THELOGICALINDIAN - A activity in rural Norway Liberstad aims to actualize a clandestine taxfree burghal for libertarians who account the nonaggression assumption and clandestine acreage rights Holding a presale now the projects organizers acquire bitcoin for acreage and plan to accomplish it the citys primary bill Bitcoincom talked to John Holmesland the accepted administrator of the aggregation that operates Liberstad to apprentice added about how the activity is progressing
Also read: Liberland: Bitcoin ‘Is Truly the Base of Our Economy’
Finding & Developing Liberstad
Holmesland and his aggregation started attractive at backdrop for Liberstad in August 2015 and begin Tjelland Farm with the adapted “size, location, internet and electrical connection, baptize supply, acceptable architecture ground, and no abiding association on the surrounding properties”, he told Bitcoin.com. An acceding was fabricated to hire this acreage until May 19 to accord them time to advertise at atomic 15 hectares of plots, again buy the acreage for 5 actor Norwegian kroner. For the presale, which started on August 15 aftermost year, Holmesland said:
Each artifice of 1000m2 costs 35,000 NOK (about 4,000 USD), and the assets amount is 7,000 NOK (approx. 800 USD). If the acreage auction ambition is reached, development will alpha on June 1. After rezoning and cat-and-mouse for the government to accept the development plan, Holmesland estimates that abounding development could activate aural 24 to 36 months. During that time, the aggregation affairs to body roads, campsites and concert areas for landowners to use chargeless of charge.
Creating a Private City
Initially, the aggregation aims to “create a absolutely clandestine burghal area all acreage is abreast owned, and all the accessible casework are provided by clandestine actors through autonomous means”, Holmesland shared, abacus that:
In Liberstad, basal burghal casework such as kindergartens, schools, hospitals, retirement homes, clandestine aegis service, garbage collection, approximate courts, and allowance companies will be provided “on the centralized bazaar or through autonomous organisations chargeless from any tax, force or coercion”, he described.
There accept been over 500 inquiries and at atomic 120 bodies accept placed an order, Holmesland revealed. From this group, 63 bodies accept paid the drop so far. He added detailed:
Starting a Business in Liberstad
Liberstad association can become associates of the Liberstad ‘internal-market’ business anthology (LIMBR) which is “a bankrupt bazaar absolute for the residents”, Holmesland described. Association can use “whatever average of barter they want, except for civic currencies”, he elaborated, acquainted that:
Businesses absent to acquire Norwegian kroner acquire to “follow the Norwegian law and regulations and pay tax and VAT”, Holmesland conveyed, abacus that they may additionally acquire to annals with the 
Norwegian business registry. One business can acquire two registrations; one with the Norwegian government to acquire Norwegian kroner and the added with LIMBR to acquire annihilation else.
The Liberstad aggregation has accustomed a Norwegian-registered nonprofit association alleged Liberstad Drift AS which is Liberstad’s operator, to accommodate and facilitate the city’s accessible services. Liberstad Drift AS can acquire both NOK and bitcoin. VAT and added taxes that the accompaniment requires will be added for all kroner transactions.
Promoting Bitcoin
“We use Bitpay for all our Bitcoin transactions. We will additionally admonish all added businesses in Liberstad to do the same”, Holmesland said. In addition, Liberstad Drift AS affairs to accord discounts to barter advantageous with bitcoin for all of its casework already Liberstad is up and running. This is to animate bodies to alpha application bitcoin, he explained, abacus that:
Liberstad’s approaching affairs accommodate educating and overextension advice about economics and the allowances of the chargeless markets and free-market money.
“We additionally plan to use blockchain technology as a allotment arrangement for contracts, acreage deeds, IDs and more”, he revealed. Moreover, the aggregation contemplates establishing their own bounded bill for the centralized bazaar that is backed or angry to bitcoin, so that affairs are faster and cheaper.
Relationship with the Norwegian Government
The Marnardal Borough government is amenable for rezoning, acreage tax and borough casework area Liberstad is located. “We started our chat with bounded 
government afore we active the purchasing acceding and they were absolute about our affairs as the action will access the citizenry advance and action in the municipality”, Holmesland claims. However, they accept not opened a chat with the civic government about Liberstad.
According to Holmesland, “Marnardal Municipality does not currently accept acreage tax” and “there are no taxes or fees for owning plots in Liberstad”. While there is no agreement of success, the aggregation affairs to assignment with the bounded government to ensure that there will be no acreage taxes added in the future.
Other Libertarian Land Projects
Two added autonomous acreage projects additionally adduce application bitcoin as their primary currency. The best acclaimed is Liberland, a accomplished startup country actuality developed on a baby artifice of acreage amid Croatia and the Czech Republic. Lesser known, but added along, is the Fort Galt project in Valdivia, Chile. The new development, which has already purchased their land, is abundant afterpiece to Liberstad in concept. It offers workplaces, vacation homes, and abiding residences to alternative lovers. While Liberland is still accepting issues with bounded governments not yet acquainted their sovereignty, Liberstad and Fort Galt both are alive aural absolute governments to actualize oases of freedom.
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