181 - Afropolitan's Grand Plan To Start A Country

<p>What would it look like to create a new country using crypto as a coordination technology?</p> <p>Join us today as Chika and Eche from Afropolitan detail their plan to begin with an NFT PFP project and end up with a country.<br /> ------<br /> 🚀Join Ryan & David at Permissionless in September. Bankless Citizens get 30% off<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/GoToPermissionless">https://bankless.cc/GoToPermissionless</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 📣 STADER LABS | ETHX LIQUID STAKING<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Stader">https://bankless.cc/Stader</a> </p> <p>------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> <a href= "https://%E2%81%A0https//k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2">⁠https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2 </a> ⁠</p> <p>🦊METAMASK PORTFOLIO | TRACK & MANAGE YOUR WEB3 EVERYTHING<br /> ⁠<a href= "https://bankless.cc/MetaMask">https://bankless.cc/MetaMask </a></p> <p>⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM<br /> <a href= "https://%E2%81%A0https//bankless.cc/Arbitrum%20%E2%81%A0">⁠https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum ⁠</a></p> <p>🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Mantle%20%E2%81%A0">https://bankless.cc/Mantle ⁠</a></p> <p>👾POLYGON | VALUE LAYER OF THE INTERNET<br /> <a href= "https://polygon.technology/roadmap">https://polygon.technology/roadmap</a></p> <p>🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION<br /> <a href="https://bankless.cc/Toku">https://bankless.cc/Toku</a></p> <p>------<br /> TIMESTAMPS</p> <p>0:00 Intro<br /> 9:05 Starting a New Country<br /> 12:35 Public Perception Of The Idea<br /> 14:23 The Nation State Has Failed In Africa<br /> 16:49 What Was The Berlin Conference?<br /> 19:56 Defining Diaspora<br /> 25:43 Explaining Network States<br /> 29:52 The Solutions a Network State Provides<br /> 32:40 Giving Africans A Voice<br /> 38:44 How To Reach Afropolitan Endgame<br /> 43:45 How an NFT PFP Project Fits In<br /> 53:39 Phase 2 And Beyond<br /> 1:00:32 A Competitor To The Nation State<br /> 1:05:51 Acquiring Legitimacy<br /> 1:12:00 How Does Crypto Fit Into This Pict