[large]How to Start Your Own Country[/large][/center]
[justify]Can you really start your own country? Erwin Strauss shows you five different methods for doing just that, as well as everything you need to know about sovereignty, national defense, diplomacy, raising revenue and recruiting settlers.
Includes dozens of new-country success stories. Why settle for being king of your castle when you can be king of your own country ?[/justify]
[center][large]Strauss Erwin S - How to Start Your Own Country.pdf (5.15 MB)
http://www.aryanalibris.com/index.php?p ... wn-country[/large][/center]
[large]Erwin Strauss's presentation at the 2009 Seasteading Conference is now available online:
http://vimeo.com/7647404[/large]
Erwin Strauss speaks at the Second Annual Seasteading Conference (2009) on all of the practicalities involved in setting up one's own free sovereign territory.
[justify]"Seasteading is about establishing something above board, highly visible, to inspire other people to help it grow."
Erwin Strauss, author of How to Start Your Own Country, has made a study of the various ways and methods people have used to establish (or attempt to establish) their own soveriegn territory. He begins his talk describing the Montevideo Convention, which formally codified the concept of international soveriegnty at its inception in 1933, and describes the different strategies that have been attempted to achieve statehood on the water in light of it.
Covering a wide cross-section of practical concerns, Strauss envisions several plausible routes for seasteading statehood, and advises that seasteading "get a toehold" (so to speak!) as soon as possible -- emphasizing strong business planning and consistent incremental efforts -- to set up a long established history of sovereignty and political and financial relationships.[/justify]
