Cospaia:

I had come across a video which spoke of the Republic of Cospaia, a stateless society which lasted from 1440 to 1826 in Northern Italy. It was created because the Pope in 1440 was going to sell this small piece of land to the Medicis of Florence. But, there was a mistake, where the Pope did not include Cospaia in the Medicis’ land purchases, and the Cospaians (which at the time numbered only about 300 inhabitants) declared themselves a Free Republic, people who lived in Perpetual Liberty.

The society of Cospaia was anarcho-capitalist, which is a very scary word for virtually everybody, but after looking into how Cospaia worked, I have admiration for the people who lived there.

Here is the flag of Cospaia:

Here is the video that grappled my interest. Most of you will have mixed views about this video, and this topic, but at least consider it and think about some of the things he says:

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