What happens when you plant a flag on unclaimed land and declare a new country built on libertarian principles?
In our very first episode, Steven Nekhaila sits down with Vít Jedlička — founder and president of the Free Republic of Liberland — to find out.
Founded in 2015 on a 2.7 sq mi parcel of disputed land between Serbia and Croatia, Liberland has grown from a radical experiment into something nobody expected: a functioning micro-state with over 800,000 citizenship applications from nearly every country on Earth.
And the people applying? Not just dreamers. Javier Milei — now President of Argentina — is a citizen. So are tech entrepreneurs, economists, and freedom advocates from around the world.
In this conversation, we cover:
→ How Liberland was founded and why Croatia tried to stop it
→ The governance model: a DAO-based meritocracy with no traditional bureaucracy
→ Why Vít read Frédéric Bastiat's "The Law" at 13 and never looked back
→ 800,000 citizenship applications — who's applying and why
→ High-profile citizens including Javier Milei
→ Liberland's presence at Davos (one of only 11 countries with a house there)
→ The philosophy: decentralization, private ownership, and automation
→ Future plans for international recognition and constitutional development
→ Partnerships with libertarian parties worldwide
→ Invitation to the Libertarian Party Convention in Michigan
Whether you think Liberland is a proof of concept or a pipe dream, this conversation will make you think differently about what's possible when people stop asking for permission.
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TIMESTAMPS:
[00:56] Introduction
[02:04] What is Liberland?
[05:18] Liberland at Davos
[06:45] Javier Milei and notable citizens
[08:00] The founding story — planting the flag
[11:00] The merit system explained
[13:10] Croatia's response and early challenges
[18:42] Governance as a DAO
[20:30] Strategic Location and the Free State model
[30:36] Crypto Prisoners and War on Bitcoin
[36:04] Political Parties and Democracy
[40:20] Youthful rebellion and lessons from Liberland
[43:14] Freedom Dollar, the first private stablecoin
[49:35] Bastiat-inspired philosophy behind Liberland
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🔗 LINKS:
Liberland: https://liberland.org
Vít Jedlička on X: https://x.com/JedlickaVit
Liberland on X: https://x.com/Liberland_org
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