[NoMoreLies]

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would imagine the founding population of the city would be perhaps 10-20 individuals.

That's more than the society has at the moment! But I can recruit another 10, probably. Can you?

[Locksley]

Once a suitable location is decided on, a small area maybe no more than several hundred acres would be purchased with sale contracts on several hundred square miles in the surrounding area agreed upon for future expansion.

I would imagine the founding population of the city would be perhaps 10-20 individuals. They would be pioneers, so to speak, refining our governmental model and energy systems.

Once a basic infrastructure, design plan, and development practices are established, expansion would be next in the equation.

[NoMoreLies]

How much would it cost? A ship would be needed to reach it anyway (until an Airstrip is made) so why not an Airship? Hybrid, definately.

A Libertarian Ocean Colony sounds like a good idea. I suggest starting with one, then adding more and more till it's built up. A city, as it is now, is not a very good template. It takes a village to raise a child, not a government.

[Locksley]

That sounds more like it.

[Redsand11j]

Vanatinai? It's an island in the Milne Bay province of Papua New Guinea. Its population was 2300 in 1978, and that there are no newer figures available I find highly suggestive. The area of the island is 865 km^2, equal to a little more than the New York City metropolitan area.