Chile’s National Libertarian Party won 14 percent of the vote in the country’s presidential election, one of the strongest results a libertarian party has ever achieved anywhere in a national first round. A few months later, we found ourselves sitting across from him at a lakeside campground in eastern Germany, asking him exactly that question.
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The Free Cities Podcast
Hosted by Timothy Allen, the Free Cities Podcast explores the stories of the people who build, live in, and advocate for Free Cities.
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Episode 197
Dominic Frisby | They’ll Blame You When It Fails
Timothy Allen · Free Cities FoundationDominic Frisby doubts fiat ends in hyperinflation. He expects decades of quiet debasement, and thinks gold and Bitcoin holders get the blame.
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The Free Cities 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.
- October 28–31, 2027
- Prague, Czech Republic
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