Charter design
The governing instrument, its amendment rules, and how it sits within national law.
Founders
You know you are building a jurisdiction. Build the economy too.
For founders of new cities and charter zones: the institutions that let a city outlast its founder, and the economic base that lets it pay its way.
IThe founder's gap
Jurisdiction design is the beginning. The economy decides the outcome.
Founders of new cities usually understand the legal work. They have read the charters, studied the precedents and drafted the codes.
New cities tend to stall elsewhere: anchor industries, primary-sector value chains, local labor markets and the business culture of the host country. A well-written charter over an empty economy does not attract residents or keep investors.
Herodotus tells how Solon gave Athens its laws and then left for ten years, so that no one could press him to change them. We design for the day the founder steps back.
Illustrative. Select a phase.
IIWhat we build
Six workstreams, scoped to the stage you are at.
Institutional succession
Boards, offices and procedures that keep working when the founding team moves on.
Host negotiation
Preparation and support for agreements with national, provincial and local government.
Ecosystem building
Anchor industries, primary-sector value chains, tenant pipelines and local partners.
Protection
Stability terms, dispute resolution and the relationships that keep commitments in force.
Capital readiness
The governance milestones capital partners look for, and introductions once they are met.
IIIInquire
Tell us what you are building.
Every founder engagement starts with a conversation about the place, not a proposal.
Mercatoria DAO LLC, Wyoming