Municipalism
A world divided into independent city-states and microstates that compete like a market, with free secession, the right of exit and political experimentation, from the medieval free cities to Yarvin's "patchwork" and seasteading.
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In one sentence
I want thousands of sovereign city-states competing for residents, with free secession, the right of exit and each city choosing its own laws.
Political axes
Profile across the 12 axes
- Very strong · Federal
Structure
- Leaning · Autocracy
Representation
- Leaning · Liberty
Power
- Leaning · Multiculturalism
Immigration
- Leaning · Pacifist
Diplomacy
- Strong · Non-interventionist
Intervention
- Strong · Private
Economy
- Strong · Free market
Control
- Strong · Globalism
Trade
- Balanced
Religion
- Leaning · Progressive
Morality
- Strong · Technology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Structure
Leans further toward federal than 95% of the 243 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 36This ideology 97
Of all the axes, Structure is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Religion
On Religion, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Ideology median 55This ideology 54
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Hans-Hermann Hoppe
A German economist, Hoppe radicalized anarcho-capitalism, defending absolute private property and criticizing democracy as a system that erodes freedom, proposing social orders based on voluntary contract.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyMilton FriedmanEconomist94%
SociallyMark ZuckerbergEntrepreneur97%
EconomicallyRoberto CamposEconomist and diplomat100%
Other compatible profiles
EconomicsAdam SmithEconomist93%
EconomicsPaulo GuedesEconomist93%
EconomicsLudwig von MisesEconomist92%
EconomicsFriedrich HayekEconomist91%
EconomicsFrédéric BastiatEconomist91%
PhilosophyMax StirnerPhilosopher91%
EconomicsGustave de MolinariPolitical economist89%
PhilosophyRobert NozickPhilosopher89%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
Zug (Switzerland)
Crypto-fiscal regionSwitzerland's smallest canton and one of the lowest-taxed jurisdictions in the world, Zug attracts holdings and foundations through low taxation, hosts the Crypto Valley around Ethereum and accepts tax payments in bitcoin, under cantonal direct democracy.
Other close countries
Liechtenstein
Liberal-rentier monarchyA tiny European principality, Liechtenstein is a prosperous constitutional monarchy, with strong local autonomy, a liberal economy based on finance and industry, and one of the highest income levels per capita in the world.
Also close, by dimension
- PoliticallyZug (Switzerland)Crypto-fiscal region91%
SociallySão Paulo (Brazil)Industrial-financial region93%
EconomicallyHong Kong (China)Technocratic-financial region100%
The most distant
Dutch Republic (United Provinces)
1581–1795A pioneering modern merchant republic, the United Provinces were a confederation governed by a commercial oligarchy, marked by religious tolerance, free trade, and immense naval and financial power at their height.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyMedieval Iceland (Commonwealth)c. 930–126277%
SociallyRenaissance Florence1115–153282%
EconomicallyBritish Empire1837–1901100%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
Close ideologies
Closest within Libertarian
- Libertarian
Techno-Commercialism
A neoreactionary current that rejects democracy in favor of microstates run like firms. It favors competition among jurisdictions, free markets, the right of exit, and technological innovation as principles of government.
- Libertarian
Libertarian Monarchism
Current that sees monarchy as a guarantee of freedom and stability, defending a king with limited power who protects property and individual rights and maintains a lean, minimally interventionist state.
- Libertarian
Minarchism
Libertarian branch that defends a minimal state limited to police, courts, and defense, leaving everything else to the market and private initiative, to protect individual rights without oppressing freedom.
Closest in other spectrums
- Right
Capitalism
Economic system based on private property, free markets, and the pursuit of profit, in which production and prices are regulated by competition and supply and demand, with individual initiative as its engine.
- Center
Liberalism
Political tradition that places individual freedom at the center, defending rights, tolerance, the rule of law, a market economy, and limits on power, with government subject to the consent of citizens.
- Right
Neoliberalism
Current that advocates free markets, deregulation, privatization, and fiscal discipline, reducing the state's economic role and trusting competition and monetary stability as engines of prosperity.
The most distant ideology
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