CITY STATE

Seven writers explore autonomous governance through an online series and print pamphlet.

Thank you so much for reading CITY STATE, seven writers exploring autonomous governance through an online essay collection and print pamphlet.

You can still support the project by purchasing the digital or print edition. There are 10 articles in the collection, plus graphic design by Jason Arias, and thus profits are shared 11 ways.

Here’s every essay in the series:

• US states should be autonomous (like EU countries) by Elle Griffin

• Multi-country civilizations are good, actually by Étienne Fortier-Dubois

• It’s time for Thomas Jefferson's “village-states” by Bryce Tolpen

• Should we create more US states? by Elle Griffin

• Why we should build new American cities by Jeff Fong

• Maybe villages are our future—not cities by Elle Griffin

• Grassroots movements are building garden cities by Stephen Mackintosh

• What if your side hustle is being in Congress? by J.K. Lund

• Digital nomads could create network states by Olivier Roland

• How we achieve the borderless future of Terra Ignota by Elle Griffin

Thanks for reading and participating in our collaborative essay series. This is the first of many cooperative media projects to come, all owned by and benefiting the writers and designers who write and design them.

More collaborative essay series are coming soon. Thanks for your support and patronage along the way,

Elle Griffin
Founder, Elysian Collective