Natalie Danelishen is a well-known proponent of liberty who previously served as an administrative assistant at the Free Cities Foundation. Earlier in her career she worked for liberty-focused non-profit think tanks. A mother of three, she sees Free Cities as a way of securing freedom for the next generation.
A self-taught graphic designer and writer, she worked for the Mises Institute and the National Constitutional Law Union before joining the Foundation, where she helped organise its international conferences and produce its published material.
She is better known to a wider audience under the handle Chesschick01, where her graphics and commentary on liberty, money and family have built one of the more engaged followings in the movement, and she holds one of the Principality of Sealand’s noble titles.
She home-schools her three children, and treats that as the same project by other means. The reason to want a freer jurisdiction is that somebody has to live in it afterwards, and they will have been taught by someone.
News3 min read
Free City Updates: Project Directory Launch, Próspera, TikTok
This edition covers the launch of our new Free Cities Project Directory, our Substack debut, and Patri Friedman’s eight hard truths from 25 years of trying to build startup societies.

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Free City Updates: Dubai, Próspera’s flat tax and Destiny
This month, we look at what the Iran war means for Free Cities, cover Próspera’s new $5,000 flat-tax residency program, and report on a bitcoin billionaire’s proposal to pay every citizen of Nevis $100 a month.

News4 min read
For years we talked about it. This September we step inside.
Rather than our usual news roundup, we are dedicating this edition to telling you about the 2026 Free Cities Conference.

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Titus Debates, Step Inside and the American West
This month, we announce the theme for our 2026 Free Cities Conference, share updates from our recent visit to the United States, highlight recent media coverage, and bring you the latest episodes from the Free Cities Foundation podcast.

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Venzuela, Speaker Announcements & Seasteading Opportunities
This month, we cover the dramatic political developments in Venezuela and their implications for Free Cities, announce new speakers for our conference in Próspera, and bring you up to speed on two major seasteading initiatives: LiberArx and ArkPad.

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Honduras Election, Grokipedia, Sark & What’s Ahead
As we approach the end of 2025, we bring you an update on the long-anticipated Honduran general election results, Grokipedia’s newly published deep dive into Free Cities, developments on Sark, and more…

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We’ve Been Waiting Years to Share This…
As many of you know, the Free Cities Conference is the one time each year when our project representatives from around the world come together to share their progress.

Liberty in Our Lifetime 2024
Liberty in Our Lifetime 2023
Podcast Episode 103
Natalie Danelishen: Free Speech, Twitter & US Politics
Twitter liberty influencer Natalie Danelishen on free speech, US politics and the 2024 election in the days before the vote.

Podcast Episode 49
Natalie Danelishen: Twitter, Homeschooling & Ending the Fed
Natalie Danelishen of the Free Cities Foundation on Ron Paul, ending the Fed, homeschooling and spreading liberty on Elon's Twitter.







