Example Initiatives

The examples below show how the mechanism can work when the community is missing something important, somebody solves the problem, and then asks for a Virtues grant roughly equivalent to the cost of establishing that solution. For illustration, this page uses the working idea of 1 Virtue = 1 USD.

Example 1: A Commercial River Shuttle

The community lacks a dependable shuttle connection for visitors and residents attending meetings and events near Liberland. An entrepreneur organizes a small river transport service, arranges the boat, secures operations, launches booking, and begins running the service in practice.

After the shuttle is operating and the community can already use it, the founder requests a Virtues grant matching the setup cost, for example 18,000 Virtues for an 18,000 USD launch investment. If citizens agree that the service meaningfully improved community life, they can grant the request. The founder may still continue running the business for profit afterward.

Example 2: A Commercial Modular Housing Service

The community lacks short-term accommodation for builders, guests, and conference participants. A team creates a modular housing business, prepares units, installs them, and starts accepting paying customers so the shortage is already being solved in practice.

The initiator then requests a Virtues amount equivalent to the initial establishment cost, for example 65,000 Virtues for a 65,000 USD first-stage investment. Citizens evaluate whether the housing project genuinely improved conditions for the community. If they agree, the grant can be made, while the operators continue running the business commercially.

Example 3: A Non-Commercial Civic Knowledge Hub

The community lacks one clear place where newcomers can learn how membership, titles, governance, events, and practical participation work. A contributor builds a high-quality knowledge hub with explanations, onboarding materials, translations, and regularly updated guidance, making it freely available to everyone.

Once the platform is live and already helping people, the contributor requests a Virtues grant aligned with the real cost of producing it, for example 9,500 Virtues for 9,500 USD in design, writing, development, and maintenance effort. Because the project improves the community without being a business, it demonstrates why the Virtues system can reward valuable non-commercial initiatives as well.