Let's make this a reality within the next 5 years. Time to save my pennies.

My first stab at Entlantis was a pretty big hit, so I had another go at it. I recreated the entire presentation in Google Sketchup, and will upload all of the sketchup models and provide a link to them here later tonight.

Here's the new and improved Infographic:

http://imgur.com/r6Kxg

I have also put this in the competition, if you like it, go vote for it!

http://prizes.org/p/cjdy7qXExeT3

hey fellow ents. i have just come across this beauty of a subreddit. i love it because it is something i have always dreamed of. i didn't really think there were that many people like me and my dream for as long as i can remember is a shack by the beach with a hammock and a patch of weed out the back.

seeing all of you with similar dreams is truly awesome. as cool as the idea of an island is i think a much more realistic idea would be to settle as a small town somewhere relatively quiet. because everyone is cool with weed we would not be bothered by police (well that's how it would be here in australia, ala nimbin). a nice quiet beach somewhere up in tropical north queensland would be sweeet.

thoughts?

This is a redditors island right? We have already discovered a powerful and reliable form of democracy:

Upvotes

Why not use it?

Build a locally hosted reddit-type server. Each citizen logs on to see the latest policy discussions. Upvotes determine each citizen's opinion on that topic. Heavily upvoted topics go to an official board where each person gets 1 upvote or downvote to use per law.

Past a certain number of votes (based on population) either direction, it becomes a law, or doesn't. If this does not occur within a period of time, voting closes and whether or not it passes will be based on percentage of upvotes vs. downvotes. This will ensure that important issues that do not garner major public interest, but do drastically affect a specific group, still have a shot at passing.

Representatives will be chosen in a periodical voting system based on the same principle. An alternative vote system could also be put in place for this process if Entlantis prefers. These representatives will act as moderators for the law-making board, as well as subreddits for the department/branch of government they represent. They choose which highly upvoted topics get considered to become law/policy.

For example, a representative may be employed by the agriculture branch based on his experience with farming, a good campaign, and lots of upvotes. He was chosen to become one of the official agriculture subreddit moderators, as well as moderate subreddits relating to storage, health, and safety. There may only be a few people contributing to these subreddits, but they have some important opinions, so he has the choice to relay these opinions to the other representatives in a meeting. At this point, any opposing views will have the chance to voice concerns. The representatives choose to put this to popular vote.

It will be important that public interest is a considering factor, as well a general attitude of passing everything along to vote unless serious concerns to public safety, or financial damage are found.

In this example, the representative brings forward a bill proposing that grain be required to be stored in a specific method, prolonging preservation. At this point a representative from the budget department provides evidence that the costs in obtaining the necessary materials would be prohibitively expensive for the island. Concerned by this, the group votes to abstain a public vote on the issue. The representatives return to their message boards (and face-to-face town meetings, of course) to discuss the issue further.

A solution is found that would allow the island to obtain the materials at a cheaper cost, and the issue is brought back before council. The group approves of the solution and puts it to popular vote. The community feels it is a good investment and passes it with 75% upvotes.

Tl;dr: Upvotes determine laws based on official message boards, overseen by elected representatives.

We could manufacturer interlocking: floats and solar desalination units green houses etc... and leave floating islands of freedom in our wake.

Proposal for an Extended Sea Presence:
Living at sea is much harder than living on land.
Of many civilian attempts so far, all have failed.
Only military and corporate attempts have succeeded.
Make use of iteration: Start small, then improve.
Use measures and milestones to judge performance.
Review and improve plans for later voyages.
Use standard vessels and charter arrangements.
Organize the activity as a cruise to an ocean spot.
Define the minimum amount of resources needed to start.
Request donations and require participants share costs.
Generate money and knowledge for future expeditions.
Scale up to continuously inhabited sea platforms.

I mean, my friends and i were talking about micro nationalism a while back, but we never did anything, and was just wondering if this is something i should take seriously. I mean, it's not a cheap thing to buy a huge island and declare independence. If this is for real, i can probably give some good ideas.