Address by the President of Liberland - June 2015
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Liberland was created on the 13th of April to honour the birthday of Thomas Jefferson
It was established on No Man's Land
We have received statements from Serbia as well as from Croatia indirectly confirming that
The Serbian Foreign Ministry sent us a letter, directly saying
Liberland is not formed on the territory of the Republic of Serbia
Croatia, on the other hand, released a note saying
That they don't take the claim on the land seriously
But on the other hand they have placed special police units
Around the border to protect their own interests
Thousands of people have been turned away
Many of them were arrested
Croatia still wrongly believes that the territory of Liberland constitutes a part of Serbia
For this reason, I would like to begin formal discussions on the topic of a border agreement
With Serbia as well as with Croatia
We are sending diplomats from all over the world to promote these discussions
With billions of dollars of investments already pledged from all around the world
To the development of Liberland
I believe that everybody will recognize the benefits that Liberland has to offer to the neighboring region
Around 330,000 potential citizens have registered on the Liberland web page
Out of which, for example, 8,000 come from USA, 5,000 come from Russia
And around 6,000 come from Serbia
At the moment, more than 40,000 people
Are fully eligible for citizenship
Additionally, I am proud to say that the first citizen of Liberland
Was a reporter Eric Lyman from ‘USA Today’
At this time, we only have as little as 100 citizens
This is because this individuals were able
To significantly contribute to our efforts of creating a new nation
Not only that, they were also able to go to our base camp in Serbia
Which is right next to Liberland at the time
Everybody who applies is welcome to do the same
Although some people may think that a voluntary tax zone inside this region
Might be harmful to the budgets of neighbouring nations
People tend to forget the enormous business opportunities
For companies of these nations
Which will be turned into public revenues in the near future
Anyway, anyone can already transfer their businesses
To places like Hong Kong or Monaco to avoid paying taxes
So we are not introducing anything new
That is also the reason why we have moved all of our
Financial transactions from the Czech Republic to Hong Kong
The problem of today is quite the opposite
Many wealthy people receive more money from the state
Than they pay in taxes
What we are building is something completely new
A state based completely on voluntary taxes
It will be a modern way to found a State
Through crowd-funding campaigns
It has been two months since we founded Liberland
And we have already set up functional diplomatic offices
In Norway, France, Spain, Switzerland
As well as in Hungary, Slovenia, and the Czech Republic
We have Swiss, Norwegian, German
French and Spanish political parties supporting us
There are over 3,500 people with diplomatic connections in our database
We are just finishing the analyses of these connections
And we are starting to make full use of them
By the end of June
I will have visited the United Kingdom and France
And afterwards, I am going for an extended tour to the United States
I will be speaking at the FreedomFest in Las Vegas
One of the most prestigious events of its kind in the world
I have already begun unofficial talks with many politicians
As well as various heads of state about the recognition of Liberland
You can follow my diplomatic mission on our news feed
We have now released a revised version of our Constitution
And we also established a basic set of laws
I have decided that Liberland will comply
With a number of international treaties that concern human rights
And basic international diplomacy
Liberland intends to become a member of the European Free Trade Agreement (EFTA)
As well as Schengen Area, which is a free movement area within Europe.
We were able to test our fund.liberland.org platform
To show our concept of voluntary taxation in practice
We have implemented a state-of-the-art system
That now manages the thousands of emails which we have received
We have also released our first version of the land registry system
We are working on a social network for applicants and citizens
Which will enable them to follow their citizenship status
We are looking to find out a good system
To set up websites for all of our embassies
There are still many technological tasks ahead of us
To create a country where most of the bureaucracy will be handled by computers
It is now possible to travel to our base camp in Serbia through Ryanair
The flights go from London to Osijek in Croatia
AIR-Liberland has just started direct flights from Prague as well
Additionally, there are plans for charter buses
From Belgrade, Zagreb and Prague by Calypso Tours
These will be fully operational in the time of our first big event
On the third of July to celebrate Liberland’s day of independence
We will have a music stage, along with shops and restaurants for you to take pleasure in
We will enlarge our fleet of vessels, allowing us to
Accommodate more people for trips to Liberland
There will be entertainment onshore as well as in the water
You are all most welcome to come and enjoy this great event
We now have a unique chance to start something new
Something that can positively change the world forever
We will make full use of this chance
If you haven't applied for citizenship yet
This is the best time to become a member of our new community at Liberland.org
Live and let live!