::: INTERNET VERSION OF CANADA :::

Founders Republic

The Canada mirror

“Every citizen is a founder of something.”

::: WHY THIS COUNTRY :::

The substrate is already here.

Shopify built a network of 4 million merchants from Ottawa, async, English-French, Stripe-friendly. Canada has the talent, the schools (Waterloo), and the values for a different kind of America. Tobi Lütke is the obvious anchor.

::: SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES :::

Pre-existing legal scaffolds.

01Free Trade Zones (CFTZ-PA)
02Digital Charter

::: CITY SITES :::

Where the polity could anchor.

Ottawa

Shopify HQ, government adjacency, low cost

Waterloo

University talent pipeline

Vancouver

Pacific Rim adjacency, mild climate

::: CANDIDATE FOUNDERS :::

Who could run this.

TL
Tobi Lütke (Shopify)
PC
Patrick Collison (Stripe, Canadian-friendly)
VB
Vitalik Buterin (Toronto raised)

::: ALREADY ON THE GROUND :::

Existing societies in this country.

Founders Republic (imagined)Shopify Ecosystem

::: BUILD THIS MIRROR :::

Be the founder of Founders Republic.

If you live in Canada, run a project there, or are connected to one of the candidate founders above, this is your invitation. The substrate is in place. The legal scaffolds exist. What is missing is the polity.

[ DM @adamtpang ][ SEE IMAGINED FOUNDERS ][ READ THE CONSTITUTION ]

::: NEIGHBORING MIRRORS :::