More than 800,000 people have applied for citizenship to Liberland, a self-proclaimed cryptocurrency micronation situated in a muddy floodplain area along the Danube River, according to its founder. The uninhabited territory of seven square kilometers is located on the border between Serbia and Croatia.
The micronation was founded by Czech libertarian politician Vit Jedlicka, who claimed the area in 2015. Jedlicka claims the land as terra nullius (no man's land) due to a border dispute pending since the collapse of the former Yugoslavia, since neither of the two neighboring countries formally claimed that specific piece of land.
Jedlicka stated he founded a new country with the aim of creating a libertarian state based on blockchain technology—the same technology that underpins cryptocurrencies—functioning as a kind of refuge for billionaires in the crypto sector. Liberland's motto is "Live and let live."
