NEW REALITY OF
Historically, state ties people to a specific territory. That concept is catastrophically outdated. It’s the root cause of endless wars that threaten our very existence.
A new concept — the network state — connects people through shared values, no matter where they live or what their nationality, religion, gender, or language may be.
This is the future. Join it.
A new concept — the network state — connects people through shared values, no matter where they live or what their nationality, religion, gender, or language may be.
This is the future. Join it.
What is libernet?
A decentralized society built around shared values—those laid out in the Declaration. Connected through the internet, powered by a virtual economy with its own cryptocurrency, offering online education and social insurance. Accessible anywhere on Earth with an internet connection.
Contribute Declaration of Values
In a nation state, the foundations of the social contract are laid out in the Constitution. When a constitution functions well, it lends stability to the political union. Citizens can appeal to its provisions in court if they believe their rights have been violated. Yet because a nation state is tied to territory and ultimately grounded in coercion and force, the constitution—though important—does not play a decisive role in the state’s stability.
In a network state, by contrast, the right choice of values determines the community’s success and stability. On the one hand, the declaration of values—the analogue of a constitution—should include all essential aspects of the association. On the other hand, it should avoid anything superfluous that would needlessly narrow the circle of potential participants.
The declaration is established before the community is created, since amending it is difficult. Ideally, amendments would require unanimity—a practical impossibility in a large community. As a compromise, changes to the declaration may be adopted with the support of an overwhelming majority—90% of citizens.
What follows are the core values of libernet.
Voluntary Membership
No one may be compelled to join libernet, just as libernet citizenship is not granted automatically by birthplace or any other factor. A person may join either by their own free will or, if lacking the requisite legal capacity due to age or other reasons, through a lawful representative.
Right to Exit
A citizen of libernet may leave the community at any time, of their own free will, without sanctions. Departure may also occur by decision of the governing body in cases of systematic violation of the declaration of values. Revocation of citizenship is an extreme measure to safeguard the values; before it is applied, all other means consistent with the declaration must be exhausted.
Freedom of Movement, Residence, Work, and Study
Libernet guarantees freedom of movement. Its services are available regardless of place of residence. Citizens provide their location to the libernet operator, yet neither the operator nor any governing body has the right to forbid a person from being in—or leaving—a given territory.
Renunciation of Killing
Libernet’s citizens renounce the taking of life by force as a means of coercion, and they refrain from participating in organizations that may require such means: armed forces, police, or criminal courts with the death penalty as a possible measure. The use of violence, or voluntary entry into organizations that may oblige one to kill, is grounds for loss of libernet citizenship. Unintentional killing does not constitute such grounds.
Direct Democracy
All major questions of libernet’s activity are resolved by voting. Any question may be put to a general vote if its submission receives the support of 10% of all citizens. Amendments to the declaration require 90% of all citizens. Confidence in governing bodies is expressed by a qualified majority of two thirds of all citizens. All other questions are decided by a simple majority of participating voters. Every citizen must have access to all questions submitted or proposed for submission and must be given at least one month to decide whether to support, reject, or abstain.
Transparency of All Community-Related Information
All information concerning libernet’s activities is accessible to any libernet citizen. Transparency does not extend to personal data.
Respect for Every Citizen
Respect is a basic value of libernet. Citizens recognize the uniqueness and worth of every person and may expect such regard from any fellow citizen. Acts of disrespect constitute a gross violation of libernet’s values.
Prohibition of Discrimination
Personal attributes beyond a citizen’s choice—race, nationality, sex, and age—may not serve as grounds for discrimination, for the infringement of rights, for refusal of admission, or for the revocation of citizenship.
Care for One’s Environment
A libernet citizen undertakes to treat with care the world around them—nature, people, infrastructure—wherever they reside, and to contribute, within their means, to their preservation and development.
Freedom of Expression, Belief, Religion, and Association
Within the community, citizens enjoy all fundamental freedoms. No citizen may restrict another’s right to seek, receive, transmit, and disseminate information, or to choose a worldview or religion. Citizens may form any associations within the community, provided their purposes do not violate libernet’s values.
Upon joining the community, every libernet citizen pledges to uphold this declaration of values. The only legitimate ground for ceasing to follow these values is a voluntary exit from libernet.
In a nation state, the foundations of the social contract are laid out in the Constitution. When a constitution functions well, it lends stability to the political union. Citizens can appeal to its provisions in court if they believe their rights have been violated. Yet because a nation state is tied to territory and ultimately grounded in coercion and force, the constitution—though important—does not play a decisive role in the state’s stability.
In a network state, by contrast, the right choice of values determines the community’s success and stability. On the one hand, the declaration of values—the analogue of a constitution—should include all essential aspects of the association. On the other hand, it should avoid anything superfluous that would needlessly narrow the circle of potential participants.
The declaration is established before the community is created, since amending it is difficult. Ideally, amendments would require unanimity—a practical impossibility in a large community. As a compromise, changes to the declaration may be adopted with the support of an overwhelming majority—90% of citizens.
What follows are the core values of libernet.
Voluntary Membership
No one may be compelled to join libernet, just as libernet citizenship is not granted automatically by birthplace or any other factor. A person may join either by their own free will or, if lacking the requisite legal capacity due to age or other reasons, through a lawful representative.
Right to Exit
A citizen of libernet may leave the community at any time, of their own free will, without sanctions. Departure may also occur by decision of the governing body in cases of systematic violation of the declaration of values. Revocation of citizenship is an extreme measure to safeguard the values; before it is applied, all other means consistent with the declaration must be exhausted.
Freedom of Movement, Residence, Work, and Study
Libernet guarantees freedom of movement. Its services are available regardless of place of residence. Citizens provide their location to the libernet operator, yet neither the operator nor any governing body has the right to forbid a person from being in—or leaving—a given territory.
Renunciation of Killing
Libernet’s citizens renounce the taking of life by force as a means of coercion, and they refrain from participating in organizations that may require such means: armed forces, police, or criminal courts with the death penalty as a possible measure. The use of violence, or voluntary entry into organizations that may oblige one to kill, is grounds for loss of libernet citizenship. Unintentional killing does not constitute such grounds.
Direct Democracy
All major questions of libernet’s activity are resolved by voting. Any question may be put to a general vote if its submission receives the support of 10% of all citizens. Amendments to the declaration require 90% of all citizens. Confidence in governing bodies is expressed by a qualified majority of two thirds of all citizens. All other questions are decided by a simple majority of participating voters. Every citizen must have access to all questions submitted or proposed for submission and must be given at least one month to decide whether to support, reject, or abstain.
Transparency of All Community-Related Information
All information concerning libernet’s activities is accessible to any libernet citizen. Transparency does not extend to personal data.
Respect for Every Citizen
Respect is a basic value of libernet. Citizens recognize the uniqueness and worth of every person and may expect such regard from any fellow citizen. Acts of disrespect constitute a gross violation of libernet’s values.
Prohibition of Discrimination
Personal attributes beyond a citizen’s choice—race, nationality, sex, and age—may not serve as grounds for discrimination, for the infringement of rights, for refusal of admission, or for the revocation of citizenship.
Care for One’s Environment
A libernet citizen undertakes to treat with care the world around them—nature, people, infrastructure—wherever they reside, and to contribute, within their means, to their preservation and development.
Freedom of Expression, Belief, Religion, and Association
Within the community, citizens enjoy all fundamental freedoms. No citizen may restrict another’s right to seek, receive, transmit, and disseminate information, or to choose a worldview or religion. Citizens may form any associations within the community, provided their purposes do not violate libernet’s values.
Upon joining the community, every libernet citizen pledges to uphold this declaration of values. The only legitimate ground for ceasing to follow these values is a voluntary exit from libernet.
Governance
Libernet has no centralized management. Each node is run by its own operator, who maintains the hardware and software, resolves disputes, issues passports to local residents, and works with local governments. Horizontal cooperation is encouraged for social projects. Decisions are made through online direct democracy, with one important twist: for most questions, only the votes of those who choose to participate are counted, rather than the entire population. The exceptions are laws and the election of operators, which require input from all citizens. Changing the Declaration is the highest bar of all—it takes more than 90% of all citizens’ votes to pass.
Libernet has no centralized management. Each node is run by its own operator, who maintains the hardware and software, resolves disputes, issues passports to local residents, and works with local governments. Horizontal cooperation is encouraged for social projects. Decisions are made through online direct democracy, with one important twist: for most questions, only the votes of those who choose to participate are counted, rather than the entire population. The exceptions are laws and the election of operators, which require input from all citizens. Changing the Declaration is the highest bar of all—it takes more than 90% of all citizens’ votes to pass.
Economy
Libernet will host a global marketplace where both citizens and outside participants can buy and sell products and services. Everything will be organized under a shared classification system derived from NCL (The Nice Classification) and ranked by quality, speed or time of delivery, price level, and popularity. Pricing will follow the exchange principle, using an order book of buy and sell requests.
Libernet operator will ensure that products and services are legally permitted in their territory, resolve arbitration disputes, and block fraud attempts. Operators will earn 1% of turnover, while an additional 2% will go into libernet’s shared budget—funds dedicated to improving the well-being of its citizens.
A new cryptocurrency, the liber, will serve as the marketplace’s currency. Its issuance is directly tied to economic activity: when a product or service is sold for libers, an equal amount of currency is created; when libers are exchanged for other currencies, that amount is removed from circulation. Conversely, converting outside currency into libers increases supply. In this way, the total number of libers always reflects the scale of libernet’s current economic activity plus the funds stored as investment. This gives libers real-world backing, setting them apart from most existing cryptocurrencies and making them closer to nation state currencies, which are also anchored in the strength of their economies.
Libernet will host a global marketplace where both citizens and outside participants can buy and sell products and services. Everything will be organized under a shared classification system derived from NCL (The Nice Classification) and ranked by quality, speed or time of delivery, price level, and popularity. Pricing will follow the exchange principle, using an order book of buy and sell requests.
Libernet operator will ensure that products and services are legally permitted in their territory, resolve arbitration disputes, and block fraud attempts. Operators will earn 1% of turnover, while an additional 2% will go into libernet’s shared budget—funds dedicated to improving the well-being of its citizens.
A new cryptocurrency, the liber, will serve as the marketplace’s currency. Its issuance is directly tied to economic activity: when a product or service is sold for libers, an equal amount of currency is created; when libers are exchanged for other currencies, that amount is removed from circulation. Conversely, converting outside currency into libers increases supply. In this way, the total number of libers always reflects the scale of libernet’s current economic activity plus the funds stored as investment. This gives libers real-world backing, setting them apart from most existing cryptocurrencies and making them closer to nation state currencies, which are also anchored in the strength of their economies.
Well-being
Libernet can take over some functions of nation states, like public safety, medical support, and pension insurance. While most of these responsibilities will still belong to nation-states, there are areas where libernet could genuinely improve people’s well-being:
Libernet can take over some functions of nation states, like public safety, medical support, and pension insurance. While most of these responsibilities will still belong to nation-states, there are areas where libernet could genuinely improve people’s well-being:
- Online emergency calls: a mobile app available to all citizens, with volunteer squads ready to respond (Liberland's idea)
- Telemedicine as first contact: quick access to doctors online, with seamless referrals to local specialists and clinics when needed.
- Pension and disability insurance: funded through libernet’s budget.
Education
Primary, secondary and higher education are becoming available online. Libernet will support both online services via its own marketplace, as well as help enrolling to local schools, colleges and universities. The leading methodology, IB, which graduation exams are accepted by 95% of universities worldwide, is available online since 2022.
Some of the scholarships, if decided by citizens, could be funded from libernet's budget.
Primary, secondary and higher education are becoming available online. Libernet will support both online services via its own marketplace, as well as help enrolling to local schools, colleges and universities. The leading methodology, IB, which graduation exams are accepted by 95% of universities worldwide, is available online since 2022.
Some of the scholarships, if decided by citizens, could be funded from libernet's budget.
Apply for libernet citizenship
The application is now free of charge. All you need to do is commit to the values outlined in the Declaration and provide your national ID. Your national ID won’t be stored—it’s only used to generate a Web3 ID, which serves as your libernet passport.
Become a libernet operator
An Operator runs libernet within a designated territory (or territories). Their responsibilities include managing servers for the node, resolving arbitration disputes, issuing Web3 IDs to local residents, monitoring local laws, and cooperating with local governments. In return, the Operator earns a percentage of all transactions conducted through libernet within their territory.
Become an investor or sponsor
Building the libernet infrastructure requires investment—covering software and hardware solutions to support the economy, cryptocurrency, education, insurance, and security. Finishing, publishing and promoting the book also require funds. Our future is the best investment!
Become an information partner
How fast libernet takes off depends on how quickly the word spreads. You can make a difference! Raise awareness by sharing through your own networks and getting others on board
Ask a question
Don’t hesitate to ask any questions—we’ll do our best to respond timely.
The application is now free of charge. All you need to do is commit to the values outlined in the Declaration and provide your national ID. Your national ID won’t be stored—it’s only used to generate a Web3 ID, which serves as your libernet passport.
Become a libernet operator
An Operator runs libernet within a designated territory (or territories). Their responsibilities include managing servers for the node, resolving arbitration disputes, issuing Web3 IDs to local residents, monitoring local laws, and cooperating with local governments. In return, the Operator earns a percentage of all transactions conducted through libernet within their territory.
Become an investor or sponsor
Building the libernet infrastructure requires investment—covering software and hardware solutions to support the economy, cryptocurrency, education, insurance, and security. Finishing, publishing and promoting the book also require funds. Our future is the best investment!
Become an information partner
How fast libernet takes off depends on how quickly the word spreads. You can make a difference! Raise awareness by sharing through your own networks and getting others on board
Ask a question
Don’t hesitate to ask any questions—we’ll do our best to respond timely.
