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18 projects worldwide, from operational Free Cities to ideas taking shape. Drag to rotate, then click a point to explore.
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Special JurisdictionOperational
Próspera
Honduras · 250–1,000 residents
This advanced special economic zone is designed to be a “platform for prosperity”, offering to realize Honduras’s full potential for growth and innovation.
Special JurisdictionOperational
Ciudad Morazán
Honduras · 200–500 residents
Located on the outskirts of Choloma, Honduras, this advanced special economic zone is focused on providing safety, stability, and the highest quality of life possible for blue-collar Hondurans and foreigners.
Intentional CommunityOperational
Free State Project
United States · 5,000–10,000 residents
This movement encourages libertarians from the United States to move to New Hampshire with the goal of transforming it into a freedom-oriented jurisdiction.
Sovereign TerritoryOperational
Sark
Guernsey, Channel Islands · 250–1,000 residents
A formerly feudal possession of the British Crown, this self-governing island is a haven of localized freedom
SeasteadOperational
ArkPad
A network of villages · Philippines
ArkPad is a naval architecture company in the Philippines that designs and builds floating platforms, aquaculture systems and vessels. Its floating home, its fish cage and its glamping unit are all in use at the Reef Resort off Samal Island, the first site it has built and runs.
Intentional CommunityOperational
Free Commune of Penadexo
Spain · Under 50 residents
This grassroots project is building a freedom-oriented community by renovating one of Spain’s abandoned historic villages.
Intentional CommunityOperational
Liberstad
Norway · Under 50 residents
With the eventual aim of becoming a private city in the future if possible, this remote settlement in Norway is developing innovative infrastructure for its own internal economy.
Intentional CommunityOperational
Montelibero
Montenegro · 50–250 residents
Started by a community of expat libertarians from CIS countries and becoming international over time, this project’s goal is to be a role model of liberty in practice to their neighbors and the whole country of Montenegro.
Sovereign TerritoryOperational
Principality of Sealand
United Kingdom · Under 5 residents
A self-proclaimed sovereign micronation proclaimed on a former WWII naval defence platform sitting outside Britain's territorial waters that aims to become a full community
Intentional CommunityOperational
Veritas Villages
A network of villages · Nicaragua, Panama, Costa Rica
Veritas Villages is a network of off-grid, self-sustaining freedom communities developed across Latin America by Autris. Every village is built around the F.I.R.S.T. philosophy of Freedom, Independence, Resiliency, Self-Sustainability and Transparency, letting residents live more self-reliantly while sharing amenities and community across several locations.
Intentional CommunityIn Development
Citadel.Garden
Croatia · Madeira · Under 50 residents
This shareholder-owned network of family homes across borders gives location-independent families dependable places to return to, beginning with a first village built in the Istrian countryside in Croatia.
Intentional CommunityIn Development
CryptoCity
Venezuela
This project targeted at high-net-worth businesspeople and entrepreneurs aims to create the perfect global networking community.
Sovereign TerritoryComplicated
Liberland
Croatia / Serbia · No permanent residents
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.
SeasteadIn Planning
Atlas Island
At sea
This project hopes to grow from an online community of like-minded people into a fully-fledged autonomous seastead.
Intentional CommunityIn Planning
Freeth’m
Portugal
This project aims to build a worldwide network of decentralized, self-sufficient towns for freedom seekers
What counts as a Free Cities project
This register tracks places where people are building an alternative to conventional government on a defined piece of ground. Each entry has a location you can point to, a group or operator behind it, and a public record we can check. Projects appear here whether or not the Foundation is involved with them, and an entry is a description rather than an endorsement.
The list is deliberately mixed. Some of these places have residents, streets and a working legal framework today. Others are a company, a plan and a piece of land. Reading them side by side is the point, because it shows what the idea looks like at every stage between proposal and functioning town.
The four kinds
Autonomous zones operate inside a host country under a special legal regime negotiated with it, which is what gives them their own rules on tax, regulation and dispute resolution. Sovereign territories claim statehood in their own right, and their status is usually contested. Seasteads place the same ambition on the water, outside any existing land jurisdiction. Intentional communities stay within ordinary national law and build their difference through ownership, contract and a shared founding agreement instead.
How far along each one is
Every entry carries a stage. Operational means people live or work there now. In development means construction or legal groundwork is underway. In planning means the project is still on paper. Complicated is reserved for places whose legal position is disputed or in flux, which in this field happens often enough to deserve its own label rather than a footnote. The register is ordered by stage, so the places you can actually visit come first.
Keeping it current
Projects in this field change quickly, and a court ruling or an election can move one between stages. We revise entries as circumstances change and welcome corrections from the people running these places. If something here is out of date, or a project is missing, please tell us .
The project details in this register (name, location, type, stage, size and status) may be re-used under CC BY 4.0 with credit to the Free Cities Foundation and a link back to this page.