How to Start Your
Own Country

As Commerce Minister, you'll build the economic engine to power your new society by identifying your value proposition, target industries, target customers (both citizens and businesses), and create an economic brief and short pitch.

As Justice Minister, your mandate is the legal operating system for your society — the philosophy, legal codes (what will you copy? fork? write yourself?), dispute resolution, collab mechanisms (quadratic voting on budget line items?) etc. You'll create a governance brief & deep dive into one aspect of your legal system.

As Minister of Culture you're responsible for the soul of your society — the shared identity, symbols, and stories that unite a group of people into a society. You'll create some of the cultural artifacts like flags, anthems, rituals, holidays/festivals and shared values that make your country unmistakably itself.

The 20th century called this "Marketing" or "Public Affairs", but we dig deeper with a focus on crafting & sharing the stories of your new society. As Minister of Story, you'll create your founding mythos & use social media to grow your audience and learn what stories most resonate.

Often the first focus of a new society, as Community Minister you'll identify "your people" and figure out how to find them, attract them, enroll them, and keep the belonging flowing. And then (because we're all about action), you'll form your first group of true believers.

As Wellbeing Minister, you're responsible for the physical & mental health of your citizens and will create the policies, customs, and institutions to make your new society conducive to human flourishing. Then you'll produce a pitch (whitepaper, presentation, video, etc) for why this is a healthier way to live.

This Ministry turns your society from an idea into a place by designing the built environment: site selection, master plans, architecture, infrastructure. Your course project will be a visual guide to showcase your society's beauty and livability for a specific location you've identified.