Andy
For Will & Ollie & the dream of a better world

Sofie
For my parents

Text copyright © 2019 by Andy Warner.
Illustrations copyright © 2019 by Sofie Louise Dam.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data available.

ISBN: 978-1-4521-7027-5 (epub, mobi)
ISBN: 978-1-4521-7018-3 (paperback)

Manufactured in China.

Artwork and design by Sofie Louise Dam.

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Intentional Communities

Groups of people who choose to radically remake their social structures.

Micronations

Brief histories of the tiny, unrecognized nations of the world.

Failed Utopias

The bigger the experiment, the harder it falls.

Visionary Environments

Stories of wonderful and bizarre places where individuals make their visions reality.

Strange Dreams

Proposals, plans, and schemes, never brought to pass.

Introduction 4

Intentional Communities 11

Libertatia 14

The Van Dykes 20

Freetown Christiania 24

Auroville 28

Oyotunji African Village 34

Temples of Humankind 38

Micronations 45

New Atlantis 48

Sealand 52

Rose Island 58

Principality of Hutt River 62

Operation Atlantis 66

North Dumpling Island 70

Ladonia 72

Liberland 76

Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands 78

Failed Utopias 83

Palmanova 86

Oneida 90

Tama-Re 94

Fordlandia 100

Visionary Environments 105

Thunder Mountain Monument 108

Yelang Valley 114

Arizona Mystery Castle 118

Gereja Ayam or The Chicken Church 122

Freedom Cove 124

Xieng Khuan and Sala Keoku 130

Ra Paulette’s Caves 134

Nek Chand’s Rock Garden 138

Strange Dreams 143

Metropolis 146

Seasteading 152

Bir Tawil 156

About the Authors 161

Libertatia 14

The Van Dykes 20

Freetown Christiania 24

Auroville 28

Oyotunji African Village 34

Temples of Humankind 38

Libertatia

The Van Dykes

Freetown Christiania

Auroville

Oyotunji African Village

Temples of Humankind

New Atlantis 48

Sealand 52

Rose Island 58

Principality of Hutt River 62

Operation Atlantis 66

North Dumpling Island 70

Ladonia 72

Liberland 76

Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands 78

New Atlantis

Sealand

Rose Island

Principality of Hutt River

Operation Atlantis

North Dumpling Island

Ladonia

Liberland

Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands

Palmanova 86

Oneida 90

Tama-Re 94

Fordlandia 100

Palmanova

Oneida

Tama-Re

Fordlandia

Thunder Mountain Monument 108

Yelang Valley 114

Arizona Mystery Castle 118

Gereja Ayam or The Chicken Church 122

Freedom Cove 124

Xieng Khuan and Sala Keoku 130

Ra Paulette’s Caves 134

Nek Chand’s Rock Garden 138

Thunder Mountain Monument

Yelang Valley

Arizona Mystery Castle

Gereja Ayam or The Chicken Church

Freedom Cove

Xieng Khuan and Sala Keoku

Ra Paulette’s Caves

Nek Chand’s Rock Garden

Metropolis 146

Seasteading 152

Bir Tawil 156

Metropolis

Seasteading

Bir Tawil

Andy Warner is the author of the New York Times bestselling Brief Histories of Everyday Objects. He is a contributing editor at The Nib, and his comics have been published by Slate, Fusion, American Public Media, the United Nations, and BuzzFeed. He teaches cartooning at Stanford University and The Animation Workshop in Denmark, works from his dining table in Berkeley, California, and comes from the sea.

Sofie Louise Dam is a cartoonist and illustrator from Denmark. She earned a BA in Graphic Storytelling from The Animation Workshop in 2017 and her comics have been published by The Nib, Illustoria, and Dagbladet Politiken. She lives and works in Copenhagen.