At a glance
- Established
- 2015
- Population
- No permanent residents
- Climate
- Humid Continental
- Languages
- English
- Coordinates
- 45.77° N, 18.87° E
- Who it’s for
- Adventurous libertarians
About the project
Founded on an unclaimed piece of land between Croatia and Serbia, this project in the heart of Europe aims to become the world’s newest recognized microstate.
Liberland is an aspiring micronation on a small parcel of land along the Danube between Croatia and Serbia. The site sits in a pocket of territory that neither country formally claims, the result of an unresolved border dispute between them; its founders treat the spot as terra nullius, land belonging to no state.
It was proclaimed in 2015 by the Czech politician and activist Vít Jedlička as a sovereign state founded on libertarian principles. Its motto, “To Live and Let Live”, reflects a constitution designed to protect individual freedom and to constrain the growth of government, and the project experiments with an open-source approach to lawmaking in which anyone may, in principle, take part.
Much of Liberland’s effort goes into diplomacy and legal groundwork rather than physical settlement. Its long-term aim (to become a recognised city-state with a permanent population and a working economy) depends on acceptance by its neighbours and the wider international community, and it has cultivated a global network of supporters and prospective citizens to that end.
Articles
Blog19 min read
The Dawn of Liberland
The way to Liberland is easy but not simple. Technically speaking, it’s just a short bike ride away from the nearest village on a comfortable bike path through a stunning forest known as the “Amazon of Europe”.
Hynek Fencl · Free Cities FoundationVideos
Free Cities Conference 2025
Liberty in Our Lifetime 2024
Liberty in Our Lifetime 2023
Liberty in Our Lifetime 2021
Michal Ptáčník
Podcast episodes
Podcast Episode 160
Mark Edge: The Freedom to Leave
Radio host Mark Edge on the Free State Project, Liberland and seasteading, and why proprietary city-states could outperform democracy.
Podcast Episode 152
Thomas D. Walls: Diplomacy By Example
Thomas D. Walls, Liberland's foreign minister, on diplomacy by example, talks with Croatia and Serbia, and building a global libertarian community.
Podcast Episode 149
Vít Jedlička: Liberland’s Path to Prosperity
Liberland president Vít Jedlička on building Liberty Island, the constitution as a smart contract, voluntary taxation and international recognition.
Podcast Episode 94
Shajay Bhooshan: Parametric Design, Digital Cities & The Future of Architecture
Zaha Hadid Architects' Shajay Bhooshan on parametric design, digital cities and designing Próspera, Praxis and Liberland's metaverse.
Podcast Episode 88
Thomas D. Walls: Liberland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs
Liberland Foreign Minister Thomas D. Walls on the micronation's government, diplomacy and his predictions for the project's future.
Podcast Episode 82
Hynek Fencl: Liberland Insights, Free City Proposals & The Limitations of Democracy
Free Cities Foundation's Hynek Fencl on Liberland, identifying sites for Free City projects with Tipolis and the limits of democracy.
Podcast Episode 58
Vít Jedlička: Starting a New Country in Europe
Vít Jedlička on founding the Free Republic of Liberland, the micronation he started in 2015 on disputed land between Croatia and Serbia.
Worth a watch
Videos and articles from around the web, made by others rather than the Free Cities Foundation. Each one plays here, and the pill on it opens the original.
Drew Binsky
The Country That Doesn’t Yet Exist (Liberland)
A travel reporter visits the unclaimed stretch of Danube riverbank and the people trying to turn it into a country.
Beyond Borders
The Micronation Trapped Between Two Countries
A documentary on the legal gap Liberland occupies between Serbia and Croatia, and on what its settlers have built there so far.
Niko Omilana
I Snuck Into A Banned Country
The video that introduced Liberland to a mass audience, following a British YouTuber’s attempt to reach the territory by boat.
People
Questions
Is Liberland a country?
Not in the sense that matters legally. Liberland declared itself a sovereign state in 2015 and has a constitution, a government and a large roll of registered citizens, but it is not recognised by any established state and does not control the territory it claims. Croatia polices access to the site.
Where is Liberland?
On the west bank of the Danube between Croatia and Serbia, on a parcel of about seven square kilometres known as Gornja Siga. Neither neighbour claims it, which is the result of an unresolved border dispute rather than an oversight, and it is that gap Liberland’s founders treat as terra nullius.
How many people live in Liberland?
Nobody lives on the claimed territory itself: Croatia controls the approaches and has prevented permanent settlement. A couple of dozen people connected to the project live nearby, just off the land. Liberland has also granted citizenship to a large number of people worldwide, but that is a register of supporters, not a resident population.
When was Liberland founded?
It was proclaimed on 13 April 2015 by the Czech politician and activist Vít Jedlička, on libertarian principles and under the motto “To Live and Let Live”.