Population and Immigration

Open citizenship is a core value here, but unmanaged growth has a real cost: since land entitlement is calculated per capita, every new citizen dilutes existing citizens' allotment. The fix can't be a gatekeeper deciding who's worthy of entry — that recreates exactly the kind of unaccountable authority this system exists to prevent.

The rate is set democratically, not administratively. Immigration quota is a standing proposal in the citizen legislature, voted on and re-votable through the same blockchain pipeline as any other policy.

The cap is equal for everyone, and restraint is cultural, not mandated. Every citizen is entitled to the same per-capita cap. Whatever portion of a citizen's cap they choose not to claim — their personal safety buffer — is pooled back into the citizen-allocable land, forming the practical reserve new citizens draw their entitlement from.

There's also a natural brake built into the system for free: as population grows, per-capita land shrinks, bond values rise, and leasing gets more expensive — a price signal visible to prospective migrants before they ever arrive.