Clarification: #SocioeconomicFreedom refers to the freedom you naturally have when no one is attempting to harm, kidnap, or rob you. It’s your right to use your life, freedom, and property as long as you don’t threaten others’ life, freedom, or property unless it’s in self-defense or with their consent.

The Freedom Haven constitution preserves this socioeconomic freedom, but how much do international maritime laws infringe on our natural freedoms while on the high seas (outside the #EEZ)?

Answer: If executed correctly, the infringement on our freedoms on the high seas is NEARLY ZERO (or almost zero). Compared to the USA, we would have around 99.9% of our freedoms while on the high seas.

Note: The Freedom Haven constitution prohibits its government from signing any conventions that infringe on natural freedoms. Once Freedom Haven is recognized as a country, any restrictions beyond the simple non-aggression principle will no longer apply.

Details on Restrictions:

UNCLOS:

Jurisdiction: The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) delineates where national jurisdiction ends, establishing the EEZ up to 200 nautical miles from shore. Beyond this lies the high seas, where "freedom of the seas" prevails.
Restrictions:

Flag Registration: Ships must be registered under a country's flag.
Piracy: Ships must not commit piracy. Unflagged ships are presumed to be pirate vessels and can be seized or destroyed.
Drug Trafficking: Ships must comply with drug laws per conventions their flag state has signed, including the United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs (1961), the Convention on Psychotropic Substances (1971), and the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (1988).

Liberian Flag Registry:

Freedom Haven’s Flag Choice: Liberia’s flag registry imposes fewer restrictions on passengers compared to others, although it has strict requirements for ship construction and crew.
Applicable Laws: Passengers on Liberian-flagged vessels must comply with international conventions and national laws, including:

SOLAS & SAR: Mandatory participation in weekly muster drills and adherence to cargo and dangerous goods storage requirements, hygiene, sanitation, and obeying evacuation orders during emergencies.
MARPOL: Prohibitions on discharging pollutants, especially near Antarctica, restrictions on using ozone-depleting substances, and limitations on high-sulfur fuel.
Liberian Maritime Code (LMC): Potential medical screenings and quarantine during outbreaks.
Liberian Maritime Regulations (LMR): Strict garbage management protocols and prohibition on discharging waste directly into the ocean.

Conclusion: With the right approach, we could enjoy 99.9% of our freedoms today and 100% in the future once Freedom Haven is recognized as its own country with its own flag registry.

By focusing on the Liberian flag registry and understanding the minimal restrictions imposed by international conventions, we can create a maritime community with maximum freedom.

Thoughts on this article? Please come and join the discussion!

Question from our members

From Aden Freedman

“What would it look like for a renter coming to New Liberty for the first time?”

Excellent question!

Investors purchase cabins in New Liberty for various purposes, including creating rental spaces. If you choose to rent, you will lease from these investors rather than directly from the Freedom Haven project. Typically, these investors aim for a return on investment over seven years, resulting in rental costs being approximately three times higher per month compared to buying a 10-year lease as an investor. You will select a rental offering that suits your needs, and the investor becomes your landlord. For more details on the differences between investors and renters, including price estimates, visit the Freedom Haven FAQ at https://freedomhaven.org/faq/#FAQ_InvestorsVsRenters.

Traveling to New Liberty involves taking a plane, possibly to India, as a travel visa may be required for transit. From there, you will board a maritime vessel to the New Liberty ship, with a total travel time of about 1-2 days. As Freedom Haven expands, plans include building an international airport to streamline this process. Any belongings exceeding your airline baggage allowance will be shipped via international freight and should be waiting for you in your apartment upon arrival.

Upon reaching the New Liberty vessel, you will go through immigration. Detailed information about this process can be found in the laws of the Province of New Liberty at https://userdimensions.com/Tony/FreedomHaven/Constitution.aspx?P=HtmlNL&H=H2_NEW_LIB_ENT_RES_IMM . After clearing immigration, you will proceed to your apartment. The Free Market in Freedom Haven will be waiting to meet your product and service needs with higher quality and lower costs than competitors.

If this subject is of interest to you, come join the discussion.

If you have a question you would like answered, please post your question on our facebook group or contact us through any of our other social media accounts or email.

Upcoming Events

Online calendar can be found here: https://freedomhaven.org/events/

We are SKIPPING our monthly face-to-face in July because I’ll be traveling during that time and won’t be able to host it.
8/3/2024 1pm central: Monthly Freedom Haven project casual face-to-face (first Saturday of each month at the same time).
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/4842165597?pwd=QlFkeFovR1ovbW1WWEJJMkl6VWtYZz09
9/7/2024 1pm central: Monthly Freedom Haven project casual face-to-face (first Saturday of each month at the same time).
More at: https://freedomhaven.org/events/

Links to recent articles, interviews, podcasts, etc

Click on link(s) in each item for additional details. List can also be found online here: https://freedomhaven.org/articles-and-links/

If you've seen any related recent articles or podcasts not mentioned here, please let us know.

** 2024 **

1/20: A reading of the latest version of the Freedom Haven Constitution (version 1.05, last updated 9/22/2023)

** 2023 **

12/30: The Freedom Haven project made the front page of the Daily Gate City newspaper.
10/24: Zoom meeting with the naval architect Nicholas Barczak, PE where areas of the Freedom Haven project design and plans were refined.
Video: https://youtu.be/0VRjKGupElU
Meeting Take-aways: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQRcCVAKK5vzKxrbUMuZsmLj78ZuKDQipOvw34mY0IxWuFS18SDPlUWY41sekK_dBOcwSCudcswfU2z/pub
9/4 and 9/9/2023: The Freedom Haven project participation in the 9/4 Keokuk, Iowa, Labor day parade, and fundraising in the 9/9 Fort Madison, Iowa, Rodeo parade.
7/27: Ernest Hancock, from Freedom’s Phoenix, explores some of the details of the Freedom Haven project in this 1 hour and 41-minute podcast. https://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Media/347407-2023-07-25-2023-07-26-ernest-hancock-interviews-anthony-olsen-freedomhaven-org.htm
7/13: Jake Cook, from “Nation of Jake“, interviews Tony Olsen on the subject of the Freedom Haven project on News Talk radio 98.9. 12-minute interview starts at timestamp 19:52 (Click on “Show Description” and then the corresponding “2:33 pm…” section link or listen directly to only the interview).
6/21: Aria and Mr. Nobody at Free Talk Live discuss the Freedom Haven project. (20-minute discussion starts at timestamp 1:16:01 in the stream).
https://freetalklive.com/?ppplayer=a65e130e8b56ac0cda02d6d069031b57&ppepisode=41cc6ffa5f6d0608c081e2962e6d761d
6/19 through 6/22: Raw video of some of the various Freedom Haven presentations that were made at PorcFest 2023.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUEw6a01QHI&list=PLW8gwky7Z_zMN1bOAmIAbde6x3ezBpM_B
4/25: Clips from the Atlas Shrugged Movies that inspired the Freedom Haven project
https://youtu.be/GMYusGkeJqQ
2/20: Freedom Haven mentioned in reference in NBC10 Boston’s report on PorcFest 2022.
https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/life-liberty-and-the-pursuit-of-new-hampshire-an-nbc10-boston-original/2920007/
1/31: Freedom Haven mentioned with other projects in CoinTelegraph magazine’s article: “Why are crypto fans obsessed with micronations and seasteading?” https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/20-wild-attempts-to-create-crypto-micronations-or-communities
1/26/2023: The Seasteading Institute updated the Freedom Haven description on their active projects page: https://www.seasteading.org/active-projects/

** 2022 **
12/23/2022: Update on triangle prism sphere core concrete units that make up the concrete platform: https://grabcad.com/library/2022-12-23-triangle-prism-sphere-core-floating-concrete-unit-28-single-only-1
11/16: Update on concrete platform design (with link to CAD files and 3D model webpage): https://www.facebook.com/groups/LibertarianSeasteading/posts/1235996050313291/
(Previous 10/06 update can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=5740571545963066 )
11/13: Annual Archive of the Freedom Haven Project: Everything that anyone would need to pick up the project where we left off. We are committed to remaining an Open-Design project.

Contains most recent model files, images, and web site and group backups.
Does NOT contain: list of unencrypted patrons, since only those who wish to have their names appear publicly are shared unencrypted.
Available in 2 formats:

Torrent P2P sharing: https://freedomhaven.org/Tony/FreedomHaven/FreedomHavenProject.torrent
Google drive 7z compressed file (viewers will need 7-zip to uncompress the file – also may only work from desktop computers): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wfEVOkq5DGI0R6osR56GMHWO8GK2ICFJ/view?usp=sharing

Financial update: https://freedomhaven.org/Tony/FreedomHaven/FreedomHavenFinancialGoalsUpdate.png . More at: https://freedomhaven.org/articles-and-links/

How can you help the project

If you haven’t already, become a patron by donating $5 to our Freedom Haven exploratory campaign (aka: Phase 2):
https://freedomhaven.org/plan/
Participate in the monthly ideas contests and help us discover good solutions and help encourage the participation of others
Help market the project through your own innovative imaginative grass-roots efforts
Invite your courageous, pro-freedom friends to the “Gathering Freedom Haven” group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LibertarianSeasteading
Volunteer your time to the project: www.facebook.com/groups/FreedomHavenVolunteers/

(Last updated 6/17/2024)

Monthly Freedom Haven constitution section mini-overview

The Preamble of Freedom Haven Constitution:
We the individual People, in order to secure the human right to defend ourselves, to limit the scope of Government, and to secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, so that we can have the chance to learn, grow, and work towards achieving our greatest individual divine potentials (so that through our efforts, and without compulsory means, prosperity may flow unto us forever and ever), do ordain and establish this Constitution for the Provinces that form the Country of Freedom Haven.

GOVERNMENT is any person, or group of persons, using Force, regardless of whether the use was justified or not. To the people of Freedom Haven, Government and Force are synonymous. Anyone using Force is Government, and Government only exists when Force (or the threat of Force) is present.